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OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALIST VISITING ON TUESDAY We have a ‘Sportivate’ on Tuesday with Olympic swimmer Caitlin McClatchey coming in to join us and give a motivational assembly. The aim is to raise money through sponsorship to help GB athletes and also to raise money for sports equipment.

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BLUEBELL WALK On Thursday, the Reception children walked, ran and climbed with enthusiasm on their journey around the Croft woodlands. The bluebells were at their best (‘It’s a blue sea!’) and there was so much to see and investigate. A super effort from everyone! Well done!

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JUNIOR STORM As part of Storm the Castle, which took place at Ludlow last weekend, Lucton School sponsors Junior Storm, which involves three childrens' race categories. 450 children took part in the Dash (around the castle), the Challenge (a 1km run) and the Ultimate (2.5km run). It was a super day and Lucton pupils were very much in evidence. To the point that George Jones won the Boys Challenge and Amelia Bassett won the Girls Ultimate with Iona Fellows coming third. It was a fabulous morning and great to see Lucton parents and children milling about. What will we do next year?

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ANGLO-WELSH RUGBY TOURNAMENT During the Easter break, the LUCTONIANS’ youngsters had a successful day at Mortimer Park, facing off against over twenty other rugby clubs, from as far afield as Bridgend for the annual Anglo-Welsh festival of Rugby. Teams from U7 to U14 took part with wins in various sections against some very slick Welsh and English teams. Sponsored by Lucton School, the event hosts more than 1,100 children and even now after 23 years it still receives tremendous support and enthusiasm. Kick-off time was 9am for the U10s who were the first to get going. The rugby was brilliant to watch with excellent play throughout the age groups and everyone who took part received a medal. Conditions were perfect and supporters made the most of the sunshine and the club’s hospitality, with many of the children enjoying a well-earned post-match icecream.

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ON THE WAY HOME What fantastic weather we've been having; cloudless, blue skies with snow-capped peaks everywhere we look. We finished skiing and all met up for lunch at the igloo. Yes, a real igloo with a cafe in one side, picnic benches inside the other; great fun. Then it was up the Arcabulle lift to get on a luge (toboggan run) that went over 800m down some very steep parts. You could hear the screams of laughter echoing round the mountain. The, because we had all learnt to ski so well, it was time for us to all head down the mountain together all 28 as 3 were resting. It was great and slightly scary at the same time. However, their week's traing paid off and we got down safe and sound, via the bordercross and then the snowpark with big jumps. Great fun. Back to the residence, a quick change and time for the presentation of their badges from Mo, Tongi and Jeremy. Before packing, dinner and the final disco. I have to say that I hadn't known so many great dancers! This morning was time to clear the rooms, hoover, strip the beds and get it ready for the next group. Well played again Lucton. The coach has arrived a few hours early so we will have some time at 1600 to look around a few shops and then off to Lyons airport. I certainly hope that we will be on time; however, they all have their phones so I am sure they'll let you know. It has been a thoroughly brilliant week and the children have all behaved impeccably. Here's to the nest one and I am fairly certain that we will be back!

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SKI TRIP DAY 4 Apologies for no blog/update yesterday but we all had a trip down to the local town, Bourg St Maurice, and a fabulous little town it was. Unfortunately (luckily?) we couldn't find a Macdonalds but we did find a proper creperie and some great saussison. We then came back to a mad activity of a dance and a version of the voice. There must have been 300 odd students of all ages having a great time on the dance floor as they had to follow the moves on a screen. We are all getting a little tired: up at 8 out by 9:30, back by 4:00pm and then activities until 10. Yes we send all to bed but getting them to stop talking about the day is quite tricky! And today was quite a day for us as we all went up to 3200m or so to the Aguille Rouge via a bubble lift and then a cable car. 2 groups skied down and that is a fabulous achievement I promise you. Then we met up at the great big air bag and the water pool. The former is a jump with a trick and the latter is a long pool that they have to ski through without getting wet! A huge high five to both Olivia and Luke who actually did it and didn't get wet! Fantastic and considering that both of these were complete beginners at the beginning of the week that is no mean achievement at all! No, the rest of us were too sensible :) With blue skies and clear peaks we have had a great day. One more day of skiing left or, rather, one more morning of skiing followed by a kilometre luge (sledge run) after lunch. Now that should be really interesting.

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LUCTON SKI TRIP DAY 2 What a fabulous day! We all transferred by navette (shuttle bus) up to 2000m where the air is colder and the snow is really good. No ice and no slush so that meant great progress for all of us. The beginners have now advanced onto chairlifts and proceeded to 'shred' the slopes (well go very fast for them, great excitement). Earlier, we all learnt to make sandwiches at breakfast, another new skill for them along with parallel skiing, putting on ski boots and even carrying skis as well as making the bed Back to the improvers who proceeded to at least 14km and some have measured their speed (apparently) at 54mph. Mr Muckalt and Miss Potts have discovered that rugby and horse riding use rather different muscles. Team 10 (the improvers) also went on the snow park on made jumps as well as learning to ski backwards. Meanwhile teams 14 and 15 learnt to turn full circle, launch themselves off piste and skied from 2000m back to 1600 in no time at all. Back to the residence and donuts followed by slacklining and now, as I type, there are games and dance offs between the entire set of groups. well a good proportion anyway. Tomorrow bodes well for the weather and we hope to be able to visit Bourg St Maurice via the funicular. How busy!

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LUCTON'S FIRST DAY ON THE SLOPES Well we made it safe and sound and at the end of a long day the UCPA residence welsomed us with clean and basic rooms, a superb supper and then boot and ski fitting. We weren't in bed until 10:30 at the earliest. There were a few night time noises and long discussions but a bright and early morning will surely put pay to that! There were some surprises for them as we had to make our own beds! This is a philosophy of UCPA to encourage independence. It appears that there are quite a few of the group who have never made their own bed before; wow! The sun was shining all day and we made the most of it with 5 hours of skiing broken up with another superb meal of medium rare steak! We are definitely in France. There are 5 other groups staying here 2 English groups including us a Belgium group and 2 French. Friends are already being made although the boot fitting room can be quite chaotic to say the least. With 18 beginners as the largest group they have made the most progress by ending the day launching off a man-made jump! Well done them. The improvers made it to 2600m in the afternoon that took them an hour to get down and our 'experts' staggered in exhausted having (in their words) "skied the entire mountain!" We are all off to 2000m to get the better snow i.e. less icy in the morning and more forgiving. We are up there for the entire day and the group will have to make their own baguettes! After the interesting bed making I wonder how the sandwhich making will go! We do like to leave our belongings around the place and are learning that we do need to listen and follow some rules. All-in-all a great first day.

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Cadet STEM Leadership Challenge, Welbeck DSFC A group of intrepid cadets from Y9 and 10 set off to Welbeck Sixth Form Defence College in Loughborough to compete in a STEM challenge weekend. It was a new event for Lucton and spirits were high on the minibus, with lots of singing and laughter. We arrived in the dark to our first challenge of tent erection – fortunately this challenge was completed successfully and everyone settled down, eventually, to a somewhat chilly nights sleep! The first day dawned cold and misty and we were all glad of a fried breakfast (shame it was at 6:30am) which set the team up for a fun-filled day of challenges. First was orienteering, a well-planned, mad dash around the campus to find 10 letters which needed to then be re-arranged into a word related to engineering. Once completed in a very respectable time, we went to our engineering tasks, now bathed in glorious sunshine. The first task was to create a water tower from paper and cups, the second to retrieve a bin from an area which couldn’t be entered. As well as some good ideas, great team work and plenty of fun, key lessons were learnt in these tasks, namely to ensure the brief is properly understood and related to the team and to look carefully at your options before diving in! The last session of the morning was laser clay pigeon shooting, which everyone thoroughly enjoyed. Cassie proved herself to be a sharp-shooter scoring 20/20 – an amazing result! The afternoon involved learning about the Bloodhound SSC, supersonic car, destined to beat the land speed record, with an estimated top speed of over 1000 mph! Our cadets used their new-found knowledge to make air-powered cars from KNex, to compete against other contingents for the furthest travelled car. Day 1 ended with a social event in the evening (blissfully inside, where it was nice and warm!) Thankfully the cadets were all exhausted after the day’s activities and some serious dancing in the evening, even the pop and sweets didn’t keep them awake too late on Saturday! It was another lovely day on Sunday and our last challenges, the high ropes and obstacle course awaited. Our cadets again did us proud with outstanding efforts all round, particularly impressive from Sophie, who overcame her fear of the high balance wall to storm across the gap with no hesitation during the timed event – very well done! Also the climbing team, who were not the tallest team to be attempting the Jacobs ladder, and still almost made it to the top! After the final parade and award ceremony it was a tired but happy troop that boarded the minibus for the long journey back to Lucton, with only a brief stop for a well-deserved MacDonald’s on the way! An excellent effort from everyone involved and hopefully one we can repeat next year – Well done STEM team! 2Lt F Jefferies.

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TRINITY ENGLISH EXAMS Lucton's overseas students did really well in their Trinity College London Graded Examinations in Spoken English (GESE) exams. All students passed, with 11 of the 30 achieving Distinction and 14 achieving Merit! It was heartening to see so many students gain in self-belief and determination to succeed during the preparation process and, after so many pre-exam nerves. One highlight was Rebecca Sammer passing Grade 10 (a very high grade - with 12 being the highest). This is after she had previously passed Grade 8 and 9 on our summer school.

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FOOTBALL COLOURS AWARDED At the end-of-term assembly, the following boys were awarded full colours: (l. to r.) Joel Pitt, Ben Davies, Prashanta Rai, Liam Evetts, Joe Marriott, George Bouston, Fin Franke, Ade Collins and Luke Blacklock.

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NESSCLIFFE CADET CAMP 2017 A bunch of intrepid cadets made haste for the Plains of Shropshire to undergo some rigorous military training. After taking over the almost luxury accommodation, a WWII ammunition storage bunker the cadets went out to secure the area, practising their night time drills. On the way back in they were ambushed by a devilish enemy (UO Henry Llewellin & Cadet RSM Meg Griffiths – I always knew there was something shifty about them). The troops fought back well and eventually made it back to the safe haven, where their 1960’s cotton canvas camp beds awaited. Saturday morning came and with it the cadets rations and the requisite arguments over who gets the best menu – well quite obviously “me”! After breakfast the cadets went straight into a command task to rescue a phial of snake bite anti venom as Maj Derrigan had been bitten by 2Lt Jefferies pet rattlesnake and had only 20 minutes to live. Luckily the rescue was a success and the OC lives. There were then lessons on First Aid and Casualty Evacuation Drills, which was quite fortuitous as Cadet Joe Lund stole the school minibus, drove it straight into an enemy ambush and crashed into a tree; breaking his arm, lacerating his face and enduring a gunshot wound to the chest. He was evacuated under enemy fire by the rest of the section to a safe area, where first aid was administered. Joe has since made a miraculous recovery. The afternoon was spent working out some brain teasers, which would lead them to the next day’s rations – unfortunately before they could reach the rations the enemy were back on form denying the area. After a quick bug-out back to the “Bunker”, Meg (now friendly-forces) gave orders on how to Recce and stage a Deliberate Attack upon the enemy. The recces went well and the information gathered allowed the attack to go in on time and with devastating effect. The enemy were swiftly defeated and more importantly the next day’s breakfast secured. The fantastic efforts of the cadets were rewarded Maj Derrigan a kindly gent, who went to the local chip shop and bought Shropshire’s allocation of fried potatoes and sausages. Sunday came with Meg delivering a Fighting in Woods & Forrest lesson and then two attacks fighting through some wooded areas. We were back at Lucton School on Sunday afternoon in time for tea, medals & the new school week. The cadets although tired, thoroughly enjoyed the weekend and gave maximum effort. Well done to all. No cadets were harmed, actual mini buses stolen or snake bites endured in the undertaking of this exercise. SSI SSgt Rich Brown.

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