Month: December 2017

Wow! What a show Leswalt Primary put on! Entitled ‘It’s Chriistmas!’, it told the Christmas Story through the guise of a chart show presented by some very glamorous hosts, produced by a bossy director and assistant director and featuring all the Nativity favourites. The songs were strangely recognisable, all being based on a well-known tune, and the children acted their hearts out. From heavenly angels to grumpy landlords, rocking shepherds to hippy animals, boyband ‘Wise Guys’ to Herod the baddie and his suave backing singers all topped off by cheery hosts, bossy producers, dancing camels and that extra pizzazz the children always add to their stage productions! The singing was uplifting and the roof of the village hall was well and truly raised! Well done to all involved – we’re very proud of you all!

 

The P7 pupils enjoyed a delicious meal at Papa Rab’s as part of their Christmas celebrations last Thursday. The five of them looked fabulous as they headed out for a spot of socialising. Judging by their chat last Friday morning, they all had a brilliant time and lots of giggles! Many thanks to the Parent Council for paying towards the bill and to the mums (Gillian, Linda, Kim and Mary) who headed along to enjoy the banter! Good times!

The whole school enjoyed an afternoon of festive party fun starting with a wonderful buffet in P1-4 classroom.  Everyone enjoyed a variety of savoury snacks provided by the school lunches and the Parent Council –  then lots of tasty sweet treats provided by the parents of the school.

Party games then began in the hall including Musical Arms, Build a Snowman (hilarious!), some social dancing, Christmas Corners and Pass the Parcel.

At 2.30pm, a very special visitor arrived….. SANTA!!! He came bearing lots of gifts for the children too, as they had been all very good boys and girls 🙂

What a fantastic afternoon.  Thank you to all the parents for helping out too and making it run so smoothly.

Well done to the four pupils from Leswalt school who went to the Academy last week to represent their school at a fun Maths Transition challenge. The team consisted of Charlotte Gaw, Euan McCredie, Ethan Smith and Megan McIntyre. The challenge began with an Activity Pack full of Christmas themed maths puzzles and problem solving, as well as a complex cube building challenge and a ‘Tarsia’ hexagon challenge.

Following this, the teams were given a pack of spaghetti, tape and one sheet of paper and tasked with creating the tallest tower. This was very entertaining! Unfortunately, Leswalt’s tower collapsed near the end of the time but this did not knock their confidence… the bounced back and had another attempt – that’s what we like to see! 🙂
The event was a great success and we look forward to participating in the challenge again next Christmas. Kirkcolm and Portpatrick School joined in the fun as well.

The boys, girls and staff wore their festive knits to school on Friday 15th December for the annual Save the Children ‘Christmas Jumper Day’. Everyone brought along a donation for this very worthwhile charity. Look at all those Christmassy tops! Doesn’t everyone look fabulous?

This team of super bag packers and their adult helpers raised £628.66 in Morrisons on Saturday! I bet the festive food shoppers were delighted to be helped by these cheery faces.

What fabulous teamwork!

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Erin and Kayleigh offered to read at a Christmas Church service.  The girls read their pieces with fluency and confidence, giving up their own time for their community. Well done!

 

Pupils all enjoyed a delicious Christmas Lunch at school today. P7s helped to set up and serve lunch to their classmates, before sitting down to enjoy a plate piled high with turkey, chipolatas, potatoes and brussel sprouts with their Christmas hats on! Christmas music in the background helped to set the festive scene. Lunch was absolutely delicious and the children munched up every bit before heading outside to enjoy the last of the sprinkling of snow before it melted in the early afternoon sunshine.

This week, all the p5/6/7’s took part in a Christmas Numeracy and Maths Challenge based on the 12 Days of Christmas.  They had to work out how many gifts were received altogether in the song and try to look for creative ways to work this out.  Some pupils used visual methods, written calculations, tables etc.

They then had to work out how many ‘legs’ were in the song… things got a little tricky at Day 8 when there were maids milking cows with milking stools  (which all have their own legs!).

Megan, Charlotte, Ethan and Euan were chosen as the final 4 who will go to Stranraer Academy on Thursday 14th December to represent the school in another transition Xmas challenge with the S1’s and the maths department.