two members of S6 were competing in  the ARTiculation final at Stirling University on Tuesday. The overall standard of presentations was excellent and both girls did the school proud. They spoke with passion and a deep knowledge of their chosen pieces of art. The judges were so impressed that they gave 3^rd prize to Laura Morrison and 1^st place the Anya Foxworthy-Bowers! Boroughmuir are now ARTiculation Scottish Champions!

 Although not a lot of people have heard of the competition, in the art world it is something of a big deal. In fact over 5,000 entrants were recorded across the UK this year and to be winners in Scotland is a brilliant achievement. Well done to both girls – they were fantastic.

Tickets for: SPOTY avaIlable from the PE department

Remember there will awards for our ALL our clubs and team. So if you take part in extra curricular sport @BoroughmuirHS we want you there

the Instrumental Parents Evening is taking place 430pm – 630pm Monday 13th March in the Music Dept.

Letters are being given out this week to all Instrumental pupils

On Tuesday 28^th February 2017 four senior pupils from Boroughmuir along with pupils from Trinity and Holyrood High Schools were invited to the Scottish Parliament to give their view on Scottish Education to the International Council for Education Advisers panel.  The pupils were given a brief tour of the Parliament before meeting with the panel in one of the committee rooms.    The panel consists of education experts from around the world and had gathered in Scotland to advise the government on how to further improve Scottish Education.  The pupils were split into groups with some of the panel members joining each group and were given the opportunity to speak freely about their experience of the Scottish Education system.  Towards the end of the discussions they were joined by the Deputy First Minister, John Swinney and the First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon and were able to put their views to them directly.   

We have added 2 new letters which you can see on the Letter to Parents page Letters to Parents

In preparation for exams many subjects provide voluntary after school study sessions. The classes running are listed in the attached documents. Pupils should check with teachers to ensure the classes are running at the stated dates/times.

Study Support letter – Jan 17

After School Study classes Jan 2017

Calling all Secondary Pupils to ENGAGE with the Future! What do you want to study, be, do? Get expert advice from the professionals to help you decide.
• WHEN? 7 March 2017, from 6:30 to 8 p.m.
• WHERE? Best Western Braids Hill Hotel, 134 Braid Road
• WHO? Janet Archer, Chief Executive Officer, Creative Scotland
Kevin Hardwick, Personal Chair in Molecular Genetics,
The University of Edinburgh
Harris Cains, Business Development Manager, RF Com Ltd
Issaq Ahmed, Consultant Orthopedic and Trauma Surgeon,
The University of Edinburgh & NHS Lothian
Sheila Roberston, Principal Procurator Fiscal Depute,
High Court Unit, Crown Office
• HOW MUCH? Donation. Tickets available at: Engage Tickets

‘ENGAGE’—A Boroughmuir Parent Council Initiative Connecting Pupils to Professionals
Also open to pupils from James Gillespie’s and George Watson’s schools

For the second year running Boroughmuir pupils have succeeded in getting through to the prestigious Grand Final of ‘Junk Kouture’. The pupils from S/3, Beth Moar, Isla Weir and Laura Gancheva created ‘Fire and Ice’ a spectacular celebration of recycled fashion.

‘Junk Kouture’ is open to all secondary school students in Scotland. The challenge is to rework junk and used materials that are beyond their intended purpose and to craft them into eye-catching bespoke fashion designs. Jemima Harrison and Natalie Grzesiak also entered the competition with their creations, The Regal Recycler, and The Trash Star.

Beth, Isla and Laura are one of eighty finalists chosen from a hundred and eighty entrants. The Royal Glasgow Concert Hall Buchanan St Glasgow, is the esteemed venue for the final. You can further boost the girl’s chances by voting on line. The on line vote is worth 10% of each Grand Finalists mark. The public can vote once a day every day from 9.00 on Monday 30^th January 2017 via the Junk Kouture Facebook page.

Mrs Dighton’s S3 class have been taking part in a Pilot project to use Marty the Robot to learn the basics of robotics and coding using Python.  Marty the robot was created by the Edinburgh based company Robotical and we have been given 2 Marty’s to use in the classroom as part of the project.  As you can see from the video it is great fun!