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Julian KirbyHeadteacher

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Friday 27th October 2017

Dear Parents/Carers

Welcome to our first weekly newsletter of the new half-term. As always, it has been a very busy week at Lutterworth High School.

We took delivery of our new music steel pans yesterday. The students have had their first lesson this morning and have had a fantastic time.

I would also like to congratulate our Table Tennis team for an excellent third place in the County Championships.

Following lots of anticipation, I am delighted to announce that we will be staging ‘Beauty and the Beast’ as our annual musical. Details of auditions are included in the newsletter. I look forward to seeing the auditions!

On Thursday 9th November at 6pm we will have our Post 16 Evening. This was an excellent event last year and provided a great opportunity to meet our local Post 16 providers in one place. Those schools and colleges will be here again this year, as well as details about Apprenticeships and Universities. As local Post 16 providers advertise their own evenings and open days, we will include them in our newsletter.

Have a great weekend.

DT RequestIf you have any empty jars with plastic lids, empty yogurt pots or washing up bottles, they would be appreciated by the DT department. Please hand in to Main Reception.

Macbeth 2018 - Year 10Coming soon for 60 Year 10 students . . .

On 9th April at 7.15pm we are going to Stratford to see Macbeth performed by the Royal Shakespeare Company.

See Mrs Combellack if you have any questions.

Details to follow soon…

Hot Choc Friday

Year 7 European Christmas/War Experience TripThe Parent/Student Information Evening for the Year 7 European Christmas/War Experience trip is on Monday 6th November in the Learning Hub at 7.00pm.

Full payment (£265 in total) should be made by Thursday 2nd November.

BOOK OF THE WEEK

thought OF THE WEEK

word OF THE WEEK

Halloween is nearly upon us and our third instalment in our Halloween book build up is another classic, Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein.

When you hear the word ‘Frankenstein’ many of you will have an image in your mind of a scary monster, a perfect character to dress up as at Halloween.

But the real Frankenstein is a scientist named Victor Frankenstein, and the monster you think of is the creature he creates and brings to life.

Frankenstein soon realises he has made a terrible mistake and he must stop the monster’s murderous course. However, is the monster as evil as he seems? This novel really gets to grips with what it means to be human.

Challenge yourself to really discover the complexities behind the monster we’ve all heard of. You may be shocked and surprised! We also have re-telling’s of the classic tale and comic versions in The Learning Hub, so you can access this story in many ways.

“Try and leave this world a little better than you found it, and when your turn comes to die, you can die

happy in feeling that at any rate, you have not wasted your time but have done your best”.

Robert Baden-Powell

What do you think this quote means?Can you learn anything from this quote?

Lieutenant General Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell, OM, GCMG, GCVO, KCB, DL (22 February 1857 – 8 January 1941)

was a British Army officer, writer, author of Scouting for Boys which was an inspiration for the Scout Movement,

founder and first Chief Scout of The Boy Scouts Association and founder of the Girl Guides.

‘jamboree’noun

a large celebration or party, typically a lavish and boisterous one

Apprentice Engineer Show Year 11 students have been paired with mentors throughout the school. The first of these one-to-one discussions highlighted a group of students keen to persuade a career within Engineering.

These students were ideally matched to the opportunity to attend Apprentice Engineer Show 2017 at the iconic Derby Roundhouse, in the centre of the UK’s engineering heritage. The show brought together some of the greatest businesses in the engineering field such as Siemens, RAF, Royal Navy, Rolls Royce and many more. There were guest speakers and seminars on how to get ahead in the world of Engineering, including inspiring careers, CV and interview techniques. Students could explore, discuss and question businesses on apprenticeships and potential careers within their organisations.

“The Engineering trip has allowed me to see what apprenticeships are available, by talking to the companies I got clear guidance as to what qualifications I need to apply. I spoke to a number of companies including HS2, Siemens and Jaguar, who all gave me valuable information on the different types of routes in, from GCSE level to Degree.” George Bettles

“Having the opportunity of going to the Engineering Show gave me insight as to what my future could potentially have to offer. I interacted with many professionals from different organisations and gained loads of useful information. In particular I discussed routes into the Royal Air Force with Sergeant John Gill, who helped me understand how and where to apply and what to expect from the recruitment process.” Davina Kaur

“I enjoyed the opportunity, the venue was great. There were so many different types of engineering careers being promoted, such as Army, Land Rover Jaguar, HS2, Water & Waste. Listening to the talk from Leigh Timmis who cycled around the world overcoming many challenges was very inspiring.” Jamie Lydall

Cross country league race 2The second league race will take place on Saturday 28th October, at Long Field Academy, Ambleside Way, Melton Mowbray (LE13 0BN). It would be great to have a full team of runners from LHS there! If you want to take part, but have not yet filled in the cross country form, please come and get one from me asap. You will also need a LHS running vest, which you can get from the PE department.

The first race starts at 10.30am, so please make sure you get there at least half an hour before, so you can do a course recce before the races start. Look out for the LHS flag, that’s where we will meet.

Cross country league race 2

The second league race will take place on Saturday 28th October, at Long Field Academy, Ambleside Way, Melton Mowbray (LE13 0BN.) It would be great to have a full team of runners from LHS there! If you want to take part, but have not yet filled in the cross country form, please come and get one from me asap. You will also need a LHS running vest, which you can get from the PE department.

The first race starts at 10.30am, so please make sure you get there at least half an hour before so you can do a course recce before the races start. Look out for the LHS flag, that’s where we will meet.

Age group Time Course Distance Year 7 girls 10.30 A B C D E G FINISH 2km Year 7 boys 10.40 A B C D E G FINISH 2km Junior girls 10.50 A B C D F G C D E G FINISH 2.6km Junior boys 11.00 A B C D E G A B C D E G FINISH 3.5km Inter/senior girls 11.15 A B C D E G A B C D E G FINISH 3.5km Inter/senior boys 11.30 A B C D E G H A B C D E G H A B C D E G FINISH 5.5km

Please see me if you have any questions.

Mariska Niemeijer

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Please see me if you have any questions.

Miss Niemeijer

Performing Arts InformationKey Stage 3 - Performing Arts Rotations

Year 7 - After half term, the following groups will have Music with Miss Phipps in their ‘Performing Arts’ lessons – 7HH, 7HN, 7LC

The following groups will have Dance with Miss Cowling, and will require PE kit for each lesson – 7HK, 7LB, 7LK

Year 8 – After half term, the following groups will have Drama Music with Mr Monk in their ‘Performing Arts’ lessons – 8HA, 8HS, 8LN

The following groups will have Dance with Miss Cowling, and will require PE kit for each lesson – 8HL, 8LK, 8LS

Year 9 – After half term, all groups will have Drama with Miss Cowling

Please note that for Dance lessons, students need their full PE kit. Students with injuries or long term medical conditions should still change into kit, but will complete adapted practical work as appropriate on an individual basis.

Beauty and The Beast ShowAudition Information

ALL Performers need to attend the main audition TUESDAY 7th NOVEMBER (3.15 – 4.30pm) in the Main Hall. You will need to change into dance kit. You will be asked to learn and perform a short dance phrase, and sing ‘Be our Guest’.

For this audition, everyone will perform in groups, and you will not be asked to do anything on your own.

Rehearse the song using https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCF0hdJgt7s

If you would like to be considered for a main role, you will ALSO need to attend an audition on THURSDAY 9TH NOVEMBER (3.15 – 4.30PM) in the Main Hall. You may express an interest in a particular role, but will be considered for all. You will come into the hall 1 person at a time and then sing either:

Females – Belle. Rehearse the song using https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BtbmVSnLsUsAnd https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKWfW6cg5uI

Males – “If I can’t love her”. Rehearse the song using https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owytZpxCKdg

Calling all Year 7 houses! If you want to represent your house year 7, join in our Halloween treasure hunt on 31st October at lunchtime.

You will need to collect a clue sheet from E3 at break-time – making sure that you tell the House Teams what house you are in.

Around the school there will be the letters of a famous Halloween linked phrase – you collect the letters and work out the anagram and then take back your sheet to your House Team in E3.

Each entrant will gain points for their respective houses and then there will be a raffle of all the winning entries to decide which group/individual wins the top voucher prize!

You may wear costumes during the Treasure Hunt – even better if they are in your

house colours!

Sports Highlights

This half term will host a number of new extra-curricular activities with a continued aim of accommodating a variety of different sports. This timetable can be seen on the following page.

We are proud to announce after nominating two female students for the Junior Sports Woman Leicestershire Award, both have been shortlisted to attend the awards evening in November. Maisie Elliott was nominated after competing for Great Britain in swimming and Ellys Pollon was nominated after successfully winning a series of tennis matches across the country leading her to play at Wimbledon. We wish both students the very best of luck.

This week we took our two table tennis teams representing Year 8 and Year 10 to the county table tennis championships. After 6 weeks of training during a Tuesday and Wednesday lunchtime both teams came third in their respective age groups.

The teams were led by Toby Cotton who himself won 18 out of 18 games!

Finally, Year 7 and Year 8 rugby boys took on Leicester Grammar away for the second time this season with both teams competing well.

Year 7 lost 6 tries to 2 however the score line did not reflect their performance overall. Year 8 were 6 tries to 2 down at half-time and came back to draw 7-7 displaying huge resilience in the face of adversity.

LHS EXTRA CURRICULAR PE TIMETABLE

MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY

AFTER SCHOOL 3-4.30

RUGBY 7 RUGBY 9 CROSS COUNTRY 7-11 GIRLS RUGBY

RUGBY 8 RUGBY 10 BASKETBALL Boys 8 BADMINTON KS3

BASKETBALL Boys 10

NETBALL 7

NETBALL 8

NETBALL 9

NETBALL 10

HOCKEY 7-11

BASKETBALL Girls KS4

MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY

LUNCH TIME

BASKETBALL Girls 9

BASKETBALL Boys + Girls 7

BOCCIA BADMINTON KS4

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Lunchtime Homework ClubE7

12.45-1.15pm(KS3 and 4)

Homework ClubE7

12.45-1.15pm(KS3 and 4)

Geography Map Club

Homework ClubE7

12.45-1.15pm(KS3 and 4)

Boccia Club

Homework ClubE7

12.45-1.15pm(KS3 and 4)

Biology Intervention

Homework ClubE7

12.45-1.15pm(KS3 and 4)

After School

Spanish Intervention

Homework ClubE6

3.00-4.00pm(KS3 only)

Geography Masterclass

(Year 11)

DofE Silver Room 5

DofE BronzeMain Hall

Christian Beliefs 3.10-4.10pm

History Intervention

Baking Club 3.00-4.45pm

(Until Christmas)

Year 11 Business Intervention 4.00-5.00pm

Homework ClubE6

3.00-4.00pm(KS3 only)

English GCSE Intervention

Christian Beliefs 3.00-3.50pm

RE Intervention

Performing Arts Extra-Curricular ProgrammeMonday: Lunchtime - Pop Choir (Music Room)

After school: Dance Technique (Years 9-11) (Dance Studio)

Tuesday: Lunchtime - Year 11 Music Composition (Music Room) After school: Musical Theatre (Years 9-11) (Dance Studio)

After school: Dance Technique (Years 7 & 8) (Dance Studio)After school: Music Theory Club (Music Room)

Thursday: Lunchtime - Karaoke (Music Room) After school: Strings Group and Year 11 Music Composition (Music Room)

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

and events.

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More year 7 students at lunchtime intervention #progressacrossallyeargroups @LuttHigh

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35 students, 3.5 miles, glorious sunshine and great running by everone! @LuttHigh

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How can we separate mixtures? The Y7's have come up with some great methods and they have tested them as well! @LuttHigh

Ms Phipps Music @kphippsmusic

LHS steel pans are here! What a great first session yr7 and yr8. Impressive sounds! @LuttHigh

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ACADEMIC YEAR 2017-2018AUTUMN TERM 2017 FROM THE MORNING OF: UNTIL THE END OF:

AUTUMN 1ST HALF TERM Tuesday 29th August Friday 13th October

MID TERM BREAK Monday 16th October Friday 20th October

AUTUMN 2ND HALF TERM Monday 23rd October Wednesday 20th December at 1.30pm

SPRING TERM 2018 FROM THE MORNING OF: UNTIL THE END OF:SPRING 1ST HALF TERM Tuesday 9th January Friday 9th February

MID TERM BREAK Monday 12th February Friday 16th February

SPRING 2ND HALF TERM Monday 19th February Friday 23rd March

SUMMER TERM 2018 FROM THE MORNING OF: UNTIL THE END OF:SUMMER 1ST HALF TERM Monday 9th April Friday 25th May

MAY DAY Monday 7th May Monday 7th May

MID TERM BREAK Monday 28th May Friday 1st June

SUMMER 2ND HALF TERM Monday 4th June Friday 13th July