Author: Mr Thomson Thomson
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Maths Week Scotland – Wild Maths with P1-4
The maths might have been wild, the weather wasn’t and the pupils in P1-4 worked really hard to complete some outdoor maths challenges as part of Maths Week Scotland. In groups the pupils used a Carroll Diagram to sort natural and some unnatural objects that they found in the playground. The pupils also sorted through…
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19th September 2025
Dear Parent/Carer We have had a busy couple of weeks. Our P7s have led their first committee and are making plans for events and activities throughout the coming weeks. Thank you to those of you who are able to support at Wigtown Book Festival, we will confirm dates for our classes to visit the site…
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Good work assembly led by P1-4
All the pupils in P1-4 gave a little glimpse to the whole on Thursday about what they have been learning recently. We were treated to some super quick answers to number bonds to 4 from Aurla, Fergus, Boyd and Noah, and number bonds to 100 from Mirren and Leo. Archie and Logan shared with us…
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Pupil Of The Week w/b 15/09/2025
Nursery – All for good manners, sitting and listening well when we visited the doctors surgery. P1/4 – Boyd for showing enthusiasm and self-motivation across all areas of his learning. P5/7 – Finlay for showing great focus and leadership during class activities.
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Kirkcowan’s Digital Leaders
Today the P6s received their first official digital leader badges and the P7s received their updated badges that list all the skills they developed last year. Throughout the year the pupils will be updating our ‘Techspectations’ pupil user agreements, sharing their knowledge and passion of all things digital with the whole school, taking ownership and…
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Road Safety in P1-4
As part of out SHANARRI and UNCRC work, P1-4 have been learning about all things safe. We have discussed who keeps us safe and how they keep us safe, and we have focused on how to be ‘Safety Kittens’ in regard to road safety. We want to make sure everyone knows how to stay safe…
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Reading culture at Kirkcowan Primary School
After the success of Kirkcowan Primary School’s book at the flower show, the P7 wished to share their love of reading with nursery boys and girls who had helped create the book. By the looks of the photos below the P7s loved reading the book and the nursery children loved listening to it!
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Pupil Of The Week w/b 08/09/2025
Nursery – Leo for being independent in activities throughout nursery and for giving things a go. P1/4 – Aurla for resilience and hard work across all areas of her learning! Well done. P5/7 – Rebecca for being a super Kirkcowan role model. Being kind, helpful and friendly welcoming a new member to the class.
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Digital Efforts Acknowledged
As we hope everyone is aware, last year Kirkcowan Primary School was awarded the Digital Schools Award certificate for excellence in the use of digital technology to enhance learning and knowledge of how to be a 21st century digital citizen. While the whole school contributed to this award, special recognition was given to the P7s…
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Success at Kirkcowan Flower Show celebrated
After a lot of work leading up to the Kirkcowan Flower Show, we celebrated the hard work and success of all the pupils at our weekly assembly. Medals and prizes were handed out and now all the work is displayed in the school to be viewed. A notable success was the whole school effort in…
