This term, the Primary 4-7 class have been learning all about Fairtrade products and the impact that buying Fairtrade can have on Fairtrade countires’ farmers and communities.🗺️ To top off a fabulous term and celebrate our topic, we thought it would only be right to sample some Fairtrade bananas and chocolate for ourselves! We enjoyed a selection of bananas, locally grown strawberries marshmallows and flapjacks dipped in into some delicious
Special Delivery!🚪🥰 This morning, the sun was shining and P4-7 were very excited to head out into the village to deliver some bags filled with delicious harvesty goodies. The boys and girls loved door hopping, meeting some of the Leswalt community members and handing over some cupboard fillers! 🥔🥣🍅 We really did have a lovely morning and we hope we managed to put smiles on🛍️🚪 some peoples’ faces! 😄 Thank
Armed with tatties, beans, soup and the biggest carrots and leeks we have ever seen!! (courtesy of Papa Finlay’s garden), we headed across to the church for our annual Harvest Celebration🥕🫘🍠. When we arrived, we saw lots of mummies, daddies and member sf our families there, ready to celebrate harvest with us. Reverend Marlene led a lovely service and explained that a lot of the food we eat comes from
Pillows and jumpers at the ready! Thursday saw the whole school learn how to ‘Restart a Heart’ as part of a nationwide drive to train as many people as possible in CPR. We learned about the 3Cs – CHECK – check for danger, then gently shake the person’s shoulders to see if they are responsive. CALL – dial 999 and put the phone on loud speaker. CPR – check if
As part of their ‘food journeys’ focus this term, P4-7 have been learning all about the food we eat and where it comes from.. the perfect opportunity to get cooking! This week’s focus was ‘food miles’, we challenged ourselves to create a recipe which incorporated foods from all over the world and came up with a Slow Cooker ‘All Over the World Rainbow Curry’.✈️🍛 Yesterday morning we split up into
The digital leaders went to Kirkcolm and had a fab day. They learned how to make a QR code and loads more such as using Microsoft copilot and and Canva. Mrs McHarg taught us all about ICT, this can help us to make ICT more fun for pupils from p1 to p7. The digital leaders shared break time with Kirkcolm and had a brilliant time. They are learning about internet
This afternoon boys and girls from both classes welcomed their families into school to show off our Big Maths! Whether you’re Primary 2 or Primary 7, Big Maths is a big deal! We kicked off the afternoon with big business.. our Learn It tests with the added fun of our families joining in with the Primary 6-7 test! Primary 1’s had fun with their big people in the hall, showing
This afternoon, we had the pleasure of welcoming local artist Diana and youth worker Tia into the ‘big class’ for some fun art. The boys and girls who already attend Diana’s ‘sketchbook socials’ art classes at The Millenium Centre were very excited because they said ‘Diana has the best art ideas’ and this afternoon was no exception!!🥳 This term, the upper class have been learning about colour and creating art
At Leswalt, we love cooking and baking, and ‘Maths Week Scotland’ is the perfect opportunity to put into practice some maths learning! This afternoon P1-3 made ‘fifteens’ or ‘rugby slice’. The ‘little class’ counted, measured, shared their ingredients (15 of each) in their groups. They cut the cherries and marshmallows in half , crushed their biscuits, added some condensed milk and mixed together into a sweet concoction. They then shaped
Carrying on with Maths Week Scotland fun, P4-7 took part in an outdoor blind maze challenge.😃 They first worked in groups to design and build their maze using natural materials and toys from outside; they had lots of fun and got very creative – dead ends and trap doors!😅 Each team were then given a blind fold and were given the challenge of directing their blind friend through the maze
