The Lister Weekly Update #21

Our Wonderful Lister students went to see a matinee performance of Hamilton at the Victoria Palace Theatre. What a fantastic opportunity to see a theatrical masterpiece. 'Hamilton' tells the story of Alexander Hamilton - one of the Founding Fathers of America and the right hand man of George Washington. The musical follows Hamilton from his early life up until his death in the infamous duel with Aaron Burr. Written by Lin-Manuel Miranda (who also wrote the songs for Moana and Encanto!) the musical has won dozens of awards, including the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, 11 Tony and 7 Olivier awards.

Our Lister students were able to stay behind after the performance for a question and answer session with the cast - perhaps inspiring a new generation to take to the stage or write that next smash hit musical!

Save the Date: Year 11 Arts Exhibition

Join us to celebrate the work of our talented, creative students.

Drop in on Friday 24th May between 3:15-18:00 - to see an exhibition of the wonderful work that our inspirational year 11 students have completed in their creative subjects. Often the work of GCSE students is completed in an exam hall and sent off to be marked by an examiner - parents and carers are not given the chance to celebrate the culmination of all of the years of effort that has gone into producing these final pieces of GCSE work. In answer to this, we at Lister School wanted to share with you all the chance to see an exhibition of the creative work completed by students for their art, photography and textiles courses. Please come along to enjoy the work of this talented group.

• Please be aware that Lister School now has a Stationery Shop, based in the Student Office. Pupils are expected to have full equipment to maximise their learning, progress and attainment. Full list can be bought for £3.50, via cash payment only.
• Please go through Go4Schools and celebrate your child's successes. Attendance to detentions means pupils are taking accountability for their learning. -3 = 25 minute lunch time detention. -4 = 50 minute detention after school, the following day.
• We have introduced 'Lesson Champions' to our end of lesson routines. If you see a Lesson Champion Sticker, please ask your child what they learnt in the lesson and celebrate this at home,

Over the past months the Year 9 boys' basketball team have been competing in the London Lions x Greenhouse Sports league. They currently have a record of 2-0 with the final league game being played on Friday the 26th of April Vs Kingsford. Due to the team's record they will be progressing to the playoffs.

The Year 8 and 9 Girls' teams were given homework to help them better understand the world of women's basketball and create posters over the half term period, with some great work being produced that will be displayed in the school's Gymnasium.

With more games planned in the near future across all years and teams, we hope to continue to build upon what we have already achieved.

Support with feelings of stress, for both parents and students, can be found by following the QR code in the image here. This workshop is run by the NHS, however, if the date at the end of May is too long to wait then students can come to Place2Be at Lister for support with feelings of anxiety or stress at any point they want.

WHEN: May 28th, 12-1 p.m.

WHERE: Vicarage Lane

Health Centre, E15 4ES,

Room F01

Each week we want to celebrate particular students who have won the most praises in their house and in their year group. Keep and eye out for you child aiming for excellence and having their name highlighted here!

Our Thought of the Week, this week, is related to the theme of freedom for the press. Please discuss the thought with your child.