Alexander Clark – our term 3 reading raffle winner was presented with an Easter egg by our House Captains Malcolm and Breagh. To be in with a chance of winning the reading raffle, you need to read a book, take a test on the book and score 100%! Your name is recorded on the 100% Readers wall and then it is entered into a raffle at the end of term.
Pupils from P5-7 boarded the bus this sunny Wednesday morning to head to Green Valley for the Rhins Primary Cross Country Challenge! A LONG overdue event, there was such an air of excitement as the schools met up! Carys and Brandon got together to write up this blog report – Breagh lent a hand too. Read all about their morning below… Cross Country was at Green Valley. There is lots
It was a day of egg-cellent fun for our last day of term – which just so happened to be April Fool’s Day too. Being at school on April 1st doesn’t happen very often so we made the most of it! Mrs Baillie was on fine form, pranking the pupils not just once but twice! Initially, an email was read out telling them of the unfortunate cancellation of the Easter
The children in Primary 1 – 4 have been working hard on producing a radio show transmission with Dumfries and Galloway Youth Music Group as part of our Feis Rois traditional music programme. This radio show is the culmination of a block of sessions which focussed on the development of early music and communication skills and health & wellbeing and promotes the enjoyment of music. Singing games, exploring musical instruments and
Phew! It’s been a busy few days of sport for some Leswalt Primary pupils. Friday saw the Primary football tournament held at the 3G pitch. Our fabulous North Rhins Team were placed 3rd in this mini-league! For a team who rarely gets to play together, this was outstanding! Alexander, Rose, Brandon, Fraser, Murray and Aidan from Leswalt P5-7 joined their Portpatrick and Kirkcolm friends to form the team. Many thanks
Our gardening volunteers were super-keen to complete our bug hotel, or should we say ‘bug mansion’ as it’s so impressive. The children worked hard to gather natural materials and construct the bug hotel ready for residents. They mixed STEM engineering construction with Learning for Sustainability. Not content with just that task, they also got stuck into tidying and weeding, ready for even more gardening challenges to come. Thank you to
How beautiful have our gorgeous surroundings looked these past few days in the sunshine? It’s given us the motivation to get out and get busy! As our return to Leswalt Primary gets ever closer, our pupils have been getting their thinking caps on about ways to develop our school grounds once we’re back in residence. And they have LOTS of ideas! Aided by the super knowledgeable Mrs Richardson, the children
Leswalt Primary pupils have enjoyed a fun and varied Science Week with a host of hands-on activities and experiences. P1-4 P1-4 enjoyed a live interactive session with ‘The 3engineers’. They met Matt (Systems Engineer) and Nick (Electrical Engineer) who talked about sustainability and the use of fossil fuels, extreme weather and global warming. Their job as engineers is to invent, design and build new inventions to help reduce our impact
All for a good cause, the pupils of Leswalt Primary rocked up in cheery red clothes and handed in their donations for our Red Nose Day fun today! P1-4 and P5-7 joined together for a Fresh Air Friday with a difference today when they took part in the Great Welly Throw! Each primary had their own competition with the winners of Primary 5 (Brandon), Primary 6 (Tristan) and Primary 7
As part of our Rights Respecting Schools Silver Award, our P6’s and House Captains from across our partnership took on some responsible training today. The Diana Trust delivered a workshop on developing our older pupils as Anti-Bullying Ambassadors. This is supported by HRH The Duke of Cambridge, The Diana Award Anti-Bullying Campaign engages schools to change the attitudes, behaviour and culture of bullying by building skills and confidence to identify
