So lovely to see the Spring sunshine today – what a change from last week’s storms! We took the opportunity to take our learning outside and take on a STEM challenge at the beach. Buddied up with P1-4, we headed down Fisher’s Lane to the beach looking out for the very welcome signs of Spring. On the beach, we found a starfish and a huge oyster too. Once in small
We may have mentioned before our pride in having the utterly fabulous Vicky Wright (Olympic Gold Medallist) and equally amazing Bobby Lammie (Olympic Silver medallist) as past pupils of our wee village school! And with this in mind, Malcolm (one of our House Captains) approached teachers with a thought…might Leswalt get a Gold postbox in honour of the Ladies’ Curling Team’s success? Only one way to find out Malcolm, and
From February 21st- March 6th is 2022’s Fairtrade Fortnight and so P5-7 Leswalt pupils spent some time finding out more. Working in Talk Partners, the pupils researched the key questions about this topic: What is Fairtrade? When this started? Why it started? Where can Fairtrade products be bought? Who Fairtrade works with? How we can do our bit to help! They used reference materials, website links, a video clip and
As part of our journey towards Rights Respecting Schools Silver status, the children have been discussing all of the rights within the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC). They have discussed what rights they feel are most important and have explained their views. Here is just a sample for you to see what responsible citizens we have! RRS-Silver-Our-Views-On-Rights-video If you would like to find out more about
This morning’s outdoor maths fun, led by Miss Lammie, was somewhat hampered by the after-effects of the weekend’s stormy weather! Shooting and shining could be the descriptive phrase used. Still, it didn’t dampen the spirits and efforts of P5-7 in their Time Detectives clock faces task! Even if they did need to do most of their task indoors as they ducked from the heavy showers. Miss Lammie shared the session
All at Leswalt Primary could not be prouder of two of our former pupils – Bobby Lammie and Vicky Wright. They have been part of Team GB at the Winter Olympics in Beijing and are returning home with medals – a silver for Bobby and Gold for Vicky! The ladies final started at 1am, and there were many from the community cheering them on in Stranraer at the North West
Whilst the older pupils were spending time outdoors at Lockerbie Manor, the younger pupils got their ‘eco’ hats on to support our local bird population. Everyone pitched in to help make apple bird feeders using foraged sticks and string. It was then time to get outside to hang up the tasty treats for our feathered friends.
With two of our former pupils currently playing in the Winter Olympics in Beijing, Leswalt Primary has been going curling crazy! The outside of our school has been decorated with Bobby and Vicky bunting, to cheer on Team GB and show our support for the local lad and lass.2591E85C-CCB8-4E37-9CC4-30E640CD83D8 Also Mrs Mc Knight hosted her own Curling bonspiel with P1-4. Inspired after watching some of the Winter Olympic curling in
The final day has dawned crisp and bright for another rotation of exciting activities. There were a few sleepy heads this morning, but everyone soon shook of the zzzz’s and were raring to go. Blaze treated everyone to a beautiful song to start the day – A Million Dreams from the Greatest Showman – so lovely! The last day was crammed packed with more adventures. A very weary, but happy
Wow! It’s been another super active day for our adventure heroes. Have a look at everything they got up to outdoors. More to follow… Water sports Fencing Rifles Orienteering Climbing/Abseiling
