HT Update: Week-ending Friday 20th June 2025

Friday 20th June 2025

This concise weekly HT Update is generally published every Friday afternoon. It’s a simple opportunity for you to also feedback/ask questions via the link at the bottom of each Update.  Any feedback received will be responded to and published on Monday afternoon on the school website.  

Feedback from last week’s HT Update: Click here

Key messages from this week  

Calendar:  Significant events week beginning 23/06/25;  on Monday we’ve Academy of Performing Arts students involved in PASS Academy, it’s also our BGEd SA and SL Awards Ceremonies;  on Tuesday it’s our ME and MK BGEd Awards Ceremonies;  on Wednesday S5/6 Mandarin students are involved in a trip; on Thursday we’ve S2 students heading out on a Bannockburn Trip, we  also break up for the Summer Holiday at 3.25pm;  on Friday,  no school, on holiday!

Staffing:  Congratulations to Susan Stewart who has been appointed as Lead Teacher to support the L5 Hospitality Foundation Apprenticeship, on a 23 month secondment.  We have two temporary posts live on myjobscotland;  Teacher of Science/Biology and Teacher of Home Economics 

School Show:   Congratulations to all students and staff who’ve been involved over recent months in the rehearsals and preparation for our school show, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.  This week the sold out show performed to a rapturous audience.  Just shy of 150 students were involved onstage and supporting as backstage and/or technical.  All of these students have been supported by staff across our Performing Arts Team.  Bravo! 

Midlothian Schools Dance Competition:  Congratulations to the 57 LHS dancers who competed in the Midlothian Schools Dance Competition last week at Newbattle CHS. The students choreographed their own dances and did themselves, and the school proud, performing in front of students from all other Midlothian schools. It was a brilliant day with our dancers supporting each other and dancers from other schools.  We were very successful and came away with awards in all categories. We also managed to win the award for the school with the highest total combined score.  Special mention to the following students who placed in each category.

Junior Category:

• S1 School of Dance – 1st place in Junior Category
• Rebecca, Sophia, Leah, Victoria, Abby and Lailah – 2nd place in Junior Category

Mixed Category:

• Evie, Kara, Alyssa, Gracie and Eva – 1st place in mixed category
• Sophie, Kayleigh, Enya, and Megan – 2nd place in mixed category

Senior Category:

• Ellie, Summer, Mia, Isla, Grace, Erin and Skye) – 1st place in Senior Category
• Megan and Aimee – 3rd place in Senior Category

Solo:

• Eva – 3rd Place in Solo Category

NHS Community Vaccination Team: We’ve been asked to share the following infographic on summer clinics for those that may have missed their ‘teen vaccinations’,  click here.

Reporting Pattern:   As promised last week click here to see the summary of our recent Parent Council discussion and parent/carer Google Form survey on reporting.   The last four slides outline what we propose do do following this feedback.  Thanks to all who contributed. 

School Leavers, Chromebook Returns:  Reminder, Students leaving school this summer,  usually a few S4/S5 and all of S6, are expected to return their Chromebooks. It’s a simple process with devices handed into Room 112 or Student Support.  Click on Chromebook Return 2025 for an infographic

 

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Take Care

Campbell Hornell,  Head Teacher

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