The boys and girls of Leswalt Primary took some time to pause for thought, and remember the tragic incidents in Dunblane Primary 20 years ago. Mrs Mary Buchanan was a teacher at Leswalt Primary that day, and she came to Leswalt Primary with a floral arrangement for the children to lay in remembrance. Mrs Buchanan recalled how the pupils of Leswalt, 20 years ago, went on to create a build a cairn
Primary 1 recently had lots of fun and some very messy play, with Miss Leek. Miss Leek brought in some custard, spaghetti, jelly and gunge for Primary 1 to have fun with! Hidden inside the tubs were numbers and ,letters for the children to have fun with. Have a look at how messy they got!
Primary 5-7 recently had a fun filled 3 days away to Lockerbie, where they took part in a range of different physical activities. The children were full of enthusiasm – and smiles! Have a look at the photographs to see all the fun we got up to – (this is only a small selection of the 1000 photographs we actually took!)
This afternoon, the school nurse Debbie Brown came into chat to P1-4 about lots of ways to keep their bodies healthy. The boys and girls shared with her some of the HWB lessons we have covered about keeping our teeth clean and squeaky clean bodies. The class talked about the power point Nurse Debbie had, which reminded everyone about: keeping hair clean, checking for those pesky head lice, washing hands properly
What a lovely and bright February morning! Just perfect for us to get out and about shape hunting. We have been looking at 2D shapes, their properties and tiling in class, so we headed out into the playground to find some shapes. There were loads! We used a tally chart and worked in pairs. Rectangles were the most common, followed by squares, circles and triangles. Mrs Ferguson set us a challenge
P5-7 have been learning more about life in World War Two, by being creative and having to design and make their own Anderson Shelter, to protect them in the Blitz. After making their designs, the children had to source the relevant materials and construct the model. Mrs Baillie was called in to judge and asked everyone to talk about the design features and the process of creating their shelter. After
Today we welcomed two teachers who teach in North East France. They have come to Scotland to see how we learn French. We learnt lots from them as they told us about a day at their school in France and also gave us some tips on pronunciation too! It was Gregor’s birthday today so we even sang Happy Birthday in French too! Joyeux Anniversaire Gregor!
Mr Val Plant visited Leswalt Primary to take on the role as judge for all the work which had taken place in the month of January as part of the focus on Scots Poetry. Every class was provided with a poem for stimulus for artwork, poetry recitations and handwriting. Mr Plant had a very difficult task as judge, as the standard was very high. He picked the following pupils as award
As they are learning all about their body, P1-4 decided to test out their lung capacity by seeing how much air they could get into a balloon (in one big puff!). Have a look at the photos – who was full of hot air?!
As part of their Social studies learning, Primary 5-7 had a go at following instructions to try and make their own gas masks in class. Pupils were soon making suggestions as to how they would like to customise their masks!
