We beat the streets – again

Leswalt Primary has been once again beating the street of Stranraer! The whole school accompanied by some parents spent a sunny Friday afternoon getting fit together.

P4 Active Games

Primary 4 recently enjoyed a morning competing in a whole variety of different sports, at London Road playing fields.  While they were there, they also got the chance to get some double points at a mobile Beat the Street box Well done to our team of 4!

P5-7 and their Carlingwark Adventure!

What do you think of our photos? Logan and Euan have added their short reports below too. The weather could have been a bit kinder but we had a mega time! The children were just fantastic – great teamwork, problem solving and willing to give anything a go! They were great fun to be away with 🙂 Reporter – Logan Wilson We went to Carlingwark on the 8/9/16. We headed

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Primary 5-7 angles

On the 14th of September the P5-7 class headed on out to the playground and began to draw angles. Mrs Ferguson took us out to the willow dome and explained the maths we would be doing. After she explained the primary sevens went off to do some recap work and draw an eight point compass. After that they headed back to the willow dome only to see Primary 5/6 measuring their compass angles and writing down

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Emergency Education!!!!!!

  On 13th of September Duncan Brown came to give p5/6/7 a tour around his ambulance. We went in groups of 6 and 7 to see the inside of the ambulance. He took Charlotte , Kirstie , Kayleigh and Finlay’s heart rate reading. After giving us a short briefing  of what he does as an ambulance driver, he let us try his stethoscope and his helmet and showed us what everything does

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Toys from the past

As part of their project on life long ago, P1-4 have had some fun playing with toys on loan from the Musuem.  Do you know what they all are?  

Leswalt Primary “Beat the street!”

All of Leswalt Primary headed into Stranraer this afternoon in an effort to “Beat the Street”.  The school split up into 4 groups and headed off in different directions. Mrs Ferguson and her squad managed to beep an impressive 10 boxes in 1 hour – covering 4.5 miles.  Way to go! Thanks to the effort of the whole school today they are now in 5th place out of 50 teams taking

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Education Scotland visit to Leswalt Primary

Following a visit to Leswalt Primary in June, Education Scotland have sent a letter to the staff, pupils and parents, outlining their findings. You can view this report by clicking on this link;  www.educationscotland.gov.uk/Images/LeswaltPSIns300816_tcm4-876676.pdf As Headteacher, I would like to say I am delighted that the team from Education Scotland has published such a positive report which reflects all the commitment, enthusiasm, and enjoyment of learning together which is embedded at Leswalt

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Fire Safety talk!

On 23rd August, Sharon McCleary came and spoke to P.5,6,7 about fire safety. Sharon works for the Scotland Fire and Rescue service, so if you phoned 999 and asked for the fire service Sharon would usually be the person you would speak to. She taught us the importance of working fire alarms and having an escape plan. Every hour there’s a house fire in Scotland. Sharon gave us lots of

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