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I LEARN TERM 3 FOCUS: EQUIPMENT 9th February 2018

A message from the Headteacher:

It’s been a very busy week to end our third term at Lawn Manor! This week alone, it was great to welcome Craig Boardman, a Team GB para athlete. Craig spoke in depth to our Year 7 and 8 pupils about his journey so far – an inspirational young man who I’m sure will be a name to watch out for. Year 7 also took part in the Swindon Stories Literacy Bus Tour with the bus popping in on Thursday – more information and photos will follow in the next newsletter. Pupils who study Spanish in Year 9, attended an event at Bath Spa University earlier in the week and were able to sample some university life first hand.

These are just sample of the things that are happening at Lawn Manor Academy on a weekly basis to compliment the curriculum and school life whilst ‘Inspiring and Creating Futures for All.’

Have a wonderful half term holiday. School re-opens for pupils on Monday 19th February 2018.

Sandra Muir Headteacher

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An opportunity for pupils to perform at the O2 in London with overnight stay and a visit to a musical. 9th June and 10th June 2018.

35 students have the opportunity to perform at the 02 in London in June in the ‘Rock Mardi Gras’ – a performance inviting school and dance groups to perform to the theme of Rock.

It will be an amazing opportunity and we have linked it in with a residential trip to London to see the Lion King Musical, have dinner at Pizza Express and stay at a hotel on the Saturday, before the performance on Sunday.

The cost is £190, which includes coach travel, food, accommodation, 02 entry and the theatre trip. There is a discount for pupils in receipt of free school meals, please contact the finance department for further details.

If your child would like to take part, please see Miss Jarvis or Miss Dixon for details. There are only 10 places left. If you would like further information, please email Miss Jarvis at cjarvis@lawnmanor.org

Progress Leader Boards

After the half term holidays, we will be displaying, in East Manor, Leader Boards for Year’s 7-10 showing how many subject targets pupils are hitting. The pupils at the top of the Leader Board will be hitting most, or all, of their subject targets at this stage of the year. If pupils have not yet hit any of their targets, then their name will not be displayed yet.

This initiative is designed to promote high aspirations and encourage pupils to work their way up the Leader Board. These will be updated after next terms assessments so everyone will have a chance to improve their position. These Leader Boards reward pupils who are making the most progress in subjects from their own individual starting point, so everyone has an equal chance of being at the top.

Performance at the 02 London

Dates for your Diary: 12th – 16th February

School Holidays Monday 19th February

Start of Term 4 Wednesday 7th March

Year 11 Mock Interview Day Thursday 8th March

Year 11 Parent Meeting Re: Exams Thursday 22nd March

Year 8 Parents Options Evening

An additional INSET day has been set for Friday 29th June and school will be closed to pupils on this day. Term dates can be found on our website, we have also attached a copy to the newsletter this week.

Enjoy the holiday next week. We return on Monday 19th February.

Meet Our Team

This week: Ms Nina Tebby, Director of Modern Foreign Languages Becoming a teacher was never part of my life plan! I left Swansea University with a degree in Spanish and Portuguese, so I boarded the first plane to Spain and stayed there for 10 years. I spent the years working in translation, real estate, golf resort management and just about anything that would fund my carefree lifestyle in the sun! Unfortunately, unemployment hit hard in Spain so I followed the sun around the globe, landing in Dubai and invested 3 years in a career as an Emirates air hostess.

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MOMO Theatre visited this week to educate Year 7 on road safety and travel - the benefits of walking and cycling to school, the effects of car pollution, public transport, car sharing and road safety. The show was delivered with a mixture of humour and education and was very informative. At the end of the show, the students were asked to recall all the information in the show by helping a volunteer remember all the things that they were shown.

Year 7 Road Safety Roadshow

As part of the NSPCC Number Day event last Friday, pupils were able to take part in a wide range of activities throughout the day to develop their numeracy skills. Activities included ‘who wants to be a Mathionaire’, board ‘Blockbuster’, logical puzzles and a ‘keep calm and crack the code’ challenge. KS3 Pupils took part in Countdown style competitions during lesson time all last week and the winning teams entered the grand finale of ‘Lawn Manor Does Countdown’, which took place on Thursday lunchtime. Fitzroy were victorious in this competition! On Friday, KS4 battled alongside staff in another fierce Countdown competition, where Fitzroy also came out as winners!

Number Day

By Samir Ahmed and Kelvin Potter

We are working with the Wiltshire Wildlife Trust learning about forest schools and conservation. Once we have completed the course, we will gain awards.

Week 1 has been all about shelter building. We were given 4 ropes and 1 tarpaulin and had to build a weather proof shelter that did not let water in, which meant building it at an angle and tight, so the rain would run off. It also had to be lower on the wind side to protect us.

Year 10 Employment Pathway

Eventually real life felt the need to intervene, so when I found out I was going to become a mum I moved back to the UK, via a 12 month teaching stint in Spain, and decided the only way to keep my love for Spanish alive was to try and inspire crazy teenagers to fall in love with it too. So here I am six years into my teaching career, still trying to make the sun shine here in the UK! I worked at Tewkesbury School for 5 years before joining Lawn Manor this September. Other than travel, I enjoy reading, baking cupcakes and Spanish films.

Please Give Us Your Views

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Year 11 Holiday Revision Workshop & Interventions

On Monday, 12th February a number of Year 11 pupils have been invited to take part in a revision workshop to support them in the preparation for their upcoming Prelims and GCSE examinations. The workshop will be held in the library from 9.45am until 2pm. The workshop with feature interactive, engaging sessions from MADE Training, focused on equipping pupils with the tools to be able to study and revise effectively.

A number of Holiday Interventions will also take place next week and your child will have been given a letter if they have been invited to attend.

Pupils will need to arrive via the main gate and go to the appropriate workshop at the allocated time and sign in and out with the member of staff.

New After School Club for Year 11

Mr Stacey is running a Stress Busting Circuit Class for all Year 11s.

Monday’s 3:15pm – 4:00pm West Manor Gym

A circuit class is perfect for ANYONE! You work at your own pace, at your own station, for one minute and then move on. It does not matter how strong you are, how fast you are, or how fit you are. There is no competition in this class. Stress Busting Circuits is for everyone! The benefits of physical exercise have been scientifically proven to have a major impact on reducing stress levels therefore having a positive impact on your academic performance and productivity. So come along and have a go!

The Science Technicians are selling science revision guides. Biology, Chemistry and Physics books at £2.80 each and higher and foundation books £5.60 each.

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Congratulations to the Year 9 GCSE Dance class that performed at the Wyvern Theatre on Tuesday 30th January in the Swindon Schools Festival. They had an amazing time and performed brilliantly in such a large theatre. An experience to remember!

Year 9 GCSE Dance at the Wyvern Theatre

We have two vacancies for Parent Governors on the Local Governing Board of Lawn Manor Academy and invite parents (includes anyone with parental responsibility), guardians or foster-parents, who would like to be appointed, to put their names forward.

Parent Governors are elected by and from the parents, guardians and foster parents of registered pupils at the school, for a term. Parent Governors share equally with other members of the governing board, the responsibility for carrying out the governing board’s legal responsibilities. The position of school governors has always been an important one that is vital to the effective running of the school and is a means of giving worthwhile service to the community.

If you wish to stand for election as a Parent Governor, it is necessary for you to be proposed by a parent, guardian or foster carer of a pupil registered at the school and to be seconded by another parent, guardian or foster carer of a pupil registered at the school. The proposer and seconder should indicate their support for you by signing the attached nomination form. All nominations should be returned to the Clerk via the school by Friday 16 February 2018. You may also like to include some detail about yourself and why you would like to become a governor (no more than five hundred words) to support your nomination. This will be used if there is a need for an election by secret ballot. This will only take place if there are more nominations than there are vacancies.

There are some circumstances that disqualify an individual from serving as a school governor and these are listed on the back of this letter. Please ensure that you read through these. If you require any further information about the role of a governor please contact Jenny Lowe at: jlowe@lawnmanor.org.

Vacancies for Parent Governors

DISQUALIFICATIONS A Governor must be aged 18 or over at the time of their election or appointment. There is no upper age limit for serving as a governor. A person cannot hold more than one governorship at the same school. A person is disqualified from holding or from continuing to hold office as a governor or associate member if he or she:

• fails to attend the governing board meetings – without the consent of the governing board – for a continuous period of six months, beginning with the date of the first meeting missed (not applicable to ex officio governors);

• is subject to a bankruptcy restriction order or an interim order, debt relief restrictions order, an interim debt relief restrictions order;

• has had their estate sequestrated and the sequestration order has not been discharged, annulled or reduced;

• is subject to: 1. a disqualification order or disqualification undertaking under the Company Directors Act 1986 2. a disqualification order under Part 2 of the Companies (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 3. a disqualification undertaking accepted under the Company Directors Disqualification (Northern

Ireland) Order 2002 4. an order made under Section 492(2) (b) of the Insolvency Act 1986 (failure to pay under a County

Court administration order) • has been removed from the office of charity trustee or trustee for a charity by the Charity

Commissioners or High Court on grounds of any misconduct or mismanagement, or under Section 34 of the Charities and Trustees Investment (Scotland) Act 2005 from participating in the management or control of anybody;

• is included in the list of teachers or workers considered by the Secretary of State as unsuitable to work with children or young people;

• Is barred from any regulated activity relating to children • Is subject to a direction of the Secretary of State under section 128 of the Education and Skills Act

2008 • is disqualified from working with children or from registering for child minding or providing day care; • Is disqualified from being an independent school proprietor, teacher or employee by the secretary of

State; • Has been sentenced to three months or more in prison (without the option of a fine) in the five years

before becoming a governor or since becoming a governor; • has received a prison sentence of two years or more in the 20 years before becoming a governor; • has at any time received a prison sentence of five years or more; • has been fined for causing a nuisance or disturbance on school premises during the five years prior to

or since appointment or election as a governor; • refuses to allow an application to the Disclosure and Barring service (DBS) for a criminal records

certificate.

A person is also disqualified from election or appointment as a parent governor of a school if they: • are an elected member of the Local Authority (a Councillor). • work at the school for more than 500 hours (i.e. for more than one third of the hours of a full time

equivalent) in a school year (at the time of election or appointment).

SCHOOL: LAWN MANOR ACADEMY NOMINEE: I, (names in full) ____________________________________________________ of (address, including postcode) _________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ Telephone Number: __________________________________________________________ Email Address:_______________________________________________________________ would be prepared to stand as a candidate in the election for Parent Governor(s) to serve on the Governing Board of the above named school. I have noted the disqualifications, none of which apply to me. I am a parent/guardian/Foster Carer of the following pupil(s) who are registered at the school: Name/s: ____________________________________________________________________ Date of Birth: ____________________ Class/Form/Tutor Group: _______________________ Signed: ___________________________________ Date: ____________________________ PROPOSED BY: (full name) ___________________________________________________ Parent/Guardian of: (name(s) of pupil(s)) __________________________________________ Class/Form/Tutor Group _______________________________________________________ Signed: ___________________________________ Date: ____________________________ SECONDED BY: (full name) ____________________________________________________ Parent/Guardian of: (name(s) of pupil(s)) _________________________________________ Class/Form/Tutor Group _______________________________________________________ Signed: ___________________________________ Date: ____________________________ This form should be returned to the Clerk to the Governing Board, Lawn Manor Academy by Friday 16 February 2018.

The information supplied by the nominee, if they are elected, will be held by the Clerk to Governors. Although the information will be passed to Governor Support at Swindon Borough Council, who are required by law to keep a record of all Swindon school governors, it is held on a password protected database. The information will

only be shared with other Council departments on a strictly necessary basis and will not be supplied to anyone outside the Council under any circumstances.

LAWN MANOR ACADEMY

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