A few weeks ago a visitor to the school asked the children what was the monument on their school jumpers and at the top of the hill. Answers included “the Queen used to live up there” and “the Nazis landed there”. Mrs Baillie thought it was important all the boys and girls knew the significance of the monument which has been adopted as the school logo, and felt they should
Primary 1-4 at Leswalt Primary have been learning all about community development this term. As part of that work they have been looking at the process of building development. In class the pupils were asked to design and plan out their dream house. The tricky part came next – as Mrs Mc Knight, the class teacher, then asked the pupils to take their plans home and actually build the
Both classes recently enjoyed a trip to Wigtown Book Festival to hear from authors. First of all, Renita Boyle led us in a sing-along session to warm us up! Primary 5-7 heard from Phil Earle and Cathy Mc Phail. Primary 1-4 saw Shoo Raynor and Emily Dodd. A great time was had by all! Phil Earle told hilarious stories and kept the audience laughing with his inventive stories. We heard
The boys and girls of Leswalt Primary managed to keep a special secret – a goodbye assembly for Mrs Bathgate. Mrs Bathgate had taught at the school for 8 years, and is now moving away from the area and leaving her post at Leswalt. All the pupils sang 2 songs which they had been practising in secret – the singing was fantastic and there were more than a few tears
Pupils at Leswalt Primary were recently delighted when local resident Stewart Mc Culloch popped into school to hand in a donation of money for the children at school. Mr Mc Culloch can normally be found down at the Kirkland pond, helping local fishermen of the area. He held a fishing competition at the Kirland pond recently and a raffle generated £80. The school has been using Kirkland pond, for the last
As part of their health and wellbeing learning and teaching, Primary 5-7 have been focussing on “Tobacco” this term. They have been discussing the legalities surrounding the advertising of tobacco and laws in the sale of tobacco products. To help them with their work, they popped across the road to Leswalt Stores. Gillian was more than happy to explain to the class the laws which are in place. The
Primary 5 recently had a lovely time along at Creachmore as part of a golf festival aimed at all Primary 5 pupils. The sun was shining, as they all learned more about the game and how to improve their golf swing.
The senior class recently went outside to do their maths. They were learning all about speed, distance and time. And, to help them with their learning they all went outside and had to run over a specified distance to help them calculate their speed. The photos show some of p5-7 racing across the playground.
Primary 5-7 had a recent visitor to class who helped develop their Science topic of resources of the Earth, through bringing in a great selection of different rocks for them to examine. The children learnt a lot about the properties of different rocks, and where they are found. The afternoon concluded when they got to witness a volcano erupting in their classroom!
P2-4 had a busy maths session today! They brought their teddies to school to do some measuring! Here’s what they had to say about it… We needed to work in pairs and use a measuring tape. We measured in centimetres (cm) We tried using a metre stick and a ruler but they just weren’t flexible enough! We worked out which end of the measuring tape to start at and
