Celebrating 150 Years of Portobello High School
To celebrate 150 Years of Portobello High School, we will be running some events throughout the year. Revisit this page to find out more about these events.
Porty 150 Celebration Lunch
Our Porty 150 Celebration Lunch on 11 August was a great event, bringing together former pupils, former staff, colleagues, partners and friends of the school to celebrate 150 years of…
Portobello Journal – Remembering Rusty: A Conversation with Joyce Peacock
As part of our Porty 150 celebrations, our Journalism class satdown with Joyce Peacock to talk about her husband, Graham“Rusty” Peacock – someone who poured his heart into Portobello High…
Portobello Journal – Porty 150 Exclusive with Mr McDowall
Portobello High School turns 150 this year, and our Journalism class is marking the milestone by interviewing the people who make Porty… Porty. We’re talking to the teachers, staff, pupils and alumni…
Puppet Parade on Porty Prom
The students at Portobello High School have been working with visiting artist and puppet maker, Gretchen Maynard-Hahn, to create a collection of large-scale parade puppets inspired by Portobello’s rich seaside…
Burns Supper & Ceilidh
On Thursday 29 January Portobello High School hosted a Burn’s supper and ceilidh. As part of our 150th anniversary celebrations, young people, parents/carers and relatives and the Portobello branch of…
Christmas Concert
Our second event of this celebratory year was our annual Christmas Concert which took place on Tuesday 16th December. Every year, the standard just seems to get better and the…
