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December 2019 www.lordswoodgirls.co.uk Lordswood News happen, by driving down the pavement. A Letter From The In some cases, other parents or residents have been able to note the car registration and the school has then passed this Headteacher information on to the police. Please could Dear Parents, all parents ensure that they do not break the law when bringing or collecting their children from school, and it Welcome to the Autumn term edition of our newsletter goes without saying that no parent should be driving which I hope will give you a flavour of what has been onto a resident’s drive or dropping off their child in happening this term. the middle of the road. Thank you for your support in ensuring the safety of our children. Earlier this term, we were delighted to have our 2019 examination success recognised by the national school Earlier this term we said farewell to Mrs Richards, Post- performance tables which rated the school as ‘well 16 Student Support Co-ordinator and also to Mrs Seeley, above average’. The publication of the Department Curriculum and Assessment Assistant, and at the end of for Education’s data confirmed the school’s position this term we say goodbye and thank you to Mrs Farrah, as within the top 4% schools nationally, which is very Lead Professional in Science. Mrs Farrah has worked at pleasing. This success reflects a lot of hard work on the Lordswood for 16 years and has made an outstanding part of students and staff and I should also like to thank contribution to the teaching of science in the school. parents for their support and encouragement of their We wish her well as she embarks on a career in senior children. leadership at a school in Solihull. The new Ofsted inspection framework focuses heavily The festive season at Lordswood reaches its climax on the curriculum in evaluating the quality of education with our Christmas concert on Wednesday 18th and follows concerns raised by HMCI Amanda Spielman December and a performance of A Christmas Carol on that many schools are narrowing down their KS3 19th December. Tickets are available from school and curriculum to focus on KS4 preparation. At Lordswood I hope to see many of you at one of these events. The Girls’ School, the KS3 curriculum has always spanned term ends for years 12 and 13 at 3pm on Thursday 19th years 7-9 and is designed to ensure that students have a December and for years 7-11 at 12 noon on Friday 20th good foundation for study at KS4 and beyond. Similarly, December. The Spring term starts for all years at the at KS4, the core curriculum provides students with the normal time on Monday 6th January. necessary breadth that will enable a range of options at KS5. You can find information about our curriculum at I should like to wish you all a very joyful Christmas and a Key Stages 3 and 4 on our website under ‘School info’ happy and prosperous 2020. and information about the KS5 curriculum can be found under ‘Sixth Form’ – ‘Courses’. Please do let us know With all good wishes, if there is any additional curriculum information which you would fine helpful. We are currently revising the programme of study for relationships and sex education (RSE) and are updating the RSE policy. Separate briefing sessions will be organised in 2020 for parents to review the policy and ask questions about the new RSE programme of study. Mrs Jane Götschel You will be well aware from my previous letters of my Headteacher concerns relating to students’ safe travel to and from school. The dark mornings and evenings present their own challenges but the situation is made far worse by a minority of parents who endanger their own lives and those of other road users by performing U-turns in the path of on-coming traffic or, as is now starting to 7S 7W Year 7 Achievement Emily Mitchell Ella Hadley Keira Koleshi Allaha Azzizi Awards Mrs Peniket congratulates members of Year 7 on a great start to life at Lordswood Mrs Peniket would like to congratulate all Year 7 students for making a fantastic start to life at Lordswood. In September they were commended for being outstanding guides on our open evening and morning and they also provided an array of delicious, colourful cakes for our Macmillan coffee morning, and raised £101 for the charity. We hope that they enjoyed the theatre trip to see ‘The Snow Queen’, and that Year 7s decorating the Christmas tree in reception they have a wonderful Christmas with their family and friends. The School Council Mrs Riley reports on the School Council who have had an amazing autumn term With the School Council in place from early October, this term has very much focused on getting to know each other and on charity fundraising. On Friday 18th October the School Council arranged its first fundraising day of the year by organising a non- uniform day in aid of the annual Wear It Pink campaign for Breast Cancer Now. The school was full of colour as everyone wore non-uniform and added something pink Waiting for The Snow Queen at The Old Rep which raised a huge £851! This charity day was quickly followed by Children in Need on Friday 15th November. Again a non-uniform day was held and students also brought in some fantastic home-made cakes and biscuits for a bake sale at break time. This day raised an incredible £935.55 which is the biggest total from a single day’s fundraising since I have been Co-ordinator for the School Council! Recycling in school has continued and is still going well, so well in fact that we have had to organise additional collections from the City Council to cope with all of our paper and card recycling! In the new year it is hoped that the newly elected Head Girl and Deputy Head Girl will start to work with the School Council. With a view to giving these two Students selling cakes at the Macmillan Coffee Morning positions more responsibility and importance, staff will The following girls excelled in lessons and in service to work with the two girls on developing their leadership the school community, and received rewards during the skills so that they can work their way towards chairing end of term assembly. Well done girls; you are a credit School Council meetings and running the Council. It is to the school! also hoped that the Head and Deputy Head Girls will start to work with Mr Pearce and assist him in chairing 7D 7L Headteacher’s Question Time in the new year. Nancy Foster-Jones Esha Dillon Kricia Campbell Abibat Lekuti There’s lots to do after the Christmas break so watch this space for more news. From everyone on the School 7G 7R Council we would like to wish you all a very merry Caterina Domigan Hiba Islam Christmas and a happy new year. Alima Munir Jorja Skinner ball. As an attacker, this game tests your ability to pass LGS Earns Bronze and make decisions rapidly and accurately and be able to predict and block those passes as a defender. After this warm-up, we play another game that targets LGBT Award a different skill each week, whether it is shooting, Mrs Peniket on how Lordswood has been passing, dribbling, defending or attacking. To end, we recognised for its efforts to education and play a match against each other which is where we can incorporate the skills we have learnt and develop into a celebrate each and every person real game situation. Playing matches as a 5-a-side group In November, Lordswood Girls’ School was awarded an also helps us develop our teamwork and communication award from Educate and Celebrate, for supporting and skills which are necessary when playing as a team. educating students about equal rights and respect for others. In the library there is a range of books available There was recently an amazing trip to Liverpool Football on identity, autobiographies and fiction and non-fiction Club Academy and it really gave me and other members texts which explore different life choices across a range of the LGS Football Club from years 7-10 a great insight of different social contexts. These books are marked into how one of the top, and, in my opinion, the best, with a rainbow star, so that students can access this football clubs is run and what it takes to be successful literature should they wish. We have also extended the at Liverpool. Not only that, but it was an insight into the regular membership of our group to around twenty- different careers that the club provides. To start the trip five students who come along to discuss issues about we first had a tour of the academy and managed to see identity, homophobia and the rights of the individual. the facilities the LFC provides. We then played matches Please contact Mrs Peniket for more information. in the LFC indoor pitches and it was a huge opportunity and an honour to be able to play on the same pitch that Thank you to those parents and carers who have some star academy players have played on. After that, expressed their interest in the group; your support is we were fortunate enough to be able to have a Q&A greatly appreciated. session from the Head of Education at the LFC Academy. The answers to our questions allowed us to understand what goes on at the academy, an LFC player’s routine and what it takes to be successful.