S2 Curriculum for Excellence reports will be issued to pupils on Thursday 9th February. The reports will provide information about progress made in S2 and will help with the planning for S3.

A video tutorial which helps to explain the new style of report can be obtained by following this link.

There will be an opportunity to meet with subject teachers at the Consultation Meeting which will be held on Wednesday 29th February from 4.30 – 7.00pm. Information to help you to support your son/daughter with the planning for learning in S3 will be provided at a meeting in the school on Thursday 23rd February.

Pupils in S2 and Physics pupils in S3 swapped their classroom for a lab in a lorry, where they had the opportunity to carryout experiments looking at renewable energy, sound and some different cameras.

The lorry was provided by the Institute of Physics and volunteers helped pupils with ‘hands on’ experiments including resonating wine glasses, making wind turbines, making a simple camera and using an infrared camera.

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Staff and pupils of Portobello High would like to thank the Parent Council for their recent generous donation of £2,000. The following items have been bought for the school:

• ‘I Can Animate’ software for Art and Design pupils/Art and Design Club
• Specialist pliers for jewellery making
• 6 First Aid kits for sports teams
• DVD resources for Geography – Britain from Above, Power of the Planet and Wild Weather
• Instruments for the Samba Band
• Interactive software for Business Studies pupils
• Specialist Safety glasses for Science classes
• Balances for Science classes
• Table Tennis equipment for PE and the Table Tennis club
• Two Alphasmarts for Support for Learning pupil use
• Revision booklets for the Physics Study Club

The court case regarding the new Portobello High School began in the Court of Session on 5 January. Although it had initially been expected to take two days (5 and 6 January), it was agreed by both sides that additional time was required to complete the legal arguments. A third day has now been allocated to the case and it is now anticipated that the case will be completed on this date, Wednesday 1 February 2012.

It is not possible to comment in detail at this stage.  Further information will be provided once the judgement is received.

This year’s PHS Young Enterprise group is working hard producing hot drinks sets and selling insulating sleeves for your takeaways in this freezing weather. Here are some of the group at the Trade Fair on Sat 3rd December where they had a really well decorated stand, an eye-catching video presentation and even dressed up as a cup to catch attention and sell their products.

They were also at the Christmas Fair at a local primary school and sold more items there. They have produced sets for tea, coffee and hot chocolate – just right for this time of year! Look out for their stalls in school.