Schools

It was a busy end to the school year for Spalding Lions when they visited the town’s Garth and Priory schools. Lions Eileen Robson and Denise Walker went along to the schools to present two very surprised students with the Spalding Lions’ Walk Tall Award. This award is given in recognition of working in circumstances that require “true grit” – ...

Students wrapped up the school year at Sir John Gleed School’s with their production Hairspray. The show is a 1960’s classic showcasing comedy, romance and the integration of black and white students in a local TV talent show. The music was upbeat, racy and very “shake those hips and dance in the aisle” style. The school played to nearly full ...

Pre-school children in Long Sutton and parents in Sutton Bridge learned more about recycling from district council staff. South Holland’s waste and recycling team dropped in to Rainbow Day Nursery first. Officer Laura Simpkins said: “There were a few gasps from the children when they realised 25 plastic bottles could be recycled into a fleece. “We also talked about why ...

Pupils’ scientific explorations and culinary creations earned than second place in the Lincolnshire Schools Challenge. The Year 6 youngsters at Holbeach Primary School spent months planting, caring for, studying, dissecting, examining and cooking potatoes to determine the results of a high nitrogen fertiliser on potato yields. They also developed a gluten free chocolate muffin for coeliacs. The school also impressed ...

Pupils from years 3,4 and 5 from Holbeach Primary School have celebrated their success in creative writing. Pupils were asked to write creative and imaginative stories about a superhero for the Young Writers’ Let’s get Writing Superhero Stories competition. Forty different stories written by pupils from the school were selected for publication in the book Superhero Stories – East Midland ...

More than 350 Spalding students got their gladrags on for the town’s combined schools’ prom on Friday night. Held at Springfields Events Centre, the theme for this year was Casino and Year 11 pupils from the High School, Grammar School and Sir John Gleed School got together to say goodbye to their friends before moving on in their education or ...

Spalding’s new primary school is on schedule to open at the start of the next academic year. Wygate Park Academy, which is part of The Boston Witham Academies Federation, is being built by Holbeach firm Langwith Construction under a £2.5m contract. Lincolnshire County Council says completion and handover is due to take place on Friday, August 22. Langwith Construction managing ...

Spalding’s Ayscoughfee Hall School won first prize in a competition to commemorate the centenary of the outbreak of World War One. All the work was completed in extra curriculum clubs by children from Year 3 upwards. They completed a woven picture of Flanders fields, a mosaic poppy wreath and a book of creative writing imagining what it must have been ...

A huge effort by the community and businesses has put The Garth School in Spalding firmly on the road to having a superb garden and outdoor sensory area. About 50 people were working throughout Saturday on the creation for the special school pupils to use year-round. Work is expected to complete in a few weeks. Headteacher Daran Bland said: “The ...

It will still be daylight when many people in Pinchbeck are in their pyjamas on Friday (June 27). Rhiannon Saunders is holding a pyjama party at the village hall to fundraise for her Sir John Gleed School trip to Tanzania next July. Pupils will help Africans as they build schools. People of all ages will be welcome at the party (7pm-9pm). ...

Spalding Primary School has reassured neighbours that they will have a chance for input after its hope for an all-weather sports pitch and outdoor classroom met opposition. Some residents are angry at no consultation to date. Already annoyed about ongoing parking issues at the Woolram Wygate school, they claim they only learned about the pitch and classroom proposal from last ...

Royal visitor HRH Princess Beatrice of York has officially opened a new £9million facility at the University Academy Holbeach. Princess Beatrice visited the academy to see the new building, which offers a modern learning environment for pupils and provides 3,500 sq m of additional teaching space. The new building, which includes the Academy’s first purpose-built sports hall, specialist Design and Technology and ...

Pupils at Ayscoughfee Hall School learned about a new culture with a visit to Spalding restaurant The Spice Affair. Headteacher Clare Ogden said: “The children in year five had a wonderful time when they visited The Spice Affair in Spalding. “They learnt about the places and culture of Goa. “The children loved making naan bread and afterwards enjoyed a delicious ...

A fantastic new outdoor area with all-weather sports pitch and auditorium is in the pipeline at Spalding Primary School. The project could cost up to £25,000 and the school’s Parent Teacher Association is fundraising hard – with a big emphasis on this year’s annual fair on Saturday, June 28. Proposals and quotes are still being gathered, but the hope is ...

Pupils at Ayscoughfee Hall School learned about a new culture with a visit to Spalding restaurant The Spice Affair. Headteacher Clare Ogden said: “The children in year five had a wonderful time when they visited The Spice Affair in Spalding. “They learnt about the places and culture of Goa. “The children loved making naan bread and afterwards enjoyed a delicious ...

Nine school choirs took part in this year’s South Holland Primary Schools’ Music Festival. The event was held at Ayscoughfee Hall School with choirs from Spalding St John’s, Holbeach, Long Sutton, Gedney Church End, Spalding St Norbert’s, Gedney Drove End, Holbeach William Stukeley, Bicker Prep and Ayscoughfee coming together for a morning of singing and performing songs from the first World ...

  Selfless volunteer Mick Clarkson is building a reputation as a community champion who makes things happen. First it was Pop’s Patch – a four square metre piece of rough council land in Royce Road which he transformed and maintains; now he’s helping to create a 50 square metre sensory garden at The Garth School. The 53-year-old father-of-three is working ...

A concert on Friday, June 14 by Holbeach students – and organised by two of them – will raise money for learning disability charity Mencap. The University Academy Holbeach’s chamber choir and three soloists are playing a concert, including African and contemporary music, at Holbeach Methodist Church at 7pm. The event has been arranged by Chloe Plaice and Abigail Howard as part ...

Primary school pupils clocked up the miles to take home the trophy in a Big Bike Race challenge. Almost half of the youngsters at Holbeach Bank Primary School ditched the car in favour of their bikes to help rack up “virtual kilometres” on a route around the continents of the world. The event was part of an initiative by Lincolnshire ...

More than £100 was raised to boost the coffers at Holbeach Bank Primary School thanks to a pamper evening. Organised by the Friends of the School, the free event offered something for everyone thanks to the variety of stalls and services available. Attractions on the night included cushions and bags by Laura’s Textiles, prom and wedding hair design, treatments from ...