Primary 5-7 recently travelled to Carlingwark for 2 days of Outdoor Education fun. The weather was initially very wet, but it soon dried up and did not stop the children having a lot of fun.
Primary 5, 6 and 7 recently travelled to Newton Stewart cinema to take part in the Galloway Music Festival. They were competing in the Galloway Music Festival, and every single pupil in the class was both singing and playing a musical instrument. After the adjudicator had fed back to all of the schools, Leswalt Primary was delighted as they were announced as winners. As well as the whole class competing
Leswalt Primary has cycled once again to National success. This week it was announced that we have won the “Big Pedal” competition for the whole of Scotland! The school was also runner up in the whole of the UK, small schools category. This is the 4th year in which the school has been in the awards for this initiative. At Leswalt Primary we are delighted to achieve success in this
As part of the newly formed partnership between Leswalt and Portpatrick Primary Schools, children have been taking part in some exciting outdoor learning to find out more about each of the school’s communities. Firstly, Leswalt pupils invited Portpatrick School to visit their community. The whole school travelled to Leswalt and spent some time getting to know each other in the classrooms. The pupils then worked in mixed schools teams to
With the new partnership schools arrangement in place, the pupils of Leswalt primary invited the pupils of Portpatrick Primary to come and join them for a day of outdoor learning. Unfortunately, it happened to be a very wet and windy day. All pupils covered themselves up with waterproofs and had a memorable day in the Aldouran Woods. Back in the school they shared a warm and tasty snack from the
On Friday 24thJanuary 2014, Leswalt Primary held its fifth annual Burns Supper. The whole school sat down together to enjoy this tradition. Abbie Mc Quillan , P7, was a very able and organised chairperson who ensured the proceedings ran smoothly. Arden Mc Intyre, said the ‘Selkirk Grace’ before Mr Andy Ross piped in the haggis. Erin Jamieson, P1, proudly carried the haggis into the company. The haggis was presented toTommy
Leswalt and Portpatrick Primary schools have recently been involved in Partnership schools implementation, which is currently being phased in across Dumfries and Galloway. Practically, this means that both schools now have Mrs Sheila Baillie as Headteacher. As part of this new partnership arrangement, learning, sporting and social events are being planned to bring pupils and staff of both schools together. At the weekend, pupils from Portpatrick Primary joined up with
The pupils of Leswalt Primary have already achieved National recognition through their annual participation in The Big Pedal, virtual cycling race. Now they have been added another National award – by taking part and winning in Pigeon racing! Mr Alec Wilson, a parent from the school, volunteered to enter 3 pigeons in the National One Loft Race, “Join our sport campaign”. This event was designed to promote pigeon racing among
At Leswalt Primary the boys and girls had a non-uniform day at school. They donated money to Children in Need, not to have to wear school uniform. There was a cake sale at playtime and lunchtime and pupils also added copper coins to cover a giant Pudsey bear. The exact final total is still being counted – as there was a huge amount of coppers brought into school – £158.29
The whole school at Leswalt Primary recently had a full day of interactive Science activities, from Rowanbank environmental education. This science workshop was organised by PNE, a company who hope to build a wind farm at Larbrax, near Leswalt. The pupils were all involved in practical and fun activities which aimed to raise their awareness of different forms of energy in their world. Outside in the playground, pupils looked at
