This afternoon, Andrew Giusti popped by to share some experiences of his job as a councillor. He explained his reasons for becoming involved in politics and talked about the importance of being able to listen to others, be respectful and tolerant of the opinions of others and the importance of being able to express your views clearly and sensibly. The pupils asked lots of very sensible questions and this has
Following some fantastic application forms to become a member of the Pupil Council, Mrs Henry has elected 7 new representatives for the coming academic year. The successful applicants are; P1 – Hamish McGregor, P2 – Tristan Millar, P3 – Breagh Kirkpatrick, P4 – Jack Cloy, P5 – Erin Jamieson, P6 – Jenna Calderwood and P7 – Ethan Smith. Well done to all of you 🙂 The pupil council will meet
Leswalt P5-7 and Kirkcolm P6/7 enjoyed a great day in Wigtown today as part of the Dumfries and Galloway Science Festival. A CSI case had been set up for the children to investigate using different science techniques. Thanks to Gael Gaw and Kim McGuire for joining us for this! CSI Science Recount On Friday the 1st of September 2017, Leswalt p5-7 and Kirkcolm p6-7 Mrs F, Gael and Kim went
A huge thank you to our Parent Council for our new playground toys! The boys and girls were so excited when they realised that there were lots more fun things to enjoy sharing with their friends at break times. Just look at the smiles on their faces! Thank you Parent Council – your kindness is greatly appreciated!
We had the pleasure of welcoming Dean and Adam from YMCA for a basketball session this afternoon. They gave us lots of tips and tricks to help us to develop our basketball skills. It was great fun and we all enjoyed having a shot at shooting, passing, dribbling and playing a game! We will continue to work on our skills this term! Basketball players of the future? Maybe….
Hello and welcome everyone to session 2017-2018! Rested, energised and bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, and that’s just the teachers (!) we are raring to go! Lots of exciting, fun things planned and a fabulous team of staff and pupils makes for a winning combination to ensure this is going to be a brilliant year! Just take a quick look at the photos below to see some of the fun we enjoyed
On Wednesday the 28th of June the Leswalt A team were awarded with second place in the mixed relay Inter-Primary races. Laura McClymont popped in to present the pupils with their medals. The team came 2nd to Glenluce by a matter of milliseconds. Well done and congratulations to Jamie ,Emily, Megan and Kayleigh. Report by Jamie and Boyd
Excitingly, the pupils of Leswalt Primary were invited along for a wedding scramble last Friday. Jack and Iona’s mum, Karen, had very kindly organised this, even though she had plenty of other things on her planning list for her wedding to Ninian that day! We all headed along to the house just before the wedding car was due to pick up the bride, bridesmaid and beautiful Iona. We treated them to a
Today Portpatrick and Leswalt pupils headed over to Kirkcolm to enjoy a ‘Get Together Day’! Initially the idea was to head to the shore for a Summer Eco Beach Clean in the morning, enjoy some playtime together outside in the sunshine at break and have a Inter-Schools Sporty afternoon, participating in races against one another in the June warmth. But the weather had very different ideas! Still…we’re not ones to let the Scottish
Primary 5-7 have been really busy this term working on their HWB topic about Food Miles and Labelling. They have been using maps, working out distances using scale, calculating portion size and cost, working within a budget and pricing products to ensure a profit is made – all life skills I’m sure you’ll agree! After lots of planning, this morning the pupils set to making their Healthy Snacks to sell
