Month: March 2022

Primary 5 to 7 were keen to get outdoors to combine using their maths and technologies skills this morning.

Through a practical activity which included the use of
technology, children developed their understanding of the link between compass points and angles. The children logged on to Google Maps and used the shared location function to access the compass function.  They were able to use the app to identify the directions of the 4 points of the compass namely, North, South, East and West and relate them to their immediate location.

They then applied their knowledge of angles to calculate and draw their own chalk compasses, extending the task to create some 8-point compasses with accuracy.

As the Sun was shining, we decided to go outdoors to enjoy some cross-country distance running in the afternoon too – an active day all round!

Huge thank you to Michael Hogg Senior Public Affairs Manager at the Royal Mail for following up on his promise of a special delivery for every Leswalt pupil.

This was in response to the letters which Malcolm and Breagh wrote requesting a gold postbox for the village to represent Vicky Wright and her team’s Gold medal at the Beijing Winter Olympics. Mr Hogg had replied by saying that this, unfortunately, was not possible as it was only done in the year of the 2012 ‘home’ Olympics. However, he promised to send a special set of commemorative stamps for the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee for every Leswalt Primary pupil. And he was as good as his word, as these arrived on Mrs Baillie’s desk today!

Thanks must go to Mr Hogg for going that extra mile and thinking about us all. Thanks also to Malcolm and Breagh for using their initiatives and writing the letter of request in the first place!

Plans are afoot for Leswalt Primary’s own commemoration of Vicky Wright’s Gold and Bobby Lammie’s Silver… more information on that to come!