S3 Parents’ Evening 2022: Parent/Carer Feedback

Thank you to all parents/carers who booked and attended virtual appointments for our S3 Parents’ Evening (Tuesday 13th of December ). We hope you all had a very positive experience and look forward to communicating with you again in the near future:

  • Course Choice Evening (Virtual) – Tuesday 24th January 2023 18:00 – 19:30
  • S3 Full Report –  Thursday 16th March 2023

We would like to take this opportunity to gather your feedback, as this is the first Parents’ Evening of the school year and we have made some changes from last year:

  • We have moved from a telephone to virtual system
  • Appointment times were reduced from 5 minutes to 4 minutes to allow families and staff time to prepare for their next appointment and/or step away from the screen briefly.

Given that there are 300 students in the S3 cohort, we recognise that it is very challenging to suit every circumstance. However, we value parent/carer feedback and use it to evaluate your experiences and implement change. We would appreciate it if you could complete this short S3 Parents Evening Feedback Form Google Form by Friday 30th December .

S4 First Aid

We are delighted to inform you that we will be offering a free first aid qualification to all S4 students in December.  I will be communicating details with the S4 during an assembly on Thursday 1st December.

In general, students will do the course in their registration groups as detailed in the link below. However, there are a small number of students who have SQA assessments on their assigned day.  If this is the case, they have been moved to a different date.  This will be shared with students via their Google Classroom.  

Please see the letter below for full details.

S4 First Aid Letter

Student Award Agency Scotland Event

I would like to take the opportunity to tell you about some upcoming events Students Awards Agency Scotland (SAAS) will be offering for parents and carers of a child who is considering entering higher education in Autumn 2023.

These sessions will explain the funding packages available from SAAS for those planning to undertake higher education courses (HNC/HND/Degree courses) as well as how and when to apply and an opportunity to ask any questions.

These sessions will be online and will take place in the evening during December. Parents and carers can check the available dates and times and book a place on these talks here https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/137287290983

Once booked, they will receive a booking confirmation with a link that will allow them to access the meeting.

If you have any questions relating to this offer, please email saasevents@gov.scot and we will get back to you asap.

Wider Achievement Newsletter

There is lots of great work going on around Celebrating Wider Achievement at Lasswade High School.  Please check out our first Wider Achievement newsletter below:

SeptemberOctober Newsletter

School Uniform

We would like to thank all parents/carers for their continued support with ensuring students are wearing appropriate school uniform.  We have been impressed by how smart students have been looking since we returned.
One area that has not been so positive is adherence to our rules around school shoes.  A reminder that it is our expectation that students wear all black shoes/trainers.  There should be no other colours on the shoes.
Over the next few weeks we will be taking the following steps to try and improve this:
  1. Our student support teachers will remind students of our expectations during PSE classes and also remind students how to access the Lasswade Wardrobe.
  2. Our Senior Leadership team will carry out a uniform sweep focusing on shoes and alert you if your child is wearing inappropriate footwear.
  3. A message will be posted on the year group student Google classrooms to ensure students are clear about our expectations.
Additionally, any student not in full uniform, as outlined in the school uniform policy will be referred to student support who will make contact with home and seek agreement for one of the following outcomes:
  • Uniform to be brought to school by parent/carer
  • Student to be allowed home to change (S4-6 only)
  • Student will be allowed to borrow from our school supply.
Finally, please be aware our new initiative called the Lasswade Wardrobe is now up and running. This allows families free access to all aspects of school uniform including shoes.  Please contact your child’s student support teacher for more information.