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Saturday 16 November 2024 Chorister stall a hit at Artisan Market The weekend was a little busier than usual for Choristers. As well as their usual Sunday duties of singing morning Eucharist at 10:30am and Evensong at 3:30pm, some were also working hard in the Cathedral on Saturday running the Chorister stall at the Artisan Market. They raised over £500 for Chorister funds with their amazing upselling skills!
Friday 15 November 2024 ArtyFact Theatre captivates imaginations On Wednesday 6 November, ArtyFact Theatre Company came into the Junior School and performed their adaptation of Oliver Twist.
Thursday 14 November 2024 Operation Christmas Child 2024
Thursday 14 November 2024 U15 ISA Midlands Rugby 10s Tournament On Wednesday, the U15 rugby team travelled to Worcester RFC to the annual ISA Midlands 10s Tournament.After an early departure for the boys and a long journey, the team was excited to get involved in a day of rugby, on a glorious, sunny Worcester day.
Wednesday 13 November 2024 U14 & U16 Rugby 7s ISA Tournament On Wednesday 6 November, LCS took U14 and U16 Rugby 7s teams to compete in the annual ISA tournament held at Market Bosworth RUFC.U14 TeamThe U14 team were super excited to showcase their talents and started with a strong performance against Pitsford. An early try from Ben set the tone, after some brilliant attacking play (7-0). Louis also crossed the line to extend the lead to 14-0. Pitsford were able to cut the lead in half and made it 14-7 with minutes to play, but Ben went over for his second try of the match, finishing with a score of 21-7.In their second match, the boys faced a strong Worksop team, who were physical at the break down and in the scrum. Worksop were able force their way over the line to take a 7-0 lead, however LCS fought back, with a great individual try from Ben, to level the scores at 7-7. Worksop once again crossed over the line to make it 14-7. A back-and-forth game saw LCS tie the game at 14-14 with a team try, culminating in a score for Louis. Worksop were a
Tuesday 12 November 2024 Anti-Bullying Week 2024 On Tuesday, the Reception children enjoyed taking part in Odd Sock Day as part of Anti-Bullying Week, and in talking and learning about what respect is and means.
Monday 11 November 2024 Remembrance 2024 This week we have much pause for thought. Firstly, as we commemorated Remembrance in the Cathedral with a service on Monday, then yesterday in Head’s assembly, where Mrs Hall and Sebbie spoke to us about acts of kindness and their charitable kindness foundation as part of World Kindness Day. It is also Anti-Bullying Week and in the spirit of LCS we have found time and space to consider all of these important events.
Friday 8 November 2024 Learning from the past Year 6 enjoyed an extremely interesting and informative day at RAF Cosford as part of their history topic on the World Wars. They saw a range of aircraft used during World War I and World War II and had a go in the cockpit too! During their workshop they spent time in the RAF strategy room and dressed up as RAF officers as well as exploring artefacts from the War.
Thursday 7 November 2024 We've achieved Artsmark Gold! We are delighted to have received a prestigious Gold Artsmark Award. Artsmark is the only creative quality standard for schools, accredited by Arts Council England. It transforms teaching through creativity, empowering teachers with the skills they need to embed arts, culture and creativity across the whole curriculum, and is proven to support pupil outcomes and wellbeing.
Monday 4 November 2024 U13 Rugby v Bishop Walsh On Monday 4 November, the U13 Rugby team travelled to Bishop Walsh School. On a misty afternoon in Sutton, the team were excited to play a strong opponent.
Saturday 2 November 2024 Fantastic fundraising by Ophelia Ophelia is taking on an amazing personal challenge this month. Having recently learned more about charity in class and completing the sponsored swim her class undertook last year in memory of Rob Burrows, Ophelia wanted to do more and, after weighing up her options, she decided to do something related to running.
Thursday 31 October 2024 Medal of Honour for Jayce Published author Jayce (Year 2) was recently recognised for his efforts to improve child literacy by being named as this year's youngest recipient of the British Citizen Youth Award, Medal of Honour. Jayce was invited to receive the award at the House of Lords by Baroness Caroline Cox of Queensbury, and it was presented to him by Dame Mary Perkins, founder of Specsavers.
Tuesday 29 October 2024 Busy programme for Cantorum Our Senior choir, Cantorum, have a busy programme of events for the academic year 2024-2025 including singing several services in Lichfield Cathedral, performing at the Quill & Scholar for a Charity Christmas Concert and taking part in the School opera in February. If you wish to hear them, please see the poster for further information.
Monday 28 October 2024 Winter Wonderland 2024
Friday 25 October 2024 Back to the 80s!
Thursday 24 October 2024 Young Poetry competition Do you enjoy reading poetry? Why not have a go at writing poetry and enter the Staffordshire Young Poetry competition?
Wednesday 23 October 2024 Senior Chorister treat! Chorister staff enjoyed the company of Heads, Deputy Heads and Year 8 Choristers at Ask at the end of the first half term.
Tuesday 22 October 2024 Hockey round-up LCS hockey players have been out in force over the last few weeks, from our youngest players at Longdon to our oldest in the sixth form at Lichfield.
Monday 21 October 2024 U15 Rugby v Bishop Walsh On Thursday in Week 7, the U15 Rugby team travelled to Bishop Walsh school for their first game of the season following some previous cancellations. The boys who have been keen to get some competitive rugby this season were raring to go!
Saturday 19 October 2024 Minster Hall official opening
Saturday 19 October 2024 The secret of success - happiness! I recently read an excellent article in Forbes magazine. It was talking about the link between success and happiness. We know here in School that happy children are successful ones and as such, we place so much importance on the whole child and ensuring they have opportunities to enjoy their academic work and extra-curricular activities. It is also the case that a strong pastoral team and caring ethos feed into the School’s culture of creating an environment where children can feel safe and appreciated. We also know that our busiest children are often the most successful too and it is often because in trying many things they have met with failure and success and developed a growth mindset.
Friday 18 October 2024 Black History Month celebrations The children at Longdon have been celebrating Black History Month since the start of October, learning about the achievements of the black community throughout history and the impact their crucial, but sometimes forgotten, work has had on society.
Thursday 17 October 2024 Cannock & District Cross-Country On Wednesday 9 October, LCS took a big cross-country team over to Chase Terrace for the first Cannock and District competition of the year. In recent years, we have done exceptionally well at these competitions and the amount of pupils taking part has increased. At the competition last week, we were one of only two schools who had teams of four in every race and there were some fantastic achievements across the board. Some of the stand out achievements from the competition are below:
Wednesday 16 October 2024 U12 ISA Football Tournament On Friday 4 October, LCS travelled to Highclare for the annual Midland Independent Schools Association (ISA) U12 Football Tournament. The team were very excited on the journey there, talking formations, tactics and everything else in between!
Tuesday 15 October 2024 Science investigations with Years 5 & 6 Year 6 have been busy in Science this half term. They have been looking at the classification of animals and particularly enjoyed looking at microorganisms under the microscopes. They also tested whether moisture levels affect the growth rate of mould on bread.Meanwhile, Year 5 have been investigating Forces, employing a variety of experiments. They made different-sized parachutes to test if surface area affected the rate of a fall, and learnt about how air resistance works. They also experimented with water resistance and investigated whether the shape of modelling clay affected the rate of a fall through water.
Monday 14 October 2024 The great outdoors Obviously, here at LCS we love getting the children outdoors. Outdoor activities are so good for physical and mental wellbeing and our mantra is ‘it’s never the wrong weather, only the wrong clothing’. Thus, Forest School is often seen operating in the wind, rain and snow, helped along by a flask of hot chocolate and the odd s’more. So, on World Mental Health Day and with half term only a week away, here are some great ideas for getting your children to spend more time in the great outdoors.
Saturday 12 October 2024 Celebrating National Poetry Day To start National Poetry Day off at Longdon, we had the fantastic Daniel Thompson come in for an assembly where he read some of his positive poetry from his books, Being You and Outside In. He gave a fascinating motivational talk about how he became an author, and all the children listened intently and seemed to really enjoy it.
Friday 11 October 2024 Poetry by Heart regional celebration Hundreds of children hear live poet for National Poetry Day
Friday 11 October 2024 Year 7 residential to York Our Year 7 pupils enjoy a 3-day trip to York at the beginning of the academic year - for some, this may be their first residential trip without their family. A packed schedule of educational visits and social activities ensure that new friendships are formed and memories made that will last a lifetime.
Thursday 10 October 2024 RS students visit Lichfield Mosque Year 10 & 11 GCSE Religious Studies students visited the Lichfield mosque and Islamic Centre on Monday, which is only a ten minute walk from School, around the other side of Stowe Pool. We received such a warm welcome from the Imam and his wife.

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