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Oooh la la!
Primary 5-7 pupils at Leswalt Primary have recently been learning all about France. As part of their learning experiences the pupils and their teacher Mrs Bathgate organised a French café for their parents and friends of the school.
Pupils created a menu which included croissants, pain au chocolat, tarte au citreon and des gateux. The café was also providing Orangina and chocolat chaud to drink. Pupils were encouraged to take orders from their customers by speaking French.
End of a era at Leswalt Primary
Primary 1-4 get up close to a Gruffalo!
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.
Police, camera, action!
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.Farewell to our Primary 7 pupils
Olympic Gold for Leswalt Primary!