The rain dried up and the sun was shining so Leswalt pupils donned their Winter cosies and wellies and headed to Aldouran Wetlands to meet members of Stranraer Rotary Club. They had invited us along to plant purple crocus bulbs as part of Rotary International’s Purple for Polio awareness campaign. Polio is a disease which can cause paralysis. Fortunately there is a vaccination which is given to children and so
After a break of quite sometime, during which we were ‘living’ at Kirkcolm whilst refurbishments took place, we have returned to school! We took the opportunity to get out and about in the community as we headed up to Leswalt’s war memorial today to observe the 11am silence. The last couple of days have involved in pupils learning about the significance of the poppy, how it came to be the
Leswalt P1-4 were joined with Kirkcolm and Portpatrick infants class on for a trip to “Kitchen Coos and Ewes” owned by the Neale and Janet McQuistin at New Luce . Over 50 pupils and staff bundled onto the trailer and headed to the hills where we quickly caught the eye of 30 Highland ‘coos’ 🐮. This trip allowed the children to experience a different type of farming, as part of
We are delighted to announce that the North Rhins Partnership primary schools in the Rhins has achieved a Silver Rights Respecting School Award by UNICEF UK. Leswalt, Kirkcolm and Portpatrick primaries have worked collaboratively to meet the standards for this UNICEF prestigious accreditation. UNICEF is the world’s leading organisation working for children and their rights. The Rights Respecting Schools Award is granted to schools that show commitment to promoting and
Primary 7 have recently completed a block of swimming at the Ryan Centre, over 3 weeks. Many thanks to Mrs Agnew and staff at school for supervising them at this. They all enjoyed learning new skills and splashing about!
As part of learning where our food comes from, P1 – 4 donned their wellies and headed off to a farm visit courtesy of Jacqui, Scott and Gregor Service. We enjoyed a lovely sunny morning at Balgreggan Farm meeting some cute calves and trying out a Massey Fergusson tractor for size! Our hosts Jacqui, Scott and Gregor showed us around explaining how they care for their calves, what breed they
Shape Hunts, scavenger trails and some STEMazing kicked off our celebration of Maths Week Scotland! P1-4 held their very own shape hunt in school with Mrs Warwick. They went on a 2D shape hunt around the school, armed with an ipad and a tally mark sheet. Lots of circles and squares, the odd rectangle and 1 hexagon! They also joined in with the Cuthbert Sees Double interactive story and activity. They listened
By-passing secondary altogether, out intrepid team of maths superstars headed into the DGC Stranraer Campus today! On offer was an interactive morning of maths fun! And my oh my, it was a very a busy time with pupils involved in everything from (are you ready for quite a list…!)? following a recipe to make play dough reading instructions and measuring amounts to make up baby bottles using logic to solve
After almost 25 years working at Leswalt Primary school, Mrs Smith our fabulous learning assistant has called it a day. Leswalt pupils were sad to see her go, but all were happy to have had that special Mrs Smith sparkle in their life. She has worked so hard, for so many over the years. Sadly, she was off unwell on what should have been her final day on Friday –
In preparation for Maths Week Scotland next week, we all got to participate in a hands-on, fun maths workshop today led by Mrs Hall from the D&G STEM team and created by the Liverpool Mathematical Society. And it certainly lived up to its name – it was indeed MEGA! The P1-4 crew enjoyed their maths fun first thing; whilst the older bunch got their thinking caps on after breaktime. The
