Schools out for the summer! @sirjohnlawes massive thank-you to you all, staff and students for all the hard work and perseverance in the face of a difficult year. So grateful. 👏👏👏🙏🙏
As students head home for a well deserved break, one final announcement... the all important Merit and House Cup winners! #SJLpridehttps://t.co/5mYQ1KUfJX
Thank you to our students and staff for working incredibly hard over this past academic year, working with the enthusiasm and passion that we have at SJL. Wishing the SJL community a safe and enjoyable summer. https://t.co/xppang5COP
Welcome to our Year 7 intake 2021. Joining us for Get Set for SJL? Make sure you follow our dedicated Twitter account for updates through out the week... with so many great activities planned, you won't want to miss it #getsetforSJLhttps://t.co/vF8brH5f0h
With under 2 weeks to go until the UK & Kenya co-host the Global Education Summit, I've been speaking to students in the UK about why global education is important to them.
Today's youth are tomorrow's leaders and we must listen to them👇 #GES2021#raiseyourhand@GPforEducationhttps://t.co/dxOosMJJFa
Retweeted From Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
Helen Grant, the Prime Minister's Special Envoy on Girls' Education, visited @SirJohnLawes school to hear from students why global education is so important to them.
The UK and Kenya will co-host the Global Education Summit in London on 28-29 July.
#GES2021#RaiseYourHandhttps://t.co/jMpYoQ5T9o
A few highlights from this year's Summer Prom. Our immense thanks to @SJLmusicfac and our wonderfully talented music students, the perfect end to this summer term. https://t.co/UdfCQdfDut
Joining us for A-level next year? Or currently doing A level geography? Join the two free events below aimed at helping you to achieve success @sirjohnlaweshttps://t.co/ytaiFzVjZo
Once again an amazing evening @SJLmusicfac@sirjohnlawes. How you ask? Outdoors. Simple. My girl's last one & she sang the solo in Bring Him Home with the entire school/staff choir. No photo as something got in my eye. Amazing work everyone. Thank you. Thank you all. 👏👏👏👏
Year 8 reminder: the second dose of the HPV vaccine will now take place tomorrow, Wednesday 14 July 2021, please remember to make sure students wear a short sleeved vest or T-shirt under their school shirt. https://t.co/o4B7F6LQ7G
Term Dates 2021-22 can be found on the school website https://t.co/n4MiziJVme
Note: in addition to the term dates there will be 5 INSET days, yet to be confirmed. https://t.co/LowQ3m4Rao
And the winners of the SJL 2020-2021 Sports Day… Hepworth House
Winning by 1 point, holding off Austen House. Congratulations Mr Bloxham and Hepworth House #SJLsportsday2021https://t.co/ySLkZwJ8Uf
Transition Day 2021: we are sorry we cannot welcome our Year 6 students into school for the traditional transition day, but we hope they enjoy their virtual activities. We cannot wait to welcome you in September! #transitiondayhttps://t.co/aNOkCfbtQP
Friday is Sports Day and we are asking students to wear non-uniform House colours to support those taking part.
We are unable to do our traditional cash charity collection, however if you wish to make a small donation to support our chosen charity, @renniegrove via Parent Pay. https://t.co/VU2jK5LDOx
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.
