On Friday 28th February, there will be a dress down day in support of the British Heart Foundation and the theme is ‘Go Red for Feb’. The charities supported are identified by the school community at the beginning of each school year to ensure we are fundraising for causes important to those at Lasswade.
In the UK, someone dies from a heart or circulatory condition every three minutes. Whether it’s losing a loved one to sudden cardiac arrest or coping with the devastating impact of heart failure, far too many of us will have felt the heartbreak that heart conditions can cause – including young people at our school. But together, this Heart Month, we can give more hearts a fighting chance.
Please show your support this Friday by wearing something red and if you would like to donate either bring in cash for the collection at the front door or donate via Parent Pay. Thank you!
The online S1 Student Progress Consultation will take place as follows:
ME and MK – Thursday 20th February 4:30pm till 6:30pm
SA and SL – Tuesday 25th February 4.30pm till 6:30pm.
The system that we use for S1-S6 Student Progress Consultation is called ‘ParentBooking.com’ (see website https://www.parents-booking.co.uk/lasswade).
Dates for your diary – the booking system for both consultations opens at 6pm on Sunday 16th February and will close at 10am on Wednesday 19th February.
You will not be able to log in to your account before this time.
We are continuing to trial opening the booking system in the evening to improve our service for parents/carers who have found accessing the booking system during normal working hours challenging. As a result, please be aware that our admin staff will not be able to respond to any issues, or respond to any communications until Monday morning. Please email lasswadehsoffice@midlothian.education with any concerns and a member of office staff will reply as soon as possible.
All of our Parents’ Evenings are now fully online (video call), so if you have not taken part in an online Parents’ Evening at Lasswade HS before, please read the Parent/Carer User Guide ahead of the evening or watch this useful video Video Meetings Demo, with Troubleshooting.
Each student can book a maximum of 10 appointments. Each appointment lasts for 4 minutes (on screen timer) with a minute in between consecutive appointments.
If more than one parent/carer wishes to join the video call, the identified ‘main carer’ (person who makes the appointments) must be the person to share the joining details with the other parent/carer.
On Friday 31st January, there will be a dress down day in support of UNICEF. The charities supported are identified by the school community at the beginning of each school year to ensure we are fundraising for causes important to those at Lasswade.
The S6 Charities Committee will be at the front doors of the school with buckets to collect donations. ParentPay is also open and available, if families would like to donate online. It is not necessary to contribute towards any dress down day.
On Friday 24th January 12:45 – 1:45pm, we will be holding an hour-long P7 transition information session in Lasswade High School. This session is for students and families who COULD NOT attend our P7 Open Evening on Thursday 24th October.
On Friday 25th October, there will be a dress down day in support of Breast Cancer Awareness. Students are encouraged to wear something pink. The charities supported are identified by the school community at the beginning of each school year to ensure we are fundraising for causes important to those at Lasswade.
The S6 Charities Committee will be at the front doors of the school with buckets to collect donations. ParentPay is also open and available, if families would like to donate online. It is not necessary to contribute towards any dress down day.
On Thursday 24th October 6pm-7.30pm, we will be hosting our annual P7 Information Evening. The event will be held in the school building and we look forward to meeting as many families as possible.
Aims
The P7 Information Evening aims to support P7 students and families in a number of ways:
Format
We understand that families are extremely busy and have many commitments, therefore we are making the evening as flexible as possible. At 6pm, there will be a 20 minute presentation (presentation 1) in the Assembly Hall from the Head Teacher and the P7/S1 Transition Team. This presentation will be repeated again at 6.45pm (presentation 2). Once we reach capacity in the Assembly Hall for presentation 1, families will be asked to join presentation 2 at 6.45pm.
This means that families will have the remainder of the evening to explore the school and visit workshops. Staff will lead all of our workshops and you will have the chance to get involved in experiments, games and activities as well as ask subject-specific questions.
We suggest that you arrive at Lasswade High School for 5.45pm/5.50pm as this is one of the busiest events in our school calendar. There will be refreshments and music for you to enjoy in the Atrium. Staff and Senior Students will be on hand to guide you around the school and you will receive a programme on your arrival.
RSVP
In order to make the evening as comfortable as possible, we are asking that all families complete our brief RSVP. Link to: RSVP
Out of Catchment
If you live outside of our school catchment area, there is no guarantee of securing a place in S1, even if your child currently attends one of our associated Primary schools. You are more than welcome to attend our P7 Open Evening to get a better feel for our school, should you decide to pursue a placing request (via Midlothian Council).
Communication
Please follow us on Twitter and Instagram as well as our Parent Council Facebook page and school website for news and updates.
We hope students and families have had an enjoyable summer. We would like to share details with you regarding the first week back (Wednesday 14th – Friday 16th August).
All students return to school on Wednesday 14th August at 8.40am.
ALL Students
All S1-S6 students should arrive at school for no later than 8:35am and make their way to their ‘house room’ for 8.40am. ‘House teachers’ will re-issue students with their timetables, share important messages and complete registration. At 9am, S1 students will attend a year group assembly. S2 – 6 will attend their P1 class.
All full list of house teachers, house rooms and designated classes is posted on the year group google classrooms.
All students should bring charged Chromebook and other necessary materials such as a refillable water bottle.
S1 Students
S1 students should meet their S6 Buddies in the playground from 8:30am onwards each morning (just like the June transition days). Please remember to bring along your S1 information card, just in case you forget your school house or registration class.
As you are aware, all S1 students must remain on campus during break and lunch times. With this in mind, all S1 students must either bring a snack and packed lunch or have their ParentPay account topped up so they can buy food/drinks from the dining hall.
S6 Buddies
We are very fortunate to have over 80 fully trained and dedicated S6 Buddies, who will continue to assist our new S1 students during the first week of school in August (Wednesday 14th to Tuesday 20th August).
S6 Buddies should ensure that they register with Mrs Main and Mrs Sharp in the Atrium at 8:30am to collect their signs. S6 Buddies will then meet their classes in the playground and escort them to their house room/house teacher for 8:40am.
S6 Buddies will support their allocated S1 classes around the school and between classes for 5 school days. S6 Buddies will then also conduct a class visit in late August to touch base with their S1 students.
Head Teacher’s Update
At the end of each week, our Head Teacher will continue to share plans for the week ahead.
Please check our school website for whole school updates as well as our social media platforms:
X (Twitter) @LasswadeHSC
Instagram @lasswadehighschool
House Award Ceremonies for S1, S2 and S3 will take place on Monday 17th (ME and MK) and Wednesday 19th June (SA and SL).