Welcome to Dalkeith High School Determined Happy Successful

Welcome to Dalkeith High School #Determined. Happy. Successful

‘Pupils are actively encouraged to take part in wider achievement activities, allowing them to develop skills and friendships that will last beyond their school years’. ‘Our school motto is ‘labor vincit’ which means ‘hard work prevails’ and this is reflected in the high standards that we set for our pupils and the encouragement they receive to reach their full potential’. Mrs Allyson Dobson, Headteacher

A junior tie can be purchased at the school office for £ 4

Head Pupils, Patryk Mosiek & Hayley Melrose

Our Peer Supporters at Dalkeith High School do a wonderful job of looking after our new S 1 pupils!

Join the Book Club in the library. . .

Make use of our fantastic sports facilities. . .

Study Hairdressing & Beauty in our super salon. . .

Make a range of products in CDT. Seriously, it will be a snowman!. . .

The most fun part of Engineering – will the circuit design actually work?

Art and Design pupils develop their skills, knowledge and artistic practice through a range of opportunities, working closely with local artists, businesses and professional architects. . .

Pupils rehearse for their National Theatre performance!

Measuring activities during Maths Week!

S 2 Pupils at the DNA workshop in Roslin. . .

Olivia Henderson and Jessica Clegg represented Dalkeith High at the p. H of Scotland STEM championships in Glasgow.

Pupils earned their Crest Discovery Awards in Science by designing hand washing devices suitable for use in developing countries.

Building human pyramids and shelters on our S 1 outdoor learning trips!

Pupils visited the Museum of Flight with the History Department!

Students visit the Edinburgh Book Festival and meet some famous people including David Walliams!

The English department enter pupils in a variety of writing competitions.

Our ASDAN pupils explore the National Museum of Scotland!

Our S 1 pupils took part in a 5 K running challenge as part of their Health & Wellbeing Award. . .

Dalkeith High School became Midlothian Giant Heptathlon Champions 2019. . .

Building Rafts and learning balancing skills on our S 2 outdoor learning trip.

We all got involved in a fun filled and ‘House competitive’ Sports Day! Teachers too!

Our Gold Dof. E Group completed a dog sledding expedition in Canada!

Pupils took part in the Scottish Schools Cross. Country Championships

Pupil Voice members have identified further steps to develop purposeful learning experiences across the school.

S 2 s took part in the Youth and Philanthropy Initiative, with this group winning £ 3000 for Bright Sparks ASN in Bonnyrigg.

Curry and Cake anyone? S 1 -S 6 pupils in Home Economics continue to impress us with their creative cooking skills!

Our School Show ‘Bring It On’. . . You could take part in our next show!

S 1 learners attended an educational day trip to the Seabird Centre in North Berwick.

The VEX Robotics Club members won a trophy for team spirit, determination, resilience and humility.

Pupils enjoyed a weekend solving puzzles and taking part in outdoor activities at Maths Camp!

New York is one of our favourite school trips…

In music, you will learn how to play guitar, drums, bass guitar, ukulele, keyboard, tuned percussion and voice. Plus you could compete in our Battle of the Bands competition!

Pupils joined some of our lunchtime and after school clubs. . . Drama Netball Bikeability Hockey Board Games Anime Club Dance Photography Books into Film Gymnastics Choir S 1 -2 Book Club Badminton VEX Robotics Club Senior Fitness Football Volleyball Dodgeball

Dalkeith High School is once again ‘Top of the Class’! The National Benchmarks recently published by Scottish Government show that Dalkeith High School has outperformed our comparators across all of the attainment measures.

We fundraised for various charities. . .

And so much more! Determined Happy Successful

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