{"id":15413,"date":"2026-02-09T14:37:01","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T14:37:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/kirkcolmprimary\/?p=15413"},"modified":"2026-02-09T15:13:30","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T15:13:30","slug":"knex-kits-and-kids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/kirkcolmprimary\/2026\/02\/09\/knex-kits-and-kids\/","title":{"rendered":"K&#8217;NEX kits and kids"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000080\"><em>Today Bryleigh and Harrison got the chance to represent Kirkcolm Primary and travelled to Sheuchan Primary school to take part in the cluster heat of the KNEX engineering challenge.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080\"><em>It\u00a0 is a great opportunity where pupils have the chance to demonstrate their creative design and build skills by solving set engineering challenges using the construction set K&#8217;NEX. <\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080\"><em>Our team used their communication skills alongside their design<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000080\"><em>and build skills to compete against fellow pupils from all the other schools in the Stranraer area.\u00a0 \u00a0The challenge was to make something for a children&#8217;s playpark which had a handle to turn to make it move.\u00a0 Our team made a swing.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080\"><em>They did a great job &#8211; well done Harrison and Bryleigh!<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-15413 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/kirkcolmprimary\/2026\/02\/09\/knex-kits-and-kids\/a76ccc9c-8884-46ac-83ee-32c9e49b3026\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/public\/kirkcolmprimary\/uploads\/sites\/5370\/2026\/02\/09151233\/a76ccc9c-8884-46ac-83ee-32c9e49b3026-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/kirkcolmprimary\/2026\/02\/09\/knex-kits-and-kids\/ef769298-9646-498f-a5f0-aac685102f38\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/public\/kirkcolmprimary\/uploads\/sites\/5370\/2026\/02\/09151230\/ef769298-9646-498f-a5f0-aac685102f38-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/kirkcolmprimary\/2026\/02\/09\/knex-kits-and-kids\/a29ce1de-7268-416d-be53-e108a3f7690f\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/public\/kirkcolmprimary\/uploads\/sites\/5370\/2026\/02\/09151229\/a29ce1de-7268-416d-be53-e108a3f7690f-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/kirkcolmprimary\/2026\/02\/09\/knex-kits-and-kids\/984de0ae-cc55-4a31-aba9-bd41d1236280\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/public\/kirkcolmprimary\/uploads\/sites\/5370\/2026\/02\/09151228\/984de0ae-cc55-4a31-aba9-bd41d1236280-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/kirkcolmprimary\/2026\/02\/09\/knex-kits-and-kids\/851ff895-2fe9-4ee3-bdef-bcf91e2eac65\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/public\/kirkcolmprimary\/uploads\/sites\/5370\/2026\/02\/09151226\/851ff895-2fe9-4ee3-bdef-bcf91e2eac65-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080\">META SKILLS<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080\">Collaborating<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080\">Communicating<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080\">Creativity<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080\">Critical thinking<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today Bryleigh and Harrison got the chance to represent Kirkcolm Primary and travelled to Sheuchan Primary school to take part in the cluster heat of the KNEX engineering challenge. 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