This morning, Tony from NSPCC joined P5-7 to lead them through the Speak out.Stay safe workshop. This followed this online assembly and activity which the class worked on last week. The workshop began by introducing the mascot Buddy – a speech mark designed to encourage all pupils to talk about what is on their mind. Tony talked to them all about different types of abuse in a sensitive and age-appropriate
Today we welcomed our new Minister, Rev Marlene Cash into school to take her first ever assembly with all the boys and girls of Leswalt Primary. Marlene is the new minister for Leswalt and Kirkcolm and hopes to link up a lot with us in school. Today we learned why geese are not really that silly, and the importance of all working together. We also learned that before she was
This afternoon, Leswalt Primary pupils hopped on the bus and headed down to Logan Botanical Gardens as part of their annual schools’ week event. The sun was shining, the air was warm – if perhaps the sky looked a little threatening as the afternoon wore on. But it takes more than a shower of rain to dampen the spirits of Leswalt pupils! After a quick picnic lunch, the P1-3 pupils
What a glorious day! Sunshine, friends and delicious scones and traybakes – what’s not to love?! Thanks to the hard work of the fabulous Parent Council and friends – many visitors, family and friends were treated to a tasty afternoon tea and the chance to browse some stalls being run by the pupils and parents. A magnificent total of over £1200 was raised! This is a superb amount which will
Primary 1-4 have been on a musical tour around Scotland over the past 10 weeks with Paul and Becky from Feis Rois. We started our tour in Glasgow where we learned a song called ‘Jeelie Piece’. We then hopped over to South Uist and learned a Gaelic waulking song called ‘Hey Man Do’. This song would have been sang whilst people made tweed. After South Uist we headed to Islay
This morning, Mrs Patterson from Stranraer Academy came to visit the P7 pupils. She brought with her three well-known faces; Katie Kirkbride from Portpatrick, James Turtle from Kirkcolm and Alexander Clark from Leswalt – all of whom are S1 pupils at Stranraer Academy and past pupils of our primary school. P7 enjoyed a question and answer session with the S1 pupils; getting a chance to find out more about life
This afternoon PCs McGregor and Walker came to speak to P5-7 about the ‘bairns’ – life-size cardboard cut-outs of children designed to remind drivers to be extra vigilant around schools. The five ‘bairns’ are spending two weeks in every primary school and remind drivers to think about where they park, watch their speed and to be careful of where pupils are crossing. The class discussed with the Police Officers where
The sun shone – yes really! – one morning this week and so we donned our jackets (well, it wasn’t THAT warm!) and headed outside to continue our Length, Perimeter and Area learning outside. Working in our maths groups, we each took our set activity sheet and a clipboard and set to work. Mrs F took the handy toolkit trolley outside which was equipped with an iPad, rulers, measuring tapes,
This week, P5-7 got the chance to explore coding using Spheros. These are small spherical ‘robots’ which can be coded to move in any direction, light up in an array of colours, talk and play music! Ms Whorlow had introduced these cool gadgets to us at the end of term 2 and we were desperate to get our hands on them again this week and explore some more learning through
Hamish, Faye, Kaiden and Katie made a formidable quiz team today representing Leswalt Primary at the Annual Rotary Primary Schools’ Quiz. And, better still, they were placed 3rd receiving a certificate each and a cheque for £40 for the school! Teamwork was key as they used their general knowledge skills to answer questions which many adults would’ve found challenging! Most importantly, the four of them were superb ambassadors for their
