East Lothian Council Young People's Services have recently renewed their subscription to Theory Test Pro, but this time it can be accessed from home.

There is now a box asking for a library barcode when registering – smartcard holders should enter all 16 numbers while those with barcode cards. should enter their number with a capital B first.

The site can be accessed here.

A group of our pupils have taken on the huge challenge of researching and writing a report on 'The Importance of Engineering to Scotland'. We have had the pleasure of welcoming various Engineers into school to talk about their work and we recently visited the UK ATC.  We always hear about the discoveries and science but not often the engineers who design, built and test the equipment for the research.  Our visit involved talks from an Astronomer and two Engineers who work at the Observatory and then an 'access all areas' tour of the Observatory. All in all, a fantastic day. We'd like to thank Dr Hermine Schnetler for organising the visit and for being so enthusiastic to help us in our research.

The S3 Business Core Skills Day was an event which took place in January, and taught all S3 pupils who had taken Business as one of their subjects about teamwork, creativity and the world of work.

It was run by three representatives – one from the oil industry, one from the construction industry and one from the Royal Navy. Pupils took part in three fun and interesting events in a randomly assigned team, and told to work together to achieve a goal. The first task was to rescue six jelly babies from a collapsed school by building a small robot to scoop them up and return them safely.

The second task was to use 200 lego bricks to construct a tower, which would be marked on height, speed to build and economy of bricks.

The third task was to build a parachute which would protect an egg when it was dropped from the top of the stairs, preventing it from cracking.

This experience was unlike anything that the S3s had ever participated in before, and was widely enjoyed. This day has helped to prepare students for careers ahead of them, and was an excellent taster in the sort of problems these professions may face. Overall the day was a great success and we hope to see more in the near future.

C Smith (S3)

Today's UN Day for Change campaign seems to have been a great success! So far we have raised £555.36.

Thanks to all of the staff and pupils who got involved. We had some interesting dress-code, 'Dress Up' seems to have been interpreted as 'Dress Down' by some!

We have also received nearly 40 applications from pupils across all year groups to be UN Rights Respecting Schools Ambassadors. You can find out more about the award by clicking here.

L Woolley

It is with regret that Cupid's Ball (scheduled for the evening of Thursday 7 February) has had to be postponed.

This will be re-arranged for after the February break and those with tickets should hold on to them.