Lady Manners School

As we approach the summer holidays, we thought we'd share part of a display that we've been lucky enough to see in the Art Department. Year 9 have created these images as part of a 'Packaging Project'. Thank you Year 9 for brightening our days!

Members of our Gardening and Horticulture Club will be having a delicious tea tonight, following the harvesting of their new potato crop this lunchtime. The students have been tending their potatoes for several months and the benefits of their care and attention became obvious as their bounty was unearthed. Well done – these spuds look delicious!

We are very proud of our extra-curricular activities at Lady Manners School. We run more than 80 clubs and our annual survey indicates that 83% of our students benefitted by taking part in one or more of them this year. The clubs and activities on offer include all manner of music groups such as choirs for all ages, bands, ensembles and full and jazz orchestras. Our sporting teams and clubs range from hockey and football to rugby and our Equestrian Team and everything in between. In addition, this year we have offered many more unusual clubs such as Zoo Keepers Club, First Lego League Competition Club, Chess Club, History Club, SkRaP (where students can chill out to the sounds of ska, reggae and punk music). Of course, none of this would be possible without the staff who run and support the clubs. We thank them for the efforts and time they invest in providing our students with these extra-curricular opportunities. Full details of what has been on offer are available at www.ladymanners.net/clubs. Work has started on our offering for 2018-19 and details will be launched at the start of the Autumn Term.

We are delighted to announce that we have been awarded the Dyslexia Friendly Quality Mark by the British Dyslexia Association. The accreditation is rare in mainstream secondary schools with Lady Manners School joining only a handful of UK secondary schools in this achievement. It has involved two years of work led by the school's Learning Support Department, and embraced by all teaching and support staff in the school. The British Dyslexia Association assessor, who visited us last week, was impressed at the extent to which staff work to improve learning for all of our students. Find out more about our provision for students our Dyslexia Friendly Quality Award at www.ladymanners.derbyshire.sch.uk/news/?pid=73&nid=2&storyid=271

Months of careful tending by the Gardening and Horticulture Club have paid off as all students now benefit from a lovely display in the Anniversary Garden, between the Main Hall and the Languages Corridor. This area itself is due for some careful tending over the summer holidays, as our premises team repair some weather-damaged brickwork and seating. In the meantime, it is still a rather nice sun-trap for students to enjoy during the lunch break, improved by the efforts of our green-fingered students.