On Thursday 14th February, P5-7 from Leswalt Primary had a treat when they were invited to come and meet Andy Nicholson, who is an archaeologist based in Dumfries. His special area of expertise is swords and swordsmanship. As they found out, Andy is passionate about his subject and enjoys taking part in battle re-enactments in his spare time. (He has even had TV and film parts) He impressed the cildren
At Leswalt Primary pupils are keen to learn more about skills for learning, life and work. We have started a new initiative “Careers in our community” which sees different employment prospects being in the spotlight as people volunteer to come in and be in the hot seat. Careers under focus this term include vet, police, Minister, British Telecom, Beauty therapy, engineering, nursing, Citizens advice and the Army.
On Friday 25th January 2013 Mrs Jane Sloan had the very difficult task of judging all the Scots poetry handwriting, artwork and recitations at Leswalt Primary. The pupils had been working very hard on the challenges throughout the month of January as part of the whole school focus on “Scotland” has an inter-disciplinary topic. At a special assembly, parents and friends of the school came along to see and hear
On Tuesday 29th January 2013, Leswalt Primary held its fourth annual Burns Supper. The whole school sat down alongside invited guests, including staff and parents. Cameron Walker, P7, was a very able and organised chairperson who ensured the proceedings ran smoothly. Jack Rickard, P3, said the ‘Selkirk Grace’ before Mr Andy Ross piped in the haggis. Iona Rickard, P1, proudly carried the haggis into the company. The haggis
Laura Mc Clymont (Active Schools co-ordinator) recently organised a tri-golf festival for all Primary schools in the local area. Each school had to send 2 pupils to take part in a variety of golf related challenges. This festival was supported and led by James Erskine PGA professional golfer. The eventual winners were named as Abbie Mc Quillan and Craig Anderson from Leswalt Primary. They worked well through all of
Leswalt Primary School were recently thrilled to be told they were nominated in the “School of the Year” category in the Bikeability awards organised by Cycle Scotland. This nomination was in respect of the school and community promoting cycling through participation and subsequently winning “The Big Pedal” National competition. The school was also nominated in relation to the way they embraced the Bikeability cycle training scheme (previously Cycle Proficiency)
The boys and girls at Leswalt Primary decided to “Show their spots” and raise lots for Children in Need. The pupils all came to school in a variety of dotty outfits. The winners from each class were judged as follows- p1-Charlotte Gaw, P2 Finlay Mc Millan, P3 Jack Rickard, P4 Finlay Cowan, P5 Freya Bathgate, P6 Tommy Kerslake and P7 Ben Cowan. On the day a huge Pudsey
