Headmaster's Blog
02.02.12
Old School News
Our plans for a possible refurbishment of Old School House are evolving rapidly, and we are hugely indebted to Colin Holden (Telford Hart) and to Derek Southworth and Naomi Taylor (Wilson Mason Architects) for their expertise in unravelling the considerable...
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26.01.12
Moving into Sixth Form
The Lower Sixth Open Evening was packed once again, and it was a pleasure to greet so many prospective Lower Sixth formers. It is quite a daunting ordeal to swap schools after GCSE. Some are at 11-16 schools and therefore having to make a change,...
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24.01.12
Time to reflect with HMC
We were joined for the day by 20 colleagues from other schools from across the North West for the Economics/Business Studies meeting of the Liverpool Group of HMC. The Headmasters/Headmistresses Conference (HMC) is the umbrella organisation for the Heads...
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18.01.12
Celebrating City View
The official opening of the City View building was a most enjoyable affair. Details of the precursor to the event, in the form of the LRGS Sticky Toffee Pudding Supreme Champion contest, can be found in the News section. My thanks go to our...
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12.01.12
InspirUS is two
Tonight the school held a birthday party for InspirUS. It was two years ago that this innovative programme first opened its doors to the primary school youngsters across Lancaster. Since then, it has included over 600 local children, with 48 of...
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12.01.12
Lancashire Cup in our sights
Two big rugby wins today with both the U13 and U15 teams progressing through to the Lancashire Cup finals.These were two nail-biting semi-final encounters. The U13s went through 17-15 away at Manchester Grammar, and the U15s scraped past Morecambe 28-24...
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06.01.12
Michelin-standard Masterchef!
Tonight witnessed the inaugural LRGS staff Masterchef contest. Competition was fierce and the standards remarkably high. My thanks go to Cath Mossop for organising such a fun event, and to the judges for working their way through no less than 10...
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05.01.12
Oxbridge news
Whilst the offers from the Oxford colleges reach the boys before Christmas, the candidates for Cambridge endure a wait until the New Year.This has been a good year for the school overall with news of 20 successful Oxbridge applications. Some of...
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14.12.11
A fitting finale
One of the highlights of the year today with the annual school carol services at the Priory Church.When I first arrived, we were able to cram the whole school into the church; some had a very restricted view but it was lovely to be able to come together to...
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09.12.11
Head start
'White smoke' at lunchtime today with the announcement of the new Head. My congratulations to Dr Christopher Pyle on his appointment to lead the school from 1 September 2012. You can read further details here.I look forward to working with him in...
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08.12.11
Festive cheer
Supper tonight was a Christmas dinner with about 100 local senior citizens at the annual 'Old Folks Party'. Good food, cheerful entertainment and the biggest raffle of the year - I know that our guests really enjoy it. Actually, so did I -...
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05.12.11
All hail to the Fylde!
It was my privilege to watch a really outstanding game of schoolboy rugby this evening. We are hosting a tour party from King's School in Parramatta, Australia and there was a fixture against our 1st XV played under lights at Fylde Rugby Club.It...
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30.11.11
Food for thought
A second day of strike action, this time including some of the support staff. A particular concern today was how to feed the boarders - clearly there is not an option of closing the school for them for the day.I'm hugely grateful to the Catering Manager...
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27.11.11
Pursuing the dream
To Stourbridge in the West Midlands today for the two day State Boarding Schools Association (SBSA) annual conference. Hosted this year by Old Swinford Hospital (OSH) this is always a welcome opportunity to swap idas and experience with staff...
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23.11.11
Head hunt
The first round of interviews today to seek the new Head. My best wishes to all concerned.
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19.11.11
Leading to serve
Speech Day - one of the special days in the school's calendar - saw the Ashton Hall full to overflowing. My congratulations to all the prizewinners, who gained some public recognition for all their efforts throughout the year. Plus it also...
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16.11.11
Musical monkey business?
It was non-uniform today. We have one per term, with the Lent Term costing the boys £2 each, with proceeds going to charity fund-raising, and the other two available at £1 for various 'internal' causes. The beneficiaries today were the...
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