We are looking for donations for the Christmas hampers we are creating for this year’s raffle at the Senior Citizen Christmas concert on Thursday 10 December.

Could you donate some non perishable items?

Examples: – tinned foods, toiletries, packets of biscuits, sweets, jars of any preserves,

Any donations would be greatly appreciated, the more we have, the more hamper bags can be created.  Donations should be sent/brought into school prior to Tuesday 8 December and taken to Home Economics. Many thanks in anticipation.

S3 Hospitality class & Home Economics department

East Lothian Roots and Fruits have a community food outlet (selling fresh fruit and veg) in Pennypit community centre every Thursday from 10am – 11.30am.

Please come along and support us.

Prestonpans Heritage Association are holding a Doors Open Day on 13 September.  For more information please click on the link below.

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Please see link below for the Summer Arts Activities brochure that is run by the Arts Service of East Lothian Council.

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On Saturday 20th June members of the PL Chemistry club presented a sample of sea salt to a visiting delegation from Newbattle Abbey College. The delegation followed the Salter’s Way, the route traditionally taken by the Cistercian Monks from their Abbey at Newbattle to Salt Prestoun (modern day Prestonpans) from 1198. These monks came year after year until their Abbey was dissolved in 1560. They used the readily available coal to boil the sea water using 2 tonnes of coal to produce 2 tonnes of salt.

PL Chemistry Club were challenged to replicate the conditions used by the original Salters and produce pure salt from sea water. This was carried out by filtering and recrystallising crude salt derived from the sea in Prestonpans.