2021 Junior Lawrentian

2021 Junior Lawrentian

2021 Lawrentian The Junior

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Speech Day Achievements

Junior Boarding Michaelmas Term Lent Term Summer Term

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Speech Day S peech Day this year was hosted on the Owen Field and was a perfect occasion after a hard year, with the whole event blessed with sunshine and blue skies. Special thanks went to Mr Tassell for creating a new band ‘The Seascapers’ who provided entertainment for the event, and to Mrs Green who brought together a group of girls to talk about Ambition. Mrs Rowe (with the help of Noah from Reception) announced the exciting news that St Lawrence College Junior School have been awarded the prestigious ‘Best Independent Co-Educational Day & Boarding School - South East England’ at the Private Education Awards 2021, hosted by LUXlife. She also took the opportunity to say a very fond farewell to four of our team, Mr Waller our sports coach, Mr Uren our Gap Tutor, Mrs Bonell from Pre-Prep and Mrs Baker from Prep. They have all done so much for the school and will be dearly missed. Congratulations went to all our children for their hard work and progress this year and a special congratulations to our Prize Winners. We are very proud of you all.

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‘Congratulations went to all our children for their hard work and progress this year and a special congratulations to our Prize Winners.’

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LAMDA Superstars w e are so proud of these pupils who achieved incredible results in their LAMDA (London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art) exams this term, with many of them achieving a distinction. A huge congratulations to Farrah, Mithushan, Tara, Patrick, Alyssa, Varshini, Ava, Umaiza, Eva, Luke and Santhoss.

Achievements

County Cricket Stars C ongratulations to Year 6 pupils, Umaiza and Millie, who have both been selected for Kent County Cricket Club U11 Girls Performance Squad. These are fantastic achievements and we are all so proud of them.

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Art Success w ell done to all the children that were chosen to exhibit in the Thanet School Young Artist Festival at the Margate School organised by the Rotary Club. A special congratulation to Araiya who received a commendation for her collage of a jellyfish. Also, a huge congratulations to one of our Year 4 pupils who has three pieces of artwork featured in the Turner Contemporary Gallery. What an amazing achievement.

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Beach Fun

Junior Boarding

Canvas Painting

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First Day

Zorb Football

Cake Baking

Forest School & Stone painting

Bonfire night

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Baking Rice Crispy Cakes

Jar Painting

King George VI Park

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Easter Egg Comp

Days Out

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Michaelmas Term

Nativity O ur Nativity was a little different this year. As we couldn’t put on a live performance and needed to stay in our class bubbles, we took the opportunity to film the Nativity Play outside in our Forest School and barn. All the children learnt all the songs and each class took on acting out a different part of the Christmas story. With the extra surprise of Georgiana appearing as Mary on her own real donkey. We were very proud of all the children for rising to the challenge and achieving a great result.

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MakingaDifference Day T his year’s Making a Difference Day was held in support of Macmillan Cancer Care. As part of the fundraising, the children were very excited to watch Mr Marsh and Mr Brown take part in a Brave the Shave. Pupils also got involved in a crazy sock day with some wacky footwear, a raffle was held, and the children were also treated to hot chocolate and cookies as part of the Macmillan Big Coffee Morning. The response was amazing and thanks to the generosity of our parents we have raised over £4,600 for Macmillan Cancer Care.

Children in Need T he children enjoyed dressing up in their pyjamas for Children in Need day.

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w e were unable to be together in chapel this year but the choir still performed beautifully in a Virtual Choir Service which we could all watch online. Carols at Christmas

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T he children wore their Christmas jumpers to enjoy their annual Christmas lunch of turkey and all the trimmings. Our thanks go to our wonderful catering staff for keeping us so well fed today and all through the year. Christmas Lunch

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Decorating for Christmas I n the run up to Christmas the children enjoyed decorating their classrooms and creating some wonderful Christmas crafts for their families and loved ones.

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Christmas Card Competition

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W e had some amazing entries to our Christmas card competition this year. The School Council had the very hard job of helping to choose the winners. Well done to everyone, especially our winners.

1 - Nursery - Araiya 2 - Reception - Amaya 3 - Year 1 - Cosmin 4 - Year 2 - Vincent 5 - Year 3 - Bailey 6 - Year 4 - Darcie 7 - Year 5 - Tara 8 - Year 6 - Oliver

9 - Pre-Prep Overall Winner - Emily 10 - Prep Overall Winner - Thomas

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Be Internet Legends

T he children in the Prep Department were learning the skills to become Internet Legends. ‘Be Internet Legends’ is a holistic approach, teaching children to be digitally resilient and have strong digital well-being.

We want children to have healthy digital habits and leave only a positive digital footprint.

The programme of lessons teaches the children to: • Think critically and evaluate online sources. • Protect themselves from online threats, including bullies and scams. • Be sharp about sharing: what, when, and with whom. • Be kind and respectful towards other people and their privacy. • Ask for help from a parent or another trusted adult with tricky situations.

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STEAM Day W ith Speed as our topic, we looked at it in a variety of ways that touched upon the subjects of Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Maths. In Prep, our artists studied motion in art and looked at how pictures can show movement using blur and by drawing figures in off balance positions. Our researchers looked at different aspects of speed and discovered some fascinating facts about nature and human achievements. Mathematicians had speed challenges to see how quick their brains could compute answers to questions and Year 6 studied how running teams manage to optimise their racing times. Engineers in all year groups built a zoetrope – a popular Victorian toy that allows a series of images to appear to move. When spun, the eye is tricked with the continuous images that are quickly revealed – their very own portable cinema. And lastly our scientists learned about the history of incredible journeys into space using rockets, before launching their own designed water rockets across the Owen field.

In Pre-Prep the children got hands-on with their toys, vehicles, ramps, and rockets, exploring speed and the forces needed to make things move.

Mr D Baxter

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Lent Term

Easter Egg Competition

T here were some egg-cellent entries for this year’s Junior School Easter Egg competitions. All entrants won a mini egg chocolate treat and the following main winners won a special Easter egg. We were blown away by the imaginative and intricate designs.

Congratulations to the following winners:

Nursery: Jemima Year 1: Arabella Year 3: Valentina

Reception: Amaya

Year 2: Vincent Year 4: Lucian Year 6: Nathan

Year 5: Luke

Overall winners: Prep: Olivia

Pre-Prep: Kuzey

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Comic Relief P re-Prep children had fun dressing as superheroes for Comic Relief this year, and it was great to be back together in school.

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Snow O ur children in Key Worker School had great fun playing in the snow.

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World Book Day O ur boarders, children in Key Worker School and those learning at home all enjoyed dressing-up as their favourite characters and taking part in some fun activities for World Book Day.

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Summer Term

Lux Award W e are proud to announce that St Lawrence College Junior School have been awarded the prestigious ‘Best Independent Co-Educational Day & Boarding School - South East England’ at the Private Education Awards 2021, hosted by LUXlife. It is great to be recognised for the incredible hard work that all of our teachers, staff, pupils and parents put in at St Lawrence College.

Butterfly release

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Year 6 Activities Week

O ur Year 6 pupils enjoyed a fantastic activities week, including camping, beach trips, first aid training, prayer space and Forest School. To round off the week, they spent the day at the beach learning how to surf. What an amazing day, and a great way to celebrate the end of their time at St Lawrence College Junior School. We are so proud of all of you.

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Art Enrichment Day

O ur Art Enrichment Day was on the theme, ‘Art is a response to the world around us’. Activities included responding to famous works of art and music and responding to the outdoors around us. Year 1 and 2 became nature artists for the day. First, they learnt about the artist Andy Goldsworthy and saw how he worked in a natural landscape using natural materials to create incredible sculptures. After that, they visited the Forest School, and it was wonderful to see children applying their learning to create natural, creative, and beautiful artwork of their own.

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Prayer Space

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he theme for this year’s Prayer Space Day was ‘Awe andWonder’.

Our Junior School pupils enjoyed a fun-filled day of Music, Art and Lighthouse Club.

Psalm 19 A psalm of David.

The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands. Day after day they pour forth speech; night after night they reveal knowledge. They have no speech, they use no words; no sound is heard from them. Yet their voice goes out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world. In the heavens God has pitched a tent for the sun.

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Nature Studies and Forest School T his summer, in response to the pandemic, we launched a Nature Studies curriculum. The aim of our Nature Studies lessons was to create a sense of ‘awe and wonder’ at our natural world. The lessons ran alongside Forest School, which gave children the opportunity to learn practical skills for the outdoors and an appreciation of the natural world. Each Nature Studies lesson incorporated an appreciation of how the natural environment can enhance a sense of wellbeing and how we can work effectively together in local communities to create sustainable environments. Topics include understanding nature safely, tree explorers, birds, clouds, grass and insects, animal tracks and soils, small mammals, plants and flowers and pond life. We also marked Earth Day this year with a day of exploring our senses, crafts and thinking about our planet.

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Sports Days

P re-Prep Sports Day was a lovely afternoon. The children from Nursery to Year 2 began by being able to demonstrate a range of different skills in the ‘potted sports’ events, and then take part in some healthy competition with a series of races for each class. It was great to see so many smiley faces and to hear lots of cheering and a great sporting ethos. Well done to everyone. Pre-Prep Sports Day

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Prep Sports Day

P rep Sports Day this year was held on Friday 25th of June. It had been postponed due to poor weather earlier in the month but luckily the overcast sky didn’t dampen the day. It was an action-packed day with 50 running races in total. Prior to the track events we had collated all the >Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Page 13 Page 14 Page 15 Page 16 Page 17 Page 18 Page 19 Page 20 Page 21 Page 22 Page 23 Page 24 Page 25 Page 26 Page 27 Page 28 Page 29 Page 30 Page 31 Page 32 Page 33 Page 34 Page 35 Page 36 Page 37 Page 38 Page 39 Page 40 Page 41 Page 42 Page 43 Page 44 Page 45 Page 46 Page 47 Page 48 Page 49 Page 50 Page 51 Page 52 Page 53 Page 54 Page 55 Page 56 Page 57 Page 58 Page 59 Page 60

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