Keep up to date with all the news happening in school at the moment.

• Mental Health and Wellbeing - Support available!

  Thu 30 Apr 2020

  Hi all,

  I hope everyone has had a nice week, despite the rain!

  As this lockdown continues, it is increasingly important to make sure we are looking after our mental health and wellbeing.

  The Mental Health Support Team in Haringey have a phone line for pupils, parents and staff. I have attached the poster and included the main details below. 

   

  MHST – Telephone support line

  Who are we? A team of Mental Health Practitioners

  When? 9am-3pm Monday - Friday.

  Who can contact us? Children/ young people, parents/ carers, school staff.

  How can we help? We’re here to listen and support you with your worries and emotions.​

  Number - 0208 702 6035

   

  Wishing you all a lovely weekend, and hoping for sunnier days to return

   

  Mrs Wilding

  xx

  

• VE Day

  Wed 29 Apr 2020 Mr Thompson

  Friday the 8th of May 2020 is going to be a bank holiday. This is very unusual because bank holidays in the UK are almost always on a Monday. However, this bank holiday is particularly special; it has been moved to a Friday because it will mark 75 years to the day since VE Day.

   

  Now is a great time to read about what VE Day is and how it started, and possibly think of a way you could mark the 75th anniversary at home: you might draw a picture, make some bunting or decorate a cake in the appropriate colours.

   

  Here's a link to get you started on your learning: Newsround VE Day.

  

• Oak National Academy

  Tue 28 Apr 2020 Mrs Randles

  Dear Parents and Carers,

   

   

  I hope you continue to be well and have managed to get some sunshine over the last few days.

   

  You may have heard about the Oak National Academy which is an online classroom and resource hub.  If you are interested, have a look at what they have to offer. There are several really good lesson ideas on there to help the children along. The website address is: https://www.thenational.academy/ 

   

  Keep well and stay safe,

  Best wishes,

  Mrs Randles

• Design A Super Bear

  Mon 27 Apr 2020 Jenny Langstaffe

  Dear All,

   

  Welcome back to another week of home-schooling. I hope you all had a lovely weekend and stayed safe. 

   

  I discovered a great competition which is currently being run by John Lewis to raise money for the NHS. Design a Super Bear - the winning entry will then be made and sold by all John Lewis stores over Christmas. Please see link below for full details.

  https://www.johnlewis.com/content/your-partners-through-it-all/feel-good-friday

   

  A fun activity to take part in and raise money for our wonderful NHS. Have fun coming up with your own ideas for a super bear.

   

  Mrs Langstaffe

   

• Well Done!

  Fri 24 Apr 2020 Mrs Randles

  Dear Parents and Carers,

   

  A short note today, just to say well done for coping with another week. Every one's circumstances are different at the moment and however your life is playing out you are all doing a fantastic job!

   

  Thank you for bearing with us, whilst we battle our way through the never ending options for on line learning so we can find the best to offer you. Please do continue to share your children's learning with us (it doesn't have to be anything we have set). It is just lovely to see what they are getting up to at home; from playing in the garden, to going out for their daily exercise, to the creative things you as a family are getting up to. We love seeing it all!

   

  Take care and look after each other.

  Mrs Randles 😊

• A poem by Yousuf Hussain Y6E

  Thu 23 Apr 2020 Yousuf Hussain

  Lordship Lane oh Lordship Lane

  How much I shall miss you

  I met my numbers & letters

  Explored books and sums here with you

  You taught me to read,

  Helped me to write

  You watched me grow

         You wiped my tears and made me strong

  You saw me become resilient and  gained ambition

  The virus came at such a time,

  My final months with you,

  It makes me sad

  That I have missed my time with you

   

  It is with you I met my friends and teachers

  With precious memories I leave

  Lordship lane oh Lordship Lane

  How much I shall miss you

  Yousuf Hussain

  6E

• Mental Health and Wellbeing

  Wed 22 Apr 2020 Mrs Tagliaferri

  Hello all,

  I hope that you are all staying well. It seems a long time since we were all together at Lordship Lane. I have been thinking about you all everyday and I look forward to seeing you all back at school soon.

  This is a very challenging time for everybody and we are aware that some young people may find this situation very worrying and at times quite overwhelming. Rest assured that there is lots of help out there for families who perhaps need some assurance for their general well being or may need some extra support with feelings of anxiety. Miss Jamal and I have been looking a fantastic website at www.youngminds.org.uk. It is aimed to support children, parents and teachers. It's FREE, it's FUN and it provides loads of fantastic advice and support to reassure us all that there is help out there for those who need it. Please do have a browse through if you have time.

  Most importantly, please do look after each other and if you do get a chance to check out this website please do email the school to let me know what you think.

   

   

• Free Microsoft Office 365

  Tue 21 Apr 2020 Torejan Havnen

  As part of our school’s LGFL subscription, all students have access to a Microsoft Exchange account, offering email, personal calendars and personal address books. Each account includes 10 GB of mailbox space, and is filtered for viruses, spam and inappropriate content. Students will also have access to Microsoft Live Apps that include Word, Powerpoint and Excel.

   

  Any Word or Powerpoint documents on our webpages can be opened using the appropriate Microsoft App by uploading and opening the document once it is saved on your computer. This may be useful if you do not have Microsoft Office installed on your home computer.

   

  To access Microsoft Office 365, first login to LondonMail. You can access this by clicking on the link below:

  https://www.lgfl.net/services/london-mail

   

  If you have never logged in to LondonMail before you will be asked to choose your preferred display language and home time zone (00:00 Dublin, Edinburgh, Lisbon, London). Remember to click save.

   

  Once logged in click in the top left corner (next to Outlook) and you will now have access to the Microsoft Apps.

  

• Welcome back to the Summer Term

  Tue 21 Apr 2020 Mrs Randles

  Dear Parents and Carers,

   

  Welcome back to what will prove to be a very different Summer Term. I hope you were all able to enjoy some relaxation over the last two weeks and at least get some fresh air and sunshine. 

   

  The teachers have been busy planning for this next round of remote learning and the learning for this week will soon be on the class pages on the website. We are all still finding our feet with this way of working and are constantly reviewing what and how we are using the resources and platforms available to us. New resources and access to different ways of learning are being pushed out all the time and if you are on social media I’m sure you will be seeing the many different organisations offering a huge range of resources. We are constantly looking and evaluating these resources and will only send out links to you that we feel are appropriate and worthwhile.

   

  Please be reassured that the work set by school is a suggestion for you, you can choose to use some/all/none of it, so if there are parts which you prefer over others, then please select as you see fit. We understand that as parents, you are your child's primary educators and that you will know what is best for your child and family circumstances. Therefore, the resources we are providing will be used in different ways in different households.

   

  BBC Bitesize and The Oak National Academy have launched a range of online lessons to help with 

  remote learning. We have just begun to explore The Oak National Academy resources, so we will test these out before we start including them in the planning you will see on the web pages.  We hope that by ensuring we offer a variety of tools, parents will find what suits them and their children best.

   

  I am sure that many of you will be communicating with friends and family via Zoom/Facetime/Skype to stay in touch (and do the odd quiz), and I am sure your children are all becoming familiar with online communication! However, I just wanted to explain that we have no current plans to create online live lessons and there are a number of reasons for this. Firstly, it is hard to get a private, secure channel. Our children are not at an age where they are able to (or should be) accessing social media independently. We are conscious that many parents are working from home, and by scheduling set times, this may exclude some due to their parent's work commitments, or be encouraged to use the device without supervision. We also have a number of teachers who are caring and educating their own children as well as working from home. They, therefore, maybe working more unsociable hours to fit around their families. I am sure you will agree that the teachers have been doing an excellent job so far communicating with you via Tapestry and the school website. 

   

  Please do use the email communication at the bottom of the class page if you have any queries about the learning which has been set, and the teachers will be only too happy to help you find a solution. If you have any queries or concerns not related to learning then please do email the admin address and the relevant member of SLT will be able to respond to you. We want all children to have the best possible experiences during this unusual time. We are monitoring all of the emails so we are able to ensure that any common concerns are addressed swiftly. 

   

  Keep well and stay safe

  Mrs Randles :) 

• A New Term

  Mon 20 Apr 2020 Jenny Langstaffe

  Good afternoon,

   

  Welcome back to (home) school! After what must seem the strangest ‘Easter holiday’ period ever, your teachers will be back to setting you all regular learning activities as from Monday. It feels like we’ve been away from school for absolutely ages, although in reality our children have, to date, missed just the two weeks of their schooling.

  However, none of us are certain when we’ll be returning and I’d like to emphasise how important it is to engage with your teachers and ensure as much ‘continuity of education’ as possible during this period of school closure. We all recognise that ‘working from home’ is very different to working in your day-to-day school environment and we were extremely proud of our children’s efforts during that two-week pre-Easter period of school closure.

  We advise that you create your own routine that allows plenty of ‘free time’ or breaks, but also positively addresses the learning activities that are set by your teachers to ensure that, when we do return to school, you are still in the habit of ‘organised learning’ and feel confident that you haven’t fallen behind. 

   

  I have added in two online support websites which can also be used at home.

   

   

  The Oak National Academy https://www.thenational.academy/ is also offering a huge amount of support for online learning.

   

  BBC Bitesize https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize are also offering exceptional support. 

  Of course whilst the sun is shining again you may just wish to make use of that opportunity in a safe outdoor space.

   

  Many thanks, stay safe and well.

   

  Jenny Langstaffe