Debate Club
Last night the debating club participated in the annual Donald Dewar Memorial debate at Mary Erskine. Dimitris Zarkali and William Petrie represented the school in the debate “this house believes the UK should introduce compulsory civic service for 15 and 16 year olds”. Althought they didn’t win, they were a credit to the school and […]
Careers Evening Information
Dear Parent/Carer, We would like to invite you to a Careers Evening held at Forrester High School on Thursday 28 November 2019 at 16.30-18.30. Please click on the link below for further information. Careers Event Letter
Activities week : 26th-28th May 2020
For those who have still not made a choice for activities week, please can you do so by following this link .
Connecting Classroom Learning to the World Around Us
After reading the novel Stone Cold and learning about the increasing number of homeless people in Scotland, our S2 class decided that they wanted to do something to help. As a result, they are committed to sleeping overnight in the school on 28th November to raise funds for the Social Bite’s Wee Sleepout which aims […]
Parent Council Meeting Next Tuesday
The next Parent Council Meeting will take place on Tuesday 12th November from 7pm in the school meeting room. All welcome.
Show My Homework
Dear Parent/Carer, Please find below, links to 2 documents regarding a new Homework tool that we will begin to use across all year groups in the next couple of weeks. Students will get information about the new application during the course of this week and codes for parents to sign up will be sent out […]
October 2019 Newsletter
Please find at the link below a number of stories which have been gathered from across the school to provide a flavour of some of the great work being done by students and staff. October 2019 Newsletter Please remember, school will re-open to staff on Monday 21st October and to students on Wednesday 23rd October. […]
Dressing down and wearing red on Friday 11th October
We will be dressing down and wearing red on Friday 11th October to celebrate Show Racism the Red Card and to coincide with the end of term. Donations will be collected at Tutor Time by S6 and will be sent to aid those affected by Hurricane Dorian in the Bahamas. This charity was suggested by […]
Activities week 2019/20
Activities week 2019/20 Please see attached 3 documents: 1. Letter to parents 2. Activities week details 3. Activities week 2020 programme Link for choices https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=af6sSGo3tUKfacnke7-5xInQ9ZKCYcJAkBiOEhHKb_pUMlNKUDdYUzJYTDdDSlA4VjcwRTc2UVJNUy4u All choices are to be made online and forms returned to tutor teachers before Friday 11th October.
Mental Health & Wellbeing
A number of our senior phase students took part in a City of Edinburgh questionnaire last session on Mental Health and Wellbeing. The findings of this research have been pulled together and the following 3 leaflets have been produced: Top Tips for Schools Leaflet Top Tips for Parents and carers Top Tips for Children and […]