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Latest News

Young Enterprise Fair

Young Enterprise Xmas Market

The Boroughmuir YE group – Green Glasses – sold candles and glasses at the Xmas fair on Saturday.  They were awarded a shield for ‘Best Product’. The glasses were made by the group from recycled bottles and the fragranced candles were made in recycled jars of different types and sizes. Mr Dempster presented the shield […]

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Rock Holyrood

Edinburgh schools rock Holyrood

The Edinburgh Schools Rock Ensemble (ESRE) performed at Holyrood on 7 October, at an event sponsored by Anne McTaggart MSP, to celebrate the important contribution made to the economy by musicians. You can read about the event here  

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P.T.A. Quiz Night

Tickets are now on sale for the quiz night hosted by the Head Team. Priced at £3 each this is a fun evening for all the family. Teams should be 2 to 6 people although you don’t have to come as a team to join in. Please note tickets are only available from the school […]

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Holocaust Educational Trust

Boroughmuir staff and 2014-15 S6 pupil Alice (pictured) pose with the First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, during the Holocaust Educational Trust’s reception at the Scottish Parliament on Tuesday 3rd November. HET Ambassadors from across Scotland were present to hear reflections from current regional ambassadors who’d made the one day trip to Auschwitz last year. Their talks […]

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Engage with tourism food and drink

Engage with Tourism Food and Drink- Tuesday 10th November, 6.30pm – 8pm The Boroughmuir Engage Forum is a series of events aimed to give senior pupils (S5 & S6) and parents/carers the opportunity to hear about careers in industries which might be less familiar to them. The second event takes place next weekYou may view […]

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Quiz Night

Donations are now being sought for the food and drink prize hampers for quiz night.  There are two winning teams; one adult and one children’s. We are also seeking donations for a raffle – do you  work for  / own a company which would be willing to donate something? All contributions are gratefully received. Donations […]

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Boroughmuir’s Disney Dancers

Well done to all of the girls from the Angela Watson School of Dance who took part in the International Festival of Dance and Performing Arts at Disneyland Paris last month.  Over 40 girls took part in the event which included a 20 minute performance, dance competitions and dancing in the Disney pre-parade.  Almost a […]

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Boroughmuir Skiing Success

Team did very well yesterday taking 4th place in their group. Some great skiing all round in what can only be described as a freezer environment at Braehead. They were up against some fabulous racers, especially from the West Coast and Aberdeen, but raced really hard. So a well done to the Boroughmuir A team. […]

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GSA Visit

G.S.A. group Parliament visit

Members of Boroughmuir’s Gender Sexuality Alliance were delighted, on Tuesday 27th October, to attend the Public Petitions Committee at the Scottish Parliament where T.I.E. (time for Inclusive Education were presenting their petition for LGBTQI+ education. The petition asked for LGBTQI+ education to become a statutory part of the curriculum throughout Scotland. There was a great […]

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Educational Maintenance Allowance (EMA) update

From January 2016, the income thresholds for Education Maintenance Allowances are increasing for those students born before 1 March 2000  and this means more students may qualify to receive weekly payments of £30 per week.   The income threshold for families with one dependent child will increase from £20,351 to £24, 421 and for those with […]

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