LACONiC newsletter@lacon-childe.org.uk Issue No. 13 19th October 2018

Lacon Goes to Africa

During the summer holidays next year, 13 of our students will embark on the journey of a school lifetime. Through our contacts with Camps International they will have an amazing African adventure in Tanzania.

Diary Dates

October 25th Year 7 & 8 Disco 26th Fashion Show

29th Half Term

November 6th Pupils return 12th Bags to School collection

13th Year 10 Parents Evening 4.30 -7 pm

20th Year 7 Tutor Evening 4.30 pm - 7 pm

27th Year 9 Options Evening 5 - 7 pm

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Attendance Matters

17th September – 12th October 2018

Year 7 – 97.55% Year 8 – 94.99% Year 9 – 93.56%

Year 10 – 95.18% Year 11 – 94.68%

Congratulations to Year 7 with the best attendance!

Minibus Drivers – Permanent and Relief Lunchtime Supervisor

Part time 10 hours per week term time only Hours of work 7.45 - 8.45am and 3.15 - 4.15pm daily Salary Grade 4 point 11 (£8.82 per hour)

We are looking for enthusiastic and reliable drivers to join our team transporting pupils before and after school. Applicants will be required to already have the D1 category on their driving licence. A minibus test and first aid training will be arranged for the successful candidate.

For further information or for an application form please contact Lacon Childe School, Love Lane, Cleobury Mortimer, Shropshire

DY14 8PE

Tel: 01299 270312 or email bradley.g@lacon-childe.org.uk

Lacon Childe School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and rigorous safeguarding procedures

are in place. Appointments will be subject to DBS checks

5 days per week, term time only 1.15pm – 2.15pm daily Salary £1861.96 per annum We are looking for an energetic, and enthusiastic

Midday Supervisor to join our Lunchtime supervision

team undertaking the important role of ensuring the

welfare and safety of our pupils at lunchtime.

The 3-week expedition will include supporting a Tanzanian community build a much needed school or medical facility, a safari expedition and a well-earned rest on the Tanzanian coast. It promises to be a wonderful, life changing experience that they will all remember for the rest of their lives. It does come at a cost and all 13 of the students have to raise a substantial amount of money to get there. They are working independently and in small groups to raise the fees to travel. As a school, we want to support them in any way we can. Next week, we have 2 fundraising events being put on with the support of our wonderful local community;

Kudos Blends are supporting 2 students in a Bake Off style event where 4 of our students will bake cupcakes for a whole day using their state of the art facilities. The cakes will be sold off to raise funds.

On Friday 26th October, there will be a Fashion Show at Lacon Childe School in conjunction with ‘The Wardrobe’ shop in Cleobury Mortimer. There will also be a terrific appearance by a Michael Buble tribute act. Tickets are available from school.

Please try and support our students who are making a difference to the lives of others, once again proving that Lacon Childe is more than just a school.

Darcy competed recently in the West Midland Voluntary Level Gymnastic Championships and was crowned the All-round Championship for the West Midlands in her age category (12 years +)! Gymnastic clubs from all around the Region competed including Birmingham, Staffordshire, Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Shropshire. Darcy competed in 4 apparatus and came 1st on beam, 2nd on floor, 3rd on vault and 4th on bars. Darcy has competed in gymnastics since she was 8 years old and trains 9 hours a week at Shrewsbury Gymnastics Academy. Darcy’s next competition is in November when she has been selected to compete in the West Midlands Team Voluntary Level Championships. Gymnastics is such a tough sport with many hours of training and dedication and Darcy is not one to shout about her successes.

On Saturday 6th October, Ellie and Danny entered the WUMA Taekwondo World Championships that were held in Worcester this year. They went along with their team from RPMAA in Kidderminster.

They both entered patterns and continuous sparring.

Ellie entered the patterns in girls under 16s in her belt category. She did amazingly and thought she had secured a silver but, unfortunately, one girl slipped up and stopped midway through her pattern. She should have been disqualified but an instructor spoke to the judges and said she slipped on the floor and they should give her a score. That gave her a high score which everyone said was too high. This knocked Ellie out to 4th place.

On Friday 28th September, the whole of Year 9 participated in a languages morning. The languages included: Mandarin, Catalan, French, Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese.

We had thirty minutes to an hour of learning the different languages and learning about some of their culture. We learnt things such as specific foods, monuments and history relating to the language and the countries.

Overall, we enjoyed learning about the different cultures and learning a bit more about languages we aren’t taught at Lacon.

Thank you Ms Vernon for organising the morning.

By Nina, Emma and Konnie

Danny entered the boys under 16s in his belt category and with a lot less drama was awarded Silver place in his patterns. Ellie then entered the continuous sparring -155 girls black belt category and won Bronze medal. Danny then entered the continuous sparring -155 boys black belt category and won Silver medal.

They were both outstanding on Saturday and we are very proud of them and their team. The effort, hours and dedication that has been put into training towards this competition has been tremendous. They have finished school, participated in after school sports every night except Monday and do fixtures and then some nights only have fifteen minutes to get ready to get off to training in Kidderminster. They do TKD 7 days a week at the moment with training for the competition and also their 2nd Dan black belt in November.

It has all paid off this weekend!!!

We would appreciate donations of:

men’s, ladies and children’s clothing,

paired shoes, handbags, hats, bags,

scarves, ties, jewellery, lingerie, socks,

belts, soft toys, household linen,

towels and bedding.

Bags can be dropped off at the Sports

Hall over the weekend of 9th and 10th

November ready for the collection on

12th.

The money raised goes straight back

to school for the benefit of all

students.

Easy Fund Raising

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National Poetry Day was celebrated on Thursday 4th October and our competition for budding poets had

some lovely entries from all years. Well done to all those who got creative and shared your imaginations

with us. Winners and Runners up from each year are below, congratulations to you all. The Year 7

winning entry is published below. (Other winning poems will be published in later newsletters).

Year Group Winner Runner-up

7 Zoe Armstrong Oscar Mackellar

8 Lara Starkey Haydn Williams

9 Evie Davies Orla Harrison

10 Tegan Williams Jack Read

11 Gabija Petrulyte

Please encourage your child to read for at least 15 minutes per day and reap the rewards of reading.

What’s on in The Centre?

Bullying

Cyber bullying isn’t kind, Think what you’re about to do in your mind, You’re too scared to show your face, That’s why it’s such a disgrace. Physical bullying isn’t nice, So always remember to think twice. Verbal bullying is just as bad, With the things that you say can make people sad, Each and every one of our imperfections make us who we are, What you say is quite bizarre. Bullying in anyway is wrong, You may think you’re big and strong, But if the shoe was on the other foot Maybe then you won’t be quite as tough. By Zoe Armstrong.