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Welcome to the third newsletter of the 2009-10 college year with key term-dates
information and an update on events at Lodge Park.
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Thank You Year 9 Parents!
COLLEGE POLICIES
CHILDREN IN NEED
The turnout for the Year 9 Parent’s
Evening in November was excellent even better than the great response for
the Year 7 Parent’s Afternoon. Many
thanks to everyone who came along
and made it such a productive evening.
All our College Policies are reviewed,
updated regularly and ratified by our
board of governors. If you wish to see
any of the College policies at any time,
please ask at reception and we will
provide you with a copy of the relevant
document within 5 working days of your
request.
Another big well done to all the staff
and students who pitched in on
Children in Need Day with a huge
range of individual and team efforts to
raise funds for charity.
Some
sponsorship money is still coming in so
it isn’t possible to publish the final total
just yet, but all the fun was in a good
cause.
Year 8 have their Parent’s Evening on
Thursday December 3rd - see you
there.
F R O M
T H E
Tr a c e y N e l s o n , C l e r k t o t h e
Governors
P R I N C I P A L :
Busy times!
students prepare ideas for how Lodge Park
can be made more sustainable and ecofriendly. Next week a team from every class
will enter the Dragon’s Den to pitch their
project and, most important of all, we’re
going to make sure that the best one
happens. It was also great to talk to so
many parents in Year 9 at parent’s evening
and I’m looking forward to having the same
chance with Year 8 on December 3rd when
we’ll also have a display of possible uniform
ideas for people to look at and tell us what
they think.
I think it is a really positive sign when I sit
down to write the Principal’s piece for the
Newsletter and there isn’t much space left
after all the other things that are much more
important! The truth is that if I only wrote
about the excellent work that I hadn’t had
time to see this month - such as the amazing
set of experiments at the Science Fireworks
Club (in photo) and the theatre production for I asked students, staff and parents a few
Year 7 I still would run out of space.
weeks ago what we felt our ambition should
be for everyone at Lodge Park; what we
should all aim to live up to every day. The
options came from me, from Student Council
and from many students by email and the
final vote ran into the hundreds of
responses. The final choices were:
students were asked to design and make a
savoury or sweet product suitable for a party.
Wonderful smells wafted out of R4 and into
the Rumbelow Block. The students
thoroughly enjoyed creating original designs
and spent a lot of time and effort creating
their masterpieces.
Mrs Hayes had the
difficult task of choosing the 3 best results.
1st – Sarah McLean 10A
2nd – Callum Reilly 10E
3rd – Opal Gilchrist 10R
My thanks go to Mrs Hayes for judging the
Halloween dishes and to all the students
taking part. Well done!
Mrs Downing, Food Technology
MFL Stars
Our Lodge Park Ambition for everyone is that
Well done to the following students who have
we show:
consistently achieved top marks in their
Achievement Motivation Belief Inclusivity weekly French vocabulary tests:
Talent Independence Open Mindedness and
Year 7 - Nathan Clark, Cory McDade,
Nobility.
Matthew McGregor, Dean Mobbs, Evan
As well as all the things you’ll find in this Guy Shearer, Principal
Williams and Daniel Coull.
n e w s l e t t e r, N o v e m b e r h a s b e e n a
Year 8 - Niamh Dove, Lisa Middleton, Leonie
tremendous month in college with the first
Weston and Georgie Coull.
set of exams in the hall (module tests for
Maths and Science) and many chances for
me to get to know the place much better. On Tuesday 20rd October 2009 the Year 10 Year 9 - Hannah Beattie, Jack Buchanan,
I’ve spent quite a bit of time with Year 9 in Food Technology students took part in a Conor Duncan, Kerry Inglis, Callum Nelson
The and Matthew Sanders.
Citizenship lessons, as teams of our Halloween Cookery Competition.
Halloween Cookery
Lodge Park Technology College www.lodgepark.org.uk
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PE Department News
BOXING
Jordan McKee
9A participated
in a boxing
match on Friday
23rd October
fighting against
D o m i n i c
Shepard from
the Nottingham
Boxing Club.
Jordan went on
to win this fight
and now has an
impressive
record
of
winning 7 fights
out of 6. Jordan
now attends squad training in Leicester with
another selected fighter from the Corby
Olympic Boxing Club.
YEAR 11 FOOTBALL
TEAM
opposition including gymnasts that had
competed at National Level.
She won a bronze medal on the vault and
also a bronze medal on the uneven bars.
Congratulations to the Year 11 football team
w h o h a v e c o m p l e t e d t h e i r s e a s o n Congratulations also to two other students
undefeated and only missed out on the had competed earlier in the day at Level 3
league title on goal difference.
and had also gained good results. Well done
to Laura Bland and Mollie Gracie.
Well done to the team
CORBY ATHLETIC
CLUB
Ryan Alderson, James Cassidy, Luke
Cruickshank, Ryan Docherty, Connor Mcann,
Ryan Morgan, Louis Trimble, Nathan
Cassidy, Greg Connor, Steven Hadden,
Callum Leech, Callum Logan, Ross White, Katie Fowler 9O a Corby Athletic Club runner
ran her personal best at the 60m sprint
Harry Campbell and Colt Barratt
clocking up a superb time of 8.30 seconds at
Lee Valley Athletic Club in London
GYMNASTICS
On 27th September 2009 Tasha Brooks took
part in the Level 2, Age 14+ Regional
Championships at New College Leicester
Congratulations and good luck in your next Gymnastics Club.
fight which takes place on 10 April next year.
This was the first time Tasha, who is trained
at the Corby Gymnastics Club at Lodge Park
Sports Centre, had competed at this level
and found herself competing with strong
FREE SCHOOL MEALS
Community Room
A healthy balanced lunch has been demonstrated to improve
students’ concentration, attention, energy levels and academic
performance; as a result healthy eating has been proven to improve
the overall results obtained by students.
On Monday 16 November 2009 we launched
our Community Room for the use of Corby
North SCT (Safer Communities Team).
Neighbourhood Wardens and other local
agencies who would like to use it to engage
with students, teachers and local residents. Police Officers from
Corby North SCT have been based in the school each afternoon
during the week from 1.00 p.m. to 4.00 p.m. to be on hand for any
enquiries from students, teachers, parents and local residents.
One of the College’s main aims is to ensure healthy eating for all
students regardless of means or background, ideally through the
provision of a well balanced school lunch, served in a warm,
welcoming dining environment in a way that is convenient for the
pupils’ needs.
Free meals are available to any full-time student who is still at
school and eligible, including Sixth Form students. Your child can
claim a free school meal if you are eligible, and can provide proof of
the following:
Income Support, Income-based Jobseekers’
Allowance, Child Tax Credit only (with a family income of less than
£16,040 as assessed by HM Revenue
& Customs), National
Asylum Seekers Support, Guarantee Element of State Pension
Credit, Employment and Support Allowance – Income Related only.
Please note: If you are currently in receipt of Working Tax Credit
then you do not qualify for free school meals.
If you are in receipt of any of the above please could you bring
proof, either your payment booklet or a letter, to the College
Reception (please note we cannot accept bank statements as
proof). We take a photocopy and add your child’s name to the new
register for this year.
Mrs L Lapsley, Finance Assistant
The Community Room is based in the Weston Block entrance of
the school. Corby North SCT have also introduced a Trust and
Confidence Box within college. Any letters given to the college
addressed to Northamptonshire Police will be placed into the box
(and of course they can be handed into reception too). It is hoped
that pupils, parents, teachers and local residents will anonymously
use this to inform the police of persons, properties or places that
they think the police should be aware of. The Corby North SCT
Officers will be holding Police Surgeries within the Community
Room on the following dates:
Wed 02 Dec 2009 1.00 p.m. – 4.00 p.m.
Wed 16 Dec 2009 1.00 p.m. – 4.00 p.m.
Wed 13 Jan 2009 1.00 p.m. – 4.00 p.m.
Wed 27 Jan 2009 1.00 p.m. – 4.00 p.m.
Wed 10 Feb 2009 1.00 p.m. – 4.00 p.m.
Wed 24 Feb 2009 1.00 p.m. – 4.00 p.m.
Wed 10 Mar 2009 1.00 p.m. – 4.00 p.m.
Chris Steed, Vice Principal Support
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www.lodgepark.org.uk
MATHS STARS
Congratulations to the following students,
who have earned 10 credits in
Mathematics and have been sent a
postcard home up to November 19th
Year 7
Victoria Bartlam, Callum Farr, Anthony
Keys, Nathan Clark, Liam Sheridan,
Rebecca Mabbutt, Chloe Adams, Rylee
Magee, Elland Neave, Dean Mobbs,
Matthew McGregor, Noel Fonbanu, Cerys
MacWhinnie, Evie Sandall, Natalie
McDonald, Daniel Coull, James PeatElrick, Phoebe Benson, Hayley Buchan,
Joshua Ivanoff , Norbert Jarski , Chanelle
Nathwani, Connor Ure-Lafferty, Jordan
Spencer, Olivia Stark, Evan Williams,
Callum Garvie, Jessica Lucas
Year 8,
Niamh Dove, Ellen Odell, Jessica
Pickaver,
Year 9,
John Oxborrow, Paige Toner, Lloyd
Carson, Amie McKay, Dalton Cooper,
Megan Sharkey, Lauren Harvey, Emily
Jull, Chris Graham, Bethany Morgan,
Michael Kell, Phivos Papachristoforou,
Shannon Clarke,
Year 10,
Thomas Stone, Emily Tierney, Milica
Kovacevic, Charlotte Roberts, Laura
Curran, Emma Carson, Lee Richmond,
Lara Pheasant, Kimberley Briglin, James
Burlington, Nicola Miller, Chelsea Brown,
Danielle Hammond, Lyndsey McIntyre,
Danni Richardson,
SENIOR TEAM MATHS
CHALLENGE
Year 11
Annalise Cuthbertson, Megan Madden,
Shona McInally, Zoe Priest, Katie Blades,
Lori Bell
Thinking Skills 30 Stickers
Daniel Coull 7G, Elland Neave 7G,
Victoria Bartlam 7G , Eerik Parv 7P ,
Elizabeth Burlington 7P
Citzenship Stars 35 Stickers
Arren Moore 7P
RE 30 Stickers
Harry Barwell 8O, Harry Toseland 8L,
Leonie Weston 8L, Josh Tinto 7D,
Bethanie Ramskill 7E, Chanelle Nathwani
7E, George McKillop 8O
Student Receptionists
It has long been a tradition at Lodge Park to use Year 8 students to
support the smooth running off the school. A different student works
each day to assist staff with a variety of duties such as taking
messages to classrooms, checking that all registers have been
returned and putting notices into registers. This experience gives
them an insight into how Lodge Park runs on a day to day basis and
gives them a brief idea of the sort of duties a Work Experience
student might have to do. We hope that you will agree that this is a
valuable exercise.
ANTI-BULLYING WEEK
16th-20th November was Anti-Bullying Week.
I hope that you received my letter and information regarding cyberbullying, which is the focus of this year's campaign from the antibullying alliance.
On the 4th November, Lodge Park entered a team into the Senior
Team Maths Challenge 2009. The team comprised of Nicky
Jackson and Joe Ferns from Year 13 and Steven Hawkins and
Megan Davies in Year 12. This regional heat was held at
Northampton University, and 17 schools and colleges from the
region took part. There were 3 rounds, these consisted of a group
round, a cross-number round and a relay round. Our team came
a very commendable 6th place in the competition. The teachers
and students that took part really enjoyed the experience and
hope to return next year and do even better.
Miss Sonecha
If you have any comments about our Anti-Bullying policy which
is currently being updated please let us know. Members of Student
Council are working on our policy and we would welcome parents'
contributions too (if you would like to join a group of parents to
discuss how to move our policy on, please contact me).
GILL PENDRILL
After School Club
For details of what we are doing everyday check the notice boards in
the display area. Collect a form from student reception and join us in
G2 Monday to Thursday at 3.15pm - 5.45pm
£2.00 per session includes a drink and a healthy
snack.
See you there
Fireworks Club
A big thank you to all students in year seven who
attended fireworks club this year.
Hope you
enjoyed taking part and watching the dangerous
demonstrations.
Remember if you enjoyed
fireworks club come along to science club on a
Monday after school.
www.lodgepark.org.uk
Mrs Brown
Website
We hope you find these newsletters useful and
interesting. Remember that the college website,
as well as having a lot of information, also carries
news and photos as well as the Principal’s weekly
blog and now the blog of our Student Council
where they can write about their work and the
ways they are supporting the college in becoming
a better and better place. www.lodgepark.org.uk
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Term 2
School Closes
Friday 18 December 2009
Term 3
Excellence Cluster Training Day
School Re-opens to students
School Closes
Monday 4 January 2010
Tuesday 5 January 2010
Friday 12 February 2010
Term 4
School Re-opens
School closes to students
Training Day
Monday 22 February 2010
Wednesday 31 March 2010
Thursday 1 April 2010
Term 5
School re-opens
School Closed (Bank Holiday)
School Closes
Monday 19 April 2010
Monday 3 May 2010
Friday 28 May 2010
Term 6
School Re-opens
School Closes
Monday 7 June 2010
Friday 23 July 2010
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Monday 6 September 2010
Tuesday 7 September 2010
School Re-opens to students:
New Yr 7 Students
Targeted interviews for: Yr11,
Yr12, Yr13
Wednesday 8 September 2010
Whole College starts
School Closes
Thursday 9 September 2010
Friday 22 October 2010
Term 2
School Re-opens
School Closes
Monday 1 November 2010
Friday 17 Dec
Term 3
Training Day (Excellence Cluster)
School Re-opens to students
School Closes
Tuesday 4 January 2011
Wednesday 5 January 2011
Friday 18 February 2011
Term 4
School Re-opens
School closes to students
Monday 28 February 2011
Friday 8 April 2011
Term 5
School re-opens
School Closed (Bank Holiday)
School Closes
Tuesday 26 April 2011
Monday 2 May 2011
Friday 27 May 2011
Term 6
School Re-opens
School Closes
Monday 6 June 2011
Friday 22 July 2011
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Training Day
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