On Thursday the 25th May Wester Hailes Education Centre hosted our first Business Breakfast Event. Our S3 took part in a networking morning with a variety of businesses, CEC partner agencies and school staff. In a short presentation we shared our Developing the Young Workforce (DYW) vision and our aspirations for the young people. It was a ...

Our young people took part in the drama event Class Act at the Traverse Theatre and here is a short film about their participation:

Well done to our senior students Shannon Diack, Mitchell Campbell and Brad Scott who helped out at Heriot Watt University on Wednesday 10th May at the SportInspired event for P5's across the city. The event, which involved around 400 primary five children and 200 volunteer helpers was set up to encourage pupils to try out ...

Learning about the battle tactics of 1314. After studying about the Scottish Wars of Independence in Social Studies, our first year pupils were recently able to go on a visit to Bannockburn. They were able to learn more about the 1314 battle tactics and enjoyed the 3D experience and taking part in the computer game simulation. ...

Election fever has gripped our S1 pupils as they have been engaged in learning about our democracy and elections. Classes have been using resources from the Election Toolkit developed by UK Parliament Education. Pupils debated the selection of manifesto priorities prior to holding class mock elections.  

In spring of 2017, CEC Public Libraries and School Libraries teamed up under the banner of Lifelong Learning in order to better meet the needs of the city’s communities in various localities. The public Library has a lot to offer our school students across the city. Free at the branch library or on your mobile ...

Last year we launched the Evelyn Pennycook Prize.  Evelyn was a very popular member of the Community Education team and our school charity WHEEA (Wester Hailes Educational Enhancement Association) have created a prize in her memory to continue her legacy of engaging with, and caring for, the students of Wester Hailes Education Centre. This award ...

Monday 8th May saw Wester Hailes Education Centre (WHEC) working with their cluster Primary Schools: Sighthill, Canal View and Clovenstone in hosting the Health and Wellbeing Cluster Cup for Primaries 5’s and 6’s. It was an exciting and engaging day for all involved which highlighted the level of skill, dedication and resilience that the young people ...

Ollie Clegg worked for many years with us here at Wester Hailes Education Centre. Ollie has now moved to a new posting and has sent us a lovely letter – see below:

Five pupils have submitted excellent entries to the Hunter Foundation Schools Competition to win an audience with former President Obama! The winner of this writing competition will dine with 9 others with Barack Obama as he visits Edinburgh to deliver a lecture in May. All pupils had to do was complete a piece of writing ...

Our S1-S3 debaters joined from across Edinburgh and Glasgow to compete in the 2017 Debate Mate Cup Final at the Scottish Parliament. After a guided tour of the debating chamber the team competed (and won) their first debate all about the Space Race. Further debates followed on music and culture. Our debaters were congratulated by the organisers ...

A new resource has been launched encouraging parents and carers to get involved in supporting pupils of all ages with maths please click on the link to access this excellent resource. I am a Mathematician