We were delighted today to get a good news telephone call to say that a Leswalt Primary pupil is a runner up in the annual Alister Jack MP Christmas card competition. This competition is open to all schools in Dumfries and Galloway. Hundreds of pupils took part in it. And, our very own Chloe Kennedy is a runner up! Chloe’s design will go inside the card, which will be sent
Today was Outdoor Classroom Day, so the pupils and staff of Leswalt Primary headed out into the fresh November air. We weren’t quite expecting the great Scottish midges to be out in force – but they most definitely were! Still, we all had a lot of fun! P1-4 started with a morning walk up to the Wetlands. Along the way we said “Hi!” to Mr McHallum who is working hard
Zombies, witches and scary skeletons – there were all sorts of spooky goings-on at Leswalt Primary today! Our school of usually fresh-faced, smiling children were transformed for the day into a terrifying bunch of Halloween characters! Aaargh! The morning started with the judging of the Fancy dress competition. P1/2 – Colin (with a special prize for Lily!) P3 – Ellie P4 – Kaiden P5 – Rose P6 – Malcolm P7
On Thursday the 8th of October the boys and girls of Leswalt Primary gave their wonderful janitor Mr Brawls a handmade birthday card and something very nice to drink as a special gift – he has a big birthday coming up in the October holidays! We sang Happy Birthday to him outside and Lily and Ewan handed over his handmade birthday card and gift to him! We hope he has
Shape fun We had lots of fun exploring the properties of 2D shapes with Mrs Copeland and using these to create group pictures. Symmetry In pairs we used chalk to create a symmetrical pattern/picture by working across a line in the school hall. We then searched outside for examples of symmetry in nature. We collected symmetrical leaves, cut them in half and stuck the halves onto paper. We then had
We have had a MEGA Maths Week! On Monday- P7- we were learning about scale and we were building a Lego HOUSE and measured what scale it had we also made a bird with glue stick lids, calculators and rubber dinosaurs. P6-they were doing measuring in millimetres so they measured small things like ;glue sticks, scissors and water bottles stuff like that. P5-we were learning about width and height we
Not your average Thursday morning for the lucky pupils of P4-7 at Leswalt Primary – as today they got to visit a real film-set and chat to the cast and crew of upcoming movie Kingslayer! This film is being shot at Dunskey – home of the Orr-Ewing family who very kindly invited our trio of schools to visit and absorb the film-set experience! Malcolm and Noah wrote up this blog
Huge thanks and congratulations must go to Andrew and his family who have shown great initiative and decided to get out walking, get fit and raise money for Leswalt Primary in the process. Andrew has been asking friends and family to sponsor his efforts of walking. Yesterday Andrew and some of his family walked 8 miles. Andrew would like the money to benefit the school playground, so is passing his
In a bid to make the most of the late Summer and early Autumn sunshine, P5-7 have been enjoying their Fresh Air Friday sessions. It’s a chance for us to be outside and learn together; using our playground and village surroundings as a real-life context for our activities. From mini den-building to circuit training, storytime sessions to whole school rounders, place value maths game to chalk symmetry, village quiz walk
Lots of pupils having been busy filling in applications and/or interviewing for various positions of responsibility in school over the last week. Today, all of the positions were announced – much to the delight of pupils who were desperate to find out!! In our Pupil Council for this session, we have: Rachael, Ellie, Carys, Alexander, Aidan and Joshua. Hopefully, helping to gain our second Eco Schools Green Flag in
