The pupils have been rehearsing their performance of a short and sweet play about East Lothian called “The 124 Bus”.
The children devised the script, setting and roles themselves - creating a 3 minute invitation to enjoy the sites of East Lothian with them.
In ICT lessons they searched for images of East Lothian to be used [...]
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The Number 124 Bus
Published by May 13th, 2008 in ELP - ICT, ELP On our doorstep and Enhanced Learning Provision (ELP). 0 CommentsA letter TO America…
Published by January 15th, 2008 in ELP - English, ELP - ICT, ELP USA and Enhanced Learning Provision (ELP). 0 Comments Today in ICT we used our ever improving computer skills to write a letter to our friends in America. Not only did this allow us to practise using Microsoft Word software but it encouraged us to make use of the simple sentences we have been practising in English with Ms Monaco.
In English we have been [...]
Using Powerpoint to send information to America…
Published by November 13th, 2007 in ELP - ICT and ELP USA. 0 CommentsThis week we are learning how to use a special computer package called Powerpoint. The reason we want to find out what this special programme can do, is that we would like to tell our American friends in Akron, Ohio all about our lives in East Lothian.
At first we thought that we could maybe send [...]
Using email…
Published by October 5th, 2007 in ELP - ICT and Enhanced Learning Provision (ELP). 0 CommentsUsing email
Email is such an important part of school life for most children. Whether they are simply sending a friendly mail to their best pal or using it to access a log-in to an educational website, the school email system underpins so much of school life for the pupils of Preston Lodge.
The pupils on the [...]
Using numbers and letters on the computer keyboard…
Published by October 5th, 2007 in ELP - ICT and Enhanced Learning Provision (ELP). 0 CommentsWhere are our numbers and letters?
It was important for us to spend some time, very early in the Enhanced Learning Provision ICT program, familiarising the pupils with the basic layout of the computer keyboard.
Being able to log in independently would be a massive step in the pupils’ personal progress on a number of levels. However, [...]
Using capital letters on a computer keyboard
Published by October 5th, 2007 in ELP - ICT and Enhanced Learning Provision (ELP). 0 CommentsIntroductory Powerpoint
Worksheet resource
An integral part of our ICT program for the Enhanced Learning Provision is giving the pupils skills that transcend perceived subject barriers. It is all teachers’ jobs to promote literacy and numeracy skills, for example. (That applies in the mainstream of course too!)
Our ICT program provides us with a lot of scope to [...]
ELP ICT!
Published by October 2nd, 2007 in ELP - ICT and Enhanced Learning Provision (ELP). 0 CommentsUnder our Enhanced Learning Provision, ICT is taught as a discreet group option. A small number of S1 and S2 pupils involved in our ELP program undertake their ICT lessons in the care of SfL teachers, Jillian Binnie and John Samuel with input from the school Computing department.
Lessons are taught in the Computing department suites [...]

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