An eventful day is brought to a close by an inter generational conversation cafe with a focus on how all generations can help combat climate change. #SJLproudhttps://t.co/1R1UKiKvU1
Thanks to the staff from CAMHS for delivering a specific workshop to yr11 and yr13 parents on how to cope with the stresses of the exam season. https://t.co/1SHmEzp6si
Thank you to @sirjohnlawes for hosting a fab careers event today. Our Year 12s had a great time talking to the different representatives and found the whole experience really helpful! A big 📢 shout out to our students who managed to organise their work experience placements too! https://t.co/0OuGgCBSVh
Diary reminder - the Year 11 and Year 13 Exam Stress and Anxiety Workshop takes place this evening at 5.30pm in the Drama Theatre. https://t.co/2pPCuPmNrH
SJL Careers Day 2023 - Amazing to see the Careers Fair in action, students engaging with companies about careers options and the routes into employment #sjlcareersfairhttps://t.co/wlHF2bOkOv
SJL Cultural Enrichment Day - Year 9 enjoying various activities focusing on international trade, consumption and sustainability.
#sjlenrichment2023https://t.co/JrKVrEdLwp
Sweet peas, red dwarf beans, lettuce and coriander, all sown today. It’s great to get out in the sunshine and enjoy the spring air! Our flowering bulbs are beautiful this year. @RHSSchools@sirjohnlaweshttps://t.co/7AXbJzQUnY
DOUBLE DISTRICT CUP WINNERS 🏆🏆
Congratulations to both the:
Year 8s 2-0 vs Roundwood Park
Year 10s 3-1 vs St Albans School
For producing a historic afternoon for SJL Football. Read more on our Instagram!
Hugely proud of all the players involved. Enjoy every minute. https://t.co/ZV6l01MMit
Our award-winning Careers Day takes place tomorrow - a fantastic opportunity for Sixth Form students to connect with employers representing a diverse range of companies and to discover more about the vast range of career options available to them.
Year 12 - smart business attire https://t.co/TsQOQ6eALP
Thursday is Cultural Enrichment Day - students across the school will take time off timetable for the opportunity to engage in a range of enrichment activities.
Students in Years 7-11 can attend in non uniform.
Year 12 must be in smart business attire for the Careers Day. https://t.co/b8GM56gGYP
We are looking forward to seeing everyone at the Intergenerational Conversation Café event tomorrow night, being organised by our Climate Action Group – a chance to discuss climate action across generations. If you’d like to come along please contact us. https://t.co/yVvrElCsv0
Great year 9 Drama performances at The Grove Junior school this afternoon raising awareness of friendship and online issues in such an entertaining
way#theatrematters#nationaldramaseizetheday https://t.co/RS9je0WsIN
The final game of netball for this amazing team. The year 11 girls won 20-19 to Marlborough today. Huge congratulations to Ria A who was nominated as players player.
Well done girls very proud of you all. #SJLNetballhttps://t.co/E53V1T8Tfo
Every week students discuss our 'word of the week' and 'thought of the week' within their form groups, these discussions help to build upon their spiritual, moral, social and cultural understanding. https://t.co/eOCBd3Gk00
Lots of students enjoying our lunchtime Chess Club today, it's great fun for all skill levels. All of our co-curricular activities can be found on the school website - https://t.co/Qa10Hfd2iuhttps://t.co/DEnOfUSi63
Year 10 District Cup Semi Final ⚽️
SJL 2 - 1 Verulam
White ⚽️ (pen)
Platt ⚽️
The boys reaching their 1st DISTRICT CUP FINAL!
Goalkeeping heroics from T.Lloyd see us clinch a deserved victory!
Final Details:
🗓️ Wednesday 22nd
⏰ 4.30pm KO
🏟️ Woollams
Vs St Albans School https://t.co/Lz0sBVmkFF
Yr8 Headteacher Commendations awarded for a range of academic and co-curricular achievements. A great start to the week. #SJLproudhttps://t.co/sLRnb41UkC
N&E Herts Bench magistrates guided and judged, emphasising how hard it had been to decide. Delighted to present certificates to all the students and a trophy to the winners. @sirjohnlawes#HighSheriff#Hertfordshire 2/2
Congratulations to the students of Sir John Lawes School in Harpenden for winning their round of the national mock trial competition in Stevenage Magistrates’ Court. Four schools competed, playing every role from magistrates and lawyers to defendants and witnesses. 1/2 https://t.co/LpNor7c9aY
A Level English Battlefields tour continues with the group visiting Thiepval, Memorial to the missing of the Somme and Beaumont-Hamel Newfoundland Memorial. https://t.co/M1j1Dg2w67
Yr7 Football - Saturday Morning Vs. Nicholas Breakspear
7A won 4-0
7B won 4-3
2 brilliant games of football this morning. The boys in both teams were outstanding coming out victorious.
Ethan and Henry Hatrick Hero’s ⚽️⚽️⚽️
#SJLfootballhttps://t.co/AjP1sgID8Yhttps://t.co/cJ4Tubi0iB
A thought provoking and insightful day for the A level English students as they spend a day touring the battlefields of Northern France and Belgium. https://t.co/Jahrel0Bfd
Harrison, one of our Heads of School doing a reading at Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, the second largest Commonwealth Cemetery in Belgium. #SJLproudhttps://t.co/UglQsu2ZOu
U16 Girls suffer penalty shootout heartbreak in County Cup semi final after leading twice. Superb performance from all but sadly not to be! #proud#sjlfootballhttps://t.co/U0qPwm5Snf
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.
