S2 Health & Wellbeing was launched on Monday 25th August – period 5 in the Assembly Hall, when all students heard about the forthcoming course. Practical classes were allocated their teacher for the first ‘Topic’ session. They also received information about the rota they will follow throughout the first block- see below. It is important that all students attending PE as part of the HWB course arrive with ‘kit’ on the correct dates. If anyone is uncertain; all information is available in the HWB display board in the Home Economics corridor.

S2 HWB Rota for Block 1 – August – November inclusive

Preston Lodge once again hosted our annual ‘Careers Carousel’ for our S2 Health & Wellbeing students on Friday 30th May; for the entire morning. We welcomed 17 business partners from throughout the Lothian’s to run workshops for our students. The aim of the event was to provide the opportunity to engage with ‘Real people in Real jobs’. We were delighted to have such a great response.

Our event was launched this year by Mr Darrin Nightingale – Head of Education for East Lothian, who outlined his own career path and the opportunities presented to him along the way. Students were encouraged to think very widely and listen attentively to the providers as there is an ever changing jobs market. Many of the jobs they will apply for in the future have not even been thought of yet! Transferable skills are key to adapting to that anticipated environment along with their qualifications.

Groups of 10 students visited 5 of the 17 workshops on offer for half an hour of interaction. In some they faced activities & challenges, others more formal presentations, others Q&A sessions. All were exceptionally well received by the students; while helping to raise awareness and link their current learning to future employment possibilities.

As part of the Health and Wellbeing programme, students are encouraged to think about ‘Planning for Choices & Changes’, this is one way in which we help to address this for their future career paths. They also benefit from input throughout the year regarding careers; how to access career/ job opportunities, how to apply, creating their CV & interview skills being some of the many areas covered.

The Businesses involved this year included

3 v 2 Soccer                                                                Royal Navy

Armed Forces                                                             Lothian Buses

Software Developer                                                    Primary/Nursery teaching

Scottish Prison Service                                               Construction Skills

Police Scotland                                                           Premier Inn

Midwifery/Paramedics                                                 Doubletree by Hilton

East Lothian Special Needs                                        Self – Employment(J&J Thomson)

Lamp House Music                                                     Pelamis Wave (renewables)

BT Openreach

Sincere thanks go to all involved in bringing the event together & participating on the day. The students were a credit to the school, adopting a very mature approach and interacting well with the opportunities presented. There is further information about many of our workshop providers on the Preston Lodge School Website in our Publications area.

We would welcome any offers from local businesses for next year, to help broaden the Career horizons of our Students. Please contact E Nicoll – PT HWB – 01875 811170

Are you an S3 student?

Would you like to bake on tuesday 25th March from 4-6pm?

If so, give your name to one of the Home Economics teachers on Monday or Tuesday.

We are baking for a number of events in the last two weeks of this term, so would appreciate your help! Ideally we are looking for 6 – 8 bakers who can work with skill and confidence to create some wonderful ‘tasty bites’

Look forward to hearing from you!

Having enjoyed a great morning walking round our local community, our students also rasied a considerable sum, almost £2000. This money will be divided up by the Parent Council to support whole school activities + donating to local charities. It was a terrific effort from our school community and real partnership working, with Longniddry Rotarians & Parents helping to marshal. Well done and a huge ‘Thank you’ to all involved!

The winning students in each year group to receive a cinema voucher for their individual fundraising efforts are :-

Chloe Murdoch – 1 Go 1

Sam Davie – 2 Se 1

Regan Hay – 3 Se 2

Preston Lodge once again hosted a ‘Careers Carousel’ for our S2 Health & Wellbeing students on Friday 31^st May; for the entire morning. We welcomed 18 business partners from throughout the Lothian’s to run workshops for our students. The aim of the event was to provide the opportunity to engage with ‘Real people in Real jobs’. We were delighted to have such a great response and a waiting list from the business sector.

Groups of 10 students visited 5 of the 18 workshops on offer for half an hour of interaction. In some they faced activities & challenges, others more formal presentations, others Q&A sessions. All were exceptionally well received by the students; while helping to raise awareness and link their current learning to future employment possibilities.

They also got the opportunity to visit College and University providers from the local area; as they set up a ‘Market place’ in the main hall. They were inundated with requests for further information.

As part of the Health and Wellbeing programme, students are encouraged to think about ‘Planning for Choices & Changes’, this is one way in which we help to address this for their future. They also benefit from input throughout the year regarding careers, with assistance from Longniddry Rotary club members.

The Businesses involved this year included

EDF Energy- Torness

EDINA Data centre- University of Edinburgh

Civil Service – MP & MSP- Fiona O’Donnell & Ian Gray

Novotel- General Manager

Royal Bank of Scotland                                                  Police Scotland

Lothian & Borders Fire & Rescue Service

The Scottish Sun – Sports Reporter

Scottish Prison  Service                                                                                                 Nursing

The Point Hotel

Armed Forces

Muirfield Riding Therapy/Duke of Edinburgh /Home Start- Volunteering

3v2 Soccer

Social work /Occupational therapy

Lothian Buses                                               Agriculture

Construction Skills

Sincere thanks go to all involved in bringing the event together & participating on the day. The students were a credit to the school, adopting a very mature approach and interacting well with the opportunities presented.

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 East Lothian Hospitality & Tourism Academy

Application forms distributed at Assemblies, last week.

A reminder to all S4 students who took an application form from Assembly last week to return the completed forms before 12 noon on friday 22nd March, to the Home Economics department.

Only 15 spaces available for 2013/14 Academy!

Don’t miss out!

Anyone who has not got a form but is interested in applying, please collect a form from Home Economics.

What a fantastic week we have had!

Monday night saw a number of pupils competing for a place in the final, they all produced a fantastic selection of sweet & savoury scones for judging.A great deal of thought and effort had gone into deciding what flavour their scones would be.

The winners were Amy Gallacher – S1 &  Brooke Ritchie -S3

Their efforts were rewarded with a place on friday morning to create their ‘Show stopping’ red nose themed cupcakes.

Thursday night saw the staff take up the challenge. Excitement had been building all week and recipes flying about, trial runs happening in preparation for the task. It is believed some staff may even have tried to shake their oppositions’ confidence by posting ‘burnt offerings’ on facebook!!

However on the night, stress levels rose, as did the colour in their cheeks! Again fantastic creations appeared with a whole variety of flavours in the scones.

The winner was Mr Kidd & his daughter Abby, with runners up Ms Armstrong & Ms Patterson.

Due to Mr Kidd being unavailable for the final – both runners up competed in the final.

The ‘ Show stopper ‘ creations were wonderful. Again , the two hour time slot proved a challenge, but they managed to get their selection of cakes on the presentation table in time for judging.

Mr Stewart took great delight in judging the finished items. Not an easy task!

The eventual winner was Ms Armstrong from CDT who made two contrasting varieties of cakes. White Choclate and raspberry & Chocolate nutella & hazelnut.

They were presented with beautifully crafted Red nose cake pops!

Well done to all who entered, it was a terrific competition. Along with the sale of the red nose cakes created by our S4 students, we managed to raise £165 towards the school total for Comic Relief.Thanks to all involved.

Photos will appear in due course!