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The stage is set for a magical evening of Shakespeare

The costumes are ready, the stage is set, the dress

rehearsal is over and it is time for the show to begin!

There are still some tickets available for the LVC

performance of ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’. Come

along to enjoy a magical evening of fairies, lovers,

comical actors, mistaken identity and a donkey’s

head, as people fall in and out of love with each other

and Titania, Puck, Bottom and Oberon get up to

mischief in the woods. You must buy your tickets on

sQuid by midnight on Thursday 10 March.

We are the champions!

The Year 9/10 boys rugby team won the

County Schools Championship after a

convincing victory over King’s School

Peterborough at Ely last month.

More sports news on page 3.

Four members of staff

and a number of LVC

parents completed

the Cambridge Half

Marathon last month.

Computing teacher

and keen runner Paul

Williams is training as a volunteer search

and rescue technician for CAMSAR, the

Nightingale House charity for this year.

Three of the runners were Nightingale

tutors so if you would like to sponsor

them, please donate at www.camsar.org.

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As you can see from the contents

of this newsletter, it has been a

very busy and eventful month with

a huge number of trips, visits and

extra-curricular activities taking

place.

We really value the importance of

students receiving a broad and

balanced education, which is

reflected by the sheer number of

opportunities for enrichment and

personal development. It has been

great to witness events taking

place over the last few weeks

ranging from the inter-school

Maths fest to skiing in Austria and

a trip to the opera.

March is a particularly significant

month in the school calendar as it

features the annual school show.

This year’s modern interpretation

of A Midsummer Night’s Dream

promises to be a treat. At the time

of writing, there are tickets

available for all three nights to

purchase on sQuid so please do

come along to support the large

number of students involved.

Not only do events such as this

showcase talent and provide a

great sense of accomplishment for

those involved, they create a real

sense of camaraderie and

community spirit that fosters

strong relationships across the

school.

One of the messages that I shared

with students at the start of term

was to make the most of the

opportunities on offer at LVC, in

addition to their regular timetable.

We are fortunate to have a vast

array of clubs and activities taking

place on a daily basis. Having

students participate and play an

active role in the wider life of the

school is an important part of their

educational experience.

We want students to use their time

at LVC not only to secure a great

range of academic achievements,

but also to develop hobbies and

friendships, and to experience new

things. At the heart of this are

some key qualities that we want to

foster within our learners: their

sense of curiosity, independence

and responsibility.

These attributes, and others, are

currently being considered by the

Junior Leadership Team as part of a

redesign of the school’s code of

conduct to recognise the need to

develop and expect broader

learning behaviours from our

students, beyond basic discipline

expectations. These conversations

have been informed by

consultation with the staff,

students, parent body and

governors of LVC. The JLT will be in

touch in the next newsletter to give

you an update on their progress

with this.

I look forward to continuing to

meet more parents and members

of the community at events and

through your involvement in school

life. As always, please do get in

touch with my PA at

Elaine.Clayton@lvc.org if you

would like an appointment to

discuss your views and experiences

of LVC.

Helena Marsh

From the Principal...

Dates for your diary

11 Mar Ross Welford author visit

(Year 7/8)

11 Mar GCSE PE moderation

14-18 Mar LVC Science Week

14 Mar National Apprenticeship

Fair (Year 9)

16 Mar GCSE Dance exam

17 Mar GCSE Music exam

17 Mar Cambs Apprenticeship

Fair (Year 10/11)

18 Mar ‘Of Mice and Men’ drama

performance (Year 9/11)

21-22 Mar GCSE Art exam

22 Mar Year 10 Chemistry trip

23 Mar End of term

24 Mar Staff training day

11 Apr Start of summer term

Please note that the end of term for

students is Wednesday 23 March. We

wish all students and their families a

happy and relaxed Easter holiday.

2016-17 term dates and training days

are available at www.lvc.org

Dates for your diary

Following the recent Parent Forum, we thought it would be useful to remind you where to find the information regarding homework to support your children. All homework timetables can be found in the Curriculum section of the college website www.lvc.org on the Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 4 pages. Please expect your children to have, on average, the following amounts of homework to complete:-

Years 7-8 45-90 mins in total per day

Year 9 1-2 hours in total per day

Years 10-11 1.5-2.5 hours in total per day

To work out which day your child’s homework is on, you will need to refer to their timetable, either in their planner or on Go4Schools, find the class name for each subject and look this up on the homework timetable. Please remember this may well be different in Week 1 and Week 2. If you have any concerns about homework please contact the subject

teacher. Tim Darby, Deputy Principal

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If you like what you read in this newsletter about our outstanding school, please register

your views on the Ofsted Parent View website at parentview.ofsted.gov.uk

Sports News

Around 40 students spent the February half-term on a ski trip to Austria.

As reported on the front page, the Year 9/10 boys rugby team (left) are county champions after a victory at Ely Rugby Club.

The Year 7/8 girls cricket team came 6th in the Lady Taverners Championship. The Year 9/10 tournament is on 21 March.

Four LVC students took part in the English Schools Cross Country Championships at Nottingham on Saturday 5 March. Well done to Lauren, Thomas, Niall and Cameron. Year 7 boys Jorge and Sebastian performed well in the East of England Championships last month, so the future of running at LVC is looking good.

Encouraging a love of reading at LVC

Following on from the Harry Potter Night in February, there has been a series of activities designed

to promote reading among students at LVC with the support of our librarian Ruth Keys.

Year 7 enjoyed a hilarious talk and book signing from Joe

Craig, author of the Jimmy Coates thriller series. The visit was

kindly sponsored by Linton Children’s Book Festival, which

takes place in the village from 14-22 May. Next up is Ross

Welford, author of ‘Time Travelling with a Hamster’, which

was Waterstones children’s book of the month in January.

Ross will speak to Year 7 and 8 students on Friday 11 March.

On World Book Day, 3 March, staff dressed up as their favourite book characters and students

could borrow ‘mystery books’ from the library to encourage them to read something different.

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Squid online payments

OVERDUE Year 7 Enrichment Week deposits and

paperwork were due on 2 Feb. Please ensure that your

child has handed in completed paperwork to Mrs Clay.

Any queries to amanda.clay@lvc.org.

OVERDUE Maths revision guides

OVERDUE Duke of Edinburgh final payment

OVERDUE Johnson Matthey science trip

9 Mar Ross Welford books (Year 7/8)

9 Mar ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ (Thurs)

10 Mar ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ (Fri/Sat)

14 Mar GCSE Geography revision guides

16 Mar Year 9 Enrichment Week final payment

21 Mar Year 10 Enterprise trip to Jaguar

21 Mar Year 10 Geography trip to Walton

21 Mar Choir trip to Ypres (deposit)

29 Apr Year 7 Enrichment Week final payment

6 May Snowdon final payment

20 May Choir trip to Ypres (final payment)

When making payments of less than £10 for ‘Trips and

Offers’, you must top up your online ‘purse’ by £10 to

avoid a 25p administration charge.

Please note that we no longer accept cash or cheques.

If you are unable to use the sQuid online system,

please contact Mrs Fenn who can arrange a Paypoint

card.

Please address sQuid queries to helen.fenn@lvc.org

and trip queries to amanda.clay@lvc.org.

On Monday 22 February, LVC once again hosted the

Year 10 Further Maths Challenge for local schools.

Our two teams were the A team of Juliet, Naomi, Simon

and Reuben, and the B team of Elliot, Megan, Jack and

Ed.

The competition involved multiple food-themed rounds.

One round involved solving a jigsaw style problem using

pentominoes (like dominoes but with five squares) and

between each round there was a rather challenging

‘Countdown’ puzzle.

The B team achieved a certificate for the best

pentominoes round and the A team finished in fourth

place. Well done to all of our budding mathematicians!

The overall winners were Impington Village College.

Thank you to MEI (Mathematics in Education and

Industry) for funding a delicious half-time feast for the

participants. Will Scheilling, Head of Maths

Also last month, 100 students sat the UK Mathematics

Trust Intermediate Maths Challenge for Years 9-11.

There were some fantastic results including Torin

Reedman (best in school), Gold awards for Rollo and

Kaelie, and Silver awards for Ailsa, Emma, Olivia,

Simon, Elliot, Henry, James, Veronika, Nathan and

George. Congratulations to all of them.

Will Scheilling, Head of Maths

And finally… Please join us for the next Parent Forum on Thursday 21 April at 6pm to share your views on home-school communication. This will be followed by an Open Evening with the Friends of LVC at 7pm. Please come along to find out about the work of the Friends and how you can be involved.

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