Pupils at Leswalt Primary really used their imagination in the latest homework challenge which asked them to decorate a hard boiled egg – with a farm theme. The eggs which arrived in school were wonderful! The “best in breed” eggs were judged by the art speacialist Mr Douglas Mc Clure. The winners were as follows; Chickens – Stewart Kyle p7, Cows – Kieran Dodds p4, Pigs – Millie Renwick P3,
Leswalt Primary schoolchildren will be taking centre stage at next week’s Royal Highland Show when they present “Scotland’s Larder Showcase”. Leswalt Primary School has been selected to represent Dumfries and Galloway, and potato farming. The whole school will travel to The Royal Highland Show next Friday to perform in front of a crowd of an estimated 30, 000 visitors. Organised by the Royal Highland Education Trust, the main ring event
Leswalt Primary School have continued their study of “Farming” by a trip to Glenhead poultry unit, near Leswalt. The whole school set off on a sunny afternoon for a hike up to Glenhead Farm. Pupils passed through Aldouran Wetland Gardens before the scenic and sensory experience of the Glen walk, which was alive with the smell of wild garlic. On arriving at the top of the Glen pupils were met
This term the whole school topic focus at Leswalt Primary is “Farming”. The school has linked up with RHET, The Royal Highland Education Trust, to further develop this work. As part of this partnership all the pupils at Leswalt Primary went a trip to West Galdenoch Farm to learn more about Dairy Farming. Garry Mitchell is a RHET linked farmer and he spent an afternoon with the boys and girls
Leswalt Primary School has entered the Rhins Primary School netball league and played their first games on Monday 9th May 2011. The team comprised of pupils from p4-p7 . In their first evening playing competitively the young team gelled well and demonstrated a great sporting attitude. The final scores resulted in Leswalt Primary winning against Belmont A and Sandhead, they drew against Rephad and lost against Belmont B, 2:1
The whole school recently enjoyed the sunshine at Logan Gardens, in conclusion to their “James and the Giant peach”/Minibeasts topic. Pupils were actively involved in creating little “Bug Hotels”, using resources in and around the grounds.
Staff, pupils and parents at Leswalt Primary were delighted today when it was announced the Leswalt Primary was the winning Scottish school, and 2nd out of 1100 schools in the UK who took part in “The Big Pedal”. This was the result of 15 days real effort by the whole community – to leave the cars at home and cycle to school. Congratulations to all!
