The whole school at Leswalt Primary recently had a full day of interactive Science activities, from Rowanbank environmental education. This science workshop was organised by PNE, a company who hope to build a wind farm at Larbrax, near Leswalt. The pupils were all involved in practical and fun activities which aimed to raise their awareness of different forms of energy in their world. Outside in the playground, pupils looked at
Thirteen senior pupils at Leswalt Primary have successfully completed the Play Maker course led by Laura McClymont, the Active Schools Coordinator. This was a four week course created by Sports Leaders UK with the aim of teaching older children how to deliver a games programme to younger children. As part of the course they had to think about what makes a good leader, plan activities and evaluate their performance. They
As part of their RME topic of ‘Christianity in our Community’, Leswalt Primary School’s P5-7 visited St.Joseph’s Church in Stranraer and met with the Priest, Father Neil O’Donnell and Deacon Peter Marks. The pupils came along with lots of questions about what the job of a priest entails, and about the churches role in the community. They learnt about the clothing the priest wears for different services and
The Wigtown Book Festival is always looked forward to with anticipation. This year’s event was a huge hit with the Leswalt Primary pupils who were lucky enough to attend on both the Friday and Tuesday. There were already a number of Philip Ardagh fans in the P5-7 class, so they were delighted to go to Wigtown to meet the man himself. Before going, they looked up some information on
Leswalt Primary School held an open afternoon on Friday 27th September and set about transforming their school. The hall became a music performance venue, the P5-7 classroom a French café, and the P 1-4 classroom a cinema. Parents and friends were invited along to sample the delights on offer. Mrs Parker had prepared a varied selection of harvest themed songs with the children and they were greatly enjoyed by
Pupils from Leswalt Primary School today viewed construction works being undertaken for the 18-turbine wind farm on Carscreugh Fell, 3km north east of the village of Glenluce. The 40 pupils from the school’s primary 1 to 7 classes (ages 5-11) made the trip to look at the work being undertaken on the piling of the site and establishing the foundations for the turbines, including deliveries of concrete and steel. They also
P5-7 at Leswalt Primary School recently paid a visit to Leswalt Parish Church. This trip was part of their RME in school, as they are currently learning all about “Christianity in our community”. Merryn Walker in Primary 6 provides an insight as to what they learned- “Leswalt Church is a Parish church because it serves everyone in Leswalt Parish. On Sundays on average, 45 people come to church. There are
Mrs Sheila Baillie, Head teacher at Leswalt Primary School welcomed a packed hall full of parents, and friends of the school to the end of session celebration of achievement award ceremony. Football awards (presented by Euan Dodds) to Ben Cowan, Cameron Walker, Kieran Dodds, Tommy Kerslake, Craig Anderson, James Murray, james Boyce, Emma Drennan, Freya Bathgate, Kerr Calderood, Finlay Cowan, Jack Rickard and Jamie Drennan. The most improved player of
Galloway Activity Centre Trip On Tuesday the 18th of June 2013, all of Leswalt Primary school went to take part in four different activities at Galloway Activity Centre. These activities were; sailing, kayaking, mountain biking and either laser quest or orienteering. Sailing was one of our favourite activities. Everyone in primary 5-7 were in threes as they headed out onto the loch. The first person steers, the second person
