The boys and girls of Leswalt Primary took some time to pause for thought, and remember the tragic incidents in Dunblane Primary 20 years ago. Mrs Mary Buchanan was a teacher at Leswalt Primary that day, and she came to Leswalt Primary with a floral arrangement for the children to lay in remembrance. Mrs Buchanan recalled how the pupils of Leswalt, 20 years ago, went on to create a build a cairn as a memorial to the events in Dunblane . This memorial still stands in the grounds of Leswalt Primary.
The Rev Sheppard came into school and all the children went out to pay their respects at the school memorial. Maisie and Aidan (the youngest pupils at Leswalt) laid the flowers on top of the cairn in a very moving ceremony, before the minister read a poem and the children joined hands in a prayer. The short service concluded with Kayleigh Williams singing “Flower of Scotland” , as the school united hand in hand and paid their respects
