Luckley Life, Weekly News 6 May 2022

LUCKLEY LIFE

6 MAY 2022

NEWS FROM LUCKLEY HOUSE SCHOOL

INTRODUCING OUR NEW SENIOR TEAM Congratulations to Kam and Katie for their appointment to the position of Head Students and to Joe and Georgia as Deputy Head Students. Well done also to the wider senior team of House Captains, Prefects and Mentors. We wish you well in your new roles.

We must also say a big thank you to the outgoing Senior Team; Harriet, Sam, Michael and Isobel, plus all the Mentors, Prefects and House Captains, who did a magnificent job over the past year.

Joe, Kam, Mrs Bizior, Mr Battrick, Katie, Georgia

House Captains: Connor, Charlie, Izzy, Ziyang, Lola

Mentors: Lucy, Lucy, Connor, Hannah, Erin

Sports Captains: Lucy & Tom, Arts Prefect: Alvin, Creative Arts Prefect: Erin, Charity Prefect: Aryan, STEM Prefect: Oliver, Senior Prefect, Boarding: Hannah, Senior Prefect, Community & Culture: Alvin

LUCKLEY LIBRARY LOVES Lockwood & Co series

by Jonathan Stroud You’ve read all the Harry Potter books? (several times) You’ve seen the films (dozens of times!)

So what next?

May I introduce you to the magical world of Lucy, Anthony and their magical team.

Lockwood & Co are a Psychic Investigations Agency. You see, for the past 50 years the dead have been coming back to haunt the living and when they do agencies like Lockwood & Co are called in to deal with these dangerous apparitions. But it is only kids and teenagers that are able to see and do battle with these ghosts so each agency is made up of a young workforce overseen by an adult. However, there is no adult overseer to be found at the rather ramshackle agency run by the charismatic Anthony Lockwood and when young Lucy Carlyle arrives in London hoping for a notable career she finds herself immediately embarking on her first case. But the case goes horribly wrong and the agency is left with one last chance to redeem itself. Unfortunately, this involves spending the night in one of the most haunted houses in England, and trying to escape alive…

So begins book one in this magical series. I’m sure you’ll enjoy this as much as I did.

Nichiless Dey – Teacher of Science

The Senior Team 2022/23

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LUCKLEY LIFE

6 MAY 2022

NEWS FROM LUCKLEY HOUSE SCHOOL

MUSIC UPDATE

MEASURING BIODIVERSITY

Year 7 Royal Philharmonic Composition Workshop Last week we hosted a composition workshop led by members of the Royal Philarmonic Orchestra. Year 7 pupils worked alongside pupils from Bohunt school playing and composing their own piece. The hall was filled with over 50 musicians all having a great time creating music together. A wonderful experience was had by all.

in Luckley House Woods

This week in Science we have been measuring how biodiverse the woods at Luckley House are. Year 10 pupils were asked to use quadrats to measure the population density of various plant and animal species in the woods.

Our conclusion was that not only are the woods extraordinarily beautiful this time of year, but they are home to a hugely diverse and healthy population of plants and animals from bluebells to oak trees, bees to squirrels.

Phil Lupton, Head of Science

Music Exams We are really pleased to announce that Year 13 student Arissa P achieved Grade 6 Singing, with distinction and Year 7 pupil Trinity M Grade 4 Musical Theatre, with distinction.

Well done to both girls.

The Summer concert-’An Evening of Rock, Pop and Jazz’ Please note that the date of this concert has changed to Friday 17 June at 7pm

THE IMPORTANCE OF LANGUAGE SKILLS Year 7, 8 and 9 pupils were pleased to welcome David Binns, UK Director of Sanako, to Luckley on Wednesday afternoon. David talked about his experiences growing up on a council estate in Leeds and how a GCSE in French helped shape his career and lead him to learn other languages, as well as become a successful businessman. David left us with the message that businesses are increasingly looking for applicants with language skills, and that GCSE MFL is good; A level even better!

Hannah Molloy, Head of MFL

SPORT UPDATE - The Athlete Development Progamme The ADP has gone from strength to strength over the past term.

We followed a holistic focus to the lunchtime sessions covering a wide range of movements from wall reaction drill to gymnastic floor rolls. We also premiered the ADP Combine with members of the ADP across all tiers, joined by other Luckley pupils engaging across four extended days. The Combine is made of six tests with results aggregated to produce our Combine Superstars.

Our first test was the 20m sprint and our speed king and queen are Year 9s Laurence H and Alice W.

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We then had three jump tests (counter movement jump, and two drop jumps) and the best performers were Alice W, Keogh S, Amelie B and Jacob M. We then went on to the medball throw, where the furthest throws came from Amelie B and Ellis R. We finished off with the arrowhead agility test which saw Rowan A and Grace E at the top of the charts. The best overall performers were: Year 7 Boys: Noah B; Year 7 Girls: Savannah R; Year 8 Boys: Harrison E; Year 8 Girls: Darcy B; Year 9 Boys: Keogh Shalto; Year 9 Girls: Alice Walker.

Nate Standing, Athletic Performance Lead Coach

LUCKLEY LIFE

6 MAY 2022

NEWS FROM LUCKLEY HOUSE SCHOOL

CELEBRATING INTERNATIONAL DANCE DAY International Dance Day on 29 April was celebrated with hip hop and contemporary dance workshops for our Year 7 and 8 pupils. It was a meeting of dancers and dance styles, with Luckley's own professional dancer, Rachel Kempton dancing alongside Luckley alumni, Megan Varey. Dance is a great means of selfexpression, known to break down cultural barriers and is beneficial for body and mind. To find out more about Dance as a GCSE option download our GCSE Choices Booklet 2022-24.

LUCKLEY LITERARY REVIEW Many thanks to all of the pupils across the school who contributed pieces of creative writing to our Easter edition of The Luckley Literary Review. As a department, we are thrilled to be able to share these pieces with the wider school community.

As ever, it proved very challenging to narrow down a small selection of the entries to single them out for prizes, but I am delighted to say that we managed in the end and book tokens will be finding their way to Sophie (Year 9), Aiden (Year 10), Alicia (Year 10) and Alina (Year 11).

We look forward to being able to share more examples of the fantastic work produced by our students in the final edition for the year.

Darshan Bahbra, Head of English

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We have a busy and vibrant weekend programme in place which we are delighted to open up to the wider school, not just boarders. If you would like to join us for any given weekend, please contact Mr Hill directly (chris.hill@luckleyhouseschool.org).

This is also a fantastic opportunity to book your child in for flexi-boarding and this can be done through Parent Hub. If pupils are taking part in both the Saturday and Sunday activity, they can board Friday and Saturday for only £50 (activities costs apply).

Both boarding and activity places are subject to availability and preference will be given to those who are boarding, so do not delay to book these amazing trips.

Saturday 30th April Sunday 1st May Monday 2nd May

Summer 2022 Harry Potter Bus Tour (London) Sports & Crafts at School Wokingham May Fayre

Saturday 7th May Sunday 8th May

Liquid Leisure (Windsor) Dr Strange (Film)

Saturday 14th May Sunday 15th May

Legoland Paddle boarding (SUP)

Saturday 21st May Sunday 22nd May

Dinton Pastures (various activities) Pottery Half Term

Saturday 11th June Sunday 12th June

London Walking Tour Oxford College Visit: punting, tour, picnic

Saturday 18th June Sunday 19th June

Geocaching day Help the homeless – Charity link TBC

Saturday 25th June Sunday 26th June

Pupil’s choice (Weekend planned and organised by pupils)

LUCKLEY LIFE

6 MAY 2022

NEWS FROM LUCKLEY HOUSE SCHOOL

SPORT UPDATE Trampoline Success for Kofi Congratulations to Year 11 pupil, Kofi for securing 3rd place at the English Championships Round 1 (15-16 yr group category at Gold level entry) in Telford, last weekend. Kofi came off during his first set routine - safely thankfully, but then got back on and actually got the highest overall score for his voluntary second routine.

Kofi will now have 3-4 weeks of normal training before Round 2 of each pathway (British elite, U.K. league and English champs) start up towards the end of May.

Fencing is back with our excellent coach Virgile from VF Fencing. Whether you’re a beginner or a certified foil swinger, be sure to sign up for Tuesday during extended day using this link www.vffencingclub.co.uk/after-school-clubs

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LUCKLEY LIFE

6 MAY 2022

NEWS FROM LUCKLEY HOUSE SCHOOL

TENNIS COACHING with Summer Term 2022 Individual & Group Coaching back at Luckley House!

Eager to get pupils back on the court and active, Acestars are returning to Luckley House next term, offering term-time individual and group tennis sessions. Individual lessons will take place throughout the week, once a week over the lunch period, lasting 30 minutes and the group sessions will be for the whole term on:

Mondays at 4.25pm until 5.15pm (all years) For over 10 years, Acestars have been providing high quality professional tennis coaching (individual & group) to communities in Berkshire, Hampshire & Surrey. Over this period, we have successfully opened clubs in over 20 junior, secondary & private schools.

Our qualified team of coaches is led by Wojtek Specylak, an RPT National Master Professional & Dominic Evan-Hart; Club Development Director and an LTA qualified professional & Head Coach of Crowthorne Tennis Club. Other members of the team hold various levels of LTA & ITF teaching qualifications, meaning they are right up to date with the latest teaching methods & have a combined experience of over 30 years.

Acestars & their coaches have: • • • • •

Over 30 years of combined experience The highest international qualifications from the top tennis organisations (LTA, PLTA, PTR, RPT & USPTA) Experience at top global tennis academies (includ ing Sanchez Cazal, Piper Sands Florida, Annabel Croft Tenerife).

Masters in Individual Sports Psychology & PhD in Fitness Established tennis programmes in the UK & internationally

Further details including booking form, prices and terms & conditions are available in the school office or by contacting Dominic on:

dominicctc@gmail.com / 07999 750558 We look forward to hearing from you!

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