Today saw the final week of wider achievement activities taking place. The sun shone as the children fished, painted, sewed……and even made Christmas decorations!!
Many thanks to Mrs Cochran, Mrs Mc Intyre, Mrs Brown , Katie Wright and Stewart Mc Culloch who have helped support wider achievement groups for the last few weeks.
Primary 6 recently had their health and wellbeing learning and teaching enhanced by joining in the “Operation Safety” event which is organised by the emergency services, every year. Have a look at the photographs and see if you can guess what they were learning about.
Since the start of May our new entrants for August have been enjoying weekly visits to Leswalt Primary. We are looking forward to welcoming 5 new starts to Primary one next year, from 3 different Nurseries. During their weekly transition visits to Leswalt Primary they have all been getting to know each other, and the school, better. 
As part of their learning and teaching on the topic of transport, P5-7 paid a visit to the Stena Line port at Cairnryan. This was arranged with the assistance of Mrs Mc Intyre, a parent who works there.
By all accounts it was a fantastic visit . The staff at Stena couldn’t have been nicer. The children got to be in the control room in the terminal and behind the customer services desk (much to the surprise/ amusement of a Japanese tour guide!) They then watched the boat docking and unloading before going on board. Norris McLean gave them a full tour of the vessal, including the bridge. There were lots of great questions all round from the boys and girls. They finished off their trip by getting juice and crisps at the terminal courtesy of Stena.
“On the 1st of June p5-7 went on a trip to Stena to learn about the ship because we are learning about transport. We got a tour of the boat and got to see all the places were the staff are allowed and where the lorry drivers go. We got to ask questions all about the boat. On the ferry they can fit 1200 people. We also saw where they answer the phones when you are booking to go on the boat. It was one of the best trips we have ever been on. Thanks to the people at Stena for letting us come.” ( Arden Mcintyre, p5)
Yesterday, Leswalt School travelled to their local beach of Larbrax to take part in a beach clean as part of their Eco-Schools development in caring for their community and local surroundings.
Pupils were prepared with their wellies, gloves, black bags and litter pickers. A huge amount of litter was bagged up and some very random items were found including a car bumper, odd shoes, tyres and many more weird and wonderful items!
After an hour and half, over 30 bags of rubbish were filled and the beach was left looking beautiful for the community to enjoy. Well done boys and girls! 🙂
As part of their ‘Food and Farming’ Topic in Social Studies and Health and Wellbeing, P1-4 visited Tesco for their ‘Farm to Fork’ workshop. Pupils were taken a tour around Tesco to explore where food comes from and even got to taste some of the lovely items on offer! The children took part in an activity to use food labels and packaging to discover where food came from. They were amazed at the distance some fruit and vegetables travel from around the world, including from Cameroon, Columbia, France and Spain!
A selection of local cheese was offered to the children including a smoked applewood (which wasn’t very popular among the group!) and the daredevils tried a chilli and lime cheese, which was more popular than expected!
Pupils then explored downstairs in Tesco, which they were amazed at as they didn’t know Tesco had a ‘downstairs! They enjoyed testing out how cold the deep freezers and fridges were and learned about how important it is to keep temperatures at the correct level to keep the food safe from going bad.
It was a great educational trip and was enjoyed by all!
Due to the school camera taking a mad turn, some photos have been lost of the trip – we will try hard to get these back on get some more on to the blog!
The fundraising group of Leswalt Primary recently organised a fete, which incorporated Cream teas, on Sunday 24th May. At the event there was delicious home baking, face painting, nail art, a hairdresser, bottle stall, barbeque and much, much more. The event was on for 2 hours and managed to raise over £800 in that time – a fantastic amount ,
Apologies for the lack of photographs – they were accidently deleted from the camera, after the event! if anyone does have any pictures, please send them in and we will share with all.
This week the “Randomiser” was used to allow pupils to select what activities they tried.
Mrs Mc Knight and her group made beautiful buttonholes and corsages. As Chloe was heading off to a wedding at night they kindly made her a lovely pink corsage to go with her pretty pink dress : )
Have a look at the photographs of the fun that was had!
Leswalt Primary has started a their regular Friday afternoon Wider Achievement activity afternoons. This allows pupils to select an activity which they would like to further develop skills in and/or extend their experiences in. It also allowed pupils to work together in different social and age groups. Have a look at some of the fun that was on offer!
The pupil council of Leswalt Primary recently asked if they could do something to help the children of Nepal, following the recent Earthquake. Merryn in Primary 7 had sent away money from her piggy bank to help the disaster appeal, and this had prompted others to see if they could also assist. The pupil council decided to have a non-uniform day and combined with face painting and a bake sale they raised the grand total of £135.70 for Nepal, showing they are truly responsible citizens.
Attached is a picture of the pupils of Leswalt Primary on their non-uniform day.
