Lathallan School

Lathallan School Pipe Band Celebrates 60 Years! Yesterday, a fantastic reunion brought together pipers, drummers, parents, pipe band managers, and instructors from past and current years at Lathallan School for a celebration to make this milestone of our incredible school pipe band, established in 1964. An afternoon workshop helped everyone brush up on their piping and drumming skills while also learning two new tunes composed by current piping instructor Mr Nevans as a tribute to PM Harry Stott and Mr Jock Clarke, the founding members of the Lathallan School Pipe Band. The band visited the graveyard in Johnshaven to honour PM Harry Stott and they were greeted by people lining the streets for their public performance at the Harbour. S6 pupil Ruaridh, the current Pipe Major, played Stott’s bagpipes on the day. Back at Brotherton, the evening featured delicious food, entertainment, and ceilidh dancing - a night of reconnecting and creating new memories. A huge thank you goes to our Pipe Band Manager Rachel Kinkead, John Nevans and Scott Niven for delivering such a wonderful event. Read more about it - https://lnkd.in/epVvWVvp

Royal Highland Show 🐑🐂🐓 Our Junior School had a fantastic day at the Royal Highland Show last Friday. The children got their hands dirty creating seed bombs and learning about beekeeping with some delicious honey tasting. They even put their cooking skills to the test by making their own lamb burgers for lunch – yum! Exploring the livestock was a highlight, with the students getting up close to sheep, goats, cattle, and horses. They had a good chat with the farmers to learn all about the hard work that goes into getting animals ready for the show! "The children thoroughly enjoyed the experience; they learned so much about the farming community and the food journey from farm to fork. An exceptional time was had by all!" - Miss Bell Thank you to Lathallan Parents' Association for their support to make this trip possible!

Shoutout to all the parents who joined us for the parent vs junior pupil cricket matches yesterday! 🏏👨👧👦 The J1-4 game ended with a victory for the parents, but the J5-7s made a comeback thanks to some dubious umpiring calls… 😅🤷♂️ A fun-filled afternoon of friendly competition.

Pipe Band Performance 🎶🤩 📍Johnshaven Join us tomorrow evening, Thursday, June 27th around 5:30pm to celebrate 60 years of the Lathallan School Pipe Band! Current pipers and drummers will be joined by Lathallan alumni for a stirring performance down at the Johnshaven Harbour. You could grab a bite to eat and a drink beforehand with our neighbours: Hidden Treasure Tearoom, The Lobster Shop, and the Anchor Hotel. We can't wait to see you there.

Lathallan's Got Talent 🎤🎹🎨🤹♀️ Our talented Junior School pupils brought a fantastic variety of acts to the stage this morning, from singing and dancing to gymnastics, tennis, and live art. There were side-splitting laughs thanks to Casper and Arlo performing the Coconut Song and heartwarming moments while recognising just how much our young stars have developed in confidence and skill. Well done, all!

Junior Eco - growing systems 🍃 Our Junior Eco Club have been busy creating their very own hydroponic vertical growing system from recycled materials. 📸 thanks for the video Mrs Smyth

Scottish Prep Schools Invitational Athletics Championships 2024 🏆 What a fantastic day for Lathallan at the Athletics Invitational held at Fettes College on Sunday. A massive congratulations to Fergus (S3), who was the overall boys' winner, and cup winner 🏆 Lots of happy faces, and the most medals ever won by Lathallan at Fettes, ever! Just take a look... Andrew - S3 🥇Long jump, 🥈High jump Fergus - S3 🥇100m, 🥇200m Ruaraidh - S2 🥇400m🥇Shot putt Autumn - S3 🥇High Jump, 🥈 200m Anna - S3 🥈Shot putt Isla - J6 🥈Long jump Grace - S2 🥇1500m Alba - J7 🥈High jump Aria - J7 🥇100m 🥇200m Harry - J6 🥈800m🥉Long jump Erin - J6 🥈Long jump Skye M. J6 🥇High jump🥉Shot putt Molly F, J5 🥉600m Annabel L, J5 🥇Long jump🥇600m Jack B, J4 🥇High jump 🥈Long jump Casper B, J5 🥈150 m Adriel U, J4 🥇75m 🥇150 m Relays 4x100m U14 Boys Relay Ruaraidh/Fergus/Andrew/Harry 🥇 U12 Girls Relay Erin/Skye/Aria/Molly 🥈 U10 Boys Relay Jack/Ivan/Bradley/Cameron - 4th place ⭐ U14 Girls Relay Autumn/Isla/Brooke/Alba - 4th place ⭐ Well done to everyone who competed 👏👏👏

Swimming Success! 🏊♀️🥇🏆 Congratulations to Amber, J4 who took part in the Club Championships in breast stroke, back stroke, front crawl and fly. Amber won several medals and was awarded: 🏆 Most Improved girl swimmer in Development and Silver Squad 🏆 1st Overall in age group category U9's Well done Amber!

Tackling Food Waste 🍲 This term J4 pupils tackled the topic of food waste at Lathallan by collecting data from a food waste race. Each day for one week, the class weighed the food waste from every Junior School class at the end of every lunch time. They then put their maths skills to use and presented the data in a table and then a graph. J4 presented their findings during a Junior School assembly along with facts and figures about the detrimental impact food waste has on our environment. They came up with suggestions as to how as a school, we could reduce our food waste. The Junior School have weekly sustainability lessons with this being one of the many topics covered. #eco #foodwaste #

Calling all Lathallan families and alumni! Join us on the 27th June for a memorable gathering to celebrate the 60th Anniversary of Lathallan School Pipe Band. This event is a fantastic opportunity to reconnect with fellow pipers, drummers, pipe band managers, and instructors from past and present years at Lathallan. Book your tickets by Sunday 23rd June ➡ https://lnkd.in/eFn_dr-i We can't wait to see you there