Wester Hailes Education Centre is delighted to be able to share with you a short film entitled ‘The New Girl’ which was created during the October school holidays by a group of our pupils. The film was conceived, written, directed and edited by our young people with support from Screen Education Edinburgh, WHALE Arts and ...
“Congratulations to Niomi Thomson, Kate Lochiel and Baillie Rowley, were runners up in the Council’s Christmas card competition. Their artwork was displayed on the digital bus stop screens in Princes Street last weekend!”
On Thursday the 13 December our Parent Council will be hosting two Parent Forum Meetings - the first at 3.45pm and the second at 7pm. These meetings have been organised to inform Parents and Carers about plans for the future of the High School and about your child's learning. These events are child friendly so ...
In October as part of our WHEC@40 celebrations, we ran a photographic competition for pupils and here are the winning and runner up entries. Well done to all who took part.
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During this week, school pupils in different year groups have been remembering the fallen of the First World War. The week ended with S4, 5 and 6 pupils listening to an half hour presentation lead by a group of senior pupils with readings and film clips demonstrating the cost of war and the sacrifices made. ...
In August 1978 WHEC opened its doors to pupils and the community of Wester Hailes. To mark our anniversary we held an exhibition of photographs from the four decades, and friends, pupils and staff past and present were invited to view the exhibition in early November.
We are delighted to announce a year long partnership with Live-N-Learn in the support of our ongoing school improvement priorities. Live-N-Learn will be working with our s4,5 and 6 pupils throughout the year focusing on growth mindset, preparation for examinations, overcoming challenge and getting pupils to know themselves better.
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worked throughout the October school break with a group of young people in Wester Hailes Education Centre, and this has resulted in the young people creating their very own short film.
The participants learned basic film theory and film-making skills, with opportunities to script, direct, act, record and edit the film.
A parent/carer film premiere and ...
The Music department were delighted to host ex-pupil and world renown jazz saxophonist, Tommy Smith.
Tommy started his musical tuition here at the Wester Hailes Education Centre, before studying at the Berklee College of Music in Boston.
As well as becoming an outstanding performer with several professionally recorded albums to his name, Tommy is the founder ...