P1-4 were delighted to welcome Megan Bark, Dental Health Officer, into school this afternoon to help them learn all about dental hygiene as part of their Health and Wellbeing topic. Megan gave the pupils some hints and tips to keep their teeth sparkling clean and pupils got the chance to put her advice into practise on some puppets. Megan has set all of the pupils a challenge – to ensure
We were delighted to head to Leswalt Church this afternoon, having been invited by our Locum Minister for Leswalt, Marlene Cash. In preparation for this event, the whole school have been donating food items to distribute around the local community; the gardening club made a scarecrow whom they named ‘Les’ (short for Leswalt!); and pupils have been learning the song ‘Harvest Samba’ to perform at the church. During the service,
This week is ‘Maths Week Scotland’! It’s a chance to explore, enjoy and discover all things relating to Maths – and realise just how much Maths we use everyday – sometimes without even realising it! Each day, both classes have had lots of Maths fun doing different activities. On Monday, P6/7 watched and talked about the maths relating to Alice in Wonderland with an online Maths Live event – who
P6/7 are lucky to be enjoying Living Life to the Full sessions with Matthew Robinson from the D&G Youth Work team. This ties in perfectly with their HWB focus on Feelings and Self-Esteem. Pupils have been participating in team-building games and reflecting on different emotions and thinking about their reactions in different situations. Lots of chat and fun helping pupils to work on their self-belief and ability to recognise and
At the start of the term, all of our pupils were given the opportunity to apply for various positions of responsibility in the school, including: Pupil Council, Eco Committee, House Captains, Digital Leaders and Monitor jobs. The purpose of this is to ensure that pupils’ have a voice in everything we do and know that they can make a positive impact on our school. Having looked through the applications and/or
P6/7 were delighted to welcome Jack and Linnea to their class today to lead them through a Dignity in School Children’s Parliament session. The class met Dodger the Red Squirrel and considered the rights Dodger has as well as the rights we all have – and the ones we share/differ. We linked these to our Children’s Rights and thought about the Digni-tree as it has safe, happy and healthy as
Pupils are the North Rhins Schools are delighted to share that they have been awarded the Gold Rights Respecting School Award from UNICEF. Having already achieved their Bronze and Silver awards, both Leswalt and Kirkcolm Primaries have been working hard over the last 18 months to achieve their Gold award, with our Pupil Council reps leading on this. The award is split into 3 strands – it aims to teach
The gardening club at Leswalt Primary has started, under the support and guidance of Mrs Richardson. Last week 28th Aug – Had an introduction to gardening – growing plants, veg, fruit, flowers, herbs Why we garden – look nice, medicine, cosmetics, dyes, food our mental health and keeping us fit We then had a walk and talk about the garden and they showed me all the nooks Today 4th Sept
We were greeted at the door this morning by lots of smiling faces (who have all grown so much taller!), glad to be back at school for a new year! This year we are joined by our new P1 pupils – Gregor, Ada, Erin, Betty and Jessica – have a keek at their cutes faces below! We also have Rebecca joining P6 who will make an excellent addition to the
This afternoon the school closed for the Summer holidays. But first, the hard work of our pupils was celebrated and the following awards were handed out – 100% attendance award – Colin Mc Gregor Excellent attendance – Ellie Bennewith, Lily Bennewith, Hamish Mc Gregor, Beathan Wright ,Daisy Doyle Accelerated reading star readers P2 Eilidh Ramsay (23 tests passed) P3 Lily Bennewith 22 tests passed P5 Colin Mc Gregor ( 30.4)
