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.
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Prestonpans Heritage Association – Doors Open Day
Prestonpans Heritage Association are holding a Doors Open Day on 13 September. For more information please click on the link below.
S4 and S5/6 Parents’ Information Evenings
S5 and S6
A reminder to all S5/6 pupils and parents of the Information Meeting on Monday 31 August at 7 pm. The programme will includes a talk from Niall Bradley of the University of Edinburgh who will give very useful advice about applying to Higher Education and the UCAS process.
Monday 31st August at 7.00pm. Letter to parents
S4
Tuesday 1st Sept at 7.00pm. Letter to parents
Summer Arts Activities
Please see link below for the Summer Arts Activities brochure that is run by the Arts Service of East Lothian Council.
‘Get Ahead’ Holiday Programme
Preston Lodge High School is running a one day Holiday programme to help your child make the move into First Year at Preston Lodge High School. The Programme takes place on Monday 10 August from 1000-1500 hours. Please see link below for further details:
Salt Scientists
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.
S2 Health Day – Looking Good, Feeling Great
Our S2 pupils enjoyed a fantastic day of health and wellbeing activities in school on Tuesday 9th June. The day started with a motivational address from Don Ledingham, Director of Education and Children’s Services followed by a wake up session by our own Mr and Mrs Motivator (Mr Thomas and Mrs Pike). Pupils then participated in 5 sessions including:
Ø Aim … Fire – Archery
Ø And Relax … Meditation
Ø Pilates
Ø Belly Dancing
Ø Boogie in the Daytime – Dance Mats
Ø Fuel Food – Healthy Cooking
Ø Games for Fitness
Ø Herbal Medicine
Ø Keep to the Beat – Guitar Hero
Ø Kidd the Builder – Can you fix it – Problem Solving
Ø Mr McKay’s Martial Mayhem – Karate
Ø Spots, Skin and Sweat – Superdrug
Ø The Drugs don’t work – Drugs Advice
Ø You Booze, you lose – Alcohol Advice
A huge thanks to all staff who ran sessions and accompanied groups. We are also very grateful to Clare Demarco and her team from Superdrug, David Fenwick of the Integration Team, John Cowan of the Police, Audrey Cowan of ABEL, Val Minty, Juliet Mosson and Napier University for running sessions.
Prizegiving 2009 – Sports Awards
The following pupils will receive Sports Awards at the Prizegiving Ceremony on Tuesday 16th June.
1st year girls Athletics Winner Katie Cochrane
1st year boys athletics Winner Lewis Jarron
2nd year girls athletics winner Emmellie Young, Brodie Sandilands
2nd year boys Athletics Winner Douglas Horne
3rd year girls Athletics Winner Karen Munro
3rd year boys Athletics Winner Nicky Garrity
Scottish Schools Quaich for Badminton Representative: Fraser Whillins
Youth Games Representative Ami Jane Russell
Girls East of Scotland Football Representative Sam Cunningham
East Lothian 1st year hockey winners Representative Katie Cochrane
East Lothian 2nd Year hockey winners Representative Chelsea Anderson
Prestonpans Community Shield u14s Representative Cameron McSorley
East Lothian Girls S1-3 football Representative Hannah Bruce
East Lothian s1 Football Representative Lewis Tulloch
Outstanding Girl Performer Alex Dickenson
Outstanding Boy Performer Ryan Bathgate
Prizegiving 2009
Please find below a list of Prizewinners this academic year. The Prizegiving Ceremony will take place on Tuesday 16 June 2009.
Prizewinners 2009
S1 Academic Prizes and Certificates of Distinction
Julia Gribbin, Cameron Wyllie
S1 Academic Prizes
Bronwyn O’Neill, Ashton Ritchie, Jenny Tran, Craig Munro, Rachel Lannon, Kristina Burns
S1 Certificates of Distinction
Eilidh Alexander, Ailie Inverarity, Courteney Ritchie, Rachael Milne, Michael Hill, Tegan Stewart, Laura Cunningham, Michael King, Connor Woods, Africa Buchanan, Emma Calderhead, Cameron Watt, Nicollette Blair, Louissa Robertson, Kieran Taafe
S2 Academic Prizes and Certificates of Distinction
Amy Kerr, Rebecca Muir, Cameron McSorley, Brodie Sandilands, Clara Owen
S2 Academic Prizes
Calum Satterley, Anna Wright, Finlay Richardson
S2 Certificates of Distinction
Shona Bell, Anna Devine, Lara McKirdy, Brogan Garrity, Kirsty Edwards, Craig Law, Louise Bain, Emmelie Young, Vanessa Bartie, Lindsey Black, Alexander Caughey, Alanna MacFarlane, Graham Turner, Adam Vince
S3 Academic Prizes and Certificates of Distinction
Jack Longmuir
S3 Academic Prizes
Taylor McKillop, Kate Wilson, Ricki Scott, Callum Price, Emma Cullen, Rebecca Atkins, Sean Gaffney, Scott Robertson, Neil Wyllie
S3 Certificates of Distinction
Gerard O’Brien, Morgan MacColl, Katie White, Emma Flockhart, Mark Singer,
Kimberley Thomson, Fraser Johnston James Porteous, Ben Harvie, Michael McKirdy, Rachel Murdoch
S4 Academic Prizes and Certificates of Distinction
Brian Dickson, Jennifer McCraw, Alex Dickenson, Jennifer Walker, Stuart Morgan, Andrew O’Brien
S4 Academic Prizes
Ross Currie, Neil Moyes
S4 Certiticates of Distinction
Ellen Whillans, Kirsty McLeod, Louise Dobie, William Lawson, Bethany Eeles, Samantha Naylor, Keir Stewart
Dux of S4
Brian Dickson and Neil Moyes
S 5 Academic Prizes and Certificates of Distinction
Catherine Martin
S5 Academic Prizes
Iain Richardson, Darren Watson, Sean Coyle, Katie Hill, Marna Doidge
S5 Certificates of Distinction
Amanda Norris, Lisanne Viersen, Caitlin McCusker
S6 Prizes for Academic Excellence and Certificates of Distinction
Euan Doidge, Jamie Docherty, Gylen Odling, Grant Richardson
S6 Certificates of Distinction
Laura Higgins, Louise Baldie, Ami Johnston, Sharon Davie, John Kong, Alison Coull,Calum Daly
David Fisher, Scott Grant, Alister Guiney, David Black, Louise Laing,
Fraser Moodie, Catriona Oliver
Peter Ford Award
Euan Doidge
Dux of the School
Iain Richardson
SPECIAL PRIZES TO BE ANNOUNCED…………….
Extra In-Service Day – Monday 8 June 2009
You may be aware that the Government recently introduced an extra In-Service Day for staff on Monday 8 June 2009. Pupils should therefore remain at home on this day, returning to school on Tuesday 9 June.