1st Lauderdale 2941 Up by 211 3152
2nd Cromwell 2822 Up by 204 3026
3rd Winterfield 2746 Up by 194 2940
4th Victoria 2798 Up by 107 2905
5th Castle 2582 Up by 123 2705
Attendance 27 Nov-1Dec 2017
Most Merits 27 Nov-1 Dec 2017
Year Class % Attendance
S1 1C3 94.8%
S2 2C5 86.1%
S3 3C3 92.6%
S4 4C5 90.2%
S5 5C4 98.4%
S6 6C2 86.1%
Year Class Number of Merits Received
S1 1C1 37
S2 2C6 59
S3 3C5 35
S4 4C1 5
S5 5C5, 5C6 6
S6 6C1 2
Year Reg. Class % of Class Arriving on Time
S1 1C3, 1C5, 1C7 100%
S2 2C3, 2C6 96%
S3 3C2 100%
S4 4C6 87.5%
S5 5C5 100%
S6 6C1 89.5%
Most on Time to Registration 27 Nov - 1 Dec 2017
SENIOR DRAMA STUDENTS
Advanced Higher, Higher and National
after school drop in sessions.
Stop by if you need help with–
• written unit work
• essays
• line learning
• past papers
Every Wednesday and Thursday,
4 – 5pm in G35
with Miss Ogston
BBC Scotland NEXT- Opportunity for young people in Scotland to
shape the future of BBC Scotland
Aged 14-25 | Deadline for applications- Friday 8th December Over 18 months, a panel of 25 young people will work together with BBC
staff, to challenge the perception of young people both within our organisation and across wider society; and to help shape new and exciting
ideas for BBC television, radio, social media and websites. This will involve group work, residential weekends, time spent at our
centres across Scotland and some investigative work in your own time. Over the 18 months you will be expected to attend between six and eight
core meetings, plus various other events. For more information, visit https://young.scot/things-to-do/events/edinburgh/bbcscotnext/ or email
[email protected] or see Miss Williams
Dunbar Rotary Club Great Christmas Bake Off - Saturday
16th December Join us for Afternoon Tea at The Royal British Legion Dunbar
Entry from 1:30pm - Prize Giving 2:15pm Fun, Cakes, Raffle, Tombola and Book Sale
£5 entre includes afternoon Tea.
If you would like to enter baking for the competition part -
please see Miss Williams asap for more details on categories and drop off times.
Wednesday 13 December
The Bistro will Be serving a
Christmas lunch
£3.50 students £5.00 staff
There will be no hot
snacks served
Interested in a career in Tourism,
Hospitality, Retail, Administration or Events
Management?
• The ‘Engaging with Work Project’ at The
Museum of Flight could be for you.
• You would develop skills in 3 key areas:
▫ Visitor Service roles and responsibilities
▫ Delivery and public engagement skills
▫ Retail and office based skills
Open to s4-s6 students. Must be available on a Sunday, transport by taxi will be paid for buy the museum. SQA work placement qualifications can be gained. If you would like more information please see Mrs Lancaster in G12 by Friday.
WORLD MISSION STAMP APPEAL 2017
The Giffen Institute of Theology (GIT) of the Presbyterian Church of South Sudan needs
books. Having recently relocated to Kakuma, a refugee camp in Kenya, GIT is looking to stock up its library for students. This year's
stamp appeal will help do just that.
Please hand your used stamps into the school office.
School Dances
S1 & S2 - Tuesday 12th December. 6:30 - 9:15pm.
S5 & S6 - Thursday 14th December. 6:30 - 9:45pm.
S3 & S4 - Monday 18th December. 6:30 - 9:30pm.
Tickets £3:50.
Will be on sale from Thursday 23rd November. Will be sold in the social space at break times & lunchtimes.
Next meeting of the Sustainability
Council: Tuesday, 16th January
If you haven’t been before, feel free to come along!
Current projects:
The Big Switch Off Recycling
Marine Conservation Eco Club
World Health
1.30 pm in M19 – see Miss Fallon if you have any questions
LGBT Awareness Project
LGBT history month is coming up and to celebrate that we will be running a competition.
Create a song or video to promote LGBT+ awareness around the school. The message should show
acceptance of everyone, equality among all and a good sense of community. The piece should be between 1 and 5 minutes long. All entries should be in by the 14th
of February.
House points are on offer for all entrees, and 1st, 2nd and 3rd place entries will win additional prizes including cinema tickets. To sign up or if you want more information see Mr. Ehsan in M10.
DGS Learn to Succeed & JMA groups are collecting for EAST LOTHIAN FOOD BANK who help people in CRISIS. PLEASE help to make sure they have a Christmas dinner by donating food from the list to make up JINGLE BAGS. BOXES WILL BE IN THE SOCIAL SPACE FROM MONDAY
So your head doesn’t explode!
Senior Art Study Club Every Monday, Tuesday and Friday after
school in the Art Department.
Please note that the Assembly Hall will be closed every Thursday
Lunchtime until further notice.
S6 Yearbook Quotes
Due on Friday, 8 December.
Your quote has to be no more than 140 characters with no offensive/inappropriate
content. You will get it sent back to you to change the quote - if not you will not
have a quote in the yearbook.
Email quotes to [email protected] or
Alternatively you could hand it to Ms Stalker in print form with your name.
Senior Modern Studies and Revision
Every Thursday lunchtime in T3
with Mrs. Fell
Open to all!
Mathematics Study Sessions
Monday National 5 and Higher M15 ( Ms Sweeney) Tuesday National 5 and Higher (S3- S6) M16 ( Mr White) and All levels M13 Miss Williams) Wednesday All levels M14 ( Mr Laidlaw) Thursday All levels M17 ( Mr Morrison)
• Come along to meetings Monday lunchtimes in M15
• Join us to listen to a guest Amnesty speaker on Monday 20th November in M15, on the topic of worldwide human rights and Amnesty’s work
• Write for Rights campaign from 13th November to 22nd December
• SYP/Amnesty Human Rights Week assemblies 4th-8th December
Chemistry drop-in sessions will be running at the following times:
Tuesday 1:20 – 2:10 in M8
Wednesday 3:50 - 4:50 in M10
Friday 12:30 – 1:00 in M6
Dunbar Grammar school is proud
to have an LGBT+ group where
everyone is welcome.
If you would like to join the LGBT+
group, meet some of our members,
or even find out more information
regarding LGBT+ see Mr Ehsan for
more details.
LGBT+ Group
Awards Evening Trophies
Please could any Team cups that were taken home after the Awards Evening in
September be returned to school as soon as possible, for engraving and
displaying in school.
Thank you
BREAKFAST CLUB IN G6 EVERY WEDNESDAY 8AM – 8.30AM
BACON ROLL & A DRINK ONLY 50P Every Wednesday