The rain gods were on our side on Thursday and held the rain off so we could hold our sports day in full.  It was wonderful to see so much energy, determination, sportsmanship, teamwork and fun being had by all the pupils across all our events.  A big thank you must also go out to…

Tables 2 and 5 were rewarded with this months VIP Table treatment.  Mrs Stewart organised a beautiful table with a variety of food and flowers. Each day a VIP point is awarded for excellent table behaviour including: Eating with a knife and fork Talking socially amongst each other Eating with lips closed Using please and…

In this glorious weather, the children used the tyres as sun loungers and were after some shade.  We found the Outdoor Learning Tarpaulin and the children and Mr Sullivan worked together to tie it up and bring the much needed shade the children were craving for!

In January, Eddie McGaw came in to talk to the children about his charity work in Kenya where he helps children in an orphanage.  He showed us photos and videos of how different life is for the children there.  The children realised how the children in Kenya didn’t have access to the same rights as…

Today we held our very first Careers Fair for the children at Kirkcowan Primary School.  17 visitors came along to support the event and share with the children facts about their jobs, the training and qualifications they needed as well as what their favourite subjects were at school.  The list of jobs that the children…

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…

P5-7 took part in the whole school village litter pick today.  The children found a wide variety of litter on our route up Wellhouse Road, along the train track and up and around Dickie woods.  In total we filled 1 full bin bag of litter!