Please see attached info from Midlothian Council regarding free school meals and clothing grant
| Payment | Paid to Bank Accounts | Notes/Comments |
| Summer Holiday Payment | Thursday 30th June 2022 | P1-S6 Friday 1st July 2022 to Tuesday 16th August 2022
£69.30 per Primary pupil £75.90 per Secondary pupil |
| Scottish Child Payment Bridging Payments | Thursday 30th June 2022 | £130 per pupil for those eligible for Free School Meals P1-S6
· Children and young people receiving universal Free School Meal provision – i.e. those in P1-P5 who would not qualify for Free School Meals on low income criteria – are not eligible. · It will only cover pupils currently eligible and applications received up until 30th June 2022 which are subsequently approved. · Any payments not made by 30th June 2022 because applications have not yet been completed or approved will be paid by 28th July 2022. |
We will be holding a blazer fitting session for S2-6 students on Friday 24th June during school. Students will be called by tannoy to the Assembly Hall and should attend if they require a new blazer. A payment has been added to Parentpay for all students, if you require a blazer please make the payment and we will match it up against the size once the students have been fitted.
If your child is not available for fitting on Friday 24th June, you can measure them at home using the guide here. Once you know the size please email lasswadehsoffice@midlothian.education to confirm and then make the payment on Parentpay. Deadline for payments is Monday 27th June. If you require Parentpay activation details please also email lasswadehsoffice@midlothian.eduation to request this.
Blazers will be delivered to school towards the end of the summer break and collection dates and times will be communicated when they are ready for collection.
As part of our House system all students will be expected to wear a House tie which can be purchased at a cost of £5, this is also available to purchase on Parentpay.
Our School Uniform plays an important part in our school ethos. It is visible evidence of equality, sets a tone of rigour towards learning and portrays a positive image of the school to our community and visitors alike.
In school the expectation is that when all students are in public spaces, e.g., in corridors between classes, in the Social Area at Interval or Lunch, they should be wearing their blazer. Students are allowed to remove their blazer in class. For session 2022-2023, following previous consultation and agreement through the Parent Council all students are expected to wear our LHS blazer. This expectation was suspended temporarily for sessions 19/20, 20/21 and 21/22.
Please note that, in order to help reduce the cost to families we have taken the decision to part fund the blazers so that they will only cost £30 regardless of what year group students are in. We also no longer require Senior Phase students to buy blazers with braiding. However, anyone who still owns a blazer with braiding will be permitted to carry on wearing it.
As the school is part funding the cost of blazers this year they will be purchased through the school not directly with Academy/Stevenson’s. If you purchase directly from Academy Uniforms/Stevenson’s you will be charged the full cost.