Our Primary 7 pupils enjoyed a taster coaching session in curling today. Under the expert guidance of Gail Munro MBE and all the coaching staff at Stranraer Ice rink our senior pupils were brushing and curling their way to victory! All pupils have arrived back at school with certificates for their participation and details of how they can enjoy more curling at an after school club – please look school
Mrs McHarg attended a cheque presentation on Wednesday night at the Ryan Centre on behalf of both Kirkcolm and Leswalt Schools, who have each received £200 from the Santa’s Float proceeds. A huge thank-you to both the YMCA and Stranraer & Rhins Young farmers who organise the Santa’s Float, for this very generous donation to our schools. The money will go towards helping to fund transport costs which will enable
Today we enjoyed our annual Burns’ Lunch – a little later than we had initially planned due to the storms but it was worth the wait! Daisy led the celebrations in her role as chairperson inviting Betty in P1 to carry in the haggis, our ‘Address to a Haggis’ P7s to recite the poem with gusto (thanks Ben G, Ela, Sean, Holly and Ewan!) and Sean to say the Selkirk
Today we had the pleasure of welcoming Kathryn Purchase from History Alive to the P6/7 classroom! The pupils have been investigating Scotland at the time of Wallace and Bruce and Kathryn’s presentation brought this history period alive and visual – and what an amazing morning we all had! Kathryn took us on a whistle-stop tour of Scotland (and England and France!) at the time of the 1280s onwards. We
The pupils of Leswalt Primary have had a super busy month with all things Scots! Each pupil was set the challenge of learning a Scots poem, writing it out in the very best handwriting and creating some fabulous artwork to go with it. These formed January’s homework tasks. On Monday, Mrs Buchanan had the unenviable job of judging this – she was ably assisted by Mrs Cash Leswalt Church’s minister.
Another fabulously fun session with Niamh today (who did say this class was her favourite one to visit!) Every pupil listens well, follows instructions and gets stuck in – oh my do they get stuck in?! The state of their clothes and hands is testament to that! Niamh is super keen for each and every one of them to come along to the Junior Rugby sessions on a Sunday as
Big thank you to Ellie and Sean for representing Leswalt Primary so well at the recent Rotary Lunch. Their polite manners were as expected from this pair and we were delighted to nominate them to attend. Mr Alec Ross talked about To a Mouse by Robert Burns and gave an excellent recitation and explanation of this. Ellie and Sean enjoyed the chat with Rotary Club members and other P7 pupils
Primary 1-4 were delighted that their input from Lighthouse musicians today had the added bonus of a special visitor in the form of Mr John Harvey and his bagpipes. John played some traditional, and not so traditional songs on his bagpipes for all to jig along to. He also allowed pupils the chance to have a go playing them and try on some kilts. This musical input ties in perfectly
Today P6/7 enjoyed their first rugby session with Niamh Wilson from the Rugby Development Team. It was a muddy affair – which the pupils loved!- and lots of fun! They enjoyed a game of SWAP where pupils marked a cone and then swapped over – though others could intercept and take over a cone. A game needing quick movement. They also played ‘Capture the Flag’ which was a team game
The staff and pupils got together today to toast in the New Year and enjoy some Scottish traditions as it was the first opportunity we’d all had to be together and to wish everyone all the best for 2025! A toast was raised with some Irn Bru and a piece of shortbread followed by a rousing rendition of Auld Lamg Syne. We also had a chat about the significance
