The staff, parents and pupils of Leswalt Primary enjoyed an afternoon of Science as part of our British Science Week celebration. British Science Week runs from 9th-16th March and is designed to raise awareness of all things Science-y and encourage boys and girls to hone their investigative skills. The Leswalt Primary pupils worked on a range of Science tasks; Magic Ink to Poo from the Past, Coding with Lego WeDo to
A huge congratulations must go to Phoebe Gaw and Jenna Calderwood for their supreme confidence and participation in the Stranraer Burns club competition. Against all other Rhins Primary schools, Phoebe won the p3,4,5 class! And Jenna won the p6,7 class! Both girls gave their poems lots of expression and actions to impress the judges. Such was the high standard from Leswalt, the school was awarded the trophy for the best
Primary 1-4 were delighted to receive an injection of brand new toys and beanbags to their class this week. A few weeks ago the younger pupils wrote letters to the Parent council asking if they could help fund some new role play equipment and games for the class. Mrs Mc Knight went shopping for the class and they are now the proud owners of comfy bean bags, a bright rug
Primary 1-4 and Mrs Mc Knight were getting creative making ice art this week. Armed with pipettes full of food colouring the younger pupils were able to observe how the dye travelled through different frozen blocks that Mrs Mc Knight brought from home. This work is all part of their focus this term on “Weather”. And, the weather was so cold at Leswalt this week , once their wonderful ice art
Thursday 1st March was World Book Day! The children enjoyed a wonderful day of reading based activities all designed to encourage us all to take the time to read. The pupils arrived at school this morning armed with a pre-loved book which they then donated to The Great Book Swap. What a vast array of fabulous books were on the table for pupils top choose from. Each book had been
