P5-7 World War 2 Musuem

Primary 5-7 and Miss Cambridge decided the best way to show off all the learning they had been doing this term on World War 2 would be to open a museum! So, on Friday the museum opened it’s doors to the rest of the school.  The senior pupils welcomed the younger class in and were soon acting as very informed museum guides as they educated their peers on subjects such as rationing, the blitz and weapons.  Both classes gained a huge amount from this exercise and such was the success of this venture, that the museum will once again be open for business – this time to welcome parents through the doors.

Spring Walk

Leswalt Primary staff and pupils decided to take advantage of the glorious, long awaited Spring weather to take their “daily mile” walk to Aldouran Wetlands.  They all headed off in the sunshine to see what signs of spring they could spot in the community wetlands.  The children spotted some dew, daffodils – and even saw a caterpillar, frog and a mouse!  They all enjoyed examining nature on their own doorstep,  before skipping back to school happy after some time out and about in the fresh air.

Remembering Dunblane

The boys and girls of Leswalt Primary took some time to pause for thought, and remember the tragic incidents in Dunblane Primary 20 years ago.  Mrs Mary Buchanan was a teacher at Leswalt Primary that day, and she came to Leswalt Primary with a floral arrangement for the children to lay in remembrance.  Mrs Buchanan recalled how the pupils of Leswalt, 20 years ago, went on to create a build a cairn as a memorial to the events in Dunblane .  This memorial still stands in the grounds of Leswalt Primary.

The Rev Sheppard came into  school and all the children went out to pay their respects at the school memorial.  Maisie and Aidan (the youngest pupils at Leswalt) laid the flowers on top of the cairn in a very moving ceremony, before the minister read a poem and the children joined hands in a prayer.  The short service concluded with Kayleigh Williams singing “Flower of Scotland” , as the school united hand in hand and paid their respects

P1 Messy Play

Primary 1 recently had lots of fun and some very messy play, with Miss Leek.  Miss Leek brought in some custard, spaghetti, jelly and gunge for Primary 1 to have fun with!  Hidden inside the tubs were numbers and ,letters for the children to have fun with.  Have a look at how messy they got!

Lockerbie Manor

Primary 5-7 recently had a fun filled 3 days away to Lockerbie, where they took part in a range of different physical activities.  The children were full of enthusiasm – and smiles!  Have a look at the photographs to see all the fun we got up to  – (this is only a small selection of the 1000 photographs we actually took!)

 

Super Healthy Bodies

This afternoon, the school nurse Debbie Brown came into chat to P1-4 about lots of ways to keep their bodies healthy. The boys and girls shared with her some of the HWB lessons we have covered about keeping our teeth clean and squeaky clean bodies.

The class talked about the power point Nurse Debbie had, which reminded everyone about: keeping hair clean, checking for those pesky head lice, washing hands properly especially after being at the toilet, washed bodies and clean clothes and tooth brushing.

Nurse Debbie also told the boys and girls that as their bodies grow and change as they get older, regular washing becomes even more important so it is good to get into routine now.

We then thought about the fuel we put into our bodies = food and how healthy it is. The pupils got the chance to look at different types of food and put it onto the Eat Well plate in the right category. A little sugar is ok now and then but not too much!

A busy afternoon with lots of information. We will all be squeaky clean and super healthy from now on….well we can at least try as best we can!

 

P2-4 2D Shape Hunt

What a lovely and bright February morning! Just perfect for us to get out and about shape hunting. We have been looking at 2D shapes, their properties and tiling in class, so we headed out into the playground to find some shapes. There were loads!

We used a tally chart and worked in pairs. Rectangles were the most common, followed by squares, circles and triangles. Mrs Ferguson set us a challenge to find some more unusual shapes too.

Euan and Auryn found a bolt shaped like a pentagon on the car park fence and Kirstie and Chloe spotted a hexagonal bolt at the wooden play area. Charlotte and Erin wondered about the hopscotch rocket in the playground. It had 13 sides! They did some fact finding when they got back into class and discovered a 13 sided shape is called a tridecagon! Mrs Ferguson learnt something new too! Finlay took a really close look at the red plastic racquet and discovered that the holes were actually octagons!

I think you will agree that P2-4 are Super 2D Shape Hunters!

Anderson Shelters

P5-7 have been learning more about life in World War Two, by being creative and having to design and make their own Anderson Shelter, to protect them in the Blitz.  After making their designs, the children had to source the relevant materials and construct the model.  Mrs Baillie was called in to judge  and asked everyone to talk about the design features and the process of creating their shelter.  After much thought it was agreed that Kerr Calderwood had the most authentic looking shelter, with Finlay Cowan in second place.  Special commendations went to Lauren/ Arden and Emily/ Ethan who worked in pairs and had been very creative with their designs.  They had incorporated features such has look out posts, air vents to breathe, lighting, and even a “happy” wall to cheer people up who were inside. 

Our French Visitors

Today we welcomed two teachers who teach in North East France. They have come to Scotland to see how we learn French. We learnt lots from them as they told us about a day at their school in France and also gave us some tips on pronunciation too! It was Gregor’s birthday today so we even sang Happy Birthday in French too! Joyeux Anniversaire Gregor!

 

 

Scots poetry winners

Mr Val Plant visited Leswalt Primary to take on the role as judge for all the work which had taken place in the month of January as part of the focus on Scots Poetry.  Every class was provided with a poem for stimulus for artwork, poetry recitations and handwriting.  Mr Plant had a very difficult task as judge,  as the standard was very high.  He picked the following pupils as award winning;

Poetry recitations;

P1        1.  Aidan Adams        2. Malcolm Mc Gregor          3.  Murray Williams

P2        1.  Chloe Kennedy      2.  Luke Mc Hallum               3.  Gregor Reid

P3        1.  Phoebe Gaw          2. Erin Jamieson and Auryn   Kirkpatrick         3.Finlay Scott

P4        1.  Jenna Calderwood2. Charlotte Gaw                  3.  Euan Mc Creadie  and Iona Rickard

P5        1.  Kayleigh Williams            2. Megan Mc Intyre             3. Ethan Smith

P6        1.  Emily Cochran      2.  Jack Rickard and Arden Mc Intyre

P7        1.  Lauren Anderson 2. Kathryn Topping               3.  Finlay Cowan.

 

Artwork Winners;

P1 Murray Williams

P2 Chloe Kennedy

P3 Auryn Kirkpatrick

P4 Charlotte Gaw and Kirstie Mac Donald

P5 Kayleigh Williams

P6 Jack Rickard

P7 Kathryn Topping

 

Handwriting winners;

P1 Aidan Adams

P2 Robin Mc Lean

P3 Phoebe Gaw

P4 Jenna Calderwood

P5 Kayleigh Williams

P6 Jack Rickard

P7 Kathryn Topping

All this hard work was celebrated at a prize giving assembly in school.  Parents were invited along and were also entertained by some singing.  Primary 5-7 sang “Flower of Scotland” to open the proceedings, then followed this up later with “Caledonia”.  The afternoon concluded with P1-4 giving it their all by singing “Let it go” from the film “Frozen” – all in Scots.  This proved to be very entertaining, with the young pupils displaying real attitude and enthusiasm to ensure all the guests left school that day with a smile on their face.

 

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