LASSWADE HIGH SCHOOLGROUPS/CLUBS INFORMATION

Tuesday 1 December

Assemblies This Week

TODAY S2Wednesday 2 December S3Thursday 3 December S4Friday 4 December S5/S6

TOPIC: Motivation

Showcase, 3rd December, 6-7.30pm

• Exhibition of work from Art & Design, CDT and Fashion & Textiles

• Free Entry and Refreshments available

• Prizes

Physics Nat 5 revision classWednesday 3.30- 4.30 pm in

Rm 121Focus this week: Half Life of a

radioactive source

The iPad Man

S3 iPad clinic.Monday to Thursday. 1300-1345

2nd floor Room 230Any problems or issues, please come to see me and not during class time.

Health and Food Technology Study Support

Tuesdays after school from 3.30 – 5pm

In Room 205You can:• Catch up on missed work and assessments• Complete homework• Support in revision and subject knowledge

Junior Amnesty Group

Join the junior Amnesty International group and help Amnesty raise awareness of human rights issues around the world and promote them in the school.

•Open to S1 to S3•On Thursdays at 1.15pm•In room 113

University Summer School for S5•Summer school places are available at Oxford University for able pupils currently in S5.•Academically challenging but also fun.•Completely free, including accommodation, food and travel expenses

By attending you will:•Receive current advice on admissions•Gain confidence•Be better equipped to submit a strong application to a top University

For info or to apply go to www.uniq.ox.ac.uk. Applications open 23rd Dec

London 2016Current

S1-S3 pupils

2 places are available. See Miss Paterson to add your name to the

list.

Please make sure that you have made the second payment.

Apprentice HairdressersNewtongrange & Eskbank

• We are a highly established salon in which we constantly strive to deliver excellent service and value. The Chapter One brand and reputation has grown from strength to strength in just 3 years and so has our team.

• Not only do we offer a great experience for our existing and new clientele, our directors and owners

of Chapter One, Natalie and Paul, are qualified assessors in the industry, offering great opportunities for up and coming stylists to learn their trade with an apprenticeship and gaining an SQA qualification.

• • We are looking for hard working, enthusiastic, passionate and dedicated team members, who have

high standards, to complement our growing team and work with our valued existing and new clientele.

• Applicants should be aged 16 or 17 (or 15, but old enough to leave school in December). Successful

applicants will be full time assistants within the apprenticeship programme. We offer an excellent range of ongoing skills development, creative opportunities, salon incentives and promotion.

• How to apply• Please hand your CV into our Eskbank salon or email recruitment@chapteronehairspa.co.uk

• Vacancy posted 6 November 2015

Trig Avionics Limited is a high technology company, developing and manufacturing avionics for pilots and aircraft owners. Trig is a UK success story, exporting to over 40 countries globally. We are a growth company with a strong track record of developing talent within our Edinburgh based

manufacturing and engineering team.We are now looking for tomorrow’s talented engineers through applications to our 2016 Modern Apprenticeship Engineering Training Scheme. Trig will provide each successful candidate with high quality on the job training in conjunction with Edinburgh College - as part of a four year HND in Engineering

Technology. This provides a superb start to an engineering career, where you can make a positive impact on our business.

RequirementsApplicants should have, or expect to gain, 3 Highers to include Maths and a

Science subject, plus English at Higher or National 5. How to apply

For more information and to apply go to: www.trig-avionics.com/about-us/modern-apprenticeship/

TRIG AVIONICSEngineering Modern Apprenticeships

DREAM Poetry CompetitionThe English department are holding a DREAM

Poetry competition with successful entries being unveiled at the school showcase On Thursday 3rd December. There is also a fantastic prize for the

winner! Entries must be submitted by Thursday 3rd at the latest.

Ask your English teacher for more details!

Art calendars for sale

Buy from Mr Dolan’s room (317) next week!

£6 Featuring artwork from every year group!Also available at

the Art Showcase on Thursday 3rd December

A £10 deposit for prom MUST be handed in by all who wish to attend to Mrs Crawford

or Miss Mclay by Friday the 11th of December at the latest!

LASSWADE PROM2016!

Also a reminder that the chosen theme of the Great Gatsby is for

décor only, NOT outfits.

Coming up @ Science Club...Chromatography!

Lifelong Learning & Employability

SKILLS FOR LEARNING, LIFE & WORKWWW.MIDLOTHIAN.GOV.UK

For more information contact Catherine Duns on 0131 270 5769 or Catherine.duns@midlothian.gov.uk

MONDAY LUNCHTIME IN THE LIBRARY

Dynamic Youth Awards for 10-14

year oldsYouth Achievement Awards for 13+ year

oldsSaltire Awards for

12 + year olds

AWARDS DROP IN FOR YOUNG PEOPLE

·This drop in is for students from LHSC.·Find out more about these awards·Learn in your own time·Great for your CV or college application·Design your own learning·Peer assessed

Meeting Room 214

Skye trip 2016

Wednesday 2.12.15 1.30pm

LASSWADE’S CHRISTMAS GIFTS

LET THE CHALLENGE BEGIN!

•Buy a present for either a boy or a girl, age group 1-5 or 6-10 or 11-15.

•Wrap it and label it or we shall wrap it for you.

•Put it one of the Santa bags!

REMEMBER IF EVERYBODY DOES THIS WE COULD GET OVER 1500 GIFTS! HOW GREAT WOULD

THAT BE!

S5/6 Pupils in SL!Please can any S5 & S6 pupils(except S6 buddies) in SL house who would like to volunteer as paired readers see Mrs Watt

urgently? This includes pupils who have already given Mrs Watt their names.

Thank you!

Girls rugby meeting

Short break on Tuesday in the PE department

This weeks rugbyWednesday• Girls rugby away to Dalkeith- Bus leaves school @4.• U16’s away to Penicuik RFC- Bus leaves school

@4.30.Friday• S1/2 Development team away to Dalkeith- Bus leaves

school @1.15.Saturday• S1 and U15’s away to Clifton Hall School.

There is no bus so meet at Clifton Hall @8.45.

S2 BOYS FOOTBALL MEETING

• There will be a meeting of the S2 team today (Tuesday) at 10.25am in Room 216

• ALL players MUST attend as this is a very important meeting and may result in you not playing if you do not attend.

Lasswade WW1 Battlefields Trip100 years ago, thousands of Scots volunteered to join the army and

fight in the First World War.

They were given a small payment on joining…a gesture for their bravery and a bond from their country. This was called the ‘Kings

Shilling’.

We are looking for volunteers to join our own Battlefields Experience in September 2016.

Pick up a letter from any History teacher and you will receive your very own ‘Kings Shilling’

New York 2016

There will be a meeting on Wednesday 2nd Dec. at 1.30pm in Room 306.

If you can not attend please see Miss Edmond.