Starting off our new school year, we are pleased to announce we have been awarded our RSPB Wild Challenge Silver Award. This is as a result of all the hard work of our pupils in promoting biodiversity in our school grounds. Our children had to complete six challenges both to help nature and experience nature, all of which promotes Learning for Sustainability, Sustainable Development Goals and good health and wellbeing.
So we did consider having a quiet last day of term but then we thought…..nah! It’s just not our style! Mrs Baillie just happened to be going to the wedding of ex-pupil and Olympic Gold medallist Vicky Wright and Greg Drummond – and so she thought little Leswalt peeps turning up to do a star turn might be a nice touch! And it truly was a lovely moment… In truth,
What a difference a day makes… Goodness me, that was a good call to postpone our trip to today rather than the torrential downpours that were Tuesday! From start to finish, this was just the perfect school trip! The pupils were excited and the staff (Mrs Mcknight, Mrs Smith, Mrs Dinsmore, Miss Lammie and Mrs F) were all raring to go. Hopping aboard our McCulloch’s coach, we headed north to
On Thursday afternoon we were delighted to welcome family and friends to our end of term celebrations and to say a fond farewell to our five P7 pupils. Entertaining the audience with some fabulous singing of One More Step, This Little Light of Mine, The Leaver’s Song and How Far I’ll Go (from Moana but with Leswalt-fied lyrics!)- the pupils’ learning was then celebrated with lots of presentations being made.
Our Primary 7 pupils had a blast at a Stranraer Watersports Association activity day at Loch Ryan today. First order of the day was being kitted out with wet suits (which was a fun experience trying to squeeze into tight lycra). The first challenges were a couple of team problem solving puzzles. Gripping a rope, the children had to get everyone inside the rope without
As part of Primary 1 to 4’s topic in Social Studies this term, the children have been learning about life in castles long ago. Today, Mrs McKnight’s class combined what they have been learning about castle features with a STEM challenge (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths). After gathering up a wide range of recycled junk modelling material (thank you families!), each child planned their own unique castle design. Design Challenge:
P5-7 have been very busy sewing bees this term – under the expert eye of Mrs Copeland and ably assisted by her mum Mrs Siwo! How lucky the pupils are to have the chance to sew – by hand and using a sewing machine and to make something of their own! They designed and sewed their very own draw string bags. They began by creating a pattern of a letter
P1-4 were thrilled to welcome back Kathryn Purchase from History Alive to present a workshop all about Knights and Castles. We all love Kathryn’s visits and today’s was no exception. We loved hearing tales of castle building through the ages, and what life would be like living in one. It would have been very cold, dark and smelly we decided! Colin was also knighted and shall now be forever known
As part of our on-going Eco Schools work, Leswalt and Kirkcolm teamed up to rid the streets of litter today! As it turned out, we live in a beautifully kept environment and so there wasn’t too much in the way of litter – good news all round I’d say! The pieces we did find were safely disposed of by our intrepid team of rubbish busters who were rewarded with a
Take Two – and the rain steered clear, the midges behaved and Leswalt’s Sports Day was game on! We were delighted to welcome back family and friends to cheer all pupils on as they donned their running shoes and gave each event their all. So good to see such sportsmanship on display – we really do have a great wee team! All staff were assigned to their positions and the
