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Week 12
Follow the link for some photographs of events in the last few days of term.
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Saturday's sport saw success for both cricket and athletics teams. Also in the afternoon, the Merchistonians held a touch rugby competition: In the evening a group of them, who left 10 years ago, attended the first of this year's series of Merchistonian reunions. They observed that much had changed in 10 years - such as the wide availablity of mobile phones and the use of the internet, neither of which were common in their time at school. All were impressed by the new facilites offered by Laidlaw House.
Half-term and Week 7
The Bishop of Edinburgh gave the address at Sunday evening's Whole School Service, and afterwards conducted a short communion celebration. Week 6The BBC filmed some footage for an article on Reporting Scotland about changes to rugby laws to help prevent schoolboy injuries. Pringle held events associated with the theme 'World Issues', but these were curtailed owing to an outbreak of illness in the House, which led to the decision to break up for half term earlier than planned in year groups up to the Shell. The rest of the School departed on Friday. Week 5
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Week 2On Monday, we held an event at which senior pupils were able to meet representatives from a variety of Higher Education institutions, also attended by pupils from some other local schools. There was another theatre trip this week, this time to the Lyceum and to see Copenhagen. This term's Bag-a-book event,, held all week in the Spawforth Library, was aimed at the junior forms. The entire IV Form went on camp away from school for the weekend. Early reminders of impending GCSEs were the first sitting of the Art exam, along with language oral exams for some pupils. Saturday's cricket matches at all levels were blessed with fair weather. Easter Holidays and Week 1
The first theatre trip of the term involved some UVI attending Waiting for Godot at the King's Theatre. This was a superb production, starring Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart and Simon Callow. At the end of the first week of term, the first cricket fixtures were held, and on Sunday the boys produced their own chapel service. Afterwards some parents toured the boarding houses. |
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The final week of term saw many trips and excursions, for boys in Pringle through to those about to leave school. Boys and parents visited the houses they will move to next year, and socialised at a variety of events. The Upper Sixth Leavers' Ball was after the first Prizegiving on Friday night. At the main Prizegiving Ceremony on Saturday, Brigadier Alistair Deas spoke about the standards expected in the Army, especially the qualities of integrity and honesty, and he presided over both the distribution of prizes and the Leavers' 'graduation' ceremony. The 
With exams out of the way for (almost) all of the school, thoughts turned to trips and activities. The biggest sporting event of the week was 
Exams dominated the week for all pupils up to Shell; but the week also saw the end of the exam period for almost all those sitting public exams; the Fifth Form departed for a few days of post-exam leave. Members of the Lower Sixth were variously on work experience or taking part in a variety of events at school, including a 'Business Dynamics' Course, and Driver safety training. Those studying 
This week was officially designated 'Revision week' for classes up to Shell. It began with an unexpected power failure on Monday morning which lasted all day: public exams had to be transferred from the theatre to other nearby classrooms with natural light! The kitchens produced quick contingency plans, and the IT department had an uncharacteristically quiet day! On Wednesday, a group of Merchistonians all of whom were here before 1950 toured with a group of current Sixth Form pupils. The former were apparently quite astonished by things such as trouser presses in Laidlaw. We also hosted the first of some groups of primary-age children from the Chernobyl area of the Ukraine, who are spending a month in the UK: many children from this area still suffer from the after-effects of the 1986 disaster. Friday's main event was the annual 
Public exams were in full swing all week for Fifth and Sixth Forms. On Wednesday, Darren Campbell of Lothian and Borders Police came to give a talk to the Third Form about the dangers of illegal drugs. Darren discussed different types of drugs and their effects, followed by a question and answer session (photo left). 
The School was back to full strength following the half-term break, and after normal lessons and games on Friday enjoyed a weekend of amazing weather, with the temperature around 27 celsius. We were delighted to hear on Saturday of the birth of a son, Max, to Mr and Mrs Osborne. 
This week saw the first papers of the public examination season from GCSE upwards: from now on the schedule gets increasingly intensive across all subject areas. Report cards were completed for all forms except the V Form, and tutorials are ongoing with these year groups. The cheque for 
Money continued to come in from last week's run, bringing the total to over £50,000. The Pringle production of '
On Tuesday, a group of boys took part in a Memory Challenge. On Friday morning, a press launch for Sunday's Great Edinburgh run was held at School: footage followed on the 
During the holidays, the ski trip enjoyed good weather and snow conditions in Austria. A group of 14 IV Form pupils went on a
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