Day: January 25, 2018

Day two of our Scots Festivities!

Thursday

Thursday, being Rabbie’s birthday, was booked as our day for the annual Burns Lunch. We were lucky enough to have Mr Gaw as our piper and Mr Neville Wright who came along to deliver the Immortal Memory about ‘Rabbie the Rockstar!’. The P1-4 regaled their audience with ‘The Wee Kirkcudbright Centipede’ and P5-7 gave a rousing rendition of The Proclaimers song ‘I’m on my way’.  That, alongside our talented recitation winners (thank you to Jenna, Phoebe, Jack, Malcolm, Alexander and Hamish!); those entertaining class songs, Primary 7 pupils with their prepared Burns Lunch speeches and a delicious feast of haggis, neeps and tatties (washed down by that Scottish stalwart of Irn Bru), meant it was an afternoon of fun, friendship and food!

Afterwards the pupils headed outside for a break. Mr Brawls particularly liked the young man in his kilt who was enjoying his game of footie! See below for the snaps.

Check out the blog tomorrow for the final event in our Scots Celebrations – The Scots Showcase Assembly!

 

Friday

Friday brought us towards the closure of our Scots festivities with the Showcase Assembly in the afternoon. Pupils, parents and staff gathered for an afternoon packed full of winning recitations and sing-along Scots class songs.

Rabbie would have been delighted! Leswalt Primary pupils, staff, parents and guests have been treated to a Scots-fest celebration over the last few days.

Pupils have been working extremely hard throughout the course of this month on a trio of homework tasks; handwriting, artwork and poetry recitation of their set poem. And what a power of work the children put in – just amazing!

Wednesday

Wednesday saw the dawning of judgement day. Mr McCracken was invited in for the unenviable task of judging each class stage – a he had quite a job! The high standards of creativity within artwork, beautifully presented handwriting and the expression and gusto with which the poems were recited meant that Mr McCracken found he had very tricky decisions to make. But make them he did – and the very worthy winners within each category are listed below!  Well done to ALL pupils for their effort – we are all very proud of you!

P1 – ‘Ode tae a spider’ – Recitation winners : 1. Hamish McGregor; 2. Cara Jamieson, Carys McHallum &

Faye Adams; 3. Brandon Millar:

Illustration winner – Hamish McGregor : Handwriting winner – Faye Adams

P2 – ‘Social dancin’ – Recitation winners : 1.Alexander Clark; 2.Noah Gaw; 3. Struan Scott :

Illustration winner –Fraser Reid : Handwriting winner – Noah Gaw

P3 – ‘Jock and Jean’ – Recitation winners : 1.Malcolm McGregor; 2.Breagh Kirkpatrick; 3.Aidan Adams, Murray Williams & Maisie Sloan:

 Illustration winner –Maisie Sloan: Handwriting winner – Malcolm McGregor

P4 – ‘Last nicht’ – Recitation winners : 1. Robin McLean; 2. Luke McHallum, Gregor Reid, Chloe Kennedy &

Jack Cloy; 3. Andrew Brown :

Illustration winner – Robin McLean : Handwriting winner – Chloe Kennedy

P5 – ‘Nae accontin for folk’ – Recitation winners : 1. Phoebe Gaw; 2. Auryn Kirkpatrick; 3. Finlay Scott &

Erin Jamieson :

Illustration winner – Auryn Kirkpatrick : Handwriting winner – Phoebe Gaw

P6 – ‘King o the midden’ – Recitation winners : 1.Jenna Calderwood; 2. Eva Ferguson; 3. Boyd Sloan & Charlotte Gaw:

 Illustration winner –Boyd Sloan: Handwriting winner – Charlotte Gaw

P7 – ‘Address to the haggis / Tae a moose’ – Recitation winners : 1.Kayleigh Williams; 2.Megan McIntyre; 3. Alistair Brown & Ethan Smith :

Illustration winner – Alistair Brown : Handwriting winner – Megan McIntyre.

Thursday brings the Burns Lunch… yum yum!