The whole of Leswalt Primary performed their Christmas concert “What does Christmas mean to me?” in Leswalt village hall. This show had every pupil from Primary 1 to Primary 7 take their place on the stage to focus on the different elements which are important to people at Christmas.
The boys and girls of Primary 7 at Leswalt Primary headed to The North West Castle Hotel in Stranraer to enjoy a Christmas meal out together. They enjoyed a 5 course feast of food, before receiving Christmas presents. The children later sat at the Ice rink watching some curling before heading home full of food, and happy. Tommy Cowan summed up how much he enjoyed it by asking “can we
The boys and girls of Leswalt Primary were treated to a wonderful sight at their recent Christmas party. After playing party games and feasting on a huge spread of delicious party food, all the boys and girls from Primary 1-6 headed outside to see if they could catch a glimpse of Santa. With parents, staff and children all singing “Jingle Bells” a magical sight appeared in the dark night. Santa
The boys of girls of Leswalt Primary have been very busy raising money for Children in Need. On Friday 18th November 2011 they had a non-uniform day and pupils were encouraged to “show their spots and raise lots”. The spottiest pupils in school were named as Tommy Kerslake, Kerr Calderwood, Eilidh Hill and Megan McIntyre. Primary 1-4 are currently doing a project on “Toys”. With help from their teacher Mrs
Leswalt Primary were delighted to recently receive an anonymous donation of £200. This donation followed the school representing Dumfries and Galloway at the Royal Highland Show. One spectator passed on their delight at the performance of Leswalt pupils and gave the Headteacher Mrs Sheila Baillie the very generous donation with the instruction to “treat the pupils”, on the condition that their identity was kept a secret. Subsequently, £100 was spent
This term a new Scrabble after school club has started. This club is taken by Mrs Baillie and aims to have the boys and girls of Leswalt having fun, while also devloping Literacy and mental maths skills. Eighteen boys and girls came along to play on the first week. It is hoped that the school can soon arrange an inter-school Scrabble tournament with the pupils from neighbouring Kirkcolm Primary.
On Tuesday 4th October the whole school took part in a technology challenge , set by Mrs Baillie. The whole school was split into 6 teams. Each team had a P1 and p7 pupil in it (and a range of pupils from different classes.) They were given the following instructions – *You must design and make a lighthouse with a flashing light on it. *The lighthouse must be between 30
The whole school recently went to Wigtown Book Festival on 2 separate days to enjoy input from authors such as Debbi Gliori and Keith Charters. Have a look at our photos to see how much we enjoyed it!
The boys of Leswalt Primary had a thoroughly enjoyable, and blustery day at The Mull of Galloway lighthouse. Catching the tail end of Hurricane Katia, the pupils and staff experienced a visit to the most Southerly lighthouse in Scotland on an extremely windy day! This trip was part of the whole school development of the topic on “Lighthouses”. Guided by Mr Steve Hardy all of p1-7 learned from the
