Prep Christingle Service

Prep School pupils, staff, parents and grandparents enjoyed a wonderful celebration of Advent and Christmas at Mossley Hill Church at their Christingle Service. The service brought together two important strands of our LCA+ curriculum – spiritual formation and charity and service.

There were many compliments about the service and particularly the quality of the pupils’ performances. One grandparent reported that they were “blown away by the musical talents of the Prep School children particularly the diction and clarity of the singing”. Is there any primary school in the area which would do its nativity in Spanish? We are not sure, but we were all extremely proud of the music, the readings, the performances, and the excellent parental support for this event in a new venue.

A special word of thanks to our music team of Miss Clark and Mr Bishop, to our Chaplain, Mr Hammersley, and also to the PTA for providing the refreshments before the service. There was also some Senior School support at the event with Mr Hammersley’s Year 9 helpers volunteering as part of their Archbishop of York Youth Trust Young Leaders Award.

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U10 & U11 Hockey v Rydal

Last Friday, our U10 and U11 girls played hockey against Rydal. Despite a sudden downpour during our warm up, the teams were eager and enthusiastic to start playing. Year 5 made a confident start to the match, despite having played only one match before they showed good knowledge of the game and their spacing. Despite a strong opposing side, the team kept their heads up and continued to improve their match play throughout the game. Despite losing the match, the girls were proud of Esme W their goal keeper who was made girl of the match for some fantastic saves. Orla C must also be commended for her drive and determination on the pitch.

The U11 also played a challenging game against their Rydal opponents. The Year 6s continue to show enthusiasm for the match and supported each other throughout the game. The girls showed resilience to the opposition’s strong attack and continued to show 100% effort throughout despite the score line. A particular mention must go to Holly W for some powerful goalkeeping and general enthusiasm for the game. My player of the match was Anya C for her continued effort and initiative to gain possession of the ball.

A final mixed U10 and U11 match saw Year 5 and 6 girls play with their teammates for the first time. The girls worked well to build the gaps in their match play and ensure they supported each other. A well done in particular to those Year 6 girls who helped lead the Year 5s in one of their first competitive matches. The match was a tense back and forth of possession and we defended well throughout. Unfortunately one ball did creep into our net leaving our final score at 1-0. There should be a special well done to the captain and player of the match Riya N who led by example throughout all aspects of the game.

Well done to all girls who took part, I was very proud of their attitudes to defeat and their determination to improve moving forward. Our focus in the coming weeks is scoring some goals!

Many thanks to Miss Arnold and Miss McLindon for their continued work with the girls in coaching and umpiring!

Miss Brooke

Opportunities for pupils to participate in competitive sports matches against other schools is an important part of the Games and Competition strand of our LCA+ curriculum and helps pupils develop their resilience, teamwork skills and good sportsmanship. 

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Success at First Girls Rugby Tournament

Last Friday, Liverpool College competed in its first ever Girls Rugby Tournament in Chester versus three Cheshire Schools. Mr Cook (Sports Coordinator) reports that the two combined teams of Years 7-9 were a credit to the College as they played out five touch rugby matches in difficult conditions - they won one and drew two. 

All credit must go to the pupils for their perseverance and resilience with standout performances from Libby H and Isabella F (Y9) and Lili L and Mia P from Y8. The pupils, under the guidance of coach Alessandra Lewis, look forward to more matches and tournaments in the New Year.

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U10 & U11 Rugby v Rydal

It was a tale of two games for our rugby boys last Friday as our old friends Rydal rolled into town. After an extended warm up we were raring to go. Our Year 5s made a very solid start, scoring a few tries early on. As the game progressed, they continued to keep their composure and played some really wonderful rugby to score again and again. They didn’t let the standard drop at any point in the game, attacking well with some very clever use of the ball, as well as defending excellently to stop Rydal having much time in possession of the ball. By the end, we ran out winners by 12 tries to zero! It was amazing to go the whole game without conceding a try. Every player was excellent. Layton N scored some good tries, as did Adam K with four! Special mention must go to Charlie P, playing in his first ever rugby fixture and playing like he was a seasoned pro! But my MOTM was our captain Jude F for leading by example in every aspect of the game.

Sadly it was a different story for our Year 6s. I couldn’t fault any of their effort. To a man they were brave and challenged for every tackle right up until the end. However, they came up against a very good Rydal side with exceptional individual talents that even had Mr Hall and Mr Hewitt applauding in appreciation! There were some warriors in our ranks, like James A and Thomas H who played on through the pain barrier. Ibrahim A also had a very good game for the Year 6s. Sadly we were the team to register a blank on our score sheet, as Rydal won by 10 tries. But like I said, all I can ask is that every man leaves everything on the pitch and puts in 100%, and we certainly got that today!

My thanks to Mr Hall, Mr Hewitt and Mr Muscatelli for helping us out with this fixture, we look forward to working with you again soon!

Mr Stamper

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Y12 Maths Ambassadors

As part of the activity programme within the LCA+ curriculum, Ms Stone has introduced a Maths Ambassadors programme which gives our Sixth Form students plenty of opportunities to display their Lerpoolian characteristics of Purpose, Passion and Challenge:

Maths Ambassadors are a group of Y12 students who have all achieved a Grade 5 or above at GCSE. They help and support Y11 pupils in lessons, help teachers lead activities for Y7 and Y8 Mastery lessons and create their own activities for Prep pupils at the end of each half term. Next week , we are delivering our Maths Christmas Fair in the MV Hall to our Y4 pupils.

In our Thursday activity sessions, the ambassadors learn about leadership. We focus predominantly on how to lead a classroom before moving on to look at the pedagogy of Maths. Sixth Form students become aware of the intricacies of mastering mathematics and appreciate how to facilitate a deep understanding of numbers for pupils at the start of their maths journey.

I deliver sessions on the ‘language that leads to learning’, ‘misconceptions of maths’ and ‘classroom management’. These sessions enable the Y12’s to become ambassadors for the subject and support pupils in younger years to succeed.

Ms L Stone

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A Level Product Design in Action Conference

Our A Level Design Technology students recently attended a Product Design in Action Conference at Warwick University as part of their broad A Level curriculum but it also gave students access to expert and up to date information and advice as they consider careers in the design industry and various related fields. Year 13 pupil Daniel L (Howson's) describes the experience:

We began the conference with a talk by the award winning industrial designer Sebastian Bergne. He stressed to the 800 strong audience of Britain's future innovators, artists and architects that good design should aim to make even the most mundane of everyday objects special. He highlighted the importance of being willing to be flexible and to be able to think outside the box to thrive in such a competitive industry. Once, when approached by a client to design a soap dish that would prevent the soap bar from disintegrating he designed a ring shaped block of soap that would dry by itself when hung from a hook on the wall and therefore would not disintegrate. This kind of thinking, he told us, comes from experience and cannot just be learned in a classroom.

In an era of romanticism, fuelled by the Instagram generation’s eye for the aesthetic, Icelandic product designer Theodóra Alfreðsdóttir reminded us that design is far more than meets the eye, it should tell a story and have a purpose beyond its appearance. Amongst other things we heard from a car designer from Jaguar Land Rover, threw paper aeroplanes at a bucket from across the auditorium and watched a small army of orange robotic arms eerily take over Hull’s old town in the name of “culture”.

Overall it would be safe to say that the lecturers were informative and gave us as students a useful insight into the world of design and its future as an industry.

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