Author: Mr Thomson Thomson
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2nd May 2025
Dear Parent/Carer This week the children have been continuing to enjoy the good weather. Our P5/6 Forest Schools group & P7 Bikeability have been able to be active and busy outside. We held our Parent Council AGM on Wednesday night. Jemma McNeill will continue as chairperson, Anne Connick as Secretary & Caroline Wilson as Friends…
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25th April 2025
It has been a pleasure to welcome everyone back to the start of our summer term. All the children and staff have returned looking sun kissed after the fantastic spell of weather we had during our fortnights holiday. This has also continued on the whole during the last two weeks and we have been able…
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Kirkcowan Celebrates K’nex Success
Last month Macey and I won the Machar’s local K’nex competition in Newton Stewart so we got to go to the Bridge in Dumfries to compete against schools across D&G. Our challenge this time was to make a digger in 1 hour with a mechanical bucket that could move up and down and lift one…
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SMART Technology Design Learning in P5-7
As part of their STEMOVATORS project the pupils in P5-7 have been investigating how SMART technology can play a significant part in helping the environment. Using their previous experience of working with MicroBits the pupils were able to create code that could be used to sense movement to turn on lights. After experimenting with moisture…
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Celebrating Comic Relief
The whole school did lots of fun stuff in aid of Comic Relief! The health and wellbeing committee did a wonderful job telling us in assembly about Comic Relief and where all the money goes. They showed us how it helps families in the UK and Africa. It’s connected to our UNCRC work because we…
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Litter Picking with P1-4
As part of Keep Scotland Beautiful’s Litter League, P1-4 enthusiastically did their bit by carefully scouting for and collecting rubbish found close to the school. With the help of Mr McCornick, they went as far as the bottom of Hamilton Crescent. Everyone did and excellent job keeping Kirkcowan tidy and had some fun as they…
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28th March
Dear Parent/Carer This week ends with blustery winds but dry days so hopefully this means we are going to have a good start to our holiday weather. We finish today for two weeks returning to school on Monday 14th April. We then have 2 short weeks with Good Friday & Easter Monday holidays too. This…
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7th March 2025
Dear Parent/Carer This week started with our Scots Concert in the village hall. All of the children from Nursery to P7 were stars and sang, danced ad recited their hearts out. Thank you also to all of you for being such great sports in joining in the rather chaotic dancing, next time we will make…
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21st March 2025
Dear Parent/Carer What super Spring weather we are enjoying. It has been great to be able to make plans to do things outside. Our committees have spruced up the top playground & then all classes took part in The Litter League within the community. The children used litter pickers provided by D&G Council to make…
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Eat Them To Defeat Them
This we have been trying to defeat all the veg by EATING THEM. Each day we got a new vegetable to defeat. Over the week we defeated the carrots, broccoli, peppers, sweetcorn and peas. For all our efforts we earn lots of stickers!
