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
Primary 6 and 7 recently had 3 fun filled days of outdoor education at Lockerbie Manor. Please see below for a link to just some of the adventures they had – Lockerbie Manor ~ February 2025 – YouTube
This afternoon, we were delighted to welcome back Jack and Linnea from the Children’s Parliament with another interesting session about caring for our environment. Each session so far we have focused on a different element – curriculum (how our learning helps us to explore and find out more about our area), campus (when we made models about what we would view as part of our environment), community (an online session
Have a look at some of the activities we have done today!
The troops arrived safely at their destination at Lockerbie Manor and got stuck straight in to axe throwing, fencing and the climbing wall. They were having that much fun, not one pupil wanted to phone home! Tea was either roast chicken or sausages with roast potatoes, and Yorkshire puddings, followed by ice cream. Yum! Lots of fun was had in the bedrooms with pyjama parties involving lots of toiletries for
