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* Lyndon School Humanities College, Daylesford Road, Solihull, B92 8EJ * T: 0121 743 3402 * E: office@lyndon.solihull.sch.uk *
ISSUE 89
Year 9 Boys April 2011
The Year 9 bo Football
ys football te
through to th am are
e semi finals INSIDE THIS ISSUE:
Girls Footballms both got to the Semi hull Cup afte of the Soli-
The U13 and U15 Gir
tea ls football to
over Light H
r a convincing
all. Sam Lynd
5-1 victory
on scored an
Spring Fayre , Skiing & Ukeleles! 2
Thank you Mrs Westwood!!!
ortunately the U13s lost
Lyndon Has Got Talent &Driving 3
impressive fo
Finals of the Solihull cup but unf by a strong St Peters
side. ur goals in th
e first half Subject news 4
knocked out and was supp
CTC and the U/15s got league with one game orted by a C
onnor
After 14 years at Lyndon, Mrs Westwood is leaving at the end of this
are second in their Pollard Pena More subject news & our Trench 5
At present the U/15s chance of lty term. During her time here she has improved standards and really
y. The U13s are undefe
ated and have a good es. progressing w . The Year 9s are also Clubs & Community 6
promoted the caring Lyndon ethos. She has transformed the school
to pla
y win the ir remaining two match ell
Cup where th in the West Midlands
winning the league if the
Humanities / Trust & General 7
ey are throug from the removal of the unused swimming pool (some of our parents
as follows;
U13s recent results are Lyndon 1 Tudor Gr
ange 0 quarter finals. h to the Sport (back page) may remember that!!) to the creation of the POD, our Humanities
on 4 Light Hall 1 and and Mr Hole
Lynd
y Molloy 2, Kerry Woodall 2 status, improved results and much more. I am sure you will all like
Goal scorers were Lil to pass on your messages to Mrs Westwood and to join us in saying
Elizabeth Pope 1. a massive Thank you, Goodbye and All the very best for the future.
letics
Solihull Indoor Ath February and produced some
nesday 16
th
on Wed with convincing
took part in this event o won the 4 lap race
The following students ward Hemming, wh MOBILE
In particular Ed Thank you to all those students, parents and friends of Lyndon
pleasing performances. d with the running of
the event. who have taken the time to speak to me personally. I am very
PHONES
The numb
style. The Year 9 students assiste er
ed! Emily Richardson, Ab
bie Cooke, sad to be leaving Lyndon but absolutely know it is the right incidents as of
Well done to all involv rtha Rhodes Jones, soci-
Brueton, Ma ckford, Chloe Shaw thing to do, so that this brilliant community can build on its ated with
Year 7 - Courtney Davies, Antonia Be rs, Amy Evans,
mobile
ny Mi lls, Zoe King, Cerys rker, Courtney Powe
current successes and move forward to be an outstanding telephones
Leah Tudor, Betha Whitton, Caitlin Pa school. Mr Butt (Summer term) and Ms Fellowes (from Sep- other attrac d
an
Reid, Katrina
Year 8 - Charlotte rd tember) will lead this school totally committed to you all. I and desira tive
n, Shannon Pritcha ble electro
Zoe Merri n n, Rebecca Robinso wish you all a very happy future….and Year 11s please do us devices su nic
vey, Alisha Robinso ch as I-Pod
Year 9 - Rebecca To proud by achieving excellent results this summer. and MP3 p
lay
s
It has been such a privilege and honour to be the Head Teacher dramatical ers has risen
here. Lyndon has been and will always remain my passion. ly. The am
of staff tim ount
Congratulations Skating Champion-
Best wishes and thank you to you all. Mrs S Westwood respondin
e taken up
g to the ra
es in the British Speed
who recently won 4 rac and finishing at 11pm wit
h people of problem nge
To Ffion Lewis in Year 8 g day starting at 5.30am
s and the e
told us that it was a lon and time trials and has
the pectations x-
ships. She n a relay, 8 laps, 3 laps th
deal with al at we will
from all over Britain competing. Ffion wo l eventualit
ll done Ffion!! has becom ies
medals to prove it. We e
able. As a unreason-
resu
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to mobile
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with exams) this money will be given to contact th site or
Year 7 Spring specifically to help children e school.
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price
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a really successful ski have also nomina d can vouch for it. Yo
that we had
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trip. I’m sure that you
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we ceive any schoo
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look forward to the nex soon! thank you.
term. Letters will go out
dur ing February 2012 half
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see the facilities dit su
get in touch! For that we have availa
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availability, book ot D r
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informa courage them to come and see me to liams wan To Dance main omes on hit TV
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Reply to our su next one: event and we all g Arts fo
Well-Being Event
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As part of our re a prize draw! be in Sep s for Th ok forward to th
view of our Lynd tember. e Big Ev e
opportunities for on’s current ‘ou Get pract ent 201
providersof the t-of-hours’ learn ising NO 1 will
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ents and carers wh
our students, we
shall ing W!
who came to our Well-Being event o have given us the soon be emailing to all par-
and students wh o short, easy-to-co ir email contact
March, and to the staff CHILDREN; we
mplete survey. Ple
ase take part! Th
details, a very
information
assisted. Visitors providing about what is on
want to know yo
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West
included: Teenage Cancer Trust, holidays, and your
offer at Lyndon
after school at we
nts and carers
Midlands Police, Smokefree, Anna Parker suggestions for an ekends and in th
e Drivi
atures Hair and which you think y changes to tha n
Holistic Therapies, Sign If you haven’t giv
will have the mo t
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Beauty, Lyn don Catering Service and en us your email
contact, and would
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part in an exercise session
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the start of the Su st will be entered one to e after nts
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Performing Art
Geography Round Midnigh
t Theatre Com s
pany Year 11 Pr
students to use in oject
dents and staff. uld be beneficial for On Thursday 17th
Ca lling all parents, stu ograp hs that you feel wo y team March actors and
urces such as phot email the Geograph our Year 11 in an directors from Ro
If you have any reso ateful if you would intensive project und Midnight Thea
so ns we would be gr details. as a ing, sometimes sa called The Letter. tre Company wo
their Geography les h.uk with further writing or possibly d, sometimes fun The students perfo rked with
lyndon.solihull.sc e students either in student’s GCSE Dr ny. Well done to rmances were am
s209geography@ lik e to share with th , are inv olved in charity ama Coursework all involved. Marks azing, mov-
riences you would al disaster first hand marks. from this day will
If you have any expe nced a major natur you. go towards
If you have experie love to hear from
guest speaker e.g. raphy related care
er we would
ve a Geog
work abroad or ha
Many thanks
team
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up com
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contribution to MFL
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ich would
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led Uten
sa the stars of the term
The GCSE IC
s: The IT D presentation wh local company cal all School
eate a ve a Lighth The following studen
ts have been awarded
Naomi Hill, Harry
Dawson,
TK to cr
ng ICT to
impro beaten the mana
ge- , Bethany Howell,
per is on Frid ey Skills exam pa- oup have
about usi 1 IT Diploma gr ill now present to rce, Whit-
lessons.
gum, Joshua Porter, Selena Allen
ay 6 th May whi 1 e Year 7 - Shahida Be s
w
Our Year e next stage and hamber of Comm day 7th April ldwell, Cerys Davie
second week ch wis Hine, Katie Co
back after East is the
dall,
th C
to get to at UTENSA, The cal paper on Th
urs Le e Hinds, Kerry Woo
er. This loe Bartlett, Elless
is one of the
first exams th m
ment tea t company) and
a lo ko, Josh Pree ce, Alex Oates, Ch
at the ma- n Year 8 - Damon Jos ah Moloney
jority of Year ford (Pare ayers, y Cartwright, Hann
11 Tom M ski and arlotte Allen, Hayle
ning out to re sit so time is run- bers are:
0.00am Ch y-Williams,
at 1 am mem wn, Luke Slawin Hall, Chelsea Harve
vise ing te Alex Lewis, Megan
GCSE ICT Pap . The winn ski, Josh Bro
n hursday! Year 9 - Remy Mo ore, Salma Nassiri,
nks
er 2 is 13 th Ju Igor Pola tkins. d Good
luck on T m Wells, Helena Ba
ne. y A an Molly Buttery, Callu
Anthon to you all so far loe Sutheran
Well don
e , Tom Stables, Ch
nkor, Maham Imran
Year 10 - Rowna So
Doyle, Jools Riding
nvey, Christopher
Year 11 - Kerry Ha
I.T ionals - Well do
ne to you all!
e ICT OCR Nat , Megan O’Gor
-
The follow ing students have
been outstandin
Georgia Dav
g in th
is, Isha Khan,
Shenay Kinyok
an, Niama Syed, Citizenship
ed, Fiona Bell, t, Henna Rahm
Ummay Ahm , Abi Parchmen elections
evenport, Mashal Ahmed Anw ar, UK Youth Parliament
ent UK Youth Parliament
elec-
man, Grace D Gandi, Zainab , Ferdus Sheik, ents could vote in the rec
lett, Apeksha helsea Kiefert ling booths so that stud that so many students wan
ted
Layla Id ris, Nathan Col y, Rhia nnon Davies, C m Horton, Lyndon once again provid
ed pol
ning about Citizenship,
and we were delighted
, Molly Butter Waldron, Callu of their lear
Zahra Aurangzeb arry Carter, Ashley tions. This is a vital aspect
to cast their votes.
David Cato, H to take the opportunity
Harry Clinton, Taylor Mullings
am Imran, T homas Stables, Mrs R Bailey
Mah
Performing Arts WW1 Trench - It’s coming to Lyndon!!
The Performing Arts Team at Lyndon warmly invite you to come and join us on the
evening of Tuesday 5th April for a celebration of performance work created by On the 7th and 8th May we are preparing for ‘the Big Fill’. If anybody could volun-
Year 11 students throughout their Key Stage 4 courses in BTEC Dance and GCSE Drama. teer to help on these days filling sandbags etc please contact the school. We
would also like to say a massive thank you to EH Smiths for their donations of
The evening will start at 6pm in The Hub and will feature short pieces created by the students from a materials, without their contributions this project couldn’t go ahead. If there is
range of projects. Unfortunately, there is not time to include work from all students so we have anybody else in the building trade who may be able to help us with materials for
picked a sample of pieces which reflect the nature of our work. We expect the evening to finish at this again please contact the school.
about 7.15pm.
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