Wednesday/Thursday 19th/20th January

Very sad news today regarding school.  I arrived in to school to the news that somebody had tried to remove some lead off the roof over night.  This is not something that we are used to at Lyndon Green, but it does not stop us in our daily routine, we pick ourselves up and start again.  More Inspire workshops again with the attendance of over 20 parents for 6M.  This workshop allowed the parents to see the materials that the children of Year 6 will be tested in, in May of this year. 

It is Thursday evening and the clubs are about to start again this evening, 25 of our football squad will be put through their paces as well as over 30 children completing Art club, then for the first time this year the tuneful sound of over 30 guitars being put through their paces with Mr. Orr.  So in total we will still have approximately 85 children out of 370 left in school until 4.30.  Good going!

I am looking forward to the class assemblies starting again tomorrow and this time it is the turn of class 5GB, I look forward to seeing many parents there.
Mr. Rothwell

Tuesday 18th January

I said it was going to be a busy day and it was , breakfast meeting followed by a quick dash back to school from the Botanical Gardens, followed by a maths lesson, followed by a one to one tuition meeting..... You get the picture.

The children are really settled in school and applying themselves really well,  we had another Inspire workshop this morning that was well attended as always.  School is a very positive place at the moment and long may it continue.
Will hopefully write much more tomorrow.

Monday 17th January

School is a busy as ever with the parents of the children in 10E viewing the SRE materials.  Maths booster groups for both Mrs. Pitt and myself.  Well done to my group you are growing in confidence all the time and tackling tasks far easier than you have ever done.  The rest of the school is fully engaged for a Monday, and the sun even came out at one stage.

Just finished getting ready for this half terms Governing Body meeting, we are looking forward to welcoming our new members to the Governing Body and sharing with them the work that we are undertaking.  I'm just not looking forward to the late night, but that is part and parcel of the work that we do.

Ultra busy day tomorrow starting with a meeting from 8 at the Botanical Gardens, listening to DRB ignite and finishing with a meeting at 7.00 pm carrying out some research for NCSL. Hopefully write more tomorrow!

Tuesday 11th January

Well today was all about the one's, with the peculiar date being 11.1.11.  I had a long day today, but it really does show how quickly we get back into the swing of things in school.  The first part of the day, I found myself in Year 5 in class 5J, whilst the class teacher Miss. Mills attended a meeting.  And Yes I can still teach and have not forgotten what it is like in the classroom, I say it often enough that some days as the Head Teacher I really do miss the hustle and bustle of everyday class teaching.  So, it was on to Spanish, thanks Miss. Mills, however I really enjoyed it learning my greetings and my colours.  I suppose I am like many students of the age where I really only learnt French and German at Secondary School and no languages at Primary school.  Apart from Spanish I then had the joy of my favourite narrative poem by Alfred Noyes - The Highwayman.  This was my favourite poem when I was teaching full time at my previous school, Hillstone Primary School, and I remember how I managed to get a group of boys really interested in what really can be classed as a love story.

From class 5J I moved into class 5GB and a whirlwind of mathematics, thoroughly enjoyable as it really is my favourite subject to teach.

The rest of the day was spent catching up on paperwork and preparing for the Governing Body meeting due next Monday.  The rest of the school continued as normal.  Mikey Pryce came in to deliver his fitness session to class 4F, they will get used to it. 

The clubs list in school seems to be getting longer and longer and this evening saw the reintroduction of the beading club.  This had 51 requests for places, however pleased I am by the overwhelming interest in our clubs, we have to ensure that they are kept to a reasonable number, I hope that the new organisation of this club will allow all those children to participate if they want to.

Mr. Rothwell

Thursday 6th January

Strange to think it is Thursday.  I still think it is the beginning of the week.  We will all get back into school mode very soon.  The school is back into the swing of things very quickly, we are currently looking at all the clubs for this term, more clubs than ever, but that is what we think is right for our children.  I hope we can accommodate everyone that wants to take part.

Write more soon

Mr. Rothwell

Welcome Back

Wednesday 5th January

Welcome back everyone!  I hope that everyone had an enjoyable break and that the weather and illnesses floating around at the moment did not disrupt any of your plans during our Christmas break.  The children return to school this morning, and as usual it was cold and wet but a superb turnout as usual.  A quiet day in school today, more of a settling back in week, especially with it being only 3 days.  This term will bring lots of exciting events in school, events that we hope will enrich our children's education at Lyndon Green.  It was asked whether Year 4 could visit Egypt as part of their Egyptian topic, but I am afraid the budget will not stretch that far.  I hope to keep everyone up to date as much as possible and complete this blog as regularly as I can.  Keep reading

Mr. Rothwell