Leswalt Primary pupils, parents and staff have all been arriving at school on 2 wheels, instead of 4. As part of the National “Big Pedal” competition, we have been aiming to increase the ratio of cyclists and scooters arriving at school. Check out www.thebigpedal.org.uk for details, and you will see on Thursday 8th March 2012, Leswalt Primary had the highest ratio of cyclists in the whole of the UK!
Pupils at Leswalt Primary school have all recently been learning about “The Rainforest”. As part of this topic, the children all went to their local forest, Aldouran Glen, to compare with the habitat of the rainforest. As the school is currently competing in “The Big Pedal”, pupils and staff travelled to the Aldouran wetlands on their bikes or scooters. PC Kevin Wyllie came out to ensure the traffic was aware
Primary 1-4 at Leswalt Primary have been learning all about Baptism, as part of their Religious and Moral education . In order to further develop understanding of the ceremony, all the children took part in a mock christening at Leswalt Parish Church. The pupils took their baby (doll), who they had named baby Annabel Jane to the church to be baptised. Prior to this they had decided on the
As part of “Health and Wellbeing” learning and teaching the whole school has been learning about the dangers of smoking. This learning was amplified when P5,6 and 7 took part in a Drama workshop “Smoke Free Me”, with Pace theatre group. Following a workshop session the senior pupils then presnted their play to the younger pupils of p1,2,3 and 4.
The boys and girls of Leswalt were delighted to recently receive a Nintendo Wii from the Parents fundraising group. This additional resource will be used for games based learning, after school clubs and wet weather playtimes at school.
The pupils at Leswalt pride themselves by arriving at school on bicycles and scooters. Last year they were the Scottish champions for pedal power in “The Big Pedal”, a National competition to encourage pupils to cycle more. However, they were all shocked and saddened at recent events. Ola, a Primary 1 pupil had been coming to school on her scooter which she was given by Santa. One night she forgot
During the month of January Pupils at Leswalt Primary have had a focus on the life and work of Robert Burns. As part of that work all pupils participated in the annual recitations of Scots poetry. This was also accompanied by artwork and handwriting competitions. All of these were judged on Tuesday 24th January by Mr Alec Ross. Mr Ross had a very difficult job in deciding who the
On Wednesday 25 January 2012, Leswalt Primary held its third annual Burns Supper. The whole school sat down alongside invited guests, including staff and parents. Tommy Cowan, P7, was a very able and organised chairperson who ensured the proceedings ran smoothly. Kathryn Topping, P3, said the ‘Selkirk Grace’ before Mr Andy Ross piped in the haggis. Kayleigh Williams, P1, proudly carried the haggis into the company. The haggis was presented
Primary 5,6 and 7 recently travelled to neighbouring Kirkcolm Primary to take part in an engineering project “Building bridges”. This project came about as with the on-going work with the construction of new water pipelines near both schools. The children worked together all morning to constuct a huge suspension bridge in the hall at Kirkcolm. The children not only built a physical bridge, but also built a bridge of friendship
The children of Leswalt Primary were recently host to some unusual visitors – in the form of animals from the tropical rainforests. The whole school is currently learning all about “Rainforests” and had a visit from “Zoolab” to enhance their learning. Zoolab came along with animals such as a giant hissing cockroach, a corn snake, tarantula spider and snail. The pupils learned how animals such as these were adapted
