Author: Mrs Baillie

Primary 1-4 from Leswalt Primary were recently delighted to have an afternoon with Julia Donaldson, author of “The Gruffalo” and other stories.

 The pupils from Leswalt travelled to Newton Stewart Library to meet Julia, in an event organised by the Scottish book trust.   Julia asked pupils to act out one of their favourite stories for her.  Leswalt pupils told the story of Elmer the elephant, with pupils taking on the roles of elephants, jungles animals, trees and narrators.

 It was a fun packed afternoon which had all actively engaged in listening to Julia, singing songs with her, and acting out different parts of some of her stories.  The pupils even enjoyed a performance of “The Gruffalo” in Scots language.

 The session finished with pupils getting their Julia Donaldson books signed by Julia Donaldson, the Children’s Laureate.  

As Children’s laureate, Julia visited Newton Stewart Library as part of a 6 week library tour which will take in 35 libraries across the country from Land’s end to John O Groats. 

The Primary 1-4 pupils at Leswalt Primary had some recent visitors to school from the local Constabulary.  PC Kevin Wyllie the school community policeman paid a visit with his colleagues from the traffic department, Ross Williams and Liza Murdoch.  The Police had been invited along to Leswalt to help the pupils who are learning all about “People who help us” as part of their health and well being learning and teaching.

 

The class had a wide range of interesting questions to ask the panel.  Pupils learned about the uniform and equipment carried by the Police in the process of their job before going outside to learn more about the role of traffic police and the Police dogs.  The visit certainly enhance the children’s’ learning and left many of the boys and girls thinking that they might like to join the Police force in a few years time.

Leswalt Primary had a celebration of achievement ceremony on the last day of the summer term.  It was an emotional afternoon as pupils were rewarded for all their hard work session and as we said goodbye and good luck to our Primary 7 pupils.

The boys and girls of Leswalt Primary concluded their project on the Olympic games with the arrival of a gold medal in school.

Margaret Agnew, a member of the community of Leswalt, won a gold medal in the 2002 Winter Olympic games in Salt Lake City for Curling.  She was part of the winning team skipped by Rhona Martin. 

Margaret came into school wearing her “Team GB” tracksuit to tell the pupils at Leswalt of her experience and answer some of their questions.  She even brought the 3 Olympic mascots from the 2002 games so that pupils could compare with Wenlock and Mandeville (the current Olympic Mascots)

Margaret stayed in school for the whole afternoon and let every pupil hold her medal.  Everyone was amazed at just how heavy it really was.

 

 

 

The whole of Leswalt Primary and extended family came together on the afternoon of Monday 25th June to have their annual sports day.  All the pupils displayed a real sporting attitude – and had fun!

The whole of Leswalt Primary school travelled to Edinburgh Zoo on Friday 15th June 2012 to see the pandas.

The pupils left school at 7.30am and returned home at 9pm – tired but happy.  On the journey home we all enjoyed a meal at Monkton Lodge.

It was an early start this morning as many pupils and parents headed off into Stranraer before 6am to see the Olympic torch start off on a journey round Scotland.

On Tuesday 5^th June the community of Leswalt celebrated the Diamond Jubilee with Jubilee teas in the grounds of the school.  Parents, pupils, extended family and members of the community all came together.  There was a wonderful feast of sandwiches and home baking for all to enjoy. Other attractions included a bouncy castle, Barbeque, face painting, bottle stall, baking stall etc.  The enterprising pupils had also designed many other stalls themselves including pin the tail on the corgi, a raffle for a best of British hamper, a quiz, design a crown, and red white and blue manicures.

The rain came on as the afternoon progressed, however this did not dampen spirits or keep people away.  The fundraising committee organised a magnificent event and were delighted to raise over £1000.  Some of the money will be used to pay for a bus to take the whole school to Edinburgh zoo, on a trip to see the pan

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Primary 1 recently went on a little trip into Stranraer.  The pupils had been learning all about money and weight in their maths, and decided to go and see both in use in real life.  Primary 1 took some money and paid for the bus into town.  They then went to “Sweet Delights” to spend some more money and weigh out some sweeties.  The pupils then went down to Agnew Park to enjoy the goodies they had bought and have a play in the sunshine.