Attainment and Achievement
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Jan
1970
Attainment and Achievement
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Jan
1970
Attainment and Achievement
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Dec
2020
Attainment and Achievement
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Jan
1970
Senior Phase Awards Ceremony 2020
Lasswade High School proudly presents, the Senior Phase Awards Ceremony 2020.
Attainment and Achievement
10
Aug
2020
Attainment and Achievement
10
Jul
2020
Senior Phase Awards Ceremony 2020
The Lasswade Senior Phase Awards Ceremony 2020 video will be released on the school website on Thursday 15th October.
Attainment and Achievement
09
Jul
2020
S1 School of Football Amended Selection Process
Amended dates for the S1 School of Football selection process
Attainment and Achievement
09
Jan
2020
S1 School of Football Update
Dates have been set for the S1 School of Football trials and interviews.
Attainment and Achievement
01
Jan
1970
Thinking of Higher Education?
Links to information and advice from our partners for those thinking of applying to Higher Education
Attainment and Achievement
01
Jan
1970
S1-S3 House Awards Ceremonies
S1-S3 House Awards Ceremonies take place during the final week of term.
Attainment and Achievement
01
Jan
1970
Lockdown SPOTY: It’s on!
On Thursday the 4th of June we will be hosting the 5th year anniversary of Sports Personality of the Year.
Attainment and Achievement
03
Nov
2020
Learning Mandarin at LHS
https://www.strath.ac.uk/humanities/confuciusinstituteforscotlandsschools/newsletters/ Ni hao ! Parents will already be aware that Mandarin is now firmly-established at the school. All pupils – beginning with their S2 ‘taster’ course – receive at least six weeks of lessons dealing with China’s main language and its culture. Many choose to continue and some of our pupils have passed through [...]
Attainment and Achievement
01
Jan
1970
Maya and Brooke hard at work in S1 French !
Maya, Brooke and Mrs Pitkethly hard at work in S1 French, designing their own board game which they’ll be using to practise saying what activities they do. ‘Joyeux anniversaire’ to Maya, by the way ! Mr Poots, PT Modern Languages
Attainment and Achievement
01
Jan
1970
J’adore le sport ! S1 French pupils hard at work …
… describing their favourite sportsmen and sportswomen. Mr Poots PT Modern Languages
Attainment and Achievement
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Jan
1970
(Economic) Reasons For Learning German in S3 and beyond
What’s the point of Learning German ? Here’s what the Scottish Government has to say about it … ‘In 2017, Scotland sold £2.3 billion worth of exports to Germany. This is 7.2% of Scotland’s total international exports. Between 2013 and 2017, Scottish exports to Germany increased by an average of 7.4% each year.” Click on [...]
Attainment and Achievement
01
Jan
1970
‘We are British German’ – British people making a life for themselves in Germany
As S2 pupils consider their course choices for S3 – including which language (or languages) to take – parents and carers of pupils who are thinking about German as an option might like to share this article with their children. It features three British women (including a Scottish baker) who have made lives for themselves [...]
Attainment and Achievement
01
Jan
1970
French Online Homework
Bonjour ! Our French online homework (which is to be found at www.pearsonactivelearn.com) is undergoing some changes. All pupil usernames have been changed. An ‘-AL’ has been added to the existing usernames. Passwords remain the same. So, for example, let’s say you’re John Smith. Your username was JohnSmith and your password was ChangeMe1234. Your new [...]
Attainment and Achievement
12
Dec
2019
Going Further With Modern Languages – not able to attend ? Catch up here !
S2 pupils and parents who were unable to attend last night’s information evening can still see highlights of the event (as I do believe we are trending on Twitter) and find out how continuing with at least one more Modern Language into S3 and beyond can bring massive rewards and give you an edge in [...]
Attainment and Achievement
12
Dec
2019
‘Going Further With Modern Languages’ – S2 parents’ feedback
Eye-opening … good to see how serious the school is about MFL. Very professional. Inspiring panel of speakers, thoroughly enjoyed it. Really inspirational. Need more women on the panel. Big thanks. I thought putting it in the business context really worked – I work with a Pinsents lawyer from Glasgow, currently based in Paris. A [...]
Attainment and Achievement
12
Oct
2019
PROGRAMME FOR ‘GOING FURTHER WITH MODERN LANGUAGES’ EVENT ON WEDNESDAY EVENING
Going Further With Modern Languages Assembly Hall, Lasswade High School 7 – 8.30 pm, Wednesday 11th December 2019 ❝One language sets you in a corridor for life. Two languages open every door along the way.❞ ‒ Frank Smith, psycholinguist 6.30 pm : next year’s potential linguists / double-linguists and their parents begin to arrive, welcomed [...]
Attainment and Achievement
01
Jan
1970
Voulunteering Award
Congratulations to Courtney Simpson in S6 who has recently been awarded The Amy Allan Young Volunteer of the Year Award.
Attainment and Achievement
01
Jan
1970
Modern Linguists Mingling at the University St Andrews
This week, 3 of our Advanced Higher Modern Languages (French and German) students visited the University of St Andrews for a “meet and mingle” event. It was an opportunity to find out more about what it is like to study languages and study or work abroad from undergraduate students themselves – teachers were made to leave! [...]
Attainment and Achievement
01
Jan
1970
STUDY SUPPORT INFORMATION
Please find attached information on the Study Support sessions offered in the school.
Attainment and Achievement
01
Jan
1970
Modern Linguists Representing LHS at Scotland China Education Network Youth Summit
8th Annual SCEN Youth Summit Points the Way Forward Students from nearly 20 schools from Scotland – including a large delegation from Lasswade High School, led by Ms Zhao, Ms Duan and Ms Liu – participated with many visiting students from Hong Kong as part of the Hong Kong Scotland School Improvement Partnership. https://www.scen.info The [...]
Attainment and Achievement
01
Jan
1970
Information on Higher Education Parents Evening
Please find attached a link to the letter about the Higher Education Parents Evening. Higher Education Parents Evening Letter 2019
Attainment and Achievement
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Feb
2019
SQA Results Day Information for Students and Parents
SQA 2019 results day is Tuesday 6th August. The following information may be of relevance to students/parents depending on individual results.
Attainment and Achievement
01
Jan
1970
LASSWADE HIGH SCHOOL BLAZER INFORMATION FOR NEW S1’S
Please find attached information on blazers for new S1 students.