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Duck Race!

On Friday 31st March 2023 there will be a duck race held in each class. To enter the race, buy a duck for 50p by Thursday 30th March! Each class will have their own winner and there is a prize for and trophy for the class that sells the most ducks!

The ducks have been having a pre-race warm up in the Zen Den!

Midlothian Council – Making the Most of the 1:1 Digital Device

Midlothian’s Digital Inclusion and Learning Team are pleased to offer webinars that will focus on what you can do to help keep your child safe online and how you can support your child to get the most out of his/her device. 

The remaining webinars will be held 7-8pm on the following dates:

There are also a range of resources you can access via Hawthornden’s website on digital safety: Digital Online Safety

Digital Safety Webinars

Midlothian’s Digital Inclusion and Learning Team are pleased to offer four webinars that will focus on what you can do to help keep your child safe online and how you can support your child to get the most out of his/her device. 

These webinars will be held 7-8pm on the following dates:

Class Calendars for 2023

For those of you who missed the Christmas Fayre, the Hawthornden A3 Class Calendars are available for order. The cost of each calendar is £2.50 or you can buy 3 for £6.50.

We would require orders and full payment by Monday 12th December 2022 so that the order can be emailed on Tuesday 13th December to try and get the calendars ordered from the supplier and hopefully out to children before Christmas.  Please note, that for this reason, no late orders will be accepted/processed.  Please do not contact our school office to request any further orders after the cut-off date. Letters about this are being sent home.

If you want to see the class photo, your child can access their Google Classroom to show you.

P7 Open Evening at Lasswade High School

Lasswade High School’s annual P7 Open Evening is taking place on Wednesday 26th October 6pm – 7.30pm. LHS are delighted to report that it will be in the school building and not on Zoom. To find out more read the letter here or download your own copy.
In order to gauge demand and make the evening as comfortable as possible, please complete an RSVP here: