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ELP Public Health Information Service…

The ELP science class has this week been looking at how we can promote the idea of looking after our bodies in order to keep them healthy and fit - to other people.
We have so far looked at how

there are 5 main food groups
we need to eat them in a reasonable balance to give our bodies what they [...]

Remember, remember the fifth of November…

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Today in Social Studies we looked at why we celebrate November the 5th as “Bonfire Night”.  We discovered that there is another name for the evening - Guy Fawkes Night - and learned all about the story of this famous Yorkshireman.
In 1605, thirteen young men planned to blow up the Houses of Parliament. Among them [...]

Week beginning November 3rd 2008…

This week sees another big national event - Bonfire Night. Whilst we won’t be having any fireworks in classroom (we hope!) on the 5th November, we will certainly be having a look at the ideas behind Guy Fawkes celebrations and the need to keep ourselves safe this week of all weeks.
Last Friday the children had [...]

Pumpkins and conkers for Hallowe’en…the “best dressed room” in the school for 31st!

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 [...]

Scary Body part-y - where science meets Hallowe’en!

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 [...]

Week beginning October 27th 2008…

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 [...]

Local shop is just the tops for Fairtrade!

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…

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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 [...]

Week beginning October 20th 2008…

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 [...]

Week beginning October 13th 2008…

Enjoy your October break!
We will see you all on October 21st…





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