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
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
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
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
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
As part of their science learning and teaching Primary 5-7 have been busy making Ice cream – looking at changes in state. There was a great variety of flavours created in the classroom; Kathryn and Lauren made very refreshing apple and mango sorbet. Rhona and Freya created a super fruity pink raspberry and strawberry ice cream. Arden and Aimee used banana yogurt and meringues in with their fruit to make
Mrs Bathgate has been busy delivering a series of cycle training lessons to her Primary 5-7 class this week. As part of the Health and well being learning and teaching, the class will be focussing on risk taking behaviour. And, they have all been bringing their bikes to school so they can learn how to cycle safely while out and about in the community. Hopefully you will see pupils out
Primary 1 had fun with Mrs Smith, making some chocolate Easter nests today. They worked well together and created enough of the tasty treats to give everyone in the school one! Have a look at how busy our youngest pupils were. Happy Easter all!
