September 2004 - August 2005 News Archive
JUNE 2005
Letter to Parents June 2005 available
The latest letters to all parents can be downloaded from our web site.
"IT's a Challenge" Day
Congratulations are due to the two teams of Year 10 students who took part in the event held at Great Yarmouth College on Tuesday, 21st June. The students involved were: Chris Jennings, Lewis Hak, Sophie Baker, Ellis King, Jennifer Lee, Lewis Newson, Joshua Leak, Ben Grey, Lewis Fleming and Claire Keyzor.
The "IT's a Challenge day" is a new project set up by the Norfolk Centre of Vocational Excellence [CoVE]. The projects aim is to encourage young people into the IT industry and give them an opportunity to talk to experts in the field.
Lynn Grove entered this event for the first time this year, and one of the two teams taking part won first prize; MP3 players for each team member.
Competing against five other schools from around the area, the teams were asked to design and build a website for a fictitious company, focusing on eco-friendly vehicles. In addition to the excellent facilities available at Great Yarmouth College, the students could question experts from the IT industry who were on hand throughout the day.
Nick Chapman of Itron assisting students with their design
The tasks were both challenging and educational, concluding with the teams giving group presentations to all of the schools and staff present.
A minor technical hitch did not deter one of the Lynn Grove teams when their presentation wouldn't work. They continued on without the aid of the electronic display, instead using the handouts that they had prepared. In their final summary, they described their company 'LG Motors' as creative.
The 'LG Motors' Team during their presentation
The winning team 'Velocita' derived their name from the Italian word for speed. As with the other groups, they had assigned job roles within the team to handle the different sections to be produced. Instead of using existing car designs, they designed their own using the full range of resources available to them. They summed up their company as imaginative.
'Velocita', The Winning Team
All of the days work will soon be available via the Norfolk CoVE website.
MARCH 2005
Please note that the school re-opens for students after Easter on Tuesday, 12th April 2005.
The latest letters to all parents can be downloaded from our web site.
JANUARY 2005
07/02/2005 - The Curriculum choice booklet and choice form 2005 can now be downloaded from the Curriculum Areas page.
The year started off very well with the report that Lynn Grove High School still leads the local schools' league table with 63% of pupils gaining good GCSEs.
We have also been included in Ofsted's recently launched list of consistently high achieving schools. Chief Inspector, David Bell, said the honours list was in recognition of the high quality of education provided.
Following the successful visit to Thailand by headteacher, David Evans, and Science teacher, Sarah Calne, in July 2004, two Thai teachers of English will be arriving at the school in April.
Like everyone, the Tsunami disaster affected us deeply and staff and pupils alike have joined together to raise money for the disaster fund. Various events are planned. In the short term there will a book and cake sale followed by a sports competition and a concert featuring numerous staff and students (dates for these are still to be arranged).
We say a farewell to Judy Blyth, our Systems Administrator, who has been at the school for a number of years, formerly working in the administration office. We all wish Judy every success in her new job. Good luck!
DECEMBER 2004
BESA Education in Partnership Award
Lynn Grove VA High School and LJ Group Ltd were the joint winners of the BESA Education in Partnership Award that was presented at the 12th National Conference for Affiliated Schools in Birmingham recently.
David Evans, Headteacher, (on the left) jointly receiving the award with Damian Breeze from the LJ Group (on the right)
Prize giving with a difference!
All students who collected merit marks throughout the year were entered into a fun draw for wacky & tacky prizes donated by Mrs Barson. These ranged from Christmas wigs and party hats to sweets and novelty hot water bottles!! Below are just a few of the happy winners:
Year 8 Winners
Senior Citizen's Christmas Party
A group of senior citizens from Cherry Road attended our annual Christmas party last week. They were entertained by some of our Year 10 students with music, dance and short plays before sitting down to delicious party food. Everyone received a pack of goodies before they went home. A good time was had by all!
Some of the 'stars' of the show
Guests and pupils sitting down to party fayre
Nearly 700 items of food were donated by students. This allowed us to provide 60 Christmas boxes for the elderly.
Mobile phone recycling campaign 2004/5
Did you know?
- There are over 100 million redundant mobile phones in the UK
- Every year over 1000 tonnes of mobiles are thrown away
- If you have finished with a mobile, it doesn't mean others can't still use it
- Your old mobile phones will be sent to developing countries where they will be reused
- By recycling old mobile phones you will help to protect the environment
Please collect as many unused mobile phones as you can from your family and friends (ask their permission first!) and take them to Mrs Bowles in the LRC.Remember! Every mobile phone collected helps the environment and developing countries, as well as raising funds for the school.
OCTOBER 2004
New sports hall opens!
Our purpose built sports hall has recently been completed and will be ready for use by the students after half term. As well as a super new changing room and toilet facilities the hall has the following sports areas:
- 4 Badminton courts
- Full size basketball court
- Volleyball court
- Netball court
- Tennis court
- 2 cricket nets
YEAR 11 VISIT HMS SANDOWN
A group of Year 11 students looked around HMS Sandown when it was docked in Great Yarmouth last week. Further details of the visit will be in the local press soon!
