Lady Manners School is proud to present our production of the celebrated and much loved classic musical 'The Wizard of Oz'. Performances will be on Thursday 22, Friday 23 and Saturday 24 November 2018, each starting at 7pm. Students from all years are involved, either on stage, as musicians or 'behind the scenes'. Tickets are priced at £8.50 for adults and £4.50 for students and senior citizens. They are available to purchase on Wisepay (Seat and Event Bookings folder). This is a ticketless system so please remember to print out your receipt or keep a record of your seat numbers for confirmation.

Our Year 7 and Year 8 Netball Teams played Dronfield Henry Fanshawe School earlier this week. Year 7 played with a mixed team of players from both the A and B squads, losing by only one goal. The final score was 8-7. They put in an excellent effort for their first away fixture. Year 8 played well against a strong Dronfield side and won 20-13, trying out some new and exciting combinations. We hope to see more of these in future! Our U18 teams played Kings School on Wednesday. The 'A' team playing strongly (actually winning the second half 13-6) but with a final score a loss of 24-18. Meanwhile the 'B' team fought a closely contested game, emerging victorious with a score of 19-17. Our U14 Team played in a county tournament on Wednesday, meeting some tough opposition. They came third in their group, having beaten Chellaston Academy, drawing with Littleover Community School, and been defeated narrowly by Repton School and Woodlands School. It was a busy week for netball and all players played well. Well done!

We're ready to welcome potential Year 12 students and their parents to our Sixth Form Open Evening tonight, Thursday 15 November (5.00 – 7.30pm). If you're thinking about options after GCSEs, please come along to see all that we have to offer in our Sixth Form. All are welcome. We look forward to meeting you.

We are looking forward to welcoming potential Year 12 students and their parents to our Sixth Form Open Evening on Thursday 15 November (5.00 – 7.30pm). During the evening there will be the chance to hear more about admissions to the Sixth Form in a talk in the Main Hall at 5.00pm, which is repeated at 6.00pm. Visitors will be free to visit our departments and can speak to subject staff and students about any of the 25 courses that we offer. Additionally, information on the wide range of extra-curricular activities and opportunities for our Sixth Formers will be available. We look forward to showing you all that we have to offer our Sixth Formers.

Yesterday, we hosted the East Midlands heat of the annual 'Kids Lit Quiz'. We were joined by over 70 students from schools across Cheshire, Lincolnshire, Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire and Sheffield, competing for a coveted place in the National Final. Lady Manners School entered two teams: from Year 7 and Year 8. Our Year 8 team got off to a flying start, winning the first round (and a set of books, presented to them by a Carnegie medal-winning author). As the competitors settled in, our Year 7 team found their feet, winning the penultimate round (and another set of books). Both teams performed very strongly against stiff competition, our Year 8 team claiming fourth place and Year 7 joint ninth position out of the 21 teams competing. Congratulations to Highfields School who took the title for the second year running. A good time was had by all – a particular highlight being the cakes, provided in part by our Library staff.