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Headteachers Blog Number 337 / Blog Prifathro Rhif 337

19 December 2025

19th December 2025 Dear Parents, Guardians and Students/Annwyl Rieni, Gwarchodwyr a Myfyrwyr Are you a Faithful or a Traitor? Last Thursday 11th December, there was a Traitor in our midst.  However, this turned out to be an excellent situation. No-one was murdered, but Years 8 through to 11 were invited ot listen to an inspirational […]

Headteachers Blog Number 334 / Blog Prifathro Rhif 334

27 November 2025

27th November 2025 Dear Parents, Guardians and Students/Annwyl Rieni, Gwarchodwyr a Myfyrwyr Meet the newest member of our Wellbeing team! This is Koda! Last week, Koda successfully passed his assessment and supported his owner, Mr Hurford, in the process! Over the coming months, we’ll share more about Koda’s role and responsibilities in the school.  We […]

Headteachers Blog Number 330 Blog Prifathro Rhif

24 October 2025

Dear Parents, Guardians and Students/Annwyl Rieni, Gwarchodwyr a Myfyrwyr Ghostly goings on at LHS this week… Spooky times call for social enterprise and we never miss an opportunity for creativity. As you can see from this priceless reaction below (!), the students of the Den baked and decorated some frightening treats and got arty with […]

Headteachers Blog Number 325 Blog Prifathro Rhif

19 September 2025

Dear Parents, Guardians and Students/Annwyl Rhieni, Gwarchodwyr a Myfyrwyr Every Lesson Counts: The Importance of Attendance from Week One And we’re back. We have now successfully completed one full cycle of our fortnight timetable and we’re getting back into routines. However, hands up if setting last week’s alarm was a struggle? We get it. The […]

Headteachers Blog Number 324 Blog Prifathro Rhif

12 September 2025

Dear Parents, Guardians and Students/Annwyl Rhieni, Gwarchodwyr a Myfyrwyr Enrichment begins… Much like the big Hollywood movie franchises, I’ve added the word ‘begins’ to the title of this opening feature.  Wednesday 10th September was the inaugural Enrichment session and let us not underestimate the scale of the challenge for Mrs Geare in placing 1765 students […]

Headteachers Blog Number 319 Blog Prifathro Rhif

11 July 2025

Dear Parents, Guardians and Students/Annwyl Rhieni, Gwarchodwyr a Myfyrwyr Chicken surprise! I’ve been waiting for a long time to have a chicken on the opening page of my blog!  Last week, that waiting paid off. Our students were in for a Chicken Surprise when Ginger visited week.  She made the special appearance to inspire us […]

Headteachers Blog Made in Dagenham Special Blog Prifathro

7 July 2025

Dear Parents, Guardians and Students/Annwyl Rhieni, Gwarchodwyr a Myfyrwyr Made in Dagenham! If you were lucky enough to get tickets to our summer production of Made in Dagenham you will have been blown away! When our Expressive Arts team screened the trailer reveal at the end of our Christmas concert 2025 there were probably many […]

Headteachers Blog Number 318 Blog Prifathro Rhif

4 July 2025

Dear Parents, Guardians and Students/Annwyl Rhieni, Gwarchodwyr a Myfyrwyr Awards Evening On Wednesday 26th June we enjoyed one of our most favourite nights of the year – the annual Awards Evening. The evening was compared magnificently by Mr Mee. Please join us in congratulating everyone who was nominated for effort and achievement across all the […]

Headteachers Blog Number 317 Blog Prifathro Rhif

26 June 2025

Dear Parents, Guardians and Students/Annwyl Rhieni, Gwarchodwyr a Myfyrwyr The Enrichment Curriculum at LHS This week, Mrs Geare and I have been absolutely delighted to lead assemblies to launch the Enrichment Curriculum that will commence in September 2025. The Enrichment Curriculum will allow students in Years 7 through to 13 to take more ownership over […]

Headteachers Blog Number 316 Blog Prifathro Rhif

19 June 2025

Dear Parents, Guardians and Students/Annwyl Rhieni, Gwarchodwyr a Myfyrwyr Farewell to Year 11 – laughter, nostalgia and a tinge of sadness Thursday 19th June was a mixed bag of emotions for Year 11 as they celebrated the end of 5 glorious years whilst also navigating some feelings of sadness.  Life is about to change in […]