News Archive - 2003/4
A Festive Thank You to Donors
On 17 December 2003, over 200 donors to the George Watson's Family Foundation attended a special reception in the European Room of the City Chambers prior to the Festival of Nine...Read More
Posted on 18 December 2003
Maths Makes its Mark
Our Mathematics Department has taken a lead in the use of graphical calculators to enhance learning and teaching, including a pilot project in Scotland designed to explore new...Read More
Posted on 18 December 2003
2003 – A successful year for Watson's
Christmas is always a special time in the school year, and this year's celebrations certainly lived up to the best of Watson's tradition. This brings 2003 to a close, giving us an...Read More
Posted on 18 December 2003
Competition Success Across The School
Congratulations to all those who took part in the UK Senior Maths Challenge. Three Gold, 19 Silver and 22 Bronze certificates were awarded to Watson's pupils. Members of the Pipe...Read More
Posted on 12 December 2003
Caritas Dinner Raises Record Amount
The sixth Caritas Dinner was held on Friday 14 November and raised the record total of £34,716.93 for the George Watson's Family Foundation. We would like to thank everyone...Read More
Posted on 09 December 2003
Pupils Win Arkwright Scholarship
Congratulations to Ross Johnston, James Scobie and Ross Pelling (all S5), on being awarded Arkwright Scholarships in recognition of their outstanding work in design and technology....Read More
Posted on 04 December 2003
Top Biology Marks in Scotland
Congratulations to Yuan Shen (last year's S6) on achieving the top marks in last year's Advanced Higher Biology exam. In recognition of this achievement, Yuan was recently awarded...Read More
Posted on 28 November 2003
Leap for Meningitis
Pupils from our sixth year helped get the Leap for Meningitis off the ground when they joined Olivia Giles to launch the schools' part of this initiative. Olivia, whose limbs had...Read More
Posted on 21 November 2003
Winning Weekend for Watson's Pupils
Jonathon Simpson (S3) came second in the Pipe Major Willie Fergusson Competition held in Annan on Saturday 15 November. This is an invitational competition for the two best...Read More
Posted on 21 November 2003
Author's Visit to the Upper Primary
On Thursday 13 November Michael Lawrence came to talk to our Primary 6 pupils about his books and his life as an author. He spoke of his own love of reading, which eventually led...Read More
Posted on 21 November 2003