Newsletters – Page 16 – Leswalt Primary School

Commonwealth Sports fun at Portpatrick

The pupils of Leswalt Primary travelled to Portpatrick Primary on Monday 30th June to have some “Commonwealth Sports” fun. The pupils from both schools were split into 4 countries and had fun putting, playing tennis, bowling and building sandcastles. It was a fun day for all in glorious sunshine.

P1-4 trip to Culzean

P1-4 of both Leswalt and Portpatrick recently had a trip to Culzean castle to take part in pond dipping, beach activities and castle based activities, which linked in with their learning in class on the the topic of water.

Tongland power station visit

in order to consolidate learning on the topic of water, P5-7 from both Leswalt and Portpatrick recently went a trip to Tongland Power station.

Leswalt end of term celebration of achievement

Mrs Sheila Baillie welcomed a packed Leswalt Primary School hall to parents, friends and relatives for the annual closing ceremony and celebration of achievement.
She introduced Mrs Helen Dodds, who had been a parent at the school for the last 22 years. As her youngest child is moving onto Stranraer Academy it would be her final time as a Mummy at the school, so Mrs Dodds was asked to present the prizes;

100 % Attendance
Jenna Calderwood, Aiyanna Wilson and James Boyce

Excellent Behaviour
P1- Auryn Kirkpartick
P2- Charlotte Gaw
P3- Megan Mc Intyre
P4- Jamie Drennan
P5 – Finlay Cowan and Lauren Anderson
P6- Merryn Walker
P7- James Boyce and Erin Topping

Football awards were presented by Euan Dodds to the team . He awarded the most improved player of the year trophy to Kerr Calderwood.

Star reader in p2 – Iona Rickard, Millie Smith and Charlotte Gaw
Star reader in p3 – Ethan Smith
Star reader in p4 – Jack Rickard
Star reader in p5 – Kathryn Topping
Start reader in p6 – Finlay Keenan
Star reader in p7 – Tommy Kerslake
Word millionaire – £10 Book token– most proficient reader in whole school – Tommy Kerslake

Super Spellers–
Kieran Dodds, Freya Bathgate and Merryn Walker

Marvellous mathematicians–
James Murray, Kieran Dodds, Tommy Kerslake, Rhona Baillie, Abbie Mc Quillan, Lauren Anderson, Freya Bathgate, Merryn Walker, Millie Renwick, Jamie Drennan, Arden Mc Intyre

Sports
“Fly like the wind” – trophies for each year group, donated and to presented by Aiyanna Wilson;
P1- Auryn Kirkpatrick
P2 – Boyd Sloan
P3 – Kayleigh Williams
P4- Jamie Drennan and Emily Cochran
P5 – Kerr Calderwood
P6 – Rhona Baillie
P7 Emma Drennan
Winning house – Soleburn

Sports champion p4-7
girl- Rhona Baillie Runner up – Emma Drennan
boy- Jack Jukes Runner up – Kerr Calderwood

Academic Achievements
Literacy                p1-4 Emily Cochrane        p5-7 Tommy Kerslake
Numeracy              p1-4   Arden Mc Intyre       p5-7 Rhona Baillie
Health and Wellbeing      p1-4 Charlotte          p5-7 Callum Mac Donald

Achievement award for learning p1-4 (Rickard) – Euan Mc Credie

Creativity award (Nina Agnew) – Freya Bathgate

Endeavour award (Mrs Buchanan) – Emma Drennan
Community association Gala Queen – Abbie Mc Quillan
Tribute was then paid to the 11 Primary 7 pupils who will be starting Stranraer Academy in August, before they received their leaving gifts.

Mrs Baillie closed the afternoon by thanking all pupils, parents and staff for their hard work throughout the session. Erin Jamieson, the youngest pupil in the school, presented Mrs Helen Dodds with a bouquet of flowers and all the other Primary 7 mummies received a small posy.

Leswalt and Portpatrick unite in holy matrimony

On Tuesday 1st of July 2014, the partnership schools of Leswalt and Portpatrick came together as one in a union.
A marriage took place, with the pupils, parents and wider community of both schools joining to celebrate the partnership.
Pupils were involved in the planning and preparation of this wedding, guided by Miss Baillie PT. Pupils created invites, made orders of service and favours etc. It was a fantastic day – all within the budget of £50!
A video was taken of the event and a formal photographer was present. See below for a few taster snaps from the day – it was just perfect!

Jack’s blackening!

In preparation for the wedding on Tuesday, Jack the bridegroom was blackened at 3pm. He was a very good sport and took it so well. He is hoping to have his best man over for a stag night sleepover this weekend!

School sports

Fantastic fundraising!

The fundraising group of Leswalt Primary recently organised a Cream Teas event, which was held in the school. Among the attractions there was a barbeque, face painting, book stall, fantastic prize raffle and of course delicious home baking.
At the end of the afternoon the money was counted and over £1000 was raised to boost funds. Everyone involved with the Cream Teas would like to pass on their tanks to anyone who supported it.

Larbrax beach clean

Leswalt and Portpatrick Primary are currently focusing on “Water” as a context for learning this term. As part of their work in the classroom the 2 schools met halfway at Larbrax beach and conducted a big beach clean. The weather was glorious – everyone had fun in the sun while doing their bit for the local environment.

Easter Challenge

The pupils of Leswalt and Portpatrick Primary recently came together to take part in a fun Easter challenge “Mission Possible”. the aim of this challenge was for pupils to work creatively in mixed teams to create a structure to allow their eggy super agent to drive a set distance, float across water and finally survive a drop from great height! Points were awarded for creativity, teamwork and egg survival skills.

Have a look at our photos of the fun – and see if you can spot the happy winners at the end!

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