Look at our little nursery stars who ordered numbers 0-5 using caterpillars today with Mrs Smith. The soon to be P1’s are visiting the school each Wednesday morning for 45 minutes to meet all the boys, girls and staff of Leswalt school.
Ethan headed off to New Galloway Golf Club last Thursday, accompanied by his dad, to represent Leswalt Primary at the Regional Primary Schools’ Golf Competition. He enjoyed a day of glorious sunshine on a stunning golf course. He demonstrated just what a responsible citizen he is by taking part and being a good ambassador for our school. Thanks Ethan! Glad you had a great day too!
The joint partnership football team from Leswalt and Portpatrick Primary schools took part in the first fun day tournament of this term – with great success. The boys and girls played at Rephad fun night and progressed unbeaten to the final. This competition was open to all schools in the Stranraer cluster. In the final they played Belmont Primary, who eventually won. Well done to all who played – there was
P1-4 are curerntly learning how to be journalists and reporters by creating their own newspapers and articles. To help with this learning, Mrs Henry took them all in to the local Free Press Office in Stranraer to meet the production and reporting team and see how a newspaper is created. The staff were fantastic with the children and really got them involved in the process from start to finish … they
On Thursday the 18th of May, Leswalt Primary did so much outdoor learning – it was astounding! It was National Outdoor Education Day and it was a big hit with the pupils and teachers! Firstly everyone headed outside and enjoyed some maths work. P1 headed off to the Wetlands with Mrs Smith to do some 2D shape hunting, P2-4 went angle spotting in the playground and P5-7 We made 3D shapes
As part of their Health and Wellbeing topic on the importance of good dental hygiene, Janine Maxwell was invited in to P1-4 to talk about the best ways to keep your teeth clean. The boys and girls learned lots of good tips about toothbrushing, mouthwash, best time to eat a sugary treat, what sugar does to teeth and what happens when you don’t brush your teeth! The children were horrified
On Wednesday 10th May we enjoyed a whole school event learning about the Buddhist celebration of Wesak. Boys and girls came to school wearing white (at least it was white at the start of the school day!) as this is something which Buddhists do to celebrate the Buddha’s birth at Wesak. Our whole school assembly taught us a little about the story behind the Buddha and Noah and Gregor came
On Sunday the 7/5/17 it was Leswalt Primary’s Cream Tea .So many people came to enjoy a fun afternoon in the glorious sunshine! There were many fun stalls to browse around: Guess how many sweeties in the jar, guess the teddy bear’s birthday, a book stall, bottle stall, fabulous face painting , gorgeous hairstyles , BBQ, a delicious baking stall , the raffle with lots of great prizes , a 50-50 lottery, the
On Thursday 4th May, Leswalt Primary P5-7 headed off on the service bus to Soleburn to meet with Michael to get some expert advice about plants. Firstly, we headed into the park and let off some steam playing on the slide, swings and roundabout – very cool fun even when you are 9-12 year olds! Michael popped out to get us and our tour of the Garden Centre started! He
P1-4 enjoyed an excellent visit from Kathryn Purchase with her History Alive presentation! A whole morning was spent finding out all about Vikings and the children gained a real insight into what life was really like back then. We found out who the Vikings actually were (the good and the bad ones!), where they came from and where they travelled to. The children found out about what they wore, the
