Headteacher's blog

Saturday 23 November 2024 Learning about food from Accent We are grateful for the Accent catering team who visited the Lichfield campus last week to deliver sessions to Year 11 students on the vital role of 'brain foods' for their development and to Year 5 & 6 pupils on the importance of a balanced 'Eatwell' plate for a healthy lifestyle.

Friday 22 November 2024 Congratulations Amy! Last weekend Amy E (Year 8) competed in her first British Theatre Dance Association All England Dance Finals.

Thursday 21 November 2024 Chorister installations in November On Sunday 17th November, Miles H was installed as a Full Chorister and Arjen BK was promoted to a senior role in the Lichfield Cathedral Choral Foundation. Congratulations to them both.

Thursday 21 November 2024 TT Rockstars - excellent results again!

Wednesday 20 November 2024 Poetry Challenge winners After a very successful National Poetry Day with Daniel Thompson, we decided to set the children their very own Longdon poetry challenge based on Remembrance Day.

Tuesday 19 November 2024 U9 Girls' Hockey Hi, my name is Darcy and I am the Sports Captain at Longdon. Here is my match report for the U9 Girls' Hockey Fixture that took place last week: On Friday the 15th of November, some of the Year 3 and 4 girls played a hockey match against Newcastle-Under-Lyme School. The girls left at 1.30pm and, when they got there, went straight to the hockey pitch. The girls started playing and it was fun, but exhausting!The first girl to score a goal was Poppy T. However, the match became really tense because Newcastle scored 3 times in a row and were leading 3-1 at half time! Then, another goal was scored a few minutes later by Poppy E. This meant the score was 2-3. Thankfully, Poppy R saved the day as, near the end of the match, she scored a goal, meaning the final result was a draw. Everybody did really well!

Tuesday 19 November 2024 U12 Girls' Hockey On Monday the 11th November, the U12 Hockey team played against Stafford Grammar.

Monday 18 November 2024 The importance of leadership

Sunday 17 November 2024 £4,300+ for Children in Need LONGDON CAMPUSA huge thank you to all of the families that took part in this year's Children in Need.

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.