We Did It! Thanks to a fantastic effort right across the school and especially in the final shift by S6 we have managed to beat our challenge for 2017 to climb the 75 highest Munros. We have managed a total of 86,514.67 metres! Well done everyone! That is well ahead of our target
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Read the October edition of the Firrhill News with items about: the Sports Trip, Christabel’s Sprinting Success, the Pipe Band Club, gardening, Mrs Dickson’s retirement and lots more
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22 September 2017 Dear Parent/Carer, In an effort to make the organisation of parents’ evenings easier for parents, pupils and teachers we implemented an online parents’ evening booking system which was used for parents evenings last session. This system can also be used for booking an S1 Parents’ Settling-In appointment with your child’s
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FIRRHILL HIGH SCHOOL AWARDED GOLD STATUS BY SPORTSCOTLAND Dear Parent/Carer, I am writing to you to pass on the great news that Firrhill has, once again, been recognised with a prestigious national award for innovation and achievement in delivering physical education and extra-curricular sport. Firrhill was first awarded the two-year Gold status
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Dear Parent/Carer, After a longer than expected period of time our new website is officially up and running. It can be accessed by using the school’s official web address which is: www.firrhill.edin.sch.uk The new site is deliberately rather bare-bones at the moment. New content and selected older content will be added in
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Provisional Results 2016-17 Dear Parent/Carer, The results for the 2016/17 academic year which were published in August are presented below. I have also included historical results going back to 2014 for S4 (when the new NQs started) and to 2012 for both S5 and S6. These are a summary of results using
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New Term – August 2017 Dear Parent/Carer, Welcome back. I hope the summer holidays were a pleasant and enjoyable time for you and your family. The first full week of the new term is just about over and it has been, in most respects, a great start to the new school year.
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Read the August Firrhill News featuring items on: Commemoration Evening, Bronze and Silver Duke of Edinburgh expeditions, the Celebration Garden, S6 Prom and Parent Council Meetings
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End of Term – June 2017 Dear Parent/Carer, As I look out my office window towards the Pentland Hills they are shrouded in mist, a light drizzle is falling and there is a bit of a chill in the air. All of which clearly signals that the summer holidays are nearly upon us.
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The assemblies delivered to all year groups at the start of their new timetable focused on the importance of high standards. You can watch a video of the slides used in the assembly by clicking on the link below. Your child should be able to talk you through the images at the end of the
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