On Wednesday, the whole school came together with all staff to enjoy a tasty Christmas lunch of turkey and all the trimmings. A great time was had by all and there were many clean plates… especially with regard to the pudding bowl! 🙂 Staff also really enjoyed sitting with the children and having a Christmas blether.
P1-4 have been continuing to learn about basic first aid and emergencies. First, they explored a first aid kit and the contents of these.
This week they learned how to deal with minor cuts and grazes. They watched a video on the St John’s Ambulance website then role played treating the injury. Look at the photos to see our excellent first aiders treating our poor patients! 🙂
For more information on treating minor cuts and grazes, please visit this video clip;
http://www.sja.org.uk/sja/first-aid-advice/bleeding/cuts-and-grazes.aspx
Many thanks to all the children, parents and relatives who helped out at the bag pack on Saturday. Everyone was in a festive mood and the boys and girls were great – wishing all the customers a Merry Christmas.
Thanks to the team effort, the grand total of £782.46 was raised in a few hours.
Thank you very much to all involved!
Mrs Baillie’s report and photo uploaded to the blog by Jenna and Euan.
Well done to Jenna, Megan, Ethan, Kayleigh, Millie, Jack and Arden. These seven pupils participated in the Rhins’ Schools Badminton Competition on Monday 28th and Tuesday 29th November. We are very proud of your efforts.
On Tuesday the 29th of November Stranraer Academy held the Rhins’ boys badminton competition. Jack and I entered it and represented Leswalt School. We didn’t win any medals but we tried our hardest and did our best. Seven Leswalt Primary pupils played over the two days of boys and girls doubles and singles matches: me, Kayleigh, Jack, Megan, Millie, Arden and Jenna. We really enjoyed the experience.
By Ethan Smith
On Monday the 28th and 29th November, seven pupils from Leswalt Primary went to Stranraer Academy to participate in the Rhins’ Badminton Competition representing our school. We didn’t come back with any medals but we know we did the school and ourselves proud, and we all really enjoyed the experience.
By Kayleigh Williams
As part of the Scottish Book Week, all P1-3 pupils across Scotland were gifted activity bags to help parents support learning in reading, writing and numeracy. To launch the bags, P1-4 parents were invited in to a presentation about Read, Write, Count and then given time to explore the activities with the pupils in small groups. The afternoon was spent playing numeracy games, completing numeracy challenges and reading books. It was a super afternoon. Thanks to the parents for coming along… the children loved it and all went home excited about their bags.
On the 18th of November 2016, Primary 5-7 got a visit from Pitch Pulse and Magic, a company from Live Music Now! Two people came, Juliette and Matt. Juliette played the piano and Matt played the flute, both were very talented. They taught us about how music can add emotion, set the scene and be descriptive. They first played a Brazilian Bossa Nova, then they played the Harry Potter Melody, the first part of the melody sounded mysterious, the second part was like a chase. We sketched what the music made us think of. It was very interesting. We learned about the families of the instruments; the flute is part of the woodwind family, and the piano is part of the percussion family. They also played the Bumble Boogie, which was very fast, a tango and the Dance of Goblins. Euan conducted Juliette and Matt when to start and stop, then Millie conducted them on their volume. We all really enjoyed the visit from Pitch, Pulse and Magic and we would like to say thank you to Juliette and Matt for coming to visit us. What an interesting morning!
By the P.7s
The boys and girls of Leswalt Primary raised money fro Children in Need in a variety of different ways this year. Official Pudsey headbands and wristbands were sold in school all week, pupils had a non uniform spotty dress up day and primary 7 offered all the opportunity to finger paint a Pudsey bandana. The grand total is still to be calculated – however currently it is standing at well over £120.
The photographs show Leswalt pupils showing their spots ,as well as the spottiest children in school, with their prizes.
On Tuesday, the whole school created a ‘factory line’ to create fantastic little snowmen to sell at Leswalt Christmas Fair on Sunday 20th November. The snowmen were inspired by beautiful handmade gifts given to the teaching staff from the Gaw Family (Noah, Phoebe and Charlotte).
The staff and children loved the snowmen so much, they decided to make lots to sell so others could enjoy having one too. Many thanks to Mrs Gael Gaw for coming along and helping the school produce their gorgeous snowmen. Everyone worked so well together and high quality items were created as a result.
On Monday14th November, PC Siobhan Pellet visited Leswalt School
as part of their HWB topic on Emergencies and Basic First Aid. She talked about the role of the police and other emergency services. The children learned about what an emergency is and how to call 999 and also learned to call 101 for the Police when it is not an emergency.
The children practised making 999 calls. They need to know their name, address, mum and dads full names and their telephone number. We will be practising all of this with the children.
On the 10th of November 2016 P.5-7 of Leswalt video conferenced with P.6 of Castle Douglas Primary school. We exchanged questions and answers. We found out a lot more about Castle Douglas Primary and talked with Mrs Bathgate. They knew a lot about us because they had done their research on our blog. We are maybe going to arrange another video conference soon.
By: The P.7s
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