Leswalt Primary School

Sumdog recently ran a competition for all of the pupils in Dumfries and Galloway schools.  An amazing 1820 pupils took part.  And young Gregor was 9th out of all these pupils! 🏆

Well done Gregor, you marvellous mathematician.

We are all very proud of you 😍

Today, Leswalt school was filled with so many creative costumes and so much laughter🤭! Pupils were asked to dress as something beginning with the first letter of their name, and they certainly rose to the occasion! We had astronaut Arthur🧑‍🚀 , Emma the Elf 🧝, Leo the Leprechaun 🌈, Aria the Asda bag 🤭 and so many other hilarious costumes too! Staff couldn’t resist the chance to get stuck in with the fun too. We had Mrs Baillie as Batman, Mrs McKnight as a minion, Granny Gordon, Miss Dobbie Douglas and Mrs Kyle as Ken (beach Ken to be exact)..

After spending most of breakfast club time crying with laughter, we snapped some funny pictures to mark what we all agreed was “one of the best dress up days we’ve had” with some photos and celebrate all the amazing effort and hard work that has clearly went into planning and making the costumes. 😃

Some people reallly got into character..😂

A huge big thank you to everyone for getting into the spirit and making such an effort with their costumes! We hope that all our fun, and red nose sales has raised awareness for the wonderful charity Comic Relief and the hard work they do for children living in poverty!

Well done Team Leswalt!❤️ Check out all our funny photos on our school’s YouTube;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrt5JJG6GYc

On Wednesday afternoon, P4-7 showcased their fantastic Ram Tam Music learning. With Helen, from Ram Tam musicians, P4-7 have been working hard this term to learn more about rhythm, beat, musical notes and how to play the tin whistle! 🪈P1-3 were invited along as a fantastic audience to listen to our super rendition of ‘Baby Shark’ and ‘Ally Bally’.🎶 Learning to play a musical instrument is such a super opportunity and we are super thankful to Helen from Ram and Tam for her time and patience, visiting us on a Monday afternoon. ☺️

Look out for tin whistles coming home in school bags this week for some practice at home! 😙🪈

Meta Skills

Creativity Cassidy

Focusing Fergus

Initiative Ivy

UNCRC Articles

Article 31 – Rest, Play, Culture and Arts

A huge well done to our four Primary 7 pupils who represented the school at last night’s Rotary Club quiz, which was held at Park Primary School. Murray, Colin, Rebecca and Rachael faced some tough questions and opposition from other local primary schools. Although they weren’t placed on the day, we are very proud of their efforts and team work! 🤩

Meta Skills:
Focussing Fergus
Collaborating Cora
Communicating Cate
Sense Making Samira

This afternoon P4-7 visited the Ryan Centre to enjoy a musical performance by a very talented clarinet choir. After taking our seats, the musicians entertained us with some music from the talented composter John Williams, which we managed to link to the Star Wars Movies!🌟

The 4 musicians challenged us to think of some tricky animal songs, which they replicated using their instrument. We watched in amazement as one of the musicians started taking apart her instrument while playing, the instrument got smaller and smaller and the pitch got higher and higher – we were very impressed. 😀

The performance finished with a super recitation of ‘We Don’t Talk About Bruno’ which seemed to get the P4-7 crowd singing along to the music. 🤩

We had a lovely time in Stranraer learning more about wind instruments and enjoying a very special performance!🎵🎺

Meta Skills

Curiosity Carlos

Focusing Fergus

UNCRC Articles

Article 31 – Right to Play, Arts and Culture

Meta Skills:

Curiosity Carlos

Collaborating Cora

Communicating cate

Focusing Fergus

Articles:

Article 28 – Access to Education

Article 29 – Aims of Education

1. Fizzy exploding hands! 🧤 (because it wouldn’t be science week without some explosions.)An age-old crowd pleaser, where we saw vinegar and baking soda react to blow up a rubber glove!💥
2. Rapid Freeze Ice Cream 🍨Pupils observed how salt and ice reacted quickly to freeze their ice cream ingredients!
3. Boat Building – Pupils explored the concept of floating and sinking. They were challenged to build a boat, which held the most dinosaurs. They had to think carefully about the material they used, their water resistance and durability. ⚓
4. House Building with the digital leaders- Pupils set to work, using their mini saws and cardboard and MakeDo kits to design and build some houses to add to Leswalt’s Housing Development. 🏠

We were very proud of our two confident individuals, Jorgie and Colin last night.  They stepped on the stage at the Ryan centre, in front of a packed audience and recited their Scots poetry word perfect, with great expression.  It was a great evening of entertainment and both Jorgie and Colin represented our school so very well.

Well done to both our stars! 👏👏👏

Our Primary 6 and 7 pupils recently had an amazing time during their residential trip to Edinburgh . 

They crammed so much into their two days away, and were so very well behaved.  Several people commented on what delightful pupils they were and how they represented the school impeccably.  Well done all – we are very proud of you .  Many thanks must got to he staff for supporting the pupils when away.  Everyone had the best time!

Have a look what they got up to here – 

Residential trips are powerful because they combine challenge, independence and new environments, which naturally develop meta-skills such as resilience,  self-management and confidence

School residential experiences support several rights outlined in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) by providing opportunities for children to learn, participate, and develop independence in a new environment. During residential trips, pupils exercise their right to education (Article 28) and the goals of education (Article 29) through experiential learning and personal challenge.  Time spent engaging in  social activities also supports Article 31, which recognises children’s right to rest, play and take part in recreational activities. Together, these experiences help promote wellbeing, confidence, resilience, and positive relationships among pupils.