Active East Lothian

Prestonpans P4-7 & S1 Basketball Players Needed!

 

 
 Active Schools and Sports Development East Lothian are looking for P4-7 and S1 pupils across the Prestonpans cluster schools to form a basketball team that will represent Prestonpans in the East Lothian U12 Youth League.

Club training will be taking place on Fridays at Preston Lodge High School 1-2pm with qualified coach Mark Stevenson.  Training dates will be confirmed in the near future. 

To sign up for this team please contact Emma Biggart Active Schools Coordinator on 01875 853161 / 07976377956 / ebiggart@elcschool.org.uk

Funky Family Proves a Huge Hit at Prestonpans Infant School!

Walking the tight-rope in the 'Big Top'

Active Schools would like to extend a big thank you to Sue Carr and Yvonne Malcolm, both teachers at Prestonpans Infant School, for their commitment to delivering both Funky Fun and Funky Fitness as after school clubs with over 35 pupils in total attending.

Funky Fun ran for P1 pupils and each week they explored a different place through themed sessions for example, Space, The Big Top and the Sea Adventure.  All of the sessions promoted the use of the child’s imagination and were filled with music and fun!

Funky Fitness ran for the P3 pupils where they worked through the four sections of the lessons – Music Mania, Double Trouble, Groovy Gang and Chill Out Chum.  All of the sessions encouraged the children to be active while working alone, with a friend and within a group.

Active Schools are always looking for more Funky Family volunteers whether for Funky Fun or Funky Fitness. 

If you are a parent or teacher interested in attend free training to become a leader in your school or have any questions regarding Active Schools programmes then please contact Emma Biggart – Active Schools coordinator, Prestonpans cluster on -  01875 853161 / 07976 377956 / ebiggart@elcschool.org.uk

'Fun in the Sun' at Preston Lodge High School

                             

Active Schools and local Community Development worker Angie Davie are running a fun filled active summer holiday programme ‘Fun in the Sun’ for P1 – S4 pupils in the Prestonpans cluster at Preston Lodge High School. 

 

Sessions are running Monday to Friday 10am – 12pm from Monday 29^th June – Friday 31^st July.

 

Activities include rugby, football, hockey, dance mats, scavenger hunts, cheerleading, judo, hip-hop, Funky Fun, Funky Fitness and much more!

 

The sessions cost £10 for the week and you can book in via letters distributed by your local school office or you can sign up on the day at 9.45am with Angie Davie in the PE department.

If you would like more information then please feel free to contact Emma Biggart (Active Schools) 07976377956 or Angie Davie 07976241876.

S2 Hockey Champions

The Preston Lodge second year girls went to the S2 East Lothian Core Programme Tournament with high expectations. The girls only had 7 players and decided to play without a goalkeeper. In the tournament there were teams from North Berwick, Dunbar, Ross High and Knox Academy.

The last game against Dunbar was a convincing 4-0 win with an all out attack performance so they got their goal tally up as high as possible. Excellent performances form the 7 girls (Amie-Jane Russell, Chloe Galloway, Chelsea Anderson, Shannon Langlilands, Cara Ross, Emma Shepherd and Sasha Tulloch) who deserved to take the trophy home. WELL DONE!!

Graeme Bennion

Sport & Physical Activity Coordinator

01875811170

Preston Lodge High School

Park View

Prestonpans

East Lothian

EH32 9QJ

Prestonpans Cluster - New Coordinator!

The Prestonpans Cluster has a new Primary Active Schools Coordinator!  Emma Biggart is based in Longniddry Primary School but works with Prestonpans Primary, Prestonpans Infant School, St Gabriel's R.C and Cockenzie Primary also.

Emma's role is to provide these schools with various opportunities to take part in physical activity and is looking to recruit volunteers within the local community in order to support / lead the delivery of after school clubs at their local school. Full support and advice will be given to anyone that is interested in supporting their school in this way.

Active Schools also work with local community clubs in order to provide children with a pathway to continue on in their chosen activity.

If you are interested in volunteering within your community or would simply like more information about what your Active Schools Coordinator does then please do not hesitate to contact Emma on -

(Tel) 01875 853161 or alternatively (E-mail)  ebiggart@elcschool.org.uk

Prestonpans Club Golf

P5 pupils at Prestonpans Primary got lucky with the dodgy June weather to complete their Club Golf programme.  P5 teachers, class assistants, Michael the Janitor and Ali the Active Schools coordinator all helped out to run the sessions.  There was plenty of practise and improvement leading up to the last session which involved playing a tricky 3 hole course, complete with bunkers and water hazards, laid out on the playing fields.

Ali Dreyer
Active Schools Coordinator (Primary)
Prestonpans Cluster
Longniddry Primary School
Longniddry
East Lothian
EH32 0LR
Tel: 01875 853161
Mob: 07976 377956
adreyer@longniddry.elcschool.org.uk
www.active-eastlothian.typepad.co.uk

Update From Prestonpans

St Gabriels Primary – Health Week 21-25 May

An action packed week took place at St Gabriel’s and focussed on activity and healthy eating. One of the highlights was an excellent obstacle course put together by Action Kids Brogan and Kirsty with help from their class.  The whole school had a go on the course which covered the whole of the school grounds and included, running, balancing, slalom, tunnel and trying to beat the goalie at the end.

Well done to everyone who managed to complete the course.

Longniddry Primary - Health Week 21-25 May

Coinciding with Walk to School week Monday morning began with a whole school walk round the playing fields.  Fun and games were had on the human table football which made a popular return.

There was something for everybody over the next few days including a Hockey session organised by Angie Davie, Fruity Treasure Hunt for P1-3, Family Fun Orienteering which was well attended on Tuesday evening by families and friends, a dance session where the whole school got a chance to learn a new routine led by Laura Burns (P3 teacher).  The nursery had an exciting morning with their Bike Grand Prix complete with zebra crossings, traffic lights and a policeman.

The week finished up with Mini Olympics planned and organised by the PUPS (active pupil coordinators).  They put together an excellent morning of activity including Golf Target shooting, a very challenging obstacle course and a 3 goal ‘Beat the Goalie’ competition.

Prestponpans Infants

Prestonpans Infants - Challenge your Minds and Bodies

The recent health week at Prestonpans Infants School addressed the issue of mental as well as physical health.  Active Schools, with the help of school staff and visiting PE students put together a series of 6 Team Challenges which required thinking skills, problem solving and team cooperation in order to complete them successfully.  Tuesday morning arrived with warm sunshine and great fun as Primary 1, 2 and 3 kids tackled the Water Carry, Caterpillar Walk, Message in a Bottle and other tasks.

The format worked really well and could be repeated at other venues.  If you think this could fit into your school programme and would like to know more contact Ali Dreyer, ASC on 01875 853161.

Keeping it Brief in the Pans

The return from half term is going to open up some new activities in Preston Lodge. Firstly Pilates will be available for the first time in the school and will be open to all ages, this will take place on Wednesday afternoons. In addition to Pilates Preston Lodge will make use of their newly installed conditioning room to host lunch time and after school fitness clubs. The days and age groups are still to be determined. Finally the newest addition will be an athletics club open to all ages where each week will look to practice a different event for sports day. This term will see an end to some extra curricular fixtures and will be celebrated with a Sports Presentation Evening held within the school. This will identify and reward those taking part in extra curricular sports and will hopefully be attended by Scotland Rugby international, Scott Murray (still negotiating terms). It is some exciting times at Preston Lodge so look out for the next blog post to see how these events go.