News on September 2016
Theatre trip: Democracy
30 September, 2016
On Thursday evening around 20 pupils, mostly in the Sixth Form, went to see Michael Fray’s play Democracy in the King’s Theatre. Set in West Germany in the 1960s and ‘70s, [...]
Physicists visit CERN
30 September, 2016
Arriving at the CERN complex after an early start, a guide took us around the facility and into the computer complex: the largest computing facility in Europe, and into the antimatter factory [...]
Bullying awareness week
29 September, 2016
In the period 27 September – 2 October, Merchiston has organised a variety of events to mark Bullying Awareness Week, in order to ensure that this issue is at the [...]
Steve Cole visits Merchiston
29 September, 2016
On 15 September, the author Steve Cole visited the Spawforth Library to talk to a group of Fourth Form and some Pringle boys about his series of Young Bond Books. [...]
Headmaster’s Headlines
27 September, 2016
First, in this week’s Headmaster’s Assembly, I welcomed the School back for the second quarter of the term. It was also a pleasure and a privilege to welcome our Strowan [...]
Golfers have further successes
27 September, 2016
Congratulations to the U15 team who were crowned national team winners at the ISGA Scottish Junior Open on Monday 26 February. The team consisted of Papon S, Cameron A and [...]
Junior Schools Golf Cup 2016
27 September, 2016
Last week, the Golf Academy Junior team travelled to London to play in the ISGA National Schools Junior Cup at Sunningdale Ladies’ Golf Club. This was an individual and team [...]
Careers Cafe – Project Trust
23 September, 2016
With gap years becoming increasingly common, it is important to consider how to ensure that this experience is as worthwhile as possible and provides opportunities to further develop transferable skills [...]
Enterprising Maths Challenge
23 September, 2016
On Thursday 22 September, a team of four travelled to Hutcheson’s Grammar School, Glasgow, to take part in the Enterprising Maths Competition. Charlie and Stephen from V Form were joined [...]