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?
Mr Brawls surrounded by his team of very appreciative boys – and his impressive handiwork!
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.
Wow what a show! The pupils of Leswalt Primary delighted their afternoon and evening performances on Tuesday 20th 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!
Santa (Jack Rickard) lets everyone know he is on strike!Santa, Mrs Santa and the elvesPoor dad (Ethan Smith) wasn’t having much luck in winning his card game!Mary, Joseph and the shepherds.Rudolph (Jack Cloy) organises his team for a good, clean take-off!Cute-ness!A packed hall enjoyed the show!Our P1 super stars! Noah, Alexander, Thomas, Tristan, Struan and Fraser.The elves share the shocking news – Santa’s on Strike!The caring children (Auryn and Andrew) look after their mum (Phoebe).Dad (Boyd) doesn’t fancy the idea of carol-singing in the cold!Mary and Joseph (aka Breagh and Noah!)The friendly inn-keeper (Thomas) helped out with his stable!Lots of counting sheep for our shepherds (Alexander and Fraser).Visiting the baby Jesus.A beautiful rendition of ‘Away in a Manger’.The kind children (Chloe and Gregor) visited lonely Mr Lewis (Finlay).Our band of merry elves (Megan, Jamie, Jenna, Kayleigh, Charlotte and Alistair)Nativity scene (Alexander, Fraser, Breagh, Noah, Tristan, Struan, Thomas and Maisie)Poor mum (Phoebe) was working too hard until her thoughtful children (Auryn and Andrew) came to lend a hand.Animal-loving children (Logan and Joshua) took care of their pets. Mum (Kirstie) was very proud of them too!The children (Malcolm and Erin) persuaded mum and dad (Millie and Boyd) to go carol-singing.Miss Evans the teacher (Nicole) and pupil (Murray) encouraged others to join them in carol-singing.The narrators (Cameron and Finlay)The children (Chloe and Gregor) pictured here with dad (Aidan) and Grandad (Luke).Our dancing Rudolph (Jack) and Mr Lewis (Finlay)Choir in full voice!Hurrah! Christmas is back on again!
On the 19th 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!
All the pupils from Leswalt Primary wore Christmas jumpers to school today, to raise money for Save the Children. The collection at the Christmas Church service will also be donated to this charity. Have a look at all the festive tops on display!
Primary 1-6 at Leswalt Primary recently had lots of fun and games at their Christmas party. They also had a fabulous feast of party food – provided by parents before the arrival of a very special visitor in the form of Santa! Thankfully all the boys and girls were on his good list, and all pupils received very generous gifts from Father Christmas.
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;
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.
