Mrs McHarg – Leswalt Primary School

Partnership Fun!

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 and so Mrs Baillie did not have to chase sacks across the field!) 🏃‍♂️ 🏃‍♀️ 🥄 🥚

It was so lovely to see the boys and girls cheering each other on with a bit of friendly competition and team spirit! The highly anticipated relay race was the final race of the day – we had a four way race between each of Leswalt and Kirkcolm’s houses – Corsewall, Loch Connell, Soleburn and Lochnaw! The boys and girls positioned themselves round the track – and set off to the sound of their school mates cheering them on! 🙂 Corsewall and Loch Connell took the lead and finished joint first, followed by Soleburn and Lochnaw – but a huge, big well done to all 4 teams for all of the practise they have been putting in at break and lunchtimes over the past few weeks! 🏆 🥇

After the sports we headed to Leswalt School for a well-deserved snack and break, before we headed back outside for a Leswalt vs Kirkcolm game of football rounders – which was taken very seriously from both teams!! 🏐

Another thank-you to all of the parents who came along to watch and show their support (you even managed to avoid a Mum/Dads race!) and to those who helped to transport equipment across to the playing field.

And a well done to all of the competitors who showed fantastic sportsmanship and team spirit!

See below for the results of each race –

SPRINT P 1 all 1st Beathan 2nd Cameron 3rd James/Parker

SPRINT P 2 Girls 1st Hannah 2nd Eilidh/Sally 3rd Thea

SPRINT P 2 Boys 1st Scott 2nd Henry 3rd Ewan

SPRINT P3 all 1st Freddie 2nd Ian 3rd Joey

SPRINT P 4 all 1st Paige 2nd Rebecca/Cameron 3rd Callum

SPRINT P 5 all 1st Murray 2nd Lyle 3rd Rachael

SPRINT P 6 Girls 1st Daisy 2nd Holly 3rd Phoebe

SPRINT P6 Boys 1st Ivan 2nd Sean 3rd Archie

SPRINT P 7 Girls 1st Sally 2nd Lydia 3rd Cara

SPRINT P 7 Boys 1st Alfie 2nd Mark 3rd Danny

SKIPPING P 1 all 1st Parker 2nd Jorgie 3rd Beathan

SKIPPING P 2 Girls 1st Hannah 2nd Sally 3rd Eilidh

SKIPPING P 2 Boys 1st Henry 2nd James 3rd Ewan

SKIPPING P3 all 1st Joey 2nd Freddie 3rd Ross

SKIPPING P 4 all 1st Callum 2nd Cameron 3rd Bryleigh

SKIPPING P 5 all 1st Lyle 2nd Colin 3rd Rachael

SKIPPING P 6 Girls 1st Holly 2nd Amelia 3rd Phoebe

SKIPPING P6 Boys 1st Ivan 2nd Sean 3rd Ewan

SKIPPING P 7 Girls 1st Carys 2nd Sally 3rd Cara

SKIPPING P 7 Boys 1st Mark 2nd Jack 3rd Steven

SACK P 1 all 1st Parker 2nd Harlow 3rd Cameron

SACK P 2 Girls 1st Hannah 2nd Sally 3rd Eilidh

SACK P 2 Boys 1st Ewan 2nd Scott 3rd Vlad

SACK P3 all 1st Ian 2nd Joey 3rd Freddie

SACK P 4 all 1st Cameron 2nd Callum 3rd Paige/ Rebecca

SACK P 5 all 1st Murray 2nd Rachael 3rd Lyle

SACK P 6 Girls 1st Daisy 2nd Phoebe 3rd Holly

SACK P6 Boys 1st Ivan 2nd Sean 3rd Alistair

SACK P 7 Girls 1st Sally 2nd Cara 3rd Faye

SACK P 7 Boys 1st Danny 2nd Mark 3rd Jack

EGG & SPOON P 1 all 1st Orla/ James 2nd Cameron 3rd Jorgie

EGG & SPOON P 2 Girls 1st Hannah 2nd Sally 3rd Eilidh

EGG & SPOON P 2 Boys 1st Ewan 2nd James 3rd Scott

EGG & SPOON P3 all 1st Joey 2nd Lily 3rd Ross

EGG & SPOON P 4 all 1st Paige 2nd Cameron 3rd Bryleigh

EGG & SPOON P 5 all 1st Lyle 2nd Colin 3rd Arran

EGG & SPOON P 6 Girls 1st Phoebe 2nd Ela 3rd Daisy

EGG & SPOON P6 Boys 1st Ivan 2nd Sean 3rd Ben G

EGG & SPOON P 7 Girls 1st Faye 2nd Lydia 3rd Sally

EGG & SPOON P 7 Boys 1st Mark 2nd Jack 3rd Danny

DISTANCE P 1 all 1st Cameron 2nd Parker/ Harlow 3rd Orla

DISTANCE P 2 Girls 1st Hannah 2nd Sally 3rd Eilidh

DISTANCE P 2 Boys 1st Scott 2nd Ewan 3rd Henry

DISTANCE P3 all 1st Freddie 2nd Joey 3rd Ian

DISTANCE P 4 all 1st Callum 2nd Rebecca/ Cameron 3rd Paige/ Rebecca

DISTANCE P 5 all 1st Murray 2nd Rachael 3rd Colin

DISTANCE P 6 Girls 1st Daisy 2nd Phoebe 3rd Holly

DISTANCE P6 Boys 1st Ivan 2nd Sean 3rd Alistair

DISTANCE P 7 Girls 1st Sally 2nd Lydia 3rd Cara

DISTANCE P 7 Boys 1st Jack 2nd Mark 3rd Alfie

Loch Connell won the inter-school house relay, with Corsewall in 2nd place, Soleburn in 3rd and Loch Naw in 4th position.

Kirkcolm were the overall winners of the day with a grand total of 192 points, and Leswalt were in 2nd place with 116 points.

Masterchefs in the Making – Part 2!

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!

UNCRC – article 24 right to healthy food

Outdoor Classroom Afternoon

The official Outdoor Classroom Day may have been rained off last Thursday, but that didn’t stop us from celebrating it a week later! This afternoon, we split into 3 groups and rotated around 3 different activities on offer – gardening (which included letting P5-7 pupils loose with a pair of secateurs on the willow dome!!); creating ‘grass heads’ using tights, grass seed, compost and plastic cups; and a village litter pick so we can see whether our litter posters make an impact when they go up this weekend!

We had a fabulous afternoon in the sunshine!

UNCRC article 24 – mental well-being and protecting our environment

Litter Posters in Leswalt

We were visited this morning by 2 members of the Community Safety Team who brought some exciting news! A few months ago, all pupils were tasked with designing a poster encouraging people to put their litter in the bin. 20 of these posters were selected by the Community Wardens and turned into weather-proof versions. They will be distributed on lamp posts all around the village this weekend, to encourage everyone in our little community to be responsible (and avoid an £80 fine if caught dropping litter!).

Have a peek below to see the 20 selected pupils with their posters! Everyone has been tasked with finding all of the posters in the community this weekend – we’d love to see any photos if you manage to come across any!

A huge thank-you to the Community Safety Team for their hard work in producing our posters and hanging them around Leswalt to hopefully keep it litter-free!

UNCRC – Article 24 right to a safe environment; Article 12 right to be listened to.

Operation Safety

Our Primary 6 pupils headed off to Stair Park today to participate in Operation Safety – a whole day session involving different workshops provided by various agencies, including the emergency services.

Pupils had inputs from –

Police Scotland, learning about drug and alcohol awareness and vandalism
Scottish Fire and Rescue Service, learning about home safety
Youth Work on internet safety
Coastguard on water safety
Scottish Ambulance Service on First Aid
Community Safety Team, learning about anti-social behaviour
and SP Energy Networks, learning about electrical safety

They learned a range of life skills to help keep them safe and healthy and had a brilliant time! Thank-you to everyone who helped to organise this very worthwhile day!

UNCRC Article 2 – Survival; Article 16 – Protection of Privacy; Article 17 – Access to Information; and Article 33 – Harmful Drugs

Easter Egg-Stravaganza!

Our House Captains and Vice Captains have been busy over the last few weeks, organising an Easter egg-stravaganza for the final day of term!

Firstly, we had our decorate a hard-boiled egg competition. We had lots of wonderful entries which made the judging a tricky decision! So much so that the House Captains ended up awarding 2nd and 3rd place to each class (and Miss Gordon had to run up to the shop to buy extra prizes!!). Our winners were –

P1-4

1st = Eilidh Ramsay
2nd = Emma Shirley
3rd = Jorgie Paton

P5-7

1st – Colin McGregor
2nd = Isla Kirkpatrick
3rd = Amelia McHallum

A huge thank-you to everyone who participated – it was a fab effort from all!

In the afternoon, pupils paired up for an Easter scavenger hunt outside. Each pair were given a sheet of clues to help them find the next egg. They had to write down the colour of each egg that they found to prove that they had indeed completed the hunt! The final egg led them to a gigantic plastic egg full of chocolate!

Thank-you to our House Captains and Vice Captains for a final day full of fun!

UNCRC Article 14 (freedom of belief and religion) and article 31 (right to play and participate in art activities).

Litter-Free Leswalt!

As part of our Eco Schools work, the whole school headed out on Friday morning fully armed with gloves, biodegradable bags and litter pickers for our annual village Spring Clean!

We split into 5 groups and each group went to a different area of the village – Monument View, Church Grove, the main street up to the cemetery, the park and the Wetlands. We collected a whole array of things, including a golf club and ball, and 4 mini-wine bottles from the park!!

Our responsible citizens gathered 5 bags of litter in total, helping to make our village sparkly clean!

Leswalt does Red Nose Day

The pupils dressed up in as much red clothing as they possibly could today, in return for a small donation towards Comic Relief. Our House Captains have been busy selling official merchandise all week and some of our families made a donation towards the worthy cause when they came in for our science afternoon.

We also held our assembly on Friday, where we explored how Comic Relief helps children to get their rights. We listened to how the charity helps homeless people, those with disabilities and those living in poverty. Everyone realised how much of a difference their pennies will make to people around the world.

We raised a fantastic grand total of £73.64! Thank-you to everyone who donated!

UNCRC article 26 – social and economic help

Super Science Afternoon

To celebrate British Science Week, we held an open afternoon today where several family members joined us for some science fun!

We had lots of science stations on offer to put our STEM skills to the test, including: making a hovercraft; building spaghetti bridge; designing a parachute to get the Lego man to safety; creating fireworks in a glass; growing a rainbow; and by far the 2 most popular/messiest experiments – making a volcano and cornflour slime! Mrs McKnight was having heart palpitations due to the mess on her carpet and was seen several times throughout the afternoon walking up and down the corridor with various cleaning supplies!!!

Pupils worked in small groups, accompanied by an adult or two, to work their way around the stations and enjoy the various challenges on offer. We had a brilliant afternoon, and thank you to all the adults who joined us!

UNCRC Articles 5 (family guidance as children develop) and 29 (aims of education).

Have a keek at the photos below, including one of a very young visitor for whom it was all too much for!!

Music for All

Primary 5-7 headed off to the Ryan Centre this afternoon for a musical extravaganza, provided by the Stranraer Music for All team. House Captains Hamish and Carys provided a report of their time away –

This afternoon we went to the Music for All workshop at the Ryan Centre. When we got off the bus, we went into the theatre and sat down. There were two people playing instruments: Ron playing the guitar and Rachael playing the clarsach (a small harp).

They started with a few tunes then Rachael told us about her clarsach – she told us that it was made of Canadian wood and that the strings were made from cows guts. Then Ron and Rachael played some traditional Scottish songs while we played air harps along with them!

They finished off with some questions from the audience then a final song. We had a great afternoon!

UNCRC Article 31 – Right to take part in cultural and creative activities.

Unfortunately, we weren’t allowed to take any photos during the performance, but here is a photo of Rachael with her clarsach on the way out!