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Young Games Makers head to Paralympics
Young Games Makers by the Paralympic Agitos on The Mound 16 Edinburgh pupils are off to London to volunteer as Young Games Makers at the Paralympics, performing the prestigious role of Courtside...
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Edinburgh Schools and the World of Work
An update from Jenny Suttie, 16+ Learning Choices Coordinator, on some of the initiatives happening across the city to link schools with the world of work. Career Academies The Edinburgh Guarantee is...
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Campus Cops making a difference in Edinburgh schools
PC Jim Gillanders at Firrhill High. Photo courtesy of the Edinburgh Evening News. A number of school link officers from Lothian and Borders Police have been placed in Edinburgh’s secondary schools. PC...
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Round up Friday 10 May
Here are some of the things that have been happening this week… Drummond charity head shave raises £2400 Congrats to the brave staff at Drummond High who got a close shave on Tuesday to raise money for...
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Edinburgh Learning Festival 2013 – report from the Education Village
Back in April we held our annual Edinburgh Learning Festival at Hibs Stadium. As part of the festival we had an Education Village which comprised 28 stands organised and led by Edinburgh school staff...
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Young musicians find harmony in new fusion band
Young musicians across Edinburgh are this week working on their musical masterpieces ahead of a showcase concert at Drummond Community High School tomorrow. Over 70 primary and secondary pupils have...
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Exam results improve across Edinburgh
Results were released today by email, text or post The waiting is finally over as thousands of pupils across Edinburgh receive their exam results today. Early indications are that candidates have...
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Round up Friday 27 September 2013
This week we reported that a local Waterplay project has won an award for Best Play Initiative. We also featured the official opening of the city’s new Gaelic school, Bun-sgoil Taobh na Páirce, and...
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Christmas Card competition winners – in pictures
Winners Rebekah, Natalia and Eva with Gillian Tee, Cllr Godzik and Cllr Fullerton Many thanks to all school pupils, community groups and users of the Children and Families Department who sent in...
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Round up Friday 6 December 2013
This week we reported a couple of book-related stories – how Craigour Park pupils become published authors and what happened when the Book Bus came to Tynecastle High. We also got an update on efforts...
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Round up Thursday 19 December 2013
As today is the last day of term, we thought we’d bring forward the weekly round up by one day. This will be our last proper round up of 2013 but look out for a special “best of 2013″ round up next...
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Director’s Update – Fanfare concert, CCwP, school visits, Children’s...
Director of Children and Families Gillian Tee In this regular update from Gillian Tee, Director of Children and Families, we hear about recent events such as the Fanfare Concert and Creative...
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Round up Friday 14 February 2014
This week we reported on the events of Safer Internet Day 2014, announced the approaching deadline of the Scottish Education Awards 2014 and heard an update from the Children’s Social Work Practice...
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Round up Friday 21 February 2014
It has been a quiet news week with the school’s enjoying the February break. We still managed to bring you news from the Netherlands with our report on Family Group Decision Making’s trip to study the...
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Celebrating Chinese connections in our schools
Mandarin is increasingly popular in our schools. Secondary school pupils from several of our schools recently attended an event to celebrate learning Chinese language and culture through the work in...
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Round up Friday 25 April 2014
This week we brought you the news of our staff’s achievement at The Standard of Headship Leadership Conference and Award Ceremony, a report on how a community re-building project in Craigmillar is...
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Firrhill student is the regional winner in top careers award
Megan Thomson, a student from Firrhill High School, has been named winner of the Sir Winfried Bischoff Award for Scotland, in recognition of her impressive progress on the Career Academy programme. The...
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Firrhill High exhibition commemorates Anne Frank
An exhibition telling the story of Anne Frank’s life is currently running at Firrhill High School.It was opened on 29 April, by Bailie Elaine Aitken, and runs until 9 May. The exhibition, created with...
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Round up Friday 13 June 2014
This week we reported on the wealth of information being showcased in our Education Village at the Edinburgh Learning Festival and the interesting Holocaust exhibition and interdisciplinary work going...
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Firrhill High plant their Anne Frank tree at special ceremony
Firrhill High School planted a tree for Anne Frank on what would have been her 85th birthday on 12 June. Gordon MacDonald, MSP Edinburgh Pentlands, and Stephen Brent, a Holocaust survivor, planted the...
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