Some of our pupils made the most of the spring sunshine and had fun snuggling up in their den together – and even had a wee snooze in their little shelter. Look at the fun they had together outdoors!
Gifts galore, Santa strolling past and Christmas lunch – what’s not to love ?!
The boys and girls of leswalt have had some Christmas arts and crafts fun this week. Mini gingerbread houses, Christingles and Holly wreaths were all made with the Christmas tunes playing in the background !
On a wet and windy last day of term Mrs Claus and her elves (aka Mrs Ferguson and Mrs Baillie and the p5-7 children) went a wander round the village to distribute the Christmas cards all of p1-7 had made in school to some of the elderly residents of Leswalt. Many doors were opened, to delighted faces and the children wished all “Merry Christmas”. It was a lovely way
In September we were successful in receiving some funding from Maths Week Scotland. Mrs Mc Harg put in a funding bid for a grant. The only condition was that we had to use this to promote Maths, so we decided to purchase a new playground marking in the shape of a giant target. This will enable pupils to work with numbers in a fun way both at break times and
Primary 1-4 have been very creative and have all made some very cute Christmas woolly bunnets with Mrs Mc Knight. Everyone made elf sized winter warmer head wear in class, using lots of brightly coloured wool. These creations will be entered as part of the Royal Highland Education Trust (RHET) competition to make a Christmas decoration using wool. The boys and girls will send off their photographs to be judged.
Huge thanks and congratulations must go to Andrew and his family who have shown great initiative and decided to get out walking, get fit and raise money for Leswalt Primary in the process. Andrew has been asking friends and family to sponsor his efforts of walking. Yesterday Andrew and some of his family walked 8 miles. Andrew would like the money to benefit the school playground, so is passing his
Over lockdown, Mark and Rachael Drummond we budding entrepreneurs who set up and ran their own farm shop at Barbeth. They sold delicious home baking, crisps, tablet and all sorts of yummy treats. Mark and Rachael very kindly decided to donate all of their profits to their school. Grandpa Simpson was very impressed with all of their efforts too and said he would match whatever they raised . So, Mark
What a fabulous festive feast we all enjoyed at Leswalt Primary this afternoon! Turkey was munched, crackers pulled, music played and lots of smiling faces! Just take a look at the cute photos! It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas…. Next stop, it’s show-time!
These pupils took on the sponsored challenge of walking 7 miles to raise money for our school. They joined our trio buddies at Kirkcolm Primary on their 50th Annual Mini Walk and walked the countryside route with friends and family. Once back at the school, the walkers received a medal, a commemorative mug to celebrate the 50th anniversary of this community walk and enjoyed a delicious lunch of soup, sandwiches and
