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November 09

A Doll's House
U16 Rugby photos v Fettes
Treasure Island
Boxes for Afghanistan
School concert, 20 November
OSCR - latest news
School of the Year - Sunday Times
Top of the Bench (again!)

Recent Pringle Activities
Recent charity fundraising
Exhibiting art for charity
Formal opening of Laidlaw House

Christmas Cards 2009
Basketball latest

October 09

READ International Charity
J4 & J5 Botanical visit
CCF staff commendation
New books of photographs

September 09
Shooting successes
Oxford rugby team give MCS a try
Photos: Pringle Camp and Rugby
Fundraising: SignPost International
Visiting Author
Braveheart Challenge
Pupils from Cologne visit MCS
Pre-season rugby festival
Registrar's visit

August 09
University places in 2009
GCSE results 2009
A level results the best in Scotland

July 09

Andy Knox: Greatest Heights
Memory Challenge Final update
A level English Stratford visit
Pringle end of term activities
Last week of term images

June 09

Pipe Band in Bo'ness
The Games
A celebration of sport
More rowing news
Tennis: Scottish Schools Champions
Design awards
Author visits for book launch
Music Competitions

More Athletics successes
Pringle Cricket Tour

May 09

Bike'n'hike raises money for Maggie's

Pipe Band perform at conference
Biology on the Beach
Memory challenge
Clay pigeon shooting
Exchange to Philadelphia
Return to the Forbidden Planet
Latest news from the Tennis Academy

Rowing Race raises £500

April 09

The Great Edinburgh Run

Rowing success
Charity Cookbook
Musicians visit Ullapool
CCF Easter Camp
Ski trip
Iceland visit
U10 tennis club launched (pdf)

March 2009

Scottish Schools rowing championships
Merchistonian reunion plans 09
Merchistonian v School Rugby Match

Adventurer visits
Fraser's latest run
Merchiston Sevens
Recent rugby highlights
Green Day
Memory Challenge
CCF Field Days
Maths Fun Day
Recent rugby photos
Prince's Trust Dinner
Radio discussion: rugby ready?
Battle of Britain plaque unveiled

February 2009

Go4Set
Target Two Point Zero Challenge
Juniors rugby tour to Forres
Merchiston Juniors recent activities
5 live Sport in Schools debate
BBC 6 Nations coverage
School Bull goes to market
Olympic hopefuls
Indoor Rowing Success

January 2009

Celebration dinners
Prince's Trust Dinner & charities
Design & Tech pupils visit BP
Recent Juniors Sport Events
Burns Suppers
Guide Dogs donation
Parents' Survey results
Winter mountaineering
Running to raise cash
Educating the male brain
New House names adopted

Dr Lawson on TV

December 2008

End of term festivities
School Bull
Headmaster on Radio 5 Live
Die Fledermaus
Geographers in the Cairngorms
Charity Cakes
Book awards and a tea party
Mrs Dow wins PA Award
Stockmarket Challenge

November 2008

Modern Languages Evening
Junior Rugby Tour
Anniversary Match Tie available
Inside the New Sixth Form House
R
emembrance: Team of 1912-13
Arkwright Scholarships
Alternative Sports

Tatler Schools Guide

October 2008
150th Anniversary Rugby Match
150th Rugby Dinner photo link
USA Trip with St Margaret's
Wear it Pink
Football v Edinburgh Academy
Charitable Status Report: OSCR
Football in Valencia

A very late, but interesting, story
Sub-aqua club news
Latest pics of new Sixth Form House
Primary and Prep Schools' Science
1833 and Dr Chalmers
On the rocks
Merchistonian London Drinks
Tennis tournament winner
Castletech
Relentless Pipe Band
Christmas Card on Sale

September 2008

Loretto Sevens
Pedal for Scotland
HSBC Tennis Finals
Pre-season Rugby Festival
BBC at Merchiston
University destinations
Aviemore boy amongst men

July & August 2008

GCSE Results published
Best A Level results in a decade!
Rugby: latest from South America
Holiday Sporting Successes...
Tennis: Glanvill Cup
Merchistonian gains double blue
Merchistonians in Mongolia

June 2008

New sports cup presented
Headmaster's Summer Newsletter
Road safety awareness day
Dr Lawson to be on TV
Tennis: Scottish Champions
Young Engineers Competition
Politics
Tennis v Merchistonians


May 2008

Duke of Edinburgh Award update
Cycling USA
Les bleus
Busy time for Pipe Band
Primary Schools in concert
French with the girls
Cakes for Charity
Cricket season
Tennis latest...
The Witches

April 2008

Celebration of sport
I'm blue
1833 and the Beagle
Historians in Eastern Europe
Beach visit
From £15,000 to £175,000...
New Tennis season
Sixth Form linguists in Spain
Geographers in Iceland
First Form Paris Trip
Ski Trip 2008
Melrose Sevens

March 2008

Rugby in Wales
Headmaster's Lent Newsletter
Running Rewards
Team of the Month
Piping Competition
J4/5 York
1833 Day!

Junior Music Competition
Favourite Childrens' Book
Oxbridge Offers
Pagan Osborne Rugby Sevens
More Maths
Glasgow Art Exhibition
Headmaster in Hard Hat
Curling Cup Winners
Staff Hidden Talents
Construction Challenge
Worldwise Quiz
Annabel Goldie Visits
East Lothian Bus
Selected for Scotland
Choral Society at McEwan Hall

February 2008

Tatler's Top Schools
Physics trip to CERN
Cameron Johnston at Merchiston
4th XV in France
IV Form at the Battlefields
Anniversary Mugs and Ties
Helicopter!
1833 and Johannes Brahms
Sixth Form Highland Ball
Cooking up a treat
Scholars' Dinner

January 2008

1833 and Charles Babbage
The beginning of Merchiston (Rugby) Football
Top of the Bench
1833 and William Wilberforce
Rugby Cup Final: Champions!
Baby Boom: update
Boys, Brains and Toxic Lessons
Atlantic Rowing latest...
(Not) The Decline of Geography
Running for Cricket
Kayaks on Sunday
Historian Prof Hew Strachan visits
175th Anniversary Cake

December 2007

Headmaster's Christmas Newsletter
Plants, DNA and Cancer Research
Euroquiz
Pringle Concert

November 2007

Pictures from 'Oliver!'

Friends at 'Oliver!'
Pipe Band visit the Blind School
Maths Department News
Mountain Boarding and Catwalks
Rowing the Atlantic
Service of Remembrance
Nicola Morgan Book Launch
Royal Mail Book Awards
Prestige Physics Lecture 2007
Geog Blog

October 2007

History Department in Russia

A GAP year in Kenya
Miss Milk and the First Minister
Geography Wallpaper
Rugby in Wales
Latest Charity Donation
Christmas Card on sale
Climbing at Ratho
News from the Library
Exploding Jelly Babies

September 2007

New Information Booklet
Merchiston in the Press...
Duke of Edinburgh Silver latest
Tesco Sport for Schools
Sunshine and rivers- updated
Holocaust Survivor visits
The Rugby Season so far...
House Gatherings
Fiji Project 2007

Fruity Creations
Tennis: Four Nations win
Prep Schools' pre-season rugby
CCF California Expedition
Prizewinning Historian
'Feel me' - Andy Knox
Tennis Academy opens
Tynedale Cup win
Exam Results 2007

July 2007

Dr Dave Stranock (1948-2007)
1st XI Cricket in Holland

June 2007

Parents' Guide to Boarding

Laidlaw Scholarships
Prizegiving 2007
Mr Rickard returns
Cup winners
The Games 2007
Tennis Academy latest
Fundraising
Music Competitions
Photos of Pringle Hillwalk
Scottish Featherweight Champion
The Place2be: charity partner
Merchistonian reunion
Models!
Merchistonian turns pro
Athletics Gold
Tennis player update
Art and Design Exhibition

May 2007

Commemoration Day 2007

Pictures of Commemoration Ball
First Form visit Pixar Exhibition
Germantown Exchange 2007
Cyclist in Olympic Talent Team
Healthy Living Award
(Lack of) Three Peaks Race
Athletics latest
Clay pigeon shooting
Fire!
Maths Roadshow
Little Shop of Horrors
Football semi-final
Care Commission Report published
Lower Sixth Insight Day
Germantown Exchange: A message
The Basketball season: a reflection
First half-century in Pringle

April 2007

Tennis latest
Celebration of Sport Dinner
A fluffy dog
The Mystic Floorboards
Cricket season underway
Visit by David McLetchie
Careers Fair
Easter Ski trip
CCF Easter Camp
MCS and the FA Cup
Iceland trip
Playing for Scotland
Multisports week

March 2007

National Service?
A lot of Harps
Tractors, Trees and 'The Thing'
Red Noses in Paris
Dr Stranock: update
The Emotional Life of Boys
Rosslyn Park Sevens - Updated
Physics trip to CERN

Staff v boys football
Shooting v Dollar
Dog starts show career
Where was Homer's Ithaca?
LVI Geography Field Trip
Maths Fun Day
English Speaking Board Success
The Merchiston Sevens 2007
Scotland, Ireland and Merchiston
Bearded Dragon at Merchiston
A very gory author visit
Curling cup winners
Concert at Cargilfield

February 2007

World Book Day
Beer at assembly!
Buying online? Raise some money!
Rock group perform to acclaim
Geography Quiz
Chinese New Year Dinner
Creative Writing Workshop
Edinburgh District Rugby Selections
The Tennis Academy
Why boys are as good as girls
Pringle Masterchef Competition
Junior Cross Country
Army Band workshop and concert

January 2007

Reporting Scotland: Video online

Another Cup dream ends
Construction Challenge
Languages Dept launch website
CCF Then and Now
Demarco painting of Merchiston
Burns Celebrations
Vietnam War Talk

Physics Olympiad
Rugby Cup: Semi-final result
History Talk to IV Form
New portrait in school
Maths achievement
Latest Parent Survey
German trip to Cologne

December 2006

2nd XV Tour to Northern Ireland
Planning go-ahead for new House
SJH interviews Tomaszczyk
Carol Singing
Macbeth review
Hansel and Gretel

Rugby v Peebles HS

Rugby Tuesday: 12th December

November 2006

Visiting Author
Success on the ski slopes
Arkwright Scholarship awarded
Rugby Cup v Morrisons
School Concert
From New York to Merchiston...
Sunday Times: Parent Power
Senior tennis success
Rugby training with Alan Tait
Basketball Cup update
Children in Need
Geography Field trips
Remembrance Day 2006
Scotland start for Merchistonian
Alistair Darling MP
Mont Blanc Adventures

Rugby Cup Latest
Prestige Physics Lecture

Headmaster's Headlines

Investigating Climate Change
Basketball v Fettes
Tennis team latest
History Trip to USA
Latest Developments

October 2006

Pringle Boarding-in Weekend
Samba Band founded
Pringle Halloween Party
6th Form Gathering
Curling & Drinks in Stranraer
Chalmers East Rugby pages
National Schools Rugby Festival

German TV Star!
Dr David Stranock

Rugby v Sedbergh
Duke of Edinburgh Expedition
Head of Ardvreck visits
Harvest Thanksgiving Service
Pringle Sleepover
Bag-a-Book Day
Primary/Prep Schools Tech Days
American Colleges Day

Rugby v Fettes
Pupil to cycle for Scotland

Kilgraston's Head visits MCS

September 2006

Latest Charity Donation
Classical Civilisation
Chinese success
Young Engineer for Britain 2006
Engineering the Chunnel
Juniors raise £5,000

Ru'a Fiola adventure
Choir Tour to Provence
Peru Expeditions
Pipe Band: Channel Islands

Summer Shooting at Bisley

Grounds for Marriage!
Academic Results 2006

Rugby v Ampleforth

Rugby season off to fine start

Pre-Season rugby
Braemar Gathering

Big Activity Weekend