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Girls Group at Corstorphine Community Centre

We are delighted to announce the launch date of our girls group which we will be running in partnership with SHE Scotland. The Girls Group will start on Tuesday 3rd March and run for 10 weeks until Tuesday 5th May at the regular time slot of Tuesdays 6 pm – 7.30 pm at Corstorphine Community […]

Attention Students & Parents of young people with Autism…

Are you/ is your child in S2/S3? Do you or your child have difficulty forming and maintaining friendships?   Then this next block of sessions for the PEERS  (Programme for the Evaluation and Enrichment of Relational Skills) programme is for you! There are sessions for young people and for parents to attend starting from the […]

Composite Class Survey (Primary School)

Dear Parents, City of Edinburgh Council are consulting with parents, carers, school staff and pupils around our current guidance for selecting pupils for a composite class. Whilst composite classes are only in primary, we would appreciate feedback from parents of older children who may have experienced a composite whilst in primary. Composite classes are a […]

Senior School Coursing

On Tuesday 4th February 2020, we have a Senior Coursing Evening in our Assembly Hall for all new senior students (those moving into S4, S5 and S6) and their parents: Current S3 parents / students                                       6.00-7.00pm Current S4 & S5 parents / students                                7.00-8.00pm Mr Rafferty, Head Teacher, Mr Ennis, DHT and Mrs Kate MacPhie, […]

S2 Learning Review Information Evening

On Thursday 16th January 2020, we have a Parents’ Information Evening in our Assembly Hall, 6.00 – 7.00pm.  Mr Rafferty, Head Teacher, Mrs Scott, DHT and Mrs Flannagan Brown, PSL  will talk about the various courses on offer for our young people moving into S3 in session 2020/21 and the learning review process about to […]

Collection for the community foodbank

This is a particularly tough time of year for collections at foodbanks.  Many donations come in running up to Christmas but not much in the New Year.  Forrester would like all tutor groups to run a collection for January and the Daily Morning Tutor with the most donations will receive a prize. Let’s make this […]

Christmas 2019 Newsletter

Wishing all students, parents and staff a Merry Christmas and best wishes for 2020! Please click the link below to view our Christmas Newsletter for this year.  Forrester High School Christmas Newsletter 2019 A reminder to all students, parents and families that we finish for the Christmas Holidays on Friday 2oth December at 12 noon. […]

End of Term Arrangements

A reminder to all students, parents and families that we finish for the Christmas Holidays on Friday 2oth December at 12 noon. We wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and best wishes for 2020! Please note – Students return to school on Thursday 9th January at 8.25am. Forrester High School Christmas Newsletter to follow….   […]

NHS Lothian – Winter 2019/20 Respiratory Illness

NHS Lothian have seen a large number of respiratory outbreaks in nurseries and schools in the past few weeks. These have caused service disruption with staff shortages and many pupils being absent from school/nursery. Parents can try to stop these respiratory viruses spreading at home – please read the following advice; Key advice for parents […]