Healthy Drinks Initiative
As of January 2017 pupils at Forrester will be allowed to bring in only water or milk to school. We want to encourage pupils to make better health and well-being choices…now and in the future! So what happens as of Jan 17: Pupils will only be allowed to bring in milk and water. Please note, […]
Education Governance Review
The Education Governance Review is about how education is run in Scotland – this is an opportunity for staff and parents / carers to give their views about proposed changes to the education system. The starting point for the Scottish Government is we have a good education system, with good nurseries and schools and good […]
Christmas Holidays
A reminder to all students and parent/carers that we finish for Christmas Holidays on Thursday 22nd December at 12 noon. We wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and best wishes for 2017! Students return to school on Tuesday 10th January at 8.25am.
SQA Prelims for S4-6
Please click on the link below to access our S4-6 Prelim Timetable. All students have been issued with an individual copy for their records/planning. Students will be expected to attend school/classes as normal during the prelim exams. They will released from class to sit an exam and will return to class when an exam has […]
Supporting our LGBTI pupils
This year Forrester has actively looked to increase visibility and awareness across the school in relation to LGBTI issues. It was felt that although individual pupils were fully supported and lessons taught within the Social Education curriculum, there was a lack of open discussion on LGBTI issues and there was a necessity for a whole […]
Transworld Soccer trip
Forrester High School once again collaborated with Transworld Soccer to take 34 pupils on a weekend trip down to England to experience the life of a professional footballer! As the pro’s would on game day, pupils set their alarms early doors and set off from the school at 6.30am! It didn’t take long for the […]
Level 1 Rights Respecting School
Following our successful assessment on Monday 5th December, Forrester High is now a Level 1 Rights Respecting School. We are proud to say we are the first City of Edinburgh Council secondary school to achieve this award! Thank you to all our staff for the hard work put in over the last few years – […]
EPRAISE
A massive well done to all our S1-3 pupils who continue to strive to gain as many epraise points as possible. Points are given for a range of reasons to recognise positive behaviour and a committed work ethic. At present it is team Telford that are flying high but Burns and Redpath are closely behind. […]
Duke of Edinburgh’s Award
On Sunday 4th December our Gold group joined forces with the Bronze group to pack shopping for customers at Sainsbury’s check-outs. They raised just over £900 which was a fantastic effort. This money will go towards repairing some damaged kit and will help towards running costs for the Bronze and Gold expeditions in the summer […]
Additional Support for Learning (ASL) Service together with NHS partners are coordinating a series of 6 Secondary Autism Parent Information Sessions for parents of current S1-S6 pupils with autism, attending City of Edinburgh mainstream schools. The sessions are appropriate for parents, grandparents or carers. Young people themselves should not attend. There will not be a […]