July 2014 - Littleover Community School

Newsletter
July 2014
Littleover Community School
A Message from the Headteacher
As we reach the end of the 2013/2014 school year, I
would like to thank all those who have helped to keep
things running smoothly, and devoted their time and
effort productively in the service of the school. This
includes teaching and support staff, parents, carers,
governors and most importantly our pupils and
students. A school of this size is a complex
organisation, and can only succeed with a sense of
shared purpose, with the children’s interests at its
heart.
At this time last year, I was pleased to announce the
imminent opening of a new building. This new block
is now fully in use, not only for our new independent
sixth form, but for the whole school. This year, I am
again delighted to let you know that another new
block will soon be open. Due to technical issues
beyond the school’s control, the new Humanities
block will unfortunately not be open for the start of
next term, but we are expecting that it will be in full
operation before the end of October. This will give us
a difficult few weeks, but I am sure that the pain will
be worthwhile in the long run.
We look forward to good news for Y11 and Y13
students in August; they certainly deserve to do well,
having worked very hard in preparation for the
examinations.
Please enjoy the summer, whatever the weather.
All pupils return to school in the Autumn term
on Monday 8th September at the normal time.
Mr A Venkatesh - Headteacher
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I would like to wish all pupils and parents a very happy and well deserved holiday. There will
be some changes to Tutor Groups when pupils return in September;
Mrs Pearson (HXP) will be in school part-time from September, therefore Mrs Pearson's Tutor
Group will have Miss Jones as their new Form Tutor and will become 9NAJ.
Miss Jones is an English teacher who has worked at LCS before, but will now be joining us
full-time.
Mr Briddon will take over from Mr Buck (MLB), who is leaving LCS for a promoted post at
another school. The group will therefore become 10TJB.
Mr Davenport has been recently covering as Form Tutor in Mr Ryde's (JER) absence and will
become their full-time Tutor from September. The group will become 10NMD.
Last, but certainly not least, Miss Lissett (ELL) will be leaving LCS for a new life with her family
in Australia. Her Tutor Group will become 10SJW and their new Form Tutor will be Mrs
Wilding.
I would like to thank all of our departing Tutors for their efforts and hard work this year.
Our @InfoLCS Twitter account is now up to 161 followers after launching in April. We are
always looking to improve our communication with pupils and parents and @InfoLCS, together
with our @LCSTrips account, are intended for this purpose.
Please continue to follow both accounts, as well as the school website, for school information
and updates.
Mr J Wilding
Deputy Headteacher
I would like to remind parents and pupils about the need to avoid creating litter around the
entrances to the school. Over recent weeks there has been a lot of litter left on Fresco Drive in
particular. A particular issue has been litter dropped from cars waiting to collect pupils after
school. I would ask everyone to be considerate; it is so easy to take litter home or use a bin.
We try to maintain good relations with local residents, and I hope that with a little thought and
responsibility we can continue to do so. Many thanks for your help in this matter.
Mr A Venkatesh
Headteacher
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LC
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INFORMATION FOR PARENTS BRINGING PUPILS
TO SCHOOL BY CAR
The road outside the main school gate on Pastures Hill is very dangerous. The speed limit is
40 mph. Traffic moves very fast and, during the start and finish of school, it is very busy. We
value our pupils’ safety and expect parents to do so, too.
If you, or a relative, drop off or collect a child from school, please make sure these rules are
obeyed.
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DO NOT bring cars onto the school premises.
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DO NOT drop off or pick up your child on the opposite side of Pastures Hill from
the school.
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DO NOT perform a U-turn in the school entrance or anywhere on Pastures Hill.
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DO NOT park on the yellow zigzag lines on either side of the school entrance.
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If travelling down Pastures Hill, from the direction of Littleover Village, drive past
the school entrance and turn round at the first Heatherton roundabout, to drop
your child safely on the correct side of the road, well away from the entrance to
the school.
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Ensure that your child only crosses Pastures Hill at the light controlled crossing
by Swanmore Road.
The safety of all our pupils MUST be our first priority.
Mr A Venkatesh - Headteacher
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Registration for Free School Meals
The Government is giving money to schools to help children from lower income families do
their very best. This funding is called a ‘Pupil Premium’.
Detailed information about how we spend the Pupil Premium funding to help pupils, is
available on the school website
As a result of the current economic climate, and continued budgetary cuts, it has become
more important than ever to access the monies available as a result of the Pupil Premium.
Anything you can do to support this would be greatly appreciated.
Please register as soon as possible to make sure your child and others in their class
don’t miss out.
How does it work?
1. First, check if you qualify – it is not just if you are unemployed, so please
look at the list on the next page.
2. Registering is really quick and easy – if you think you qualify, contact Derby City Council
Free School Meals Team who will help you to register (see below for contact details).
3. If you want your child to have a free, healthy meal at lunchtime that’s
great – they will get the free meal (saving you money),
4. If you don’t want your child to have the school meals they can
continue as normal – as long as you qualify and are registered, the
school still gets extra funding in the next academic year.
No one will know you have registered, apart from the school and the Local Authority,
and it will not affect any other benefits you are claiming.
FREE SCHOOL MEALS ENTITLEMENT
Do you qualify?
You can register your child for Free School Meals if you get any of these benefits:
Income Support
Income-based Jobseeker's Allowance
Income-related Employment and Support Allowance
Support under Part VI of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999
Pension Credit (The Guarantee element of State Pension Credit only)
Child Tax Credits (but not Working Tax Credit), and your annual income (as assessed
by HM Revenue & Customs) is no more than £16,190
Come and talk to us if you’re not sure or go on to the derby.gov.uk website, email
[email protected] Alternatively, telephone: 01332 255122.
Yours sincerely,
Ms S Doran (Assistant Head)
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Police Consultation Event
On the 9th June 2014 four Members of the School Council and Mr
Wilding visited Derbyshire Police HQ at Ripley for a Police
Consultation Event. This event included discussions on Police
Stop and Search, Internet Safety/Cyberbulling and Restorative Justice.
Stop and Search:
Some of you won’t know what Stop and Search is. To explain picture a police officer stopping you in the
street and searching you unexpectedly. They would then tell you your rights, and give you a copy of the
report. Before you freak out, this is legal! We were discussing whether Police officers have the right to
stop and search you without warning.
Internet Safety/Cyberbullying:
The Internet is a really cool invention, but at the same time it can be lethal. We were discussing what we
could do as a school to stop Cyberbullying accuring. Parents need to know more about this subject as it
is important to monitor their child on social networking media and other dangers on the Internet.
Remember what goes on the Internet stays there!!
Restorative Justice:
We as a school use Restorative Justice every day. This is where if someone does something wrong
then they sit with the victim and talk about what they have done. You may think that this method does
not work but even the police use this in different cases. This gives the victim time to come face to face
with the offender and ask for something back to pay for the damage that has been done. This is also
good for the offender as they are given a chance to turn around and start a new life.
Joel Sherwin - 7 GLB, on behalf of LCS School Council
Year 9 Pupils Send Aid to Poorly Children in Pakistan
On Friday 13th June a small, but determined group of Year 9 pupils led by Hasiba Nadeem
9LMD, held a fund raising event to raise money for a newly built hospital in Pakistan. The
hospital in Muzaffarabad, a poorer area of Pakistan, was built with the help of the Midland
Doctors Association of UK.
The pupils sold samosas and decorated cakes. They passed their target of £60 and ended up
raising £104.37! They did a fantastic job for such a good cause and should be justifiably proud
to have helped children less fortunate than themselves.
Mr K Boyes - Head of Year 9
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From Friday 11th July to Monday 14th July Year 8 students spent 4 days in Le Touquet in the
north of France. Every year the students have a great time and this year was no exception!
Lots of fun was had by all, across the 4 days. We began our journey at Littleover Community
School at 7:20am to set off for the ferry port at Dover. On the way we suffered a mechanical
issue with one of the coaches, but regardless the students remained in high spirits and
behaved impeccably. The second day was jam packed with activities with a photo town trail in
Boulogne, shopping time, fun at Parc Bagatelle and a visit to the beach in the evening after a
delicious meal at the centre. Students were tired, but really enjoyed the day, many even
attempting to speak some French! On Sunday we visited the sea life centre and the water
park, which for many was the highlight of the trip. In the evening we all threw some shapes on
the dance floor and used up any remaining energy at the disco. Without a doubt the World
Cup final came second! The last day we made our way back to Derby stopping off at the
Planetarium and the war museum, La Coupole. Students were fascinated by the tunnel
journey home and we all made it back to school safely.
Miss L Paul - Deputy Co-ordinator of Languages
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Remembering
Moiz Ahmed
9MLB
11/7/00
to
11/7/14
Moiz joined LCS in January 2013 and although he wasn’t here for long he seemed to have
made such a big impact on all of us. Whether we liked it or not, he made us laugh. Moiz
was a whirlwind of energy. He will be sadly missed, but never forgotten. He was an angel
sent here to be remembered and to teach us how valuable life is.
He wanted to be an architect. He was a smart, humorous guy who never failed to get on our
nerves. But that’s what we’ll miss the most about Moiz. If there is one thing I can clearly
recall about Moiz, it was that he loved cheese. I remember a few weeks into his time here, I
walked up to him and asked him to test me on my on my French. I told him to say a phrase
in French and see if I could translate. He said “J’adore le fromage”. I found this hilarious
and so random! From this I knew what type of guy Moiz was. He was an entertainer.
Moiz has helped us to appreciate that life should be spent being ourselves and not what
everyone else wants us to be. No-one knows what life may hold in store for us tomorrow, so
today be yourself, do your own thing. Be like Moiz and let the real you shine, regardless of
other people’s opinions.
Please remember Moiz and his family in your prayers.
“Inna Lillahi Wa Inna Ilayhi Raji’oun”- To God we belong and to him we shall return.
Ambar Yasin 9 - MRG
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On Thursday 17th June, 20 Sixth Form pupils and 3 members of staff will be embarking on their
expedition to Uganda, to work in a charity run school that caters for deaf and underprivileged
children. After a year of planning, fundraising and organisation, everything is finally in place.
Pupils will initially be taking lessons and an assembly to explain the reasons for our visit and
giving the pupils an insight into our backgrounds. We will then be working as a team, to dig a
large area of land to create a vegetable garden that will provide food for the children. We will
also be working alongside a local builder, to build a large storage facility which will contain all of
the tools, seeds and vegetables when they have been harvested.
Along with all of this work we will be designing and building 10 picnic benches that will be used
by the children during their free time. We will also be arranging a sports and crafts day that will
conclude our visit.
Several thousands of pounds have been raised to pay for all of the tools, materials and
equipment required, all of which are being sourced from the school’s local community in Uganda.
We would especially like to thank the staff and pupils at Littleover school for their generosity and
‘The Jamie Simpson Trust’ who very generously donated £500 towards the project.
In addition to all of this we have collected donations of 8 laptop computers, a large box of DVD’s
and a DVD player and a very large microscope from our Science department. Currently the
school we are visiting only has two computers, so they are naturally very excited to be receiving
the laptop computers which will enable many of the children to finally access ICT.
We look forward to being able to share our experiences and photos with the pupils, parents and
staff of Littleover Community School when we return. As we intend this to be an annual
expedition, we are already in the process of offering places for the next expedition in 2015.
If you would like any further information about the school we are visiting, please go to:
www.childafrica.org
Mr Moses, Mr Pestell, Mr Simmons, Mr Archer and Mrs Holden
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Year 7 LEPRA Fundraising
On Friday 23rd May Year 7 pupils held various lunchtime fund
raising activities in aid of the charity LEPRA (The Leprosy
Relief Association). Leprosy is a chronic infectious disease
which preys on people who live in communities where there is
poor hygiene, overcrowding and poor nutrition. In assembly on
the 30th April pupils were informed about the work of LEPRA
and this inspired them to raise money to help people afflicted
by this debilitating disease. The encouraging fact is that, if
treated early enough, it is possible to cure Leprosy and allow
people to live a perfectly normal life.
Each pupil was given a fund raising pack containing details as to how they could contribute
personally should they wish. They were given two weeks to raise as much money as they could
outside of school. The activities undertaken by the pupils involved cake sales and washing cars.
For the fund raising within school Yr 7 themselves suggested the following activities:
Chocolate Tombola
Name the Teddy
Guess the number of sweets in a jar
A selected number of pupils are going to undertake a sponsored silence
This led to a very hectic lunchtime which was widely supported by both staff and pupils alike.
Altogether Yr 7 managed to raise an incredible £3306 which greatly exceeded all expectations.
A representative from LEPRA will be delivering an assembly in the autumn to thank all of Yr 7
for their sterling efforts.
Mr J Woods - Head of Year 7
Year 7 Trip to Lincoln
In June, Year 7 pupils visited Lincoln as part of their Humanities courses. They toured Lincoln
Cathedral, The Museum of Lincolnshire Life and Lincoln Castle, as well as carrying out a
tourism survey and learning about farming and land use. In the following RE, history and
geography lessons, pupils produced a joint
Humanities project answering the question Why
Lincoln? by choosing three tasks (from a possible
nine) to complete designs of stained glass
windows, leaflets on the Magna Carta, and
settlement maps. One outstanding project will be
a prize awarded in the final assembly and with so
many excellent ones to choose from, it will be a
difficult choice!
Miss P Seago - Teacher of Psychology
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City Sports Results 2014
There were some fantastic performances during this year’s City Sports Athletics at Moorways
Stadium.
The following people managed a podium finish:
3rd Place
Kayleigh Jones Year 10 Long Jump
Lauren Vavasour Year 8 1500m
Connie Agyeman Year 9 1500m
Barnabas Lee Year 9 Javelin
Alice Lee Year 8 Javelin
Gabriel McCallum-Archer Year 10 800m
Hugo Milner Year 10 1500m
Jake Lambert Year 10 Long Jump
Florence Beedie Year 7 100m (Broke Record)
Eric Chung Year 8 Discus (Broke Record)
Harry Ceiley Year 7 Javelin
Jude Bush Year 7 1500m
David Tokode Year 10 300m
Overall Positions
Year 7 Girls 2nd Year 7 Boys 5th
Year 8 Girls 4th Year 8 Boys 3rd
Year 9 Girls 5th Year 9 Boys 5th
Year 10 Girls 6th Year 10 Girls 3rd
Overall Girls 5th Boys 4th
Overall 5th
Mrs M Brennan - Head of PE
Tamara Morgan Year 8 High Jump
Eve Butterworth Year 10 Discus
2nd Place
1st Place
Victoria Doxey Year 10 Shot Putt
Katie Moran Year 7 800m
Jade Sandhu Year 10 800m
Davinder Gill Year 8 Discus
Josh Cullen Year 9 200m
Eleisha Brissett Year 9 100m (Broke Record)
Jake Lamb Year 10 Triple Jump
Luke Ward Year 8 1500m
Daniel Tidmarsh Year 9 800m
(Equalled Record)
Casey Morgan for a 1st Place in High
Jump Year 7
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Congratulations to Florence Beedie who is currently
ranked Number 1 in the UK for Under 13, 75m. She is
also ranked Number 2 in the UK for Under 13 Girls
100m with a time of 12.9 seconds - (0.01 seconds off
first place).
Florence also holds the Derbyshire Championship
record for Under 13, 100m (13.14seconds) and the
Derbyshire mini league record for Under 13 Girls 100m
(12.9 seconds).
Florence in Action!
Congratulations also to:
Hugo Milner who came 1st in the Inter Boys 3000m at the Derbyshire
School Athletics in a time of 8.53,
(27seconds quicker than the second
place athlete!). He has been selected
to represent
Derbyshire at the Mason Trophy and then English Schools
in July. We wish him all the best.
Matt Ward came 1st in the Inter
Boys 800m at the Derbyshire Schools
Athletics and has also been selected to
go to the English Schools Athletics.
Sam Hassall came 2nd in the Senior
Boys 800m at the Derbyshire Schools
Athletics.
Luke Ward came 9th in the Junior
Boys 1500m at the Derbyshire Schools
Athletics.
Hugo
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Littleover are excited to have a satellite Volleyball Club running on a Monday evening. It
runs from 3.30-4.30pm and costs £1 and all are welcome!
Pictured is Paralympian Andrea Green who presented Natasha Reeves with a certificate as
she won the satellite logo design competition.
Mrs M Brennan - Head of PE
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An
well done to:
enormous
Year 9
Charlotte Hall, Megan Herbstritt, Hannah Wright, Rachel Wright, Jenny Chung, Tirzah
Cooper, Jenny Wandless, Hannah Telford and Aminah Amri.
Year 8
Team 1: Abby King, Emma Graham, Evie Whitten, Tabby Blood, Abbie Worthington, Lauren
Vavasour, Jade Taylor, Lauren Stanley
Team 2: Eleanor Harris, Sophie Harris, Leah Duhaney, Eloise Byard, Amelia Soutar, Lorna
Squires, Isabelle Gatford-Ball, Jawavia
Year 7
Lottie Thomas, Shamsa Zharid, Lia Cassar, Gabbie Evans, Maya Jaraith, Laura Young,
Hannah Ross, Maisie Jupp, Florrie Talty Sanghera, Lauren Ferguson.
The teams of rounders players have worked consistently hard and committed themselves to
practices over the summer term, both after school and at lunch times. It was especially
fantastic to see so many players from Year 8; we had so many rounders enthusiasts that for the
first time we entered two teams in the tournament!
The Year 9 competition saw Littleover playing some fantastic games and they came runners up
in their half of the draw. The Year 8 first team drew their first game and were narrowly beaten
on the next. Pulling on their teamwork and experiences from their first games they won one
game to give them 3rd place in their group.
The second Year 8 team, with a slightly tougher draw, showed some fantastic teamwork and
enthusiasm and were placed 6th.
The Year 7 competition saw Littleover exceeding their own expectations and also came runner
up in their half of the draw, losing only to Derby High. They then had an excellent match
against West Park to narrowly lose by 1 rounder, putting them 4 th out of 8 teams overall.
Ms C Jefferies - Teacher of PE
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The following pupils have been nominated by their subject teachers for being ‘excellent’
all year in terms of effort and / or attainment. Well done to all of you!
Technology
Year 7: Kate Allen , Emily Salles , Lottie Thomas
Textiles
Year 10: Matthew Parkes , Jessica Ryan-Dawkins, Michelle England
Sociology
Year 10: Sophia Robinson, Alexandra Opacic, Ahmed Amer, Michelle England
Year 12: Simran Basran, Emma Gange
History
Year 7: Hannah Smith, Mia Shand, Issac Brooks
Year 8: Neyha Ajmal, Ella Scott, Oliver Little
RE
Year 7: Francesca Pawson, Rahul Basi, Isaac Brooks, Shakty Ramprogus, Matthew
Seddon, Khalid Guma'A, Oliver Yau
Year 8: Shaun Bhatia, Amelia Soutar, Aaron Basra, Emily Chokria, Orlagh Simpson, Sophia Houghton-Clarke, Guy Walsh, Oliver Little, Ella Scott, Rosie Whitty
Year 9: Georgia Creasy, Harkiran Rasauda, Lizzie Harris, Barnabas Lee, Megumi
Ashida, Rohan Jairath
Geography
Year 7: Rahul Basi, Danyal Sharif, Oliver Yau
Year 8: Thomas Graham, Sam Bhati, Eloise Bryard, Shaun Bhatia, Poppy Brown,
Abby King, Amelia Soutar
Year 10: Eve Talty-Sanghera
Geology
Year 12: Omar Omri
Spanish
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Year 8: Sophie Harrison, Lisa Murphy, Vishal Gill, Lisa Murphy
Year 9: Jenny Chung, Natasha Opacic, Tom Birkinshaw
Year 10: Abbie Beakey, Karmen Chan,
French
Year 7: Mia Shand, Laura Young, Jasmine Bunting, Matthew Seddon, Hannah Smith
Year 8: Olivia Toon, Emily Bowden Haynes, Shaun Bhatia, Amelia Soutar
Year 9: Jack Willis, Kiara Abeysekara, Rahul Bains, Ifrah Nawaz , Aniqah
Bhatti
Year 10: George Whitt, Abigail Gledhill, Amar Ghai
Year 12: Emily Waldron
German
Year 8: Zainab Bhatti, Neyha Ajmal
Year 10: Ifra Hussain
Panjabi
Year 8: Pravejeet Dosingh, Palvinder Sall
Year 9: Sharonjit Bains, Daya Singh
Year 10: Sachin Bola, Simran Khan
ICT
Year 7: Shakty Ramprogus, Matthew Seddon, Jude Bush
Year 8: Tamara Morgan, Euan Humphries, Tom Graham, Neyha Ajmal, Ibrahim Hussain,
Shaun Bhatia, Abigail King, Karam Ark, Abby Caister
Year 9: Tirzah Cooper, Charlotte Hall, Joshua Wise, Jay Bansil, Kilean Garbett, Harry
Jupp, Sky Wheeler, Amy Gilligan
Business Studies
Year 10: Tommy Griffin, Suraj Mann, Jordan Virk, Sam Davis,
Year 12: Jyoti Dabb, Tom Herbert
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Science
Year 7: Hannah Smith, Dilan Takhar, Oliver Yau, Khalid Guma'A, Charlotte Else, Olivia
Tobin, Lottie Thomas, Chloe Jackson, Matthew Seddon, Gabrielle Evans, Shakty Ramprogus,
Jude Bush, Lauren Ferguson, Mia Shand
Year 8: Deepak Gill, Shaun Bhatia, Ibrahim Hussain, Bradley Watt, Orlagh Simpson, Arran Basra, Jack Churn, Michael Sankey, Euan Humphries, Arianne Bullock, Tom Graham,
Neyha Ajmal
Year 9: Sophie Smith, Nikita Heer, Zobia Wadi, Atib Munir, Douglas Edwards, Dona
Sherief, Casper Howell, Rahul Bains, Rohan Jairath, Rachel Wright, Scott Forbes
Year 10: Ella Holmes, Varun Pathak, Dario Dabrowska, Keeley Goodwin, Joseph Harris,
Sophie Morton, Joshua Holland
Year 12: Manisha Varu, Matt Burman
Maths
Year 7: Georgia Foran, Jasmine Gill, Aaron Hillary, Esther Prjanikov, Daya Shergill
Year 8: Jack Churn, Zainab Bhatti, Ruchi Patel, Sam Bhatti, Mohammed Iqbal
Year 9: Scott Forbes, Tirzah Cooper, Rohan Jairath, Robert Onsworth, Dona Sherief,
Daanyal Hussan, Joshua Wise
English
Year 7: Hannah Smith
Year 10: Jade Sandhu, Tom Oldroyd
PE (Girls)
Year 7: Lottie Thomas, Florence Beedie
Year 10: Francesca Britten, Jade Howell
Media
Year 10: Lydia Patrick, Isabel Granville, David Tokode
Mr D Bisset - Co-ordinator of Excellence
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PSHE, Citizenship and Careers News
Year 9 Enterprise Day – Summer Ball
On Friday 4th July, the Year 9 Enterprise Day took place, which was
a day of fun and challenging activities for the whole of the year
group.
This year’s challenge was for everyone to work in their form groups,
to create and design a pretend end of Year 9 ball and to be able to
present their ideas as a presentation.
For the ball, each form had to come up with an overall theme and
had to create and perform a dance, design and make a fancy dress
costume and also make some food that went with the theme of the
Anil modelling the World
ball. There were other things that the forms had to do for their
Cup Fancy Dress!
presentations, such as working out all of the costs, designing a floor
plan and playlist, creating table decorations and much more. Apart
from the dance, fashion and cooking, everything else had to be prepared on the day, in the
designated rooms, with limited equipment.
The dance, fashion and cooking challenges were each scored individually and the points were
put towards each form’s overall score. The presentation was scored on different topics by a
teacher, and then the 3 forms with the most points were put through to the final in front of the
entire year in the afternoon.
My form, ASB, got through to the final and our whole presentation (and dance, fashion and the
food tasting) was done in front of the three judges. They were our Head of Year next year, Ms
Doran, our Deputy Head of Year next year Mr Pestell and Radio Derby’s (and ex pupil) Rob
Watts. Our form won out of all of the forms, it was very good fun and a good team work
experience. I think everyone enjoyed it!
Maya Zowada-Noise 9ASB
Well done to all pupils who took part. It was a very exciting day and pupils worked very hard on
the challenges. A lot of new skills were developed throughout the day and pupils had a great
time.
9ASB’s Thriller Night Ball
The Judges hard at work
Ms Wilson - Co-ordinator of PSHE / Citizenship
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To have the responsibility to deliver an assembly in front of the entire year group (at least
250 people) is a challenge for teachers, so it must be equally nerve-wracking for pupils! Every tutor group in Key Stage 3 is expected to lead an assembly and in early June it was the
turn of 7DFP, Miss Piper’s form. The theme they chose was ‘Aspirations’ and it echoed the
Careers Education programme that they have been studying in lesson time through PSHE/
Citizenship.
With only Powerpoint and Miss Piper’s encouraging gestures from the side-lines, 7DFP
delivered an excellent presentation that involved the whole form. They shared their career
ideas and their hopes for the future: starting alphabetically, the Army and being an Actor
were mentioned. They underlined the importance of enabling making those dreams come
true by committing to hard work at school, always trying your best in lessons, behaving well
and being positive when given opportunities to face new challenges. Confidently, they
advertised the support given to all pupils in school: to ask for help from the careers staff who
are available every lunch time to all pupils in the Careers Library (S15/16).
I was very proud of their positive message about aiming high in the future and I know Miss
Piper was too!
Miss Came - Teacher of PSHE / Citizenship
7DFP in Assembly
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On June 13th 160 Year 7 Pupils and 16 staff departed for Condover Hall in Shropshire for an
activity weekend. The hall is a new state of the art activity centre. Pupils and staff had a great
action packed weekend which included climbing, high ropes, archery and a laser challenge.
We also took part in initiative exercises, and fencing. Pupils threw themselves into all of the
activities and were exhausted by the end of each day. However, that did not stop them
enjoying a silent disco and a fun campfire and talent show.
The pupils were excellent throughout the weekend; they worked well together and tried new
activities with enthusiasm. We all had a brilliant time!
Here are some reviews of the weekend from pupils in 7RGJ.
Maisie Bull
I really enjoyed Condover! The activities were fun. I also loved being so independent and
being with my friends. I wasn’t so keen on the food. My favourite activity was the Gladiator
wall!
Amrita Sidhu
Condover was amazing! I was with all my friends and the activities were fun!
Florrie Talty- Sanghera
Condover was awesome, fun packed, exciting and relaxing! We had lots of free time to do
what we wanted and being with my friends made it even more fun. The disco and the campfire
were the highlights of the weekend; everyone let their hair down, even the teachers!!
Doing the Chicken Song!
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In the Stocks!
Teachers Letting Their Hair Down!
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The Gladiator Wall
Survival!
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LCS Alumni Community
Devon Daley, Aftab Gulzar and Rob Watts from Radio Derby
As we announced in the last newsletter we have joined forces with a charity called Future First.
The charity helps schools to run an online network for their ex-pupils with the aim of keeping
them informed of what is happening at the school, as well as asking them for support to
inspire, motivate and guide current pupils in their studies and their career planning.
We now have over 200 ex-pupils signed up as well as our current leavers. We have been
asking those who have joined if they would like to come back next year to deliver talks to
pupils, or to support school events. We have had lots of positive replies – thank you to those
who have responded.
We hold careers talks each week at present and will be inviting those that have signed up to
deliver one of these if they wish, to inform and inspire our current pupils. Alumni who sign up
can choose from a list of options of how they would like to get involved in school life. Obviously
not all Alumni live locally, but they will still receive news about the school and the events. They
can also ask to be informed of events, such as reunions that they might like to attend.
So far this year we have had visits so far from Devon Daley, Aftab Gulzar and Rob Watts from
Radio Derby who delivered a careers talk about careers in the media. Rob also judged our
Year 9 Enterprise Day last week. Several Alumni supported our Next Steps day for Y12, by
delivering workshops on different career paths, and Megan Snape who left in 2009 also came
back to talk to Y12 about Life at University.
Ms. L Wilson - Co-ordinator of PSHE
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Thanks to all of you who have signed up so far, we will be in touch with you to see whether you
would like to talk to our current pupils to help them to plan for their future careers and to
motivate them in their studies. If you have not yet signed up then please visit http://
futurefirst.org.uk/ and click on former students. Please let other ex- pupils know about our
network as well if you can.
We would love Littleover to have a thriving and engaged Alumni community, and we look
forward to working with our ex-pupils to make this happen.
Ms. L Wilson - Future First Administrator
On Wednesday 9th July LCS sent a team to compete in the Inter-County Spelling Bee at
Wilsthorpe Community School in Long Eaton. Our competitors were four Year 7 pupils who
had already demonstrated their spelling skills in the LCS Spelling Bee earlier this year. They
were:
Isaac Brooks
Anoop Bhandal
Madhuwrit Hazra
Oliver Yau
7JTR
7DFP
7GLB
7THB
Ten schools were taking part so the competition was tough and there was added pressure as
we were defending champions! However, LCS emerged victorious AGAIN, with a completely
faultless team performance as words such as supercilious, schizophrenic, agoraphobia and
reconnaissance were spelled correctly,
with very little fuss or hesitation!
In fact, LCS correctly spelled 24 out of
24 words in the team challenge. This
meant that all of our team finished in
the top eight of the individual spelling
challenge (there were over 40
competitors) with Madhuwrit finishing
in overall 2nd place and Oliver finishing
in 3rd place, after a very tough playoff
(where the list of words was almost
exhausted) involving eight pupils.
It really was a great team performance
and all four pupils should be very
proud of their achievement.
Mr E Selvey
The Winning Team!
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The following Year 8 and Year 7 students are congratulated on gaining certificates in the
Junior Maths Challenge:
YEAR 8
Gold
Jack
Emma
Oliver
Daniel
Chum
Graham
Little
Meekin
Silver
Ibraheem
Bilal
Abby
(Best in School/ Year)
Khalill
Ali
Caister
Arran
Alistair
Zainab
Ibrahim
Euan
Samuel
Lauren
Bradley
Palvinder
Orlagh
Ben
Amar
Deepak
Basra
Oldroyd
Bhatti
Hussain
Humphries
Rowe
Vavasour
Watt
Sall
Simpson
Clover
Dhariwal
Gill
Ella
Scott
Bronze
Adam
Rosie
Mohammed
Sohail
Emelia
Michael
Nabaha
Tom
Adam
Jeevan
Molly
Neyha
Maymunah
Tayyab
James
Ailish
Andrew
Dawuud
Emma
Azaan
Indy
Mihajlo
Arjan
Emily
Charlie
Leah
Bethany
Guy
Griffin
Whitty
Qasim
Shafiq
Newall
Sankey
Fuad
Graham
Higgins
Johal
Bonser
Ajmal
Azad
Farrakh
Forkin
Gallimore
Gerver
Malik
Phillips
Afzal
Mann
Radivojevic
Shanker
Wiggins
Done
Duhaney
Renshaw
Walsh
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YEAR 7
Gold
Laura Young
(Best in Year)
Silver
Madhuwrit
Khalid
Catie
Hannah
Yuma
Taiybah
Danyal
Naaila
Nathan
Oliver
Ciaran
Lottie
Hazra
Gumaa
Holder
Smith
Ishiyama
Mustafa
Sharif
Ahmad
Brunt
Yau
Gilligan
Thomas
Bronze
Thor
Badhdrost
Florence Beedie
Chloe
Jackson
Chris
Namgoong
Jamaal Sadiq
Carl
Weighill
Alex
Chan
Saffron Howell
Tayyeb Mohammed
Ellen
Parke
Shakty Ramprogus
Charlotte Stokes
Lauren Hardwick
Aidan
Ley
Thomas Neiland
Dilan
Takhar
Faheem Mahmood
Gabriell Evans
George Gowland
Matthew Seddon
Mia
Shand
Zac
Spooner
Isaac
Brooks
Jessica Brown
Charlotte Ellse
Daniyal Chaudary
Joseph Hatton
Hasan Hussain
Sachin Sarda
Maya
Jairath
188 pupils took part in the challenge and an impressive 48% of them achieved a
certificate.
Congratulation to all students who took part!
Mrs D Sutton - Teacher of Mathematics
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A team of students from Year 8 and 12 represented the school in an engineering challenge day,
held by the Young Engineers of South Derbyshire. The students had to design, build and test a
cantilever bridge, competing against schools across Derbyshire.
Congratulations to Matthew Davies, Shaun Bhatia and Bradley Watt in Year 8 who gained
second place in the competition.
After all their hard work in the Young Engineers club, 24 students in Year 8 and 9 attended the
end of year event at the Toyota plant in Burnaston. After a tour of the Quality Control test
facility at the plant, the students presented their work to the engineers at Toyota.
Miss R Thomas -Teacher of Design Technology
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Lunch Club
Dance Studio
Every Friday 1.10pm-1.50pm
Starts Friday 4th April
Fun, Fab and Free
Non-contact Boxing Sessions

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