Lincoln Minster School
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Lincoln Minster School ("LMS" or "Minster") is an independent co-educational day and boarding school in Lincolnshire. It houses some of the most successful scholars in music, sport and academics. It is comprised of three schools, the pre-preparatory, preparatory and upper school.
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[edit] History
Lincoln Minster School was formed in 1996 with the amalgamation of three schools:
- The Cathedral School for Boys was the base for the young Cathedral Boy Choristers.
- St Josephs School for Girls which was originally a Roman Catholic School, housing day and boarding girls and
- Stonefield House School which taught children up to the age of 11.
[edit] About
[edit] Classrooms
Lincoln Minster boasts some of the most technologically advanced classrooms in schooling. Every classroom is equipped with a Dell computer and an ACTIVBoard (made by Promethean). These electronic white boards enable interactive lessons and makes watching or looking at animations, videos and reading a lot easier (both for the tutor and the pupils).
[edit] Music
Lincoln Minster is connected to Lincoln Cathedral (the choir boys all come from Minster). Music at Minster is exceptional. The scholars are ex-musicians of the year and excel in their chosen specialitiy. Floreign Rago is the shining star at the moment, having played with Aled Jones on his recent trip to Lincoln. The choirs have also performed with G4 and Willard White.
[edit] ICT
As stated Lincoln Minster owns some of the most advanced ICT centres in the country, and has been labbelled 'state-of-the-art'. There are plans for more of these developments.
[edit] Sports
School sports are rugby union, cricket and occasionally football although must choose to carry on with sevens Rugby. The girls sports are netball and rounders predominantly. Hockey is played by both.
In 2005 the under 16's Sevens Rugby team was one of the greatest ever teams the school has produced. They have won every major tournament that they have entered, including the Rosslyn Park national schools seven's tournament.
The current under 16's team (2006-2007) has gone under some great achievements in its own right as well.. The team one the Lincolnshire Cup, by beating all the schools its played against, and only having a total of 10 points scored against them out of 23 matches. This is a current new record for private schools. Captained by Jake Barron (Market Rasen U16's, Lincoln Minster 1st XV, England U19's), the team were bound for success.
Their are many different ages groups for Lincoln Minsters rugby Teams:
U12, U13, U14, U15, U16 + 1st's
The most recent success in sport was in the Girl's Netball, the 2005 U15 team are official the winners of the nationals.
