LI NHEARTNEWS News and updates from Lionheart Educational Trust | Issue #02 Dec 2022
A warm welcome
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ionheart schools have enjoyed another incredibly busy, productive Autumn term. It has been a privilege to witness the resilient, resourceful and reflective approach taken by staff and pupils alike who together make our community so special. I am very grateful for the support our parents and carers continue to show us and in this newsletter we have captured a range of some of the exciting developments across our schools. Some key objectives that we have worked hard towards this term include positive progress towards embedding metacognition, creating more opportunities to share what your child is learning, and in relaunching a wider range of extra-curricular activities. We’re committed to supporting your child to gain the essential knowledge and skills that they need to be successful. Following a successful pilot with Year 7 last year, this term we have shared knowledge organisers with home across a wide age range. At primary, we have shared organisers for reading and mathematics from Year 1 to Year 6 and at secondary, we have shared key knowledge learned so far in Years 7, 8 and 9. These documents detail the key knowledge your child has been learning and provide guidance to remember this knowledge from home. We have received positive feedback
on this initiative and plan to roll it out further in the coming months. An important aspect of our provision is our extra-curricular offer and the pandemic restricted us in this area. Listening to our pupils, we worked hard to build this provision back and now a range of age-appropriate activities are in place which are designed to appeal to all. Over the coming year we have many more exciting developments in this regard, including the launch of our ‘Brilliant Clubs’. Our pupils are amazing and continue to commit to their studies in a hugely impressive way. Across all phases we are seeing our pupils recognise and understand the power of knowledge and how to ensure their key learning points remain firmly committed to long term memory. The poetry recitals I’ve seen this term have been wonderful! I look forward to seeing what the next two terms bring but for now, I hope you enjoy the newsletter, and thank you, once again, for your ongoing support and partnership. I wish you all a wonderful festive break. Kath Kelly
CEO of Lionheart Educational Trust & Executive Principal of Beauchamp College
Key dates SPRING TERM Training day
Tues 3rd January 2023
Term begins
Weds 4th January 2023
Half term
Mon 20th February Fri 24th February 2023
Term ends Fri 31st March 2023 SUMMER TERM Term begins Mon 17th April 2023 Bank holiday
Mon 1st May 2023
Bank holiday
Mon 8th May 2023
Half term
Mon 29th May Fri 2nd June 2023
Term ends
Fri 14th July 2023
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Contact us If you’d like to contact us, offer any feedback about this newsletter, or tell us what you’d like to see in future issues, please email info@lionhearttrust.org.uk