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
Leswalt Primary had a celebration of achievement ceremony on the last day of the summer term. It was an emotional afternoon as pupils were rewarded for all their hard work session and as we said goodbye and good luck to our Primary 7 pupils.
The boys and girls of Leswalt Primary concluded their project on the Olympic games with the arrival of a gold medal in school. Margaret Agnew, a member of the community of Leswalt, won a gold medal in the 2002 Winter Olympic games in Salt Lake City for Curling. She was part of the winning team skipped by Rhona Martin. Margaret came into school wearing her “Team GB” tracksuit to tell
The whole of Leswalt Primary and extended family came together on the afternoon of Monday 25th June to have their annual sports day. All the pupils displayed a real sporting attitude – and had fun!
The whole of Leswalt Primary school travelled to Edinburgh Zoo on Friday 15th June 2012 to see the pandas. The pupils left school at 7.30am and returned home at 9pm – tired but happy. On the journey home we all enjoyed a meal at Monkton Lodge.
It was an early start this morning as many pupils and parents headed off into Stranraer before 6am to see the Olympic torch start off on a journey round Scotland.
On Tuesday 5th June the community of Leswalt celebrated the Diamond Jubilee with Jubilee teas in the grounds of the school. Parents, pupils, extended family and members of the community all came together. There was a wonderful feast of sandwiches and home baking for all to enjoy. Other attractions included a bouncy castle, Barbeque, face painting, bottle stall, baking stall etc. The enterprising pupils had also designed many other stalls
Primary 1 recently went on a little trip into Stranraer. The pupils had been learning all about money and weight in their maths, and decided to go and see both in use in real life. Primary 1 took some money and paid for the bus into town. They then went to “Sweet Delights” to spend some more money and weigh out some sweeties. The pupils then went down to Agnew
Leswalt Primary are delighted to have won “The Big Pedal 2012”. This achievement in a National competition was done to the effort of pupils, parents, staff – and indeed the whole community – in cycling to Leswalt Primary School. The final results were announced on Monday 26th March. That afternoon the whole school had taken part in a sponsored pedal to raise funds for playground development in school. A huge
Leswalt Primary recently concluded a highly successful and engaging whole school topic on “The Rainforest” with an open afternoon. All parents, friends and relatives of the school were invited in to come and see the learning that had taken place, to take part in some interactive activities and listen to the children entertain by singing some rainforest songs.
