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Wednesday 9 July 2025 Ahoy! It's Pirate Day in Early Years! Pre-Reception and Nursery children enjoyed a Pirate Day end of term celebration.
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Tuesday 8 July 2025 Year 1 support Guide Dogs through fundraising and awareness This term, Year 1 embarked on a heartwarming mission to raise both funds and awareness for the Guide Dog Association - a cause that is nothing short of life-changing.
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Monday 7 July 2025 Young Teen Fiction Awards 2025 A fantastic day at the Young Teen Fiction Award at Cosford on Tuesday 1 July with pupils from Years 7 and 8.
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Sunday 6 July 2025 Harry's French football adventure Harry (Year 6) recently travelled to Marseille with his football team to take part in the finals of the Madewis Cup, an international tournament for 7-12 year olds which takes place in France every year.
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Saturday 5 July 2025 Arthur's double football success Arthur (Year 2) was absolutely delighted to have participated in a football tournament at Shrewsbury Town - Arthur will explain in his own words: "At the weekend I played for Barnhurst Lane Lions Football Club in a tournament at Shrewsbury Town Football Club. There were 14 teams competing for the Croud Meadow Cup. My team played 6 qualifying matches, winning 4 and losing 2, resulting in us finishing 3rd in our league and qualifying for the knockout stages.
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Friday 4 July 2025 Primary Years Sports Day at Longdon Last Thursday, pupils from Years 1 to 6 took part in an action-packed Longdon Sports Day, competing in their house teams across a range of exciting activities. From sprint races and long jump, to egg and spoon, skipping, and the ever-popular obstacle course, the children showcased brilliant enthusiasm, teamwork and determination throughout the day.
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Thursday 3 July 2025 Sammy's amazing Three Cathedrals ride Last Tuesday, Sammy (Year 8) completed his huge 'Three Cathedrals' fundraising bike ride.
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Wednesday 2 July 2025 U11 School Games Netball Festival On Tuesday 17 June, LCS hosted an U11 School Games Netball Festival at Beacon Park.
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Wednesday 2 July 2025 Free Summer Recital Series in Lichfield Cathedral Everyone is invited to the lunchtime Summer Recital Series in Lichfield Cathedral during July and August.
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Tuesday 1 July 2025 Musical success at LCS We are delighted to share the results of this year's music exams – and what an outstanding set of achievements they are.
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Monday 30 June 2025 Translation commendation from Oxford University Well done to everyone who took part in the Anthea Bell Prize for Young Translators, a national competition run by the Queen's College Translation Exchange at the University of Oxford.
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Sunday 29 June 2025 Year 2 busy as bees! Year 2 have had such a busy few weeks and the time seems to have flown by. We have been practising for our class production of Jonah and the Whale which we will be performing to parents in school next week.
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Saturday 28 June 2025 UCAS Discovery Day for Year 12 A group of Year 12 students had an informative morning at the UCAS Discovery Day in Birmingham on Tuesday 24 June.
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Friday 27 June 2025 Culture Day focused on heritage and identity Last Friday, pupils and staff came to School dressed in clothes which reflected their heritage and culture. They spent time during lessons and in assemblies reflecting on the importance of a person's culture in forming their own identity and in creating rich and diverse communities. There was a wonderful atmosphere as people came together to recognise and celebrate the individuals who make up our LCS community.
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Friday 27 June 2025 The importance of friendship During the summer holiday, World Friendship Day will be celebrated on Wednesday 30th July this year. From a child's perspective, it is possible that there is nothing more important to them than their friends. Childhood friendship is laughter, play, discovery. It is a vivid, wild, creative world apart from dreary grown-ups. As children become adolescents, friendship helps them to navigate and anchor their changing selves.
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Thursday 26 June 2025 Safe, Seen and Supported - Why safeguarding in private schools sets a different standard As Headteacher, I am often asked what truly sets a private school apart. Parents naturally expect high-quality teaching, smaller class sizes, and exceptional facilities - and rightly so. But one aspect of independent education that is perhaps less discussed, yet just as critical, is this:
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Thursday 26 June 2025 Crime and punishment with Year 4 Year 4 enjoyed a trip to the National Justice Museum in Nottingham as part of their topic on crime and punishment through the ages.
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Wednesday 25 June 2025 Fantastic conducting experience for Laurie Skilled musician and chorister Laurie (Year 8), recently had the opportunity to have a lesson with world-renowned conductor John Lubbock OBE in Oxford. During his career John has conducted six Proms concerts at the Royal Albert Hall, between 1976 and 2006.
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Tuesday 24 June 2025 Year 10 DofE Bronze practice expedition In early June, the Year 10 Bronze Duke of Edinburgh Award group undertook their practice expedition in the Peak District.
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Monday 23 June 2025 Religious studies walkabout Last week in the glorious weather, Mr Goodlet kindly invited me to join in with a fantastic Year 8 Religious Studies lesson around The Cathedral Close. Pupils began their lesson on the Palace forecourt. Mr Goodlet asked pupils to visually explore the different elements of the Cathedral and to spot something they had never noticed before. There were some really interesting discoveries!
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Sunday 22 June 2025 Pupil achievements: a round up! Lichfield Hockey Club Junior Awards
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Saturday 21 June 2025 Athletics news Independent Schools Midlands Regional Competition
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Saturday 21 June 2025 ISA National Athletics Finals Following on from the County Championships the previous Saturday, several LCS students qualified for the Independent Schools National Athletics Finals. These took place on Monday 16th June at Alexander Stadium, a fantastic venue for such a big event. This is only the third time that LCS have taken part in the ISA athletics competitions and across the previous two years, we managed to win a total of four medals which is amazing.
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Friday 20 June 2025 Staffordshire Schools County Athletics Championships On Saturday 14 June, the Staffordshire Schools County Athletics Championships took place at Northwood Stadium in Stoke. This is where the best athletes from across the county come together to compete for their district teams.
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Friday 20 June 2025 Cambridge Organ Experience Report by Isobel and Laurie (Year 8) & Leo (Year 6)
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Thursday 19 June 2025 Get into the garden A couple of years ago, l visited the Chelsea Flower Show to support a friend who had been successful in securing the design of the show garden sponsored by the RSPCA. Obviously, it was a huge honour to see his garden, but it was also extremely eye-opening to realise the months and months of designing, planning and sheer hard graft that go into creating the show gardens. All of them are removed in full by the end of the fourth day after the show – a feat in itself. Luckily, the RSPCA garden has been reassembled at an RSPCA base in Cheshire. It strikes me how much teaching has in common with gardening – not least the toil and hope for great outcomes.
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Thursday 19 June 2025 Skipping Workshop at Longdon Children in Reception through to Year 4 had a fantastic time taking part in a skipping workshop last week!
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Wednesday 18 June 2025 Super volunteering by Oliver As well as being an amazing help to his mum, Oliver M (Year 11) currently volunteers as part of the Churchyard Grass Cutting team, between April and October they meet up on a Monday evening and ensure his local churchyard is tidy and safe for all users. He is also part of the Environmental team at Church: Oliver usually leads the activities aimed at the younger visitors, for example, building bug hotels, etc.
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Tuesday 17 June 2025 In the growing garden with Reception Potatoes were planted, nurtured, harvested, cooked and eaten!
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Monday 16 June 2025 U13 Cricket vs Stafford Grammar School Lichfield Cathedral School's U13 cricket team got their season underway with a thrilling and hard-fought encounter against a strong Stafford Grammar School side. Despite narrowly missing out on victory, the boys can take great pride in a spirited and competitive performance.