Month: November 2016

Well done to Jenna, Megan, Ethan, Kayleigh, Millie, Jack and Arden. These seven pupils participated in the Rhins’ Schools Badminton Competition on Monday 28^th and Tuesday 29^th November. We are very proud of your efforts.

 

On Tuesday the 29^th of November Stranraer Academy held the Rhins’ boys badminton competition.  Jack and I entered it and represented Leswalt School. We didn’t win any medals but we tried our hardest and did our best. Seven Leswalt Primary pupils played over the two days of boys and girls doubles and singles matches: me, Kayleigh, Jack, Megan, Millie, Arden and Jenna. We really enjoyed the experience.

By Ethan Smith

 

On Monday the 28^th and 29^th November, seven  pupils from Leswalt Primary went to Stranraer Academy to participate in the  Rhins’ Badminton Competition representing  our school. We didn’t come back with any medals but we know we did the school and ourselves proud, and we all really enjoyed the experience.

By Kayleigh Williams

As part of the Scottish Book Week, all P1-3 pupils across Scotland were gifted activity bags to help parents support learning in reading, writing and numeracy.  To launch the bags, P1-4 parents were invited in to a presentation about Read, Write, Count and then given time to explore the activities with the pupils in small groups.  The afternoon was spent playing numeracy games, completing numeracy challenges and reading books.  It was a super afternoon.  Thanks to the parents for coming along… the children loved it and all went home excited about their bags.

On the 18th of November 2016, Primary 5-7 got a visit from Pitch Pulse and Magic, a company from Live Music Now! Two people came, Juliette and Matt. Juliette played the piano and Matt played the flute, both were very talented. They taught us about how music can add emotion, set the scene and be descriptive. They first played a Brazilian Bossa Nova, then they played the Harry Potter Melody, the first part of the melody sounded mysterious, the second part was like a chase.  We sketched what the music made us think of. It was very interesting. We learned about the families of the instruments; the flute is part of the woodwind family, and the piano is part of the percussion family. They also played the Bumble Boogie, which was very fast, a tango and the Dance of Goblins. Euan conducted Juliette and Matt when to start and stop, then Millie conducted them on their volume.  We all really enjoyed the visit from Pitch, Pulse and Magic and we would like to say thank you to Juliette and Matt for coming to visit us. What an interesting morning!

By the P.7s

On Tuesday, the whole school created a ‘factory line’ to create fantastic little snowmen to sell at Leswalt Christmas Fair on Sunday 20th November.  The snowmen were inspired by beautiful handmade gifts given to the teaching staff from the Gaw Family (Noah, Phoebe and Charlotte).

 

The staff and children loved the snowmen so much, they decided to make lots to sell so others could enjoy having one too.  Many thanks to Mrs Gael Gaw for coming along and helping the school produce their gorgeous snowmen.  Everyone worked so well together and high quality items were created as a result.

On Monday14th November, PC Siobhan Pellet visited Leswalt School

as part of their HWB topic on Emergencies and Basic First Aid.  She talked about the role of the police and other emergency services.  The children learned about what an emergency is and how to call 999 and also learned to call 101 for the Police when it is not an emergency.

The children practised making 999 calls.  They need to know their name, address, mum and dads full names and their telephone number.  We will be practising all of this with the children.

On the 10th of November 2016 P.5-7 of Leswalt video conferenced with P.6 of Castle Douglas Primary school. We exchanged questions and answers. We found out a lot more about Castle Douglas Primary and talked with Mrs Bathgate. They knew a lot about us because they had done their research on our blog. We are maybe going to arrange another video conference soon.

By: The P.7s

P1-4 have been learning about why Hindu’s celebrate Diwali.  It is to remember the story of Rama and Sita where they defeated the evil demon king Ravana.  They then became much loved King and Queen.  They read the story then acted it out.  They then wrote about the main events in the story.

 

On Monday 31st October, the whole school dressed up in a variety of wonderful costumes to celebrate Halloween.  There were pirates, minions, witches, werewolves and many more scary sights to be seen!  A fun filled afternoon was had including games such as; Dress the Mummy (with loo roll!), Musical Zombies, Pin the Nose on the Pumpkin, Halloween corners, Best Dancer and Best Dressed.  Best dressed outfits were fantastic home made numbers by Malcolm McGregor, P2 and Megan McIntyre, P6.  Lots of tasty treats were given as prizes, ending with everyone receiving a special treat for their effort with costumes and excellent behaviour on such an exciting day.  The pupils also had great fun ‘dookin’ for apples and learning about the history of Halloween and why it is celebrated.  I think the photos show just what a fun afternoon it was!