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Opportunities at Gate 55 Community Centre

The following opportunities for young people are available at Gate 55: Area 55 Area55 is a multi activity youth group run by 2 students from Forrester High school. This club runs every Wednesday 4pm-6pm. The club runs a different activity every week picked by the young people attending. Activities may include cooking, video games, sport, […]

Smoke Free School Survey

Forrester High School is working with NHS Lothian towards becoming a smoke-free school.  As part of this work we will be creating and implementing a new smoke-free policy at Forrester High School. We are gathering feedback from everyone involved in the school community to have their say on what is included in the smoke-free school […]

Spring Newsletter 2019

Please follow the link below to view our Spring 2019 Newsletter. Forrester High School Spring NewsLetter 2019 Please also now see the late, final supplement below. Final Supplement

Your Exams 2019

The Your Exams 2019 booklet from SQA provides important advice to students on what to do before, during and after their exams. BOOKLET – SQA_Your_Exams_2019 All students who are sitting the forthcoming SQA exams will be given a copy of this booklet along with the My SQA leaflet -‘Dinnae Get Swerved’ on Wednesday 27 March. LEAFLET […]

Climate Change Protest

Please see attached letter regarding the School Strike for Climate Change protest that is taking place Friday 15 March. Climate Change Letter If your child wishes to participate please write to the school in advance to confirm they have your permission to participate and that you will be responsible for your child during their absence.

Active School Easter Sports Camps

Active Schools are running multi sports and water polo camps during the Easter break. Please use the following link to access their flyer for more details – Easter Camp Multi Sport and Water Polo  

Supported Study Timetable

Please click on the link below to access our updated Supported Study Timetable. This will be very important for those preparing for examinations. Please encourage students to take advantage of the extra support as much as possible. Supported Study Timetable

Elate Newsletter

Each month the City of Edinburgh produces Elate, a newsletter to share good practice from across the City. We are delighted to share that we have made it into this month’s edition – please see story 2 by clicking on the attachment below. ELATE Newsletter February 2019

Neglect campaign – parents survey

Edinburgh Child Protection Committee and NSPCC Scotland are working together to design a city wide campaign on neglect.  As part of this we are keen to develop a better understanding of what parents in Edinburgh understand by the term neglect, what they would do if they suspected a child was being neglected and where families […]