Welcome to Portobello High School’s website. We are pleased to provide those visiting our site with information about the school and aspects of our work. Good communication is important to us as a school and we regard our relationship with parents/carers and the wider community as crucial to the success of the school.
Here at Portobello High School we are committed to providing a challenging and rewarding educational experience. We are a non-denominational, six year comprehensive based in the East of Edinburgh. Our school roll is over 1400 pupils and despite being the largest school in Edinburgh, the House System we operate and our policies and procedures ensure that every pupil is welcome, known and supported.
We pride ourselves in being an inclusive school which offers many and varied opportunities, both within and outwith the classroom, for the growth and development of pupils in our care.
Please contact the school if you require more information.
Ruth McKay, Head Teacher
Author Philip Caveney visited the Library on Friday to speak to S1 and S2 students about his work. Philip recently won the Scottish Children’s Book Award with his novel The Piper, a ghostly tale written under the pen name Danny Weston. His new book The Calling is set in Edinburgh on an evening when, once a year, all the city’s stautes come to life. Philip challenged students to name the statues featured in the book before entertaining us with a reading.
Please see attached documentation
Revision to school day Pupil_Parent Presentation
Consultation on Changes to the School Day at Portobello HS
If you wish to make any comment with regard to these proposals, please do so in writing to Ruth McKay, Head Teacher by 3 May 2016. We would be particularly interested to know what you like about the proposal, any difficulties you foresee and suggestions you have for improvement.
If you would like to submit your views via email, please send them to:
Michael Watson, an S4 student, has been accepted into the prestigious National Youth Jazz Orchestra of Scotland. It has just been announced that they will be appearing in the Albert Hall as part of the BBC Proms season on Friday, 5th August.
If you are in London and would like to go along to hear the cream of Scottish jazz along with soloists like Iain Ballamy saxophone and Liane Carroll piano/vocals as well as our own Michael Watson, then please follow this link:
Our Liibrary will be open for private study as much as possible during the exam period – (between 8.30 a.m and 4.30 p.m)
There will be some occasions when it is not available because of classes or a lunch club (it is unavailable Monday & Wednesday lunch).
If anyone wants to check availability on certain days they should see Miss Thow
Once the Library is full additional students will need to go elsewhere.
Any queries about using the library during exams see Miss Thow
S5 – SUMMER READING CHALLENGE VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
Portobello Library is looking for volunteers in S5 to help out with their Summer Reading Challenge during the summer holidays. The volunteer positions are flexible and can fit in with holidays and other commitments. This is a nationally recognised scheme and would be fantastic for college, University and job applications. Duties may include scheme administration, helping with drop-in activites and events, updating social media and visiting primary schools to launch the challenge.
For more information and to express interest please see Miss Thow (Library) before you go on exam leave
REMINDER – School is closed for Public Holiday on Monday, 18 April
CONGRATULATIONS
Ryan Gilhooly, is a winner in the Edinburgh International Science Festival Sci-Ku Competition! Ryan’s Sci-Ku about space has won him third prize for his poem:
Hammer and feather
Deceives the wielder with touch
Both fall simultaneously
There was over 1,300 science haikus from all over Scotland. The judges from Edinburgh City Libraries, the City of Literature Trust, and climate scientist and poet Rachel McCarthy had a very difficult task in deciding the finalists and prize winners. One of the judges said:
“One of the only haiku concerned with experimentation we’ve seen, and presents a complex thought in merely 3 lines”
Also awarded a prize was Alex Mclean. His vivid and imaginative poem was very highly commended by the judges:
Rotating planets
Jewellery of the galaxy
A chain of daisies
2127-Sport Acad-Brochure 2016-Web
SportsAcademy 2016-Application Form-word
Please find attached brochure and application form for the 2016 / 2017 City of Edinburgh Schools Sports Academy intake.
As you will be aware the main target for entry to the Sports Academy are current Primary 7 and S1 pupils. The sports that shall feature in next academic year’s programme are Badminton, Cricket, Girls Football and Netball.
To keep costs to a minimum please either print off the above application form or request one through the highlighted e-mail address. Applications should be returned by e-mail to sportsacademy@edinburgh.gov.uk or by post to Lynne Crawford, Communities and Families, Sports & Outdoor Learning Unit, Waverley Court, Business Centre 1/2, 4 East Market Street, Edinburgh, EH8 8BG before the closing date of Friday 29 April 2016.
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