As the boys and girls are somehow full of energy on the final week of school, we have tried to squeeze in as much fun as possible. So this morning, Kirkcolm Primary headed across to Leswalt Primary for a morning of inter-school sports. ♥️ 👬 We competed in the sprint, skipping, egg and spoon, the sack and the long distance races in the following groups (thankfully the wind died down
We had the very BEST day at Ernespie Farm Park for our annual Leswalt Primary Summer trip! 🌞 🚜🛝🐄🐐 The windscreen wipers on the bus didn’t dampen our spirits one bit as we pulled up at the farm park. A quick snack and loo stop and we were ready to explore. Luckily, would you believe it, the sun came out to greet us too! So explore we most certainly did….
For the past three Monday afternoons P1-3 have headed along the road to the Wetlands. Mrs Sloan met us there and had organised some fun activities for us to do. We spent time helping to make the Wetlands beautiful for all to enjoy by weeding and tidying up. We learned about squirrels and tried hard to be quiet to see if we could spot any, we weren’t successful! We got taken
What a brilliant few days we have enjoyed with our new Leswalt crew 😀 The fabulous P7s Brandon, Kaiden, Hamish, Mark, Faye, Carys, Cara and Katie headed off to sample the adventures of S1 at Stranraer Academy, whilst we welcomed Rebecca into P6 and the fabulous quintet to Erin, Ada, Betty, Jessica and Gregor as the new P1s! They all made very welcome additions to their classes and their schoolmates
Today the brand new P6/7 class enjoyed a Fun French Day! This kicked off their three -day mini-project about the Paris Olympics 2024 with their Day 1 looking at France; Day 2 will be researching the Ancient Olympics to present day and Day 3 will focus on sports and hosting their very own Leswalt Olympics! Fun French Day meant lots of learning French vocabulary through actions, games and songs; using their
We are very much looking forward to having our new Primary 1 pupils starting in school . And, thanks to the digital skills of Mrs Mc Harg and the House captains we have an amazing electronic book that will help explain more about Leswalt Primary. It is just so good we had to share it with all of our parents. Click on the link here and I am sure you
After a night of very heavy rain , it did finally dry up to allow us to have our Sports day at Leswalt. Cheered on by classmates, friends and family everyone tried their hardest and displayed a very sporting attitude. Many thanks must go to David Kirkpatrick and Angus Brown who helped transport all the equipment across to the park. Thank you also to Natasha for the kind gesture of
After taking part in a verification assessment yesterday, we are delighted to announce we have been awarded the new Digital Schools Scotland Accreditation. Portpatrick, Kirkcolm and Leswalt are the first schools in Dumfries and Galloway to achieve this recognition for our ongoing commitment to digital technology learning and teaching. Have a read of the report to see for yourself all the excellent work which has been recognised – Dumfries &
Our Primary 7 pupils were delighted earlier this week to be presented with their official Leswalt leavers hoodies. Thanks to the Parent council, each pupil got a new personalised hoodie – so they can forever be resplendent in red! It was decided to give them early this year, so the P7 pupils can wear them with pride for the final month of Primary school – and then beyond!
As part of their Health and Wellbeing lessons learning about different dietary requirements, it was the turn of the final 3 groups to make their recipes into real-life delicious creations! On the menu this week we had – a vegan chocolate cake, a gluten free pizza and a diabetic curry! Yum!! Huge thanks to Mrs Kyle for lending her culinary skills to help the groups. See them in action below!
