In early September, 14 students from WHEC headed the Outward Bound Centre, at Loch Eil, north of Fort William for a week of outdor activities. The week started with a bang, or, rather a splash with customary jog and dip. This starting activity involves jogging from the centre, right along the pier and into the ...
Please see the latest update regarding the Paris 2020 trip. (Document attached)
Dear Parent/Carer, After listening carefully to the views of our stakeholders, I have been in contact with the travel company this morning and secured a place for every child (who paid a deposit by 30th September 2019) so that they can attend the Paris trip in May 2020. I hope this will alleviate any concerns raised about the Paris ...
We have listened to your concerns around the Paris 2020 trip and are deeply sorry for any distress caused. We are working hard with the travel agent to increase capacity to allow all students who have paid a deposit to attend. Please bear with us and we will be back in touch early next week. ...
The school has recently launched an Equalities Group. The group was set up in order to help promote positive relationships in our school. We want WHEC to be the most inclusive school it can be, and the group will focus on Anti-Bullying and inclusion through whole school campaigns, influencing the way bullying is recorded and ...
Ellie and Charlie attended the regional, SportScotland Young Ambassadors Conference at Murrayfield last week. Along with representatives from high schools in Edinburgh, the Borders and the Lothians, they took part in a number of workshops aimed at developing exciting extracurricular programmes for their schools. As well as this, they even got a chance of meeting ...
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 ...
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
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 ...