Ready for Take- Off! ๐ŸŽง๐Ÿ›ฉ

This morning P4-7 , armed with snacks and carboard headed over to Kirkcolm for a morning of flight with Visible Fictions’ “The Impossible” Project!โœˆ๏ธย  Over the course of the term the boys and girls have been learning about the 4 forces of flight, famous aeronauts from the past and what exactly is in a flight deck of a plane!? They put this knowledge to work by creating their very own

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Chasing Shadows๐ŸŒž

A warm sunny day in September… unheard of!ย  Primary 1-3 made the most of the great weather today by heading outside for some fun shadow science ๐ŸŒž! This term, they have been learning about the sun, moon and stars. Today’s mission was to explore the movement of the sun throughout the day, by measuring their shadows at different times. With the help of their P4-7 buddies, they headed out early

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P4-7 Photoshop Pros ๐Ÿ“ธ

Today, Primary 4โ€“7 pupils armed with iPads explored the beautiful landscapes of the Wetlands and Village, capturing everything from still waters to winding paths, rowed up fields and autumnal trees.๐Ÿ‚๐ŸŒณ๐ŸŒฟย The trip followed a special visit from a local photographer, Chris Smith who shared expert tips on how to frame a shot, look for interesting angles, and use light creatively. We put his top-tips into practice outdoors, taking some lovely landscape

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Not so fruity Friday!๐Ÿ™ˆ

According to Gregor, today has been the “best Friday ever!”.ย  This judgement was based on all the sweet treats provided in school today.ย ย  At breaktime the boys and girls of Leswalt were treated to some birthday cake from Noah, in Primary 1.ย  Noah is only 4 today, but tomorrow he will turn into a big 5 year old! Happy birthday to Noah ! ๐ŸŽ‚ After lunch,ย  the boys and girls

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Our Pupil Voice Reps

At the beginning of the school year all pupils were given the opportunity to take on a bit more responsibility around our school by applying for various positions including; Pupil Council, Eco Committee, House Captains, Digital Leaders and Monitor jobs. These jobs ensure that pupils’ voices are heard in everything that we do and allow them to take ownership over our fab wee school! โค๏ธ๐Ÿ’ฌ Having looked through the applications

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From Snapshots to Selfies ๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿคณ

Today we welcomed local photographer and Kirkcolm Parent Chris Smith into P4-7ย  to talk all things photography – our art focus this term. Having explored what photography means and looked at some Macro photography in the playground. This week our focus has been on portraits.๐Ÿ–ผ Chris was able to show us some of the breathtaking landscapes he’s photographed and his camera kit and discussed with us how he goes about

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A Visit from PC McGregor๐Ÿ‘ฎโ€โ™€๏ธ

This afternoon P4-7 welcomed police officer, PC Amy McGregor into our classroom to talk to use about harmful substances and keeping ourselves safe and healthy, to support our HWB learning – substance misuse. ๐Ÿ‘ฎโ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿšจ๐Ÿš“ She spoke to us about the dangers linked to smoking and vaping, alcohol and drugs and warned us about the effects that these substances can have on our bodies and choices and most importantly the importance

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A Morning Full of Stories! ๐Ÿ“š

This morning our P3-7’s traded their usual classroom seats for a bus journey to Stranraer Academy to meet a real-life author. Excitement levels were high as we prepared ourselves to meet the likes of Julie Donaldson, Roald Dahl or Michael Murpurgo… When we arrived we met the one and only Martin Stewart, a talented Scottish book author and former teacher from Troon!๐ŸŒŸย โœ Martin has written amazing stories likeย Riverkeepย andย The Sacrifice Box,

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Live, Laugh, Love

This afternoon we had Rev Marlene in to join us during our assembly. In keeping with the infant classes’ RME topic she came to spoke about the creation story and how God created life and love. She firstly spoke about how inventions have changed the way we live and how our lives have changed as a result of them over time. She asked us what we think the most important

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No Flaggin’ for us on Day 2!

What a fabulous Fri-YAY we had! This morning our super Primary 7’s buddied up with our new Primary 1’s to create their ‘all about me’ flags. We loved hearing about your hobbies, pets and families. We look forward to decorating our school hallway with these!๐Ÿ–๐Ÿšฉ In keeping with this flag theme, we buddied back up and toddled along to the park for a fun in the sunshine and play a

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