A few weeks ago a visitor to the school asked the children what was the monument on their school jumpers and at the top of the hill. Answers included “the Queen used to live up there” and “the Nazis landed there”. Mrs Baillie thought it was important all the boys and girls knew the significance of the monument which has been adopted as the school logo, and felt they should all know more.
So, this afternoon the whole school walked one mile up to the Leswalt monument. It tied in well with the p1-4 project on their community and responded to the needs and requests from children for more information. The children learned it was built in 1850 in memorial to Andrew Agnew, who represented the community in Parliament.
The school admired the stunning views from the top of the hill, looking at how calm Loch Ryan was, picking out Stranraer, spotting the school and even a few houses they recognised. They were disappointed to learn you could not go inside the monument as it does not have any windows or doors.
The children all enjoyed the Friday afternoon walk – with Phoebe asking “I love this, can we go a walk every Friday afternoon?”. It was one mile up to the monument and one mile back down. Mrs Baillie said she felt like the “Grand Old Duke of York” marching them all to the top of the hill, and then they marched back down again!
