Mr Val Plant visited Leswalt Primary to take on the role as judge for all the work which had taken place in the month of January as part of the focus on Scots Poetry. Every class was provided with a poem for stimulus for artwork, poetry recitations and handwriting. Mr Plant had a very difficult task as judge, as the standard was very high. He picked the following pupils as award winning;
Poetry recitations;
P1 1. Aidan Adams 2. Malcolm Mc Gregor 3. Murray Williams
P2 1. Chloe Kennedy 2. Luke Mc Hallum 3. Gregor Reid
P3 1. Phoebe Gaw 2. Erin Jamieson and Auryn Kirkpatrick 3.Finlay Scott
P4 1. Jenna Calderwood2. Charlotte Gaw 3. Euan Mc Creadie and Iona Rickard
P5 1. Kayleigh Williams 2. Megan Mc Intyre 3. Ethan Smith
P6 1. Emily Cochran 2. Jack Rickard and Arden Mc Intyre
P7 1. Lauren Anderson 2. Kathryn Topping 3. Finlay Cowan.
Artwork Winners;
P1 Murray Williams
P2 Chloe Kennedy
P3 Auryn Kirkpatrick
P4 Charlotte Gaw and Kirstie Mac Donald
P5 Kayleigh Williams
P6 Jack Rickard
P7 Kathryn Topping
Handwriting winners;
P1 Aidan Adams
P2 Robin Mc Lean
P3 Phoebe Gaw
P4 Jenna Calderwood
P5 Kayleigh Williams
P6 Jack Rickard
P7 Kathryn Topping
All this hard work was celebrated at a prize giving assembly in school. Parents were invited along and were also entertained by some singing. Primary 5-7 sang “Flower of Scotland” to open the proceedings, then followed this up later with “Caledonia”. The afternoon concluded with P1-4 giving it their all by singing “Let it go” from the film “Frozen” – all in Scots. This proved to be very entertaining, with the young pupils displaying real attitude and enthusiasm to ensure all the guests left school that day with a smile on their face.