This afternoon we were very fortunate indeed to have the lovely Lauren in to visit us at Leswalt to talk to us about her career as a physiotherapist. Armed with lots of fun things for our wanna-be physio, nurses and doctors to play with Lauren spoke to us about her career as a Physiotherapist in Stranraer and her journey in becoming one. She explained that she went to university to
On Friday afternoon we were very excited to have Rhuri Paton (Jorgie’s Daddy) join us in school for our careers in the community assembly! At our last assembly we had Lauren, Jorgie’s mummy in so Rhuri had a tough act to follow! 🙂 Rhuri explained that since leaving university he has been through more jobs than he could even count, but this time he thinks he has finally found his
As a finale to our fabulous Forest School experience, Richard joined us this morning and worked with us all to get a little fire going in the playground for us to toast marshmallows! Lucky us! Recapping those all important safety rules first, every child had fun toasting at least 2 (some may have munched more!) marshmallows and dipping them in some melted chocolate too if they fancied! Staff felt it
It is not an exaggeration to claim that Leswalt Primary enjoyed possibly the best day ever on their school trip today! We travelled in style with a return trip to Ayr on the train (thank you to Mr James Neil for organising this for us!); scored SO many strikes whilst ten pin bowling; darted about the Laser Tag like ultraviolet ninjas; munched the tastiest lunches washed down with a welcome
To round off a very busy Monday, we had our final week of Forest School with Richard and today’s mission was to build, start and cook over a fire! Both classes banded together this afternoon so it was all hands on deck. Whilst Richard and Mrs Warwick helped children to get the fire going, the rest got to work on our stir fry prep – chopping and peeling vegetables while
What entertainment we all enjoyed this morning with Lighthouse Musicians superbly talented trio of John, Helen and Gillian and treating us to a fabulous musical medley! ❤️ Playing well-known tunes such as Disney favourites on the violin and piano plus some weel-kent Scottish tunes on the bagpipes; our Leswalt Primary audience sat enthralled! We were even treated to some Taylor Swift! 🎹🎻 🎶🎼 It was good to chat and ask them
Today we were very excited to have Lauren, Jorgie’s mummy in to speak to the boys and girls about her job as a nurse! Armed with bandages, syringes and her glamorous assistant Ralphie she arrived to tell us all about her job as a nurse! 👩⚕️ Lauren explained how she got into nursing and the skills and qualities needed prior to her training, including compassion, kindness and good communication skills.
Today we were very excited to have Cameron’s daddy in to speak to us about his job as a Vet, especially given the number of aspiring vets we have in the school!🐾 Ian told our about his background and how he first became interested in becoming a vet and his love for animals and very many pets that he has at home! He explained that in order to be a
This morning we welcomed the lovely Kelsey McWhirter from Alzheimer’s Scotland in to speak to the P6/7s about brain health! She showed us a programme called STARS; each letter representing a way to keep our brains performing to the best of their ability ⭐🧠 Spend time with friends and family – having conversations and making connections about different parts of your day and learning helps the brain to develop Tuck
As part of both schools ongoing work with The Children’s Parliament – Both Fallon (Kirkcolm) and Ewan (Leswalt) were selected to represent children’s voices and views at the Scottish Government base at Atlantic Quay in Glasgow. Fallon and Ewan and have been doing ongoing work with The Children’s Human Right Defenders. This has meant many video calls and a whole lot of information for them both to absorb and contribute
