Portobello High School
Suspended Timetable 2012
What will you choose?
The Suspended Timetable will run from 25th June to 27th June 2012. It is a chance for all pupils to take part in a wide choice of activities over the course of three days. All pupils should fill in the form at the end of this booklet, even if they wish to remain in school or if they already have a space on a pre-booked trip.
Activity Title Approx. Cost Max Places No. 1 A Dynamic Animal Adventure! £50 20 2 A Tail of Three Cities £75 40 3 Adventure Addicts £85 30 4 All Creatures Great and Spooky £40 40 5 Alton Towers £45 120 6 Animania! £42 40 7 Art Attack Zombie Movie £5 20 8 Berlin 2012 £550 FULL 9 Bouken Desho Desho £15 30 10 Crazy Crafting £10 10 11 Drama Workshop £2 25 12 Fabulous Felting and Fabric Craft £20 20 13 Fly Fishing £40 10 14 Football Frenzy £45 40 15 Fun, Fear and Frolics £50 120 16 Golf £25 20 17 Hotch Potch £45 40 18 Making Movies £2 25 19 Porty Film Fest £30 30 20 Raasay Rumble 2012 £465 43 21 Rocky XI £100 40 22 Salou £500 FULL 23 School of Rock £50 12 24 Take a Seat! £10 10 25 Theatre Writing £8 20 26 Thrills and Spills £60 14 27 Work Experience N/A N/A
A Dynamic Animal Adventure! Activity Leader: Ms Stott & Mrs Ford Will you go wild for it?
WHAT’S INCLUDED? ACTIVITY NUMBER: 1
• A visit to Edinburgh zoo, the home of the famous pandas Length of Course: 3 days • A visit to the Gorgie City Farm for a tour and a chance to Approximate Cost: Approx. £50 get up close to the tortoises, chinchillas and many other furry residents! Maximum Places: 20 - S1-S2 •Spend a day at Dynamic Earth where you travel 15 million • sun cream years back in time as well as • a love of animals experiencing 4Adventure – the Student requirements: • sensible shoes only 4D attraction in Scotland A Tail of Three Cities Activity Leader: Miss Robertson (Geog), Mrs Breingan & Mrs Latimer
From Kate and Wills in St Andrews (of the furry kind!) to dingy dungeons in Stirling...
WHAT’S INCLUDED? ACTIVITY NUMBER: 2 • Meet the Royal Meerkats, as well as sharks, seals and other Length of Course: 3 days scary things at Sealife Centre, St Andrews and visit Scotland’s own Himalayas Approximate Cost: Approx. £75 • Go from rags to riches with visits to the Old Jail in Stirling Maximum Places: 40 - all years and Stirling Castle
• Passports at the ready as we • Packed lunch cross the border to Glasgow (!)
to end our trip with a visit to Student requirements: the IMAX experience Adventure Addicts Leaders: Mrs Wilson & Mr McConnell
Are you an adrenalin junkie?...Then this is the trip for you!
WHAT’S INCLUDED? ACTIVITY NUMBER: 3
Do you have a good head for heights? How about a good aim Length of Course: 3 days and a strong pair of sea legs? If you think you do then this is the action packed trip for you…you Approximate Cost: £85 per pupil will spend three adrenalin fuelled days taking part in the following:
o Paintballing Maximum Places: 30: S1-3
o Rock climbing • Suitable clothing; a packed lunch for 3 o Sailing days; a small amount Student requirements: of pocket money; a head for excitement and heights! Don’t miss out!
All Creatures Great and Spooky Activity Leader: Mr Mackenzie
3 fun-filled days in Edinburgh
WHAT’S INCLUDED? ACTIVITY NUMBER: 4
The highlights of this trip Length of Course: 3 days include a visit to the zoo
and a trip to Edinburgh Approximate Cost: approx £40 dungeons and Mary King’s Close. You will also experience ceramic Maximum Places: 40 all years painting and MORE! • Suitable clothes for There’s really something walking around the zoo for everyone! Student requirements: and ceramic painting. • Packed lunches Alton Towers Activity Leader: Miss Flynn and Mr Lyons You know the score. If you’re up for some hair raising antics then this activity is right up your street.
WHAT’S INCLUDED? ACTIVITY NUMBER: 5
• Spend a day in Alton 3 days, including Length of Course: recovery time Towers Theme Park with a massive selection of thrill rides including Oblivion, Approximate Cost: £45 Nemesis, Air, Rita and Th13teen Maximum Places: 120: S3-S5 • Leave PHS on Tuesday morning 26th (approx. 2am!!) and th returning late Tuesday 26 / • S3-S5 only Wednesday 27th(approx. • Lunch money midnight) Student requirements: • Suitable Clothing • A sense of adventure! Animania! Activity Leader: Miss Bigg and Mrs Banks
Are you an aspiring David Attenborough?
WHAT’S INCLUDED? ACTIVITY NUMBER: 6
• Go wild at Edinburgh Zoo, the Length of Course: 3 days home of the famous pandas •Prowl with the lions at Blairdrummond Safari park, take Approximate Cost: £42 approx a boat trip around Chimp Island and brave the heights of the Flying Fox Maximum Places: 40 S1 – S3 •Get up close and personal to the resident sharks and see what it’s like to live with a hairy tarantula Suitable clothing and a Student requirements: at Deep Sea World sense of adventure
Art Attack Zombie Movie Activity Leader: Miss Gallagher & Mr Hayes Design and film your own zombie movie. George Romero eat your heart out...
WHAT’S INCLUDED? ACTIVITY NUMBER: 7
• Day 1 – Create props and Length of Course: 3 days costumes and do some story board work Approximate Cost: £5 • Day 2 – What makes a good Zombie movie? Maximum Places: 20 Filming, acting and sound work All year groups • Day 3 – Edit and watch Only the undead are your movies as well as Student requirements: welcome! making movie posters Berlin 2012 Activity Leader: Mrs Philp
Visit key sites from Berlin’s rich history
WHAT’S INCLUDED? ACTIVITY NUMBER: 8
Length of Course: 5 days During this trip our history students will visit key sites £550 from Berlin’s past, Approximate Cost: focusing in particular on the Nazi era and the Maximum Places: FULL S3 – S6 Holocaust.
• Valid European Health Student requirements: Insurance Card (EHIC) Bouken Desho Desho Activity Leader: Ms Cowie Watching some anime...
WHAT’S INCLUDED? ACTIVITY NUMBER: 9
Come and watch and discuss Length of Course: 3 days Japanese anime with other like-minded connoisseurs. £15 On the final day of this Approximate Cost: activity you will also get a chance to get a taste of Maximum Places: 30 Japan by cooking and eating some Japanese food. An interest in Student requirements: anime! Crazy Crafting Activity Leader: Miss Odom
Feeling creative? This activity is for you!
WHAT’S INCLUDED? ACTIVITY NUMBER: 10
This fun-filled activity Length of Course: 3 days will give you a chance
to try a variety of Approximate Cost: £10 crafts, including
jewellery and card- Maximum Places: 10 making and scrapbooking. Come Ideal for creative and get your creative Student requirements: minds juices flowing! Drama Workshop Activity Leader: M Todd
Improvisation to performance
WHAT’S INCLUDED? ACTIVITY NUMBER: 11
Day 1 – Exploring ideas for improvisation. Drama games/ Length of Course: 3 days exercises/improvisation techniques/scripting dialogue. Approximate Cost: £2 Day 2 – AM – Creating a character using stage make- 25: All years up and costume. PM – using Maximum Places: stage lighting/ making props. Day 3 –Performing your own Pupils must have a Student requirements: passion for drama and be scripts willing to become involved in activities. Fabulous Felting & Fabric Craft Activity Leader: Mrs Patience & Mrs Simpson Experiment with felting, embroidery techniques and fabric crafts
WHAT’S INCLUDED? ACTIVITY NUMBER: 12
•LEARN HOW TO MAKE Length of Course: 3 days AND DESIGN A FABULOUS AND ORIGINAL FELT BAG FOR YOURSELF Approximate Cost: £20 •YOU WILL BE MAKING THE BAG AND Maximum Places: 20 DECORATING IT WITH BEADS AND EMBROIDERY •YOU WILL ALSO HAVE THE CHANCE TO TRY OUT any year group Student requirements: welcome A VARIETY OF FABRIC CRAFT ACTIVITIES Fly Fishing Activity Leader: Mr Hardie
Do you know your buzzers from your nymphs?
WHAT’S INCLUDED? ACTIVITY NUMBER: 13
Come fly fishing in the Length of Course: 3 days beautiful location of Parkley fishery near Linlithgow. There will be a Approximate Cost: £40 BBQ on site for cooking our fish straight out of Maximum Places: 10 the water – fresh as it gets! Willingness to learn and spend time out of doors. No Student requirements: weather puts us off. Previous experience would be good but not essential. Football Frenzy Activity Leader: Mr Philips If you’re mad about football this is the trip for you!
WHAT’S INCLUDED? ACTIVITY NUMBER: 14
This programme, which has Length of Course: 3 days been very popular in previous years, includes all things footie! Highlights Approximate Cost: Approx £45 of previous trips were a guided tour of a football Maximum Places: 40 all years stadium, a five-a-side
tournament and a visit to Appropriate clothing for Soccer Circus. You’d be indoor and outdoor play Student requirements: and warm clothing mad to miss it! Fun, Fear and Frolics Activity Leader: Mrs Kustra A fun-filled adventure trip not to be missed!
WHAT’S INCLUDED? ACTIVITY NUMBER: 15
Highlights of this Length of Course: 3 days activity include: the ’ thrills of M&D s Approximate Cost: £50 Theme Park, Blair
Drummond Safari Maximum Places: 120: S1-5 Park & a day of movies and ten-pin Packed lunch and money bowling (inc lunch) Student requirements: for 2 days. at Fountainpark. Golf Activity Leader: Mr Matthew Think you’re Tiger Woods? If golf is your passion, or you just fancy trying it out, choose this activity!
WHAT’S INCLUDED? ACTIVITY NUMBER: 16
• Play on two of Edinburgh’s Length of Course: 3 days public courses: Craigentinny and the Braids Approximate Cost: • School Golf Championship £25 (for Robertson Medal) will take place on these days Maximum Places: 20: S1-6 • Should have played a number of rounds previously Own golf clubs and bag to get round course ok (not and lots of golf balls; decent shoes or trainers; suitable for beginners) Student requirements: some sort of waterproof; packed lunch. Make your own way there and back! Hotch Potch Activity Leader: Miss McKay & Miss Brookes An entertaining mixture of dance, film and of course shopping!
WHAT’S INCLUDED? ACTIVITY NUMBER: 17
•Day 1 – strut your stuff at Length of Course: 3 days Dancebase then relax in luxurious comfort for a £45 private film viewing Approximate Cost: •Day 2 – out and about at Dalkeith Country Park Maximum Places: 40 – all years •Day 3 – a train trip to 3 packed lunches/ Glasgow and shop, shop, money for lunch shop! Student requirements: Money for shopping! Making Movies Activity Leader: Miss O’Reilly & Miss Wards
Calling all budding Bigelows and aspiring Spielbergs…
WHAT’S INCLUDED? ACTIVITY NUMBER: 18
3 days of pre and post Length of Course: 3 days production making
your own short films Approximate Cost: £2 using the new Media Studies equipment. Maximum Places: 25 This activity promises to be creative and lots Appropriate clothing for indoor and outdoor filming of fun. Today PHS, Student requirements: tomorrow… Hollywood! Porty Film Fest Activity Leader: Miss McGhee Movie buffs will love this one. A whole 3 days of movie madness!
WHAT’S INCLUDED? ACTIVITY NUMBER: 19
• Three days in our Length of Course: 3 days own private cinema at the Filmhouse Approximate Cost: £30 watching our choice of movies. Maximum Places: 30 S3-S5
Student requirements: A love of cinema! Raasay Rumble 2012 Activity Leader: Ms O’Hagan & Mr Saddler Our 12th year of a week of outdoor education on a wee Scottish island in the North West of Scotland
WHAT’S INCLUDED? ACTIVITY NUMBER: 20
This is the 12th year of the Raasay Rumble. During our Length of Course: 6 days week we will be climbing, kayaking, sailing, hill walking, Approximate Cost: £465 raft building, mountain biking, abseiling and exploring the famous bogs of Raasay!! If Maximum Places: 43(1 space available) you are interested in this year’s trip or interested in A good sense of humour, a Raasay 2013 – see Ms willingness to give things a Student requirements: go and a love of mud and O’Hagan (Rm 106) asap. bogs! Rocky IX Activity Leader: Mrs Murray & Mrs Sutherland Do you get bored easily? Then this wide range of activities is for you…
WHAT’S INCLUDED? ACTIVITY NUMBER: 21
This action-packed Length of Course: 3 days activity includes: Approximate Cost: £100 approx Day 1 - Bowling and a burger and Extreme go- karting Maximum Places: 40: S1-5
Day 2 - Paintballing at Ape At least 12 years old
Day 3- M&Ds Student requirements: Height restriction: 4’9” Packed lunch & lots of ...and much more! stamina! Salou Activity Leader: Mr Roy
Sun, sea, sand…it has to be Salou!
WHAT’S INCLUDED? ACTIVITY NUMBER: 22
Length of Course: 5 days What better way to wind down at the end of term than a week’s worth of Approximate Cost: £500 fun activities in Spain?
Activities to include Maximum Places: 60 - FULL watersports, cultural and theme park visits. Don’t forget your sun cream! current Student requirements: S2-S3 School of Rock Activity Leader: Mr Craighead
Are you ready to rock Portobello!?
WHAT’S INCLUDED? ACTIVITY NUMBER: 23
Experience a professional 3 days recording studio and lay Length of Course: some tracks playing your chosen instrument. Approximate Cost: £50 approx This is an ideal activity for any budding bands out Maximum Places: 12 there!
Competency at a musical Student requirements: instrument necessary Take a seat!
Activity Leader: Mrs Whittingdon Do you enjoy all forms of craftwork and would like to try your hand at a new one? Come and learn the basic skills of traditional upholstery.
WHAT’S INCLUDED? ACTIVITY NUMBER: 24
If you have always wanted to Length of Course: 3 days bring that old dining room chair or foot stool back to £10 depending on Approximate Cost: life again, then this is the type of chair course for you. You will be taught how to repad the Maximum Places: 10 seat, cover it in calico and
then in a material of your choice. • Suitable piece of furniture Student requirements: • Must provide material for cover Theatre Writing Activity Leader: Miss J Gardner
Live it up at the Lyceum and discover what it takes to make good theatre
WHAT’S INCLUDED? ACTIVITY NUMBER: 25
Day 1 – Visit to Lyceum Length of Course: 3 days theatre taking part in a backstage visit and workshop Day 2 – Devising and writing a Approximate Cost: £ 8 piece of drama in school and work in groups to design your own production Maximum Places: 20 Day 3 – Learn about voice, movement and language in theatre and give an informal Calling all budding actors Student requirements: and actresses! performance of your work Thrills and Spills Activity Leader: Mrs Barnes
Three days of high energy activities!
WHAT’S INCLUDED? ACTIVITY NUMBER: 26
• Test your skills at the wheel Length of Course: 3 days of a go-kart at East Lothian grand prix circuit (Raceland!) Approximate Cost: £60 approx • Hit the combat zone in the field of trees at East Lothian’s paintball centre Maximum Places: 14: S1 & S2 • Run riot between the animals and at East Links Country • Warm clothing and Park. Inclement weather will packed lunch see this venue changed to Student requirements: • Gloves Dunbar swimming pool. • Enthusiasm!
Work Experience Activity Leader: Mrs Webster
Experience the job of your dreams…
WHAT’S INCLUDED? ACTIVITY NUMBER: 27
3-5 days You will complete a self- Length of Course: found work experience placement Approximate Cost: N/A Travel expenses/free school lunch can be claimed back on completion of a Maximum Places: Any S4 – S5 claim form
See Mrs Webster for Pupils must find their own further information Student requirements: work experience placement.