On Friday, P1-4 enjoyed a fun filled day at Dumfries House, enjoying 2 interesting workshops, then a play in the Woodland Adventure Playground. The first workshop was all about weather and we had the chance to show off our knowledge picked up in last term’s weather topic. The focus was Wind and we used bubbles and compasses to measure wind direction, and also give it a value on the Beaufort
Our boys and girls have been enjoying the outdoor life today, planting all the kind donations of plants we have received from Home and Gardens & Tesco. The children have written thank you letters to Tesco and Lidl today Ever creative, Mrs Richardson has been repurposing tubs and containers to help make our grounds look blooming good. We even found a larve. We are not sure if it’s a
We are delighted to announce that the North Rhins Trio Partnership has been awarded our Anti-Bullying Ambassador Respect Badge! Our Primary 6 pupils along with our house captains underwent anti-bullying ambassador training as part of the Diana Award. As a results, and in combination with our Rights Respecting Schools Silver Award, our pupils have completed an action plan of 6 activities to gain this award. Educating students on children’s rights
All three school communities came together on Saturday for our annual Kirkcolm Mini Walk to raise funds for our schools and to enjoy a social fitness activity together. Despite the threat of rain, the weather stayed dry enough to allow our walkers to enjoy a run or a stroll around the beautiful scenery of our Kirkcolm coastal area. First, second and third places are awarded for the boys and girls
Having received 20 fantastic free Microbits for our school, Mrs McKnight’s P1-4 and Mrs Ferguson’s P5-6 decided to join a Code Along Live Lesson today hosted by Education Scotland! What better way to learn than by working together, learning by doing and being guided step-by-step?! As the P7 pupils were enjoying their S1 Stranraer Academy transition day, P1-6 decided to buddy up and find out more together. The Digital Leaders
As part of younger pupils learning all about caring for babies, our younger pupils enjoyed the company of Miss Maeva Mc Harg. Mrs Mc Harg brought in her baby daughter, who has just turned one, to allow all to appreciate all the more, what caring for a baby involves. This is part of the health and well being teaching planned for p1-4 this term. There was lots of questions for
After a long delay due to Covid, the annual Primary 7 Rotary Lunch event recommenced today. Breagh and Aidan represented Leswalt Primary at this year’s event where the guest speakers were Bejing Olympic Gold and Silver Curling Medallists Vicky Wright (Gold), Bobby Lammie (Silver) and Hammy McMillan (Silver). They enjoyed a tasty lunch of Tomato soup or fruit juice, followed by fish and chips. This was followed by a Q
Today, P5-7 recapped on their term 3 French Food and Drink topic by hosting their own mini cafe for their classmates! Having created some French themed table decorations, designed menu cards and created handy phrase cards to be placed on the tables – the pupils were all ready to say Bonjour! With some background French cafe style jazz music playing, the pupils took it in turns to role-play as the
Tattie Report – By Aidan and Rose On the Thursday the 12th of May, we planted potatoes with Mrs Richardson. We planted the potato seeds in tyres that used to have flowers in them – reusing and recycling! We needed to make sure that we covered them up in soil. We also watered them so they didn’t dry out. We really enjoyed it and it will be great to help in
It is Schools’ Week at Logan Botanic Gardens! Leswalt Primary ventured there today. Read the fabulous blog reports below to find out more… Logan Gardens Trip by P1-4 P1-4 enjoyed a fun morning at Logan Gardens with ranger Kate. Our activity was called The Teddy Bear’s Picnic and we had to take along with us our favourite stuffed toys. We learned about something called S.W.A.F. This stood for Shelter, Water,
