Gate 55 have launched a new wellbeing group for single mums. Covering a different topic each week, the groups will take place every Thursday from 1.00pm to 3.00pm. For more information, including location and contact details see image below.
We were delighted to welcome John Swinney, Deputy First Minister and Cabinet for Education and Skills, to Wester Hailes Education Centre on 28 August 2019. We have since received the following letter.
From 24 June to 19 July, six WHEC pupils undertook paid Career Ready internships, where they worked alongside mentors and under the supervision of other staff. Before their placements, pupils attended the Launch Event, and 3 master classes, as well as meeting up with their mentors on several occasions, either at the workplace or in school. All were prepared, but ...
Dear parent / carer, Please see information from Alistair Gaw - Director of Children’s Services in Edinburgh. All the details contained in the letter are from him, should you wish to have your say. Kind regards David Young Headteacher Further information including the full statutory consultation paper, background papers and an online questionnaire are available ...
There is always with a great sense of optimism when we start back after summer with staff refreshed and pupils ‘raring to go’. The new S1 pupils are settling in well and I have been very impressed with the uniform shown by all the pupils -I hope this continues for the remainder of this session! ...
Parents and carers are by far the most important influence on children’s lives. Research shows that when parents are involved in their child's learning, children do better at school and throughout their lives. We would like to get an idea of how you feel about your child's school and to give you a chance ...
Parent Council Chair Amanda Campbell donates her prestigious award to the school for services to the National Parent Forum Scotland in 2019. Parent Council supports school library Parent Council Members award Emily Prince, our school librarian, with a cheque for £225 towards the development of school library.
Congratulations to Mrs Gee (Modern Languages) who won this year’s Edinburgh Probationer of the Year award. Mrs Gee is seen receiving the award from Deputy First Minister John Swinney and Chief Executive of the GTCS, Ken Muir. Well done Mrs Gee. David Young Headteacher
Pupils and their parents are being encouraged to have their say on the future of Edinburgh as part of the Edinburgh City Centre Transformation Project. The City of Edinburgh Council are looking for as many people as possible – young and old – to share their views on plans to improve public spaces and prioritise ...
We are now at the final stage of our name change and have four finalists to choose from. Please click on the link to make sure you have your say! https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/92X6593 D Young- Headteacher
Activities Week 2019 is now over but we are starting to plan for 2020............ so help us make it even better! Please fill in the link below to have your say. https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/WRTQRDJ
As you know we started this process over two weeks ago to find a name that reflects our aspirations as a school but still retains our sense of community. Thank you for all the input and effort you have made - all our pupils are very excited about this, as are our future pupils in ...
WHEC Futures – Stage 1 Renaming our School As you know , our parent council and key stakeholders fought to ensure our school retain its unique place in our community and its place in Edinburgh. One of the actions from this process was to ensure that there was a renewed focus on improving our school and ...
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 different activity every week which is picked by the young people attending. Activities may include cooking, video games, sport, club outings and much more. Senior drop in is a drop in ...
On Thursday 2 May, Ms Thorburn and Ms Prince took a group of S2 pupils to the Central Library for the citywide launch of the bibliotherapy toolkit for schools, Escape Connect Relate. We are incredibly proud of how well our ambassadors represented the school and here is photograph of some of our student ambassadors with ...