November 10, 2023
by Miss Douglas
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November 10, 2023
by Mrs Baillie
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Eco committee build new compost bin
This week our Eco committee took delivery of a new compost bin for the school.
Together, with Mrs Richardson, Steven, Ivan and Ruby built this and put it in the play ground for the school to use.
This compost bin was purchased with funding from Killgallioch wind farm – in conjunction with the Parent council and community council.
Thank you to Mrs Richardson for leading on this and well done team for your construction skills!
# responsible citizens
November 7, 2023
by Ms Whorlow
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Gardening Club Receives Well Deserved Recognition
November 3, 2023
by Miss Douglas
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P5-7 Visit the Stranraer College
Connecting with our community partners, DG STEM and DG College, our boys and girls along with P5-7 from Portpatrick and Leswalt primaries went along to our local college to participate in a carousel of workshops to develop their skills and experiences.
The children used their computational thinking skills through coding robotic Sphero balls. With its advanced sensors, programmable LED matrix, and innovative technology, our students were able to to explore their creativity, coding skills, and inventiveness. We practiced controlling our Spheros using speed and direction. We also adjusted variable settings for led arrays. We extended our learning to explore coding blocks to control our Sphero direction using angle, speed and time too! 💻👩💻⌨
Next on the agenda was a session on Using Tools For Construction. There was lots of enthusiasm to wield the hammers. We learned how to safely use different saws and hammers to construct a marble run. Working cooperatively, there was lots of evidence of planning, measuring, sawing and gluing to make our board puzzles. Everyone demonstrated collaboration, negotiation and cooperation skills throughout.
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Finally, the boys and girls visited the Childcare department. Here we explored a range of activities to develop social, mental, motor and artistic skills through a range of games and crafts. 🎨🖍🎭
Our thanks to DG College childcare staff and students for planning a great session, to the catering team for accommodating us and to Mrs Heron college manager for inviting us to visit. Thank you also to Miss Creighton and Mrs Hall from DG STEM for a great day!
UNCRC Rights of the Child – Article 29 Aims of Education
November 1, 2023
by Miss Douglas
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Kirkcolm’s Spooktacular Halloween
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P2 – Sally Warwick
P5 – Lyle McCulloch
Halloween Quiz:
- Now you see me, now you don’t. Notice me hiding? Oh no you won’t! For I am invisible and like to hide too, only to come out at Halloween to say BOO! What am I?
- Inside us all this red liquid keeps us alive, without it in our bodies we wouldn’t survive. What am I?
- A bed for a vampire, not very comfy but it’ll do. No pillow, no mattress, more of a wooden box with no window and no view. What am I?
- A figure made of bones, with a skull and all – we all have one inside of us and it grows as we get tall. No eyes balls left in my head; t hey’ve fallen out now I’m dead. What am I?
- During full moons we appear, from the forests very near. We howl and we howl while continuing to prowl. Looking to kill with our sharp claws and ferocious jaws. What am I?
- Great at taking flight, up high through the night, when the sun rises during the day, you won’t see me come out to play. What am I?
- All wrapped in white, I would give you a fright. My bandages they hide the unknown inside. Buried in my tomb a thousand years ago, but sometimes you’ll notice that my eyes still glow. What am I?
- Not used for sweeping or to brush, the witches all use me when in a rush. Up high in the sky the witches all fly, but that’s thanks to me, I think they’ll agree. What am I?
- All orange and round I sit with my crooked smile, carve me any way you like, with your favourite style. What am I?
- Up the waterspout I climb, one of my 8 legs at a time. Busy catching insects for tea and making webs in a tree. What am I?
October 14, 2023
by Ms Whorlow
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Our Eco Code and Eco Mascot Competition Winners
We are proud to share the winning entries for our Eco-Code and Eco-Mascot competitions.
The boys and girls had to create their own characters and mission pledges in support of our Eco Schools Action plan for 2003 – 2025.
The standard of entries was very high and everyone’s efforts received high praise.
Eco Mascot Winner – Rory
Eco Code Winner – Paige
Well done Rory and Paige!
UNCRC Rights of the Child – Article 29: Aims of Education
October 6, 2023
by Ms Whorlow
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Bonfire Safety Talk
Primary 5 – 7 from Kirkcolm and Portpatrick came together to take part in a Bonfire safety talk with Robert McCrorie from our local fire station.
Robert advised on how to behave responsibly with fireworks such as sparklers. Did you know that they can burn 15 times hotter than a kettle. Robert told us to wear gloves, and safety glasses if we have them, tie hair back and don’t pick a sparkler up. He said to put used sparklers in a bucket of sand or water.
We talked about what we can and can’t put on a bonfire. We know not to put aerosol cans on as they can explode. Although we can use newspapers, we can’t burn magazines as they give off damaging gases. We also can’t use straw bales as the lit stems can blow away and start a fire elsewhere. Robert told us what to do if our clothing catches fire. Ivan ably demonstrated how to Stop – Drop – Roll.
We are creating entries for the Firework Safety Competition to raise awareness of how to keep ourselves safe during the Bonfire celebrations.
Our thanks to Robert for taking the time to help us stay safe. 🙂
We learned about how to be safe, be kind and be smart with fireworks and bonfires.
UNCRC Rights of the Child – Article 29 Aims of Education
October 5, 2023
by Ms Whorlow
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Barsolus Trip
What a great trip we had to Barsolus today! Primary 7 were kindly invited to visit Gillian and the crew to learn how plants benefit humans and how farming practices work from field to fork.
Gillian explained about the seasonality of different crops and how Barsolus need to time planting of vegetables such as Brussel Sprouts perfectly so they are ready to harvest for our Christmas dinners!
Our pupils also found out how different varieties of vegetables impacts on soil health over time. As a result farmers are required to rotate crop growing on field every three years or so. We also talked about taking care not to release too much carbon from soil through the use of NPK fertilisers.
We learned about cooperative arrangements with Girvan Early Growers who rent fields from Barsolus for carrot growing. They don’t have enough land around Girvan, so hire fields to grow and harvest their own crops.
Barsolus talked about working in more environmentally sustainable ways through the Government’s ‘greening policy’. Barsolus have chosen to interpret their green action by leaving areas to grow and develop naturally. Farmers have options on what solution they choose. Gillian also chatted about reducing the chemicals added to soil through the need to change to using less damaging types of fertiliser.
We had a game of ‘identify the veg’. The children were very knowledgeable. We then had a carrot pulling competition to see who could pick the biggest carrot. Scott chose three category winners:
Biggest carrot – Cara
Fattest carrot – Atticus
Longest carrot – Stephen
Cara was declared the supreme carrot champion.
Gillian very generously let the children fill a bag of veggie goodness to take home. There’ll be a few pots of soup on the go tonight. 🙂
Our thanks go to Wilma Benson for very ably escorting Leswalt and helping out our group.
We can’t thank Barsolus enough for a fabulous learning experience right on our doorstep!
UNCRC Rights of the Child – Article 24 Health, Food & The Environment
September 29, 2023
by Miss Douglas
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A Big Welcome to Portpatrick!
We also welcomed back another familiar face today as Vladislav re-joined the P1-4 class. Miss Douglas and the class were very happy to have his smiley little face back with us and it looks like he feels the same 🙂!
September 25, 2023
by Ms Whorlow
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Maths Week Scotland 2023
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UNCRC Rights of the Child:
Article 29 – Aims of Education