http://edubuzz.org/blogs/enterprise A guide to everything enterprising happening in East Lothian Wed, 21 May 2008 13:04:03 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Last week we took part in Walk to School initiatives at the nursery. All the children received their Walk to School information leaflet along with "sound detective" stickers. On two mornings we had Walking Buses and everyone was encouraged to join in. We were delighted with the response and everyone ... http://edubuzz.org/blogs/enterprise/2008/05/21/walk-to-school-week-at-levenhall/ P6/7 decided to ask all the classes in school to fill a water bottle with their spare pennies. Each class was given an empty bottle to fill and when the pennies were counted the amazing sum of £200 was raised. This money is going ... http://edubuzz.org/blogs/enterprise/2008/02/25/p67-raise-funds-for-clean-water-in-the-gambia/ P6N and 6D pupils at Cockenzie primary organised a fantastic Burns supper for nearly 200 people on Tuesday 29th January. All the P6 pupils in the school took part in the Burns supper including the P6 children from P6/7 and P5/6. They managed to run the ... http://edubuzz.org/blogs/enterprise/2008/02/25/burns-supper-at-cockenzie/ This week the children are learning about different cultural festivals by celebrating Shrove Tuesday and Chinese New Year. For both events cooking plays a major part. We are making pancakes, of course, and preparing a Chinese Banquet. The children are also taking care of their "Little Pots Of Care" - ... http://edubuzz.org/blogs/enterprise/2008/02/05/celebrations-at-levenhall-nursery-school/ The children at Levenhall Nursery School are taking part in the RSPB Big Schools Birdwatch this week. Children from both playrooms are working in pairs to record the birds coming to feed in the garden during a 10 minute time slot. Over 3 days, every child will have had the ... http://edubuzz.org/blogs/enterprise/2008/01/22/big-schools-birdwatch-at-levenhall/ Levenhall Nursery School was placed first in the Nursery Category of the Eskmills Christmas Tree Decorating Competition. Several of the staff and pupils were able to attend the Carol Singing at Eskmills on Friday evening where the winners were announced. The tree and gold certificate are proudly displayed in the ... http://edubuzz.org/blogs/enterprise/2007/12/11/first-prize-for-levenhall/ Preparations are well under way for Christmas in the Nursery School. Last Friday, we held a very successful Christmas Fair which raised approximately £860 for the school fund. There were a variety of stalls including children's crafts made in nursery. This week we have been busy making Christmas Tree decorations from recycled ... http://edubuzz.org/blogs/enterprise/2007/12/05/christmas-at-levenhall-nursery-school/ Gullane Primary School are running a number of activities this week to demonstrate how they use enteprising approaches across the curriculum. The nursery are having a tooth brushing and hand washing week, with information being sent out to parents and demonstrations in class. On Tuesday they are having the machine ... http://edubuzz.org/blogs/enterprise/2007/11/14/enterprise-week-at-gullane-primary-school/ 9th November 2007 This morning P6N and P6D held a learning festival in the school assembly hall. The children decided that this was the way they wanted to show what they had learned. They prepared displays and activities and organised a Remembrance ceremony too. The children opened ... http://edubuzz.org/blogs/enterprise/2007/11/09/p6-learning-festival-at-cockenzie-primary/ For four weeks prior to the October Holidays I had the privilege to work with P4W and Mr Woods on a Curriculum for Excellence project. The project was all about shadow puppets and it turned out to be very enterprising as well!!! The children worked in groups to ... http://edubuzz.org/blogs/enterprise/2007/10/26/shadow-puppets-at-cockenzie-primary-school/