Archive for the 'ELP On our doorstep' Category

Congratulations!

 
Congratulations to the ELP pupils on their fantastic contributions to our ON OUR DOORSTEP open afternoon.
Your displayed work is fantastic and your play brought the house down.

Week beginning May 19th 2008…

This week is On our Doorstep week!
On our Doorstep
Follow the above link to find out more about the coming Open Afternoon this Thursday May 22nd - and please feel free to come in and see what your child has been doing. You will not be disappointed!
The ELP contribution to On Our Doorstep is substantial:

a short [...]

East Lothian Multisports fun!

Today our ELP pupils enjoyed a trip to Meadowmill to take part in an East Lothian multisports event attended by all the local secondary schools. The pupils had a fabulous time trying out four very different sports and were thoroughly exhausted (but happy) afterwards.

The four sports the children enjoyed were

archery
curling
carpet bowls
boules

Thank you to Mr Bennion, [...]

The Number 124 Bus

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 [...]

Mapping out the world…

Since the February half term the children have been undertaking a geography module taught by Mr Simcock and Mr Samuel.

This module has involved the children learning about

maps and how they show where places in Scotland (and the world) are
making their own maps of East Lothian (pictorial)
making their own 3D model of East Lothian (highlighting landmarks)
countries [...]

The Preston Lodge Weather Station commission…the rain gauge!

(Here is our Rain Gauge made from recycled materials…we check on it at regular times throughout the week, take a note of any rainfall, record the volume and then empty the gauge if it is getting too full…)
The ELP students have spent the last few weeks designing, constructing, testing and then commissioning our very own Preston [...]

Black gold - a Prestonpans poem to celebrate Burn’s Night

Black gold - a Prestonpans mining poem
This week as we look to celebrate the birthday of the national bard, Robert Burns, we have chosen to read and discuss a poem called Black Gold. This poem was written by Prestoungrange Poet Laureate, John Lindsay, to mark Burn’s Night 2006.
It can be read again at home with [...]





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