Trips
Every year, a considerable number of trips out of school take place. Some are annual, some operate every two or three years, and some are ‘one-off’ ventures. Most are linked to departmental activities: for example, visits to France or Germany, or exploring the landscape of Iceland; some are sport-related tours; others involve outward-bound type work, sometimes with a community work element.
Trips and expeditions which are regularly scheduled include Blakerston Camps, Duke of Edinburgh Award assessments, First Form activities camp at Loch Insh, Third Form to Normandy, rugby tours in the UK and abroad, Ski trip, CCF Camps, visit to Cologne, China trip and exchange to Zhuhai.
This is in addition to field trips in subjects such as Geography and Biology.
Work rebuilding a school was undertaken on a summer expedition to Fiji.
Trips News
![Merchiston students on a trip to Paris, standing in front of the Louvre]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1732794210/merchistoncouk/ulyjbag4om1pfwdfkyqz/MerchiSTEAMParisTrip2024.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1732794210/merchistoncouk/ulyjbag4om1pfwdfkyqz/MerchiSTEAMParisTrip2024.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1732794210/merchistoncouk/ulyjbag4om1pfwdfkyqz/MerchiSTEAMParisTrip2024.jpg","width":800}])
Our MerchiSTEAM students tell us more about their incredible trip to Paris, earlier this month.
![Orchestra image]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1732013242/merchistoncouk/ilrsdxoyfmmdj7jnj3xt/Orchestra800x800.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1732013242/merchistoncouk/ilrsdxoyfmmdj7jnj3xt/Orchestra800x800.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1732013242/merchistoncouk/ilrsdxoyfmmdj7jnj3xt/Orchestra800x800.png","width":800}])
Last Thursday night a group of boys went to the Usher Hall to hear the Scottish Chamber Orchestra play a concert of music from the Nordic countries
![USA Golf Trip]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1731944421/merchistoncouk/amjsr80d8eneh30ysr2m/USAGolf1.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1731944421/merchistoncouk/amjsr80d8eneh30ysr2m/USAGolf1.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1731944421/merchistoncouk/amjsr80d8eneh30ysr2m/USAGolf1.png","width":800}])
Our Captain of School, Archie C reflects on his time in Florida over mid-term holidays as part of the Golf Academy Tour.
![A Streetcar Named Desire Nalini Chetty as Stella Kowalski and Kirsty Stuart as Blanche. Photo Credit - Fraser Band]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1730988271/merchistoncouk/q8ync6l2mengxrqcj9qk/Streetcar800x800_1.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1730988271/merchistoncouk/q8ync6l2mengxrqcj9qk/Streetcar800x800_1.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1730988271/merchistoncouk/q8ync6l2mengxrqcj9qk/Streetcar800x800_1.png","width":800}])
On the 30th of October, as part of the arts programme at Merchiston, we set off to see the play, “A Streetcar Named Desire” by Tennessee Williams. This production is relevant to us, as it is incorporated into the curriculum of the Sixth Form.
![HadriansWall group shot]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1727966796/merchistoncouk/u1yrptutzycomyuuaob5/HadriansWall.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1727966796/merchistoncouk/u1yrptutzycomyuuaob5/HadriansWall.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1727966796/merchistoncouk/u1yrptutzycomyuuaob5/HadriansWall.png","width":800}])
The boys in the V Form Classical Civilisation set have been enjoying their study of the Roman Military in the Imperial period. In order to aid their study, on Tuesday 1st October they travelled down to Hadrian’s Wall
![Boys outside National Portrait Gallery]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1716368760/merchistoncouk/pqrpht2myd0ni3xzp6px/PortraitGalleryvisit.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1716368760/merchistoncouk/pqrpht2myd0ni3xzp6px/PortraitGalleryvisit.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1716368760/merchistoncouk/pqrpht2myd0ni3xzp6px/PortraitGalleryvisit.png","width":800}])
Last week III Form boys were off to the National Portrait Gallery in Edinburgh to practise the Spanish vocabulary they had been learning this year outside of the classroom.
![Lambs at farm]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1713951036/merchistoncouk/zgeacfznbqhp8xgadv1c/Lambs800x800.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1713951036/merchistoncouk/zgeacfznbqhp8xgadv1c/Lambs800x800.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1713951036/merchistoncouk/zgeacfznbqhp8xgadv1c/Lambs800x800.png","width":800}])
On Friday 19 April, the Pringle Centre went to Carsewell farm on the Penicuik Estate for an exciting trip.
![Manhattan skyline showing Empire State building]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1712153703/merchistoncouk/jvsvikoyyhx4mx7ogiz3/NewYork800x800.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1712153703/merchistoncouk/jvsvikoyyhx4mx7ogiz3/NewYork800x800.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1712153703/merchistoncouk/jvsvikoyyhx4mx7ogiz3/NewYork800x800.png","width":800}])
Our Pipe Band and Close Harmony Group choir have set off for New York to take part in the 26th annual Tartan Day parade.
The boys have had an extra special start to their journey, as they have flown on a plane piloted by the father of one of the band.
![Hamilton. Photo by Danny Kaan.]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1710930394/merchistoncouk/lmz9aitojlvj8fpge99y/Hamilton800x800.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1710930394/merchistoncouk/lmz9aitojlvj8fpge99y/Hamilton800x800.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1710930394/merchistoncouk/lmz9aitojlvj8fpge99y/Hamilton800x800.png","width":800}])
Last Monday a group of sixty boys went to the Edinburgh Festival Theatre to watch Hamilton, the American theatrical phenomenon that is currently in Edinburgh as part of its first ever UK tour.
