Author: Mrs Ferguson

Following our visit from Mrs Sloan and Mr and Mrs McMiken about their involvement as volunteers with Macmillan Cancer Support, lots has been going on behind the scenes with regards to P5-7’s preparation for their fund-raising coffee morning!

Primary 5 got together to draft a letter to be sent out to family and friends, Primary 6 have been busy planning and designing information posters to be displayed in the shop, the school window and be delivered around the village next Friday. Primary 7 pupils are working on their presentation giving some background information about Macmillan Cancer Support and how important fundraising is to help those living with a cancer diagnosis. They will present this at the Coffee Morning to all who come along! Hope to see you there 🙂

Below is an extract from the letter typed up by P5 pupils:

WHAT: Macmillan Coffee Morning 

WHEN: Friday 29th September 9:30-10:30am 

WHERE: Leswalt Primary School Hall 

WHO: anyone can come along! 

WHY: to raise vital funds for this worthwhile cause. 

Bring your own mug (BYOM) along and we will happily serve you a warming cup of tea or coffee and serve you a tasty treat too – all for a donation in our bucket for this charity. 

We will be busy baking some goodies for you to enjoy in the run-up to our Coffee Morning, but we would love any baking donations which we could serve or sell on the day.  

Could you let us know if you are able to donate any baking? 

Pop a note into school or give us a call on 01776 870289 if you can help.

Can’t wait to see you all there on Friday 29th September! 

 

This morning the P5-7 class had a visit from some volunteers from MacMillan Cancer Support. This is a short report about their visit! 😊 

The volunteers who came to visit were Mr and Mrs McMiken and Mrs Sloan. They told us about the different ways that they have raised money, such as Granny Maeve cycling 1049 miles around Scotland, she is an amazing 85 years old!!!  Granny Maeve alone raised £75,000 for charity! Go granny Maeve!!!  They also told us some facts about MacMillan Cancer Support. It was founded in 1911 by Douglas MacMillan. Back then there were no NHS. They also told us about what the charity does to help people living with cancer. They hand out grants for anything people living with cancer might need help with, for instance fuel for driving to the hospital in Edinburgh.  

We are going to have a MacMillan Cancer Support Coffee morning on September 29th and are really looking forward to seeing lots of people there to raise money for this deserving cause. 

Thanks to the volunteers from MacMillan Cancer Support – you really are super- heroes! 

 By Carys, Hamish and Cara

P7 House and Vice Captains 

 

                                                   

 

Hello and a HUGE welcome to session 2023-2024 at Leswalt Primary.

So good to see the happy, smiling faces of all staff and pupils this morning – and an extra big welcome to our new P1s!

We can’t wait to get started – this year is going to be lots of fun!

 

 

How lucky are we? Kaiden and Aria-Rose brought in cupcakes for everyone to have at playtime as an end of term treat.

Huge thanks to their family for being so thoughtful – as pupils have  enjoyed a number of treats from them over the course of this year and previous ones too.
Such generosity is much appreciated! 
Thank you Kaiden, Aria-Rose and family ❤️

This afternoon, the ever popular Rev. Clare joined us for a chat about life as a minister. This was the final event in our Careers in the Community focus. It was SO good to see her and talk about different aspects of her work (listening, praise, leading, prayer and most importantly…love). She was able to give an insight into the many roles of a minister – the job isn’t just an hour on a Sunday! The pupils also took the opportunity to ask her lots of questions too.

Moreover, it gave us the chance to say a HUGE thank you to her as she is retiring as a minister and so won’t be leading church services for us in school or across the road in Leswalt Church. She did however promise to come and visit us sometime with her gospel choir – so at least it’s just a goodbye for now.

Alexander and Fraser presented her with a handmade card designed and created by Leswalt Primary pupils, a bouquet of flowers, a Leswalt Primary pen and an extra-special certificate ‘Pride of Leswalt’, thanking her for being such a good friend to us all at school!

Looking forward to seeing you again soon Rev. Clare!

 

 

Today marked the end of Evan’s primary school years as he’s off on holiday next week.

But we didn’t want him just to slip out of the door at 3pm, so we had an afternoon of celebration for him!

We enjoyed juice, biscuits, sweets and crisps and watched a power point  of the cutest photos all about the main man Evan!

Have a fabulous holiday Mr S and all the very best for S1 at Stranraer Academy.

Don’t be a stranger 🙂

This morning, pupils at Leswalt Primary participated in an aerobics session with Moray – a gym instructor from the Ryan Centre.

Squats, jumps, planks… you name it – they did it! It was a great active sports session and there were a few flushed faces as they headed outside afterwards for break!

Thanks Moray!

Today was possibly the most perfect Friday EVER! Why? Because we all went to the beach!

When teachers were thinking about where to go for our summer school trip, they came up with the idea of all heading the short bus ride to Sandhead beach.

That sounded pretty amazing in itself but there was even more fun to be had as we met and fed farm animals and alpacas at Golden Sands Sandhead; had the pleasure of pony rides along the beach (thanks Isla’s mum Iona and her big sister Breagh for providing this); enjoyed ice creams from Alison McKeen’s van; munched our picnic lunch with our buddies in the sunshine; played in the park and then splashed in the sea!

“That was the best trip ever!” said one P5 and I am sure that everyone (pupils and staff) would absolutely agree!

Just take a look at these photo memories…

 

How lovely it was to welcome Jorgie, James, Cameron and Beathan into P1 this morning – and to say a cheery hello to our brand new P1-4 and P5-7 classes!

From measuring our own heights to team games outside; enjoying lunch with new friends to mini den building at the Wetlands – it was a day of cheery faces and smiles.

We can’t wait to have you all back again tomorrow…

Aren’t we the lucky ones? Renita Boyle – resident story-teller with Wigtown Book Festival offered to come along and share one of her wonderfully interactive story-telling sessions with us at lunchtime today!

After we’d eaten lunch, we excitedly found a spot on one of the picnic rugs and listened avidly as Renita shared her enthusiasm with a fun warm-up song of Heads, Shoulders, Knees and Toes (with a bit of a twist! We did this ‘Renita-style!) and then kept us all enthralled as she relayed the story of ‘The Strange Visitor’. We all took part in the actions as the story unfolded. Who was the ‘Strange Visitor’?!

This fabulous story comes from a book called ‘Strange Visitor’ by Renita and illustrated by Mike Abel. It takes an old Scottish tale and shares it in both English and Scots. We all LOVED it that’s for sure!

Thank you Renita. It’s always a joy to see you!