Lytchett Minster School | KIT Newsletter

W

elcome to our November edition

of the KIT newsletter! Autumn

November 2017

has very much arrived, and the site is

looking absolutely stunning.

One of the highlights of October was our

Sixth Form Open Evening, which again, like

the main school Open Evening, was very

well attended. We are very proud of our

broad sixth form curriculum, and it is clear

that many students from other local

schools are also interested in coming to

Lytchett to study A levels and BTECs that

they cannot study elsewhere.

01202 622143 • www.lytchett.org.uk • /lytchettminsterschool

Andrew Mead Headmaster

If you have not already done so, please remember to buy your tickets for our production of Beauty and

the Beast on 8th, 9th and 10th November. Tickets are available on WisePay (see our website for details).

The students have been working really hard (lunchtimes, evenings and weekends) to make this a

fantastic show. I am extremely grateful to Mrs Midworth, Mr Painter, Mrs Ames and Mrs Hocking and

the rest of their team for their extraordinary dedication to the students. This year, we have decided to

make the final night a black-tie event. I do hope you will support this.

The Tenner Challenge returns this year, with our budding entrepreneurs being given until February 2018

to develop their business ideas and make as much money as possible! Please encourage your child to get

involved in this exciting venture. The country needs entrepreneurs. I look forward to receiving lots of

interesting and innovative ideas over the coming weeks. My thanks to Young Chamber and the PTA for

supporting this year’s Tenner Challenge.

I hope you enjoy reading about the latest achievements of our super talented young people in this

edition of the KIT newsletter. They really are an inspiration to us all.

Congratulations to the following students who were nominated as October’s Student of the Month:

Student of the Month

English Maths

MFL

Geography

Graphics

Psychology RE PE Computing

Drama

Music Food Tech

D&T

Science

Business History

Dolcis Chappell

Year 10

George King

Year 13

Gavin Williams

Year 13

Charlie Pitcher

Year 10

Ellis Mann

Year 8

Isabelle Baker-Homes

Year 9

Emily Campbell-Montgomery

Year 9

Tristan Head

Year 11

Megan Keyte-Briggs

Year 9

Georgie Morris

Year 13

Pippa Barnard

Year 11

Megan Battell

Year 12

Izzy Richards-Smith

Year 13

Lucy Clark

Year 9

Mannon Memmi-Weir

Year 9

Literacy

Oliver Dillon

Year 10

Art

Sam Duffin

Year 9

David Wilkins

Year 13

Media

Raif Furmenger

Year 7

Agglestone Gault

Portland

Kimmeridge

Wealden

Purbeck

Emily Stark

Year 9

Liam Dormer-Woolley

Year 10

Le-Ann Walters

Year 11

Rebecca Kenny

Year 11

Amelia Barber

Year 8

Lucy Clark

Year 9

Thank you for your generous support by joining in with the recent ‘Crazy Sock Day’. As a school we raised over £500 for Mosaic, a charity that supports bereaved children. It is estimated that in Dorset 2,500 children and young people will be bereaved by the death of a close relative each year, most of those families will cope in their own way; however approximately 250 children will need additional support. By joining in with Crazy Sock Day, not only have you helped to raise awareness of the charity, but also you have raised a fabulous amount of money which will be used to help the charity to continue to provide bereavement support to children and young people throughout Dorset.

Congratulations to Jessie Wentworth (Year 10 Kimmeridge) for reaching the finals of the ‘Majestic’s Got Talent’ competition held at The Hilton in Liverpool on 14th October. Jessie’s singing talent has been recognised in a number of major competitions in the last few years. We look forward to hearing more from this talented young singer in the months to come.

Sixth Form

James Spring

Year 13

Congratulations to Elliott Lowman (Year 7)

British International Karate Champion

Congratulations to Elliott Lowman in Year 7 who was recently crowned as British International Karate Champion following his victory at the British International Open Karate Championships held at Meadowbank Sports Complex in Edinburgh.

Elliott, who specialises in Kumite (fighting), has won medals in many competitions including a Silver medal in the Four Nations Championships earlier this year.

As a result of Elliott’s continued outstanding performance he has now been invited to compete at an International championship In Portugal in December. We wish Elliott every success!

Aiming High!

On 13th October 50 students in Year 8, 9 , 10, 11 and 12 were

invited to a special talk by student ambassador Jessica Lister about

Oxford and Cambridge Universities. She explained about the

collegiate nature of the two top universities, the courses available,

and how to apply and be successful. Jessica than stayed on and

talked further to individual students during the afternoon Careers

Fair in the theatre. The message was clear: if students are prepared

to work hard enough, there is nothing stopping them gaining a place

at the best universities in the UK!

On 2nd November 8 of our top students from Year 13 who are

applying to either Oxford or Cambridge or planning to study

medicine, will be taking part in mock interviews at Bryanston School

in Blandford. We wish all our students every success in their

university applications!

Sporting News

Congratulations to Issy Baskett and Lucie Coalter who have been selected for U14 Girls County Football Team

Congratulations to Roza Bailey and Abbie Jones who have been selected for U16 Girls County Football Team

Well done to Bethan Harbut (Year 9)

who recently organised a team to

participate in the annual Wareham

Lions Swimathon. Unfortunately due

to unforeseen circumstances Bethan

ended up being the only person on

her team on the day. Undeterred,

Bethan swam for her hour and raised

a fantastic £160 in aid of The Pituitary

Foundation and her local Youth Club.

Congratulations to the Year 9 Netball Team who have qualified for the County Finals having beaten St Edward’s, Poole High and QE School. Well done to…

Bevin mae White, Eve Stickland, Emily Drury, Molly Graham, Lauren Tyler, Charlotte Dooker, Chloe Machin, Katie Meade

Congratulations to Year 9 student

(Kimmeridge) Kieren Chandler, for

raising £61.56 for Asthma UK with his

very own Year 9 Lytchett Football

Tournament. It is great to see

students taking the initiative to raise

funds for worthy causes. Many thanks

also to Mr Sanders, Mr Russell and all

the Year 9 students who supported

this venture.

Sustrans is the charity making it easier for people to walk and cycle. We are engineers and educators, experts and advo-cates. We connect people and places, create liveable neighbourhoods, transform the school run and deliver a happier, healthi-er commute. Join us on our journey. http://www.sustrans.org.uk/

Lytchett students train at St George’s Park

On Friday 20th and Saturday 21st October the PE department lead a trip to St Georges Park & National Football Centre. Nineteen year 8 and 9 students took part in the trip and had a fantastic time. After a long road trip and some dubious spending of their money (slipper purchases) the group arrived at the 5* Hilton Hotel at St George’s Park. First up was a tour of the amazing facilities at the National Football Centre, which included 16 outdoor pitches, an indoor futsal arena, an indoor 3G pitch (which we would later train on) and the full sized replica Wembley pitch. All of this would culminate in a round of football matches on one of their 3G pitches. Some delicious tea was then devoured and off to bowling to see Jake Henshaw score the highest total of the night (from the students…cough, cough) and back to St George’s Park to catch the end of the Stoke vs West Bromwich Albion U23 Premier league match. In 35 minutes of action we witnessed 2 red cards, four goals and a complete reversal of score line. Stoke coming out eventual 4-2 victors after being 0-2 down when we arrived. Hopefully the same wouldn’t happen the following day at the Stoke vs AFC Bournemouth match, otherwise there could be tears! The following day involved being coached by a FA qualified coach, who was and ex-professional footballer and current coach at Northampton Town. This was on their indoor 3G pitch, which was also the exact same size as Wembley. They say it is to keep consistency across their training and matches. After this excellent session it was time to go to the Stoke vs AFC Bournemouth football match. As the players were walking out onto the pitch the students had the amazing opportunity to be the flag bearers on the side. All the students were waving their flags within touching distance of the pitch. The wind was blowing a gale but all students did a fantastic job and none of them let go! AFC Bournemouth were victorious 2-1 which lead to a happy bus home. Both Mrs Slaughter and I would like to thank the students for an excellent couple of days away. We look forward to running this trip again in the future. Mr Russell

The Black Sea MAP (Maritime Archaeology Project) is hosting their 2017 Celebration and Assessment event on 29 October 2017 at the University of Southampton. Katie Harrison recently took part in the Black Sea MAP (Maritime Archaeology Project) Celebration and Assessment event at Southampton University. Katie was one of fifteen A-Level students selected invited to showcase their work in this prestigious programme. The Black Sea MAP, managed by EEF Expeditions Limited, is one of the largest and most ambitious maritime archaeology projects ever staged. It seeks to further understanding of the origins of the Black Sea boundaries and how sea level change impacted early man. The three strands of the project are the scientific exploration, promoting STEM subjects and careers, and filming a documentary about the expedition to reach as wide an audience as possible. EEFE partnered with education specialists Catalyst Learning and Communication to identify and recruit students across the UK to join the program. In April 2017, Katie took part in a week long training session with the science team from Southampton University. During the week the students experienced the techniques used to uncover the past through masterclasses on a research vessel and in the lab, and learnt more about jobs in science and engineering. They also gained hands on experience of learning to drive mini ROVs to search for submerged artefacts in water. In July Katie completed a project placement in Southampton and undertook an onshore research project using the data collected. The 2017 cohort of STEM Scholars are all working towards achieving a Gold CREST Award from the British Science Association.

Lytchett Minster School is presented with Community Partner Award

A big thank you to Jess Bennett and Ryan Hull (Year 13) who

recently represented Lytchett Minster School at the Rotary

District Conference Dinner at the Ageas Bowl in

Southampton.

Jess and Ryan collected a Community Partner Award on

behalf of the school for its support in Rotary Club activities.

In recent years the school has supported the Rotary Club’s

Shoebox Appeal, Santa train street collections and also

taken part in its Young Chef and Youth Speaks competitions.

Sixth Form Student News

Wake up and smell the coffee!

Sixth Form students are enjoying the delicious aroma of coffee

emanating from their newly installed coffee machine in the Sixth

Form Centre. At £1 a cup it is proving to be very popular!

Extra-curricular Trips

Payment for trips and viability of the trip

Please note that all school trips have to be self-funding. If a trip is directly curriculum-related and takes place

during the school day, the school asks for a ‘voluntary contribution’ from parents. If an insufficient number of

parents are prepared to make this voluntary contribution, the trip will in most cases have to be cancelled.

If places are limited (e.g. because of the number of seats available on the bus), priority will be given to those

students whose parents have paid for the trip. If parents would like their child to take part in a trip but are not

willing to pay the voluntary contribution, they must write to the teacher organising the trip to let him/her know.

WisePay only informs the teacher which parents have paid the voluntary contribution; it does not indicate which

parents are opting not to pay for the trip.

I hope this clarifies the situation. Please contact the school (office@lytchett.org.uk) if you have any questions

about payments for trips.

Changes to Pupil Premium funding

Trips:

In order to qualify for Pupil Premium funding the trip must be curriculum related. Over 50% of the cohort studying

the subject are expected to attend. The school will fund up to 1/3 of the total cost for eligible students and parents

will be expected to pay the remaining 2/3 in order to secure a place on the trip. Parents must complete a claim

form to receive the funding.

Music lessons:

The school will fund a maximum of £100 per student per year, claimed in 3 lots; one each term. This roughly

equates to 1/3 cost of a group 20 min session.

Revision guides:

For English, Maths and Science this year we will fund 2/3 of the cost.

Please note, the following will no longer be funded from Pupil Premium: Art kits, Book Buzz, SAM learning, DofE,

Uniform or PE kit.

Careers Fair

On 13th October Lytchett students were given an insight into the many opportunities that exist for them once they

leave school. There were representatives from local further education colleges (e.g. Bournemouth and Poole,

Kingston Maurward College), top universities (e.g. Cambridge, Southampton and Bournemouth), global banks (e.g.

JP Morgan), the forces (e.g. Army and Royal Navy), and other major employers (e.g. Sunseeker, Siemens, Cobham),

a number of which are offering very interesting apprenticeship opportunities.

Students in Years 10, 11, 12 and 13 were all given permission to visit the Careers Fair during timetabled lessons.

Younger students were given the option to visit the Fair after school. Our guests were very complimentary about

our students’ politeness and good manners. We are hoping to organise a Careers Fair every year at this time. We

need to give our students every opportunity to learn more about the world of work.

If you work for a company that is interested in reaching out to young people (i.e. the future workforce), please

contact Mrs Tucker to discuss possible careers talks or site visits.

Young Chamber’s Tenner Challenge

The aims of this project:

1) To raise £15,000 for the school

2) To develop students’ business/enterprise skills. Students use a £10 start-up loan to create their own

business and make as much money as possible in one month (deadline: 2nd February 2018)

3) To have fun making money for a worthwhile project which will benefit students for years to come.

How does it work? 1) We invite students to start their own money-making business 2) Students write a simple business plan setting out how their business will work. 3) Once the business plan has been approved by the Headmaster, we give each business £10 as a start- up loan. Students can invite friends to help them, but the £10 loan is given out to each business, not to each person within the firm. 4) Each student (working alone or in a small team) can then invest that money in their own business. 5) On Friday 2nd February 2018, all the money raised by each student is returned to the school, with a simple accounting sheet showing how much money has been raised (and how). 6) We challenge each student to raise a minimum of £150. 7) The £10 loan has to be returned to the school, whether or not their business plan has been successful 8) The student who raises the most money will win the school’s Young Entrepreneur of the Year Trophy.

Make and sell cakes (use £10 for ingredients)

Clean people’s cars (use £10 for cleaning products) Clean/hoover friends’/neighbours’ houses (use £10 for cleaning products)

Make Christmas/birthday/thank you cards/gifts (use £10 to buy materials) Make and sell artefacts (use £10 to buy materials)

Organise an event (e.g. music, skating, dancing) (use £10 to pay for posters and tickets) Knit and sell scarves / gloves (use £10 to buy materials)

Buy second hand clothes, smarten them up and sell them (use £10 to buy sewing materials) Do gardening for friends/neighbours (use £10 to buy materials)

Design websites for friends/neighbours (use £10 to advertise your service) Organise a raffle (use £10 for transport contacting companies and shops for prizes)

Sell stationery e.g. pens/pencils/rubbers (use £10 to buy items from a wholesaler)

Some ideas for possible business plans:

ALL STUDENTS ARE INVITED TO TAKE PART IN THIS YEAR’S TENNER CHALLENGE.

FOLLOWING THE SUCCESS OF LAST YEAR’S FUNDRAISING COMPETITION, WE HAVE

DECIDED TO EXTEND THE PERIOD OF TIME THAT STUDENTS HAVE TO DEVELOP THEIR

BUSINESS AND MAKE AS MUCH MONEY AS POSSIBLE.

Picking-up your child after school

Parents are asked to be considerate to other road users and local residents when picking up their child

after school. Parking by the side of the narrow road in front of the main entrance to the school causes

congestion and puts the lives of our students in danger. Please do not park or wait for your child here! If

parents could stagger their arrival (e.g. pick up their child between 3.40pm-3.50pm), the level of

congestion around the school would diminish significantly!

If parents choose to wait in the car park by the church/nursery school, they are asked to be particularly

careful as they drive off. We have received complaints from concerned users of the nursery school.

Some Reminders

Please name your Food Technology Containers and Dishes!

Parents/carers are asked to clearly display their children’s name on any containers/dishes that they bring

into school for their Food lessons; this makes it much easier for students to identify which product is

theirs at the end of the day when they are rushing to get to buses, and avoid confusion and mistakes if

someone has a similar-looking one. It will also enable us to return any containers that have been left/

forgotten about. (Miss Pugh, Mrs Owen and Mrs Hoole)

Formal Opening of the new bicycle shelter

Our fabulous new bicycle shelter was formally opened on

Thursday 12th October. We are very grateful to the

SUSTRANS charity for supporting us with this project.

The new shelter represents a massive improvement on

the previous bike shed, which had clearly seen better

days! It is spacious, bright, practical and secure.

We want to encourage students to lead healthy lifestyles,

so cycling to school is something that we are very keen to

promote. We believe we will see a significant increase in

the number of students cycling to school now that we can

offer them a secure, covered area to store their bicycles.

On the day of the opening, SUSTRANS also held a cycle

snacks and Dr Bike event , where SUSTRANS employees

gave out canteen vouchers to those who cycled to school

and also performed bike MOT checks on all bikes.

Visitors must sign in at reception

If you are visiting the school, please always sign in at Main School Reception. If you would like to see a member of

staff, please book an appointment in advance, and report to reception. Please do not go straight to staff offices.

Why do some people perform

well under pressure while others

simply crumble? Tuesday 14th November, 6.00pm: Dr Stewart Cotterill -

‘Psychology of Performance: Maximising the ability to perform under pressure in sport,

the performing arts, and education’

Some people freeze under the glare of publicity like rabbits in the headlights. However, many seasoned performers show no strain. Surgeons, paramedics and sports performers are all required to make decisions under pressure; musicians, dancers, and sports performers have to produce near flawless execution of their skills on a regular basis. What is their secret? How can you learn it?

What are the latest developments in brain research? Wednesday 22nd November, 6.00pm: Dr Guy Sutton - ‘Mind and Brain in the 21st Century’ What is current in brain research? What is on the horizon? Which new techniques have thoroughly excited neuroscientists in terms of their potential to aid understanding of the healthy and damaged brain?

Lytchett Lecture Series

Inspire, Challenge, Enthuse

All lectures are free of charge and held in the Theatre.

Lectures are open to students, parents and the wider school community.

Places are limited so please reserve your seat by booking

through Wisepay or email: parkers@lytchett.org.uk

New Workshops for Dorset Families

There are a number of new workshops open to families in Dorset (please see the list below) and they are

completely free of charge. Places are limited to ten in each session.

If you would like to book a place please email jane.keyworth@edasuk.org or telephone 01202 743279

7th Nov 2017 14th Nov 2017 21st Nov 2017 28th Nov 2017 Venue Room

Weymouth 9:30-12:30

Introduction to Autism

Drugs & Addiction

Understanding Anger

Dads as Primary Carers

Weymouth Adult Learning Centre

Room 13

13:00-16:00 Understanding Self Esteem

Assertiveness Communicating with Teenagers

Stress, Anxiety & Depression

9th Jan 2018 16th Jan 2018 23rd Jan 2018 30th Jan 2018

Bridport 9:30-12:30

Introduction to Autism

Drugs & Addiction

Understanding Anger

Dads as Primary Carers

Bridport Children’s Centre

13:00-16:00 Understanding Self Esteem

Assertiveness Communicating with Teenagers

Stress, Anxiety & Depression

6th Feb 2018 13th Feb 2018 20th Feb 2018 27th Feb 2018

Poole 9:30-12:30

Introduction to Autism

Drugs & Addiction

Understanding Anger

Dads as Primary Carers

Central Library Seminar Room

13:00-16:00 Understanding Self Esteem

Assertiveness Communicating with Teenagers

Stress, Anxiety & Depression

6th Mar 2018 13th Mar 2018 20th Mar 2018 27th Mar 2018

Gillingham 9:30-12:30

Introduction to Autism

Drugs & Addiction

Understanding Anger

Dads as Primary Carers

Riversmeet Leisure Centre

13:00-16:00 Understanding Self Esteem

Assertiveness Communicating with Teenagers

Stress, Anxiety & Depression

8th May 2018 15th May 2018 22nd May 2018 29th May 2018

Bournemouth 9:30-12:30

Introduction to Autism

Drugs & Addiction

Understanding Anger

Dads as Primary Carers

Indoor Bowls Cen-tre

Art Room

13:00-16:00 Understanding Self Esteem

Assertiveness Communicating with Teenagers

Stress, Anxiety & Depression

5th Jun 2018 12th Jun 2018 19th Jun 2018 26th Jun 2018

Blandford 9:30-12:30

Introduction to Autism

Drugs & Addiction

Understanding Anger

Dads as Primary Carers

Blandford Adult Learning centre

13:00-16:00 Understanding Self Esteem

Assertiveness Communicating with Teenagers

Stress, Anxiety & Depression

Thursday 2nd November (6.00pm): PTA Annual General Meeting (all parents welcome!)

Friday 3rd November: Year 7 Reports home

Friday 3rd November: Year 10 Progress Reports home

Wednesday 8th, Thursday 9th, Friday 10th November (7.00pm): Beauty and the Beast

Tuesday 14th November(6.00pm in the Theatre): Lecture Series: Dr Stewart Cotterill -

‘Psychology of Performance: Maximising the ability to perform under pressure in sport,

the performing arts, and education’.

Wednesday 22nd November(6.00pm in the Theatre): Lecture Series: Dr Guy Sutton - ‘Mind

and Brain in the 21st Century’

Thursday 23rd November (6.00pm): School Jazz Group performing at the BIC

Friday 24th November: Year 8 Progress Reports home

Monday 27th November: Year 11 Mocks Exams (i) begin

Important Dates

Music by Alan Menken

Lyrics by Howard Ashman & Tim Rice

Book by Linda Woolverton

BE OUR GUEST

WEDNESDAY 8TH UNTIL FRIDAY 10TH NOVEMBER

7PM

GAINSFORD THEATRE, LYTCHETT MINSTER SCHOOL