PLHS - Support for Learning

From the rod to the plate
scottish-sea-and-river-myths.doc
When considering the ecology of the River Forth habitat we felt it was very important to look at the role of the fish in the history of East Lothian communities. The link between the river, its wildlife and towns such as MUSSELburgh is obvious - but most of the small [...]

Introduction to our weather!
The ELP pupils will be undertaking a series of lessons in the spring 2008 term that link in nicely to the current 5-14 Earth and Space curriculum.
With the umbrella cross curricular theme of “Life in East Lothian” also firmly underpinning all we do, we will be looking at the weather…with the [...]

Introduction to animals in winter
make-a-bird-cake-bird-survival-in-winter.doc
Part of the programme of lessons on habitats and food chains in East Lothian includes thinking about how wildlife copes during the various seasons. In particular, as the year draws to a close we will be looking at how wildlife survives the winter months.
We will cover areas such as

hibernation
food (and water) [...]

The Evening News photographs that changed
a week’s worth of Science lessons!
 
The nature of the Enhanced Learning Provision Science program lends itself to a significant degree of flexibility. The ability to stop and further explore concepts - sometimes over a couple of lessons -when a pupil makes an insightful contribution can be priceless. These times [...]