Posted on: 29/03/2024
Stone Lodge Blog week ending 17th March
Posted on: 20/03/2023
We are delighted to share the news we have been awarded a fund of £12,000 to invest in providing more children with more opportunities for getting active outside of school hours. Our PE department has already launched two new clubs (featured below) and there are lots more in the pipeline. This additional funding combined with our excellent facilities and equally excellent PE department means our students have automatic and free membership to the most well appointed and staffed gym in the area! To find out more, students should speak with their PE teacher and all new clubs will be shared in this blog.
Mrs Pickard and I have launched a lunchtime Fitness Club – and have been working with the students on their gym techniques to provide a series of work-outs and routines to aid strength and fitness. The benefits of physical exercise are well publicised and supported here at Stone Lodge to support overall physical and emotional health. Additionally, regular exercise aids focus, builds self-confidence and develops better social and problem solving skills. Most importantly, it’s fun!
Students are invited to sign up to the fitness club with the Sports office and are welcome to come along during the sessions to find out more, like the students below who have all signed up to next week’s session!
Miss Rutt’s Trampolining after school club has certainly got off to an energetic start! Currently offered to Years 9 and 10 – Miss Rutt is starting trampolining club for Years 7 and 8 every Tuesday after Easter half term. Miss Rutt’s club offers a brilliant opportunity to have fun and build new skills; and trampolining has the added health advantages of a lower-impact cardio workout! All abilities are very welcome and Miss Rutt is planning on working with students (who would like) to take part in local competitions. Sign up is required so see Miss Rutt as quickly as possible as there are only a few spaces left!
Moves performed below include, a front landing, seat landing, pike jump, front somersault and twist jumps.
On Friday 10th March, a selection of Year 7 and 8 students had the amazing opportunity to work with Marc Ruddick from Squire to take part in a Stage Combat Workshop. Students learned the safe practices of fist fighting and sword fighting for the stage and applied their new-found skills to scripts. All students involved conducted themselves in such a professional and creative manner. We look forward to applying this performance style in our future projects.
The preparations for our Stone Lodge Showcase are well underway! Mr Bailey is working with our performers to help refine and practice their performance pieces. The talent show is scheduled for Tuesday March 21st for Year 7-10 at 6.00pm in the main school hall. We welcome staff, friends and family to attend. Tickets are currently available on ParentPay.
Our librarian, Miss Clayton was delighted to present so many of our students with Winners Certificates from the recent Young Writers Integer Competition. Students have excelled, taking the opportunity to showcase both their literary and storytelling flair! Congratulations to all winners of certificates in both the Integer and World Book Day competitions.
From left; Amelia T Year 7, Deborah E of Year 7, Maci B of Year 7 and Olaoluwa F of Year 10
Pictured from left; Nakshathra R of Year 9, Lucca R-O of Year 8, Keon O Year 9 and Ashton D of Year 12
Miss Arklie’s Year 7 Engineering and Design students are currently working on a project to design and make a ‘finger skateboard! The project work requires students to learn the physical and working properties of stainless steel ahead of them making the axels and wheels of their boards. Pictured beow, students smoothing the edges of their board shape.
Our SL6 Year 12 Engineers are working on a BBQ project to deepen their design and metal work skills. Using an expensive and heavy-weight BBQ as the start point, students are re-designing and making a BBQ to their own specification ensuring their finished design is more light-weight and portable than the original BBQ and is more affordable.
Our Year 7 Musicians had a theoretical lesson where they researched the features, sounds and ranges of woodwind orchestral instruments.
Please join me in congratulating Logan O of Year 9 who recently competed in the English open Taekwondo championships – and as you can see from the below photos, performed brilliantly, winning a Bronze Medal. A demonstration of commitment, resilience, and skill – what an achievement!
Come and join us! Looking for a new career opportunity? Then please consider one of the exciting vacancies we currently have here at Stone Lodge School. Click the below job roles to apply!
Lead First Aider & Administrator
If you would like to discuss any of the advertised vacancies, speak with Mrs Verbeke-Cain on 01322 250340
We would like to remind parents and carers that if your financial circumstances change that you may be eligible to apply for additional funding through Kent County Council. To assess your eligibility or to find out more please use the Free school meals - Kent County Council.
PTFA Update. New Event, Save the date! Inflatables Fun Day at Brands Hatch Saturday 20th May. Join us for a Sponsored Inflatable 5K obstacle course challenge! All sponsorship monies go to support PTFA schemes in school benefiting our children’s learning experience! More details will be available soon!
Come and join us for an evening of fun, laughter, and quizzing! We have scheduled a school PTFA social event to bring together our whole school community. Our Stone Lodge Quiz Night is booked for Thursday 23rd March devised by our own quizmaster extraordinaire Mr Naylor, it’s the perfect opportunity for parents, carers, students and staff to get together for fun .. and fund raising! We look forward to welcoming you on the 23rd. For more details please see the poster below, and to book your place, click here.
‘Pre-Loved’ School Uniform Shop - We currently have a small range of pre-loved uniform in excellent condition for sale at very reasonable prices. Please do consider donating any items of uniform that your son or daughter has grown out of – simply drop any items off at our school office, the more donations we receive the better selection we are able to provide for our school community. All pre-loved payments are processed through ParentPay. You are welcome to contact our PTFA for a list of our current availability. Email ptatreasurer@stonelodgeschool.co.uk
First Bus Stop have sent us the below poster to share with our parents and carers.
Best wishes,
Gavin Barnett
Head Teacher
