We had the pleasure of a visit from Gerald from the Munro Madnezz Bhoys Challenge this morning.
He told us all about the 282 Munros in Scotland (there used to be 283 but one shrunk (!) and is no longer counted as a Munro!). They are named after Sir Hugh Munro who discovered and categorised them all – though he didn’t climb them all.
Gerald has climbed many of these and told us of his love for doing this. He has raised lots of money for Macmillan Cancer charity through his climbs.
He showed us all some of the equipment that he uses and explained how to keep safe when climbing. It is something which he adores doing.
Laura and Alison from Active Schools were with Gerald. They have set primary school pupils the challenge of doing sports activities to equal the time it would take to climb a Munro. Who is keen to take up this challenge?
Recording sheets are available in school. How many Munros do you think you could ‘climb’? Come on, give it a go!
Kerr and Finlay modelling the snood – a very useful piece of clothing for climbing a Munro!
Is it heavy Robin?
Carefully (!) Gerald shows Robin the pick he would use to help his climb.
On Monday 7th September, P5-7 joined lots of other pupils from local schools to participate in an event run by Triathlon Scotland. The children had lots of fun swimming, cycling and running. It was a great taster session to get a feel of what a triathlon involves – but on a mini scale! Well done to everyone involved – the pupils had a great time!
Today P2-4 had great fun measuring outside. They worked in small groups and recorded their results on their clipboard.
Each group worked out how many giant steps, fairy steps and how long a people chain they needed to measure from one part of the playground to the other. But everybody was ending up with different answers!
There had to be a solution… Then we came up with the answer – a metre stick! This was a standard size and so our measurements were the same.
We also had a go at using a trundle wheel too. We really enjoyed measuring using metres.
Andrew and Robin are ready to get busy!
Jenna and Gregor measure using fairy steps.
The metre stick or the trundle wheel?
Alot of fairy steps ar going to be needed for this!
How many people are going to be needed for this chain?
Jenna keeps notes on the clipboard.
The bench actually measured 2m 26cm
Cameron, Jenna and Auryn worked well together.
Erin, Finlay and Chloe had all their equipment and were ready to go!
Both Leswalt and Portpatrick Primary were offered the opportunity to have a free non-lander cruise aboard the Stena Line Ferry. It was a calm day for the crossing, with no sea sickness to report!
The senior pupils at Leswalt have been invited along to Kirkcolm bowling green to enjoy learning more about this sport. The gentlemen of the club have been very good with the children and they look forward to having another visit next week.
After being rained off on the first attempt, Leswalt Sports day took place on Thursday 18th June. Although the sun did not make an appearance, it was a fun filled afternoon. Every child tried their hardest and was very sporting throughout. The afternoon concluded with Leswalt Stores kindly donating ice cream for all the children
Have a look at the photographs to see how happy we all were!
