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The highlight of our return to school this week (apart from actually returning to school) was an evening school trip to see the stage musical Matilda at the Edinburgh Playhouse.   Pupils and staff enjoyed a raucous evening of song and laughter in Dennis Kelly and Tim Minchin's adaptation of Roald Dahl's classic children's book.  The late finish did mean that there were a few bl...

The highlight of this school week was a visit to the Sky Academy Studios in Livingston.  This was an opportunity for our pupils to experience the end to end process required to create content for television, and to find out about the different job roles involved in making this happen.   Our visit was preceded by two workshops in school were pupils worked together to develop, st...

This week is a sad week for both staff and pupils here at Dunedin as we are losing Connie, one of our Learning Assistants.  Connie is due to have a baby shortly and is moving back to her home town.  Connie has been a fantastic member of our team and will be greatly missed.  Good luck for the future Connie and please come visit when baby is born.    ...

Just before the half-term break we had a whole school trip over to the Glasgow Science Centre.  As well as being booked into the Planetarium for an Astronomer led show, The Solar System and Beyond, pupils were able to explore, try out and learn from the interactive exhibits in the Science Centre.   A big well done to our senior pupils who took on the responsibility of organisin...

It has been a busy start to the Spring term at Dunedin with the Christmas break now but a distant memory.  Pupils are working hard in class and those taking exams this year are already looking forward to prelims!  Our extra-curricular activities continue apace with badminton, local walks, music with Drake and horse-riding every week.  Looking ahead we have Boxercise taster sess...

As summer slips by and the chillier mornings of autumn descend upon us it may seem a strange idea to go and jump into the sea.  That however is what some of our intrepid pupils decided to do this week, safe in the knowledge that this time of year is when the North Sea is actually at its warmest - those Geography lessons paying off! Stevie and Sally from Strive were our guide...

The end of our first full week back at Dunedin and the summer holiday is already but a distant memory.  Pupils are settling into their classes, afternoon activities are underway, walls have been climbed (at Alien Rock), gorgeous muffins baked in the kitchen, SCP courses started at Edinburgh College - and that's only in the first week and a half! Planning is ongoing for...