A Spooky Spot of STEM at School with extra helpings of Halloween Fun!

Zombies, witches and scary skeletons – there were all sorts of spooky goings-on at Leswalt Primary today! Our school of usually fresh-faced, smiling children were transformed for the day into a terrifying bunch of Halloween characters! Aaargh! The morning started with the judging of the Fancy dress competition. P1/2 – Colin (with a special prize for Lily!) P3 – Ellie P4 – Kaiden P5 – Rose P6 – Malcolm P7

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Happy Big Birthday Mr Brawls!

On Thursday the 8th of October the boys and girls of Leswalt Primary gave their wonderful janitor Mr Brawls a handmade birthday card and something very nice to drink as a special gift – he has a big birthday coming up in the October holidays! We sang Happy Birthday to him outside and Lily and Ewan handed over his handmade birthday card and gift to him! We hope he has

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P1-4 and Mega Maths Week Fun!

Shape fun We had lots of fun exploring the properties of 2D shapes with Mrs Copeland and using these to create group pictures. Symmetry In pairs we used chalk to create a symmetrical pattern/picture by working across a line in the school hall.  We then searched outside for examples of symmetry in nature.  We collected symmetrical leaves, cut them in half and stuck the halves onto paper.  We then had

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P5-7 Mega Maths Week Scotland!

We have had a MEGA Maths Week! On Monday- P7- we were learning about scale and we were building a Lego HOUSE and measured what scale it had we also made a bird with glue stick lids, calculators and rubber dinosaurs. P6-they were doing measuring in millimetres so they measured small things like ;glue sticks, scissors and water bottles stuff like that. P5-we were learning about width and height we

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Leswalt P4-7 visit a REAL Film-set!

Not your average Thursday morning for the lucky pupils of P4-7 at Leswalt Primary – as today they got to visit a real film-set and chat to the cast and crew of upcoming movie Kingslayer! This film is being shot at Dunskey – home of the Orr-Ewing family who very kindly invited our trio of schools to visit and absorb the film-set experience! Malcolm and Noah wrote up this blog

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