P2-4 had a busy maths session today! They brought their teddies to school to do some measuring! Here’s what they had to say about it… We needed to work in pairs and use a measuring tape. We measured in centimetres (cm) We tried using a metre stick and a ruler but they just weren’t flexible enough! We worked out which end of the measuring tape to start at and
We had the pleasure of a visit from Gerald from the Munro Madnezz Bhoys Challenge this morning. He told us all about the 282 Munros in Scotland (there used to be 283 but one shrunk (!) and is no longer counted as a Munro!). They are named after Sir Hugh Munro who discovered and categorised them all – though he didn’t climb them all. Gerald has climbed many of these
On Monday 7th September, P5-7 joined lots of other pupils from local schools to participate in an event run by Triathlon Scotland. The children had lots of fun swimming, cycling and running. It was a great taster session to get a feel of what a triathlon involves – but on a mini scale! Well done to everyone involved – the pupils had a great time!
Today P2-4 had great fun measuring outside. They worked in small groups and recorded their results on their clipboard. Each group worked out how many giant steps, fairy steps and how long a people chain they needed to measure from one part of the playground to the other. But everybody was ending up with different answers! There had to be a solution… Then we came up with the answer –
Leswalt Primary is delighted to welcome 5 new Primary one pupils to join us; Murray, Maisie, Malcolm, Aidan and Breagh. Have a look at the fun they had on their first day!
On Friday 19th June 2015 all of Leswalt Primary headed to the Royal Highland show, at Ingliston near Edinburgh. They toured the show field in small groups and had a fun filled day full of new experiences and sights. Have a look at all the different things we got up to!
P1-4 have been learning lots about farming in their local area and how farmers use different types of land for different farming purposes. The morning began with a trip to Kirkcolm shore to look around the landscape and test the soil. The fields were nice and green and were in great condition for sheep and cows to graze. Afterwards, the class went to Stranraer Museum to explore farming techniques and machinery from
Yesterday, Leswalt School travelled to their local beach of Larbrax to take part in a beach clean as part of their Eco-Schools development in caring for their community and local surroundings. Pupils were prepared with their wellies, gloves, black bags and litter pickers. A huge amount of litter was bagged up and some very random items were found including a car bumper, odd shoes, tyres and many more weird and
As part of their ‘Food and Farming’ Topic in Social Studies and Health and Wellbeing, P1-4 visited Tesco for their ‘Farm to Fork’ workshop. Pupils were taken a tour around Tesco to explore where food comes from and even got to taste some of the lovely items on offer! The children took part in an activity to use food labels and packaging to discover where food came from. They were
The fundraising group of Leswalt Primary recently organised a fete, which incorporated Cream teas, on Sunday 24th May. At the event there was delicious home baking, face painting, nail art, a hairdresser, bottle stall, barbeque and much, much more. The event was on for 2 hours and managed to raise over £800 in that time – a fantastic amount , Apologies for the lack of photographs – they were
