http://edubuzz.org/blogs/plhs-support Preston Lodge HS - SfL goes Global Mon, 06 Oct 2008 08:18:55 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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 ... http://edubuzz.org/blogs/plhs-support/2008/10/06/scifun-roadshow-coming-to-preston-lodge-again/ This week is the last week before the October holidays and we will be busy making sure we get all the important things done before we break up... Fingers the Fish This week we will be cleaning out the fish tank before we leave Fingers on his own for a week. He ... http://edubuzz.org/blogs/plhs-support/2008/10/06/week-beginning-october-6th-2008/ what-is-fairtrade Next week in ELP Social Studies we will be looking more closely at growing food in the Third World, why their food is so expensive for them to buy and what can be done to help. We have already begun looking at the charity work of the Eden Project and "The ... http://edubuzz.org/blogs/plhs-support/2008/10/02/what-is-fairtrade/ shopping-worksheet shopping-challenge-for-the-october-break   Miss Balsillie and Mrs Binnie were really delighted with the way the pupils undertook their maths lesson shopping trip challenge on Thursday October the 1st! We visited the local Scotmid armed with a questionnaire that asked us to find the prices of certain items varying from a coconut to a packet ... http://edubuzz.org/blogs/plhs-support/2008/10/02/shopped-till-we-dropped/ Over the last few weeks Miss Balsillie has been undertaking training in Maths Recovery. The department have subsequently been able to make use of this new expertise in the group by assessing our Enhanced Learning Provision pupils in class. The ELP maths programme has always focussed on active learning however the ... http://edubuzz.org/blogs/plhs-support/2008/10/01/mr-tracker-hits-preston-lodge/ pictures-of-eyemouth-for-cross-curricular-friday We have been studying the human body in Science this year and have enjoyed finding out all about our interesting organs and beautiful bones. We also have been looking at wonderful pictures in Art and our Cross-curricular lessons and we came across this fabulous painting that we thought tied our ... http://edubuzz.org/blogs/plhs-support/2008/09/30/eyemouth-linking-our-lessons-on-the-body-to-our-local-area-and-art/ growing-carrots-from-carrot-tops     This week we will be looking at whether all plants need to grow from seeds, if they all need soil to grow in - and if they have to be planted in something conventional? Using root vegetables that are common and popular to eat in the autumn, we will be investigating ... http://edubuzz.org/blogs/plhs-support/2008/09/29/growing-carrots-from-carrot-tops/ This week we will be going shopping! ELP MATHS Thank you to all the parents for returning the permission slips that will now allow us to do some of our maths sessions at the local shops. We are keen to make sure the children see the relevance of their money work in ... http://edubuzz.org/blogs/plhs-support/2008/09/26/week-beginning-september-29th-2008/ The Learning Support department offer three drop in sessions a week during lesson time - in the same manner that the music department offer music lessons to pupils. Students who require or request additional support with either reading or writing can become involved in the drop-in programme - which involves students ... http://edubuzz.org/blogs/plhs-support/2008/09/24/drop-in-reading-and-writing/ common-garden-bugs-that-we-might-find Today in ELP Gardening we went on a Big Hunt! Whilst looking for different kinds of trees (and leaves) last week in ELP Gardening, we discovered that many of the deciduous tree leaves were the home to a number of creepy crawlie critters... This discovery prompted an afternoon of more in-depth ... http://edubuzz.org/blogs/plhs-support/2008/09/24/itchy-and-scratchy-going-on-a-bug-hunt/