This week in ELP Gardening we celebrated the season by going on a lovely walk looking for conkers - so that we can have a fantastic conker competition with Mr Cruickshank very soon!
We also spent time with Mrs Binnie cleaning out and carving pumpkin lanterns to ensure our room is the best dressed room in [...]
Mad Scientists, Mrs Binnie and Mrs Allan, will be hosting spooky seasonal festivities on Friday morning for their wonderful ELP Science class! To be held in Mrs Binnie’s Spooky Lab in the Learning Zone, Period 3…
We will be…
dooking
investigating through one sense only (touch) some spare plastic surgery ”body parts” left over from Michael Jackson’s last visit to Preston Lodge (not for [...]
Everyone on the ELP programme is more than aware that this week sees us look forward to Hallowe’en!
There will be much fun in school on Friday morning (see front page of school website) however the ELP pupils will also be able to enjoy their own special Hallowe’en Body Part-y … as we bring what we [...]
In Social Studies this week we made a visit to the local Scotmid store in Prestonpans to investigate how many Fairtrade products are on sale for us to buy. Before the October break we had been finding out about Fairtrade and what it tried to do. We had looked at the kind of foods that [...]
magnificent-muscles
Batista may be one of the most famous wrestlers on the planet at the moment (and one of Dale’s favourites!) but he is also well known for his muscular physique.
We have been looking at how muscles are important to the body :-
their job (function)
their position (site)
their size
their workings (moving levers or other jobs requiring muscles)
the number [...]
This week is a shorter than normal one thanks to a staff In-Service Day on Monday 2oth October. When we resume on Tuesday we will be coming back to school on NATIONAL APPLE DAY.
National Apple Day celebrates the use, versatility and importance of the apple in our diet and lives. As the cross-curricular umbrella [...]
Enjoy your October break!
We will see you all on October 21st…
Last week when we went shopping during our maths lesson, we were asked to find out the price of a coconut. We discovered that they cost 69p and we worked out how much change we might get from a £1 if we paid for it.
Mrs Binnie bought it with a £1 coin and brought it [...]
Sadly, today we have to bring news of the passing of one of the most important members of the Enhanced Learning Programme team, Fingers the goldfish.
Fingers was a focal point for our learning and brought so much to our weekly life at Preston Lodge
we have gained important life skills through feeding him, cleaning his tank and remembering the [...]
On Wednesday this week the Sci Fun Roadshow will be visiting Preston Lodge and the ELP students will be joining in the activity in the company of their register class peers. They will be enjoying the interesting activities brought to the school by the roadshow on Wednesday afternoon and will be supported by staff throughout.
Please [...]
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