A Year in the life of Lytchett Minster School

A Year in the life of
Lytchett Minster School
August 2013 - September 2014
August 2013
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75% of students achieved 5 or more GCSEs at Grades A* to C
98% of students gained 5 or more GCSEs at Grades A* to G
A Level courses had a 99% pass rate with 58% of students gaining A* and B Grades
Stefan Webster secured a place at Birmingham University to read Chemical Engineering
having gained 3 A*s at A Level in Chemistry, History and Physics
Tom Roe achieved 2 A*s at A Level in Biology & Law and an A in Chemistry and aims to
study Medicine
Pippa Bridges secured a place at Loughborough University to study Industrial D&T having
achieved an A* at A level in DT and 2 A’s in Art and Geography
Oli Govier achieved an A* in Business and 2 A’s in Biology & Geography at A Level
Raewyn Edmondson secured a place at Exeter University to read Biological Science having
gained 3 A’s at A Level in Politics, Psychology and Biology
Jasmine Reavenall-Nuete secured a place a Bristol University to read Law having gained 3
A’s at A Level in English, History and RE and an A* in her Extended Project Qualification
Rebecca Ledden secured a place at Bournemouth University to read Psychology having
gained 2 A’s at A Level in Psychology & Sociology and a Distinction* in BTEC Health &
Social Care
Top achievers at AS (Year 12 students) were Oliver Matthews who secured an A* grade
and 4 A grades; Miriam Dudek who secured 5 A grades and Dan Mulryan who achieved 4
A grades and a B
The school worked in partnership with Budgens of Broadstone to sell fruit and vegetables
grown here at Lytchett by our students
September 2013
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Eighty two students in Years 7 to 11 attended a Gault House reward trip to London where
they visited the Science Museum and the London Dungeons
Six Year 11 students studying Horticulture visited the Watercress Company to
complement their studies
Fifty students from Years 12 and 13 competed against each other in a quiz to aid teambuilding
Over 300 students proudly showed off their school at our annual Open Evening
Twenty five Year 8 students started a 10 week programme of One to One Tuition in
English and Mathematics to boost their individual levels of attainment in these Core
Subjects
October 2013
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Seventeen Year 10 Drama students took part in a workshop run by the company, Little
Soldier, culminating in an evening performance
Thirty Year 12 students studying English Literature attended a performance of their
coursework text “One Man, Two Guvnors” at the Royal National Theatre, London
Thirty two students in Years 10 and 13 attended a talk given by a social worker on children
in care and safeguarding to complement their Health and Social Care studies
Sixteen Performing Arts students visited the Poole Lighthouse Theatre to undertake an
evaluation of the production “Teechers” to complement their studies
Six Year 11 students visited Wonnacott Farm to complement the soil science module of
their Horticulture studies
The Forest Forge Theatre Company performed “Free Folk” in an evening performance
All students in Year 8 study coastal processes, landforms and geological timelines on a visit
to the Jurassic coast
A number of students in Years 8 to 13 attended a performance of the Bournemouth
Symphony Orchestra at the Poole Lighthouse Theatre
Dance Company, Rockit, worked with 15 male students from Years 9, 10, 12 and 13 in a
dance workshop culminating in an evening performance
Twenty five students identified as Gifted and Talented in PE from Years 7 to 13 attended a
team building activity with Rockley Adventure
A number of Sixth Form students conducted a tour of the Horticulture site for staff and
pupils of the Willow Lodge Montessori Nursery, strengthening links with the community
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The Lytchett Public Lecture Series featured Chemistry expert, Professor David Phillips CBE,
who gave a presentation on the effects of sunlight
Sixth Form students raised over £200 in aid of the Jeans for Genes charity
Luke Scriven (Year 10, Portland) was awarded the STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
Annual School Prize for his excellent work at Key Stage 3 and his commitment and scientific
approach in his work for his CREST Award
Double Olympic Gold Medallist, James Cracknell OBE, visited the school for a question and
answer session with BTEC students
Current and past Sixth Form students gathered for an Awards Afternoon to celebrate their
academic successes
Work created by students studying A Level Textiles, Photography and Art was showcased in
an exhibition
November 2013
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Seventeen students in Years 11, 12 and 13 competed in the National Senior Maths
Challenge competition and collectively won 5 Silver and 7 Bronze Awards
All Year 8 students participated in a series of workshops run by the dance troupe Stomp
Five school bands competed and entertained the audience in the Battle of the Bands
competition which was eventually won by “The Flaming Zebras”
Twenty four students attended a Philosophy enrichment day at Southampton University
Thirty five Year 13 Geographers and Biologists visited Poole Harbour to complement their
Ecology studies
Fifteen students in Year 10 visited Twickenham Stadium to watch an international Rugby
match between England and Argentina
Fifty Year 10 Business Studies students attended a talk at Farmer Palmers to complement
their unit of work on Marketing
A variety of charity events including a non-uniform day, cake sales and a sponsored
silence raised over £3,800 in aid of Children In Need
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Student Voice representatives from each of our Pyramid schools met to share good practice
and develop leadership skills and to strengthen Pyramid links
All students in Year 9 experienced a series of workshops entitled “Blitz” raising awareness of
alcohol abuse, fire and rescue and general safety issues
Ten Year 13 students attended a talk and guided tour of the Purbeck Ice Cream plant to
complement their A2 Business Studies course
Twelve students from Year 12 and 13 attended a talk about careers in the NHS at
Bournemouth Hospital
Four Sixth Form students participated in the Mace Debating Competition at the South
Wiltshire Grammar School
Twelve Year 12 BTEC students performed at Bere Regis First School as part of their
Performing Arts course
Ten Sixth Form students participated in the National Theatre Script Writing competition
workshop
A number of Year 11 students attended a talk about apprenticeships
On 11th November, all students took part in a Remembrance Ceremony
Margaret Heffernan, international business woman and entrepreneur, delivered a
“Business” lecture as part of the Lytchett Lecture Series
Sam Whaley (Year 12) was selected by the Royal Yachting Association to join the RYA Volvo
Laser Radial UK Youth Squad to represent Team GB
A number of Sixth Form students packed bags for customers in ASDA and raised £1,000 for
the Motor Neurone Disease charity, MNDA
Sixteen Health and Social Care students attended a series of talks from guest speakers
including a Public Health Practitioner, a Nursery Nurse and a Midwife to complement their
studies
Twenty Sixth Form students qualified as First Aiders following an intensive course
Twenty four students visited the Emirates Stadium to look at the topic “careers in sport” as
part of the Elite Performance enrichment programme
December 2013
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Seventeen students from Year 10 and 11 attended a Royal Navy careers talk
All students in Years 7 and 9 participated in a series of dance workshops
Nineteen sixth form dance students participated in the BTEC Christmas Show
Our Year 12 BTEC Performing Arts students performed at Bere Regis School and Larkrise
School as part of their theatre in education unit of work
A number of students performed in the Lower School play Daisy Pulls It Off
The school Brass Band performed at Sandford Primary School
A number of students performed in the school Jazz band, Folk group and string quartet at
the Broadstone Community Choir Concert
Over 100 students and the staff choir performed at the annual Christmas Concert
Over 70 students participated in the annual Carol Service at Lytchett Minster Church
Thirty nine Key stage 4 and 5 students visited the Victoria and Albert Museum in London to
complement their textiles studies
Forty Year 11 students studying Fine Art visited the Tate Modern and Tate Britain Galleries
in London
A number of students in Years 8 to 13 attended a Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
concert at the Poole Lighthouse Theatre
William Priest (Year 11, Portland) was selected from thousands of entries in the Young
Writers competition to have his poem, Times Gone By, published in The Power of Poetry
anthology
Our Year 7 Girls’ Football Team won the area 7-a-side competition and qualified for the
School Games Final
January 2014
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The Year 7 Readathon was launched and students entered a number of reading-related
competitions and challenges and raised over £600 for children with long-term illnesses
Ten students from Years 9 and 11 and sixteen students in Years 8 and 9 started a 10 week
programme of One to One Tuition in English and Mathematics to boost their individual
levels of attainment in these Core Subjects
Thirteen students from Years 7 to 9 attended the Dorset Leadership Academy and Young
Ambassador Conference to enhance their sports skills
A number of Sixth Form students attended a lecture on the rebranding of Poole Council to
support their AS level Rebranding unit of work
Fifty seven students attended a series of workshops run by dance company 3Fall
culminating in an evening performance
A number of students identified as Gifted and Talented in Textiles attended a gallery tour
and pattern cutting workshop at the Arts University in Bournemouth
Twenty Sixth Form Historians attended the Holocaust Memorial Day commemoration at
Bryanston School
A Pyramid Student Voice meeting was held at Upton Junior School, further strengthening
our Pyramid links
A number of Year 13 Sociology students visited Bournemouth and Poole Magistrates Courts
to complement their studies on Crime and Deviance
A number of Year 9 students attended a talk presented by a food writer to complement
their Food Technology studies
February 2014
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Year 9 Geographers visited the Natural History Museum and the London Eye to complement
their studies
Thirty seven Sixth Form Geographers carried out their fieldwork to investigate the human
impact on and the erosion of the Studland dunes and the regeneration of Boscombe
Twenty students from Years 9 and 10 participated in the national Intermediate Maths
Challenge
Twenty five Sixth Form students attended a Philosophy of Ethics conference at Canford
School
Jess Burgess of Year 11 competed in her second consecutive final of the Yes Chef
competition and was placed second
A number of students in Years 7, 12 and 13 attended a question and answer session run by
Bishop Graham of Salisbury to complement their RE studies
A number of students ran a banana stall to raise awareness of Fair Trade
A number of students in Years 7, 10 and 13 competed in the Youth Speaks Rotary Debating
Competition
Forty Year 8 students attended a series of computer programming workshops
All Year 10 students participated in a two week work experience which included
placements at a variety of workplaces specialising in avionics, engineering, education,
social care and retail to name but a few
Colin Summerhayes, Climate Change expert, delivered a lecture on “Melting Ice, Rising Sea –
Antarctic climate change and the environment” as part of the Lytchett Lecture Series
A number of students performed to sell-out audiences in the Main School Production
Hairspray
March 2014
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Thirty five Year 9 students visited the Black Country to complement their History studies on
the Industrial Revolution
Fifty students from Years 7 to 13 participated in a series of dance workshops run by Twist
and Pulse (of Britain’s Got Talent fame)
Five Year 13 students attended a Business Studies revision conference in Fulham, London
Over £1,700 was raised in aid of Sport Relief; events included a non-uniform day, bracelet
sales and a tombola stall
One hundred and seventy Year 7 students visited Legoland to observe ICT control and
monitoring in action
Three Sixth Form students watched a performance of Romeo and Juliet at the Poole
Lighthouse Theatre to support their Contemporary Shakespeare unit of work
Four Year 9 students competed in the Inter-School Rotary Technology competition and
achieved first place
A number of students attended a lecture given by the Curzon Institute on the
Commonwealth contribution to the First World War
Nearly one hundred students from Lytchett Minster, Lytchett Matravers Primary, Upton
Juniors and Sandford Primary School performed in the Pyramid Music Day
Twenty seven pupils in Year 2 and Year 6 from three of our Pyramid schools visited for an
afternoon of science activities as part of Science Week
A number of Sixth Form students presented their EPQ projects during a presentation
evening
Three Year 13 students visited Stratford-Upon-Avon to complement their unit of work
comparing Elizabethan conditions and contemporary performances
Our Year 7 Girls’ Football Team competed in the National Finals and were placed third
A number of students showcased their talents in the Sixth Form Variety Show
April 2014
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Ten students in Years 7 and 9, fifteen Year 8 and eleven Year 9 students started a 10 week
programme of One to One Tuition in English and Mathematics to boost their individual
levels of attainment in these Core Subjects
All students in Year 12 attended a Higher Education conference at Bournemouth
University to help them prepare for the university application process
Eleven Year 13 Physicists visited Greenwich Royal Observatory to complement their A2
Astrophysics unit of work
Thirty two students in Years 9, 10, 12 and 13 visited Roche Court Sculpture Park in
Salisbury to support their coursework unit
Eleven Year 12 students attended a Photography workshop and visited the Gallery at the
Arts Institute in Bournemouth to develop their practical and critical study skills
Five Year 12 students attended an Oxford and Cambridge University Information Day at
Thomas Hardye School
Ten Year 12 BTEC students attended a workshop to build a PC to complement their ICT
course
Our young musicians performed in the Summer Concert
Forty three Gault students from Years 7 to 11 were rewarded for their good behaviour and
achievement with a trip to the New London Theatre to watch a performance of Warhorse
Forty nine students from Years 8 to 11 visited Les Deux Alpes on a ski trip during the Easter
holidays
Ben de Garis (Year 12) achieved his Grade 7 drum exam, got a distinction and scored
100/100
May 2014
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Nineteen Gifted and talented students in Years 10 – 13 attended a series of development
sessions run by Merton College, Oxford
Twenty students from Years 7 and 8 competed in the national Junior Maths Challenge
competition
Twelve students in Years 7 and 8 participated in Jamie’s Live Cooking Lesson as part of Food
Revolution Day
Twelve Year 10 students studying Horticulture visited the Watercress Company to
complement their studies on commercial crop production
Over 100 Year 10 Geographers visited Barton-on-Sea and collected field data on coastal
erosion for their GCSE controlled assessment work
The School Chamber Choir performed with the Gabrieli Consort as part of Purbeck Arts Week
Year 11 students celebrated the end of their GCSEs in style at the end of Year Prom at
Athelhampton House
Alec Cottrell (Year 13) completed the Air Cadets’ demanding and prestigious Qualified
Aerospace Instructors’ Course
Our Year 12 Young Enterprise team ‘Cube’ were awarded second place in the Dorset finals
held at JP Morgan
June 2014
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Forty four Year 9 students participated in a Robotics Day with links to Science, Technology,
Engineering and Maths
Three Year 8 linguists attended a study day at Southampton University to enhance their
skills
A number of students studying Dance and Music attended a series of workshops with
baroque super-group, Red Priest, culminating in an evening performance
Year 7 students visited the Vedic Society Hindu Temple and Nanaksar Gurdwara in
Southampton to link with their India Soul and Sikhism unit of work
All students in Year 12 attended a talk from a representative of the University of East Anglia
to help them prepare for the university application process
Thirty five Year 12 Biologists collected data on a field trip to Kimmeridge and Studland
Eight Year 12 students helped out with the running of the Upton Junior School Sports Day
Twenty four students in Years 7 to 10 competed in the Manor Mile competition, a sporting
event run in conjunction with our feeder schools
Year 12 students took part in a number of team building, physical, creative and
academically based events during Activity Week including a trip to London, a Dragon’s Den
activity and a song writing competition
Sixteen students in Years 7 and 8 attended the Music Mash Up Festival run by the Dorset
Music Service
Thirty four Year 8 students took part in the annual Les Pieux French Exchange visit to
Normandy
One hundred and sixty six Year 7 students visited Corfe Castle to support their Humanities
studies
The Senior Band performed at the feeder schools strengthening Pyramid links
Eight Year 12 students studying Art and Textiles led an art workshop attended by pupils
from our feeder schools
Sam Whaley (Year 12) was ranked 4th in the Laser Radial Youth Sailor (Under 18 category) in
Great Britain
Year 11 students celebrated the end of their GCSEs in style at the end of Year Prom at
Athelhampton House
Ten students went to Sarajevo, Bosnia on June 28th as part of a 4 day visit to
commemorate the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand which has been seen as the
"trigger" that started the First World War
July 2014
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Nearly one hundred students from Lytchett Minster, Lytchett Matravers Primary, Upton
Juniors and Sandford Middle School performed in the Pyramid Music Festival
Forty five Year 10 students took part in a visit to the First and Second World War Battlefields
of France and Belgium to complement their History studies. They visited parts of The
Somme Battlefields, Vimy Ridge and Thiepval
A number of pupils from our feeder schools visited the Humanities department to work on a
transition project
Over 200 awards were presented to students at the annual Prize Giving Ceremony by special
guest Ben Duffy, a renowned sports photographer
Ex-student, Mike Percy, returned to school to deliver a talk on ‘Life at University’ to Year 10
students
Several of our young musicians succeeded in their Associated Board of Music exams
The Folk Group performed to Year 6 pupils at Bere Regis School
A number of Gault students in Year 7 were rewarded for their good behaviour and
achievement with a team building trip to Bowlplex, Tower Park
All students participated in the Festival of Sport Day
The iBall exhibition took place and featured a photographic gallery of students’ Art and
Textiles work combined with a showcase of media graphics, documentary and drama
exhibits
A number of Kimmeridge students in Years 7 to 10 went on a team building and reward trip
to Splashdown
All students, teachers and a number of support staff participated in the annual Sandwalk
event raising over £19,500 for Cancer Research UK and the Motor Neurone Disease
Association
August 2014
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75% of students achieved 5 or more GCSEs at Grades A* to C
99% of students gained 5 or more GCSEs at Grades A* to G
A Level courses had a 99% pass rate with 58% of students gaining A* to B Grades
Top achievers at AS (Year 12 students) were Ben Futcher who secured an A* grade, 3 A
grades and a B; Jack Crompton who secured 3 A grades, 2 B grades and a C; and Adrian
Hobbs and Mollie Walker who both secured an A* grade, 2 A grades, 2 B grades and a C
Daniel Mulryan secured a place at Oxford University to read Chemistry having gained 2
A*’s and 2 A grades at A Level
Oliver Matthews secured a place at Oxford University to read Modern Foreign Languages
having gained 1 A* and 2 A grades at A Level
William Fowler achieved 1 A* and 2 A’s at A Level and secured a place at Southampton
University to study Physics
Jennifer Evans achieved 3 A grades at A Level and has secured at place at Sussex
University to read Law
Shelby Bryant secured a place at Manchester University to study Medicine having
achieved 3 A grades at A Level
Georgia Ludwig who achieved 3 A’s at A Level and Mollie Zsigo who achieved 1 A*, 1 A
and 1 B at A Level are both taking a gap year before going on to their chosen universities
Miriam Dudek secured a place at Exeter University to read Psychology having achieved 2
A*’s and 2 B’s at A Level
Ellie Capron achieved 2 A*’s and 1 B at A Level and has secured a place at Sheffield
University to read Architecture
The school took possession of a new teaching block, comprising a Learning Support
Centre, a Sixth Form Centre and twelve classrooms. It also took possession of six new
floodlit tennis courts and three netball courts which will be made available to community
users as well as students
A Sample of our Past Students – Where are they now?
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Sam Sunderland rides motocross for HRC (Honda Racing Company) and was the winner of
the Merzouga Rally in Morocco
Tom Wright won the 2013 Rising Star Nomination at the National Digital Awards ceremony
in London
Peter Warbis was involved in the making of Sherlock Holmes 2, Wrath of the Titans and Iron
Man 3
Amy Reith worked with the film production company that made The King's Speech
Sam Fowlie qualified, with Distinction, as a Veterinary Surgeon from the University of
Bristol
Jack Jenner was appointed as the beat keeper on the Parnham Estate in Beaminster (Jack
was in our first cohort of students studying Horticulture)
Sam Unsworth completed his Gap Year at the London Head Office of Corporate Law firm,
Pinsent Masons. Sam will read Law at Durham University with the aim of specialising in
Corporate Law
Lytchett Minster School
Lytchett Minster
Dorset
BH16 6JD
Tel: 01202 – 622413
Fax: 01202 – 621230
www.lytchett.org.uk
Headmaster: Mr A P Mead MA Hons Oxon
Deputy Heads:
Ms K Gillen BA Hons (Staffing & Standards)
Mr D Ruston BSc MEd (Community)