An Open Letter to the Fettes Community following the publication of the report into Fettes by the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry chaired by Lady Smith.  

We welcomed Eilidh Gardner of The Rock Trust to Chapel today and heard how the £5,000 raised by some of our Lower Sixth Students when they took part in the Sleep Out for Rock Trust in November is being used by the charity.

On Saturday night, more than 500 members of the Fettes community gathered to celebrate Burns Night. The Dining Hall was filled to capacity with excited students and staff, all of whom were treated to a wonderful evening of food, music, and tradition.

Drama as we know it began in Ancient Greece in the competitive drama festivals associated with the cult of Dionysus, so there was something fitting about the theme for our annual Middle School Play Festival this year being ‘Greek Myths.’ 

On Wednesday 21^st January, some of our Sixth Form Classicists took the train to Newcastle for the annual Sixth Form Classics conference, hosted by Newcastle University.

On Saturday afternoon in Murrayfield’s Hive Stadium Fettes gave an outstanding performance to defeat George Heriot’s 31–14 in the U18 Scottish Schools Rugby Plate Final.

On Saturday 17th January the Fettes 1^st XV Rugby Team will face George Heriot’s School in the U18 Scottish Schools’ Plate Final. 

Fettes College is set to embark on a new 25-year plan to enrich its 100-acre wooded estate in Edinburgh.

Last week, some of our Prep School pupils headed off to Les Deux Alpes for an unforgettable skiing adventure. With fantastic snow conditions and stunning mountain scenery, the group enjoyed great skiing and made the most of every moment on the slopes.

Twelve of our Lower Sixth students battled the cold weather early on Sunday morning for a 9km SIPR (Scottish Islands Peaks Race) training run around the Pentland Hills.

Congratulations to Lower Sixth Form student Taichi M for achieving a Gold in the British Physics Olympiad Round 1!
 

Around 250 Old Fettesians gathered in fine voice for the London OFA Carol Service - a traditional Service of Carols and Lessons reminiscent of the Fettes Carol Service that all enjoyed whilst at school. 

As is traditional, the Third Sunday in Advent saw our candlelit communion service.

The Fettes College Theatre was filled to capacity on Friday evening, 12 December, as parents, siblings, Old Fettesians and staff gathered for this year’s 1912 Society Pipe Band Concert.

Hockey World Cup success for our Upper Sixth student Marianna M who is also the Fettes1st XI Hockey captain.

Thank you to everyone who took part in the final Coffee Concert of the term! We had outstanding performances on the violin, viola and piano from Edward L, Anton P, Matteo C, and Marcel L.