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Week 4
 The Fifth Form entered the exam season proper by sitting their Standard Grade Maths on Thursday. A junior drama evening was staged mainly by members of Pringle House, who put on performances of The Witches in the theatre on Friday. After a week of glorious weather, on Saturday cricket was disrupted by rain; an Athletics match against the Edinburgh Academy continued despite a thunder storm and several torrential downpours.
Week 3
 A whole School photograph was taken on Tuesday - quite a complex operation, seen in progress on the left - with House ones following on Thursday. The termly bag-a-bok days were at the end of the week in the Library, and the Junior Maths Challenge took place on Thursday morning. Friday night saw socials for both the most senior and junior ends of the School. Saturday was this term's Information Morning, with a special focus on Pringle, and we welcomed a good number of both current and prsopective parents. Our clay pigeon shooting teams took part in a competition in Staffordshire on Sunday; in the morning a service conducted by the boys was followed by a drinks party which the Headmaster held for leavers and their parents. In the evening 6 boys were confirmed by the Bishop of Edinburgh in a service at St Cuthbert's Episcopal Church in Colinton.
Week 2
The week began with a Higher Education and Careers Fair for senior pupils, at which they were joined by girls from St George's and St Margaret's; many were able to speak to people about university choices at this meeting. On Friday, many pupils and staff involved in the various sports at School gathered for a dinner. The first set of cricket fixtures took place during this week for many of the teams; the 1st XI had already had a victorious start to their season last Saturday. One of a variety of weekend trips took advantage of the good weather for a visit to the beach.
Easter Holidays & Week 1
 Holiday activities included an U16 team playing at the Melrose Sevens, a ski trip, a History Department visit to Eastern Europe, a Geography Department trip to Iceland, Sixth Formers visiting Spain, and a Duke of Edinburgh Award Practice Expedition.
Term began on Wednesday with assembly and hand-shaking, and despite rather cold and wet weather, cricket practices got underway straight away, with the first matches being played by Pringle and the 1st XI on Saturday. The entire IV Form took part in a Duke of Edinburgh Bronze Award camp and Expedition at the weekend and into Monday.
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