News on February 2015
Fair Trade Fortnight
28 February, 2015
In order to recognise and celebrate Fair Trade Fortnight, Mr & Mrs Milligan, (parents) visited Rogerson with their stall of Fairtrade goods. Boys from all the Middle years Houses came into [...]
St George’s Fifth Form Ball
28 February, 2015
On Friday 27 February, 39 lucky boys were invited by the ladies of St Georges School to attend their annual Fifth Form Ball. The boys made a huge effort and looked incredibly [...]
Geography WorldWise Quiz
26 February, 2015
Congratulations to the 7 Merchiston Pupils who participated in this year’s GA WorldWise Quiz. Excellent leadership was shown by Cameron and Xander of their teams of 3 pupils comprising a [...]
History essay competition
26 February, 2015
Head of History, Simon Thompson, writes: Retrospect is the journal of Edinburgh University’s History, Classics and Archaeology departments. In December, they approached me with details of a competition they were holding. [...]
Headmaster’s Headlines
25 February, 2015
A welcome back to readers of Headmaster’s Headlines after half term! Depending on your point of view, I remember the bad old days or good old days when the Lent [...]
Go4SET Electronics Engineering Competition
25 February, 2015
The Fourth Form engineering team, consisting of 6 boys, enjoyed a successful morning at the launch event for the Go4SET Electronics Engineering competition. The competition, run by the Engineering Development [...]
School Cross Country 2015
12 February, 2015
This week was the annual Merchiston Cross Country race. First up were the Juniors, who, like the Senior School have to do two laps of the course. In first place [...]
Visit to the Compass School
12 February, 2015
On Wednesday 11 February, Upper Sixth Formers, Ben and Cameron, visited their former school, The Compass at Haddington. They had been invited by Headmaster Mark Becher to go and speak [...]
Forth Crossing Education Centre visit
11 February, 2015
On Monday 9 February, all Third Form boys went on the Design and Technology trip to the New Queensferry Crossing Education Centre. We were shown the Design Team’s office, where the Team, consisting [...]