School Uniform and PE Update

Uniform and PE update for after the October holidays

Senior Phase Awards Ceremony 2021

The Senior Phase Awards Ceremony 2021 will take place on Thursday 23rd September.

Next Steps to Higher Education

If you are in S5 or S6, or in another year and want to start your research, please see the following links to some information from some of our partners. In previous years these partners have been in to school around this time to spend an evening with us presenting and taking questions. If you [...]

New S6 Induction

S6 Induction Programme

Senior Phase Students Key Dates

Key dates for Senior Phase students regarding leaving dates or continuation of studies

S1 & S2 Reports: June 2021

Changes to the upcoming S1 and S2 reports.

Lasswade Lockdown Heroes Awards

Nominations for the Lasswade Lockdown Heroes Awards are now open!

Easter School Sign-Up is now LIVE!

The Lasswade S4-S6 Easter School is now open and students can sign up for courses.

£££€€€$$$ Reasons to ‘Go Further With Modern Languages’ £££$$$

Hi, Parents of S2 pupils !

LHS Art Mag Issue 1

The LHS Art Mag Issue 1 is here to view!

S4 Scottish Studies – update

Information about updates to S4 Scottish Studies.

S5/6 Parents’ Evening Tonight

S5/6 Parents' Evening Reminder

Urgent S6 Parents’ Evening Update

Urgent Parents' Evening Update for S6 Parents

Senior Phase Awards Ceremony 2020

Lasswade High School proudly presents, the Senior Phase Awards Ceremony 2020.

Senior Phase Reports Issued

S4-S6 Tracking Reports are being issued by email over the next 24 hours

Senior Phase Awards Ceremony 2020

The Lasswade Senior Phase Awards Ceremony 2020 video will be released on the school website on Thursday 15th October.

S1 School of Football Amended Selection Process

Amended dates for the S1 School of Football selection process

S1 School of Football Update

Dates have been set for the S1 School of Football trials and interviews.

Thinking of Higher Education?

Links to information and advice from our partners for those thinking of applying to Higher Education

S1-S3 House Awards Ceremonies

S1-S3 House Awards Ceremonies take place during the final week of term.

Lockdown SPOTY: It’s on!

On Thursday the 4th of June we will be hosting the 5th year anniversary of Sports Personality of the Year.

Learning Mandarin at LHS

https://www.strath.ac.uk/humanities/confuciusinstituteforscotlandsschools/newsletters/   Ni hao ! Parents  will  already  be  aware  that  Mandarin  is  now  firmly-established  at the  school. All  pupils  –  beginning  with  their  S2  ‘taster’  course  –  receive  at  least  six  weeks  of  lessons  dealing  with  China’s  main  language  and  its  culture.  Many  choose to continue  and  some of  our  pupils have  passed  through [...]

Maya and Brooke hard at work in S1 French !

Maya, Brooke and Mrs Pitkethly hard at work in S1 French, designing their own board game which they’ll be using to practise saying what activities they do. ‘Joyeux anniversaire’ to Maya, by the way !   Mr Poots, PT Modern Languages

J’adore le sport ! S1 French pupils hard at work …

… describing their favourite sportsmen and sportswomen.   Mr Poots PT Modern Languages

(Economic) Reasons For Learning German in S3 and beyond

What’s  the  point  of  Learning  German ?  Here’s  what  the  Scottish  Government  has  to say  about  it … ‘In 2017, Scotland sold £2.3 billion worth of exports to Germany. This is 7.2% of Scotland’s total international exports. Between 2013 and 2017, Scottish exports to Germany increased by an average of 7.4% each year.” Click  on [...]

‘We are British German’ – British people making a life for themselves in Germany

As  S2  pupils  consider their  course  choices  for  S3  –  including  which  language  (or  languages)  to  take  –  parents  and  carers  of  pupils  who  are  thinking  about  German as  an  option  might  like  to  share  this  article  with  their  children. It  features  three  British  women  (including a Scottish  baker)  who  have  made  lives  for  themselves [...]

French Online Homework

Bonjour ! Our  French  online  homework  (which  is  to  be found at  www.pearsonactivelearn.com)  is  undergoing  some changes. All  pupil  usernames  have  been  changed.  An  ‘-AL’ has  been  added  to  the  existing  usernames. Passwords  remain the same. So, for  example,  let’s  say  you’re  John  Smith.   Your  username  was   JohnSmith   and  your  password  was  ChangeMe1234. Your  new [...]

Going Further With Modern Languages – not able to attend ? Catch up here !

S2  pupils and  parents  who  were  unable  to  attend  last  night’s  information  evening  can  still see  highlights  of  the  event  (as  I  do  believe  we  are  trending on Twitter)  and  find  out  how  continuing  with  at  least  one more  Modern Language  into  S3  and beyond  can  bring  massive rewards  and give you an edge in [...]

‘Going Further With Modern Languages’ – S2 parents’ feedback

Eye-opening …  good  to see  how  serious  the school  is  about  MFL.  Very  professional. Inspiring panel of  speakers, thoroughly enjoyed it. Really inspirational.  Need  more  women  on the panel. Big thanks. I thought  putting  it  in the business  context really  worked  –  I work with  a  Pinsents  lawyer  from Glasgow,  currently  based  in  Paris. A [...]

PROGRAMME FOR ‘GOING FURTHER WITH MODERN LANGUAGES’ EVENT ON WEDNESDAY EVENING

Going Further With Modern Languages Assembly Hall, Lasswade High School 7 – 8.30 pm, Wednesday 11th December 2019 ❝One language sets you in a corridor for life. Two languages open every door along the way.❞ ‒ Frank Smith, psycholinguist 6.30 pm : next year’s potential linguists / double-linguists and their parents begin to arrive, welcomed [...]