Day: May 8, 2025

P6/7 started this week on their Level 1 and 2 Bikeability course designed to ensure they are safe road users when cycling!

This week involved working in the playground and going over the basic safety rules, following a course to check their balance and accurate steering and a few fun games thrown in too!

Mike Blakeman is great fun to work with and is super knowledgeable about all things cycling related. Safe to say Tuesday mornings are going to be a HUGE hit over the next few weeks!

UNCRC Article 31 Rest, Play, Culture, Arts    Article 29 Aims of Education

Meta Skills

Collaborating Cora, Adapting Aleksander, Focusing Felix

We were delighted to welcome back Matthew Robinson D+G Youth Information Worker for a block of six sessions starting today.

The focus for our sessions is on resilience, relationships and all the skills we need to be the best we can be – in life in general but particularly with a view to our P7s heading off to Stranraer Academy after the summer break. We always have lots of fun working with Matthew and enjoy learning lots more about ourselves through the different activities.

Thanks Matthew for coming along to work with us. Roll on next week…

Meta Skills

Collaborating Cora, Integrity Imani, Communicating Cate, Feeling Felix

UNCRC

Article 12 Respect for Children’s Views

Article 13 Sharing Thoughts Freely

 

 

On Tuesday, we were delighted to welcome back Hamish and Cara who came along with Mrs Patterson to tell us a bit more about Stranraer Academy life!

It’s not even been a whole year since they were wearing their Leswalt school jumpers and how they seem to have grown up! Looking super smart in their Academy school uniforms, they shared some top tips with the P7s i readiness for their transition visits over the coming weeks.

Thanks for coming to visit us Cara and Hamish!