Exams, Study Leave and Study Support

Exam Timetable

Qualifications Scotland have published this year’s final exam timetable. Before the Easter holidays students will be issued with their individualised exam timetables. Please note, that in many cases we alter the start times of exams to 8:40am in the morning, or to slightly earlier in the afternoon, this is to fit with the school bus times.

Study Leave

Study leave will run from Monday 27th April – Friday 29th May (inclusive). Students will return to school on Monday 1st June. Students who have exams on 22nd, 23rd or 24th April will be permitted one day of study immediately ahead of their exam. More information on this is detailed in the letter shared with parents/ carers this week.

2026 Exam Support

Over the next few weeks additional details will be published by Qualifications Scotland about the Appeals process and Your Exams, a student friendly guide to exams, will also be released online.

If students have queries or questions about their exams, they should speak with Ms Struthers in Rm 112. If the query relates more to their assessment arrangements then they should speak with Mr Hunter in Creative Learning.

Easter School and Study Supports

Our Easter School will begin on Tuesday 7th April, offering students the opportunity to access revision sessions over the holiday period. Students can register their interest for these sessions via their Year Group Google Classroom. Sign up opens on Monday 23rd March at 4pm and closes on Friday 27th March. Places will be confirmed thereafter.

Until Easter – students can continue accessing a wide range of after school study sessions – the most up-to-date timetable is attached for you here.

Supported Study Timetable March 2026

Online/ At home Supports

E-Sgoil are also running a virtual Easter School from 6th – 10th April. This covers a wide range of subjects and can be used in addition to, or instead of, the Lasswade Easter School. See the link below for their timetable and sign-up instructions. You do need your GLOW account to login, so see Mrs Ward in Computing or Ms Wallerstein in Science if you need to refresh this.

https://www.e-sgoil.com/senior-phase/easter-study-support/

Achieve is excellent another online revision resource which supports knowledge and skills development across many subjects. This provides the opportunity to learn, test and track progress. In addition, this website has a new section this year called ‘Succeed’ which can support with revision strategies, such as how to prepare flash cards, etc. If making an account for the first time our school code is: Zx7tGreK
https://achieve.hashtag-learning.co.uk/

Guides for using this resource are also available here for you.

Achieve Student Guide

Succeed Student Guide

Read and Write is a tool downloaded on all Chromebooks, click the purple puzzle piece to access it. Attached to this post click here is a document showing a variety of ways this can be used this to help with revision.

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Raising Teens with Confidence Course

This free, 6-week course aims to help parents / carers and people who work with teens understand how they can best support teenagers to develop confidence, build resilience and promote emotional wellbeing.

This course will be ran by CLLE and our Home School Practitioner(s) in the Lasswade Library.

Please see the poster below for more information on the course Raising Teens with Confidence 2026

Book your free space(s) online – https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/raising-teens-with-confidence-lasswade-library-jan-26-tickets-1975788915834

And for more information email CLL@midlothian.gov.uk

Care Experienced Week 2025

This week from 25th October to 1st November, it is Care Experienced Week. At Lasswade High School we are very proud of our care experienced young people and will continue to promote and protect their rights.

Nationally, as you can see on the graphic  below from Who Cares Scotland, this year the focus is Rights.  In PSE classes, we are further drawing attention to the theme of Rights by delivering lessons based on Life at Sea. These lessons explore the threats we faces on life’s journey as well as the opportunities that enable us to thrive, based around the UNCRC.

Please see this link showing the Lasswade Care Experience Young People Support booklet which outlines supports and opportunities available.

Dress Down Day – Friday 28th March

S1 Online Parent Consultations – Thursday 20th February and Tuesday 25th February

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.

S2 into S3 Course Choice: Online Information Evening – 27/11/24

On Wednesday the 27th of November we are holding our online S2 into S3 course choice information evening. This will run from 18:00-19:00 and is designed to guide parents, carers and students through the course choice process. A link will be sent via e-mail to all parents and carers on 26/11/24, if you do not receive this and wish to attend please contact us at lasswade_hs@midlothian.gov.uk. 

Further information on our courses, and the process can be found here. All key information will be shared on the website following the event. We look forward to seeing you there.

Dress Down Day: Friday 28th June

On Friday 28th June, there will be a dress down day in support of Breast Cancer Awareness and the Sick Kids Hospital. 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 and playground doors 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.

This will be our final dress down day to mark the end of the school year.

SCHOOL UNIFORM

SCHOOL UNIFORM – TRY ON OPPORTUNITY WEDNESDAY 22ND MAY 4PM-5.30PM

BE Uniforms are hosting an opportunity for parents and carers to bring your child into school to try on uniforms and place your order to be delivered to your home or collection from their store in Edinburgh.

When – Wednesday 22nd May from 4pm-5.30pm

BE Uniforms are offering a reduced price for any 1/4 Zip Top orders received before 30th May.  Any orders placed before this date will be at the reduced price of £25.30. After this time they will increase to £28.  If you intend to order 1/4 Zip Tops for the 2024/2025 school session please take advantage of this offer before prices increase on the 1st June.

The same offers are available on the BE Uniforms website, please see here to order online.

School ties are still available to order via ParentPay through the school.

Study Skills – Parents’ Session

Thank you to those of you who were able to join us last night for our Study Skills session. As promised, last night’s presentation is available for you here. We have also collated some other materials you my find helpful in response to some of the questions you asked.

Please remember that students can still sign up for Study skills workshops through the year group Google Classrooms

We would also be grateful if you could complete a short evaluation – your feedback helps us to improve our work and provide more of the support you feel is required.

Thank you.

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Study Skills Parent Session – Q & A

Study Skills – MindMapping

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ICT- Supports

S4 Parents’ Night Evaluation

Thank you to all parents/carers who booked and attended virtual appointments for our S4 Parents’ Evening (Wednesday 15th November). We hope you all had a very positive experience and look forward to communicating with you again in the near future:

• Senior Phase Full Report – 8th February 2024
• Senior Phase Alert Report – 27th March 2024

We value parent/carer feedback and use it to evaluate our service and implement change. We would appreciate it if you could complete this short Google Form to share your experience of our S4 parents’ night.