One Thousand A Grades

In another outstanding year LGS pupils achieved a massive 1011 'A' or 'A*' grades between them. Several boys managed to gain 'A*' across the board giving them up to 12 top grades. Statistics of course can tell us anything but when 'A*' was the most awarded grade for LGS pupils this year with 'A' being the second most awarded grade it surely proves the hard work put in has really paid dividends for the year 11 students this year.

A Level Success

A Star Performance

A gallery of A* results topped off another suberb performance from the LGS leavers this year. Over 86% of the results were A* to B grade with a massive 22% achieving A*. Students turned up at 7.30am to find out their results and celebrate with friends.

Heroic Effort

Boys and girls of Year 9 braved the stifling heat and the potential for acute embarrassment at the Year 9 Disco held recently in the Hodson Hall. The proceeds from the evening will go to Help for Heroes, and the total raised is over £550.

In the National Biology Olympiad, four of our Year 13 students won awards: Silver – Charles Wilson; Bronze – Chiraag Thakrar; Highly Commended – James Jewson; Commended – Alistair Fell.

The 2010 Oscars

The Oscars themed 2010 Leavers Ball was a huge success, despite the competing attractions of the World Cup. More than 440 Students, Parents and Staff enjoyed the fantastic sunshine and entertainment from both the Music School Band and also Gabby McSweeney in the Quad, before walking over to the Marquee to enjoy music from Jump the Q and the Lucas Starnes Disco. An excellent way to send off the leavers!

50 years on

On Sunday 4 July LGS Parents' Association celebrated its 50th Anniversary with a reception and garden party in the Headmaster's garden before the annual Al Fresco music festival. Nine past Presidents and over 200 people attended, including Mr Ivor Walker, the first President of the Association, who along with Mrs Jane Cole, the current President, cut a commemorative cake. Musicians from the Music School entertained the guests with a varied selection of piano pieces. We wish the PA all the very best for the next 50 years and pass on our gratitude for all the magnificent work they do for the benefit of the boys at Loughborough Grammar School.

Joe de Bono

Junior Prize Giving

Junior Prize Giving saw one of school's best chemists return 17 years after he left. Dr Joe de Bono is Senior Fellow and Consultant in electro-physiology at the Heart Hospital, London and John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford specialising in heart rhythm management, effectively 'rewiring' peoples' hearts. He used his 'bed side manner' to good effect as he talked with the prize-winners and looked at a selection of their work for over an hour. One thing that really impressed him was the standard of handwriting and presentation - when he was a boy at the school, his was awful!

Sir Garfield Sobers

Hit for six, six, six, six,six, six

One of the world's greatest cricketers, Sir Garfield Sobers, visited the school to talk with the School's cricketers. After detailing the structure and purpose of his tournament for schools in Barbados he answered questions on a wide variety of topics ranging from his schoolboy experience to the role of T20 in test cricket. Inevitably he was asked about his six 6's where he explained that he never set out to achieve that feat but after hitting the first five balls for six he was determined to be successful with the 6th. Afterwards he spent 15 minutes signing boys' bats

Cream Teas

This year's VSU Summer Outing was to Sudbury Hall and The Museum of Childhood, one of the National Trust properties in Derbyshire. We took 33 local senior citizens, some of whom had previously worked at the school and a group of Year 12 boys. Our guests enjoyed sharing memories of their childhood, and some were involved in a Victorian lesson. The excellent afternoon ended with the traditional cream tea for the guests and their helpers.

Al Fresco

The annual outdoor extravaganza of music brought the curtain down on another highly successful year of music-making at LES. The largest crowd yet enjoyed three hours of entertainment from all of the ensembles from Fairfield and the senior schools.

Year 6 play

Little Pigs

Year 6 put on a magnificent performance of 'Oink' by Craig Hawes in their annual drama production. Based on the classic tale of the 3 Little Pigs, this version included many twists and turns to keep the audience guessing all the way to the end. The boys' energetic singing and dancing made it a thoroughly enjoyable evening for all.

Sports Day

The athletes were welcomed to Quorn by glorious sunshine for sports day on Sat 3rd July. The bone dry track made for some exceptionally fast times in the sprint events, although it did mean the distance runners were left gasping for air after their events. The PA refreshment tent did a roaring trade and kept the athletes and the crowd going to the end.

Calypso Cricket

Cricket in the Caribbean during the Easter holidays for LGS players and staff – what a treat! The tour was a fantastic mix of top class cricket, with impresssive wins in St Lucia and a strong performance in defeat in Barbados, and an arduous social whirl of swimming, yachting, trekking and soaking up the sun. For a full account of the tour, click

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