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News: Tickets available for this years school show! Twelfth Night - 10th -12th June at 7pm. Tickets can be bought via Parentpay or at the School office.

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Celebrating 150 Years
of Portobello High School

PHS Past School Shows/ Operas 1966-1995

Portobello high school has always taken pride n high quality performances of school shows. The photos below show a selection of past shows. Disclaimer, these may not be in order.

The opening of the new school building 1964

The Opening Of The New School In spite of the extra accommodation afforded by the old primary classrooms and the construction of temporary classrooms in the girls’ playground, in a…

Link with Dunedin, New Zealand

With credit to Ian Small

School Sports

Sport in Portobello School has been very popular since the School started. The most popular sport at the present time, is rugby. It started in 1921, but when the war…