Category: Events

Details of the Scottish Seabird Centre Easter holiday activities are listed below, and see event poster here. Tickets for all these events are FREE for kids (small charge for accompanying adults), but booking is required as numbers are limited. Tickets can be booked via the website here. If you need any further information please don’t hesitate to contact Carrie, see details below.

LIVE SCIENCE SHOW: WaaatttsZaaap!
Egghead has some great new gadgets and toys but no batteries! He needs some clean power from renewables and perhaps using turbines and tides or turning the sun into fun might just help? Join us to find out more.

• Dates: 1,6,7,8,13,14 & 15 April
• Time: 2pm
• Location: Discovery Experience Theatre, Scottish Seabird Centre
• Free for kids £5:50 for accompanying adults
• Book here.

LIVE SCIENCE SHOW: Animal Avengers
Taking inspiration form a whole host of superheroes, Professor Egghead will show audiences how animals can defend themselves from attack in weird and wonderful ways. From exploding ants, squirting octopi to spitting birds, you can decide who is the best animal avenger.

• Dates: 2,5 & 12 April
• Time: 2pm
• Location: Scottish Seabird Centre, North Berwick
• Recommended ages 6+
• Free for kids, £5.00 for accompanying adults
• Book here.

Puppet Show: What’s for Snack
An interactive puppet show with Craig the Crab. With sing-a-long fun, our young visitors will be asked to help Craig, as he has eaten some marine litter by mistake.

• Dates: 15 April
• Time: 11.00am
• Location: Scottish Seabird Centre, Discovery Experience Theatre
• Recommended age: under 5s
• Entry FREE for children, £5 for accompanying adults.
• Book here.

Seaside Storytelling
Bring your kids along for an hour of escapism, with a series of wonderful marine-themed stories.

• Dates: 1 April
• Time: 11.00am
• Location: Scottish Seabird Centre, Discovery Experience Theatre
• Recommended age: under 5s
• Entry FREE for children, £5 for accompanying adults
• Book here.

Carrie Bevan
Scottish Seabird Centre
admin@seabird.org
01620 890202

 

The Cockenzie Primary PTA Christmas Fayre is on this Saturday 10^th December.

Please come along if you can at the British Legion, 11am – 3pm.

Massive thank you to all the PTA and all the volunteers who are helping make this Fayre a huge success.

The Term 1B Prestonpans Active Schools Programme is available to view now! Activities include Football Mini Kickers, Basketball, Hockey, Badminton, a brand new Multi-Sports class and lots more. Online booking for all free activities will be available from 6pm on Wednesday 26^th October and paid activities will be available to book from 6pm on Tuesday 1^st November. Please see our online booking page for full details –  www.eastlothian.gov.uk/ActiveSchoolsPrestonpans

If you have any questions about the Prestonpans Active Schools Programme, please contact Stewart Sands, Active Schools Coordinator at ssands@elcschool.org.uk

Stewart Sands
Active Schools Coordinator | Prestonpans Primary School Cluster, Gullane Primary & Aberlady Primary

www.eastlothian.gov.uk | www.activeeastlothian.co.uk

We will be celebrating Halloween in Nursery this Thursday, 27th October. Your child is welcome to dress up on this day should they wish to, however this is purely optional and not compulsory.

There will be opportunities in Nursery to make something to wear or dress up from our dressing up box.  It would be really helpful if no masks covering the face or props are brought to Nursery.

Your child will be taking part in traditional activities like:

• dooking for apples
• making a spooky snack
• pumpkin carving
• joining in stories and songs
• Halloween art and craft

We would like to share with you information about The Summer Reading Challenge 2022.

Each year the Summer Reading Challenge has a different theme. For 2022, The Reading Agency is partnering with Science Museum Group for Gadgeteers, a science and innovation themed Challenge that will spark children’s curiosity about the world around them.

With resources and activities from the Science Museum Group, the Challenge focuses on inspiring children to see the science and innovation behind everyday objects, showing that reading and science are for everyone.

Find out more about Gadgeteers here.

The Challenge will launch in libraries in Scotland and N.I. on Saturday 25 June. Children can also join in the fun online on the official Challenge website.

Physical incentives are available to collect through participating libraries. Reward items, items and Challenge finish dates will vary by location, so we recommend getting in touch with your nearest library to find out more about the Challenge in your area.

Please visit the Summer Reading Challenge – https://summerreadingchallenge.org.uk/

Please let us know how the challenge goes.

Details of Scottish Seabird Centre Easter holiday activities are below, tickets for all these events are FREE for kids (small charge for accompanying adults), but booking is required as numbers are limited, tickets can be booked via our website here.

LIVE SCIENCE SHOWS: SucSEED!
Professor Egghead is on a mission to revive the seabed with the help of an underwater superhero seagrass!

Join him to discover more about these underwater super plants and how they can help our oceans and wildlife recover. This brand-new fun-filled show is full of messy experiments and plenty of audience participation – can you help Egghead SucSEED?!

• Dates: 9,10,15,16, 23 & 24 April
• Time: 2pm
• Location: Discovery Experience Theatre, Scottish Seabird Centre
• Free for kids £2:50 for accompanying adults
• Book here

LIVE SCIENCE SHOWS: CLIMATE SALE (WHEN IT’S GONE, IT’S GONE!
Professor Egghead  is back to help you to save a penny and the planet in this fun and interactive live science show! Can how you spend your pocket money really help combat climate change? Come along and find out!

• Dates: 13,14, 20 & 21 April
• Time: 2pm
• Location: Scottish Seabird Centre, North Berwick
• Recommended ages 6+
• Free for kids £2:50 for accompanying adults
• Book here

Seaside Storytelling
Bring your kids along for an hour of escapism, with a series of wonderful marine-themed stories. Let our Discovery Experience staff transport you to the underwater worlds of a few of our favourite marine-themed short stories.

• Dates: 16 and 23 April
• Time: 11.00am
• Location: Scottish Seabird Centre, Discovery Experience Theatre
• Recommended ages 3+
• Entry FREE for adults and kids
• Book here

 

For some time now, I have been very keen on the children at Cockenzie Primary School and Nursery involved in growing their own food. We have fantastic resources in the Outdoor Classroom, poly tunnel and raised beds in the garden.

Covid -19 has delayed plans to start utilising these resources but with mitigations lessened and spring in the air, I have been involved with members of the community regarding involving the children in planting and growing.

So, I am sending out a plea for donations for seeds, propagator and any spare bags of compost that you may have – lettuce, radish, spring onion, beetroot, peas,  French beans, carrots, courgettes, onion, shallots, pumpkin, tomato, peppers, cucumber, leeks, cabbage .

Perhaps grandparents, other family members have some seeds too so please share this with them too.  Any donations can be dropped in the garden donation box in the foyer or your child could bring in any donations and give to their teacher.

We hope that this will be the start of a flourishing garden where we grow lots of different food to eat.

Thank you

Ms B

Red Nose Day is on Friday 18 March 2022 and in order to support this charity, children can come to school or nursery wearing something red or another bright colour if they wish and bring a small donation.