Jack’s blackening!

In preparation  for the wedding on Tuesday, Jack the bridegroom was blackened at 3pm.  He was a very good sport and took it so well.  He is hoping to have his best man over for a stag night sleepover this weekend!

Fantastic fundraising!

The fundraising group of Leswalt Primary recently organised a Cream Teas event, which was held in the school.  Among the attractions there was a barbeque, face painting, book stall, fantastic prize raffle and of course delicious home baking. At the end of the afternoon the money was counted and over £1000 was raised to boost funds.  Everyone involved with the Cream Teas would like to pass on their tanks to

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Larbrax beach clean

Leswalt and Portpatrick Primary are currently focusing on “Water” as a context for learning this term.  As part of their work in the classroom the 2 schools met halfway at Larbrax beach and conducted a big beach clean.  The weather was glorious – everyone had fun in the sun while doing their bit for the local environment.

Easter Challenge

The pupils of Leswalt and Portpatrick Primary recently came together to take part in a fun Easter challenge “Mission Possible”.  the aim of this challenge was for pupils to work creatively in mixed teams to create a structure to allow their eggy super agent to drive a set distance, float across water and finally survive a drop from  great height!  Points were awarded for creativity, teamwork and egg survival skills.

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Carlingwark outdoor education

Primary 5-7 recently travelled to Carlingwark for 2 days of Outdoor Education fun. The weather was initially very wet, but it soon dried up and did not stop the children having a lot of fun.

Music festival trophy winners!

Primary 5, 6 and 7 recently travelled to Newton Stewart cinema to take part in the Galloway Music Festival.  They were competing in the Galloway Music Festival, and every single pupil in the class was both singing and playing a musical instrument.  After the adjudicator had fed back to all of the schools, Leswalt Primary was delighted as they were announced as winners. As well as the whole class competing

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National Cycling winners!

Leswalt Primary has cycled once again to National success.  This week it was announced that we have won the “Big Pedal” competition for the whole of Scotland!  The school was also runner up in the whole of the UK, small schools category.  This is the 4th year in which the school has been in the awards for this initiative. At Leswalt Primary we are delighted to achieve success in this

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World Book day

The Boys and girls of Leswalt Primary School really got into the spirit of World Book Day by dressing up as a character from a book for the day.  The also brought in their favourite book to share with others and brought in old books for a book sale.  Throughout the day there were many book related activities such as book speed dating, writing book reviews and designing book marks