The boys and girls of Leswalt Primary raised money fro Children in Need in a variety of different ways this year. Official Pudsey headbands and wristbands were sold in school all week, pupils had a non uniform spotty dress up day and primary 7 offered all the opportunity to finger paint a Pudsey bandana. The grand total is still to be calculated – however currently it is standing at well
On Tuesday, the whole school created a ‘factory line’ to create fantastic little snowmen to sell at Leswalt Christmas Fair on Sunday 20th November. The snowmen were inspired by beautiful handmade gifts given to the teaching staff from the Gaw Family (Noah, Phoebe and Charlotte). The staff and children loved the snowmen so much, they decided to make lots to sell so others could enjoy having one too. Many
On Monday14th November, PC Siobhan Pellet visited Leswalt School as part of their HWB topic on Emergencies and Basic First Aid. She talked about the role of the police and other emergency services. The children learned about what an emergency is and how to call 999 and also learned to call 101 for the Police when it is not an emergency. The children practised making 999 calls. They need to
On the 10th of November 2016 P.5-7 of Leswalt video conferenced with P.6 of Castle Douglas Primary school. We exchanged questions and answers. We found out a lot more about Castle Douglas Primary and talked with Mrs Bathgate. They knew a lot about us because they had done their research on our blog. We are maybe going to arrange another video conference soon. By: The P.7s
P1-4 have been learning about why Hindu’s celebrate Diwali. It is to remember the story of Rama and Sita where they defeated the evil demon king Ravana. They then became much loved King and Queen. They read the story then acted it out. They then wrote about the main events in the story.
On Monday 31st October, the whole school dressed up in a variety of wonderful costumes to celebrate Halloween. There were pirates, minions, witches, werewolves and many more scary sights to be seen! A fun filled afternoon was had including games such as; Dress the Mummy (with loo roll!), Musical Zombies, Pin the Nose on the Pumpkin, Halloween corners, Best Dancer and Best Dressed. Best dressed outfits were fantastic home made numbers
Primary 1-4 have been learning all about school in the past. As part of this project they looked at lots of old school photographs, from Leswalt Primary. This afternoon they tried to re-create a school photograph from the past. What do you think?!
Leswalt Primary continues to be the Primary school with the highest average on “Beat the Street”. With one day to go, can we hold onto our lead? Keep on walking folks! You are all doing a fantastic job!
Here are some reports written by the P6s about the Wigtown Book Festival trip. We hope you enjoy reading! Shoo Rayner On Wednesday the 28th of September the whole school went to Wigtown Book Festival. When we got off the bus we split in to P5-7 and P1-4 because we were in separate tents and had different authors to listen to. The wee ones had Tracey Corderoy who talked about
The children of P1-4 have been learning more about school long ago with the help of some visitors and a loan box from the museum. Mrs Buchanan, Mrs Nina Agnew and Mrs Claire Kennedy came in to all tell the boys and girls how life at Leswalt Primary school has changed. The whole school learned a lot from the question and answer session; like how the toilets used to be
