Lytchett Minster School | Newsletter

July 2018

elcome to the final edition of the WNewsletter this academic year! It has been a memorable year with so many collective successes and personal triumphs to celebrate. I hope you enjoy the news and information contained in this edition. As is now tradition, we are also publishing a separate picture edition of some of the major events of the Summer term. Whilst the heatwave has been challenging, it has meant that the Year 11 Prom, Sandwalk, Sports Day and Prize Giving all benefitted from magnificent weather. There have been many highlights this year: At the start of the Autumn term, we celebrated some fantastic GCSE results (including some of the best Maths results in the county). We were spellbound by the amazing production of Beauty and the Beast. The choir and orchestra performed superbly in the Christmas Concert in the theatre and the Easter concert (including the performance of Faure's Requiem) at the Parish Church. Our rock musicians excelled in the Battle of the Bands event and the Jazz Band wowed the members of the Chamber of Commerce at their special event at the BIC. Our BTEC Media students enjoyed the showing of their own films at the Lighthouse as part of their Oscars night. The quality of the Art work in recent exhibitions has been superb. The Lytchett Lecture Series has continued to attract great speakers and- well informed and enthusiastic audiences. The Key Stage 3 Literature Festival saw six outstanding writers of teenage fiction pay a visit to the school. Their talks to students in Years 7 to 9 made a massive impression and will hopefully encourage more of our students to read for pleasure. There have been many notable sporting successes, with the Year 10 boys football team winning the Dorset Cup in some style. We had a fantastic Sports Day (congratulations to Portland House for outsprinting and outthrowing and outjumping the opposition). Not to be outdone on fun, the Sixth Form had their first ever Sixth Form Sports Day last week and from the sound of it, they had a memorable time. We have been able to offer some great trips this year: Poland, the Battlefields in Belgium, Futuroscope in France, the Spanish Exchange, a trip to St. George's football academy, trips to Bournemouth, Southampton, Portsmouth and Oxford universities, a PRE trip to London, a Year 12 trip to Oxford, and of course the Duke of Edinburgh's Award expeditions. Preparing our young people for the world of work, we have provided Year 10 and I2 Work experience and mock interviews; Year 9s attended the Careers College in Weymouth, and the whole school was invited to attend the school’s Careers Fair. I would encourage all our students to get involved in the many clubs and extra- curricular activities available at Lytchett. Freshers' Fair - where they can find out what activities are on offer and sign up for them, will take place on Tuesday 11th September.

In the meantime, have a wonderful holiday!

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1 Farewells

As we approach the end of the academic year I would like to take this opportunity to thank the many members of staff who have all made a significant contribution to life at Lytchett Minster School and to whom we bid a fond farewell. We wish them all the very best for the future as they move on to pastures new: Morag Warr (Maths), Richard Gent (Psychology and Head of Purbeck House), Kate Salter (Science), Matt Moore (English/Media), Andy Vipond (English), Alison Standley (Science), Steven Simmonds (D&T), Richard Heal (Science), Dave Warbis (MFL), Rachel Brooks (English), John Howells (IT), Nicola Sibbick (English), Lynn Barton (Portland Pastoral Support Assistant), Juanita Slaughter and Christiana Cole (both TAs).

A special mention must go to Julia Tighe (Head of PE) who has given an impressive 30 years of service to Lytchett Minster School! Thank you to Julia for her years of dedication tothe students in her care and we wish her all the very best for a fulfilling and relaxing retirement.

Sixth Form ‘Alternative’ Sports Day

On Thursday 19th July our first ever Sixth Form ‘alternative’ Sports Day took place, comprising a wide range of events including a space hopper race, an egg and spoon race (with raw eggs) and welly wanging (thank you to the RNLI for supplying these). It was great to see all the students having such a good time, supporting each other and really getting involved- the banners and costumes were brilliant and the atmosphere really was something special. The Shark team (Mrs Everett and Ms Evans tutor groups) was victorious.

Polite reminder about the Food Home School Agreement

Please be aware that the yellow Home School Agreement form that parents/guardians and pupils sign when they start Food in Year 7, does last for the whole time they study food at KS3. From September 2018, students in Year 10 will sign a separate KS4 agreement which links to the GCSE course.

Reminders: If for any reason a student is unable to bring ingredients to a practical lesson, a signed written note must be given to the student’s food teacher on the day of the practical. A 30 minute after school detention will be issued if a student is unable to provide this. If a student is absent on the day of their demonstration, it is their responsibility to see their teacher to find out the ingredients required, use the information on the VLE or ask a reliable friend. Students should be organised to catch up on missed information.

2 Arts News

Arts Award Gold Congratulations to Hannah Leaper (Year 13) who has achieved Arts Award Gold. Hannah is the first student at Lytchett to achieve the highest standard of Arts Award qualification.

As well has completing A-Levels in Fine Art, Photography and Psychology, Hannah has also completed her Arts Award Gold portfolio to gain further UCAS points, which are the equivalent to a B grade at AS.

Hannah completed two units of work which included personal arts development, working within the wider arts sector and leadership of an arts event. Hannah was one of the co- producers for Lighthouse’s ‘Level Up’ Festival and she was responsible for the ‘Beasts’ make-up in the Lytchett 2017 production of ‘Beauty and the Beast’.

Hannah plans to start her BA (Hons) Make Up for Media and Performance at AUB from September.

8N2 Conflict TV Sculptures 8N2 have worked collaboratively to create cardboard TV sculptures, each showing a ‘breaking news’ story. Students were inspired by contemporary artist Cildo Merieles’ work ‘Babel’ and Pablo Picasso ‘Guernica’.

These impressive sculptures are currently on display in the Junior Library.

Year 9 Map Art Club

Congratulations to, Year 9 MAP Art Club and their recent creation, seen here with Sam Duffin and Olivia White. Made entirely of Sellotape, students used casting techniques to create this life size figure sculpture.

3 Lytchett Landing of the Last Sea King Helicopter

On Monday 2nd July, students from Lytchett Minster School gathered to see a Royal Navy Sea King Helicopter landing on the school field. The crew then allowed the students to have a tour of the helicopter. The students were really impressed with the smoothness of the landing but were surprised how cramped the conditions were for the five crew members. The crew explained that the Sea King was about to be taken out of service for good. Headmaster, Andrew Mead, said, “We are very grateful to the Royal Navy for bringing the Sea King helicopter to Lytchett. Watching it land on the school field is an experience that our students will never forget.”

Governor News

A new Staff Governor has recently been elected; Mr Brake (Head of English) will join the governing body from September.

Mr Brake has been a teacher since 1994 and worked in Botswana, Birmingham, Durham and Germany before coming to Lytchett. He is married and has three children. He describes himself as an ex-rugby player who now gets his ‘adrenaline kick’ from swimming and cycling; he is also a keen traveller. His aim is to learn more about the work of the governing body and to provide a whole school view from a core subject.

4 Student Achievements

Congratulations to Bevin-mae White (Year 9) who recently completed a 20-week Fire Cadet Programme at Blandford Fire station. Throughout the programme she has participated in many activities and roles with the fire service, including RTC's, ladder rescues, using breathing apparatus, awareness and many more. This has gained Bevin- mae a BTEC in transferable skills. Along with this she was proclaimed “Cadet of the Squad”. In addition to this. Bevin-mae has been selected as the High Sheriff's Cadet. The High Sheriff is the representative for Her Majesty the Queen. Bevin- mae will hold this title for 12 months and within this time she will attend many formal occasions alongside the High Sheriff.

Well done to Jonty Spence (Year 7) who recently had his question chosen when ‘The Kitchen Cabinet’ came to Bournemouth. Jonty’s piece aired on BBC Radio on 30th June and again on 3rd July.

Congratulations to Daisy Brooks-Hewitt (Year 8) who will be entering the British Championships for Boxing next season. Congratulations to Olivia White (Year 9) who recently swam the Bournemouth Pier to Pier to raise money for the British Heart Foundation, a distance of 1.4miles (2.25k). At only 14 years of age, Olivia was among the youngest to take part with this being the first year she has been able to register. Olivia swam a time of 44 minutes, which is a fantastic achievement. Olivia raised over £450 for the charity. Well done!

Well done to Abbie White (Year 11) who recently represented Dorset at the English Schools Athletics Association National Championships held in Birmingham. The ESAA National Championships are the 4th largest athletics event in the world.

Competing in the Inter-Girls Hammer and ranked 14th in the UK at the start of the competition, Abbie threw a personal best of 52.16m finishing 7th in the final.

5 Sport News

BTEC Sport 'Opportunities in Sport' Event 2018

On Wednesday 11th July, around eighty Year 9 students participated in the first BTEC Sport 'Opportunities in Sport' Event. The aim of the event was to inspire students who have opted to study either BTEC Sport or GCSE PE next year.

Outside speakers including , Jason Gault (local businessman and inspirational speaker) and Alan White (ex-Royal Marine Commando and Invictus Games Athlete) came in to speak to students about the different opportunities there are in sport, from different jobs roles, employment routes and qualifications along with adaptive sports and how sport can aid rehabilitation. It was a fantastic event and hopefully will become an annual event at Lytchett!

Windsurfing Dorset School Games

On Tuesday 26th June five students went down to OTC in Weymouth to compete in the Windsurfing Dorset Games. All boys had a great time! Harry Somerville improved on last year’s bronze medal by taking silver this time! Hopefully we can get a few more to compete next year!

Students: Harry Somerville (A), Raif Furmenger (PK), Fin Furmenger (PK), Freddie Howarth (PK), Dan Holborn (G).

6 Taster Day at and Kingston Maurward

237 Year 9 students recently attended a college taster day: an annual event in which students sign up to various workshops either at Weymouth College or Kingston Maurward. This opportunity is ideal for Year 9 students to discover an interest for the future.

The ‘Cocktail Mixing and Pizza Making’ workshop proved very popular and this year some wonderful pizzas were created! Despite only having a limited amount of time to learn new skills, our students tried exceptionally hard, particularly in dance and drama and the music workshop looked to be in full swing when they were visited by members of staff! The students and staff all had a very enjoyable and interesting day.

News of past student

Congratulation to ex-student, Rebecca Lewis, who achieved a First Class Honours Degree in French from Bath University.

A group from year 12 Business A Level spent a day at Exeter Business School in lectures on Business and Economics by senior lecturers from the Business School.

CAR PARKING - Reminder Please note that the car park in front of the Manor House is primarily a staff car park. Parents are asked not to park in this car park here at the end of the day (3.15-3.40pm) as it causes unnecessary congestion. 7 RNLI: Women In Engineering

A group of girls recently attended the Women In Engineering Event at the RNLI College Poole. The main objective of the event was to inspire our students to consider Engineering as a future career. Throughout the day students were presented with a series of workshops and tasks to complete.

Our first task was to design a boat out of foil and paper and students had to add 2p coins to the vessel while it was floating on water without making it sink. The winning vessel held 22 coins and our girls were close behind with a total of 17, having tried a number of different shapes and designs. ‘Crewsaver’, who hosted this workshop, are the designers of the lifejackets worn by the RNLI. Students learned that life jackets have a limited life span, but are recycled by dismantling and using the webbing and buckles again for various other items.

The next innovation challenge started with a discussion on the similarities between a fridge and a cat! That certainly flummoxed the team at first, but they managed to come up with a number of similarities—for example, both have 4 feet and make a noise. We then attempted the Bottle Buoy Challenge in the training pool area. The aim was to make a life buoy in the quickest time and to rescue somebody from the water. Three students made the buoy: one learned to tie the knot, and the other two calculated the maths formula. The team worked well together and made a successful rescue in a reasonable time.

A guest speaker, who is a Naval Architect for BAR Ben Ainslie’s America’s Cup Team and the only female engineer at present working with the team, presented to the students. She spoke about how she secured her job. Having written to several companies who were advertising vacancies, she received no replies to her request for a work placement, but undeterred, she wrote to BAR even though they weren’t advertising any vacancies. Amazingly she was offered a placement and, after completing her degree, BAR offered her a permanent job and she has been with the company for the last 18 months working on various projects and travelling around the world.

In the afternoon we had an interesting tour. In the workshop, the boats were all lined up at their different stages and we could see some being fitted out and others having the decks sprayed by staff. The highlight of the day was the RNLI Simulator in which students had the opportunity to drive and navigate the lifeboat out of a harbour to a burning ship in various weather conditions. This really put into prospective what a brilliant job our lifeboat crews do all around the British Isles.

If students are looking to enhance their CVs they might like to consider getting involved in the future in fundraising events for the RNLI or volunteering to be crew member or life guard.

One of our sixth form students is already a member of the Swanage Lifeboat Crew.

8 Year 7 and 8 Art Club

This year in art club some year 7 and 8 students have been busy making bespoke masks of their choice. They started by casting their faces in plaster; this was followed by paper mache and cardboard additions to shape the final design. Paint, metallic acrylics and glitter were painted on as final decoration to create some wonderfully colourful designs. Thank you to all the fine art and textiles A Level students for supporting the art club through the year too! Well done everyone!

9 Lytchett Art Pyramid

Year 12 and Year 2 art workshop 2018

On 17th July all of our Year 12 Fine Art and Textiles A Level students visited Upton Infant School to run an art workshop with a science theme. Our students were responsible for liaising with Miss Dominey at Upton Infant School, planning the ideas, preparing the resources and running the workshops with the Year 2 children.

The group was extremely well organised and thoroughly prepared for the activities and the children loved the workshop. They made some ‘mad scientist’ masks using collage materials and decorated laser cut glasses. The children also did some bubble printing onto laser cut conical flasks to produce a 3D flask. The final activity was to produce leaf rubbings, flower block prints and leaf block prints which were pasted to a large tree, which is going to be put on display in the school foyer.

Carmen Burridge Art department

10 Lytchett students scoop Dorset Asset prizes

Congratulations to Carys Wisken and Chantelle Clark, who were recently highly commended for their textiles work, and Pia Elliott, who was awarded a certificate of achievement by Dorset Asset and Valter Prize Trust.

Dorset Asset and Valter Prize Trust aims to encourage students to become scientists, engineers and technologists. Dorset Asset was born out of an organisation called ‘Neighbourhood Engineers in Dorset’ which ended in 2003. In the same year, an engineer called Richard Valter died, leaving a legacy of £10,000 in his will to provide an annual prize of £500 to a Dorset student for an outstanding engineering project. The charity offers cash prizes to students who submit worthy projects to the trustees for assessment.

From left to right Chantelle Clark, Carys Wisken, Pia Elliot

11 A Novel Idea!

Our first Lytchett Children’s Literature Festival was a huge success. We hope that the photographs and comments from students and the authors themselves will give you a flavour of the events that took place. Marcus Alexander

“After the literature week and seeing a few different authors, Marcus Alexander was my favourite out of allof them. He came in to talk about his books and his interesting outlook on life. For many years of his life, he travelled the world trying new and interesting things. I really liked how he thought and how he packed up so that he could see the world. I found it really interesting how he had been to so many cool countries. I also liked the storyline of his stories and I might look into reading them. The storyline is: Charlie Keeper (the main character) is an orphan living in a large manor kept by an evil crow man who bullies and abuses Charlie but when she finds out that the necklace her parents left her is magical, it opens up a whole new world to her.”

A message from Joffre:- “Congratulations on such a successful and wonderful festival; thank you for inviting me to be part of it. Lytchett Minster pupils don’t know how lucky they have been to have had this amazing event - it will be the envy of many other schools! “Please pass on my grateful thanks to the Head and staff for their hospitality and support.”

Chris Priestley

“On Tuesday, I did an illustration workshop with Chris Priestley. I found it very interesting as I had no idea how much went into illustrating behind the scenes: he got us to illustrate our own news piece and it was really eye opening. Great workshop!”

12 Beverley Naidoo An extract from Beverley’s blog: “Last week I enjoyed two special events. The first was Lytchett Minster School's Literature Festival. My day began in the theatre, buzzing with excited primary age children from surrounding feeder schools. Many of them had been reading Journey to Jo'burg which added depth to their questions as well as lots of children lining up afterwards for me to sign other books. (Thank you Gullivers Bookshop!)

“My second session was with Year 8s who are currently reading The Other Side of Truth. It's a special pleasure when young people begin to emerge from the group with individual distinctive voices- and the design of the day facilitated this. I met some of the same students later as a class group and, over lunch, a few keen readers accompanied me and the school's librarian, Clair Bossons, to the Secret Garden. Hidden behind high redbrick walls, the garden has existed from the days of the original manor house. Eating our sandwiches in the shade of an alcove, we chatted about favourite books, writing diaries, and this and that. Such a lovely interlude!

“My final session included a rare treat. How often is it that an author gets to hear someone else reading their work aloud, keeping their audience gripped? Arriving in the library to be interviewed by one of the Year 8 classes, I found their English teacher, Lesley Johnson, deep into the chapter where my characters Sade and Femi are homeless and lost on the streets of south London. I loved her reading, especially the rendering of Video Man who hands the children over to the police.

“There's so much curriculum pressure these days that these kind of experiences get squeezed out. Yet these are experiences that enable us to grow; that help us see books as offering life-long learning and pleasure; that turn us into readers and writers. The Literature Festival also brought Marcus Alexander, Joffre White, Chris Priestley, Bali Rai and Steve Skidmore to Lytchett Minster to meet its young people. We all know how much planning and work goes into a week like this, with much praise due to the librarian and staff involved, as well as to the PTA who raised the funds to make it possible.”

Bali Rai “On Thursday 5th July, Year 9 students had a visit from Bali Rai, author of books such as Arranged Marriage and Web of Darkness. He came into our school to not only share ideas on book writing, but to share his vast knowledge of empathy which intrigued me and a range of other students.

“Some of the things he spoke about during the presentation stuck with me throughout the next few hours. It was clear that the workshop I had later in the day was going to be so much more interesting than I anticipated. The presentation really opened my eyes to situations happening in the world daily: stereotyping and misjudging people based on image or their current situations. It's so hard for me to believe this still occurs in today’s society in 2018. We have all come such a long way in advancements and technology yet we still haven’t improved our humanity. We are all human which leads me to the next point of the presentation that stayed fresh in my mind about race. Bali began to talk about race; he said that “race does not define who you are as a person”—which is entirely true—and also referred to race as “something we created, a social construct of sorts.”

13 “The workshop in period 4 was incredible. When I found out I was included in the workshop, I thought it would be boring…I genuinely thought it would be an hour of silence followed by some techniques but I was completely wrong! It was a lesson filled with conversation and laughter and I also found it to have brought me and others closer together, people who I would never have thought I would have spoken to if not for it. I would like to thank Bali Rai for such inspirational words; the assembly taught me to help improve the future, to make sure people aren’t in a situation where they assume one person is better than another based on something acquired at birth. Thank you Bali!”

“After the lecture Bali had given us it really inspired me to do more reading. I realise now that if I start reading a lot, more doors could open up for me in the future.”

“Not only did Bali explain the importance of reading, he spoke about empathy and that it’s the ability to understand other people and know their feelings. And I really think that I got to know more about that and even though someone could be gay, straight, bisexual, lesbian, Muslim, English, or anything, that everyone has the same worth and at birth you can’t choose who you are.”

“He really inspired me to think differently about others.”

“So to sum it all up, reading and doing things active for our brains makes us more likely to become successful in our life and become more knowledgeable in every subject no matter what you read. Also, reading can make you more empathetic as you learn ‘different’ people’s points of view. So read if you want to have a good future and a successful career.” Steve Skidmore “I liked Steve Skidmore because he was very inspirational. He was giving an inspirational talk about writing books and how we should make use of all the English lessons we’ve had. Steve Skidmore believes that the future of books will change. He thinks that the most common books available will be digital and interactive. He also thinks that books will be 3D. In my opinion I think that if books don’t keep up with the generation of technology, people will stop reading more and more. Steve Skidmore has already invented an interactive reading app. This will change the way we look and think of books. He described this app as “reading whilst you play and playing whilst you read”. And even before he started his apps he had choose your own adventure books that made you interact with the story.”

Message from Steve Skidmore: “Just wanted to say a BIG thank you for organising such a great visit - the whole day worked really well and I was really impressed with the enthusiasm of the students. Also big thanks to the Head for taking such an interest. It’s a rare thing to see a head during a secondary school visit! Hope to be able to visit your wonderful school again very soon. Have a great summer.”

14 PTA News

Second Hand Uniform Shop

Lytchett Minster School PTA runs the Second Hand Uniform Shop which usually opens once a month. Please note that this is a shop selling second hand uniform. If you are looking to purchase new items of uniform, this needs to be done online using the link on the school website: www.lytchett.org.uk/wp/information/uniform

The Second Hand Uniform Shop will also be open in the summer holidays on the following dates for any last minute purchases: Thursday 23rd August: 10.00am—1.00pm Wednesday 29th August: 12.00pm—3.00pm

The Second Hand Uniform Shop has their own official Facebook page: ‘Lytchett Minster PTA’. Please note that the Facebook page called ‘Lytchett Minster Used Uniform’ is not affiliated to the school or PTA. For all second hand uniform enquires please message via the official Facebook page or email: [email protected]

If you have any unwanted uniform in good condition that you wish to donate, please send this in to main school reception, marked for the attention of the PTA.

Lytchett Minster School has a very friendly and lively PTA team. The team are always keen to recruit new members who are willing to join the committee and help out at events. If you would like to find out more, please contact Louise Christopher (Chair of the PTA) at [email protected]

Bicycle Safety

A number of concerned members of the public have recently contacted the school to express concern over the safety of our students cycling to school. If your child rides their bike to school, please remind them to check that it is in roadworthy condition, that they are aware of the traffic conditions around them (especially if they are currently wearing headphones on their commute) and, most importantly, that they are suitably attired—wearing high visibility clothing and a cycling helmet. For further tips on staying safe on the roads please visit: www.sustrans.org.uk/what-you-can-do/cycling/cycling-safety-and- rules/road-safety-cyclists

15 Child safety on Fortnite: parent factsheet

Fortnite is a popular free online video game where players compete to be the last person standing in a post apocalyptic world.

What are the concerns?  Communication between players: a chat function allows players to talk to each other over a headset and microphone, or using messaging. Children could use it to speak to strangers, or it could put them at risk of cyberbullying.  In-app purchase: players can build up large bills on their parents’ accounts by buying cosmetic items like outfits for their characters and better-looking weapons (otherwise known as ‘skins’)  Addictive nature of the game: anecdotal stories tell of children staying up all night to play, or falling asleep in lessons after playing for too long. Some commentators attribute this to the communal feel of the game - children can play with their friends - and the game is different every time you play, keeping it fresh.

What safety options are available to parents?  Use the parental controls on the gaming device. Most devices allow you to set time limits on game paly, set age limits for content, and restrict in-app purchases. You can find further information on the following website: www.askaboutgames.com/advice/parental-controls  The battles in Fortnite last around 20 minutes. When trying to limit your child’s screen time, make the most of this natural stopping point. Set a limit in terms of matches, rather than hours and minutes, or set time limits in 20 minute increments.

 Turn off the voice chat feature. Speak to your child to make sure they know this feature exists, and encourage them to use the options below if they encounter someone who is offensive or inappropriate. To disable the voice chat function: 1) Open the settings menu (the 3 lines on the right-hand side of the screen ), then choose the ‘cog’ icon 2) Select the ‘audio’ tab 3) Turn off ‘voice chat’ by tapping the arrows next to it

You can also ‘mute’ individual player in the game by: 1) Pausing the game 2) Hovering over the player you wish to mute 3) Selecting the mute button (a loudspeaker icon)

 Make sure your child knows how to report inappropriate behaviour. You or your child can report players who make them feel uncomfortable using the in-game feedback tool (located in the main menu). You can also use the ‘support’ section of the Epic Games site (the makers of Fortnite): https://fortnitehelp.epicgames.com/customer/portal/emails/new?b_id=9729&q=email+us

What else can I do?  Download and play the game to help you understand it  Talk to your child about what they’re doing online, and make sure they know they can talk to you about anything that has upset them.  Check your bank statements and gaming system regularly to check for in-app purchases you’re not happy with, and to make sure your child isn’t getting around any passwords you’ve set up.

16 Leave your mark at Lytchett Minster School!

As part of our Sunken Garden/Outside Eating Area project, our landscape architect, Nick William-Ellis, has designed a floor surface made up entirely of bricks – engraved with the names of students/parent/staff/ governors of Lytchett Minster School on them. We are we are offering parents, students, staff and governors the chance to buy a brick with their name engraved upon it. This could be a lasting reminder of your involvement with the school. You can buy a brick with your name on it for £15. The maximum number of lines permitted is two, with a maximum number of sixteen characters per line: e.g.

The Smith Thomas and Thomas Smith Family Sarah Smith Year 7 2017

If you would like to order your personalised brick(s), please go onto our WisePay page on our website, and write the names of the people you would like engraved on it. If you don’t have access to WisePay, cheques will also be accepted (made payable to ‘Lytchett Minster School’).

Please remember:  £15 per brick  Two lines maximum  A maximum of 16 characters per line  Maximum of 10 bricks per family

17 18 https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-gcse-9-to-1-grades-coming-soon

19 20 Important Dates

Wednesday 25th July: Last day of term (12.15pm finish) Monday 3rd September: INSET Day Tuesday 4th September: INSET Day Wednesday 5th September: Years 7, 10 and 12 return to school Thursday 6th September: All students in school Friday 7th September: School Photographs Tuesday 11th September (12.30pm -1.15pm): Freshers’ Fair (students attend only) Friday 14th September: Sports Presentation Evening Thursday 20th September (6.00pm-8.30pm): Open Evening Friday 21st September: INSET Day

Updating contact details

We are finding that a number of our contact details for parents are out of date. In the Autumn Term we will be trialling a new app which allows parents to check and update their contact details. We intend to trial this initially with Year 8 and then, if successful, we will roll this out to other year groups. Further details about the app will follow early next term. In the meantime, if you have had a change in mobile number or email address, these can be emailed to the school ([email protected]) or please use the online form on our website: http://www.lytchett.org.uk/wp/information/contact-us/

The Wessex Festival 2018 will take place from Thursday 9th August to Sunday 12th August in venues in Wimborne and in Lytchett Minster, bringing together choral singers, instrumentalists, young musicians and professional performers. Taking the theme of ‘War and Peace’, many of the events will mark the centenary of the end of the First World War. It will also commemorate composer, Sir Hubert Parry, on the 100th anniversary of his death.

For further details and to book tickets, please visit the website: www.thewessexfestival.co.uk

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