Author: Mr Thomson Thomson
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10th October 2025
Dear Parent/Carer What a busy couple of weeks we have had in the run up to the October holidays. Within school book activities, children introducing at Book Festival, Lighthouse Music, P7 transition day and whole school apple pressing activities with MAC CAN. The children have enjoyed a full range of activities to widen and develop…
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Pupil Of The Week w/b 29/09/2025
Nursery – All For being curious about the magnets and investigating what would stick to them. P1/4 – Mirren For showing superb focus on her handwriting. P5/7 – Harris For staying focused while others around are getting distracted and trying his best.
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Pupil Of The Week w/b 22/09/2025
Nursery – Noah Mc For showing empathy and kindness towards his friends in nursery. P1/4 – Esme For being a superb role model particularly in the way looks after class resources. P5/7 – Evie & Calum For being excellent collaborators, working together, and being mindful of how they can effect how others feel.
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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!
