When Sandi came to Liberton

photos by Lou Hardless (cactusclimber@hotmail.co.uk)

Thursday 16th October saw one of the most exciting evenings Liberton has ever witnessed. Our annual talent show was delighted to welcome a very special celebrity judging panel including million selling singer songwriter Sandi Thom, Forth One Celebrity DJ Grant Stott and Big Brother Celebrity Hijack winner John Loughton. And what a show we gave them - the talented students of LHS sang, danced and played their hearts out to a sell out crowd of students, parents and invited guests.

After some tense moments in the judges room the winners were announced - Third place went to Uni Kim (S5) for her rendition of 'The Heart Never Lies', Second place to Iain McBain and Cecily Kingston (both S5) for their version of 'The Prayer' and the overall winner was Kirsty Evans who performed 'Chasing Cars'. The judges were amazed at the standard of all the acts and we are delighted to announce that Sandi Thom was so blown away by Kirsty that she has asked her to perform with her at her Edinburgh concert in January.

It was a wonderful evening and something for the whole school to be incredibly proud of.

Read more about the evening here

Kirsty Evans L Factor winner

As a result of winning the L Factor, Kirsty has been asked to perform with Sandi Thom at her Edinburgh Concert (29th January Liquid Room) which forms part of her UK tour. Kirsty has obviously said yes and is really excited about it. If you see her give her a big well done!
For anyone that would like to attend tickets are priced £13 and are available from www.tickets-scotland.co.uk
Scott

End of term

What a fantastic end of term week we have had. In addition to all the usual classes and activities that take place there were another four major events that were staged this week at Liberton High School.

On Tuesday we had an enterprise day for all S1 pupils. On Thursday we had a Ready, Steady Cook competition involving staff and pupils. Throughout the week we had 'Book week'. This is a celebration of literature with this year's emphasis being our 50th anniversary year. The week culminated with our third 'X' factor, which, this year, we called 'L' factor. (see Evening news report) All of these events could not have happened without the amazing support of parents and pupils.

At morning break today, I read a poem to staff. I chose this poem to emphasise the importance of unity with parents.

Unity

I dreamed I stood in a studio
And watched two sculptors there,
The clay they used was a young child’s mind
And they fashioned it with care.

One was a teacher:
the tools she used were books and music and art;
One was a parent
With a guiding hand and gentle loving heart.

And when at last their work was done,
They were proud of what they had wrought.
For the things they had worked into the child
Could never be sold or bought!

And each agreed she would have failed
if she had worked alone.
For behind the parent stood the school,
and behind the teacher stood the home!

By Cleo V. Swarat

I take this opportunity of wishing all associated with our school a very pleasant and relaxing holiday.

Swimming success

Congratulations to Andrea Sheen who took fourth place in the 100m Freestyle with a time of 1:10:26 at the recent heats of the Edinburgh Schools Swimming Championships and second place in the gruelling 200m Individual medley event with a time of 2:54:52. This takes Andrea to the Edinburgh Finals at the Commonwealth Pool on 20 November. Please congratulate her if you see her.

Joe Walker,

Dress Code for Last Day

Parents and pupils are reminded that Friday 17 October will be a normal dress day.

Curriculum for excellence

Over the coming months I will want to communicate more with parents about what 'Curriculum for excellence' is and how it will affect pupils' education at Liberton High. The following link for 'Curriculum for excellence' is intended for parents and is worth looking at.

Sci-Fun

Sci_Fun came to Liberton on Friday 10/10/08. All S2 pupils heard about the latest stem cell research in a fascinating presentation. After that they had a chance to play with the fun science exhibits.

Swiming records!

Congratulations to Jennifer Somerville (S6) who, last weekend, at the East district time trials in Glenrothes, broke the British record for 200m breaststroke and the Scottish record for the 100 m individual medley. What a fantastic achievement from such a delightful girl!