It is hard to believe how quickly this busy term has flown by and it has been particularly eventful, marked by enriching educational trips and exchange visits, an excellent school production of ‘Beauty and the Beast’, a wide range of sporting success and the recent Dance Showcase. We also had a week-long celebration of reading timed to coincide with World Book Day.
As a diverse community, we have celebrated many religious festivals this term including Chinese New Year, Ramadan and the Easter weekend will soon be with us.
Last night we said thank you to our amazing Year 13 Sixth Form Leadership Team as they handed over to the new incoming team. Their exemplary leadership and dedication have set a high bar for their successors. I cannot thank Saffron and the whole team enough for all they have achieved on behalf of the school.
During the Summer Term our DofE expeditions will take place and we look forward to welcoming you to school to hear our LGGS ensembles, choirs, and soloists as they will perform at our Musical Showcase. The event will take place at 7:00pm on Wednesday, April 30th in the Main Hall. Tickets are now available, priced £5 each.
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Dance/Gymnastics Showcase A massive thank you and well done to everyone involved in the showcase last Thursday. It was a fantastic show – the talent here at LGGS really is outstanding.The showcase marks the end of the dance and gymnastics season, and the end of the lunchtime clubs for this year – unless you are involved in The Great Big Dance Off!
National Reading Champions Quiz
We enjoy participating in the annual National Reading Champions Quiz, where schools across the country compete to see if their knowledge of fiction, poetry, graphic novels, authors, and illustrators can take them through their regional heat to the grand final in London.
This year, we entered a Year 7 and Year 8 team for an intense but fun 3 hours of quizzing. Although we didn’t make it to the final this time, our Year 8 team scored joint 5th place out of 26 teams – just 4 points away from making the podium! Our Year 7 team were among the younger contestants and did exceptionally well to win joint 15th spot in our heat!
Well done to our Year 7 and Year 8 students for their impressive book knowledge – why not take last year’s test to see how well you would do?
Year 8 Indoor Athletics The Year 8 indoor athletics team travelled to Blackpool on 26th March to represent the Lancaster district in the Lancashire Championships. They all performed extremely well, showing resilience and great team spirit, to finish 5th out of 14 teams; an amazing achievement.
Year 7 Netball District Tournament The netball season is coming to a close and what a fantastic way to finish with 32 LGGS pupils involved in the Year 7 District tournament against 7 other teams; over 90 pupils playing netball in a competitive but friendly environment. Congratulations to everyone who took part on 25th March. A team tournament – LGGS Team 1 2nd place, LGGS Team 2 3rd place B tournament – LGGS Team 3 1st place, LGGS Team 4 4th place
Spanish Exchange Best wishes to our exchange partners as they returned home on Monday. It has been a pleasure welcoming you to our school and community and we hope you had a safe journey. Thank you also to our MFL department and to students and host families who have made this valuable visit possible.
Easter Egg Appeal
Thank you for the many donations of Easter Eggs which we have received. These will go towards The Olive Branch appeal which aims to give an Easter egg to all the families in the Lancaster area who use their valuable services. The eggs were collected this week and I am sure your contributions will be very much appreciated.
Frantic Assembly Theatre Production
Our A-levels students travelled to Manchester last week for a performance of ‘The House Party‘ at Home Theatre. This piece of physical theatre performed by Headlong and Frantic Assembly was visually stunning and packed real emotional punch. So much so, that students will likely choose to write this about in their A-Level exam!
‘Laura Loma’s The House Party spins Strindberg’s Miss Julie into intense, fizzing life for today’s generation. Directed by Headlong’s Artistic Director Holly Race Roughan with movement direction by Scott Graham.’
Police Cadet’s Information Session Q&A
If you are aged 13 – 18 years old and want to help improve and support your community? Good news, applications to be a Volunteer Police Cadet opened on today, Monday 31st March 2025. This Police Cadet opportunity allows you to develop your skillset and strengths through a structured programme to enhance relationships between local communities and the police.
As a Police Cadet, you will be able to take part in community events for a minimum of 3 hours per month, visit different police departments such as the Dog Section, Firearms Unit, Mounted Branch, Roads Policing Unit and Scenes of Crime Unit and gain an insight into the basic rules and laws of policing!
There are no entry requirements, we just ask that you have a positive attitude with the desire to help other people. If you wish to join please register.
Loneliness – NSPCC
Loneliness is a difficult feeling for anyone, so it’s not surprising that children can really struggle when they feel lonely. Sometimes children can feel lonely even if they’re often with other people. They might be feeling this way if they don’t feel properly seen or understood. Loneliness can look and feel different for everyone, but if you’re worried about a child in your care, it’s good to talk to them about what they might be feeling and experiencing. The NSPCC’s new guidance on this issue is well worth a read.
St John’s Hospice – Forget Me Not Centre
Please find below details of workshops for parents and carers which are aimed at supporting your child as they experience grief.
Kooth Support during the holidays
Kooth is there if you need them over the Easter period.
As children have more time to reflect on things over the holiday period, they may consider opening up about the things that have been worrying them, but have pushed aside, due to the worries about what may happen if they do open up, this can sometimes be a barrier to them.
Kooth can take away the stigma or barriers. offering support on the same day, rather than waiting weeks or months for mental health support. They are able to provide young people with self-help strategies that prevent their mental health from declining, preventing them from going into crisis.
Kooth CYP services can reduce the necessity of GP appointments and hospital admissions and can prevent the need for referrals into CAMHS. Or can support young people with their mental health for young people on waiting lists or who have been discharged from services.
Kooth can support neurodiverse young people, who may find face-to-face support more challenging and difficult to engage in.
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