Kirkcolm Primary School

Congratulations to Ivy Richardson who has been successful in winning both bronze and silver medals at her karate club.

The children got very excited on Monday when the new playground equipment arrived on site for installation.  A grant of £10,000 from Tesco “Bags for life” and some money from other sources, has been used to liven up our playground into a wonderful place to play.  Kirkcolm school would like to thank all of the work for many years in the planning and application stages of this project, to where we are at now.  Many thanks to the previous and current Chair of the Parent Council, Mrs J Stanistreet and Mrs J Drummond for leading the project for us. 

We just need to be patient and wait until next week until all the foundations have set and the equipment is set before all the fun can begin!  Hopefully next week we will get the green light and have an opening ceremony to celebrate phase one of the playground development.  A four way ball shooter and space play net tower is still to be installed.  And, we will also have further grounds development from the council in the area surrounding the new equipment.  We hope this work will be complete in the Summer. Watch this space! 

Scottish Opera – Dragon of the Western Seas

The children in p6/7 were engaged in a really interesting afternoon in the company of Dr Meryl James from Scotland’s National Centre for Languages.

This was to prepare the children for an upcoming production led by Scottish Opera called “Dragon of the Western Seas”.  Our children will learn lots of songs and be able to dramatise this fantastic production.

Dr James led the class through a presentation of Chinese culture and some words in Mandarin that the children could use in conversation e.g. ni hoa – hello and ni hoa ma – hello, how are you?  P6/7 were very keen to try this.  Dr James was in turn very impressed with their efforts.

#Successful learners

P1-3 have been very busy chopping vegetables with help from Mrs Wither and Mrs McPherson.  This involved developing skills and knowledge  in maths and health and wellbeing.  They class really enjoyed eating their soup later!

# successful learners

Kirkcolm p 6 & 7 visited Portpatrick primary school to take part in a road safety workshop. The themes in the workshop covered safe places to play, riding bikes wearing a helmet and crossing the road safely with the lollipop person.

The Baldybane theatre group presented a series of tableaux role plays focused on risk at an age appropriate level.  The children were involved in the sessions through discussion, questioning and ‘director’ participation to lead the action.  The pupils were encouraged to give suggestions and advice on how to keep ourselves safe on the busy roads that they encounter now and in the future when the transition to the Academy.  The session provided thought provoking material.

#Responsible Citizens

Primary 7 pupils headed to the North West Castle this morning to participate in the Curling’s Cool taster session along with Leswalt, Portpatrick and Park P7s. They worked hard to learn how to deliver the stone and sweep it towards the target (and walk on the ice without slipping and sliding!!).

They arrived back at school very enthusiastic and keen to join the Curling’s Cool Club – we could have the next Eve Muirhead in our midst! Have a peek at the photos to see what a fun morning they had.

Innes and Guy are going to play in a Rugby tournament  for Wigtownshire Minis at Moffat this Sunday.  We are looking forward to hearing the results of this.  Keep an eye out in the Six Nations for future stars!!

Robin and Cody are going down to Annandale football club on Saturday to play.  Again we hope there is a huge score from the Lochryan Boys Club, Good Luck boys!

Congratulations to our three Solway League swimmers who swam in the Newton Stewart and Ryan Centre pools to compete against the Merrick Mavericks and the Dumfries Dolphins.  On both occasions Logan, Davey and Finlay were successful in beating their opponents.  The boys are looking forward to timing their laps to swim at competitive levels.

All upper school children from Kirkcolm, Portpatrick and Leswalt had a thoroughly enjoyable morning as history was brought to life in front of their eyes.  Children were led on a historical Scots journey through medieval times, learning about William Wallace and Robert the Bruce.  They were told about the many battles fought with clever tactics and lands plundered. The children were enthralled at the costumes, flags and swords on display that they were able to handle.  A fantastic opportunity to learn about this period of time.

The P6/7 children have been coding this morning using a programme called Scratch.  We have made a ghost busters game using sprites and commands to change size, movements, time and sound. Jack and Findlay said “It was the best thing we have done on the computer” so far!  Thank you Miss Creighton, RAiSE Team.