The whole of Leswalt Primary and extended family came together on the afternoon of Monday 25th June to have their annual sports day. All the pupils displayed a real sporting attitude – and had fun!
The whole of Leswalt Primary school travelled to Edinburgh Zoo on Friday 15th June 2012 to see the pandas. The pupils left school at 7.30am and returned home at 9pm – tired but happy. On the journey home we all enjoyed a meal at Monkton Lodge.
It was an early start this morning as many pupils and parents headed off into Stranraer before 6am to see the Olympic torch start off on a journey round Scotland.
On Tuesday 5th June the community of Leswalt celebrated the Diamond Jubilee with Jubilee teas in the grounds of the school. Parents, pupils, extended family and members of the community all came together. There was a wonderful feast of sandwiches and home baking for all to enjoy. Other attractions included a bouncy castle, Barbeque, face painting, bottle stall, baking stall etc. The enterprising pupils had also designed many other stalls
Primary 1 recently went on a little trip into Stranraer. The pupils had been learning all about money and weight in their maths, and decided to go and see both in use in real life. Primary 1 took some money and paid for the bus into town. They then went to “Sweet Delights” to spend some more money and weigh out some sweeties. The pupils then went down to Agnew
Leswalt Primary are delighted to have won “The Big Pedal 2012”. This achievement in a National competition was done to the effort of pupils, parents, staff – and indeed the whole community – in cycling to Leswalt Primary School. The final results were announced on Monday 26th March. That afternoon the whole school had taken part in a sponsored pedal to raise funds for playground development in school. A huge
Leswalt Primary recently concluded a highly successful and engaging whole school topic on “The Rainforest” with an open afternoon. All parents, friends and relatives of the school were invited in to come and see the learning that had taken place, to take part in some interactive activities and listen to the children entertain by singing some rainforest songs.
Leswalt Primary pupils, parents and staff have all been arriving at school on 2 wheels, instead of 4. As part of the National “Big Pedal” competition, we have been aiming to increase the ratio of cyclists and scooters arriving at school. Check out www.thebigpedal.org.uk for details, and you will see on Thursday 8th March 2012, Leswalt Primary had the highest ratio of cyclists in the whole of the UK!
Pupils at Leswalt Primary school have all recently been learning about “The Rainforest”. As part of this topic, the children all went to their local forest, Aldouran Glen, to compare with the habitat of the rainforest. As the school is currently competing in “The Big Pedal”, pupils and staff travelled to the Aldouran wetlands on their bikes or scooters. PC Kevin Wyllie came out to ensure the traffic was aware
Primary 1-4 at Leswalt Primary have been learning all about Baptism, as part of their Religious and Moral education . In order to further develop understanding of the ceremony, all the children took part in a mock christening at Leswalt Parish Church. The pupils took their baby (doll), who they had named baby Annabel Jane to the church to be baptised. Prior to this they had decided on the
