Preston Lodge High School goes global
The Battle of Prestonpans Heritage Trust are organising a number of activities to commemorate the historic battle of 1745.
Have a look at their website for more details of what’s on.
We hope to have more pupils from Preston Lodge involved in activities during the coming weeks and months.
Why not get involved in the Archeological study which is due to start in October.
The S4 inforamtion evening on Tuesday 2nd Sept was well attended and those present were provided with a information about what S4 has in store for the students. The presentations and information booklet are available below.
Ian Richardson (S5) gave a very useful and interesting talk on his perspective as a former S4 student.
If you were unable to attend the evening and have any concerns about issues relating to life in S4, please contact your Guidance teacher in the firts instances. If you wish to speak with Gill Pert, Careers Advisor her contact etails are can be found in the presenation below.
Some of the websites mentioned during the evening were:
www.sqa.org.uk www.careers-scotland.org.uk www.planitplus.net
Presentations:
Making S4 Work for you Booklet.
The information evening for senior students took place on Thursday 28th August.
Parents and senior students received a great deal of useful information about making the most of S5/6 and preparing for Higher Education.
If you were unable to attend, you can view the PowerPoint®presentations here.
Mrs Christie
Mrs Blakey
Accelerated Reader is a literacy programme being rolled out at Preston Lodge High School during the 2008-09 session. As the most widely used reading software in the world, it’s aim is to build a culture of reading throughout the school and make reading practice more effective for every student involved.
Based around modern technology, the programme sees pupils reading books pitched at their own reading level - and at their own pace. On completion of the book, the pupil sits a computer-based comprehension quiz that allows the software to analyse their understanding of the text they have read. The software generates a comprehensive report that allows staff to help the pupil decide what the next step for them may be in terms of progress through the reading scheme.
A pilot study was held in Preston Lodge during session 2007-08 involving a number of (then) S2 pupils. This cohort undertook 5 week blocks of Accelerated Reader and, by the end of the pilot, were shown to have made significant progress in their personal reading levels. The decision to roll the programme out to all new S1 pupils in 2008-09 was made and every first Year pupil in Preston Lodge this year will have blocks of Accelerated Reader timetabled into their curriculum.
In addition, the previous participants in the Pilot Study will be given the chance to continue their own progress now that they are in S3 and a new S2 cohort will also be given the opportunity to join our literacy programme.
The school hope that parents and carers will support this venture by encouraging their child’s participation in the programme and reading at home. You can download or read the Accelerated Reader Parents’ Guide this will provide further insight into this programme and answer any questions parents and carers may have. The school Learning Support department can be contacted at any time should there be any further unanswered queries about Accelerated Reader.
The Accelerated Reader Programme at Preston Lodge has been devised and introduced by the Support for Learning department in conjunction with the English department and the school librarian. Please contact Mrs V Hoban (vhoban@prestonlodge.elcschool.org.uk) in the Learning Support department for further details.
Every year Preston Lodge has a number of foreign trip experiences for pupils. These trips usually happen in the last week of term before the summer holidays. In June 2008 we ran trips to Chamonix (France), Strasbourg (France) and Valkenburg (Netherlands).
In June 2009 we hope to offer trips to Chamonix, Rhineland and Valkenburg. Each of these trips offer a different experience for the young people but all are great fun!!
For more information on these trips, have a look at the Information Leaflet which gives a summary of each trip including costs and dates.
To see photos and videos from the trips in June 2008, click on the “Foreign Trip” category on www.prestonlodge.net
The Preston Lodge High School 2000 Club would like to thank its members for their support in the past year - raising a total of £3776 to support school events and activities
Last session, as well as sponsoring the 2008 Prize-Giving ceremony, the 2000 club has provided a number of items to improve and enhance the facilities of the school. These have included
As you can see all of these make a direct difference to the environment within Preston Lodge and the experience of our young people.
The 2000 club currently has around 130 members - parents, staff and friends of the school. As the number of pupils in the school rises to over 1000 this year, just think of what increased membership of the 2000 club could achieve for our young people.
Joining is very easy and being a member is even easier !!
If you want to support then download the application form here.
If you would like more info please contact Viv Donaldson at the school office: vdonaldson at prestonlodge.elcschool.org…
The school will be OPEN on Wednesday 20 August .
For more info - click here to read the letter which was issued for all pupils to take home on Monday 18th.
PrestonLodge.net is taking a leaf out of Google’s book! We too will be changing our logo to suit various holidays and events throughout the year - an “On This Day in History”, event and seasonal approach.
So, to start us off, we have Monday 18th August - Helium was first discovered.
On this day in 1868 (140 years ago today), the French astronomer Pierre Janssen, whilst observing a solar eclipse in India, noticed an unknown bright yellow spectral line signature in the light from the sun. This yellow line had never been seen before, so Pierre’s conclusion was that he had discovered a new element - Helium. He was unfortunately ridiculed since no other element had ever been detected in space before being found on Earth - which makes his discovery even more impressive, and the first element to be found this way.
Quick Facts: Helium
- colourless, odourless, tasteless, non-toxic, inert monatomic chemical element that heads the noble gas series in the periodic table and whose atomic number is 2
- Helium is the second lightest element and is the second most abundant in the observable Universe. Most helium was formed during the Big Bang, but new helium is being created as a result of the nuclear fusion of hydrogen in stars
- Helium is named after the Greek word for the Sun - helios (ἥλιος)
For more “On This Day” for Monday 18th August from History.com, click here.
The timetable being operated in August 2008 is slightly different from that used in June.
Download and print your new timetable from the list below. To do this you must know which year group and register class you are in.
S1 and S2 pupils will also need to know which Practical set they are in.
S1 Group A 1Go1, 1Gr1, 1Se1 (Except 1a4A)
S1 Group B 1Go2, 1Gr2, 1Se2 (Except 1a4B)
Click here to read Summer Mailshot 2008
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