P5 – 7 enjoyed the first of a series of Sphero Bolt workshops today. What is a Sphero, you ask? Well, Sphero robots have many different internal parts that make them work such as motors, LEDs, encoders, processors, a CPU and Bluetooth communication module for connecting to phones, and a gyroscope that keeps it oriented. A small, wheeled robot inside the shell climbs up the walls and pushes them forward, causing the
Our local Community Safety Officer, Andrew Hay, visited the boys and girls this afternoon. As part of our ongoing Eco Schools work, we are working on our target of managing litter and waste. Andrew gave an informative and interactive talk to the children on our rights and responsibilities for our community and how best we can look after it. We discussed the impact litter and dog fouling has on wildlife
Leswalt Primary parent council organised the first ever Santa Dash round the streets of Leswalt today – all to raise funds for school based activities. This event was supported by lots of Santas of all shapes and sizes from Leswalt, Kirkcolm, Stranraer – and even Drummore! All were given a Santa hat and dashed round a route in the village to the Christmas tunes being played by Jacky Robinson and
All the boys and girls at Leswalt Primary were delighted to receive a treat of an advent calendar for them all to open every day in December. Leswalt Community association kindly provided all pupils with a chocolate treat. Many thanks to them for thinking of us all at school. The photograph shows Primary 1 pupils happy with their gift!
On the first day of December, we opened our advent calendars and kicked off the the festive season with some input from the Scripture Union and “Christmas Unwrapped!” Owain Evans joined our class to lead P5-7 through fun activities such as the Christmas Quiz, and and excerpt from “The Star” movie. In groups we tried some code breaking activities to crack the Christmas code. We all went on to “Shine
Huge well done to our Leswalt Primary 5 pupil Murray Reid for winning this year’s Millennium Centre Light Switch-on poster competition – out of all our local primary schools! He will be enjoying a trip on Santa’s Float and be part of Stranraer’s Light Switch-on this Saturday. Look out for his winning poster on display as part of the town’s Christmas celebrations too. What a fantastic achievement Murray! U Update
Lactalis Cheese Factory and McLelland Cheese Packing On Thursday 23rd of November, Leswalt P5-7 class went on a trip to Lactalis Stranraer. We started off in the meeting room, learning about the history of Lactalis (it’s owned by a French family), how it has grown over the years and the health and safety rules and guidelines which are really important to keep employees safe and produce top quality cheese. Then
Report by Ela and Ellie… Today, Aileen and Ross from the Glasgow Science Centre team came to our school with their roadshow called ‘Future Fuels’. Aileen told us about Fossil Fuels and why it is so important to find renewable energy sources. She showed us an experiment using methanol and demonstrated the Fire Triangle which needs Oxygen, heat and fuel to work. The tiny amount of methanol made a huge
Following on from yesterday’s World Children’s Day, PC Walker visited Leswalt Primary this afternoon to talk about UNCRC Rights of a Child and the role the police play in keeping us all safe. Working in our assembly groups, we all chatted about our rights and what each article meant for us day-to-day. There was lots of chat about the right to be safe, to learn, to be fed, to be
Pupils and staff rocked up to school today wearing blue (to support World Children’s Day on Mon 20th November) and with their pockets full of pennies to add to our Children in Need collection bucket! All week, House Captains had been manning their Children in Need merchandise shop and selling Pudsey ears, pens and pin badges. Their shop was super busy – with lots of money being raised. As a
