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LSP Newsletter - Autumn 2021

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                                                  Autumn 2021

Welcome

The last term has in so many ways been the most demanding yet.  I had the privilege of spending quite a lot of time with colleagues at St Mary’s in Portbury.  Fortunately St Mary’s hasn’t been hit too hard by COVID (in the way that other schools in our Trust really have), but even in a few weeks at St Mary’s we had several staff cases.  The staff at the school were brilliant at keeping life as normal as possible for the pupils; the Nativity went ahead, the Christmas service in church is planned, carols have been switched outside to the playground and the Christmas Fair was replaced with a trail through the village. 

This newsletter is full of examples of the things that you have been doing in our schools to make education both normal and wonderful for our pupils.  I hope that you feel pride in the work that you have done and will be interested to see what others have been doing in their schools too.  You are doing the most amazing job.

With best wishes,

Gary


Trust News


03 Dec 2021
Christmas Card Competition Winners!
Congratulations to our Christmas Card Competition winners! Sam, George and Keeley from Flax Bourton CofE Primary School and Emily from the Whiteoak Academies.
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24 Nov 2021
LSP Green themed Business Breakfast
Over 100 guests attended our Green themed LSP Business Breakfast held this morning at Backwell School. Headteacher, Jon Nunes, opened the breakfast and Gary Lewis, Chief Executive of the Lighthouse Schools Partnership, gave an update on the Trust’s target to become carbon neutra...
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Awards & Recognition

We wish to congratulate and thank the following people for the contributions they have made to our Trust:

 

25 years' service

       Linda Croshaw at High Down Juniors

      Helen Clarke at Yatton Schools

Mark Hackeson at Yatton Schools

 

25 years' service and retiring

Phillip Okeden at Yatton Schools

 

20 years' service and retiring

Gregory Brees at Backwell School

 


Eco News


22 Oct 2021
Net zero plan goes ahead
Lighthouse Schools Partnership has set an ambitious target to bring greenhouse gas emissions across the Trust to net zero by 2035, 15 years ahead of the Government’s target of 2050.
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02 Dec 2021
High Down Schools win the Viridor Cup and South West in Bloom Art Competition
As a result of their on-going commitment to supporting the environment and recycling work, High Down Schools have been awarded the Viridor Cup from Portishead in Bloom for the best school composting initiative.
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03 Dec 2021
Eco teams working in unison
Eco teams across our three secondary schools Gordano, Backwell and Chew Valley have joined forces in working together towards achieving our target to bring greenhouse gas emissions across the Trust to net zero by 2035.A meeting was held in November with student representatives fro...
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School News

09 Nov 2021
Year 6 pupil wins BBC Writing Competition!
Congratulations to Year 6 pupil Tommy from Whitchurch Primary School who recently won the BBC Young Writers Competition!
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03 Dec 2021
Chew Valley School pupil designs the 2021 Chew Valley 10k T shirt
Chew Valley School Year 9 pupil, Bluebell Powell, has won a competition to design a technical t-shirt for this year’s Chew Valley 10k and Virtual Chew Valley 10k.
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21 Sep 2021
Gordano pupil scores starring role in the musical Priscilla Queen of the Desert
Congratulations to Gordano Pupil Daniel Shorrock who secured and performed the role of Benji, in Priscilla Queen of The Desert. Daniel shared the role with one other actor and the two of them were the only child actors in an all adult cast.Daniel has already performed the role in Bath Theatre Ro...
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10 Dec 2021
Portishead Primary Shining a Light on Design and Technology!
Year 5 Portishead Primary pupils created some fabulous Lighthouse sculptures as part of their Design and Technology curriculum.
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10 Dec 2021
St Mary's CE Primary School celebrates creative talent of their pupils
Teachers at St Mary's CE Primary School are celebrating the creative talents of their pupils by launching a virtual art gallery. 
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01 Oct 2021
Backwell School hosts Music Technology Day for LSP Students
An exciting day of specialist Music Technologist took place in September for students at Backwell, Gordano and Chew Valley Secondary Schools.
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02 Nov 2021
Gordano Careers Convention 2021
Gordano School held their annual Careers Convention in October. This year the Convention was held over four venues within the school site. 
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10 Dec 2021
Your School Needs You!
We would love to hear from you if you can support any of our three secondary schools (Gordano, Backwell and Chew valley) in delivering careers talks, supporting a work experience placement, offering guidance and advice in your specialised field of work, or joining our business partnership...
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10 Dec 2021
Whitchurch Primary School Pupils enjoy visit from mobile Farm
Whitchurch Primary School Pupils loved meeting and learning about the animals they met from a recent visit from Chloe's Mobile Farm.
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10 Dec 2021
Wraxall CE Primary School Pupils get wild for nature!
Wraxall CE Primary School pupils took part in the annual '30 Days Wild' project, led by the Wildlife Trust. The children challenged themselves to complete the 30 challenges - making artwork, creating and exploring habitats, being at the heart of nature.
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16 Nov 2021
Portishead teacher runs London Marathon for local charity close to the school's heart
Congratulations to Portishead School's EYFS Leader, Sam Blackmore-Squires, who completed the London Marathon and raised money for The Benjamin Pritchard Foundation. 
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30 Nov 2021
Portishead School Business Manager completes BA in School Business Management
Congratulations to Portishead School Business Manager, Debbie Stephens, who completed her BA in School Business Management through the Trust's Apprenticeship Levy. Debbie attended her graduation ceremony at Cheltenham Race Course along with fellow apprentices.
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25 Nov 2021
Sporting Achievements for High Down Juniors
In sporting news, huge congratulations to High Down football teams who competed in some recent North Somerset tournaments.
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26 Oct 2021
Winford CofE Primary win the final of Chew Valley Cluster Football Tournament
Winford CofE Primary School fought hard to take the victory in the Chew Valley Cluster Football Tournament. 
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Social Media

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Congratulations to our Christmas Card Competition winners! Sam, George and Keeley from Flax Bourton CofE Primary School and Emily from the Whiteoak Academies. Fabulous, festive designs that bring lots of joy! @WhiteoakNailsea https://t.co/L1uKOsY0vK
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Thank you @STEMworksUK for our amazing workshops learning all about the sun as a source of energy. The children also applied their learning to make a working model using linkages and levers. #STEM https://t.co/tRoLyElnhh
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Our LSP Energy themed Business Breakfast was a great success this morning. Many thanks to our guest speaker Tim McCoy from @edfenergy, our student speakers and helpers, Aspens catering and @Backwell_School for hosting. https://t.co/qMdLJhlEnv
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