News - March 2011
Daniel wins Gold for Scotland
Daniel McGregor (S2) took part in the WISE International Schools Swimming Competition in Dublin at the weekend as part of the Scottish team. He performed well, getting personal...Read More
Posted on 30 March 2011 By Mrs Fiona MacFarlane
Football Honours for Jade and Mhairi
Jade Breslin and Mhairi MacDonald (both S6) represented Scotland in the first ever 11-a-side Scottish Independent Schools international squad this weekend. The Scotland team took...Read More
Posted on 22 March 2011 By Mrs Fiona MacFarlane
Three Trophies from the Lothian Young Enterprise Awards
At another very entertaining and successful Lothian Young Enterprise Awards evening, on Thursday, Watson’s Young Enterprise teams came away with three trophies and many other...Read More
Posted on 28 March 2011 By Mrs Fiona MacFarlane
Hockey Players Win Caritas Competitions
Both our boys’ and girls’ hockey teams won at our Caritas Sevens Tournament yesterday. The boys beat Dundee High 4–0, Stewart's Melville 4–0 and Balerno...Read More
Posted on 23 March 2011 By Mrs Fiona MacFarlane
Tennis Girls Play Well in Finals
Our girls’ tennis team took part in the Aegon Senior Students’ Tennis Finals which took place at the Bolton Arena. The girls – Natalie Binnie, Janey Millar,...Read More
Posted on 22 March 2011 By Mrs Fiona MacFarlane
Great Results at Edinburgh Cross Country Event
Twenty pupils for Primary 6 and Primary 7 competed at the Edinburgh Primary Schools' Cross Country event today at Inverleith Park. The pupils performed well and we brought home...Read More
Posted on 21 March 2011 By Mrs Fiona MacFarlane
Watson's Pair Captain Scotland
We are delighted to be able to report that Mairi Drummond and Hazel Hall (both S6) not only played for Scotland U18s against Ireland last weekend, but were both selected as...Read More
Posted on 21 March 2011 By Mrs Fiona MacFarlane
Superb Saturday of Sporting Success
On a wonderfully sunny Saturday morning, Watson’s pupils participated in six tournaments and came away with five wins. At Goldenacre, the U16 and U18 boys’ rugby teams...Read More
Posted on 21 March 2011 By Mrs Fiona MacFarlane
Sarah wins RSA Art Award
At the award ceremony at the Royal Scottish Academy yesterday, Sarah Montgomery (S4) was awarded first prize in the intermediate category in this year’s Friends of the Royal...Read More
Posted on 17 March 2011 By Mrs Fiona MacFarlane
Fundraising for Japan Begins
The Spring Term traditionally is the term when all fund raising is done in aid of George Watson's Family Foundation. However, it was always been the case that we can respond to...Read More
Posted on 17 March 2011 By Mrs Fiona MacFarlane