Ukulele We have started learning the ukulele with Eilidh and Jessica from Feis Rois. They are teaching us how to play it and its really fun! We know three chords already and quite a lot of songs! We have to listen very carefully to their instructions. We will have more lessons every Monday for the rest of this term, so hopefully we’ll be able to show off our ukulele talents to everyone
P5-7 have started some work on investigating polygons and headed outside to work this morning in the Winter sunshine. Working in teams, using sticks and following task cards; the pupils explored different 2D shapes together and put their knowledge of angles to good use too. We will use this information to find out more in class and will hopefully get back outside again soon to do some more fun maths
Thank you very much to family and friends for coming along to our Scots Showcase Assembly on Friday 27th January. This was a chance for the winners of our recent Scots competition to perform their poems and show-off their winning artwork and handwriting. The judging had been done by Rev. and Mrs Cairns on Tuesday – and what a hard job they had! P1-4 entertained us all with their singing
Yesterday, 25th January, Leswalt Primary held their Annual Burns Lunch and what a great time we all had! Yummy food, good company and great entertainment made for the perfect celebration of Rabbie Burns! Our four P7 pupils chaired, organised and led the afternoon’s events. Arden McIntyre took on the role of chairperson – and a very good job she made of this too! Finlay Scott (P4) started off by saying
On Tuesday the 17th of January we enjoyed playing some rugby. Our coaches were Campbell McGregor (Malcolm’s dad) and Gregor Henry. They taught us about passing, cooperation, focus and tackling. The tackling was really fun and we TRIED not to make the other person go down with a thump! Passing is about good communication and focusing mostly – it is very important for team games. We split up into to team of Girls vs Boys and
On Monday 16th January, Mrs Ferguson took Jack Rickard and Jamie Drennan to the annual Rotary Club Young Person’s Lunch. This was held at the North West Castle Hotel. We were made to feel most welcome and enjoyed a delicious three course meal while enjoying the chat of Rotary Club members and pupils from other schools. The speaker after the lunch was Kate Thomson. She recently retired from the Police
A huge thank you to Mr Brawls who made a set of goals for our keen football players! Having listened to many tales of woe about the shop-bought ones we had which kept breaking, and which he had fixed many times, he decided to sort things out once and for all! He did this in his own time too. We are extremely lucky to have him and this reminded us
Happy New Year! P5-7, joined by Mrs Ferguson, enjoyed celebrating the first day back with each other by singing Auld Lang Syne and raising a toast to the New Year with water or flavoured fizzy juice. We chatted about New Year’s resolutions and how New Year is celebrated in different countries around the world. Wishing you all a very happy and healthy 2017! By: Arden, Emily and Jamie.
