This afternoon we were delighted to welcome Mark Pogson into school to do a session with the boys and girls on QiGong – a Chinese art of breathing, and meditation. They were taken through a mixture of movements and breathing techniques designed to make them feel super zen – perfect for this time in the school calendar when everything is so busy 🙈! Both classes took part in a 30 minute session.
P1-4 have been getting into bowling as part of their P.E focus this term. Dan, Colin, Bobby and and co. from Kirkcolm Bowling club were happy to bring some of their bowling gear to the school and this gave the pupils some hands on expert experience in developing their skills in bowling and learn more about the game. They had an excellent time and we are very grateful to the
⚽️ Our partnership football team kicked off their debut in style , in the Primary league on Friday. Despite the two schools never having played together as one, they did us proud on the pitch . Our top team won two games ( and lost two) on their very first outing. ⚽️ Well done ! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Today we were delighted to welcome Mike from Bikeability to our P6/7 classroom to kick-off our practical cycle sessions! This starts officially next week but today’s session dealt with an introduction, getting to know Mike and about his lifelong interest in bikes and safety checks on our bikes. What a fabulous opportunity for us 🚲 Our sessions will take place over 6weeks and we help us to become safe and
Thanks to funding from the Edinburgh Mathematical Society, Leswalt Primary’s playground is now the proud owners of two new, colourful playground markings! A fabulous Snakes and Ladders game is ready and waiting for the pupils to enjoy at breaktimes – as well as a numbers to 10 rocket which they can use to play Hopscotch! Both games offer the perfect opportunity to have lots of fun with their friends whilst
Our future budding engineers Rebecca and Rachael travelled to Dumfries yesterday to participate in the Glasgow Science Festival Creating Engineers Regional Final! The girls had won the local Rhins competition last term and we now competing on a bigger stage! As expected, they were exemplary representatives of our wee school and they worked hard to complete the tough challenge of planning, designing and building a K’Nex digger complete with
This week, the pupils of Leswalt have had an egg-citing time exploring the Easter story through arts and crafts, baking, finding out about cultural traditions and becoming quiz masters! 🐣 Working together, the older pupils buddied up with their younger friends as they planned, designed and decorated hard boiled eggs. Mrs Baillie had the unenviable task of judging the decorated eggs – tough decision as they had all been so
P6/7 headed to Green Valley this morning for the annual Rhins Primary Cross Country event. All pupils ran/walked a mile and represented their school with exemplary behaviour – so proud of them! Colin came 2nd in the P6 boys category and Rachael was 1st in the P6 girls – superb effort! Well done all 🏃🏻♀️☀️🎉
As part of their RME topic learning about the Hindu festival of Holi, P6-7 pupils donned some very old clothing and headed outside on Friday afternoon to take part in paint throwing! Pupils learned all about the origins of the festival and how Hindus celebrate this by lighting bonfires and throwing colourful paint powder at each other, so we thought we’d have a go ourselves! Have a keek below at
P6-7 pupils visited Leswalt Church on Friday morning as part of their RME topic, learning about Christian artefacts, worship and rites of passage. Rev. Marlane Cash kindly met us at the church and was on hand to explain to everyone about the significance of various artefacts, including the font, pulpit, lecturn, chalice, communion wafer, organ, Bible and cross. Pupils even got the opportunity to try one of the communion wafers
