The whole school enjoyed a day trip to the South Rhins. First the bus took pupils to Logan Botanic Gardens. At the gardens the school was split into 2 groups with pupils taking part in different workshops . They all earned a lot more about pollination, plant structures and the eco systems in the Botanic gardens through participating in active outdoor learning. Following a picnic lunch at Logan, the pupils hopped aboard the
All of p5-7 recently went to Lochinch to take part in the annual Rhins cross country event. Leswalt pupils demonstrated they have real stamina and fitness – with several pupils coming home with medals; P7 girls – 1st Lauren Anderson, 2nd Rebecca Brown P7 boys – 2nd Finlay Cowan, 3rd Kerr Calderwood P6 boys – 1st Jamie Drennan, 3rd Jack Rickard P6 girls – 1st Emily Cochran ( 5th Arden Mc
As part of the celebrations for HRH Queen Elizabeth reaching 90 years of age, the children of Leswalt Primary all worked together to make some birthday bunting to decorate the school. This bunting was later hung outside on the actual birthday – 21st April. The children were provided with a buffet style party food lunch which they were able to take outside and enjoy as a picnic in the glorious
All of this week, the pupils of Leswalt Primary have been coming to school on bikes and scooters as part of the Sustrans National competition – “The Big Pedal”. Fortunately the sun has been shining and the children have had fine weather to pedal in. Notable achievements include Jamie in p6 cycling over 4 miles to school and Erin in P3 cycling almost 3 miles to school! Children have been supported by
Primary 1-4 and Mrs Mc Knight went a hunt around the playground to kick start their science project by looking for living and non-living things. Have a look at the photographs and see if you think each item is living or non living. Back in the classroom the children did some research and found out a lot more about wasps nests – after Phoebe and Charlotte brought in a giant wasps
To celebrate the addition of French café in their classroom, Primary 1-4 had some fun tasting some French food yesterday. Camembert cheese, croissants, pain au chocolat, French salami, brioche and even snails were consumed in the classroom. You can judge from the photographs how tasty the pupils found each of these!
Leswalt Primary recently performed their end of term show “The Last Monster in Scotland” to relatives, friends and the local community with two performances in Leswalt Village hall. The story focussed on the search for the Loch Ness monster and was full of catchy songs and wonderful acting from all pupils.
Primary 5-7 and Miss Cambridge decided the best way to show off all the learning they had been doing this term on World War 2 would be to open a museum! So, on Friday the museum opened it’s doors to the rest of the school. The senior pupils welcomed the younger class in and were soon acting as very informed museum guides as they educated their peers on subjects such
Leswalt Primary staff and pupils decided to take advantage of the glorious, long awaited Spring weather to take their “daily mile” walk to Aldouran Wetlands. They all headed off in the sunshine to see what signs of spring they could spot in the community wetlands. The children spotted some dew, daffodils – and even saw a caterpillar, frog and a mouse! They all enjoyed examining nature on their own doorstep, before
The boys and girls of Leswalt Primary took some time to pause for thought, and remember the tragic incidents in Dunblane Primary 20 years ago. Mrs Mary Buchanan was a teacher at Leswalt Primary that day, and she came to Leswalt Primary with a floral arrangement for the children to lay in remembrance. Mrs Buchanan recalled how the pupils of Leswalt, 20 years ago, went on to create a build a cairn
