Preston Lodge is a community of learning. We value achievement, happiness and respect. 26 May 2023
Youth Games
Congratulations to everyone who competed in our S1/S2 Youth Games yesterday. Everyone had a great day out and there were some brilliant individual and team performances. PL came a very creditable fourth, and thank you all for making the event run so smoothly! Full results will be in next week
Preston Lodge is a community of learning. We value achievement, happiness and respect. 26 May 2023
Egg Drop Challenge S3 Physics
The challenge was to drop an egg from a height but to prevent it from cracking. Our pupils had to design a protective casing using only straws, string and paper.
I was very impressed with some of the designs, which involved sturdy pyramid structures and parachutes with built in crumple zones.
The winning team was Archie, Jack, Arran and Ewan. It was a close competition, and a great effort by all. There was lots of laughter and enjoying physics outdoors. Well done!
Preston Lodge is a community of learning. We value achievement, happiness and respect. 26 May 2023
PL Sports Day Finals
Finals day for Sports Day will be held on Thursday 1 June in the PE department.
Pupils should look at the PE notice boards to check if they have qualified for an event.
The winners from each event for each year group will be selected to attend East Lothian County Sports later in June.
Events include: 100m, 200m, 300m, 800m, Long Jump, High Jump, Shit Put and Discus.
John Muir ExPLorers
We were so disappointed to have to postpone next week student walks, due to building inspections taking place at the moment, but the walking keeps going all the same.
Well done to former PL student Rebecca Muir, who walked 9 miles of the
18 points for Seton!
Well done, too, to Susan Wotton, who has walked 25 miles of the route! 50 points for Grange!
Preston Lodge is a community of learning. We value achievement, happiness and respect.
Staff Bake Off
The competition was fierce on Monday lunchtime when the latest addition of Staff Bake Off took place. Mini Victoria Sponge cakes in less than an hour was a tough task but many rose to the challenge and did a fantastic job. The winner was declared to be Mrs Dempsey (PE). Well Done to all who took part. Look out for the next challenge coming soon!
26 May 2023
Preston Lodge is a community of learning. We value achievement, happiness and respect. 26 May 2023
Library News
The PL Library Podcast
We’re launching a podcast! The Pupil Librarians and I will be chatting about all things books and library projects, inviting pupils, staff, parents and, hopefully, a few guest authors on for a blether! But first, we need a name and a logo:
Competition: open to all students.
Design a logo and create a name for the podcast!
There are heaps of podcast logo design software available online (a quick google search will deliver plenty) – Canva is particularly good, but you’re welcome to use pens and paper.
Email your design to Mr France dfrance@prestonlodge.elcschool.org.uk by Friday 9th June
Designs will be voted on by the Pupil Librarians, with the winner announced on Friday 16th June. Good luck!
Book of the Week
Eve by Victor LaValle
A young girl, Eve, raised in a virtual reality embarks on a deadly crosscountry quest to save her father … and our dying planet.
“WHAT WORLD HAVE WE LEFT OUR CHILDREN?”
When the ice caps melted, most of humanity was lost to the hidden disease that was released. Now, a mysterious girl named Eve has awoken in secret and must deal with a world that’s nothing like the virtual reality she was raised in.
In order to save her father and accompanied only by Wexler, her robotic caretaker and protector sheathed in her favorite teddy bear, Eve must embark on a deadly quest across the country. Along the way, she will have to contend not only with the threats of a very real world that await her, but the lies we tell our children in the name of protecting them.
Novelist Victor LaValle (The Ballad of Black Tom, Victor LaValle’s Destroyer) and illustrator Jo Mi-Gyeong (The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance) deliver a powerful dystopian adventure about the world we leave behind… and the price that must be paid to restore life to a dying planet.
Preston Lodge is a community of learning. We value achievement, happiness and respect. 26 May 2023
School Lottery
Congratulations to our local weekly Preston Lodge High School lottery winner; Mr C, on Saturday 20th April 2023.
If you would like to help us raise essential school funds during 2023 and haven't signed up yet, you can visit our lottery here: https://www.yourschoollottery.co.uk/lottery/school/preston-lodge-high-school
There is a guaranteed cash prize every week, lots of other prizes and the chance to win up to £25,000!
Thank you for your support.
Preston Lodge is a community of learning. We value achievement, happiness and respect. 26 May 2023
