P6/7 are lucky to be enjoying Living Life to the Full sessions with Matthew Robinson from the D&G Youth Work team. This ties in perfectly with their HWB focus on Feelings and Self-Esteem. Pupils have been participating in team-building games and reflecting on different emotions and thinking about their reactions in different situations. Lots of chat and fun helping pupils to work on their self-belief and ability to recognise and deal with their feelings.
Thanks to Matthew for his input. Looking forward to the next few sessions 😊
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Pupil Voice Groups 2024-25
At the start of the term, all of our pupils were given the opportunity to apply for various positions of responsibility in the school, including: Pupil Council, Eco Committee, House Captains, Digital Leaders and Monitor jobs. The purpose of this is to ensure that pupils’ have a voice in everything we do and know that they can make a positive impact on our school.
Having looked through the applications and/or held interviews, we have now selected our reps for the current session! Have a keek below at all the smiley faces to see who will be helping to make our school shine even more!
Pupil Council –
Eco Committee –
House Captains –
Digital Leaders –
Monitor jobs:
- Rebecca P6) & Amelia (P7) as Head Librarians
- James (P2) as Dinner Hall monitor
- Keira (P3) & Ben G. (P7) as Playground Monitors
- Cameron (P2) & Sean (P7) as Cloakroom Monitors
Dignity in School
P6/7 were delighted to welcome Jack and Linnea to their class today to lead them through a Dignity in School Children’s Parliament session. The class met Dodger the Red Squirrel and considered the rights Dodger has as well as the rights we all have – and the ones we share/differ. We linked these to our Children’s Rights and thought about the Digni-tree as it has safe, happy and healthy as its branches and our rights as its roots – where everything grows from!
We were set the challenge to think about things we learn about when we’re outdoors, things we learn about other children and their countries and challenges they might face and things we learn about the environment, nature and climate change.
We are looking forward to seeing Jack, Linnea and Dodger again next term when we are exploring our Government and Democracy topic!
Leswalt Gets Gold!
Pupils are the North Rhins Schools are delighted to share that they have been awarded the Gold Rights Respecting School Award from UNICEF. Having already achieved their Bronze and Silver awards, both Leswalt and Kirkcolm Primaries have been working hard over the last 18 months to achieve their Gold award, with our Pupil Council reps leading on this.
The award is split into 3 strands – it aims to teach children about their rights; they learn through their rights by demonstrating positive relationships and attitudes, and respecting others’ rights; and finally they learn to take action through their rights to become responsible global citizens.
The UNICEF Rights Respecting School assessor visited both Leswalt and Kirkcolm Primaries at the end of May and pupils were able to share with her the many activities that we’ve worked on in our journey towards gold, including: Children’s Right’s Tuesday; learning about rights at assemblies; our class charters; linking rights to our school events such as House Captain elections, Children’s Mental Heath Week and Children in Need; our worry boxes in class; learning about Child Line; our climate change protest; and all of our various pupil voice groups, such as our Eco Schools work.
The school was provided with a report, sharing strengths and some next steps for when we work towards the Sustaining Gold award. The report stated that “it was evident that children’s rights are embedded across the school and underpin every facet of school life.” She felt that we have “very articulate children who knew a wide range of articles and were confident in the concept of rights.” The assessor was impressed with the extent to which rights are embedded in the day-to-day life of both schools and the strong commitment of passionate staff as champions of children’s rights. Finally, the assessor highlighted that pupil voice is valued highly across the schools, with visible actions arising from pupil suggestions and an understanding from children that they can influence positive change.
We are thrilled that our hard work has been recognised and we have been awarded this accolade. We are looking forward to continuing our Rights journey as we work towards the Sustaining Gold award.
The Garden Gang!
The gardening club at Leswalt Primary has started, under the support and guidance of Mrs Richardson.
Last week 28th Aug –
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Had an introduction to gardening – growing plants, veg, fruit, flowers, herbs
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Why we garden – look nice, medicine, cosmetics, dyes, food our mental health and keeping us fit
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We then had a walk and talk about the garden and they showed me all the nooks
Today 4th Sept the tasks were –
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Hang the bug hotels up donated by Lidl
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Start clipping back the willow dome and have a good sweep up
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Set up a night time camera to see what animals might appear!
Bug boxes up 
Tidying up 
Willow dome makeover
In the run up to the October holidays and they are planning on doing some indoor and outdoor planting, making some bird feeders and continuing to clear the back garden.
Many thanks must go to Mrs Richardson for all her enthusiasm and skills in leading this group.
Welcome Back!
We were greeted at the door this morning by lots of smiling faces (who have all grown so much taller!), glad to be back at school for a new year!
This year we are joined by our new P1 pupils – Gregor, Ada, Erin, Betty and Jessica – have a keek at their cutes faces below! We also have Rebecca joining P6 who will make an excellent addition to the team.
We hope that everyone comes home tonight having had a great first day back at school – albeit a little dishevelled and tired (and that’s just the teachers!) and that they are ready and raring to go all over again tomorrow!
End of term awards and closing ceremony
This afternoon the school closed for the Summer holidays. But first, the hard work of our pupils was celebrated and the following awards were handed out –
100% attendance award – Colin Mc Gregor
Excellent attendance – Ellie Bennewith, Lily Bennewith, Hamish Mc Gregor, Beathan Wright ,Daisy Doyle
Accelerated reading star readers
P2 Eilidh Ramsay (23 tests passed)
P3 Lily Bennewith 22 tests passed
P5 Colin Mc Gregor ( 30.4) and Rachael Drummond (most books – 17)
P6 Isla Kirkpatrick (most points 37) and Ela Chang (most books – 16)
P7 Hamish Mc Gregor ( most points 87.4) and Cara Jamieson ( most books 15)
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Jorgie – never gives us a moment of trouble. Kind, caring, always includes everyone. Works hard and tries her best, setting a super example to others. Full of chat and will happily converse with both adults and pupils alike. |
| P2/3 | Thea – Always smiling. Knows right from wrong and demonstrates this. Grown in confidence. |
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Ben T – kind, helpful, caring and honest. Respectful and cheery member of our wee team. |
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Ellie B – hard-working, eager to please. |
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Carys – super House Captain, responsible, fair and reliable. |
Who has passed Platinum rainbow tables this year?
Colin, Roman, Ela, Ewan, Ellie, Daisy, Isla, Katie, Ben G, Amelia, Carys, Kaiden, Mark, Sean and Holly
Who has passed platinum rainbow spelling this year?
Brandon, Ela, Daisy,
Gold star awards – James Hunter, Keira Richardson, Beathan Wright
Intervention effort with Mrs Kyle – Aria Rose, Ellie and Sean Paul
Excellence in effort in homework – Thea Fisher – both in class and with reading with Mrs Kyle
Outdoor education award – Cameron Mc Donald – outstanding general knowledge about birds and very helpful at recent Wetlands work.
Sports
Sports champions certificates
P1 – Beathan Wright
P2/3- Hannah Drummond
P5 – Murray Reid
P6 – Sean Mc Credie
P7 – Mark Drummond
House points shield
Most merits in p1-4 = Keira Richardson
Most merits in p5-7 = Colin Mc Gregor
Soleburn – 153 (sports) + 505 = 658
Lochnaw – 100 (sports) + 599 = 699
Winning house captain – Lochnaw – Hamish Mc Gregor
Runner up house captain – Soleburn – Carys Mc Hallum
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| Literacy award | Keira – Sets herself high standards and strives in ever task to meet them. Work is beautifully presented, neat and tidy. Her progress in reading is of particular note. | Cara – great progress! Spelling, presentation, maturity of writing. AR – passed an incredible 15 tests and read over ½ million words! |
| Numeracy award | James – what can we say! Awesome progress, thrives on a challenge.
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Brandon – lightning quick mental maths king! Raised his game considerably this year – working with peers on challenging tasks, Beat That maths 72/72 in an unbelievable 1 min 17secs and powering through Platinum CLIC challenges! |
| HWB award | HWB award Emma – always arrives at school smiling and happy, even though she may be feeling tired and under the weather. Joins in tasks fully and tackles them happily. Not afraid to stand up for herself when she needs to! Mother hen to the P1 boys | Ewan – need a problem solve? Mr C. Need a job done? Mr C. Need a level-headed (mostly) perspective? Mr C! Always has valid points to add to discussion, enjoys sports and being active and is always keen to lend a hand for PE organisation. One of life’s do-ers J |
| NRP award | Beathan – over the year he has developed a real ‘can-do’ attitude (this is huge progress from the moany boy in term 1!). His progress across all curriculum areas is impressive and he thrives on challenge and new learning | Faye – caring and thoughtful, hard-working and self-motivated, reliable and sensible – possibly more so than me! Faye embodies every thread of the NRP values. |
Nina Agnew Creativity award – Ela Chang – First in Scots poetry. Drama club member. Singing, representing the school at Leswalt concert and Burns Club new tattie night. Baking cookies for all!
P5-7 Award for endeavour – Hamish Mc Gregor – for trying his hardest in every curricular area over his 7 years at Primary school. A great role model to all.
Partnership Fun!
As the boys and girls are somehow full of energy on the final week of school, we have tried to squeeze in as much fun as possible. So this morning, Kirkcolm Primary headed across to Leswalt Primary for a morning of inter-school sports. ♥️ 👬
We competed in the sprint, skipping, egg and spoon, the sack and the long distance races in the following groups (thankfully the wind died down and so Mrs Baillie did not have to chase sacks across the field!) 🏃♂️ 🏃♀️ 🥄 🥚
It was so lovely to see the boys and girls cheering each other on with a bit of friendly competition and team spirit! The highly anticipated relay race was the final race of the day – we had a four way race between each of Leswalt and Kirkcolm’s houses – Corsewall, Loch Connell, Soleburn and Lochnaw! The boys and girls positioned themselves round the track – and set off to the sound of their school mates cheering them on! 🙂 Corsewall and Loch Connell took the lead and finished joint first, followed by Soleburn and Lochnaw – but a huge, big well done to all 4 teams for all of the practise they have been putting in at break and lunchtimes over the past few weeks! 🏆 🥇
After the sports we headed to Leswalt School for a well-deserved snack and break, before we headed back outside for a Leswalt vs Kirkcolm game of football rounders – which was taken very seriously from both teams!! 🏐
Another thank-you to all of the parents who came along to watch and show their support (you even managed to avoid a Mum/Dads race!) and to those who helped to transport equipment across to the playing field.
And a well done to all of the competitors who showed fantastic sportsmanship and team spirit!
See below for the results of each race –
SPRINT P 1 all 1st Beathan 2nd Cameron 3rd James/Parker
SPRINT P 2 Girls 1st Hannah 2nd Eilidh/Sally 3rd Thea
SPRINT P 2 Boys 1st Scott 2nd Henry 3rd Ewan
SPRINT P3 all 1st Freddie 2nd Ian 3rd Joey
SPRINT P 4 all 1st Paige 2nd Rebecca/Cameron 3rd Callum
SPRINT P 5 all 1st Murray 2nd Lyle 3rd Rachael
SPRINT P 6 Girls 1st Daisy 2nd Holly 3rd Phoebe
SPRINT P6 Boys 1st Ivan 2nd Sean 3rd Archie
SPRINT P 7 Girls 1st Sally 2nd Lydia 3rd Cara
SPRINT P 7 Boys 1st Alfie 2nd Mark 3rd Danny
SKIPPING P 1 all 1st Parker 2nd Jorgie 3rd Beathan
SKIPPING P 2 Girls 1st Hannah 2nd Sally 3rd Eilidh
SKIPPING P 2 Boys 1st Henry 2nd James 3rd Ewan
SKIPPING P3 all 1st Joey 2nd Freddie 3rd Ross
SKIPPING P 4 all 1st Callum 2nd Cameron 3rd Bryleigh
SKIPPING P 5 all 1st Lyle 2nd Colin 3rd Rachael
SKIPPING P 6 Girls 1st Holly 2nd Amelia 3rd Phoebe
SKIPPING P6 Boys 1st Ivan 2nd Sean 3rd Ewan
SKIPPING P 7 Girls 1st Carys 2nd Sally 3rd Cara
SKIPPING P 7 Boys 1st Mark 2nd Jack 3rd Steven
SACK P 1 all 1st Parker 2nd Harlow 3rd Cameron
SACK P 2 Girls 1st Hannah 2nd Sally 3rd Eilidh
SACK P 2 Boys 1st Ewan 2nd Scott 3rd Vlad
SACK P3 all 1st Ian 2nd Joey 3rd Freddie
SACK P 4 all 1st Cameron 2nd Callum 3rd Paige/ Rebecca
SACK P 5 all 1st Murray 2nd Rachael 3rd Lyle
SACK P 6 Girls 1st Daisy 2nd Phoebe 3rd Holly
SACK P6 Boys 1st Ivan 2nd Sean 3rd Alistair
SACK P 7 Girls 1st Sally 2nd Cara 3rd Faye
SACK P 7 Boys 1st Danny 2nd Mark 3rd Jack
EGG & SPOON P 1 all 1st Orla/ James 2nd Cameron 3rd Jorgie
EGG & SPOON P 2 Girls 1st Hannah 2nd Sally 3rd Eilidh
EGG & SPOON P 2 Boys 1st Ewan 2nd James 3rd Scott
EGG & SPOON P3 all 1st Joey 2nd Lily 3rd Ross
EGG & SPOON P 4 all 1st Paige 2nd Cameron 3rd Bryleigh
EGG & SPOON P 5 all 1st Lyle 2nd Colin 3rd Arran
EGG & SPOON P 6 Girls 1st Phoebe 2nd Ela 3rd Daisy
EGG & SPOON P6 Boys 1st Ivan 2nd Sean 3rd Ben G
EGG & SPOON P 7 Girls 1st Faye 2nd Lydia 3rd Sally
EGG & SPOON P 7 Boys 1st Mark 2nd Jack 3rd Danny
DISTANCE P 1 all 1st Cameron 2nd Parker/ Harlow 3rd Orla
DISTANCE P 2 Girls 1st Hannah 2nd Sally 3rd Eilidh
DISTANCE P 2 Boys 1st Scott 2nd Ewan 3rd Henry
DISTANCE P3 all 1st Freddie 2nd Joey 3rd Ian
DISTANCE P 4 all 1st Callum 2nd Rebecca/ Cameron 3rd Paige/ Rebecca
DISTANCE P 5 all 1st Murray 2nd Rachael 3rd Colin
DISTANCE P 6 Girls 1st Daisy 2nd Phoebe 3rd Holly
DISTANCE P6 Boys 1st Ivan 2nd Sean 3rd Alistair
DISTANCE P 7 Girls 1st Sally 2nd Lydia 3rd Cara
DISTANCE P 7 Boys 1st Jack 2nd Mark 3rd Alfie
Loch Connell won the inter-school house relay, with Corsewall in 2nd place, Soleburn in 3rd and Loch Naw in 4th position.
Kirkcolm were the overall winners of the day with a grand total of 192 points, and Leswalt were in 2nd place with 116 points.
Adventures at Ernespie!
We had the very BEST day at Ernespie Farm Park for our annual Leswalt Primary Summer trip! 🌞 🚜🛝🐄🐐
The windscreen wipers on the bus didn’t dampen our spirits one bit as we pulled up at the farm park. A quick snack and loo stop and we were ready to explore.
Luckily, would you believe it, the sun came out to greet us too!
So explore we most certainly did…. with fun in the indoor soft play; a farm tour in the tractor and trailer; enjoying the woodland play park; playing on the combine and ride-on tractors in the shed; cooing over animals in the petting shed (aww the cuteness of those Guinea Pigs?! There was much begging to take one home as a class pet!) and then the awesome outdoor play area! So much to do – from bouncy pillows to the go-karts, whizzing down the zip wire to the thrills of the Cresta slide! Needless to say, there were rosy cheeks all round as all the friends played together and had so much fun!
A delicious ice lolly to round off the day was a welcome treat – and paid for by Beathan’s dad! So kind of him 😍
Take a few minutes to enjoy the fantastic photos below. Making memories together ❤️
UNCRC Article 31 We have the right to play
Aldouran Wetlands Fun for Leswalt P1-3!
For the past three Monday afternoons P1-3 have headed along the road to the Wetlands. Mrs Sloan met us there and had organised some fun activities for us to do. We spent time helping to make the Wetlands beautiful for all to enjoy by weeding and tidying up. We learned about squirrels and tried hard to be quiet to see if we could spot any, we weren’t successful!
We got taken on a bird hunt to learn the names of birds often seen at the Wetlands. The highlight was getting to see newly hatched Moorhens up close, this was very cool!
On route back to school we managed to find time to squeeze in a little play at the park.
A perfect way to spend a Monday afternoon!
