On Wednesday the 28th of June the Leswalt A team were awarded with second place in the mixed relay Inter-Primary races. Laura McClymont popped in to present the pupils with their medals. The team came 2nd to Glenluce by a matter of milliseconds. Well done and congratulations to Jamie ,Emily, Megan and Kayleigh.
Report by Jamie and Boyd
Excitingly, the pupils of Leswalt Primary were invited along for a wedding scramble last Friday. Jack and Iona’s mum, Karen, had very kindly organised this, even though she had plenty of other things on her planning list for her wedding to Ninian that day! We all headed along to the house just before the wedding car was due to pick up the bride, bridesmaid and beautiful Iona. We treated them to a rendition of ‘One More Step’ as we waited outside for a first glimpse of the ladies in the gorgeous dresses. Jack wasn’t there as he was with the groom, Ninian. Jack and Iona’s big brother, Dean, was giving his mum away and looked very smart in his kilt. He invited the pupils onto the driveway for the wedding scramble; Karen had organised a £1 coin for every pupil in the school. Much excitement and giggling ensued as everyone scrambled for their coin!
We then waved the bridal party off and headed back towards school. Some of us were just too desperate to spend our money, so Mrs Ferguson took a group along to Leswalt shop to buy some goodies. The rest were saving their cash for home – wise bunch!
Huge thanks to Karen and Ninian for inviting us along for the wedding scramble. We loved being a part of your special day!
Today Portpatrick and Leswalt pupils headed over to Kirkcolm to enjoy a ‘Get Together Day’! Initially the idea was to head to the shore for a Summer Eco Beach Clean in the morning, enjoy some playtime together outside in the sunshine at break and have a Inter-Schools Sporty afternoon, participating in races against one another in the June warmth. But the weather had very different ideas!
Still…we’re not ones to let the Scottish climate hold us back! So we put Plan B into action.
We had fun singing our end-of-term songs together in the hall, then enjoyed games and fun activities in classrooms with our partnership buddies. A picnic lunch was held in the hall before we all headed off to the shore, braving the blustery wind. Working in teams of mixed ages and mixed schools, we had a fabulous time creating art out of natural objects found on the beach. Lots of creative ideas on show.
Yes, it was a bit wet and very windy. But did we let that dampen our enthusiasm for fun? No way!
Check out our photos below to see what we were up to.
Here’s hoping we reschedule our Beach Clean/Inter-Sports Day for the new session. Fingers crossed for a bit of sun!
Primary 5-7 have been really busy this term working on their HWB topic about Food Miles and Labelling. They have been using maps, working out distances using scale, calculating portion size and cost, working within a budget and pricing products to ensure a profit is made – all life skills I’m sure you’ll agree!
After lots of planning, this morning the pupils set to making their Healthy Snacks to sell at break time to their school friends. It was a busy classroom, with everybody working together to make sure they were following food hygiene rules whilst creating yummy snacks for everyone’s tummies!
The pupils calculated that £8.10 had been spent on ingredients and a profit of £11.40 was made! Excellent work by a very hard-working team! Now how will we spend our hard-earned cash….
P1-4 , Mrs McKnight, Mrs Smith and Mrs Dinsmore headed off to Largs on Tuesday to enjoy a fun day in the sunshine in Largs!
Their first pit-stop was at Vikingar where they saw lots of artefacts and had a chance to dress up as Vikings. The class have really enjoyed learning about this topic this term and loved seeing the Viking rooms set-up at Vikingar!
Phoebe, Auryn and Erin got together to write about their most favourite parts of the trip:
We visited a Viking longhouse inside Vikingar and some of us got dressed up in typical clothes. We re-enacted making flour inside the longhouse – it was hard work! We met Odin – the Father of all Gods and heard all about Viking heaven which was known as Valhalla. We were allowed to visit the gift shop to buy some cool bits and bobs and then we had the best ice-cream ever at Nardini’s. There were so many flavours, it was really hard to choose – it was absolutely delicious! It was just bliss sitting by the seaside, enjoying ice-cream in the sunshine. It was a brilliant trip. We all loved it!
The photos below show just how much fun they had!
What a treat parents, family, friends and P5-7 enjoyed this afternoon! P1-4 presented their original production of ‘Dr Who and the Vikings’ – a time travelling expedition which showcased all the learning which had taken place in their class this term on this exciting topic. Mrs McKnight scripted this (hidden talents Mrs McK!) in collaboration with the boys and girls. Dr Who (Finlay) was ably assisted by his glamorous assistant (Phoebe) as they travelled back to the Viking era, meeting characters along the way who told them lots about the Viking way of life. The P1 boys had made their own helmets, swords and shield to wear too. We all learnt something new this afternoon. A highlight just has to be their fabulous song about the Vikings and their pillaging to the tune of ‘One Way or Another’.
Have a look at the photographs above to get a taster of the fun! It looks like the cast really enjoyed themselves too!
Mrs Henry introduced the ideas of chance and uncertainty in real life and why it is important to think about the probability of things happening. For example, Mrs Smith had to wait for a day which she thought it was unlikely to rain so she could take the p1’s into Stranraer for their day of fun. They learned about vocabulary such as likely, unlikely, certain, impossible, sometimes and never.
The older boys and girls used numbers to record the probability of an event e.g. 1/5 chance, even chance etc. They played a dice game where they considered the probability of getting a certain number e.g. a 5 or a 6 in 6 rolls then compared this with what they actually got in real rolls. They realised that probability can help to think about the likelihood of events but it is not always right!
With their Tuck Shop earnings in their pocket and the sun shining, Mrs Smith and the Primary 1 boys headed off to Stranraer on the bus yesterday. They all had a blast as you’ll be able to see by the fabulous photographs! Playing in the park, munching sweeties and enjoying ice-cream – a perfect way to start the week!
The partnership football team of Leswalt /Portpatrick United finished off the Summer season of fun days on winning form. Today they won every game to get through to the final at the Sandhead tournament – against their new trio partnership school of Kirkcolm.
It was a very tense final, with Mrs Baillie being very diplomatic on the sidelines and avoiding showing allegiance to any one of her schools. At full time the score was 0:0. The tension was further heightened as it went to a penalty shoot off to decide the winners. Kirkcolm narrowly won on penalties, but Leswalt and Portpatrick football team can hold their heads high that they played very well and demonstrated great sportsmanship.
Runners up Sandhead fun day 2017
Many thanks to Karen Anderson for coming in to see P5-7 today and telling us about her job with Alzheimer Scotland. We all found the afternoon really interesting and know much more now about what is meant by dementia, what help is available locally to people who have dementia and their family and friends and ways in which we can help ourselves and others. There simply wasn’t enough time for all of the questions and chat the class were enjoying. We look forward to being able to follow this up at some point in the future to help us find out even more.
Thanks Karen for an informative and interesting afternoon.
