The Lister Weekly Update #3

As part of the broad and balanced curriculum we off at Lister, there is a special place for the geography field trip. During our time at school, such trips always involved wellies and and rain-coats and the guarantee of muddy fields. As you will see with the following pictures and report, times have changed and geography field trips are clearly more glamourous. Below we have a well worded and passionate account of the day from Mr Hussain, curriculum lead for geography.

Our rivers fieldwork trip was nothing short of legendary with our brilliant Year 11s! We embarked on an epic adventure, wading through pristine waters that shimmered like liquid diamonds. The riverbanks were alive with lush, emerald-green forests and mudflats, and the sound of rushing water was like nature’s own symphony. We uncovered geological wonders that felt as ancient as time itself, and the data we collected? Absolutely ground-breaking—sure to rewrite the science books! It was an unparalleled journey where every moment felt like we were discovering the very heartbeat of the Earth.

Roads are essential to our everyday lives. We all use them in some way, by driving, riding, walking or travelling as a passenger, and we depend on them to obtain goods and services.

Unfortunately, this comes at a price, which includes people being killed and injured. However, road deaths and injuries are not inevitable. The last few decades have demonstrated that effective and comprehensive road safety strategies can reduce the number of people killed or injured on the road, despite increasing traffic levels. Great Britain now has one of the best road safety records in the world - but with around five people still dying on Britain's roads every day there is much more to be done. We take our responsibility for your child's safety very seriously at Lister - as part of our pastoral curriculum, we invited 'Riot Act' to present to year 7 on the importance of actively being safe on the roads and using strategies that will keep them safe.

There's nothing more delightful to us, at the Lister News Desk (we appreciate that we can be somewhat fickle with this) than the notion of Lister developing the future leaders of our world. Our curricula, both academic and pastoral, are designed to support your children to reach their full potential, however, we strive to go beyond the National Curriculum when possible and one area we are very successful in is with the opportunities we provide for leadership in our school. Each form class has a representative on the Student Parliament who meet regularly to express views and debate ways to improve life at Lister. Another area of student leadership can be seen with the Anti-Bullying Ambassadors (ABAs) who can be seen wearing a different coloured lanyard and specifically challenge instances of bullying and lead on building healthy friendships in our school.

The next most senior rank of leadership is found with our prefects. These students, from KS4, regularly meet with our Headteacher, Ms Clay to communicate on the vision they have for making improvements in our school. Alongside and maybe even slightly above our prefects sit the head girl and head boy, with their deputies. This group have a direct line to the leadership team at Lister and can seen at most public events taking place at Lister - including giving speeches at the recent parent information evenings!

Newham are running a new online parenting course, Strengthening Families, Strengthening Communities (SFSC), which has been developed by the Race Equality Foundation . Information and how to register can be found below and on the attached poster.

To book a course or explore our other parenting programmes, please visit Newham's Parenting Offer Page on Newham Families Advice and Support.

Overview of the Autumn Term 2024/25 courses (September – December 2024):

• Strengthening Families, Strengthening Communities (SFSC) 7-11yrs – 26th September 2024, 9:30 am – 12:30 pm
• Being A Parent - Autism 5-16yrs – 17th September 2024, 10:00 am – 12:30 pm
• Being A Parent - ADHD 5-16yrs – 3rd October 2024, 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
• Who's in Charge (Child to Parent Abuse) 11-16yrs – 2nd October 2024, 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
• Being A Parent - 2-11yrs – 2nd October 2024, 10:00 am – 2:00 pm
• Triple P for Baby: Birth to 1 year – 24th September 2024, 10:30 am – 12:30 pm
• Triple P Family Transitions (For separated couples who are co-parenting) 0-16yrs – 6th November 2024
• DICE (Awareness Raising of Grooming and Child Exploitation) 10-18yrs – 1st October 2024, 10:00 am – 12:00 pm

Parents are encouraged to book through Ticket Tailor to secure their places.

The last of our parent information evenings is taking place today, when we will welcome year 11 parents. The event run from 3.15 and are gong to be hosted by heads of year and pastoral teams attached to year groups. The main information today will relate to your child's final year of GCSE and should be helpful in guaranteeing their success. We want to take this opportunity to welcome parents and carers to the forthcoming events!

Please see the image below for the menu options this week.

The Thought for the Week next week is focused on language. Please discuss the thought with your child who will be looking at the thought in assembly and discussing the idea with peers and the house team.