What a lovely way to start a new week! P7 pupils from Leswalt and Kirkcolm headed into Stranraer Baptist Church (after dropping the P6s off at Kirkcolm with a lengthy to-do list!) to enjoy Easter code – an event offered by Owain from Scripture Union and the Stranraer Baptist Church Team. Each day this week, P7 pupils have been invited to discover more about the Easter story through quizzes, craft,
P6-7 pupils headed off to the Ryan Centre this afternoon for a musical extravaganza. We were entertained by Andrea and Georgie of Ad Libitum, who were a violin and accordion duo. After explaining a bit about the different sounds that each of their instruments could make, we were treated to some of Vivaldi’s Four Seasons concerto, and pieces by composers Bach and Brahms. Afterwards, we got the opportunity to ask
We have had great fun this over the last few days celebrating British Science Week with online Live Lessons, STEM activities and rounding off with a busy open afternoon today! Family and friends were invited in to share our learning as we worked with our buddies on a range of Science investigations. We enjoyed… * Exploding Monsters – exploring chemical reactions 💥 * Lava Lamps- looking at liquid density and
Well done to our musical maestros – Rachael, Ela and Daisy for their fantastic performances this week at the Galloway Music Festival! Rachael was up first, with her piano performance class being held on Monday. Competing in a very tough class, Miss Drummond only went and bagged first place! What an achievement… 🙂 Then, on Wednesday, our two fantastic singers Ela and Daisy participated in the Scots Solo class with
Today was the day of the Annual Primary Maths Challenge and who better to put forward to take up that challenge but our resident Number Ctunchers Ben, Colin and Roman! Pupils had to create a poster themed around Codes & Ciphers, partake in problem solving challenges and play Head-to-Head – a game based around math logic and strategy. Our pupils worked hard to try and do the preparation beforehand with
Leswalt Primary enjoyed lots of World Book Day fun today 🙂 listening to real authors online, enjoying some cosy reading time, doing some shopping at our ‘in-school’ book sale and thinking about how books are written – with some fantastic ideas for possible books of the future! The House Captains had worked closely with committee members and the librarians to set up a book sale with lots bringing in their
Launching Stranraer’s Wheels, Water and Well-being Festival 2025! Agnew and Stair Park 7-8th of June. We were delighted to welcome Janet Jones, Project Developer at Creative Stranraer, (www.creativestranraer.com) into school this week, talking about an exciting new venture – Stranraer’s Wheels, Water and Wellbeing Festival, coming to our shores on the weekend of June 7-8th 2025! This festival is building on the brief 3-hour cycling festival last June, where many
Tara and Alan from Stranraer Development Trust popped in to see P6/7 today with some exciting news… they had chosen a winner and runner-up from their recent Dream Jobs competition! But who were these talented pupils? With her wonderful drawing of her Dream Job as an artist – Miss Ela Chang was runner-up! And, coming up trumps with her fabulous sketch of her Dream Job as a teacher –
Such wonderfully confident young ladies took to the stage last night, representing Leswalt Primary at the Annual Rhins Burns Federation competition! The fabulous trio of Ela, Hannah and Daisy entertained the audience alongside pupils from other schools with their Scots recitations and singing. Daisy was up first, singing ‘Skye Boat Song’ accompanied by Mrs Jane Sloan. She performed this beautifully and was placed 3rd in the P6/7 singing category! Hannah
What a beautiful February afternoon we enjoyed with Jack and Linnea over at the Aldouran Wetlands! Our sessions with Children’s Parliament are nearing their end and we’ve all had such good fun discussing our community, climate, curriculum and campus and the important features of these. We chatted about what makes a community strong and the ways in which we all work together to make the 4 Cs be the best
