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Pupils go From Studio to Stage with Resonate concerts
St Francis RC Primary pupils perform Swan Lake Every year our Arts and Creative Learning Team arranges the Resonate series of concerts to celebrate the achievements of our young people in the...
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Round up Friday 25 April 2014
This week we brought you the news of our staff’s achievement at The Standard of Headship Leadership Conference and Award Ceremony, a report on how a community re-building project in Craigmillar is...
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Foster carers are the Pride of Edinburgh
The Pride of Edinburgh – Freddie and Sheila Buchanan Two of Edinburgh’s foster carers, Sheila and Freddie Buchanan, were awarded the highest accolade at the first Evening News Pride of Edinburgh Awards...
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Round up Friday 23 May 2014
This week we brought you the news that the Children and Families Achievement Awards are now open for nominations – so let us know about any of our staff that are going the extra mile and loving what...
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Round up Friday 20 June 2014
This week we reported on the launch of the After School Club Co-operative Charter, this year’s eco-schools celebrations,the excellent music being made by pupils at Kaimes School and Pilrig Park being...
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WHEC celebrate their South Africa partnership at Commonwealth event
Wester Hailes Education Centre (WHEC) has forged a special partnership with Barkly West High School in South Africa that continues as time goes on. Last October WHEC received the International Schools...
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Sport and fitness achievements and plans
Perhaps its the lingering sun of summer or the inspiration from the Commonwealth Games, but fitness has been high on the agenda in our schools recently. Here’s a run down of some of the achievements of...
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Achievement Awards – Working effectively with others
The Children and Families Achievement Awards took place on 11 September 2014. Over the next few weeks we will be posting the winners and those highly commended across the seven categories. In each of...
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Achievement Awards – Getting it right for every child
The Children and Families Achievement Awards took place on 11 September 2014. Over the next seven weeks we will be posting the winners and those highly commended across the seven categories. In each...
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Wester Hailes cluster get together to share, learn and perform
Clovenstone Primary pupils rehearse for their performance at the Wester Hailes cluster celebration Every year the schools from the Wester Hailes cluster get together for their annual cluster...
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Round up Friday 28 November 2014
This week we brought you the winners of the Getting it Right for Every Child category from our Achievement Awards, news of the launch of Dalry Primary’s football-inspired creative writing anthology...
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Have your say in Edinburgh’s budget challenge
S5 Higher Maths pupils from Wester Hailes Education Centre recently took part in the Edinburgh budget challenge to try and balance the Council’s budget using an online planner. The interactive tool...
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Round up Friday 19 December 2014
This week we completed our roll call of the Achievement Awards winners as we announced the winners of the Innovating, creating, inspiring category and the artistic winning pupils of the John Byrne...
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Round up Friday 16 January 2015
This week we reported on Dean Park Primary’s pupils taking part in a BBC music masterclass and the distribution of new NHS Health Scotland guidance on food and nutrition. In other news… Secretary of...
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Artist reveals new installation at WHEC
Wester Hailes Education Centre (WHEC) has recently launched BillBoard, an installation work by artist Kevin Harman, in the main playground of the school. BillBoard will become a platform for messages...
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Grand finale of Queen’s Hall concerts takes pupils From Studio to Stage
On 30 March 2015, over 170 pupils performed at the Queens Hall for the From Studio to Stage 2015, a concert featuring a unique programme of dance, music, poetry and drama. The concert was the final...
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Round up 5 June 2015
This week we brought you news of Boroughmuir’s poetic pupil Rory’s representing Scotland in a Young Writers competition. the announcement of our foster care Facebook Q&A to launch Foster Care...
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Wester Hailes Education Centre primary transitions
As part of our primary cluster transition programme, P7 pupils attend lessons in Maths and English, each Thursday morning, here in Wester Hailes Education Centre. As well as lessons, we like to...
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US Ambassador to the UK visits WHEC
Stuart Sinclair, Curriculum Leader for Social Subjects at Wester Hailes Education Centre (WHEC), brings us this report from their recent visit from Matthew Barzun, US Ambassador to the UK. The USA...
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Active Schools Awards: Young volunteer of the year
Over the next week Jude Salmon, Active Schools Manager, will be running through the nominees in the volunteer category of the Active Schools Awards: hard-working individuals without whose efforts a lot...
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