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On 20 January Y9 students participated in a careers seminar and workshop ledby Enfuse London. The seminar featured a guest speaker from KPMG who are a leading global financial services company. During the workshop LBTS students were required to come up with an innovative marketing strategy for KPMG whilst considering how to market themselves as competitive future leaders.

On Tuesday 17 January Y7 girls took part in a national programme designed to inspire girls into choosing careers in engineering and the sciences. The day involved a number of interactive group activities where students were able to think as engineers and improve their career awareness in this field. The children were inspired by guest speaker Ruth Amos who used a design idea from when she was a Year 11 student to set up her own successful business.

LBTS is pleased to announce that Georgia Frimpong and Salah Faisel have both been accepted to study Law and Economics at Cambridge University from 2012. We are very proud of them.

Throughout last week ex students came into school to talk at assembly about their careers and university degrees. Honey talked about studying to be a barrister, Ola told us about his degree and basketball scholarship and others described a wide range of careers ranging from bus driver to business consultant and from weight loss consultant to medicine.

On Friday 6 January our 6th form Pioneers attended the Topping Out Ceremony for LBTS6. The Mayor of Lambeth was our Guest of Honour and helped us celebrate the end of phases 1, 2 and 3 of the building of the LBTS6.

The LBTS Players recently performed 'Moulin Rouge' in our new theatre. The production was a huge success! The performers had to dance, sing and act and did so to a very high standard. Students also had to create their own costumes and apply their own make up which was done very professionally. The audience responded very well with lots of cheering and clapping to the music.

LBTS Theatre presents Moulin Rouge. Performances will be on Monday the 12th of December & Tuesday the 13th of December at 5.30pm.

The year 10 boys football team recently played and beat Globe Academy in the London Cup. Goals came from Cain Morris, Ryheem Sheckleford, Dean Penn and Craig Baker. Lilian Baylis won 5-4 and now progress to the last 16 of the cup.

LBTS has staff and a group of Y11 students were recently trained to become FAST (Families And Schools Together) trainers. The FAST programme supports families with the difficult transition to secondary school through a programme of workshops and events and was run at LBTS in early 2011.

LBTS hosted its annual 'Eid Show' celebrating diversity at the school. It was a wonderful night in which students from all year groups took part. After a number of amazing performances some delicious food was served!

LBTS has joined the national anti-bullying campaign. Its slogan is ‘Stop and think – words can hurt!’ and it is focused on tackling verbal bullying and raising the awareness of the impact of negative language.The Y9 Anti Bullying Champions (ABCs) are working on promoting the campaign throughout he school.

The Angola Show took place on Wednesday 9 November. It was an amazing show with students from Y7- Y11 taking part and enjoying the food. The atmosphere was fun and lively and the audience even had a chance to participate in the dancing at the end!

Our Penathlon team triumph again!! This year they won the Polybat and Table Cricket tournamenta at Westway Sports Centre on 8th November. Lilian Baylis are already looking forward to the regional finals to be played in February at Southfields School.

The Black History Month Show took place on Wednesday 19th October. It was a fantastic show with students from different year groups participating.

The Y8 boys football team recently beat Chestnut Grove 10-1 in the South London Cup.

On Wednesday 19 October the Youth Chamber team will be holding a Black History Show that includes poetry, dancing, singing and a fashion show. All students are welcome.

As part of their very first project day at LBTS Year 7 visited the London Transport Museum to look at how journeys around London have changed and what bus rides will look like in the future.

This half term Year 8 have been learning about the Tower of London. This week Year 8 visited the Tower and saw how it is still being used today.

Y9 students recently visited the World Skills Expo. There were displays and exhibitions about a wide range of trades and skills and the students took lots of challenges.

In order to celebrate the European Day of Languages a fair was organised where our students had the opportunity to learn greetings in different languages and taste sweets and biscuits from around the world.

On Wednesday 28 September Boris Johnson visited LBTS to meet our student Parliament. During his visit he heard their ideas for making Lambeth safer and supporting young people.

On 22 September Y6 and their parents visited LBTS. Y6 students were able to visit lessons in each subject and carried out an exciting treasure hunt to win a limited edition LBTS Oyster Card wallet!

On Monday 19 September the Deputy Head Girl and Boy attended a reception at No 10 Downing Street with the Prime Minister to celebrate the achievements of the remarkable young people. The students were also lucky enough to meet the celebrities who support the awards.

A group of students recently took part in the Thames Festival. The students were involved in dance,face painting,costume design and walking on stilts as part of the procession.

On Thursday 15 September the lend lease sent their senior team back to school as part of their annual community day. The team spent the day creating a garden in our 'quiet corner' and upgrading our allotment where students grow vegetables as part of the Humanities sustainability project.

On Wednesday 14 September the Damilola Taylor Trust launched the 2011 Spirit of London Awards (SOLA) at LBTS. The Spirit of London Awards recognise the achievements of young people in London through a yearly award ceremony held at the Royal Albert Hall. Pictured above are some of our Y10s with Richard Taylor and Tasha Danvers (Olympic medalist). Y10 also heard from previous SOLA winners, Choice FM DJ Eddie Kadi and SBTV founder Jamal Edwards all of whom are ambassadors for SOLA. More details at www.spiritoflondonawards.com

On Wednesday 7 September our new Y7s started. They join LBTS at a very exciting time. We have recorded our best ever exam results and expect these to further improve next year. In addition our new sixth form will open in September 2012. The photo above shows a new Y7 English class learning the 'hand signal'. Teachers use this to gain the attention of the class rather than raising their voice.

On Wednesday 20 July the BBC led a career workshop for Y9 featuring Twin B and Tim Westwood. This included a presentation about careers in music and a live broadcast in which our most able performers showed off their talents.

On Tuesday 12 July Y9 were invited to take part in an Engineering challenge organised by EDF. The event gave students an opportunity to engage in hands-on activities including building structures and building a vehicle for acceleration and displacement.

JMT went to the BBC studios as a reward trip for their hard work during the year. They learnt about the history of the BBC and how it runs on a daily basis. They were a real credit to the school.

The Student Coaching Team met Professor Gus John from the Institute of Education, to discuss the Learner's Charter and how it could be used as a tool to support and enhance students' learning and self development. Their observations were thought provoking and very much appreciated by Professor John.

The Y11's recently completed a 2 week work placement in a variety of business sectors. The students thoroughly enjoyed it and learnt new skills required for the world of work.

The Y8 Science Club recently attended the Big Bang Science Fair at the Science Museum. Students met scientists and learnt about some of the latest inventions.

On Sunday 26 June the LBTS Athletics Team competed in the Athletics Championship at Crystal Palace stadium. Students competed in track, shotput, longjump, highjump and discus and most recorded a personal best.

On Saturday 2nd July the Y11 Army Academy students visited Blandford Army base where they participated in some training exercises and learnt the importance of teamwork and leadership skills.

On Thursday 30 June Y11 attended their Prom. A limousine service was provided free of charge for those Y11s with good attendance. It was a great night and everyone had a good time.

Four local primary schools have been working with our Art teacher to produce clay work to take back to their primary schools. The pupils really enjoyed the experience.

On Tuesday 28 June our elite athletes took part in a triathlon masterclass at Hyde Park Serpentine with Helen Jenkins the 2008 World Champion. The students left the masterclass with a real understanding of the training and dedication it takes to be a professional athlete.

Y9 recently attended a business lunch with professionals from the Worshipful Company of Information Technologists (WCIT). The Y9s were able to meet leading professionals from the world of ICT and try out the boardroom chairs!

A group of Year 9 students recently participated in a school premiere of the documentary "Life in Day", organised by FILMCLUB. After the movie students had the opportunity to meet the Director and ask questions about the film.

LBTS achieved an excellent 4th place in the Panathlon London Finals.

LBTS were recently invited to the Wandsworth and Lambeth Debate Challenge. Our talented year 10s took part in this event and delivered some excellent speeches on some very controversial issues including nuclear power plant. The judges commented on how well the LBTS worked together as a team and applauded them on the many interesting points they made.

Y8 are studying the River Thames in Humanities. Students recently went a boat trip along the Thames. It was a wonderful day. Students got to see London from the water and then learnt about the history of London from what they found on the river foreshore.

10 Y8 students recently went to Westminster to take part in a Channel 4 documentary looking at teenage issues. Our students took part in a number of workshops with a number of MPs who wanted to better understand the issues that impact on teenagers.

5 of our students recently took part in the Surrey Championships. Sak won a gold in the 800m beating the English U15 champion on the way and Feysel won gold in the 800m. Amin, Idris and Abdu whilst not winning a medal all recorded personal bests. Congratulations to all 5 on qualifying for the regional finals and doing so well!

Richard (Y10) represented LBTS at the Lambeth Speak Out Challenge in late April and came 3rd! As part of the challenge Richard had to prepare and give a speech which was judged by a panel of leading speakers.

As part of the Year 9 Diploma Extended Project on 'know your rights', some members of 9W went to Vauxhall Primary School to deliver a lesson on the topic. They prepared and taught the lesson superbly. It was a great success and they were a credit to the school.

As part of our regular programme of visits to local universities Y10 and Y11 recently visited Birkbeck college which is part of London University. Students found out about day to day life at university as well as the amazing range of courses on offer as either fiull time or part time students.

A group of ICT students recently visted the X BOX Rare Studio in Birmingham and met the designers of KINECT video games. The ICT team is now going to follow this up by starting a Y9 Game Designing Course from Wednesday the 27 of April. Please contact Mr Betiku to register your interest as soon as possible.