PRINCIPAL's BLOG - 10th february 2023

• The second round of mock exams start on our return after the break. The first exam starts at 9am on Monday 27th February. You can view the exam timetable by clicking here.

Year 9

• Year 9 Options will be discussed during the second half of the Spring term. Your son will receive his option booklet when we return after the half-term break. It is important that parents/carers read through the details in this booklet and discuss the options process with your son. We will share more details early next half-term regarding how to best support your son in making his option choices.

Year 8

• The Year 8 parents' evening is schedule for Thursday 23rd March. Parents/carers should be ready to make appointments with teachers in anticipation for this event.

Year 7

• It is World Book Day on Thursday 2nd March. The staff at school will be dressing up as characters from their favourite books and we would like to encourage students to do the same. There will be prizes for the best costumes. Year 7 students usually enjoy this event and participate in a number of other activities centred around reading.

Weekly sports round-up from Mr Janes, Director of Sport

Primary Indoor Athletics

Lordswood Boys' School were delighted to host an Indoor Athletics event on Wednesday for four of our local primary schools. Woodhouse, Welsh House Farm, St Peters and St Marys all attended the event with students participating in a range of events. We also hosted a primary football tournament on Thursday after school, over 50 primary students participated as they all enjoyed the games in the sun. 

Mr Janes and Miss Lowndes-Ford are visiting Summerfield primary today to deliver PE and Music workshops to Year 5 students. We are extremely proud of our primary connections and providing the local community with secondary school experiences. 

Weekly music round-up from Ms Lowndes-Ford, Director of Music

On Tuesday 7th February, 28 students attended a concert at the Symphony Hall and saw the famous City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra perform live. We had excellent seats at the very front  which enabled the students to see the orchestra really clearly. 

The theme of the concert was called 'Our World' and it was based on the sounds of the environment and nature. The orchestra captured the sounds of the rainforest and even resorted to playing violins with pencils! It was a fantastic event enjoyed by all who attended.

Auditions for the Station Clock have taken place on Thursday and Friday this week. Thirty students will now attend a trip to Birmingham Conservatoire to record their voices which will form part of the Station Clock which will eventually be placed in a station in central Birmingham. The trip will take place next Friday 17th February. We are honoured to be a part of this wonderful piece of Art work which has recently won a Turner prize.

Congratulations to the successful students who attended the auditions. I was impressed with the creativity and their reasons for wishing to be a part of this.

Arrival of Melodicas

Please note that this week our brand new melodicas arrived. We will be starting a new melodica club after half term which is being led by one of our Head Music Ambassadors 'Jamie McDonald'. Further information about this will follow next week!