Interhouse tournament

Report from Mrs Coburn:

Just to let you know that DEE house won the Interhouse tournament yesterday quite convincingly. It was a really good afternoon and it was so good to see house teams made up of all year groups. I was pleasantly surprised at how well they worked together. A massive thank you must go the house captains for organising the whole event. They did an amazing job and we as a dept literally did nothing in contribution to what was a really well thought out afternoon. If you see any of them in the passing today please feel free to say well done. I have not seen a group of seniors who are so capable of turning initiative and ideas into something more tangible as this group. They are an absolute credit to the school. The house captains involved were:



Tay - Jocelyn Mitchell, Tara Aldin, Natasha Jacobs, Megan Bryant and Kirsty Evans

Clyde - Ross Hunter and Nicole Blues

Forth - Gemma Grubb

Dee - Seonaid Heeps



Thanks also to all the staff who helped out and to other staff for allowing pupils out of class.

Tam O'Shanter goes graphic!

Well done to our entrepeneurial librarians (Mrs Brown and Mrs Babbs) who have managed to secure a £1800 grant to allow us to develop a graphic novel version of Burns' famous poem 'Tam O'Shanter'. A number of S2 pupils will interpret the poem in words and actions relating it to life in Edinburgh using current 'slang' and situations that are relevant to the present day. A graphic novel will be created using digital images and Comic Life software, which can then be taken to primary schools and re-told by our pupils in both Burns Scots and Liberton lingo.

The school has recently completed the Liberton50 Project which enabled the whole school to participate in creating images and storytelling of Liberton past and present. Promising and talented pupils were identified by the storyteller in residence and these pupils are the ones that could take the poem to the primaries enabling their talents to cascade down to the younger pupils. An ongoing aim of the project would perhaps trigger interest in nurturing the storytelling links between secondary and primary pupils with a long term vision of a storytelling festival for the local area. Additional help would be sought through professionals such as Mathew Fitt, Beth Cross and Ruth Kirkpartick, where available, to guide our pupils to generate a worthwhile and sustainable project of storytelling in the area.

Shoe box appeal for children in Belarus

A huge well done to our S2 pupils from Business Education who managed to gather enough gifts to fill 52 shoe boxes for needy children in Belarus. I am very proud of the efforts of all of our pupils, parents and staff who donated so willingly to such a worthy cause.

This shoe box appeal is run by the Samaritans' Purse.

Donald J Macdonald (Headteacher)

Edinburgh's got talent

Well done to Jack Robertson who is currently leading this online competition organised by the Evening News. To listen to Jack and to vote for him please click here and follow the instructions.

Well done to Ian McBain

Warmest congratulations to Ian McBain on winning a £1000 scholarship to sing with St Ninian’s Church choir. Additionally, Ian has also won a place with the National Youth Choir of Scotland (NYCoS). Click here to find out more about NYCoS.

Well done Ian – this is richly deserved!

Training with British Gas

Later this year, Liberton High is joining forces with a training team from British Gas to offer training to students who may wish to consider training as gas engineers. During this training students will also get the opportunity to develop their skills in CV writing and applying for jobs. Details to follow.

As a School, we are committed to providing every possible opportunity for our students to compete in a very challenging job market.

School fully open on Monday 12 October

I am delighted to report that our Heating system has now been restored and is fully operational. The school will be open for everyone on Monday 12 October.

Thank you for your patience over the past three days and, once again, apologies to all who were inconvenienced by us having to close the school for pupils in S1 to S4.

School closed for S1-S4 on Friday 9 October

Liberton High school will remain closed for pupils in S1-S4 on Friday 9 October. Senior students should attend as normal from 8.30 am. Apologies to all for any inconvenience caused by this.

Engineers will do their best to get the main heating system operational as soon as possible.

DJ Macdonald (Headteacher)

School closed for S1- S4 on Thursday 8 October

Liberton High school will remain closed for pupils in S1-S4 only on Thursday 8 October. Senior students should attend as normal from 8.30 am. Apologies to all for any inconvenience caused by this.

DJ Macdonald (Headteacher)

Burst pipe closes school for S1 - S4

Liberton High School will be closed to S1-S4 on Wednesday 7 October due to a burst water pipe causing problems with the central heating. The school will remain open for staff and senior pupils. S5/6 pupils should register at school at 9.30am tomorrow. The school canteen will be open for lunch as normal.

Parents and pupils should listen to Radio Forth or visit this page for an update on Thursday morning.