Leswalt Primary School

Thank you very much to family and friends for coming along to our Scots Showcase Assembly on Friday 27th January. This was a chance for the winners of our recent Scots competition to perform their poems and  show-off  their winning artwork and handwriting. The judging had been done by Rev. and Mrs Cairns on Tuesday – and what a hard job they had!

P1-4 entertained us all with their singing of ‘If it wisnae fir yir wellies!’ and P5-7 performed ‘Weans get tae the schule!’ to the tune of ‘Donald where’s your trousers!’

Everyone had a great time – what a lovely way to end a very busy week!

Leswalt Primary School – Burns results 2017

P1 – ‘Bull sale’ – Recitation winners : 1. Alexander Clark; 2. Thomas Agnew; 3. Struan Scott :

Illustration winner – Alexander Clark : Handwriting winner – Noah Gaw

 

P2 – ‘Twa Leggit Mice’ – Recitation winners : 1.Murray Williams; 2.Breagh Kirkpatrick; 3. Malcolm McGregor : Illustration winner –Murray Williams: Handwriting winner – Aidan Adams

 

P3 – ‘The Circus – Recitation winners : 1.Chloe Kennedy; 2.Robin McLean; 3.Gregor Reid:

Illustration winner –Luke McHallum: Handwriting winner – Luke McHallum

 

P4 – ‘Street talk’ – Recitation winners : 1. Phoebe Gaw; 2. Finlay Scott; 3. Erin Jamieson :

Illustration winner – Auryn Kirkpatrick : Handwriting winner – Phoebe Gaw

 

P5 – ‘A dug, a dug’ – Recitation winners : 1. Boyd Sloan; 2. Kirstie MacDonald; 3. Jenna Calderwood : Illustration winner – Kirstie MacDonald : Handwriting winner – Charlotte

 

P6 – ‘The schule in June’ – Recitation winners : 1.Kayleigh Williams; 2. Megan McIntyre; 3. Ethan Smith:

Illustration winner –Megan McIntyre: Handwriting winner – Ethan Smith

 

P7 – ‘Address to the haggis’ – Recitation winners : 1.Emily Cochran; 2.Arden McIntyre; 3. Jamie Drennan: Illustration winner –Arden McIntyre & Emily Cochran: Handwriting winner – Emily Cochran

 

Yesterday, 25^th January, Leswalt Primary held their Annual Burns Lunch and what a great time we all had! Yummy food, good company and great entertainment made for the perfect celebration of Rabbie Burns!

Our four P7 pupils chaired, organised and led the afternoon’s events. Arden McIntyre took on the role of chairperson – and a very good job she made of this too!

Finlay Scott (P4) started off by saying The Selkirk Grace and then we were pleased to welcome Charlotte, Phoebe and Noah’s daddy (Mr Gaw) to pipe in the haggis. A very proud, tartan-trousered Noah followed his daddy in, carrying the haggis!

We were extremely lucky to secure a very busy Mr Douglas McClure to offer the Immortal Memory. It was an entertaining, and very interesting, account of those matters which Rabbie Burns held dear.

Following this, staff served the children their delicious Burns Lunch, washed down with Irn Bru or water and the meal was rounded off nicely with some homemade shortbread.

Arden then led us through the afternoon’s entertainment of Scots’ poem recitations and P1-4 delighted us with their rendition of ‘It if wisnae fir yir Wellies!”, followed by P5-7 performing their own version of ‘Donald, Where’s your trousers’ but with their own lyrics to suit!

Jamie Drennan offered his Toast to the Lassies and was ably met by Emily Cochran with her Reply. Jack Rickard gave some humorous and touching anecdotes about Leswalt Primary in his Toast tae the School.

A great afternoon was rounded off by Kayleigh Williams (P6) leading us all in thanking everyone for their contributions to our celebration. Then we all joined hands to sing Auld Lang Syne with Mr McClure’s piano accompaniment. Weel done to yis a’

 

 

On Tuesday the 17th of January we enjoyed playing some rugby. Our coaches were Campbell McGregor (Malcolm’s dad) and Gregor Henry.

They taught us about passing, cooperation, focus and tackling. The tackling was really fun and we TRIED not to make the other person go down with a thump! Passing is about good communication and focusing mostly – it is very important for team games. We split up into to team of Girls vs Boys and we had a little game! Rugby was amazing fun and we all loved it and  can’t wait until next week. We are very lucky  to be getting 4 weeks of coaching.

By Ethan & Alistair P6

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On Monday 16th January, Mrs Ferguson took Jack Rickard and Jamie Drennan to the annual Rotary Club Young Person’s Lunch. This was held at the North West Castle Hotel. We were made to feel most welcome and enjoyed a delicious three course meal while enjoying the chat of Rotary Club members and pupils from other schools.

The speaker after the lunch was Kate Thomson. She recently retired from the Police after 31 years. Hailing originally from Dumfries, she has worked throughout Dumfries and Galloway and has experienced many varied jobs within different departments of the Police Force. Before she retired, she held the position of ACC for Police Scotland and she was recently awarded the Queen’s Police Medal in the New Year’s Honours List.

She was extremely interesting and we enjoyed listening to her. Jack and Jamie have just sent their letter of thanks to the Rotary Club Chairman for a very interesting and much appreciated lunch.

 

A huge thank you to Mr Brawls who made a set of goals for our keen football players! Having listened to many tales of woe about the shop-bought ones we had which kept breaking, and which he had fixed many times, he decided to sort things out once and for all! He did this in his own time too. We are extremely lucky to have him  and this reminded us all just how invaluable he is to us! Thank you Mr Brawls – what would we do without you?

Happy New Year!

P5-7, joined by Mrs Ferguson, enjoyed celebrating the first day back with each other by singing Auld Lang Syne and raising a toast to the New Year with water or flavoured fizzy juice. We chatted about New Year’s resolutions and how New Year is celebrated in different countries around the world.

Wishing you all a very happy and healthy 2017!

By: Arden, Emily and Jamie.

Wow what a show! The pupils of Leswalt Primary delighted their afternoon and evening performances on Tuesday 20^th December with their production of ‘Santa’s on Strike!’

The super cast told the story of a disheartened Santa Claus who, having watched too many episodes of Supernanny, is convinced that the children of today are not deserving of Christmas presents. His band of cheery elves, Mrs Claus, the cutest Nativity scene and the Starr, Wiseman, Shepherd and King families, are eventually able to persuade him otherwise. Just in time to get a disgruntled Rudolph harnessed up and prepared to lead the sleigh on Christmas Eve – phew!

The boys and girls worked so hard to bring this all together and what a fabulous job they did! Wonderful singing, acting and lots of laughs and ‘aww’ moments made this a show to remember! Check out our photo gallery. The DVD is also on sale in school – I promise you – it’s a show worth watching and re-watching!

Merry Christmas to you all and a very Happy New Year!

 

 

On the 19^th of December Leswalt Primary P7s went out to the Craignelder for their dinner, accompanied by Mrs B, Mrs Ferguson and Mrs Baillie. The girls looked very pretty in their finery, and the boys were very dashing. The food was fantastic – a feast fit for a king! We sat at the big round table and enjoyed our first drink courtesy of Jack’s brother. What a kind gesture!

We had a great laugh chatting about all sorts of topics. There was lots of giggling between Mrs B and Jamie – when she tried to pinch his chocolates! We all had a great evening. Merry Christmas to you all!

By the P7s