News

Monday 6th January 2025

Dear Parents, Carers and Students,

Happy New Year and welcome to our newsletter for the first week of the Spring Term 2025. I trust that you all had a restful break and are refreshed for the term ahead.

It’s Week A with whole school assemblies taking place. These are being led by Ms Kapila (Deputy Headteacher) and are focusing on self-reflection and the year ahead.

From today some modifications to our whole school systems come into place. These are outlined below - please take time to look at these with your child/children. They will be reinforced in assemblies and on year team pages of Google classroom this week.

Y12 begin their first round of Pre-Public Examinations (PPEs) today and will be on study leave when not in examinations.

With best wishes for the week and the New Year ahead.

Stephen Davis

 

Heritage Languages

At Lampton School we value the importance of learning languages and also acknowledge that many of our students already speak a wide range of languages. Therefore, we offer lessons in some of the most commonly spoken languages. Currently we offer lessons after school in Panjabi, Urdu and Russian. Any students are welcome whether they are already fluent and want to prepare for exams or whether they are beginners and want to start learning another language. If you would like your child to learn a new language or prepare to take an exam in their own language please encourage them to join the lessons. Lessons take place on Tuesdays after school and students can find out more information by speaking to Ms Edwards, who teaches in room 10.

Please contact Ms Edwards vedwards@lampton.org.uk  to express your interest in your child learning a language that we currently do not teach. You can also contact Ms Edwards if your child is in year 10 or above and you would like them to take part in lessons or if you would like your child to be entered for exams.

 

Free to Be Me, by Lampton Leisure

Lampton Leisure is excited to introduce the Free to Be Me programme. This is a 36-week initiative designed to inspire and engage young people aged 10-18 in the Borough of Hounslow through physical activity, mentorship, and life skills development.

Programme Highlights

• Fun Activities: Weekly free 2-hour sessions include multisports, gym training, dance, and athletics, led by expert coaches and mentors. 
• Life Skills Workshops: Covering nutrition, behaviour change, and smoking/vaping awareness.
• Community Support: Access to local resources and tailored plans for sustainable physical and mental activity after the programme.

 Schedule Overview:

Day	Time	Activity	Centre	Age Group
Saturday	09.00-11.00	Multisports	Brentford	10-15 years
Saturday	10.00-12.00	Gym	Chiswick	10-15 years
Tuesday	16.30-17.30	Dance	Hanworth	10-15 years
Tuesday	16.30-17.30	Multisports	Isleworth	10-15 years
Monday & Wednesday	17.00-18.00	Athletics	Osterley	10-18 years

Why Join?
This programme uses sports to build confidence, promote health, and connect young people with their community. With limited spaces, now is the time to secure your child’s place!

Register Now
Sign up today by visiting https://eequ.org/search-learning-experiences?q=Lampton+Leisure

 

National Obesity Awareness Week

Did you know Hounslow has the fourth highest rate of obesity amongst the 32 London boroughs? Please read this information from the Hounslow School Nurses team about preventing and managing childhood obesity.

 

Kooth: wellbeing support for students and families

Kooth Digital Health offers free and anonymous therapeutic mental health and wellbeing support to young people in North West London aged between 11-25. Funded and endorsed by the NHS North West London Integrated Care Board the services remain available over the winter period, offering ‘on the day’ wellbeing support from the comfort of your own home via the website: www.kooth.com  

Kooth offers free access to online text-based practitioner chats, self-help tools and activities, journal spaces and advice from our non-judgemental, safe and moderated peer: peer communities. With no threshold, waiting list or referral process, young people can access support for ANY issues they may be experiencing. These may include; body image, self-esteem, loneliness, bereavement, academic pressures, stress, anxiety, friendships, sexuality and life changes.

Children in years 7 to 11 will be signing up for Kooth this term in school. This is because we want all students to have access to this resource so they have ongoing support to look after their wellbeing and mental health.

Kooth delivers 1000s of online wellbeing sessions each year in Local Authorities across the UK.  As 50% of referrals to CAMHS are unfortunately deemed inappropriate to their criteria, Kooth gives schools, professionals and families an alternative way of ensuring children and young people can access free support when they need it, in a way that they find comfortable to access, via any web-enabled device.

Please contact Miss Kapila askapila@lampton.org.uk if you have any questions regarding the service. Alternatively you can contact Kooth directly, via parents@kooth.com. A selection of parent/carer resources can be accessed using this link: Kooth. Parent & Carer resources