Find us on June / July 2017/18 Issue 05 Summer Special Newsletter Principal’s Welcome Dates for the Diary Another year filled with exciting opportunities, you will see July 2018 th throughout this newsletter just a few of the events and 18 July School Closes for Summer experiences our students have taken part in. These are by 08:40 - 12:00 no means all of them. At Lostock Hall Academy we are proud August 2018 rd of helping to develop well rounded young people. Apart from 23 GCSE Results Day academic excellence the softer skills looked for by employers September 2018 th are also prioritised and are gained not only during their 5 School Re-opens everyday classroom experience but by the wider extra curricular Uniform Inspection Week 12th Yr 10 Maths Evening opportunities. 14th Yr 7 Anderton Centre & FOTA Welcome BBQ The appointment of our Senior Prefects and Head Students 19th Open Evening demonstrate the rewards of such work. I had the privilege of 24th Open Week sitting on the interview panel for Head Students at LHA. Once 21st Sponsored Walk again the students were an absolute credit to not only their 27th ` Yr 11 Guidance Evening parents but to the staff. It was a very difficult decision but we October 2018 are very proud of the appointments made. I’ll let the students 11th Yr 9 Gcse Launch Evening introduce themselves to you in the article below. 17th Yr 7 Settling In Evening Yr11 Interim Report 1 to Parents In the meantime I’d like to wish you all a very happy and safe 18th School Closes for Half Term summer break and I look forward to seeing you on Wednesday 29th School Re-Opens 5th September. Head Students & Senior Prefects Hi, my name is Alex Thornton and I have recently been appointed as a Head Student here at Lostock Hall Academy. First let me tell you a little bit about myself. I am a very enthusiastic, proactive person that likes to take part in sporting activities and I am also a keen scientist. My hobbies include motocross racing and jujitsu. The application process for becoming a Senior Prefect started halfway through 2018, when the application for being a Prefect was launched. For this application process, we had to write a formal letter to Principal another letter of application was required. Principal Gorman about our past achievements and qualities. Gorman, Miss Flynn read the letters and formed a After this, the newly appointed 55 Prefects got put to consensus. Staff were consulted to help sort the 33 work immediately around school. Next, the application Senior Prefect applications into 12 potential candidates for Senior Prefect/ Head Student was launched. For this, that would be interviewed. Cont... INSIDE THIS ISSUE Sports Day, Wellbeing Champions, We Will Rock You!, South Ribble Sports Awards, Lancashire Evening Post Education Awards, Historical London Trip, Primary Partnership, Geography Trips, Sporting Achievements and more... Head Students & Senior Prefects continued... After an intensive interview these 12 candidates were narrowed down to the 4 Senior Prefects and 2 Head Students. Together we will be working to bring the students of Lostock Hall Academy closer together to work as a team, to be the best they can be. I am Holly Cook and I am thrilled to have been chosen as Head Student for the 2018/2019 school year. As a keen actress I am involved with productions in and out of school and I am also very involved in the music department. I am excited to begin to implement student ideas for the academy. I would also like to introduce our four Senior Prefects who will be working alongside us: Megan Wilson who is a committed and talented dancer Harry Hodgson, a drummer for a local well-known band PR5, Oliver Grimes, an anti-bullying ambassador for the school Joel Hodgson a knowledgeable Geographer. We all intend to work together to help make school an even better place than it already is. Wellbeing Champions It has been a very successful term for LHA’s Wellbeing Champions. These students are from Year 9 and have been trained by the charity Lancashire Mind to deliver sessions to students in school and in local primary schools on mental health and resilience. They have also been shown how to council and help students on various issues to do with mental health. Thanks to their outstanding work, the Wellbeing Champions have won two prestigious awards recently. Firstly, they were awarded a highly commended award at the recent LEP school awards in the Wellbeing & Resilience category. Secondly, they won the UCLAN Award for Wellbeing Challenge at the recent Lancashire Mind award ceremony. Both awards are testament to the hard work and maturity of these students. School Synergy - Parents Portal Parents/carers, don’t forget to register on the Parent Portal. You can see all communication between school and home, your child’s attendance, behaviour, letters home, homework and general calendar information. 2018 Join us on our Open Evening Wednesday 19th September 6.00pm-8.00pm We Rocked!! On 4th, 5th and 6th June around 80 students were involved in our whole school production of ‘We Will Rock You!’. From performing on stage, in the band, operating lighting and sound, working backstage, changing scenery, applying makeup and a whole host of other jobs students from across all year groups pulled together to create an amazing three nights of performances. The cast and musicians were ‘...the Champions’ as they worked so hard to pull off some very hard Queen numbers! A fantastic time was had by all - well done on an amazing performance. We Will Rock You! - A Students Perspective It gives me great pleasure to declare the astounding performance ‘We Will Rock You’ as a huge success. After reviewing one of the later rehearsals, I immediately knew that ‘We Will Rock You’ would be one of the best performances I have ever seen… and it certainly was! The performance is a jukebox musical exploring the contrast in a broken society. It illustrates how a group of rebels called the Bohemians fight for freedom of thought and fashion against a devious organisation called Globalsoft (led by the infamous Killer Queen). When I think about a positive growth mind set and setting the bar high, the perfect anecdote that comes to mind is the words ‘We Will Rock You’. This is because it is one of the largest school productions at Lostock Hall Academy that has taken a huge amount of collaboration and teamwork effort. The performance has taken 10 months of rehearsals and I am thrilled to say that the hard work has paid off! But of course, it wouldn’t be the huge success it was if not for the helpful input of the school’s brass band and very own PR5 playing the 32 Queen songs. It was as if the group were there themselves. The young actors and actresses in the performance didn’t portray their roles in a good way; they excelled them in an outstanding way! A huge thanks goes to all of you involved, especially the lighting crew who aided the success of the three evenings. Since the performance was such an achievement, I have provided a quote list (available in full version on the school website) of personal thoughts and feelings about the performances from the cast and crew involved. ‘We Will Rock You’ was, in the word of Mrs. Hardacre, “a fantastic performance where the lovely and enthusiastic cast did themselves proud.” It really was a truly magnificent performance that gripped the audiences’ attention to the highest standard. Let’s hope that the dedicated students and staff involved in the production give themselves a huge pat on the back for overachieving. Well done to you all! You deserve it. Joel Hodgson - Senior prefect/ Student Journalist Glass Club was a Smash! he FOTA s of t Aca nd de ie m r y F Invites you to We would like thank all the students who attended the the welcome glass club with Miss Deady and ran the jewellery stall. They all produced beautiful fantastic pieces and we are BBQ still selling some in the main reception. 14th September 4.30pm - 6pm Excellent Attendance Well done to you all! Cookies & Coke Winners The winners of Cookies and Coke - 9/4/18 - 25/5/18 is 7C with Mrs Biggins - Congratulations 100% Attendance Winners - 9/4/18 - 25/5/18 - Chocolate Goodies Year 7 - Rosie Richardson (T) Year 8 - Chelsey Gregson ((T) Year 9 - Nawaal Farooq (C) Year 10 - Sasha Lyttle (S) Year 11 - Joshua Jackson (K) SHOUT OUT to Phoebe Doherty! I am delighted to inform you that Phoebe Doherty of Year 9 has attended her first cheer competition in Barcelona and the team came 3rd place in the competition!! Such an achievement for the group on their 1st ever outing as the City of Preston Cyclones!! As one of our most talented Gymnasts Phoebe also attended the Malta GymStars International Women’s Artistic Competition in Malta. Over 330 gymnasts from 30 different clubs and 13 different nations were competing this year. Phoebe competed ‘Round D’ in the competition and although didn’t medal, certainly proved that she has the skills to deserve her place in the team at this friendly International Competition. Overall, City of Preston won Round D and brought home the trophy – which is absolutely fantastic news for the club, considering how many gymnasts were taking part!! Whilst in Malta, Phoebe also received the exciting news from her club that she has been selected for a competition taking place in Costa Rica in May.