Author: Miss Douglas

Today we sent away Murray and Ben to represent the school at the yearly Rotary Lunch along with Lyle and Arran from Kirkcolm, accompanied by Mrs Kyle!

This is a fantastic opportunity for the pupils to engage with the members of The Rotary Club who consistently do so much for the schools and community of The Rhins. Today they listened to a talk from Bob Bruce about his 30 years serving in the Army, where he was in charge of 8000 soldiers (big responsibility!) Bruce also told them about how he now serves as the councillor of Edinburgh Castle.

The boys also enjoyed a hearty lunch of fish and chips courtesy of the North West Castle! 🐟

Meta Skills 

Focusing Fergus

Critical Thinking Chris

Curiosity Carlos

Articles

Article 17 – Access to Information

Our lucky P7 pupils had a blast heading off with their Leswalt pals to the Curling Rink at North West Castle to kick start the curling season!  🥌 When they arrived they got their shoes swapped, learned the safety rules and had a bit of fun warming up on the cold ice! The boys and girls learned how to deliver their stone and how to use their brush to help their stone to glide along the ice!

After that, it was was game on! 💪The first half gave everyone plenty of practise sliding stones and sweeping like pros, before the second half brought two thrilling matches which ended in a nail-biting tie with Sandhead Primary! No medals this time (but you never know, another Leswalt curling Olympic champion might be on their way), but loads of laughs, teamwork, and new skills picked up along the way.

A huge shout-out to the amazing team at North West Castle Ice Rink for giving our older pupils this fantastic chance to try curling. 🧹🥌

Collaborating Cora
Communicating Cate
Integrity Imani

Article 31 – The right to play and leisure activities

This Monday marked the beginning of Anti-Bullying Week at our school—a special time to celebrate kindness, friendship, and standing up for one another. To start the week, pupils wore odd socks to school! 🧦This fun tradition helps us show that being different is something to be proud of—our unique qualities make us who we are. ❤️👬

We also joined in with the BBC’s Live Lesson, all about how we can ‘Power Up!’ to stop bullying with this year’s theme “The Power of Good” and we shared ideas of how we can continue to make our wee school the kind, caring place that it is!

Our upper class were delighted to welcome Robert McCrorie, a Community Safety Advocate from the Fire and Rescue Community Safety Team. He spoke to the pupils about staying safe around fireworks and Bonfire Night celebrations. 🎇

Robert covered important safety topics including fireworks, sparklers, and bonfires, highlighting potential hazards. Hannah  gave a great demonstration on how to hold a sparkler safely—at arm’s length and without waving it around—unfortunately nobody offered to do a demo of  the vital Stop, Drop and Roll technique in case clothing catches fire. 👩‍🚒🔥

The session also explored what should never be added to a bonfire and the reasons why, along with key rules and regulations for purchasing and using fireworks responsibly. 🎇🎆

Collaborating Cora
Critical Thinking Chris
Initiate Ivy

• Article 19 – Protection from violence, abuse, and neglect: Children have the right to be protected from all forms of harm. Learning how to stay safe around fireworks and bonfires supports this right.
• Article 6 – Right to life, survival, and development: Teaching children how to prevent accidents and respond to emergencies (like Stop, Drop and Roll) helps safeguard their well-being and development.

  

  

  

  

At the beginning of the school year all pupils were given the opportunity to take on a bit more responsibility around our school by applying for various positions including; Pupil Council, Eco Committee, House Captains, Digital Leaders and Monitor jobs. These jobs ensure that pupils’ voices are heard in everything that we do and allow them to take ownership over our fab wee school! ❤️💬

Having looked through the applications , we have now selected our reps for the current session – these effective contributors will be working together to help our school continue to be the happy place it is and make it shine even more🌟

Pupil Council 
Jack (P1), Betty (P2), Cameron and James H(p3), Eilidh (P4), Olivia (P6)  James McD (p7)

Eco Committee
Leo (P1),Gregor (P2), Jorgie (p3), Emma (p4), Murray and Rebecca (P7)

Digital Leaders 
Rachael and Ben (p7)

House Captains 
Rachael (Corsewall) and Colin (Lochnaw)

Monitors:
Playground –  Jorgie (p2) and Lily (P5)
Meta Manager – Eilidh  (P4) James McD (P7)
Dinner Hall – Beathan (p3)
Cloakroom – – Erin  (P2) Keira (p4)
Library – Hannah (P4) Jessica (P2)