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Building and Sailing Coracles

Published by Mr.C.Stewart June 3rd, 2008 in School Project - "On Our Doorstep". 0 Comments

In May, Dave Purvis came into the school for two days to work with eight pupils on the art of coracle building.
The idea was to replicate the traditional craft of coracle building as closely as possible, Dave brought all the materials.
The laths for the frame are made from Ash, these were cut especially and [...]

On Our Doorstep!

Published by Mrs.Binnie May 15th, 2008 in Health Promoting School, School News, School Project - "On Our Doorstep" and Upcoming Events. 0 Comments

Flyer for On Our Doorstep

Preston Lodge High School warmly invite you to our Open Afternoon on Thursday 22nd May 2008, from 2.30pm until 6pm.

“On our Doorstep” is our whole school cross-curricular project for 2008.

What will you see?

An amazing exhibition showcasing all the work from our subject areas (foyer and assembly hall)
“The Market Place” (in school [...]

5K Walk 2008 - Friday 23rd May

Published by Mr.C.Stewart May 8th, 2008 in School News, School Project - "On Our Doorstep" and Upcoming Events. 0 Comments

Following from the success of this event in the previous sessions we are once again gearing up for the 5km walk. This year the walk is associated with our whole school project “On-Our-Doorstep”. The route we will be following takes us from the school down to Lidl - Along the waterfront at the Power Station [...]

PLus Magazine Issue 5 Spring 2008

Published by Mr.C.Stewart March 19th, 2008 in School News and School Project - "On Our Doorstep". 0 Comments

The Spring 2008 edition of the PLus magazine has been distributed via “Pupil Post”.
It is full of articles and photographs showcasing the work of the young people in Preston Lodge.
View PLus on-line by clicking the link below.

Cook Club - Competition winners

Published by Mrs. Nicoll January 31st, 2008 in Health Promoting School, School News and School Project - "On Our Doorstep". 0 Comments

‘On-Our-Doorstep’ cook club held the competition final last night, with fourteen S2 pupils competing. They worked exceptionally hard during the 1 hour 30 minutes allocated to them to produce an exceptionally high standard of finished dish.
They were complimented by the 6 external judges who are all local produce suppliers from within East Lothian.
James Logan - [...]

ELP “On our doorstep” for Burn’s Night…

Published by Mrs.Binnie January 29th, 2008 in School Project - "On Our Doorstep". 0 Comments

Black gold - a Prestonpans mining poem
This week as we look to celebrate the birthday of the national bard, Robert Burns, the ELP pupils 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 [...]

On-Our-Doorstep - Cook Club

Published by Mrs. Nicoll January 29th, 2008 in Health Promoting School and School Project - "On Our Doorstep". 0 Comments

The Home Economics department has been running an after school cook club for a few months now. It was open to any S2/3 pupils to participate. Almost 30 registered with between 20 - 26 turning up each week.
The aim was to source local produce from within East Lothian. We were delighted with the support we [...]