Kirkcolm Primary School

P6-7 headed to Stranraer Academy on Monday to participate in a Triathlon. First they had to swim round the pool and then quickly put their clothes on over their wet swimming gear! They soggily ran to the athletics track where they had to cycle before running to the finish line. They were greeted with a medal, drink of water and Mrs McHarg and Mrs MacPherson armed with cameras, taking lots of pictures of their red faces!

After a quick change, they were then treated to a drama production of the Greek myth ‘Jason and the Argonauts.’ The whole story was told by only two actors who were hilarious! It was a jam-packed morning full of fun!

P6/7 travelled to Wigtown on Friday to participate in a CSI workshop as part of Dumfries & Galloway’s Science Fair for Schools.

Agent Lyndsay explained to us the crime that had been committed – a very valuable painting had been stolen – and it was our task as CSI agents to solve it! We had to complete various forensic science activities to identify the culprit, such as:

• Analysis of soil samples to identify the type of soil left at the crime scene
• Use of UV light to match the footprint at the crime scene to the culprit’s footwear
• Use of facial recognition software to narrow down suspects
• Use of microscopes to identify fibre fragments from clothing
• Posing for mug shots
• Using DNA coding to identify the suspect
• Examining finger print patterns

A real-life CSI investigator then discussed her job with us and showed us how she would take finger prints from a crime scene.

Finally, we had to piece all the evidence together and identify the culprit from the suspects’ board. The crime was solved and our job as CSI agents had come to an end!

Primary 6 and 7 have enjoyed their first week of music input from the traditional Scots music group, Feis Ros.

During the first session they had some drumming fun to help them learn all about rhythm, as well as playing some fun singing games. 

We will let you use your imagination and make up your own captions for the photographs!

Mrs Mc Harg recently took her class outside for some outdoor maths.  The pupils took part in a scavenger hunt, which set them the challenge of identifying various angles, 3d shapes and symmetry all in the local environment of their own school grounds.

Have a look at the photographs and you will see them all focussed and hard at work!

After an application process led by Mrs Henry, the new pupil council for this session at Kirkcolm Primary school has been appointed;

P1- Daniel Dougan

P2 – James Turtle

P3 – Alba White

p4 -Emma Bailey

P5 – Danny Lyon

P6 – Jack Barrett

P7 – Davey Walker and Katie Butler  (both were strong applicants and Mrs Henry offered them both the position!)

Well done to all.  Their photographs and successful applications are now on display for all to see in the school foyer. 

Hello and welcome everyone to session 2017-2018!

Rested, energised and bright-eyed and bushy-tailed ……..and that’s just the teachers (!) We are ready and raring to go!

Lots of exciting, fun things  are planned  – and a fabulous team of staff and pupils makes for a winning combination to ensure this is going to be a brilliant year.

We are delighted to welcome Alfie, Danny, Jack, Lydia and Sally to Kirkcolm Primary and we know they are going to have the best time with us all. : )

The end of term closing ceremony took place at Kirkcolm Primary school this afternoon.  A range of awards were presented and the pupils sang beautifully to the assembled audience.  The afternoon concluded with a farewell to the Primary 7 pupils, who are moving onto Stranraer Academy.

All the pupils from Portpatrick, Leswalt and Kirckolm came together to get to know one another better today.  A beach clean and a sports day was planned, but due to the weather, we quickly improvised.  The children performed a range of songs to entertain their audience and then played outside together.

The boys and girls were happy to be split into primary groups and mix with their peers from the other two schools.  Each class arranged purposeful activities.  The lower school played true or false ‘get to know you’ questioning, learned and performed an action song and participated in a social P.E game. The upper school engaged in STEM engineering challenges.  They had to work collaboratively to design and build a helicopter using basic materials.  The teams were then tasked with constructing a structure from paper straws that was capable of supporting weight.  The children had many creative ideas to meet the brief.

After lunch, we all walked down to the beach where we created beach art using natural materials.

Throughout the day, the children had the opportunity to mix and form friendships between schools.   

On Friday 23rd June, all of Kirkcolm Primary enjoyed a full on day of activity at Galloway Activity Centre.  Pupils all got a chance to participate in a range of activities.  Have a look at the photographs to see all the fun!

Everyone had a great afternoon competing in a range of events on our sports day. The rain stayed away and the sun  came out. 

The winning houses and sports champions will be announced at the end of term closing ceremony, next week.