To launch the start of book Week Scotland (which runs from 18th-24th November), P1-3 parents were invited into school this afternoon as part of the Bookbug (P1) / Read, Write, Count (P2-3) initiatives. Parents spent time exploring the contents of the bags and discussing ways in which the resources could be used to develop pupils’ literacy and numeracy at home. We also had a look at the ‘Parent Club’ website
Children in Need 2019 P1-3 were given the responsibility for this year’s fundraising efforts. The main aim was to beat the previous total of £258 whilst at the same time, have lots of fun. After much brainstorming, the children voted on their favourite fundraising activities and set to work. The quiz proved to be an amazing success, raising a grand total of £375 alone! Wowsers!! The winning family, selling an
Today we welcomed Mr Kerr back into our class to lead our Spanish lesson. We have been working on counting to 20, days of the week, months of the year, colours and food. Every morning in class, we get our whiteboards and have a shot at writing the date in French and Spanish – and we’re getting really good at this! We’ve noticed some similarities between the two languages too;
Today we took our Maths lesson outside! We have been doing some work on finding percentages; 10% and 50% with everyone, with some people working on some even more complicated percentage work! Mrs Ferguson had set up a quiz with 10 questions which involved using clues in the village; doing some mental calculations and working out the % required. We worked with our Talk Partners to do this; and we
For information I have provided a link to the regional draft handbook. I hope you find this information useful. Our shorter, school specific version will soon follow . Please note the May day holiday has now been moved to Friday 8th May 2020 (and is no longer Monday 4th May 2020) 2019-Sample-Authority-Handbook
Our P7s wrapped up warm and headed off to the ice-rink at the North West Castle this morning, to participate in a taster session of Curling’s Cool. They learned how to glide and sweep on the ice and participated in some fun games. At the end of the morning, all of the schools took part in a competition. Leswalt made it to the final, playing against a mixed team of
OOOOOH! If you were to pop into Leswalt Primary this afternoon, you might have got a bit of a fright! From witches to Egyptians; Batgirl to Cruella de Vil, vampires to zombie brides…. there wasn’t a Leswalt Primary pupil in sight! This party was organised by Phoebe and Auryn the House Captains – and what a wonderful job they did of it! The costume winners were: P1 – Colin P2
Primary 7 enjoyed their first day at Stranraer Academy in the company of all the other Primary 7 pupils from the cluster. The day had an enjoyable focus of Music, with members of the Royal Scottish National Orchestra travelling down to Stranraer to conduct a workshop with all the pupils. Our pupils were singing, dancing, playing games, composing and learning about the orchestra and their music in a fun filled
Huge thanks to Mr Drennan of Balgracie Farm and Isobel Milroy from RHET for inviting the P5/6 pupils from Kirkcolm, Portpatrick and Leswalt to the farm for a farm tour and question session on a beautifully chilly October morning. Mr Drennan has lived/worked at Balgracie for over 46 years. The farm is a dairy,beef, sheep and crop farm. Teamwork ensures all the jobs get done on the farm – it’s
Tesco have kindly donated lots of stationery to the school, after having a clear out in their shop. All of those pencils, Pritt sticks, folders and pads of paper will certainly be put to good use! A huge thanks must go to Tesco for their generosity. Have a keek at the photo below to see some of the goodies we were given!
