LACONiC newsletter@lacon-childe.org.uk Issue No. 14 26th October 2018

Diary Dates

October 26th Fashion Show

29th Half Term

November 5th PD Day

6th Pupils return 9-12th Bags to School: drop-off & collection

13th Year 10 Parents Evening 4.30 -7 pm

20th Year 7 Tutor Evening 5.30 pm – 6.30 pm

22nd Harry Potter Evening 27th Year 9 Options

Evening 5 - 7 pm

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Attendance Matters

17th September – 12th October 2018

Year 7 – 95.64% Year 8 – 94.70% Year 9 – 94.50%

Year 10 – 95.59% Year 11 – 95.39%

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.

Thank you parents, carers, students and staff

for a wonderful half term - it really has been a

whirlwind of activity and learning. The good

news is that it doesn’t stop here. The remainder

of this term, in the run up to Christmas and the

rest of the year, promises to be as good as ever.

Our students have maintained the excellent start to the year in terms of their uniform and smartness and they look a credit to the school and their family at all times. Despite the occasional blip in behaviour, this has been confined to minor incidents that have been dealt with by our staff. The half term ahead is, once again, packed with opportunities for you and the children to get involved in wider school activities. Rehearsals for the school production “The Little Shop of Horrors” continue, as do all of the sports clubs and other clubs run by the staff. There will be our annual Winter Concert and the final day Carol Service at St Mary’s Church, Cleobury Mortimer.

We also have the “Back to School Quiz” night arranged for the 30th November by our terrific PTA, tickets for which will be on sale shortly. All questions will be based on school subjects so it might be advisable to bring your children with you. They are also co-ordinating the “Bags 2 School” collection between the 9th and 12th November, so please have a clear out at home as this really helps bolster PTA funds; funds which are then used to support our students in school.

On Sunday 14th October, Lacon's Equestrian Team competed in the Eventers

Challenge Competition organised by Lucton School, a qualifying event for the

national finals at Hickstead in May 2019. Conditions were appalling for much of the

day but our 11 riders were brave and gave their all as always!

60cm

John Griffiths & Lily Hillhouse (Year 7) both competing for the first time in Lacon

colours completed clear rounds along with Fern Bayliss (Year 8)

70cm

Annie Kinsey, Lily Hillhouse and Georgia Clayton

Fern Bayliss, Billy Loughnane and Maisie Walter came 1st and qualified for the

finals at Hickstead!

80cm

Tilly Evans, Maisie Walter and Annie Kinsey

Billy Lochnane, Scarlett Bailey, Chloe Potter and Abi Bradley finished 4th

90cm

Megan Caine, Tom Brown, Holly Bailey and Gina Crawford

Scarlett Bailey, Chloe Potter, Ellie Jones and Tilly Evans

1m

Megan Caine, Tom Brown, Holly Bailey and Gina Crawford finished 2nd in the 1m

class with Holly coming 1st individually. They will now also go to the

championships at Hickstead next May!

Congratulations to you all on your amazing performances and thanks to Mrs Potter

and Mrs Worrall for giving up their time to Team Manage.

HICKSTEAD HERE WE COME... AGAIN!!!!!

Mrs Riley will be launching the

Barcelona trip today with the pupils.

The trip will be going 6th - 12th July

2019.

More information to follow via

ParentMail.

On Saturday 13th October we -

Milly, Alice and Ailsa - travelled to

Shrewsbury Museum and Art

Gallery to attend a portrait

masterclass alongside pupils from

Shrewsbury High School.

The artist, Peter Edwards (winner of the 1994 BP Portrait Award), who

hosted the event demonstrated his techniques and how he creates his

pieces using acrylic paint as a medium. We then proceeded to create

self-portraits using his previously shown methods. It was a valuable

experience and we are all pleased with the final products, which we

were able to complete in two hours. We all thoroughly enjoyed the

master class and it has greatly improved our ability to work with acrylic

paint and how to create pieces under time pressure.

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

Please help support Lacon Childe School – by shopping online. We’ve had a really positive response and now have 47 supporters, (raising over £30 already since re-launching it), which is great news. There are lots of ways to raise money when organising trips out or you might be starting to think about Christmas shopping? Use easyfundraising to shop with over 3,300 retailers including Amazon, Argos, John Lewis, ASOS, Booking.com, eBay, Boden, and M&S. Every time you shop, you’ll raise a free donation for Lacon Childe School – it’s that easy! Find out more: https://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/invite/TCOKGK/20NOWX/

What’s on in The Centre?

What is Drama club?

Lacon Childe Drama Club in now in its third successful year. We meet after school on Wednesdays from 3.15pm until 4.15pm. The aim of the Club is for it to be fun, imaginative and low pressure. We have written and produced two Christmas pantomimes which we have performed in front of the whole school; last year, we also invited Cleobury Primary School students to come and enjoy it. The pantomimes have been great fun and it is also incredibly rewarding to see other students enjoying our performances and to hear them still talking about the pantomimes much later on.

Currently, we have just started to rehearse an adaptation of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, to be performed just before we break for Christmas – it’s not too late to get involved if you fancy having a go; all students are welcome.

We really do have a friendly group of students in Drama Club who all just want to have fun and enjoy being creative; they always welcome new members warmly.

Volunteers Needed

To train as a Student Librarian Why should I volunteer? * To learn new skills * To be part of a team * A well structure training programme * To help the school take pride in our books * Highly rewarding job. * Something to offer on future prefect/college applications. If you would be interested, please go to the centre to see Mrs Clee during break or lunch.