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LSF.WEEK 21 May 2021
#QuornPlayingFields
#ReturningSoon
Message from the Chairman Loughborough Schools Foundation This week saw further progress towards ‘normality’ as an easing of Covid restrictions means that we can now meet with groups of family and friends once again. On campus it has meant we can see smiling pupils, who are now able to enjoy their lessons without wearing facemasks. Although we must continue to be cautious to keep our community safe, these small steps of progress and the spring blossoms around campus, point to a brighter summer. There is change too here at LSF. This week I was delighted to announce, on behalf of the Board, the appointment of Dr Christopher Barnett as interim Headmaster of Loughborough Grammar School. Dr Barnett brings a wealth of experience to the role, which will benefit the Grammar School and Foundation as a whole. He was a Lecturer in Economics at Brunel University, Head of History at Bradfield College, and Senior Deputy Head at Dauntsey’s School. As Headmaster he led Whitgift, one of the country’s finest day and boarding schools for boys, with distinction for 26 years. I am sure you will join me in welcoming Dr Barnett to Loughborough in August. He will provide leadership to the Grammar School while the Board undertake to find the right person to become the permanent Head of the School. In welcoming Dr Barnett, I must also reflect on the achievements of Duncan Byrne, who leaves this summer to take up a new opportunity. In his time at Loughborough Grammar School Mr Byrne has maintained and built on the reputation of the School for academic success and for developing and guiding confident young men. His introduction of the GREAT men initiative, alongside the expansion of the School’s extra-curricular programme and his continued efforts to support and develop our Boarding communities, have all strengthened the School and means that he leaves LGS in a good place. I and the Board wish him, and his family, the very best in their new ventures and their new home. Admiral Sir Trevor Soar Chairman
Mental Health Awareness
Last week was Mental Health Awareness Week, with ‘Connect with Nature’ being
our key theme. From Kindergarten through to Year 6, the staff and I provided
numerous opportunities for the children to develop their understanding of how
connecting with nature can be beneficial for our mental health and wellbeing.
My assemblies provided an ideal Reception
opportunity to open the children’s
eyes to the power of nature, as well as The Reception children spent time
how we can enhance our connection taking part in lots of outdoor and
to nature through our own personal mindfulness related activities for this
engagement - what we feel, think and week’s Wellbeing week.
experience in our interactions with the
natural environment. Each morning, Reception children went
outside and ran laps around the field
The children and I also spoke about to slowly reach their target of 100 laps!
our reciprocal relationship with nature We believe that being active first thing
and the importance of thinking about in the morning boosts our mood for
what we can do to protect and nurture the day, and also brings about a sense
the natural environment around us, so of positivity and accomplishment. The
that we can continue to enjoy the many bursts of activity were followed with
benefits to both our physical and mental Yoga and mindfulness stories (from
health which nature offers. Cosmic Kids) at the end of the day to
help feel calm and tune in to our bodies.
I do hope that the following information The children also took part in a variety
provided by the Heads of Year, as well as of outdoor activities including bike time
Mrs Chadwick and Mr Hoult will provide and Forest School, which were both a bit
you with a comprehensive taster of the wet last week!
range of activities which the children
both participated in and benefited from In the classroom the children continued
across Fairfield… to talk about our feelings and emotions.
. The children also took part in group
Kindergarten discussions about things that make us
feel happy and things we can do to relax
Kindergarten children focused on and I am delighted to report that each
mental health through a variety of fun
activities.
classroom now has a ‘Worry Monster’
which can eat children’s worries or
Year 2
anxieties! Year 2 focused on exploring feelings and
They read the story of Giraffe’s Can’t
Dance and actively discussed all of the how different things can affect how we
characters’ feelings which led on to a feel
wider exploration based on the concept
of being kind, whilst using this vital We sorted our ideas into what might
opportunity to share their thoughts make us happy or sad or anxious, and
about what we are good at and how we what those feelings mean to us. We
can help each other. They also worked explored ways to help ourselves when we
as a team to complete challenges such as may feel anxious or sad. All the children
dropping a ball through a parachute! agreed that being outdoors helped our
Mental Health and made us feel happier.
We went on a Scavenger hunt around
the School, challenging ourselves to take
photos of all sorts of things in nature
Year 1 such as things that we found funny or
unusual or exciting, things that are big
As part of Mental Health Week, Year 1 or small or shiny, things that should not
have been embracing nature and fresh be there and things of different colours.
air by spending lots of their lessons It was a fun activity that really made us
outside. take notice of our surroundings and was
certainly enjoyed by all.
During their art sessions, they created
their own sculptures on the quad using
natural materials. At Forest School,
they took part in a mindfulness session
where they considered all the things
they experience with their senses.
They thoroughly enjoyed leading their
partners around Forest School whilst
they were blindfolded so that they
could focus on their sense of hearing
and touch. But their favourite part was
listening to the mud squelching and the
puddles splashing as they jumped up
and down!
Year 6
This week Year 6 have been focusing on
their mental wellbeing.
We’ve looked at how connecting with
nature can help us feel calm. We’ve
shared ideas and activities that make
Year 3 us feel positive and have enjoyed a film
whilst eating popcorn with our friends.
Year 3 have enjoyed connecting with
nature in Mental Health Awareness Focus on Art…
Week.
The connection between creativity and
The children have been making wax good mental health is well established.
rubbings of man-made and natural
surfaces in our playground areas. We It’s no surprise that during recent
have even managed to employ our lockdowns, many people found comfort
mental arithmetic skills by running and solace in creating, be it painting,
around and completing a code-breaking knitting, baking, or gardening. The act of
activity outside. concentrating on something that you are
making can be a fantastically cathartic
process, combine that with being
outside amongst nature and you have a
wonderfully mindful experience.
Year 2 had this experience this week
as we headed outside to sit and draw
the White House, we were very lucky
and missed the rain and the children
drew some wonderfully observed
https://www.bbc.co.uk/ sketches. Year 5 also had the chance to
newsround/57063276 work underneath the trees to add some
dynamic action painting splatters to the
pastel backing created previously as part
of their ongoing pieces. It was certainly
Year 5 liberating to be able to create exciting
marks with the paints and enjoy all the
What would the world be like if you pleasures of the outside environment.
shrunk to the size of a pencil? What
adventures and dilemmas might you
experience?
Year 4 Year 5 recently found out when they
discovered their ‘mini-me’ character
This week has enabled us to ‘live in the waiting for them at Forest School this
moment’ with a variety of mindfulness week.
activities to focus on our mental health.
On Monday, each Year 4 class took part The children took their ‘mini-me’ for an
in a yoga session with Mrs Butterworth exploratory walk past the trees’ shadows,
through the trickling stream, around the
focusing on strength and controlling
our breathing. badger’s sett and through the overgrown
Focus on PE:
brambles. Flowers became fluffy pillows,
Mental Health has been a key topic of
We discussed how this can help us leaves became boats, and feathers
conversation in physical education and
overcome all sorts of challenges in life. became wings. The children were able
sport this week.
We have completed a series of short to take the time to explore, relax and
mindfulness meditations to calm the connect with their environment.
The Pre-Prep children have been
mind. Katie Thistleton, Radio 1 presenter
reflecting on their lessons and describing
pictured in next column, initiated our They then used this experience to
how they feel after each activity. Whilst
discussion with the mantra “treat your create a piece of writing back in the
in the Upper Prep, children have
physical health like your mental health”. classroom using similes, metaphors
been discussing how and what type
We found out that it’s ok to express how and personification to bring their
of feedback we can give, gaining an
you are feeling, just like you might say descriptions alive.
understanding of how important our
you have tummy ache or a headache.
words can be and the positive effect we
can have on others. Many children have
also highlighted how important it is to
be active and enjoy playing outdoors,
keeping their mind and body energised
throughout the day.
Andrew Earnshaw
Headmaster
Innovation with a Social Conscience
Congratulations to Freddie and Harriet in Year 12 who have won the National 2021
‘Be the Future Challenge’, which asked entrants to create a social enterprise idea
that addressed a social or environmental issue, such as poverty, climate change or
inequality. After some rigorous judging from a panel of enterprise experts, Freddie
and Harriet were judged winners of the KS5 (Sixth Form age) category.
Their idea, called ‘Zap It’, was created to address the environmental issue of clean
water and sanitation across the world. ‘Zap It’ uses UV-C LED lights to create safe
drinking water for people across the globe.
The judges said that it was “a fantastic pitch that showed a developed knowledge and
understanding of both the issue and the technology required to resolve it.”
Freddie and Harriet commented: “We are absolutely honoured to have won.
Nowadays, people are becoming far more conscious of their social responsibilities
as global citizens. We entered the competition in order to learn more about how
a social enterprise would work and the factors involved in the decision making
process.”
They have won an invitation to a webinar which will be hosted by The Peter Jones
Foundation and a hamper of social enterprise goodies!
I am particularly proud of Harriet and Freddie’s achievement, as I feel that this
combination of forward looking, creative enterprise and concern for others, sums up
the spirit of our school.
A Change is as Good Best of Luck for Sports Week
as a Rest
Not content with punishing themselves
on the tennis court for hours every
day, our Hahn House boarders like to
use what little spare time they have to
explore new forms of physical exercise.
Last weekend, the Hahn House girls
spent their ‘downtime’ at a professional This year, due to Covid, we have replaced
dance studio in Melton Mowbray our traditional sports day with a sports
brushing up on their Street Dance moves. week, which takes place next week.
Great to see them enjoying their first
proper excursion of 2021. This involves one Senior School and
one Prep School year group spending
half a day at the Park Road ground
taking part in a variety of fun sporting
competitions. As you can imagine, this
has involved considerable organisation
and great commitment from Mrs Lewis
and her team. My thanks to them, and
my best wishes to everyone taking part
in sporting competitions next week.
May the best House win!
Julian Murphy
Headmaster
Duke of Edinburgh Award have not been feasible destinations.
Instead, we have used the Quorn playing
The impact of the Duke of Edinburgh’s fields as our base, opening up the
Award has been widely publicised in beautiful (and demanding) Charnwood
the media following the death of Prince Hills to Bronze, Silver and Gold groups.
Philip in April. Under the dynamic Since Easter, no fewer than 140 boys have
leadership of Mr Moffett, we are undertaken their practice expeditions.
delighted that Grammar School boys Best of luck to the Bronze groups who
have continued with their qualifications. will be completing their qualifying event
During the past year of travel restrictions, of 34-38 km over the next few weekends.
the Peak District and the Brecon Beacons
At the Cutting Edge
Our use of technology changes
extraordinarily quickly: our Year 13
leavers have hardware that nobody
could ever have conceived when they
arrived at LGS seven years ago. The
Biology Arrival! Computing Department’s virtual reality
headsets have made waves since they
We are so fortunate to enjoy a veritable arrived three years ago, with some of
menagerie in the Biology Department, the older inhabitants of Loughborough
with countless Grammar School boys experiencing them as part of our
helping out with their care through the Voluntary Service outreach. This week,
ever-popular Beast Club. Unfortunately, it’s the Physics Department’s turn to show
despite Mr Thornton and Mrs Herring off it’s new Infrared Camera. But who is
successfully carrying out emergency the Physics teacher represented in this
shot?!
Cricket Returns! surgery following instruction from a
YouTube video, we lost our previous
We are delighted to announce the gecko just before Easter. We are
nevertheless pleased to welcome Rango
return of cricket fixtures to Quorn!
to LGS to take his place alongside the Own Shirts Day
Although we managed to run inter-form Royal Python, African land snails, sundry
spiders and, of course, the feisty Degu. Although an ‘Own Clothes’ day has
competition at the start of Autumn term, long been planned for Friday 28 May,
we have had no school fixtures since we have decided to add an extra event a
July 2019. This all changes on Saturday week earlier (Friday 21) in recognition of
morning (22 May) with block fixtures Leicester City’s historic victory. We have
against Solihull School. Please join us in countless LCFC fans at the Grammar
praying for glorious weather! School; in fact, rather more now than
was the case pre-2016. We are therefore
encouraging our Leicester fans to wear
their team shirts on Friday (with their
school trousers and blazer) so that those
of us whose teams’ trophy cabinets
are bare, can join in their well-earned
celebrations.
Open Golf Competition
Dr Mark Ebden is hoping to organise an annual LGS open golf competition (Years
6-13). The inaugural event will be 12:00 to 16:00 on Tuesday 6 July at Shelthorpe golf
course (18-hole pitch and putt). Any boy that can bring their own equipment and can
play round a pitch and putt course is eligible. There will be prizes including for the
best scratch and handicap scores. Boys that are interested should contact Dr Ebden
Duncan Byrne by Wednesday 26 May.
Headmaster
Senior Prefect News As outstanding role models, they have Classics Homerathon
made a huge impact on the School,
Following an excellent Prefect Hustings through leading pupil forum to The University of Iowa Department
and election, we are delighted to share organising whole school events. Hannah- of Classics hosted the second virtual
details of our new senior prefects for Maria and her team have demonstrated Homerathon! Last year, a handful of LSF
the year ahead. These students will be resilience and determination, inspiring Classics pupils and LGS staff participated
leading a wider team of prefects, and staff and students alike with their in the reading of the Odyssey and we
together they play a vital role in the unwavering enthusiasm, energy, and made the local news then, as ‘a group of
leadership of our school community. sense of fun. high schoolers from the UK’.
Head Girl: Dulcie. We were sent an invitation to participate
Deputy Head Girls: Manasi and Lucy this year and High School Classical
Academic: Lucy Civilisation students, Elizabeth,
Sustainability and Society: Elizabeth Alexis and Alice, were among the 215
Community and Wellbeing: Ellen participants reading Homer’s entire Iliad.
House Captain, Burton: Tilly
House Captain, Fearon: Anya
House Captain, Hastings: Josie
House Captain, Storer: Jess
As the prefect handover takes place, we
say a huge thank you to our Head Girl, Photo front to back, left to right:
Hannah-Maria, and her team of prefects, Dulcie, Lucy, Manasi, Tilly, Anya, Josie,
for their work this year. Jess, Lucy, Elizabeth, Ellen.
Drama Duke of Edinburgh Award
Exciting news! National Theatre
- Bronze Training
Connections have been in touch to Students enrolled on the Bronze Duke of
confirm the performance date at Derby Edinburgh Award recently participated
Theatre and we will be performing to a in a training weekend where they were
live audience! put through their paces in all areas of
the expedition.
The performance will take place on
Friday 11 June at 19:00. As we will be in The aim of the weekend was to
Astrophysics Talk
Stage 3 of the government roadmap introduce the essential skills, such as
(10-12 June), audience capacity will be LHS Physics Society virtually welcomed
map reading, using a compass, putting
substantially limited, unless government Dr Danny Steeghs, Head of Astrophysics
up a tent and using a stove. They also
restrictions are lifted in the interim, so if at Warwick University to the High
covered important topics such as first
you would like to attend, please consider School last week.
aid, nutrition and what to wear.
booking seats as soon as possible. On Saturday, students learnt how to
Please click on the following link In an event organised by RanRan, who
put up their tents, which in itself is a
to book tickets: is in Year 12, Dr Steeghs kindly gave up
challenge and can test teamworking
https://www.derbytheatre.co.uk/whatson his valuable time to inform and educate
skills straightaway.
the pupils and staff in attendance of
his cutting-edge work in identifying
the sources of Gravity Waves across the
universe.
Attendees were fascinated to hear about
everything from black holes to the
gravitational impact of massive objects in
space. It was a fascinating insight into the
life of stars including white dwarfs and
On Sunday, Year 9 students went to
neutron stars.
Bradgate Park to learn and develop their
map reading and compass skills and in
teams, they learnt how to navigate their
way around the park over to Swithland
and back.
Thankfully the weather was kind, and
everyone had a great day. It was a test of
their teamwork skills and while some
made it back more quickly than others,
all of the students should be proud and
feel confident that they are ready for the
Fiona Miles real thing.
Head
Developers Investigators
At the Nursery our youngest children Over the past couple of weeks,
in Developers have been learning about Investigators have been very creative
different farm animals and have created making pictures using plastic wallets
a wonderful farm animal display. The and paint by making marks with their
children have made paper plate pigs, fingers, through the plastic wallet. The
cotton wool sheep, handprint chicks and children have also been celebrating Eid
used shredded paper to make ducks for by making special Eid pictures with the
the pond. Developers have also had fun stars to celebrate the beginning of a new
celebrating Leicester City’s FA Cup win by year, stamping them in the paint and
creating colourful flags and foxes. over their card.
Pathfinders
This month in Pathfinders we have been
doing lots of interesting activities. The
children have been conducting science
experiments with colours, mixing food
colouring with milk and squishing
different coloured paints together to
create new colours. The children have
also been looking at animal patterns and
learning about our British values and
the importance of being kind to others.
Pathfinders are looking forward to their
new topic and are going to be learning
all about space, rockets and planets.
Pathfinders Priest House really enjoyed
their special mealtimes for celebrating
Eid, particularly the homemade chapati’s
and vegetable kebabs for tea.
Innovators
The children are loving spending time
Innovators have been super busy outside whether that is playing on the
learning about the fire department. bikes and trikes or getting crafty by using
The children have made their own fire chalk paint to create fantastic patterns on
engine and used team work to make the floor.
sure the paint stayed in the lines! The
children have also been creating their
own fire pictures outside on the floor but
the rain came and washed them away!
The children have also enjoyed lots of
stories and dressing up like people in the
Pioneers fire department.
Pioneers have been covering lots of
activities to do with the story of the
Enormous Turnip, this was started from
the children’s interests and they have
all been really engaged. The children
passed the turnip around at circle time
but none of the children knew what
this unusual vegetable was! From using
their imaginations with small world
play using real vegetables, to observing,
painting, sorting and numeracy, it’s
amazing how something can spark off so
many activities that include all the seven
areas of learning.
Carla Brindley
Nursery Manager
Design and Technology
IN THE
NEWS... PUPIL WORK
Following the lockdown period in the Spring Term, Year 9 pupils at the Grammar
School have relished being back in the Design and Technology workshops, as they
have finally been able to complete their practical projects.
The pupils have been creating prototypes from their own design work by responding
to two different design briefs - to create a timber based mechanical toy centred
around the work of Pixar and to a manufacture an acrylic and aluminium desk tidy
in the style of the Memphis Group.
We have been really pleased by the pupils’ progress as well as their confidence in
the workshops, and it has been great that their hard work is reflected by such high
quality outcomes.
SWITCHBOARD More recently, as part of the celebrations
to mark the 525th anniversary of the
founding of Loughborough Grammar
John Marsden works in the Grammar School Design and Technology School, John has used complex multiple
Department and he has designed and built a switchboard! processes and micro processors to create
an interactive switchboard. At the touch
John loves spending his time designing and building electronic, mechanical-moving of the start button, the switchboard
installations for local and national events. Some of you may remember that John comes to life with random light patterns
created and built the poignant installation of mechanical poppies that responded to flashing on the board to replicate an
human interaction, as part of the centenary commemoration of the fallen of WWI.. old-style telephone switchboard. When
the lights stop moving, by matching
the telephone cables to the lights on
the board, the telephone rings until
answered.
On answering and following some
simple instructions it is then possible to
choose a number to dial on the Bakelite
phone to hear one of the many recorded
interviews and stories from the history of
the School.
John has used one of the School’s original
Bakelite telephones and the original
ringer, which were both still in working
order 70 years on from the date of
original manufacture. It is clear that John
is inspired by the challenge presented
by creating these complex, interactive
installations that bring so much pleasure
to so many people.
You can listen to John speak about creating his switchboard here;
https://lsf.org/grammar/john-marsden-switchboard/
A CONVERSATION WITH Andrew Harris Andrew is a member of Fairfield School Board and Chair of the LSF Fundraising Committee. What is your day job? I have recently moved roles. For the last 7 years I was on the Executive Board of Aston University, I am now Director of Campaigns at the University of Sheffield leading their Development and Alumni Office where we support their 312k alumni and strategically engage them with the institution. What is your connection to LSF? I spent 3 years in the independent school sector, very much enjoyed my time and wanted to ‘give back’ to the sector that had given me so much. Why Loughborough? The opportunity arose and I had worked with one of the Headteacher’s previously. What was your favourite subject in school? History and particularly Latin/Classical Civilisations – even today I recall much of Virgil’s Aeneid. When not on Governor duties, how do you like to spend your time? I have two teenagers of my own which take up time, but when I have some free time I like to spend it on the golf course. My son and I are members at The Shropshire. If you went on Mastermind, what would your specialist subject be? I’d actually quite enjoy the General Knowledge round but would try British politics since 1979. QUICK FIRE ROUND • Morning or Evening? Morning • Library or Museums? Museums • Alaska or Hawaii? Alaska • Singing or Dancing? Both – musical theatre every time • Pasta or Pizza? Pasta • Flowers or Trees? Trees.
Music
IN THE
NEWS...
NICKY BOUCKLEY
The Executive are delighted to announce that Nicky Bouckley has been
appointed as Director of Music for Loughborough Schools Music. LSF.
WEEK caught up with Nicky this week and asked her about her exciting
new role.
How long have you worked at the What are you looking forward to
Foundation and what will your most as DoM?
new role encompass?
Concerts, and lots of them. Seeing our
I’ve been at the Foundation for 11 years, students perform at any level is one of
firstly as Deputy Director of Music, then the most rewarding things, and I get to
as Head of Academic Music and finally see them all!
now as Director of Music. As DoM I will
oversee all of the Music at all four schools How have your team adapted
in the Foundation, making sure that during this period of year group
every student has as many opportunities
as they want and need, to learn and bubbles?
perform. It’s an exciting role!
I think that our instrumental teachers
How is your department were amongst the first in the country to
start teaching online, with great success.
structured? Academic lessons also went online, and
we had to think of new and imaginative
There are two different sides to a Music ways to be creative. Performances were
department: the academic and the the hardest things to adapt, but the
performance. Our department is further staff and students have been fantastic,
split in terms of year groups - Prep and producing hundreds of performances
Senior. We have a huge number of staff throughout lockdown and more recently
- around 45 - to teach and enable over - just look at our YouTube channel!
2000 pupils!
Do you envisage a return to the
programme of Music concerts and
events in September?
Yes, and I can’t wait!! We are hoping to
be able to do a ‘normal’ year in terms of
performance next year, with some big
ideas already for the Spring Concert at De
Montfort Hall and for Al Fresco. Watch
this space, and while you’re waiting, cross
your fingers that restrictions get lifted in
time for us to be able to start rehearsing.
If you were stranded on a desert
island, which three pieces of music
would you take with you?
This is such a difficult question! I
love so many different types of music
that narrowing it down to 3 is almost
impossible... I think Bach’s St John Passion
is a must, probably one of Sibelius’
symphonies (number 2?) for some
orchestral music, and the organ version
of Messiaen’s L’ascension is just totally
thrilling.Music
IN THE
NEWS...
MUSIC EXAMS
Congratulations to the following pupils who have achieved Distinction
in their Music exams.
Well done to everyone on a fantastic set of results!
Joseph, LGS: DipLCM flute Francesca, LHS: Grade 5 percussion
Ankitha, LHS: Grade 8 flute Jude, FFD: Grade 4 music theatre
Lucy, LHS: Grade 8 piano Joanna, LAS: Grade 4 piano
Natalie, LHS: Grade 8 piano Oliver, FFD: Grade 4 violin
Patrick, LGS: Grade 8 violin Sabrina, FFD: Grade 3 singing
Dan, LGS: Grade 8 drum kit Jayden, FFD: Grade 3 cello
Ellen, LHS: Grade 8 music theatre Luke, FFD: Grade 3 cello
Anya, LHS: Grade 8 clarinet Tiyani, LHS: Grade 3 pop music vocals
Ayeka, LAS: Grade 8 violin Josh, LGS: Grade 3 percussion
Keira, LHS: Grade 7 flute Estella, FFD: Grade 2 music theatre
James, LGS: Grade 6 piano Jai, FFD: Grade 2 percussion
Jacob, LGS: Grade 6 cello Lara, LHS: Grade 2 percussion
William, LGS: Grade 6 saxophone Jovan, FFD: Grade 1 percussion
Charles, LGS: Grade 5 music theatre Leni, FFD: Initial grade violin
LUNCHTIME LIVE AND SOUND BITES
Don’t forget to tune into the Loughborough Schools Music YouTube channel to watch and listen to
performances by our musicians in the regular Lunchtime Live and Sound Bites sessions.Sport
IN THE
NEWS... SPORT
The Sports Department are delighted that pupils can begin returning
to more normality with regards to sports fixtures and events. We are
really enjoying seeing the students all participating in their clubs and
activities again and whilst the British Summer weather has not been
too kind to us in the last couple of weeks, we are remaining optimistic
for our bumper week of sport next week.
It was fantastic to see over 30 girls from Loughborough High School attending their
first hard ball cricket nets session, and this is certainly something to build on in the
coming weeks. At Fairfield the number of students attending extra-curricular sports
clubs in the Upper Prep has continued to be over 90%.
For Amherst School and The Grammar
School the half term will end with the
focus on School sports days. Both Schools
will be running year group bubbled
events with a range of activities from
formal athletic disciplines.
The House points will be collated over
the week with a running total and the
Sports Day House Champions will be
announced straight after half term. For
Fairfield School and the High School
these exciting bubbled sports days are
currently being planned and will be
taking place later in the term.
Additionally, we are so pleased to
be holding our first cricket fixtures
tomorrow.
We have 8 boys cricket teams playing
matches against Solihull School with
strict Covid guidelines in place. We are
hoping that the weather is kind and we
are all looking forward to watching the
return of inter-school fixtures at Quorn
Playing Fields.
For the other Senior Schools, we are
planning the return to school fixtures at
weekends after half term.
Jo Hackett
Foundation Director of SportNews in pictures
IN THE FLY FLY THE
BUTTERFLY
NEWS... CAN YOU SEE A
RAINBOW? In their class assembly, Reception
children at Amherst gave thanks for their
Year 1 at Fairfield have made a beautiful class butterflies before releasing them
Rainbow Collage. into the wild.
HEALTHY EATING
At the High School this week, during
their Food & Nutrition lessons, pupils in
Year 9 have been working on designing
food for children and have produced
some beautiful ‘garden’ focaccias,
to encourage children to eat more
vegetables.
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