MerchiAcademic @MerchiAcademic
Keep up to date with the highlights from Academic departments and teaching staff. Joined January 2020-
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Sunday Times bestselling author of the Skandar fantasy series, A.F. Steadman, is coming to Merchiston 📚 @annabelwriter will be visiting our very own Spawforth Library on 1 May to unveil her latest novel in front of students from several schools across Edinburgh. 📖
Today in the Maths Department we celebrated Pi Day, including a collaborative pi paper chain and some excellent pi shortbread!
Tomorrow the Chinese Lantern Festival marks the end of Chinese new year. Boys have had a range of celebrations: Chinese Rice Cake taster, lantern and dragon making and a dinner with St George’s. Hope Year of the Dragon brings you joy and prosperity! @CISSStrathclyde @chinacgedi
Maths + DT = investigating answers! First Form take a break from whittling to estimate who has the oldest tree section. @MerchiJuniors @MerchiNews @MerchiStem
IV Form finished off their sweet dispensers in DT this week! 🍬 😋 🍭 🤤🍿 We look forward to reading your Evaluations to see how you got on with them over the holidays!
On Saturday six of our Lower @MerchiSixthForm participated in their first Model United Nations event. They did us proud - #ReadyAyReady to step out of their comfort zone! Many thanks to @stgeorgesedin for hosting. #stgemun2023
Yesterday saw Lower Sixth Spanish and German learners join other schools for an Immersion Day. Many thanks to @StrathallanSchl for hosting - and for the warm hospitality! #learnspanish #learngerman @GermanAmbUK
Looking forward to welcoming Kayleigh Parker for our first Careers Café of the term at 7pm on Thursday 23rd November. She will present to the boys on her career and role working for SSE.
Shell boys have been engrossed in code-breaking challenges with @GCHQ National Language Competition this week. 'Kind blushing angelfish' has been the leading Merchiston team - will this change before 5pm today...? #GCHQNLC #languages
The Rugby World Cup 🏉has been inspiring IV Form French! Congratulations to Finlay for best poster and to Orhan, Kiran, Roland, Finn and Alex for the best presentation. Merci à notre juge M. De Luca et à Campbell, French prefect. @MerchiRugby @ifecosse
Vielen Dank Elaine, Miguel, @louiseglen4 and @GI_Glasgow !
Vielen Dank Elaine, Miguel, @louiseglen4 and @GI_Glasgow !
Just-in-time production methods aka setting out clear instructions/teamwork/systems thinking aka making a morning cuppa tea in DT(ea)! @MerchiNews @MerchiSixthForm
IV Form Mandarin pupils visited a Chinese supermarket, using their language skills to write their list, ask the shop assistant questions and pay their bill. They then enjoyed a traditional hotpot, with chopsticks! 🥢 @SCEN_official @CISSStrathclyde @chinacgedi
IV Form Spanish pupils enjoyed a trip to @NatGalleriesSco last week. Pupils discovered the works of Picasso, Dalí and Miró before trying their hand at recreating some masterpieces, relying on their partner’s descriptions in Spanish 👨🏻🎨 Topped off with some Pintxos in the park!
J4/J5 responding in style to their Russian colouring task - after the challenge of a Russian cultural quiz… Proud of our young learners’ curiosity and enthusiasm! 💙 #languages @MerchiJuniors
When you’ve spent time designing and prototyping new pizza cutters there’s only one thing for it… 🍕 LVI A-Level DT enjoying pizza cut by their very own pizza cutters while learning all about prototyping, testing, quality control and… pizza? 😋
First Form enjoyed a Spanish trip to the National Museum of Scotland this week. They showed excellent knowledge of the vocabulary they have been learning this year, thoroughly deserving of some delicious churros to end the day! @MerchiJuniors #Spanish
Love to see Old Boy Ryven Ewing continuing on his Sporting journey 🏋️♀️💥🏆🌟 out in Queensland 🇦🇺 Whilst at School he set the standards with regards to attitude, commitment and effort 👏 He set a new state record with a total of 302KG in the 89KG category 💪 Well done 👏
Prof. Larsen lecture attended by L6th Biology students. #biology #MerchiSTEM
Love to see our Boys progressing on their journey and representing @edinburgh U16 🤝🏰💙🏉 Well done Theo, Henry, Luca & Ross 🙌🤩👏 #rugbyjourney
Merchiston Sport @MerchiSport
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Merchiston Middle Yea.. @MerchiMiddleYrs
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Merchiston Sixth Form @MerchiSixthForm
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Cargilfield School @cargilfield
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Merchistonian FC @MerchistonianFC
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Merchiston Sport @MerchiSport
3K Followers 447 Following Providing live results, news and sporting events updates at Merchiston, Edinburgh. 'Great for Sport' The Week Magazine - 2020
Merchiston Rugby @MerchiRugby
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Merchiston News @MerchiNews
3K Followers 376 Following Educating Young Men of Integrity since 1833. Independent School in Edinburgh, focused on offering Students a world-class, outward-looking education.
Merchiston Middle Yea.. @MerchiMiddleYrs
528 Followers 139 Following Keep up to date with the Middle Years Houses at Merchiston castle School.
Merchiston Sixth Form @MerchiSixthForm
594 Followers 77 Following Supporting our students to bridge the gap between school and the next step into adulthood.
Merchiston Juniors @MerchiJuniors
713 Followers 63 Following Educating boys from age 7. Our success proves that what we do works. ‘Great City Prep’ Winner, ‘The Best of the Best Preps’ The Week, 2019
Merchiston Golf Acade.. @MerchiGolfA
296 Followers 101 Following No.2 UK Senior Golf School ISGA - 2023 / No.1 Scottish Senior Golf School ISGA - 2023. No.5 UK Junior Golf School / No.1 Scottish Junior Golf School ISGA-2023.
Merchiston Tennis Aca.. @MerchiTennisA
675 Followers 905 Following World No 2 Tennis School (ISF) 🎾 Scotland No 1 Tennis School (LTA)🎾
Cargilfield School @cargilfield
4K Followers 3K Following Scotland’s first Prep School. Where learning is an everyday adventure, full of challenge, opportunity and lots of fun. 300 children. Boarding and Day. 3 to 13.
Fettes College Sport @Fettes_Sport
3K Followers 378 Following Updating live with results, news, trips and sporting events at Fettes College. Account managed by the Fettes College Sports Department. Find out more below!
St Mary's School @SchoolMarys
963 Followers 179 Following St. Mary's School is an independent, co-educational, day and boarding preparatory school set in the beautiful town of Melrose
St George's School, E.. @stgeorgesedin
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Merchiston Library @MerchiLibrary
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UK-German Connection @ukgconnection
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"The learning of languages is a far-sighted and wise investment", Ambassador Miguel Berger writes in the latest edition of the @FCDOGovUK Inside Out magazine.
This week we celebrated our tennis academy success at whole school assembly. Well done Alasdair, Severijus and Louis for their recent performances and wins at various @LTACompetitions around GB 🇬🇧 🎾 #winasateam #squeezeeverydrop #makingthecastlestronger
Well done to our Boys representing @EdinburghRugby in the Junior 1872 Cup 🙌 Henry W, Zander Mc, Hamish Mc, Myles Mc & Chris T #reprugby
🤵♂️#Burnsnight2024🤵♂️ Thank you to @stgeorgesedin for hosting this year's Burns Night Dinner for our UVI. The NORTH Young Men looked very sharp before they departed!👏⬆️ Also, it was a fantastic way to celebrate the end of their Mock and Prelim seasons!📚👨🎓 #SqueezingEveryDrop
My outlook for 2024: it will be another very important year that will once again require strong British-German cooperation. 🇩🇪🇬🇧
Congratulations to Lance N who retains the U18 Scottish National Singles Championships🥇winning through without losing a set 👏 Well done Lance and a great way to start 2024 🎾🏴 #tennis #tennisscotland @tennisscotland @the_LTA
IV Form finished off their sweet dispensers in DT this week! 🍬 😋 🍭 🤤🍿 We look forward to reading your Evaluations to see how you got on with them over the holidays!
⬆️NORTH’s Christmas Dinner🎄 It ‘‘twas a night to remember! Thanks must go to the team from @OinkHogRoast 🐷, an incredible dinner! ✅Food…lots of food! 🍲 ✅Christmas Quiz 🖊️ ✅Secret Santa 🎅 A brilliant time spent together. #Community #MakingtheCastleStronger
🎉 We are excited to announce that Fokus - Films from Germany is back! 🎬 With the support of @filmhubscotland we celebrate the 8th edition of #FokusFilms, the German film festival in Scotland. Check out our programme, running from 9 to 31 January: goethe.de/ins/gb/en/ver.…
Bei unserem nächsten Info-Webinar am 5. Dezember erfahren Sie mehr über Fördermittel für 🇩🇪 - 🇬🇧 Austausch. ukgermanconnection.org/pp/de/foerderm…
General Assembly in full swing @stgeorgesedin Model UN conference. Resolution from USA and France trying to resolve a global crisis between USA and China #stgemun2023
Black Friday Alert! 🚨 Supercharge your language skills with our special discounts on German courses. 🌍 🇩🇪 Unlock new opportunities and connections through language! Code BF23 👉 goethe.de/ins/gb/en/sta/… #BlackFridayDeals #LearnGerman #BlackFriday #Glasgow #GoetheInstitut
Ihre Schüler*innen freuen sich schon auf Weihnachten? Auf unserem Adventskalender gibt es Lustiges und Wissenswertes hinter jedem Fenster! 🎄 #VoyageKids Calendar live ab dem 29. November: ukgermanconnection.org/kids/de/voyage…
D-2 before the French Fair at the @ifecosse in Edinburgh!✨🎄 Discover the many talents and small businesses among the French community in Scotland! There will be 28 amazing stalls with gift ideas in a festive and friendly atmosphere 📆 Sat 25 Nov from 10am to 4pm Free Entry
Welche Fördermittel gibt es bei UK-German Connection? Bei unserem kurzen Info-Webinar am Mittwoch, 22. November erfahren Sie mehr: ukgermanconnection.org/pp/funding/
The number of students learning German at A-level in Scotland, and in the UK as a whole, sadly continues to decline. I told @heraldscotland (£) we're keen to engage with all relevant government education departments in the UK to help reverse this trend. heraldscotland.com/news/23932181.…
"Paris 1900" is a fascinating documentary by Nicole Védrès which chronicles Belle Epoque Paris : the 1900 Paris Exhibition, the completion of the Eiffel Tower and the variety of Parisian life before the Great War 🎬 Paris 1900 (1947) 20 Dec at @ifecosse ifecosse.org.uk/cinema/paris-1…
Well done to our U11 A team @MerchiJuniors who played some lovely Rugby against @strath_sport & @Fettes_Sport ⭐️🤝🏉 Was awesome to have Fyfe D who’s in @MerchiSixthForm join part of our coaching team and give back to the School 👏 #juniorrugby
Amazing news 👇 well done Lance 🙌🙌🙌👏👏 @Vol_Tennis #coachingchain #squeezeeverydrop #tennisjourney
We'd like more people in 🇬🇧 to study German. Discussed 'Making the Case for German' & how to encourage its uptake. Thanks to Bernadette Holmes for her dedication to language learning, @GI_London1 & @educationgovuk for #GIMAGINE & Language Hubs programme, promoting 🇩🇪 in schools.
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