Boroughmuir High School

Daily Bulletin

Friday 19th March 2010

S6 Assembly

Packed Lunch Provision Only

S2, S4 and S5 Girls - HPV Vaccinations

The next round of HPV vaccinations will take place on Thursday, 18th and 19th March. The vaccinations will take place in the Cafeteria. All pupils must ensure that they attend on time.

S1 Basketball and 'Run a Mile'

Reminder to all S1 pupils that the house basketball tournament and the 'Run a Mile' are happening next Monday and Thursday (22nd and 25 March).

'Run a Mile' pupils asked to pay a donation of £1 for Sport Relief if they want to wear Funny Headwear during the run.

Basketball pupils are asked to pay a donation of £1 for Sport Relief to play in the tournament.

D Collard

S1-6 Music Exams

The timings and order of the Associated Board music exams on Tuesday, 30th March have changed. Can all candidates please recheck and initial their time on the sheet outside the music base? Many thanks.

J Appleyard

S1-6 Activity week - London - Drama Trip - Reminder

The second instalment of £100 is now due. Please give cheques, made payable to Boroughmuir High School, to Miss Crawford or Mrs McGill as soon as possible. Thank you.

J Crawford

S1-6 European Taekwondo Championships

Rosita Yordanova has just returned from the European Taekwondo championships with 4 bronze medals - 2 individual and 2 team. Congratulations from all the school Rosita!

S Webb

S1-6 Spanish Trip

There will be a short meeting on Monday at lunchtime at 1.15pm in Room 1.05. Please be there on time. Can I remind those who still have an outstanding payment for February that it should be paid as soon as possible.

A Sey

S1-6 London Art Trip June 2010

There will be an important meeting on Tuesday, 23rd March at Lunchtime at 1.15pm. All must attend or see Mr Thomson before hand.

R Thomson

S1-6 Drama and Media Studies Open Evening

This event is free for staff! Please note that this event will now take place on Wednesday, 24th March 2010 from 7pm in St.Oswald's.

It will be an evening celebrating the work of pupils in both Drama and Media Studies. It is an opportunity to see pupils present their coursework.

The first part of the evening will involve film footage from Media Studies being shown and the work of pupils will be on display.

The second part of the evening will be Drama performances from pupils in S1 to S6.

It will be an evening of entertainment and refreshments will be served!

Tickets are £4 for adults and £2 pupils/ concessions and can be purchased from St.Oswald's at lunch times as of Tuesday, 16th March 2010.

So come along and show your support for the pupils and find out a little more about both subject areas!

J Crawford

S1-5 Activity Week

Returns for non residential activities were due to be handed back to Mrs Burton in the Bursar's office by Monday, 15th March. If you have not made a return, please do so ASAP. If you need a new form, get one from the office.

D Dempster

S5-6 Looking for Pool Lifeguards

Any pupils who have their bronze medallion or National Pool Lifeguard Qualification and would like to do some life guarding at Bruntsfield Primary School - please see Miss Webb ASAP.

For attention of all UCAS applicants (see poster in S6 common room)

UCAS extra is for applicants who have used all five choices on their application but are holding no offers - they may have been unsuccessful or they may have declined their offers. Extra give those applicants the chance to make additional choices; one at a time, these must be made before clearing. Extra is applicant driven and all choices are made through the online Track service. Last year over 5,600 applicants obtained a place in higher education through Extra.

Courses that have places available are indicated by the annotation "x" after a course title. Not all courses are available ion Extra and applicants should research availability not only through course search but also directly with universities and colleges.

The Independent newspaper publishes courses vacancies throughout the Extra process. The dates for publishing are:

More information is available for applicants

F Sommerville