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Welcome to our weekly News Bulletin: Friday 25 October 2024

CULINERA NEWSLETTER

Culinera, our new catering company, have completed their first half-term at Little Heath. Please spend a moment to read their October newsletter where they share what they have been up to over the past six weeks.

You can also find out how to use your daily allowance, which is increasing to £7.50 after half-term, to get the best value throughout the breakfast, break, lunch and after-school services. Read more in the newsletter.

We hope you have seen improvements in response to the staff and student survey over the summer. There is a follow-up survey in the newsletter. We would be grateful if you could take a few minutes to complete this over half-term.

Read the full newsletter here: Culinera October Newsletter

COLLECTION OF GCSE ARTWORK
From Summer 2024

Ex-year 11 Art students are welcome to come and collect their GCSE Art pieces. Students in the Sixth Form can come to the Art department at 3.25pm on Tuesday 5 November. If the students have left Little Heath, and would like their artwork back, they can email their Art Teacher to arrange a date and time to be collected from main reception. 

SIXTH FORM OPEN EVENING
Thursday 7 November 2024, 5:15pm-7:45pm

Our Sixth Form Open Evening will take place on Thursday 7 November 2024, for students wishing to join us in September 2025. 

We welcome you to come and look around the Sixth Form Centre, and take the opportunity to talk to our Sixth Form Team, our subject specialist teachers, and our Sixth Form students about the courses we offer and life in Little Heath Sixth Form.

There will be two talks during the evening from the Headteacher, Mr Ramsden, the Deputy Headteacher (Key Stage 5), Mrs Chaventré, and Head of Sixth Form, Mr Jessop; as well as our Head Students and Prefects. 

Arrival from 5:15pm, with talks at 6:15pm and 7:15pm. Departments close at 7:15pm. The final talk should finish by 7:45pm. To find out more, visit our website: LHS - Sixth Form Admissions

If you would like to come along, please register online here: LHS Sixth Form Open Evening registration link

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BAG2SCHOOL COLLECTION HOUSE COMPETITION
Wednesday 13 November

If you are having a wardrobe declutter over half-term, please consider donating to our Bag2School collection on Wednesday 13 November 2024.

We are looking for donations of good quality clothing. For details on what we can and cannot accept, please have a look here: Bag2School - What we collect

This will be a GOLD house competition, so the more you can spare, the better!

Please bring your bags of good quality clothing, labelled with your HOUSE name, to Main Reception on Tuesday 12 November before 4:30pm and Wednesday 13 November, no later than 8:30am!

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WINTER FESTIVAL AUDITION
Thursday 14 November

The annual 'Winter Festival' is Little Heath School's formal Christmas concert, which incorporates a mixture of performances from the ensembles who have been rehearsing since September with solo and smaller ensembles from students selected through an audition process.

Audition information
The audition is after school on Thursday 14 November in M10. Please ask students to sign up on the sheet attached to the Music Office door.

The 'Winter Festival' concert is on Thursday 19 December at 7pm in the Main Hall (students who are successful in the audition will be performing at this event).

The audition is open to all year groups.

We ask they audition a piece with a Christmas theme - it doesn't necessarily need to be a Christmas song, but could be a song or piece of music that is associated with Christmas or played at the time of the festive season.

Any questions - please speak to a member of the Music Department.

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CHRISTMAS CARD HOUSE COMPETITION
Deadline Friday 29 November

Do you think you've got what it takes to design this year's official Little Heath School Christmas Card?

We are looking for students from any year group to enter our House Competition to come up with a Christmas card design which will be sent to Governors, local schools and community organisations this December.

Things to consider:

  • Electronically created designs are welcome or hand drawn
  • A4 in size; portrait or landscape
  • Photographs - colour or black & white, but they must be your own!
  • Any medium of your choice...paints (water colour, oil, acrylic), colouring pencil, biro, fine line
  • Please do not include any wording

The deadline for entries is Friday 29 November. There are lots of House points up for grabs, and some cash prizes too! All entries must be clearly labelled on the back with: Your Name, Form and House. Entries should be handed to Mr Viner, Head of Art & Design. Photographs or electronic designs can be emailed to rviner@littleheath.org.uk

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CAREERS BULLETIN

The weekly Careers Bulletin provides the latest information and opportunities for students looking for career options, including apprenticeships; university open days, talks and courses; work experience and insight events.

In this week's issue:

Employment

  • Higher & Degree Apprenticeship vacancies nationally

  • Opportunities in the Rail Industry - please see attached

Work Experience & Insight Events

  • Caversham Road Fire Station - Open day

  • Free access to Medical & Dental Programs - Allied Health Profession virtual work experience

  • Wates offering Females in person work experience

  • Green Careers - learn about roles in Engineering & Technology with British Airways, Aviation, Waterways & the Environment, & Craft Careers that use STEM

  • Investment Banking - Roles with Bank America

  • Apprenticeships at AWE - information event for parents & students

  • Lloyds Banking Group - Opportunities in Data & Technology

  • NHS England - South East Nursing insight event

University Information

  • Sutton Trust - Applications still open for students from disadvantaged backgrounds:
  • Banking & Finance, Engineering & Consulting

You can read this week's Careers Bulletin on the website here: LHS Careers Bulletin 25 October 2024

WEST BERKSHIRE WASTE & RECYCLING NEWS

Battery recycling
If you live in the West Berkshire Council area, you can now put dead batteries in your kerbside recycling. Please leave your used batteries in a clear plastic bag on top of your black wheelie bin on collection day.

Pumpkins
Did you know, a scary 18,000 tonnes of uneaten pumpkins are thrown away each year in the UK after being carved?! Once your pumpkin is carved and hollow you can use it for compost, or it can be chopped up and placed in your kerbside food waste caddy where, for West Berkshire residents, it will be turned into a soil conditioner at our facility in Padworth.

For tasty recipes and pumpkin decoration ideas, click here: Eat Your Pumpkin - Hubbub

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