Leswalt Primary School

As part of the RSPB Big Birdwatch campaign which is held annually in January, we layered up with our winter jackets and headed out together for some data collecting!

Our House Captains, Malcolm and Breagh took control of the recording sheets – whilst we were paired up and given a bird identification sheet to help us with our task.

We headed off down Fisher’s Lane, reminding each other that it was super important to keep nice and quiet so that the birds weren’t frightened off! This was a challenge in itself!

We spotted lots of crows, some pigeons, a few robins and some birds from the tit families too. Once at the shore, we saw some seagulls and an oyster catcher! One of the fields had a huge puddle in it, which some ducks were happily swimming in.

We had a chat once back and decided that binoculars would have been a huge help to identify birds more accurately! We also wondered whether we might have seen even more if we weren’t such a large group.

Looking up and around us is something we don’t always do. It’s amazing what is living around us! Can you get bird spotting in your gardens too?

Many thanks must go to Leswalt community association who have kindly provided a selection box for every pupil at school.
The children were delighted with the gift!

The boys and girls of Kirkcolm and Leswalt arrived in school today full of Christmas cheer. Some donned those ‘oh so lovely’ Christmas jumpers to celebrate the day, some wore a bauble or two and some came with a festive smile. We started off having class assemblies to learn about the importance of Save the Children’s Christmas Jumper Day and the good work that the charity does around the world.

We were then all treated to a delicious Christmas lunch served by Anne Marie and Tricia. The children enjoyed turkey with all the trimmings and sprouts galore followed by chocolate brownies and ice cream for dessert – yum!

Have a look at all the happy faces tucking in.

We are delighted to inform you that our wonderfully eco-friendly pupils have achieved the requirements for the RSPB School’s Wild Challenge Bronze Award.

We have now completed 6 wild activities to  become a Wild Challenge bronze award holder.   There are two categories of challenge: Helping Nature and Experiencing Nature.  Our activities range from Planting for Wildlife to Sensing the World. We care about our wildlife and our environment.

Leswalt Primary for Bronze

 

 

Our very motivated Eco Council have organised this blog post to request your support for their environmental initiatives. If you are able, they would very much appreciate your help.

Click on the links to access the documents they have created.

Be wild

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hedgehog homes and bug hotels eco group

 

 

 

Here is a hedgehog home that James Turtle has made at home. It is already in position waiting on a prickly critter taking up residence in a secluded part of our grounds –  fingers cross!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thank you!

Everyone rocked up this morning looking rather sporty all for Children in Need.  From Highland dancing to rugby; horse riding to gymnastics; footballers to cheerleaders (even sheep shearers!) – we had loads of sporting activities covered. Pupils popped their donations into our fundraising bucket and then headed off to class where they took part in 5 x 5minute Joe Wicks workouts throughout the day. We had fun while exercising with onscreen sessions from Children in Need’s Schools’ Ambassador as well as raising money for a charity which does tremendous work for the young.

We had all been bringing in Bring and Buy bits and bobs all week as well as Children in Need merchandise being on sale. This afternoon, House Captains rolled up their sleeves and organised the goods for selling. Pennies spent and schoolbags bulging – the happy Leswalt folks headed home adorned with Pudsey stickers!

The final total for Leswalt’s Children in Need fundraising effort is a fabulous £155.05! Well done to all for their fundraising efforts today – top teamwork for a worthy cause.

As COP26 has now drawn to a close, we are pleased to share a snapshot of our recent related learning projects across the North Rhins Partnership.

Our children are always so enthusiastic to do their bit to help protect our environment and to contribute towards global goals.

Click on the link below and select play in the top right.  🙂

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North Rhins Partnership

Leswalt Primary pupils have kept up-to-date with COP 26 in school . The pupils talked about how their recent Learning for Sustainability work, and the plans of the Eco-Committee, link to th…

Go to this Sway

Monday saw the start of Book Week Scotland.  The children will be engaging in lots of book related activities to help promote a love of reading.

Leswalt primary gathered together to watch a live lesson from the lovely gentlemen and creators of The 3 Engineers Company!

https://www.the3engineers.com/

Jon, Matt and Nick spoke a little about what they do as engineers and what the purpose of this lesson was – raising awareness about issues to do with sustainability.

They spoke about the books for children they help create which address areas of sustainability and how we an be eco conscious and help prevent climate change and pollution!

They shared a beautifully illustrated story with us called  Scout: Stop Dropping Litter! You can enjoy the book at home by clicking on the link above.

 

 

 

 

There are more video book sessions for you to access and share with your child by clicking here:

General 2 — The3engineers

This was a great opportunity for the pupils to listen to engineers at work and feel inspired by their jobs and skill set, as well as getting to hear a lovely story about a young girl called Scout and her quest to save the world a little bit at a time!