Royal Blind School Pupils Celebrate Senses at Queen's Hall
Pupils at the Royal Blind School will perform for the first time at the Queen’s Hall this week. ‘Come to Your Senses,’ the performance at the Queen’s Hall on 20 June, is a celebration of the pupils’ achievements through their senses, movement and music. The pupils performing are blind or visually impaired, and some have additional disabilities and learning support... Read More
- Posted on: Monday 17th Jun 2013
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Royal Blind School Building Up For Sale
An iconic building that has served as a special school in Edinburgh for 178 years has been put on the market for sale today. The Royal Blind School’s Craigmillar Park Campus is being sold as part of a move to merge two campuses into one. By Autumn 2014 all pupils at the Royal Blind School will be relocating to the campus at Canaan Lane in Morningside, which is being refurbished to... Read More
- Posted on: Friday 14th Jun 2013
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Royal Blind School Pupils Encourage Local MP To Support Global Campaign for Education
Pupils at the Royal Blind School will tomorrow (Friday 14 June 2013) present local MP Ian Murray with cardboard cut outs of their ideal teachers to encourage him to support the Global Campaign for Education. The four pupils are boys between the ages of 11 and 13 who are blind or visually impaired with additional support needs. They have based the cardboard cut outs on their teachers at the... Read More
- Posted on: Thursday 13th Jun 2013
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S.D.S Junior Athletics Champioship success!
On Wednesday 5 June, 9 pupils made their way to Grangemouth Stadium to represent the Royal Blind School at the S.D.S Open Junior Athletics Champioships, and what a day it turned out to be, with a combined haul of 9 gold and 5 silver medals. A massive congratulations to everyone who took part. S.D.S Open Junior Athletics Championships individual results:Myles : 100m gold, Shot putt... Read More
- Posted on: Tuesday 11th Jun 2013
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New Head Teacher Appointed at Royal Blind School
A new Head Teacher has been appointed at one of Scotland’s most renowned special schools. Elaine Brackenridge will take on the position of Head Teacher at the Royal Blind School at the start of the Autumn term. She will lead the school during a period of re-development as the Royal Blind School will be developing a new resource centre, growing its outreach services, and in Autumn 2014... Read More
- Posted on: Friday 7th Jun 2013
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Royal Blind School Hosts European Education Project
Education specialists in visual impairment from across Europe arrive in Edinburgh today to continue developing a project on mobility and independence for young visually impaired learners. The Royal Blind School is hosting 30 people from seven EU countries this week as part of a Comenius STEP UP project. The European visitors will work with mobility and habilitation staff at the Royal Blind... Read More
- Posted on: Wednesday 5th Jun 2013
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