City of Edinburgh Schools Sports Academy
Please click on the links below to find out more information regarding the City of Edinburgh Schools Sports Academy. Sport Acad-Brochure 2017 SportsAcademy 2017-Application Form
World Book Day 2017
World Book Day was Celebrated on Thursday 2nd of March this year. All S1-3 Pupils participated in a variety of activities and attempted a “Who’s Behind The Book?” Competition, guessing which teacher has their nose in their favourite book. We were extremely lucky and had a visit from the wonderful Blackwells’ Book Fair. Every S1-3 […]
New Headteacher Appointment
I am pleased to announce that Stephen Rafferty, DHT at Craigmount High School, is the preferred candidate for the HT post here at Forrester. He will take up post on my retiral, however, an exact start date is still to be agreed. Stephen is a very experienced, having previously held a DHT post at Gracemount […]
Vaccination Forms
Please return all vaccination forms as soon possible to the School Office. Vaccinations will take place on Monday 27th February. If you have lost your form you will be able to self consent on the day. It is very important that you receive this vaccination as colleges and universities are now stating that you will […]
Northumberland Theatre company visit
On Thursday 2nd February 2017 some of our s1 and s2 pupils had the fantastic opportunity to work with Northumberland Theatre company! The touring professionals held two workshops, “Romeo and Juliet” with Mrs McGinnis’ s1 class and “A Midsummer’s Night Dream” with Mrs Collins’ s2 class. Pupils heard scenes from Shakespeare being performed, gained knowledge […]
S3-5 Learning Review Evening
All S3-5 parents/carers and their children are invited to our learning review (coursing) evening on Tuesday 21st February. Invite letters have gone out with students this week. Please click on the link below to see a copy of the letter which details specifically the timings for the different year groups. Parental invite letter to coursing […]
Careers’ Evening at St Augustine’s HS
Our collegues at St Augustine’s HS have organised a Careers’ Evening on Thursday 23rd February from 5-7pm and Forrester HS and other neighbourhood schools are welcome to attend. We therefore encourage our parents/carers and students to pop along to this event where Edinburgh College, Universities from almost all parts of Scotland, as well as a […]
GTG Edinburgh Open Day
RESERVE YOUR SPACES NOW!! As part of Scottish Apprenticeship Week, GTG Training is holding an Apprentice Recruitment Open Day on Thursday 9th March 2017 from 10am until 3pm. We would like to invite you to attend our showcase of Modern Apprenticeship opportunities, giving pupils an insight into careers in Mechanics, Vehicle Body Repair, Vehicle Spray Paint, […]
S2 Learning Review
Reminder to all parents and carers of current S2 students, that we are holding our S2 Learning Review Parent / Carer Information Evening on Thursday 26th January, 6-7pm in the main hall. Your attendance at this meeting is very much appreciated, and will allow you, along with the recent S2 report card and Parents night […]
S4 Sexual Health Workshops
Our S4 are about to embark on their SHARE – Sexual Health and Relationship Education. We work in conjunction with Wester Hailes Youth Agency to deliver these sessions to our S4 students. This year we are also working in partnership with Dads Rock. This agency will be carrying out a pilot programme with some of […]