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Loxford School awarded with the prestigious Intermediate International School Award

02/03/2012 00:00:00

British Council Awards Loxford School

The British Council has awarded Loxford School with the prestigious Intermediate International School Award for its excellent work with our link schools in Malawi, India, Zambia, Switzerland and Dubai.

Achievement of the award was also attributable to staff and students who worked on the following international projects:

Science: Year 8 produced a solution on the Rolls Royce initiated project on how to resolve water shortage problems in developing countries.

Geography: Year 7 students produced carbon footprints , whilst teachers at Loxford School and Salwan Public School (India) exchanged teaching materials to support co-delivery of climate change.

English: Year 8 students exchanged their findings and peer-assessed each other’s work on classical literists.

Economics: Year 13 students compared the macro-economic indicators to assess the performance of the Indian, Dubai and British economies.

Business: Year 8 students produced marketing plans for a Fairtrade snack, and were awarded with international certificates from Salwan Public School (India).

Modern Foreign Languages: Year 8 students engaged in a pen-pal letter exchange with students from Sainte Croix School (Switzerland).

Food Technology: Year 10 GCSE students sent a video on how to make Rogan Josh, whilst students from Salwan Public School (India) baked a traditional English cake.

Religious Studies: Year 7 students research and presented how different faiths celebrate key religious festivals in India and England.

Citizenship: Year 9 students promoted why they like living in England, whilst also learning about why students from Salwan Public School (India) liked living in their own country.

Interact Club: Monies raised from Film club (every Thursday) and Bakewell Sale went to financing educational materials in Kwafwefwe School (Zambia).

The international work at Loxford has raised the profile of the international dimension across the school and within curriculum areas. Students have thoroughly enjoyed engaging at an international level and look forward to embracing further international activities.

Mohamed Mardadi in year 12 has been shortlisted for the finals of the LSE/First Story Competition

05/02/2012 00:00:00

Our school worked with First Story which is a charity that puts writers into schools to run weekly workshops with the pupils. Last year, Laura Dockrill, a published author and performance poet, visited Loxford every week to work with a group of 20 pupils.

They produced the anthology, which they named 'Imagine'. It is a collection of short stories and poems that they have written over the course of the year.The book was published and launched on July, 13th 2011. This year Laura has returned to work with a similar group of students on a second project. This work is supported by one of our excellent English teachers - Ms Steel.

One student Mohamed Mardadi, from the Imagine book, has been shortlisted for the finals of the LSE/First Story Relating Cultures competition. The winner is going to be announced at an event his is attending called 'Space for Thought Literary Festival'. He has also been asked to perform his poem at TheTabernacle (Notting Hill) on 29th February - again, it is an evening of performances and reading by poets and authors.

We are very proud of his achievements and to hear him perform his work is highly moving.

Year 13 Parents Evening is on 24th November 2011 from 4pm to 7pm

06/10/2011 00:00:00