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• Friday 4 July 2025 Senior School Prizegiving 2025 Last night we welcomed former pupil Roger Baird to present the prizes to our senior pupils. Tribute was made by the Headmaster to Gareth Baird who retired as Chairman. It was wonderful to see so many former Governors and family supporting the prizegiving and Gareth's retirement.
• Friday 4 July 2025 Middle School Prizegiving 2025
• Thursday 3 July 2025 Form 8 Assembly 2025
• Wednesday 2 July 2025 Summer Concert 2025 What a wonderful Summer Concert yesterday morning in the Morrison Hall. Our audience were entertained by the school orchestra, middle and upper school choirs, as well as a host of talented soloists.
• Tuesday 1 July 2025 Pre-Prep trip to the Zoo June 2025
• Monday 30 June 2025 Form 8 Camp 2025 Form 8 had the best time at camp .............. the photos say it all.
• Friday 27 June 2025 Forms 3 and 5 Money Workshop F3 & F5 wearing the money badges they designed during the Bank of Scotland money workshop.
• Friday 27 June 2025 Form 7 Camp 2025
• Thursday 26 June 2025 Kindergarten's Teddy Bears Picnic 2025
• Thursday 26 June 2025 Form 3 visit their teacher's garden Form 3 visited my garden to meet my pets this afternoon.
• Thursday 26 June 2025 Form 6 Camp 2025
• Wednesday 25 June 2025 Form 3 visit The Haining Form 3 had a lovely walk around the Haining "Woolly Wanderland" this morning.
• Tuesday 24 June 2025 Form 1 visit the Fruit Shop Form 1 visited the greengrocers shop in Melrose this morning as part of learning about where our food comes from. They bought fruit and looked at a giant world map to find where they were grown. Did you know that the Kiwi took 25 days to be shipped form New Zealand?
• Friday 20 June 2025 Swimming Gala June 2025
• Wednesday 18 June 2025 Melrose Festival Fancy Dress Competition A fabulous turnout from pupils for the #melrosefestival fancy dress competition tonight. Even some staff were convinced to become a minion! We were delighted to be awarded 2nd place in the mixed age groups category.Huge thanks to all who participated and to the festival committee for a great evening.
• Tuesday 17 June 2025 Form 5 Camp 2025
• Tuesday 17 June 2025 Forms 3 and 4 Camp, June 2025 Old Melrose
• Tuesday 17 June 2025 ABRSM Exams in Edinburgh Yesterday, a number of our pupils sat ABRSM exams.
• Friday 6 June 2025 Stay and Read in Reception Class June 2025
• Friday 6 June 2025 Kith 'n' Kin - June 2025 Following final exams for our senior pupils, family and friends joined us for our annual Kith 'n' Kin. Family and friends were shown around the school, visited the French Cafe, watched tennis, cricket and rounders, and then gathered in the Morrison Hall for a recital and an address by the Headmaster.
• Wednesday 4 June 2025 Form 4 trip to Dynamic Earth
• Tuesday 3 June 2025 Melrose Festival Junior Ride Out Pupils supported the Junior Ride Out on Monday night, watched by staff and boarders.
• Tuesday 3 June 2025 Form 1 Farm Trip 2025 Form 1 had a wonderful day at Sandystones Farm. They mixed cake for the cow's breakfast, watched the farrier getting the ponies ready for the Ride Out, counted hens & eggs, fed Titus the Tortoise and had a picnic! Thank you so much to Mr and Mrs Lee for such a fun and interesting day, we all learnt so much about where our food comes from!
• Tuesday 3 June 2025 Musical fun in Kindergarten Miss Gillian has created a musical drum for the children in Kindergarten.
• Friday 23 May 2025 Form 8 Trimontium visit
• Thursday 22 May 2025 Form 4 attend the Border Union Schools Countryside Day 2025 On Tuesday 20th May, Form 4 attended the Border Union Schools Countryside Day in Kelso where the aim of the day was for children to experience as many aspects of rural life as possible. The day included rural skills, past, present and future. There were around 50 exhibitors attending the event to give the children the opportunity to learn about many rural businesses and skills, with a number of organisations allowing the children to take part in hands on activities such as planting seeds, milking a cow and making butter. The children saw examples of crops that are grown locally and the products that they are used to create. A fantastic educational day out!
• Thursday 22 May 2025 Rhubarb for pudding Freshly picked rhubarb for today's crumble.
• Tuesday 20 May 2025 Form 1 join Form 5 for a Maths lesson This morning Form 1 joined Form 5 for a Maths lesson to practice their skills in place value.
• Tuesday 20 May 2025 Reception Class enjoy a Farm Visit Reception class really enjoyed their visit to Sandystones farm. Thank you to Mr and Mrs Lee for their brilliant tour.
• Friday 16 May 2025 Form 7 - Selkirk Deer Park

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