What a great way to start the week! - We've had some more wonderful letters from our Campaign Champions to their MP's and some very promising responses - special shout out to Anjali and Anneka! @BealHigh@sirjohnlawes 💫👏
#RightClimatetoLearn 💚🌍
#scienceinsummer - Discovering #Antarctica
Take a journey through this site and begin discovering Antarctica for yourself. Each section features activities, images, video clips and fact sheets, to help you learn about this distant, frozen wilderness.
https://t.co/5u3ijFp1yL
We are immensely proud of all our students and staff for their dedication, adapting to these extraordinary times. Thank you to all members of the SET community for their support, commitment and hard work over this last term. We look forward to busy schools, full of students soon! https://t.co/g5cCr74lrK
Perrin Myddelton Essay Competition
After careful consideration from Year 12 Form Tutors , Ms Robins and a representative from Perrin Myddelton, the winners are:
1st Charlotte Sweeney
2nd Jay Colston- Patel
3rd Justine Jing
Many congratulations to all
Thank you to all members of the SJL community for their support over this last term. We are immensely proud of all our students and staff for their dedication, adapting to these extraordinary times. We look forward to having a school full of students and staff once again. https://t.co/GFMAHo5Tms
Important communication has now been issued to all parents/carers via EduLink regarding September 2020 return to school. Please read and retain. https://t.co/pUWt06sQTf
On SMHW we have launched the "Science over the Summer" project to all year groups - if you do anything involving science over the break then tag us here! (@SJLScience) Awards will be given out in September to those who complete some scientific activities! Enjoy the break!
The final cut has been made and what an entertaining and thought provoking record of lockdown it is! Well done to all the KS 3 contributors and to Miss Woolrych and Mr Fletcher who produced and edited it! The link is in the end of term newsletter!#dramamatters #company3https://t.co/dHjL5WW8tF
We want to give students coming back into Yrs 10 & 12 advance notice of work experience dates for next year, so they can begin to source a placement over the summer break, should they wish to. Private placement forms can be found on school website https://t.co/4nI9D9qtzVhttps://t.co/24Zm78gCK7
Final day for Virtual Sports Day entries! They’ve been flooding in all day, don’t be the one to miss out and represent your house with pride 🔴🟡🟢🟠⚪️🔵🟣 #sjlvirtualsportsday2020
No newsletter today, look out for bumper end of term newsletter next week. We will also bring you the @SJLmusicfac Summer Concert before the end of term, lots to look forward to.
For Year 11 and 13 students: On Friday 10 July at 10am, the Prime Minister will be giving an address to all school leavers which will be broadcast on Facebook and YouTube.
A recording of the address will be available to view on both platforms.
https://t.co/d03EahBhMV
Today we would have performed our Lower School Production to local primary schools. Although it’s sad that we were unable to stand on the stage, Mr Fletcher is working tirelessly to edit your ‘Together Alone’ footage and we’re excited to share it with you all next week 🎭
Rotary in Harpenden are pleased to announce the local heat of the Rotary National Photography Competition, a fantastic photography activity for students in the summer break .. https://t.co/JamCUX9kJa
Virtual Sports Day is happening all this week and the students have already been trying all the different events. If you haven’t... GET INVOLVED #SJLVirtualSportsDay2020https://t.co/dRY76cHCrp
Don’t let the SJL Virtual Sports Day pass you by! It only takes a few minutes to try some of the events and represent your House. Deadline for entries Friday 10th #sjlvirtualsportsday2020https://t.co/TGJnAjMQL4
Our fabulous ex-Crabtree pupils are here to talk to the year 6 children about life in secondary school @sirjohnlawes@StGeorgesHarpen Lovely to see ex pupils talk so confidently & a great boost for our year 6 before their transition to their new schools @CrabtreeTrusthttps://t.co/PBgKRuz1Uz
This week's assembly with the theme Control and Influence was delivered to students by Mr Walton "we can decide how we respond to the challenges we face." https://t.co/8WERBv0zG8
Download Scratch (a fun intro to computer programming for Key Stage 3 students)
Careers
Futuremorph - an exciting website about careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics
Design & Technology
To view a website that contains numerous information sheets and exercises to enhance the study, understanding and teaching of design and technology; click here.
The BBC Good Food website contains hundreds of recipes that students can use to develop their own recipes, as well as useful hints and tips.
‘Thingiverse’ is the world's largest 3D design community for discovering, printing, and sharing 3D models, with over 100,000 designs for students to view, edit and print.
Drama
Digitaltheatreplus.co.uk (accessible from school desktop) for streams of live theatre from Shakespeare, modern plays, musicals and opera.
Royal Geographical Society's Geography in the News resource: Look at the News Case Studies section. About 20 new geographical articles are added each year. SJL’s login is Bandama and password SM6A424QP.
Teams are entered in a Geowise quiz. These compete against teams from St. Georges and Roundwood Park, as well as some St. Albans’ schools.
www.parliament.uk/education/
A great interactive site that explains how British Government functions. It explores parliamentary history, includes answers to common questions and is a great way for students to learn more about the workings of democracy in the UK.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/
BBC News features breaking news, video, audio and feature stories. A great resource for young active citizens who are striving to keep up to date with and research current affairs and social issues on local, national and global levels.
www.channelmogo.org
ChannelMOGO is a portal for young people, aged 13-19 (up to 25 with a learning difficulty and/or disability) who live or go to school in Hertfordshire.
ChannelMOGO brings together lots of services and useful websites for young people in Hertfordshire including Youth Connexions. It features information on a wide range of personal, social, health, careers and citizenship issues and ways to get involved and take action.
