Tuesday 23rd June 2020Daily Briefing
Windrush Stories: 72 years ago, the ship Empire Windrush arrived at Tilbury Docks, Essex. Click here to discover how it changed London forever.
Explore the National Gallery’s collection online: The doors to The National Gallery may be temporarily closed but their collection and stories are open to explore. Click here to view
Vicky Beeching is best known for her work in the American contemporary worship music genre, and has been described by The Guardian as "arguably the most influential Christian of her generation" due to her Twitter following and appearances on BBC's Thought for the Day. In November 2014, she was awarded third place in The Independent on Sunday's 2014 Rainbow List (a feature highlighting influential LGBT people). Beeching is a regular television and radio commentator on issues related to ethics, technology, women, Christianity, music and social media. In June 2018, she published "Undivided", a memoir about her faith and sexuality Vicky
Beeching
English Musician And Religious Commentator
Michel Foucault (1926 – 1984) was instrumental in examining the Sociological relationship between Power and Control. He was also a Historian and a Philosopher. The combination of this multi-faceted approach enabled him to gain a more panoramic overview of the processes used to maintain Social Order. We explore these ideas in Year 13 as part of our Crime and Deviance unit.
Foucault asserted there has been a shift in the methods of controlling peoples’ behaviour through the centuries. Medieval forms included dis-figuring physical punishment (that would scare people into behaving) but by the end of the 19th C the emphasis had changed to Surveillance instead. By being aware that our behaviour is watched we ‘self-manage’ our ‘conforming’ social behaviour. So, who is watching? The law watches us; our own media posts watch us; schools watch us; cookies on our computer…etc
Of course, it’s far more in-depth than this, but this summarises his main ideas.
Michel Foucault died of Aids in 1984 in a time period where the negative stigma was too great for him to reveal the physical and emotional extent of his suffering. A year after his death, and with much media speculation in tow, his partner, Daniel Defert confirmed that he had indeed died of AIDS.
He is my nomination for LGBTQ+ month because he had a fascinating way of making people think ‘outside the box’.
Michel Foucault
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Immerse yourself in a summer fiesta of feuding fairies, mistaken identity and moonlit magic.
When: Thursday 25th June at 7pm Where: National Theatre YouTube channel Tag your online chat with #MidsummerLPGS
We're going bananas for Fairtrade this week!Bananas are one of our best loved fruits. Did you know that we eat 5 billion of them each year in the UK? To impress your friends with more top-banana facts, check out these 12 facts about Fairtrade bananas!
In this week's Home Learning Challenge, we're learning about some of the people who produce bananas for us and their journey to getting a fairer deal supported by Fairtrade. We're headed to visit the Coobana Co-operative in Panama!
After watching 'Come on in to Coobana', download your Home Learning Challenge sheet. Here are our favourite two activities this week...
Listen and respond! Listen to Day-O (The Banana Boat song) by Harry Belafonte. What emotions do you feel when you hear the song? Write any words you think of in connection to this song. Can the song give us any insight into the lives of those involved in the banana trade?
Go bananas for baking! Find or create a recipe using Fairtrade bananas. With the Summer holidays in sight, we're dreaming of banana ice cream!
Fairtrade at LPGS
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I saw Lisa Damour speak at a conference and wished I had read her book before I became the parent of a teenage girl. We will link to an article each day. These are intended for parents / carers rather than students and hope that they are of interest. Best wishes, K. Scott
Why Teenagers Reject Parents’ Solutions to Their ProblemsIt’s usually because we’re not giving them what they’re really looking for. Click here to read the full article.
Wellbeing tip of the day
Try a mindfulness exercise - finger hugging• Finger hugging can reduce anxiety and help you to feel calm.• Watch the video and try the exercise.• Notice how you feel afterwards.• https://youtu.be/OWB9rZABQTo
• Resource Childline
INTRODUCING… ARTICLE 30
Article 30 - Minority or indigenous groups, culture, language and religionEvery child has the right to learn and use the language, customs and religion of their family whether or not these are shared by the majority of the people in the country where they live.
Gerry introduces Article 30
Watch Gerry on YouTube
ACTIVITY TIME
Primary
You don’t need to do every single activity but if you have time you can do more than one.
Can you find out how to say ‘”Hello, how
are you?”’ in 5 different languages.
Share with friends and see how many you can get as a
group.Culture means traditions that
groups follow like food, dances, song and clothes. Draw or write about what is important in your culture. Then think of someone
who comes from a different culture and share safely with them what is important about culture for each of you. This
could be someone you know or you could pick a country or
indigenous group and write to a child of that country or group.
Do you know any traditional dances?
Research these safely online or ask a friend or grown up to teach you and practise the
steps.
Find 10 characters from your favourite
books. Do they come from a range of cultures or are they all just like
you?
REFLECTION
Try to find somewhere peaceful and spend a few minutes being quiet and still … then think about these questions… What do you do in your own life to respect your right and
other children’s right to learn and use the language, customs and religion of their family?
How do you celebrate other children’s cultures? When you hear people laughing at or being rude about
other traditions, what do you do? Write down your thoughts and if you want, share this back with your teacher, friends or family.
Uncief/Cabra
Recipe of the week
Ingredients1 tsp oil200g frozen mixed vegetablesTomato sauce:1 can (large) of chopped tomatoes 1 onion, 1 clove garlic1 tsp mixed herbs 200g pasta sheets or any shape wholegrain if possibleWhite sauce:25g plain flour 25g butter use oil for lower cholesterol250ml milk use semi skimmed for lower total fat1 vegetable or chicken stock cubeshake of soya sauce to taste use low salt for lower sodium
Method1. Dice the onion and garlic, fry in the oil, add the canned tomatoes, bring to the boil and reduce to simmer for 15 minutes.2. Add the pasta to cold water and bring to the boil. Time for 12-15 minutes once boiling (dependent on pasta of choice), reducing to simmer.3. Put the flour, butter and milk into a saucepan and stir constantly as heating to a simmer, until sauce thickens. Season with crumbled stock cube and soya sauce. Remove from heat and add most of the grated cheese stirring until melted. You will use remainder for the top. 4. Drain and rinse pasta in hot water.5. Remove tomato sauce from the heat, mix or layer pasta, tomato sauce and white sauce into an oven proof dish.6. Sprinkle remaining cheese on the surface and bake for 20 minutes at 200c (Gas 6) until golden and crispy. Garnish with sliced tomato.7. Serve hot with a green salad.
For more recipes or to share your pictures go to https://lpgs.fireflycloud.net/food-and-nutrition/recipes
Creamy Vegetable Pasta Bake
Maths Week London: Build a Dome with Drinking Straws
https://learning.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/resources/build-a-dome/
Many structures are built around frameworks made of straight, rigid pieces of wood or metal, called members, connected together. Forces generated in the members support the structure. In this activity, you can use ordinary drinking straws as members to make a self-supporting dome. Click on the link below to have a go. Share your ideas by tweeting @MathsWeekLDN with #MathsWeekLDN or send them to Mrs Karaman.
Get your teeth into numeracy at LPGS
Answer to yesterday’s puzzle = 138.6 cm
Daily Maths Puzzle
For more puzzles follow @LPGSMaths on Twitter
Two numbers in the 4 x 4 grid can be swapped to create a Magic Square (in which all rows, all columns and both main diagonals add to the same total).
What is the sum of these two numbers?
Daily Maths Puzzle – The Answer!
Answer from 22/06/20
VISUAL ARTS – (23-06-2020)Things to Do
Please keep sending EFJ your favourite artist or artwork– [email protected]://spark.adobe.com/page/WF9rdQrdhHhWP/
Bored? Fed up? In need of some Art experience to get your creativity flowing?Then click this link to find many creative projects to get involved in:https://firefly.lpgs.bromley.sch.uk/visual-arts/things-to-do
• A chance for all to share ideas/thoughts/reflections on ART• Please send a high resolution image or images• Please send a bit of text about why you have chosen this art
work and/or artists etc• Please send the name/date/materials if possible• Click on the SPARK link above or image to see work shared to
date – COME ON GET INVOLVED!! IT’S VERY EASY… JUST SHARE!!
VISUAL ARTS – (23-06-2020)ART QUIZ
YESTERDAYS ANSWERS
Name of Film: Fantastic Mr. Fox
Name of Director: Wes Anderson
TODAYS QUESTIONS
Name of Film: ?
Name of Director: ?
Classical Chill
Grace Kelly Go Time: Fish and Chips ft. Leo Pellegrino
Midsummer madness: Insane Saxophone playing from Grace Kelly and Leo P – always enjoyable.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0fj6Bwrp6M
LPGS Virtual Sports Day 2020 WEDNESDAY 24TH JUNE
Take part in challenges to earn
points for your houseDo 1, do 3 or do them
all for the CLEAN
SWEEP
Enter your results on the Virtual Sports Day
Firefly page Whole School WARM UP AT
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THE EVENTS… Click on each image for details
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ALL YEAR GROUPS CAN COMPETE
Maths’ Greatest Unsolved PuzzlesWhat are the biggest unanswered questions in mathematics, and how can puzzles help us to solve them?
Tuesday 23rd June 4pmIn this free, one hour lecture, Dr. Katie Steckles will look at Maths' Greatest Unsolved Puzzles. While mathematicians are undoubtedly brilliant, and their work is used in all kinds of amazing scientific and technological discoveries, there are still questions they can't answer. Every mathematical question is a puzzle to be solved, and there are plenty of puzzles for you to chew on.
Katie will discuss some of the questions that still leave mathematicians stumped - from simple-sounding number and shape problems to some truly mind-bending fundamental questions.
Sign up here:https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/maths-greatest-unsolved-puzzles-tickets-109795585552
The Anne Frank Creative Writing Awards 2020
Our vision at the Anne Frank Trust is for a world free from prejudice and discrimination. We’re looking for creative writing inspired by Anne Frank that helps us achieve that vision, especially in this time of coronavirus. That’s why we are launching our first ever national Anne Frank Creative Writing Awards.
In this time of lock-down, when people are separated from each other, and as marches and conversations take place in countries all over the world in support of the Black Lives Matter movement, we invite you to write a poem, story, essay or article inspired by Anne Frank which shows how important it is that we all live together with kindness, respect and equality – click here for further information
To take part you must be aged between 10 and 15. Your piece of writing can be factual or make-believe, about yourself or about other people or events. Ask your English teacher to email your work to us at [email protected] as soon as possible, and no later than 30 June 2020.
Every entry will receive individual written feedback and a certificate of participation. We are aiming to get these two you within two weeks of receiving your work. Plus…you might win an award!
The Young Walter Scott Prize
If you’re aged between 11 and 19 and interested in history and writing, the Young Walter Scott Prize is ready to take you on an adventure! We are the UK’s only creative writing prize specifically for budding historical fiction writers. ENTER If you have a story of between 800 and 2000 words, set in a time before you were born, you can enter the Young Walter Scott Prize – we are now open for entries, and the closing date is 31st October 2020. Entries are judged in two age groups – 11 to 15 years and 16 to 19 years. Any kind of fiction is accepted – prose, poetry, drama, fictional letters or reportage. WIN You could win a £500 travel grant, an invitation to one of the UK’s best book festivals to meet published authors, and a chance to see your own work in print. Full terms and conditions and tips for writing and research are on our website.Click here www.ywsp.co.uk to find out more!
