Today the brand new P6/7 class enjoyed a Fun French Day! This kicked off their three -day mini-project about the Paris Olympics 2024 with their Day 1 looking at France; Day 2 will be researching the Ancient Olympics to present day and Day 3 will focus on sports and hosting their very own Leswalt Olympics! Fun French Day meant lots of learning French vocabulary through actions, games and songs; using their
We are very much looking forward to having our new Primary 1 pupils starting in school . And, thanks to the digital skills of Mrs Mc Harg and the House captains we have an amazing electronic book that will help explain more about Leswalt Primary. It is just so good we had to share it with all of our parents. Click on the link here and I am sure you
After a night of very heavy rain , it did finally dry up to allow us to have our Sports day at Leswalt. Cheered on by classmates, friends and family everyone tried their hardest and displayed a very sporting attitude. Many thanks must go to David Kirkpatrick and Angus Brown who helped transport all the equipment across to the park. Thank you also to Natasha for the kind gesture of
After taking part in a verification assessment yesterday, we are delighted to announce we have been awarded the new Digital Schools Scotland Accreditation. Portpatrick, Kirkcolm and Leswalt are the first schools in Dumfries and Galloway to achieve this recognition for our ongoing commitment to digital technology learning and teaching. Have a read of the report to see for yourself all the excellent work which has been recognised – Dumfries &
Our Primary 7 pupils were delighted earlier this week to be presented with their official Leswalt leavers hoodies. Thanks to the Parent council, each pupil got a new personalised hoodie – so they can forever be resplendent in red! It was decided to give them early this year, so the P7 pupils can wear them with pride for the final month of Primary school – and then beyond!
As part of their Health and Wellbeing lessons learning about different dietary requirements, it was the turn of the final 3 groups to make their recipes into real-life delicious creations! On the menu this week we had – a vegan chocolate cake, a gluten free pizza and a diabetic curry! Yum!! Huge thanks to Mrs Kyle for lending her culinary skills to help the groups. See them in action below!
The official Outdoor Classroom Day may have been rained off last Thursday, but that didn’t stop us from celebrating it a week later! This afternoon, we split into 3 groups and rotated around 3 different activities on offer – gardening (which included letting P5-7 pupils loose with a pair of secateurs on the willow dome!!); creating ‘grass heads’ using tights, grass seed, compost and plastic cups; and a village litter
We were visited this morning by 2 members of the Community Safety Team who brought some exciting news! A few months ago, all pupils were tasked with designing a poster encouraging people to put their litter in the bin. 20 of these posters were selected by the Community Wardens and turned into weather-proof versions. They will be distributed on lamp posts all around the village this weekend, to encourage everyone
Our Primary 6 pupils headed off to Stair Park today to participate in Operation Safety – a whole day session involving different workshops provided by various agencies, including the emergency services. Pupils had inputs from – Police Scotland, learning about drug and alcohol awareness and vandalism Scottish Fire and Rescue Service, learning about home safety Youth Work on internet safety Coastguard on water safety Scottish Ambulance Service on First Aid
Using the new food technology resources that all primary schools in our cluster now have, our senior pupils have been making a wide variety of different dishes this week with Mrs Kyle sharing her expertise and helping the all with those vital life skills. On the menu this week were – sticky toffee muffins, pasta carbonara and chocolate brownies – yum! Pupils all enjoyed cooking, and eating the different foods.
