Specialist schools and academies have this week been recognised by the Specialist School and Academies Trust for making outstanding improvements to their GCSE results in 2007.

The recently revised Sixth Form structure has bedded in well during the past few months with students from both JRTC and CLCC benefiting from the range of courses and the extra curricular activities on offer.  The most recent external visit by Year 12 was a visit to Lincoln Hospital to study the design and operation of specialist laboratories, including haematology, chemical pathology, cellular pathology, histology and cytology labs.  A Sixth Form Christmas dinner is due to take place in the last week of term.

For the fifth year running many pupils and staff have been making a personal contribution to make Christmas special for others less fortunate. They have been busily filling shoeboxes with toys, sweets, crayons and toiletries to be sent to disadvantaged children in other parts of Europe.

The response to this years appeal has been commendable and, as a result, 134 shoeboxes have been collected, beating last year’s record by 17.

Many thanks go to all pupils and staff for their generosity, in terms of both money and time. They will have given others a far happier Christmas than they could have expected.

A number of pupils in Year 9 have joined The Priory LSST Combined Cadet Force (CCF) either in the Army or the RAF section. 

46 Year 10 and 11 pupils took part in the annual London trip on Friday 16^th November.  Art pupils visited the Tate Modern to see an exhibition to enhance their GCSE Art course.  Performing Arts pupils had a backstage tour of the Theatre Royal which is currently playing the Lord of the Rings. The remainder of the group embarked on an educational walking tour of Central London.  The whole group then met up to watch a performance of the Lion King.         

During the year we celebrate each House with a specific day dedicated to the name.  On 19^th October, the pupils celebrated the life of Lord Admiral Nelson by learning more about his life and understanding what it would have been like serving in the Royal Navy at that time.

We were fortunate to have Jeff Rich (Status Quo drummer) visit us to give his "Drum Masterclass" to our year 7, 8 and 9 pupils and guests from Redwood County Primary School. Everyone thoroughly enjoyed the class and even some of our own aspiring drummers joined in.

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We welcome our new year 7 intake and wish them well for the next 5 years with us.