This morning we welcomed the lovely Kelsey McWhirter from Alzheimer’s Scotland in to speak to the P6/7s about brain health! She showed us a programme called STARS; each letter representing a way to keep our brains performing to the best of their ability ⭐🧠 Spend time with friends and family – having conversations and making connections about different parts of your day and learning helps the brain to develop Tuck
As part of both schools ongoing work with The Children’s Parliament – Both Fallon (Kirkcolm) and Ewan (Leswalt) were selected to represent children’s voices and views at the Scottish Government base at Atlantic Quay in Glasgow. Fallon and Ewan and have been doing ongoing work with The Children’s Human Right Defenders. This has meant many video calls and a whole lot of information for them both to absorb and contribute
Leswalt Primary is delighted to announce they have just received an Eco Schools Scotland Green flag award! This is in recognition of all the hard work and efforts of the school to protect the environment, This is the 4th Green flag the school has achieved. Previous awards were in 2019, 2021 and 2023 – demonstrating our ongoing commitment to this. Please click here to see the feedback we received. The photograph below
After being scheduled, rescheduled and then rescheduled again Leswalt’s annual Sports Day finally took place and what glorious, sunny weather we got! 😎☀🌞 The races of the day were as follows: The Sprint The Skipping Race The Sack Race Egg and Spoon Race Obstacle Race Long Distance The races ran very smoothly and Mrs Baillie managed to get them done in record time before the highly anticipated Relay Race. A
Today we donned our hi-viz vests, popped on a hard hat and met Ross and Lynsey from McTaggart Construction at the building site to hear more about the new housing development. There are to be 56 houses built on the land and, at the moment, excavators, diggers and bulldozers are getting the land ready so the foundations can be put in place. This’ enabling phase’ is expected to take 6-12
Another afternoon of the best outdoor fun today with Richard for week 5 of Forest School! 🌳 It was a little showery but we’re a hardy bunch. What is it they say…‘it’s not bad weather it’s just you’re not dressed for it!’ So kitted out in waterproof jackets, we were set for an hour of den building (plus the P6/7 pupils got a chance to learn how to use a
On Friday afternoon we were very excited to have Stuart Fisher back in our school, we always love Stuart’s visits to help us with our golfing skills but this time he came not as a golfing coach but as a Police officer. ⛳🏌️♀️👮♂️ Stuart has recently undertaken his Police training and has very kindly come in to talk about his new job as part of our careers in the community
What fun we had yesterday afternoon over at Aldouran Wetlands with Richard Patchett! The mission this week was to use natural materials to create art. P1-4 worked in groups building a nest, den and a tent. Jorgie designed a fabulous picture complete with a picture frame, tree and sunshine made from a yellow leaf! Love this creativity! The P6/7 crew split into groups and all opted to build cosy dens.
Our football team were playing again on Friday after school. They did really well and won 3 games, out of 5 played. Well done team! They look very chuffed with themselves Right to Play and Recreation: Right to Participation: Right to Inclusion:
Sadly, yesterday was the final week of Bikeability for P6/7 – and they have LOVED every moment of these sessions! Mike and Jo accompanied each group out and about on our village roads; putting their newly learnt skills to good use and enjoying our beautiful countryside. Each group managed to ride over 5 miles yesterday and all came back into school with a healthy glow on their face and slightly
