Day: June 1, 2023

We are proud to announce that Leswalt Primary has achieved yet another Eco Schools flag, representing another two years of fantastic eco-friendly action from our highly motivated pupils.  This achievement recognises all the hard work, dedication and drive from our pupils, our staff and our wider community.  Our action targets for 2021 – 2023 focussed on:

• Litter and Waste
• Healthy Living
• Biodiversity

Many congratulations to everyone!

The Education and Learning Team from Keep Scotland Beautiful have written to us with this message:

A big congratulations to everyone for this great achievement that reflects so much hard work and commitment. You have demonstrated a fantastic whole school approach to your Green Flag award, with everyone in your school involved. It is great to hear how many local organisations you have worked with to help you with your actions. Overall, you have done a fantastic job and are highly deserving of this Green Flag Award.

Not only did we achieve our Eco Flag, but we have also achieved our RSPB Wild Challenge Gold award after completing a series of challenges to help nature and experience nature.

 

We won’t stop there as we’re already thinking ahead to our next action plan for 2023 – 2025!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

UNCRC Rights of the Child: Article 24 – Health, Water, Food & The Environment.

Sustainable Development Goal: 3 – Good Health and Wellbeing, 15 – Life on Land

Robert McCrorie Community Safety Advocate with the local Fire Service, visited us P5-7 this morning to give a presentation all about keeping ourselves safe with regards to fire hazards.

Each group had a picture of a room in the home showing many potential dangers. Discussion ensued and the pupils were able to spot the issues – and think of ways in which they could avoid these. This got them thinking about their own homes and bedrooms; might there be any instances in which they could make sure they were doing things in a safer way. One thing Robert mentioned was charging mobile phones in your room overnight – something Mrs F is guilty of too! It’s always better to charge your phone when you’re around the house and awake. I’ll be doing that from now on!

Robert also talked about new fire alarms in the home and left contact details in case any family would like a free Home Fire Safety visit.

In addition, Robert told the pupils about the app What3words which is extremely if ever you do need help from the emergency services as it can pinpoint within a 3m radius your exact location! Did you know that Leswalt Primary’s 3 words are cooked.jogged.moves? You could check out the 3 words for your house and members of your family might want to check out the app too!

Keeping yourself safe is THE most important thing (even more important than x tables!) And now we know more about avoiding any fire hazards too.  A good learning session this morning!

We had looked out the eggs and spoons, the sacks and the beanbags. The pupils were kitted out in their shorts and tshirts… yes it sounds like we were ready for Leswalt’s annual sports day and, what’s even better was that we actually got some sunshine too! We were Ready, Steady, Go!

Trooping over to the park for a 1:15pm start, the children were excited and raring to get going. And what a fabulous afternoon we had! Lots of cheering, supporting one another and excellent sportsmanship on display. Exactly the ingredients needed for us all to have lots of fun!

Many thanks must go to the Agnew family who provided all with an Ice Cream treat at the end of Sports,  and also the parents of Aria Rose and Kaiden who ensured all went home with a wee sweetie mixture too!

Results list will follow, but for the meantime, enjoy the photos of our fabulous Leswalt pupils enjoying some fresh air fun!