Our annual Spring Concert took place on Tuesday 31st March in the beautiful surroundings of St Mary’s Church. The concert featured over 100 pupils, with performances from our Gold-award winning concert band, junior and senior choirs, pipe band and senior pipe band, ceilidh band, brass ensemble, string ensemble, and the very first performance from our junior concert band. The concert closed with a fabulous finale featuring nearly every performer from the evening in a memorable rendition of Six from Six the Musical.

Mrs McKenzie would like to thank all of the music department staff and extend a huge ‘well done’ to every one of our wonderful musicians who showcased their talents. The evening was a sell-out and was a true representation of our school values; respect, include, achieve.

To view the Spring Concert 2026 video, click here

Dalziel High School Concert Band were delighted to receive a gold award at the Scottish Concert Band Festival on Saturday 30th November.

The band performed three pieces for the panel of adjudicators; Vortex, Tango Argentina and Drive, after months of rehearsals and individual practice.

They were delighted to receive fabulous feedback from the adjudicators, and gold awards for all three pieces, and are now looking forward to travelling to Perth to perform in the Scottish finals in March.

Our thanks to Mr McQueen, Mrs Woods, Mr Crawford, Mr Bone, Mr Carrol and Miss Smillie for their support to the band, and to Mrs McKenzie for leading the band to their 2nd gold award, building on their success from 2024/25.

Congratulations to all of the pupils involved.

With the grime of the city on their collars and a cockney song in their hearts, the cast of Dalziel High School’s “Oliver!” welcomed audiences to “consider themselves at home” across four sold out performances.

Featuring music, lyrics and a book by Lionel Bart, the 1960 musical stepped inside the pages of Charles Dickens’ dark tale, leaving pupils from Knowetop, Glencairn and Ladywell begging for mooooore as part of their transition into our school community.

A Lambeth Walk through the chapters of the 1838 novel, the comic musical follows the rags to riches tale of Oliver Twist, a young workhouse orphan who finds himself in the clutches of Fagin and his gang of young thieves. With Bill Sykes snarling in the shadows and Nancy giving it the old “Oom Pah Pah”, the show builds to an unexpected twist (or “Twist”) that sees Oliver’s little life change forever.

Mrs Kelly and Mrs MacKenzie have been working with their gang of children since they began reviewing the situation in March, and we are incredibly proud of what our hardworking staff and pupils have achieved through months of toil in the workhouse and rehearsal room.

Nearly 100 of our Dalzielian's were “part of the family”, taking responsibility for sound, stage management, lighting, props and costume, ensuring that audiences enjoyed “A Fine Life” in a night of song, dance and laughter. Like so much of life at Dalziel High School, this show dances along with our school values and remind us of all we can accomplish when we aim to respect, include and achieve.

Thanks to our sponsors of this years school show: Robertson Consultancy & MCM Solicitors | McKee Campbell Morrison

To view the Oliver 2025 Photo Gallery, click Here

With sleep in their eyes and pizza on their minds, forty-eight S3 pupils and six staff left the drizzle of a Scottish summer behind and jetted off to glamorous Lake Garda, Italy, on Saturday the 14th of June, 2025.

The Social Subjects Faculty’s Grand Tour warmly invited our pupils to the magical medieval town of Sirmione, an Insta-worthy pizza party in bougie Bardolino and a knight to remember eating roast chicken with their bare hands and cheering for their champion at “Medieval Times” (where Mrs. Rodgers was chosen as the Green Knight’s favourite!)

Our pupils paddled through the enchanting city of Venice, treating themselves to a gondola ride in the shadow of the splendid St. Marks’ Basilica, and fell in love with “fair Verona”, the site of the almost-true story of Romeo and Juliet. With hair-raising visits to the Movieland and Gardaland theme parks and a night at the bowling, there really was no time to spare on this trip of a lifetime.

Ms. Esdaile, Mrs. McDermott, Mr. O’Hagan, Mr. Purvis, Mr. Shanks and Mrs. Rodgers were delighted to share such a special trip with such special pupils, and know they will have built new friendships and views on the world which will travel with them forever.