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Friday 6th December 2019

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Kind regards

Julian Kirby, Headteacher@HeadLutthigh

Dear Parents / Carers

Welcome to our weekly newsletter. The Pre Public Examinations have now finished for our Year 11 students. They have done incredibly well in how they have approached the examinations. I have no doubt that they feel tired as we approach the end of term.

Next Friday is our Christmas Jumper Day. Students can wear non-uniform with their Christmas jumper and the donation is £1.

We wish our Year 7 students and accompanying staff an excellent weekend trip to Belgium and France. The students will learn an incredible amount in a short space of time and experience 'The Last Post' at the Menin Gate. We have checked all of our travel arrangements and they are unaffected by the industrial action. We will keep parents informed over the weekend if any travel arrangements are disrupted.

Finally, I would like to let parents know the sad news that our strings teacher Judith Matthews has passed away. She has taught numerous students over the years and has been an incredible servant to the school, including leading the strings ensemble. We pass our sympathies to her family and friends.

Have a nice weekend.

Your design must fill the following criteria: Be an original design (not copied) Drawn and painted by yourself and no-one else Show an appropriate Christmas theme Be no bigger than 150 x 210 mm and no smaller than

100 x 150 mm Needs to stand up on its own Place your name, form and house clearly on the entry

and place in the box on the teacher table in D1.

You could use in your design the following: Collage using cut or ripped paper, fabric or other materials Printed lettering cut from magazines or printed from a computer program Your design could be full colour, black and white, or use minimal colour. Include the LHS logo Watercolour, watercolour pencils, pen and ink, oil or chalk pastel

£25 First Prize£10 Second Prize£5 third prize

Bring Your Family to University Visit Days - UCL School and CollegeApplications are now open for the 2020 Bring Your Family to University Visit Days.

We are running two Bring Your Family to University Visit Days during February half-term in 2020.

• Years 5-6 - Tuesday 18 February 2020 • Years 7-11 - Thursday 20 February 2020

More information is available on our website and applications are now open.

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Parents of former students

If you have a child that is now starting university, an apprenticeship or a job and would like to come in to the High School on Thursday 19th December for the morning, please contact Richard Salter on rsalter@lutterworthhigh.co.uk. The purpose of the visit will be to work with students in Year 9 who are starting to think about their option choices for GCSE and we think their opinions and advice on this would be really valuable.

Hot Choc Friday

100% Attendance

Student AchievementCongratulations to this Year 10 student who participated in the BTDA National Dance Championship Finals coming second in her Inter Acro. Well done and keep up the hard work!

Student AchievementCongratulations to this Year 11 student who won 2019's Leicester's Got Talent making in on to ITV news! This is an amazing achievement - well done!

Student AchievementsIt's a busy time for music exams at the moment, so a big well done to everyone who's taken a graded exam. We'd like to specifically congratulate the following students on their singing exams: Ava Kendall, Kimberly Oyugi and Carys Thompson who have received their grade 1 singing, Sophie Parr and Matilda Saunders who took grade 2 singing, and finally Imogen Baynes who has received her grade 7 singing. A special mention to Carys who achieved nearly top marks with a distinction. Well done everyone.

Mrs ChineryHead of Music

Well done to 9HK and 11SC for achieving 100% attendance this week.

WOW WORKWOW WORK

ThoughtBook

CHARACTERSTRENGTH

VIRTUE

'Love'

'Humanity'

Book of the Week: 'The Magpie' by Gary Toward

This week our book of the week is the debut novel of author Gary Toward. We are incredibly happy to announce he will be making a return visit to the school on Monday.

It is December 1913 and Detective Constable Frank Bolem has a murder to solve. The victim is found drowned in the River Wear with a vicious knife wound to his lower back. There are no witnesses and no clues. A few months later more bodies are found and Bolam cannot find a way to fight the deadlock in his most perplexing case. These are turbulent times, with the country in the middle of an attritional war. Bolam joins the army to track down the cold blooded killer.

You can pick up your copy of The Magpie for only £5 on Monday with the added bonus of getting it signed by the author himself. Come to the Learning Hub at lunchtime.

“A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves

you.”Elbert Hubbard

Newsletter Article

Friday 22nd November 2019

HOUSE GAMES - FOOTBALL Football players and enthusiasts will be happy to hear that there’s another opportunity to get involved with sports and represent your House coming up! Mr Wheatcroft is organising our second House Games event of the year which will see students from Years 7 and 8 (boys and girls) competing in a round robin style tournament to gain House Points for their Houses.

The House Games are taking place Period 6 and after school on Wednesday 4th December. Students can sign up for their teams soon, at a breaktime sign up which will be advertised in school on Teams, our bulletin system.

Are you a budding David Beckham or Alex Scott…? If so - keep an eye out for more information in school and get involved! Your House needs you!

Top House Point Earners from last week…

CHURCHILL CUNNINGHAM MONTGOMERY TEDDER KS3 Alfie Millen 7LB

(56) Tia Callow 8HA (55) Helena Evans 8HA (50)

Rowan Cochrane 8HA (50)

KS4 Jeremy Shaw 11FK (50)

Rita Fedista 11FB (56)

Flynn Thorp 11NB (68)

Lena Bettles 11NB (53)

Mrs Randon-Cooper, Head of Montgomery House

HOUSE UPDATEHOUSE UPDATE

HOUSE GAMES - FOOTBALLMany thanks to Mr Wheatcroft for organising another fantastic House Games event this week!

Wednesday, after school, our KS3 Students competed in a football round-robin competition to gain a win, and some House Points, for their Houses. The results are as follows…

Year 7 – 1st-Tedder, 2nd-Montgomery, 3rd-Churchill/Cunningham

Year 8 – 1st-Cunningham, 2nd-Tedder, 3rd-Montgomery, 4th-Churchill

Congratulations to all students who were involved and represented their Houses so well! Mr Wheatcroft picked out a couple of key players who were especially fantastic on the day – special well done to Marc Hawkins in Year 7 (Churchill) and Amber Faulkner in Year 8 (Montgomery).

Newsletter Article

Friday 6th December 2019

HOUSE GAMES - FOOTBALL Many thanks to Mr Wheatcroft for organising another fantastic House Games event this week!

Wednesday, after school, our KS3 Students competed in a Football round-robin competition to gain a win, and some House Points, for their Houses. The results are as follows…

Year 7 – 1st-Tedder, 2nd-Montgomery, 3rd-Churchill/Cunningham

Year 8 – 1st-Cunningham, 2nd-Tedder, 3rd-Montgomery, 4th-Churchill

Congratulations to all students who were involved and represented their Houses so well! Mr Wheatcroft picked out a couple of key players who were especially fantastic on the day – special well done to Marc Hawkins in Year 7 (Churchill) and Amber Faulkner in Year 8 (Montgomery).

Top House Point Earners from last week…

CHURCHILL CUNNINGHAM MONTGOMERY TEDDER KS3 Sophie Chapman

7HC (99) Amelie Molloy 7HC (84)

Harry Williamson 8HL (74)

Megan Sands 7HC (84)

KS4 Illaria Froeschle 10HM (58) Kai Andrews (66) Ella Ellingworth

10LO (58) Jessie Lea 10HM (59)

Mrs Randon-Cooper, Head of Montgomery House

TWEETS OF THE WEEKTWEETS OF THE WEEK

Lutterworth High@LuttHigh

Outstanding secondary school embracing twitter as a platform to share our news and events.

Follow us on Twitter for the latest updates and news@LuttHigh

Lutt High Science @MissN_LHS

We had a group of fast runners tonight so we did a slightly longer run of 4 miles. Fantastic route and a lovely, crisp evening for it! @LuttHigh

Mrs N Tebbatt @MrsTebbatt_Food

Such a super display of skills and recipes on show @LuttHigh @SBFutureChef school heat. A big well done to everyone who took part

Megan McMullan Artist @meganmartist

Drawing from a grid today @LuttHigh ks3 art club! Amazing drawings being done

Lutt High Science @MissN_LHS

The year 8's are investigating what happens when you breathe this week. They have used limewater to identify carbon dioxide in exhaled air and they have measured their lung volume. @LuttHigh

Author Visit - Gary TowardWe are excited to announce that Gary Toward will be returning to the school after an incredibly successful visit last year. Gary will be talking to year 9 students about The Magpie, his historical crime novel set in WW1. His presentation will take pupils on a journey through time, incorporating the history of the period his book is set in and inspiring students to stretch themselves with their own writing.

There will be a book signing in the Learning Hub at lunchtime. Gary’s book can be purchased for £5 on Monday.

Aviation Careers Advice with visiting pilot Sam ReadOn Thursday we had a fantastic session with Sam Read, a local pilot who kindly volunteered his time to offer advice and talk about his experience in aviation. Students were riveted by Sam’s expertise and knowledge and were full of questions about the industry. I think it’s safe to say some of our students might take to the sky’s and pursue a career in aviation after Sam’s invaluable advice.

Learning South Leicestershire School Sports Partnership Health and Well-being Newsletter December 2019-

Internet Safety

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General tips for online safety tips parents

Talk to your child about online safety early

Ensure you protect your child’s personal information.

Use parental controls to filter, restrict, monitor and report

Ensure your child only accesses age appropriate material.

Learn who your child is speaking to online.

Set online use rules and boundaries for example the time allowed online.

Let your child show you how they use the internet to communi-cate.

The internet is a brilliant resource but the digital world is always changing. It is important to keep our-selves and children safe online.

Here are the top three threats to online risks for children:

Exposure to inappropriate content– Vulgar language, sexual images, hated speech and graphic vio-lence can harmful to an impressionable child.

Online predators– Adults who use the internet to groom children are known as online predators.

Cyber Bullying– It is estimated 1 in 3 children have been bullied online. Cyber bullying is any aggres-sive, threatening, or mean-spirited activity conducted via electronic communications (Safewise, 2019)

For more detailed advice visit https://www.childnet.com/parents-and-carers

Fascinating Fact-On average Britons spend 24 hours a week on their phones, TVs, tablets and games (OFCOM,2019).

Internet Joke-Q: Why do beavers spend a fortune on the Internet? A: They never want to log off.

Gaming addiction– Online gaming has become more popular over the last 5 years. Some children are susceptible to gaming addiction in the same way others are sus-ceptible to becoming dependent on alcohol.

Call Video Game Addiction UK for immediate

confidential help and advice 24/7 08000 886 686

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For more information about keeping your child safe online visit https://

Sports Highlights

Girls RugbyOn Tuesday this week Mr Wheatcroft and I had the pleasure of taking ten of our KS4 Girls out to a Rugby Tournament at Fullhurst Community College. This was the main fixture of our rugby calendar this year and, potentially, the last large tournament the girls would get to play in before the season is over.

The girls faced some tough competition from Fullhurst, Hinckley Academy and Welland Park but we are thrilled to announce that they won all of their games – making them the undefeated tournament champions! Game scores were as follows…

LHS vs Hinckley Academy = 28-10

LHS vs Welland Park = 47-29

LHS vs Fullhurst = 21-12

There were some spectacular individual performances, too many to name in fact, but special mention goes to Lily Adams who was voted consistently by the opposing teams as Player of the Match. Every single girl we took with us played the best rugby we’ve ever seen and we were spectacularly impressed from the sidelines!

It’s with sadness that we come towards the end of the rugby season for our fantastic Year 11 girls, but we do look forward to more wins next year with our Year 10s. We need a few more numbers to maintain such a fantastic KS4 team next year though, so if you fancy seeing some glory on the rugby pitch let us know!

Huge thanks to all the girls for their hard work, attitude, teamwork and all-round rugby brilliance!

Mrs Randon-Cooper and Mr Wheatcroft

MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY

LUNCHTIME

CHOIR12.45-1.15PM

WITH MRS CHINERY

ORCHESTRA 12.45-1.15PM

WITH MRS CHINERY

THEORY CLUB 12.45-1.15PM

WITH MRS CHINERY

AFTER SCHOOLMATHS CLUB

Years' 7, 8 and 9Art/craft type

activies including maths.

3.15-4.00pmMiss Robinson

WWRY KS4 PRINCIPALS

REHEARSALS 3.15-4.30PM

WWRY FULL CAST REHEARSALS 3.15-4.30PM

ROCK BAND3.00-4.00PM

WITH JAM MUSIC

WWRY BAND REHEARSALS 3.15pm

- 4.30pm'

Performing ArtsMONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY

LUNCHTIME

CHOIR12.45-1.15PM

WITH MRS CHINERY

ORCHESTRA 12.45-1.15PM

WITH MRS CHINERY

THEORY CLUB 12.45-1.15PM

WITH MRS CHINERY

AFTER SCHOOLWWRY KS4 PRINCIPALS

REHEARSALS 3.15-4.30PM

WWRY FULL CAST REHEARSALS 3.15-4.30PM

ROCK BAND3.00-4.00PM

WITH JAM MUSIC

STRINGS GROUP3.00-3.30PMWITH JUDITH MATTHEWS

Performing Arts

PELHS EXTRA CURRICULAR PE TIMETABLE

MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY

AFTER SCHOOL 3-4.30

GIRLS RUGBY 7-11

(TWH + KRA)

MIXED BADMINTON

ALL YEARS (CRA)

MIXED CROSS COUNTRY 7-

11 (MNI + JKI + STO + LMA)

BOYS RUGBY 7 + 8

(MHO + TMA)

GIRLS NETBALL B SQUAD/DEVELOPMENT

(ZTU + RON + CWA)

GIRLS NETBALL A

SQUADS ALL YEARS

(ZTU + RON + CWA)

GIRLS BASKETBALL

7 (AMA)

BOYS BASKETBALL 7

(AMA)

GIRLS FOOTBALL

(MHU)

BOYS Rugby 9 + 10

(JJO + TWH)

MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY

LUNCH TIME

MIXED BOCCIA

(STO + CWA)

MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY

LUNCHTIME

Chess Club Room 5Mr Salter (Bring lunch)

KS3 Art, DT and Food- Do your own

drawing or your Food, Art and DT

homework.

LHS Fashion Club

D5Mrs Cochrane

KS4 Art intervention

This time can be used for access to

our materials, computer suites and

for one to one support with GCSE

Art portfolios.

KS4 Art intervention

This time can be used for access to

our materials, computer suites and

for one to one support with GCSE

Art portfolios.Homework Club

E7 (KS3 & 4)Homework Club

E7 (KS3 & 4)Homework Club

E7 (KS3 & 4)Homework Club

E7 (KS3 & 4)Homework Club

E7 (KS3 & 4)

AFTER SCHOOLKS4 Art intervention

3-4.30pm

This time can be used for access to

our materials, computer suites and

for one to one support with GCSE

Art portfolios.

KS3/4 Art work3-4.30pm

KS3 Art Club

Starts Monday 16th Sept 3-4.30pm. Sign up in D2.

KS3 Baking club

Starts Thursday 26th Sept 3-4.45. Sign up

in the food room. There will be a small

charge for ingredients.

Homework ClubE6 (KS3 & 4)3.00-4.00pm

Homework ClubE6 (KS3 & 4)3.00-4.00pm

Other

KEEPING US CONNECTED

OFFICE 365 - STUDENT ADVANTAGE & TEAMS

SIMS PARENT APPThe SIMs Parent app provides information on attendance, timetables and conduct allowing parents to stay on top of their child’s progress. More functionality will arrive in the app as we progress through the school year. Please ensure that you keep your SIMs Parent App up to date. As with all apps; the SIMs Parent App will receive updates as time goes by. Sometimes, if the app hasn’t been updated, it may stop working correctly Have you got the app yet?

‘BYOD’ Bring Your Own Device

Students get a complete version of the latest Microsoft Office for free to use for as long as they're students! Visit Office.com/Student to download.

Stock up for academicsuccess with free Office.

Word, Excel, and PowerPoint included.

Visit our website and go to ‘Student Zone’, ‘Services Zone’ and click on the ‘O365’ link

We invite all students to bring in their own devices to connect to our school WiFi. This includes mobile phones, laptops, tablets and iPads.

If your child would like to take advantage of our ‘BYOD’ provision, please ensure you sign the ‘ICT Acceptable Use Policy’ letter and also fill out the ‘New Technologies’ consent form, both of which can be found at Student Reception.

Please hand back in to Student Reception upon completion in order to start using your devices.

NEED HELP?If you have any queries or need IT assistance, please email simsapp@lutterworthhigh.co.uk

Dates for your diary• Monday 9th December, Sports Curry Evening, TIMES TBC

• Thursday 19th December, Here we come a-wassailing, 6.30pm• Thursday 16th January, Year 11 Parents' Evening, 3.30-7.00pm• Thursday 30th January, Year 9 Parents' Evening, 3.30-7.00pm

• Wednesday 5th February, Thursday 6th February and Friday 7th February - ' We Will Rock You' School Show - TIMES TBC

• Thursday 13th February, Year 9 Options Evening, 6.30-8.00pm• Thursday 27th February, Plan, Prepare, Achieve Evening, 6.00-8.00pm

• Thursday 12th March, Year 8 Parents' Evening, 3.30-7.00pm• Thursday 26th March, Year 7 Parents' Evening, 3.30-7.00pm• Thursday 2nd April, Year 11 Parents' Evening, 3.30-7.00pm

• Saturday 11th April - Sunday 19th April, Ski Trip Austria• Thursday 14th May, Year 10 Parents' Evening, 3.30-7.00pm

• Wednesday 20th May, Lion King Trip• Wednesday 17th June, Sports Awards Evening, TIMES TBC

• Thursday 18th June, Summer Concert, TIMES TBC• Wednesday 24th June, New Parents' Information Evening, TIMES TBC

• Thursday 25th June, Take Your Teenager To Work Day• Thursday 25th June, Year 11 Prom, TIMES TBC

• Friday 26th June, Sports Day• Monday 29th June - Friday 3rd July - Activity Week• Monday 29th June - Monday 6th July, Canada Tour

• Wednesday 8th July, Year 7 and 8 Awards' Evening TIMES TBC• Thursday 9th July, Year 9 and 10 Awards' Evening TIMES TBC