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Christmas/Winter 2022 Newsletter

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Photography competition winner

All S4 Art & Design students took part in our summer Photography Competition. Our artists were to respond to the titles, ‘My Environment’, Wildlife & Habitats’ and ‘Nature’s Moods’ and produce a quality photograph to fit one or all of … Continue reading

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S1 One Planet Badge Design Competition

All S1 pupils were asked to design a badge which illustrated and raised awareness of Global Citizenship, as part of their Art & Design homework. We received many excellent designs and found it very difficult to choose a winner! On … Continue reading

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One Planet Week

From 4-8 March, we celebrated a whole-school ‘One Planet Week’, looking at many aspects of Global Citizenship. There were relevant learning experiences across many departments and a fantastic ‘One Planet Marketplace’ in the Assembly hall on Thursday lunchtime. Pupils learnt … Continue reading

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How Could Our School Be Made Even More Eco-Friendly?

At the Eco Committee at Currie Community High School, we were recently given a massive grant of £3,500 by Parents in Partnership to spend however we thought best to help make our school more eco-friendly. Rather than coming up with … Continue reading

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Pupil-run anti-litter campaign for next term

Currie High has entered a City of Edinburgh Council anti-litter initiative for High Schools. The project will start with assemblies about litter and its impact by the environmental organisation Changeworks. Two S2 English classes will have the opportunity to work … Continue reading

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New CurriEco Grant Scheme Launched!

The school has been fortunate enough to receive several thousand pounds for environmental projects – and the Eco Committee wants pupils and staff to decide how it is spent! Ideas for a project – whether it be a community litter … Continue reading

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Currie supports Earth Hour

We will be joining over 450 schools in Scotland by having our own Earth Hour in school today when we’ll be asking everyone to turn their lights off for Periods 1 & 2. Earth Hour is not about saving an … Continue reading

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Africa Week trailer 2011

Check out this trailer for Africa Week. It gives a flavour of the activities that were on offer. <p><p>Here</p></p>

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A ‘fruitful’ venture

Pupils from Currie Community High School and Woodlands School have come together to plant 8 new fruit trees in a shared orchard. Pupils from the Eco Committee at Currie High supported young people in the Woodlands Eco Committee, who all … Continue reading

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