Schools

Spalding’s Sir John Gleed School has been awarded a commendation for successfully completing its Sky Sports Living for Sport Project. Eighteen students spent two days with Sky Sports Athlete Mentor ex-Paralympic World Champion swimmer Fran Williamson working through a number of tasks, including learning about the Sky Sports Six Keys of Success and improving teamwork, communication and confidence skills. Students ...

Pupils can look forward to tucking into tasty meals when they return to school after the half-term holiday. St Paul’s Primary School and Nursery officially unveiled its new kitchen last week, which will enable the school to provide pupils with fresh, nutritious hot meals when they return on Monday. The school joined forces with Lincolnshire County Council and PKL to ...

Harvest was celebrated in style at Whaplode Primary school. Pupils held a Harvest Festival service, during which they shared work they had done on a harvest theme. The following day, pupils they shared their harvest gifts with local residents with help from staff from the groceries online department of Sainsbury’s Spalding store. Head teacher, Alison Flack said: “Once again, our ...

The annual nasal spray flu vaccine is now available for children in Lincolnshire from the school nursing team at Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust. The nasal spray vaccine contains flu viruses that have been weakened to stop them causing flu. It will help a child build up immunity to flu in a similar way as natural infection (but without ...

Children at Spalding’s Ayscoughfee Hall School have welcomed two new music teachers this term. After Dave Taylor joined the peripatetic staff, children are now able to learn trumpet, saxophone and flute. Steve Baker is the new guitar teacher and plans are already well under way to form a school rock group together with those who learn drums. Year six pupils ...

Children at Ayscoughfee Hall School returned after the summer holidays to find a brand new, state of the art kitchen in which to enjoy their cookery lessons. Financed largely by the generous efforts of the PTFA, the kitchen includes three ovens, several sinks and ample storage and workspace at child-friendly heights Headteacher Clare Ogden is delighted by the results. She ...

Pupils from 36 primary schools took the chance to look round University Academy Holbeach as prospective students – and every bit of feedback was extremely positive. A Year 7 student gave a presentation of her first few weeks in school and two sixth formers talked about their life in Year 12. Each department of all subject areas attended the evening ...

Pupils Sienna Foster and Lewis Mitchell get a look at a Viking’s weapons during an insight day at Cowbit St Mary Primary School. ‘Viking’ Jed Jaggard wowed youngsters, starting with the creation of a typical settlement, in St Mary’s Church where school assemblies are held. Then classes had group sessions with Jed, learning how to make fishing nets, fire and ...

Staff and pupils at a Spalding school are celebrating after it was rated outstanding in all areas by Ofsted inspectors. St Norbert’s Primary School came under the microscope in July, when inspectors spent two days looking at all aspects of teaching and learning. Following the inspection the school has moved from “good” to “outstanding” in all categories, with Early Years ...

Youngsters leaving Fleet’s Willows Day Nursery marked their departure with a special graduation ceremony. The ceremony was part of a family barbecue held at the nursery, which included a pirate-themed sports day and Big Toddle raising over £600 for Barnardo’s. The 22 children that graduated had joined the nursery as babies when it first opened in 2012. Owner Vicky Pitts ...

Provisional results from 36 out of 39 sixth forms in Lincolnshire show an increase in A-level passes and an increase in higher level grades awarded. The pass rate for A-levels in Lincolnshire schools reached 99 per cent and is 0.9 per cent above the national figure. Fourteen schools achieved 100 per cent of pass grades including Spalding High School and ...

Students from Spalding’s Sir John Gleed School gained amazing memories and left a lasting legacy on the trip of a lifetime to Tanzania. The expedition through provider World Challenge was the culmination of two years’ fundraising for the 14 students from years 9, 10 and 11. Head of religious studies Gemma Wait and learning mentor Sharon Caress accompanied the pupils, ...

University Academy Holbeach holds its annual enrolment day for new sixth form students next Thursday (August 20). Students who have already applied for the sixth form should enrol on their chosen course(s) between 10am and 2pm to confirm their place. It will be necessary for students to take their GCSE results with them to assist with the enrolling process. Staff ...

Hard-working pupils at Spalding’s St John the Baptist Primary School were treated to a pizza party as a reward for their efforts. The youngsters who achieved the highest award for their efforts throughout the year – a Gold certificate, were treated to a trip to Frankie and Benny’s. Children are awarded achievement certificates throughout the year. They can be for ...

A teacher who spent her whole 21-year career at a village school was given a stylish send-off in an open top Rolls Royce as children lined the streets to wave her off. Glynis Scales was driven away from Pinchbeck East Primary School on the last day of term. Earlier in the week she had been presented with a “retirement survival ...

Staff and pupils at Whaplode Primary school were delighted by the community’s response to their first Farmers’ Market. The market was organised as part of the school’s “Unity in the community” week which saw all classes take part in a variety of activities, including a tea party organised by Year 6 pupils. A wide variety of local stall holders came ...

Eight beauty students from the Post 16 Centre put their hearts and souls into their end of year show. The students chose the themes of Enchanted Wood and the Movies and created costumes to reflect the themes. Around 50 people went along to the show where they saw characters such as The Mad Hatter and the Queen of Hearts from ...

A Spalding primary school took delivery of a new kitchen on Saturday (July 11). St John the Baptist in Hawthorn Bank was successful in a bid to the government to receive funding for a kitchen to be able to supply fresh hot meals to their pupils on site. The school said: “The kitchen comes in the form of a pod in which there ...

A group of pupils are encouraging others at their school to develop a love of books. The Reading Ramble Representatives at Spalding Parish Church of England Day School read with different age groups and reward them with stickers and bookmarks. One said: “We like reading with the younger ones because it helps them with their phonics but we do it ...

All Year 6 pupils at Whaplode Primary School were awarded 25m swimming certificates on June 26. The youngsters have completed most of their swimming in the school’s committee-sponsored pool. The school’s business manager Mark Lunn congratulated the children, saying: “This 100 per cent pass rate has exceeded the school’s statistics and demonstrated its commitment to this valuable life skill. “A ...