This Friday (2nd December), we are opening our doors to family and friends to welcome them into our shiny, new school and share an afternoon of early Festive fun; all whilst fund-raising to support one of our school friends! Come along between 1:30pm – 4pm to be in with a chance to purchase one of our homemade Christmas decorations; sit back with a cuppa and some delicious home-baking and enjoy
Our digital leaders from across our partnership held an online meeting via Teams today. We came together to create a Christmas trivia quiz for pupils to enjoy. This provided a theme for us to learn how to use Microsoft Forms. Our Digital Leaders used our Higher Order Thinking Skills to work collaboratively on a shared ‘form’ online. The children had to remember and understand how to access and design questions
What a day to come back on Term 2 – Halloween! As you can imagine, it was all go with the start of Term 2 ahead of us and Halloween festivities taking place . Pupils came with scary costumes bagged and ready to go for a quick change at lunchtime. Afterwards we had our Halloween costume judging competition! We did this altogether with Kirkcolm combined and had both a Leswalt
A cheery bunch lined up to join us at Leswalt Primary this morning – but it seems lots of pupils forgot to get dressed for school! Pjs, cuddly dressing gowns, snuggly hoodies and cosy slippers seemed to be the dress code – and that was just the teachers! There were also some fabulous storybook characters joining us too and all in the name of Children in Need. To add to
As part of our Book Week Scotland celebrations, parents/grandparents were invited into school today to see P1-3 pupils being presented with their Bookbug (P1) and Read, Write, Count (P2-3) bags. This initiative, ran by the Scottish Book Trust and Scottish Government, sees every P1-3 child receive a free bag which contains beautiful books, educational games and writing materials. The bags are designed to help build parents’ confidence and encourage families
P5-7 have been enjoying the Glasgow Science Centre Powering the Future workshops over the last two terms and today we were delighted to welcome Megan and Aileen from GSC in person! We enjoyed a busy morning of active learning finding out more about renewable energy sources and the ways in which Scotland is working towards a greener future. Megan and Aileen were on hand to offer guidance, demonstrate some very
The rain dried up and the sun was shining so Leswalt pupils donned their Winter cosies and wellies and headed to Aldouran Wetlands to meet members of Stranraer Rotary Club. They had invited us along to plant purple crocus bulbs as part of Rotary International’s Purple for Polio awareness campaign. Polio is a disease which can cause paralysis. Fortunately there is a vaccination which is given to children and so
After a break of quite sometime, during which we were ‘living’ at Kirkcolm whilst refurbishments took place, we have returned to school! We took the opportunity to get out and about in the community as we headed up to Leswalt’s war memorial today to observe the 11am silence. The last couple of days have involved in pupils learning about the significance of the poppy, how it came to be the
Leswalt P1-4 were joined with Kirkcolm and Portpatrick infants class on for a trip to “Kitchen Coos and Ewes” owned by the Neale and Janet McQuistin at New Luce . Over 50 pupils and staff bundled onto the trailer and headed to the hills where we quickly caught the eye of 30 Highland ‘coos’ 🐮. This trip allowed the children to experience a different type of farming, as part of
We are delighted to announce that the North Rhins Partnership primary schools in the Rhins has achieved a Silver Rights Respecting School Award by UNICEF UK. Leswalt, Kirkcolm and Portpatrick primaries have worked collaboratively to meet the standards for this UNICEF prestigious accreditation. UNICEF is the world’s leading organisation working for children and their rights. The Rights Respecting Schools Award is granted to schools that show commitment to promoting and
