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 Prestonpans climate the focus of our learning activities.
Instead of one or two stand alone lessons on the weather we wanted to take the opportunity to extend this area of science across the curriculum. The linked lesson plans show how we intend to incorporate the following into the project
Through introducing the weather by drawing on the pupil’s experiences of the East Lothian climate we can quickly get a feel for the student’s prior knowledge, in addition to creating a mind map of their own ideas to be used to plan the weather project we will undertake over the spring term weeks.
The ultimate plan is that the pupils will make their own Preston Lodge weather forecast presentation using video and animation techniques - but only after they themselves have come up with the ideas we will use to plan the project. We have a “teacher scaffold” in mind that should allow their own ideas to grow in a supported way - but what we do, where we do it and how we do it will have pupil ownership.
Nominally called “Here is the weather with Heather the Blether” - as tongue in cheek tribute to the BBC Scotland weather forecaster, Heather Reid, our project will hopefully allow our very own “Heather the Weathers” to come forth…
As the week’s pass between the Christmas holidays and the Easter break our young Enhanced Learning Programme scientists will be able to log their activities and progress on this page of the Preston Lodge website.
Please feel free to come back during this period to get a feel for their work in progress! 
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