Schools

Donington pupils’ heads shaved for Stand Up To Cancer campaign

Two secondary school students have done their bit to Stand Up To Cancer by having their heads shaved. As part of the national charity campaign, 15-year-olds Ryan Davy and Ben Gargon, from Thomas Cowley High School in Donington, lost their locks, cheered on by staff and fellow pupils who pledged money for the good cause. They were helped to organise ...

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Students start planning for their futures at careers fair

A secondary school’s fourth annual careers fair was greeted with enthusiasm by exhibitors and students. The fair at Donington’s Thomas Cowley High School enabled year nine, ten and 11 students to speak to different education and work-based providers to ask questions about future educational plans and jobs. George Gray, Thomas Cowley’s careers co-ordinator, was responsible for organising the careers fair, the ...

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Optician helps children with ‘healthy’ school topic

Reception children at St John the Baptist Primary School had a visit from staff of Molsom Opticians last week to enhance their Happy Healthy Me topic. The topic involves looking at parts of their bodies and learning how to look after themselves and keep themselves healthy. Staff of Molsom Opticians in Spalding visited with their teddy who had a poorly ...

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Primary school’s established bonfire and fireworks event axed due to rising insurance costs

A school bonfire and fireworks event which has run for almost 30 years has been cancelled due to insurance costs. Moulton Chapel Primary School had to pull the plug on the November 7 function. Headteacher Lisa Meacher said the decision was taken with a heavy heart and only after a number of other options were explored. “With regulations changing and ...

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Mud kitchen and new additions to nature area at Spalding primary school

Pupils at Spalding’s St John the Baptist Primary School received two fantastic surprises, thanks to the Friends of School. The nature area, in which lots of work is being done to create an outdoor learning environment, now has crafted treehouses, mini rope bridges and a beehive all to inspire the children’s imaginations and creativity in their play and academic work. ...

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School talks about mental health

Students and staff at a secondary school have been gaining a further insight into issues affecting mental health to coincide with last Friday’s World Mental Health Day. Chris Wright, head of Cowley House at Thomas Cowley High School, Donington, organised the week of events which included assemblies researched and presented by Year 10 students, role playing activities, as well as ...

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Nebulisers given to schools

Spalding Lions have been out and about presenting state of the art nebulisers to two local schools. Late last year Spalding Lions were approached by the charity Asthma Relief to see if they would consider helping them in providing medical breathing equipment to our area. Spalding Lions talked to representatives of Asthma Relief and the outcome is they have been ...

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County council wants to increase Spalding primary school roll by third

A primary school is looking at increasing its roll by a third to cope with rising demand for places in Spalding. If the plan goes ahead, Monkshouse Primary School would increase from a capacity of 315 pupils to 420. The local education authority is responsible for ensuring there are enough school places available and Lincolnshire County Council believes Monkshouse needs ...

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Children reassured after Weston Hills aircraft crash

The United States Air Force, Royal Air Force and Lincolnshire Police visited children at Weston Hills Primary School after a US aircraft crashed nearby. The F15 aircraft landed in a field behind the school and most of the children had already gone home.  A small number of children were taking part in after school clubs and were collected shortly after the ...

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International work wins school award

A Spalding special school has won an award recognising its work to bring the world into the classroom. The Priory School’s international work includes collecting items and fund-raising for Mary’s Meals, ensuring internationalism is part of the whole curriculum, sampling food from other countries at celebration times – including Burns’ Night and Chinese New Year, delivering a modern foreign language, ...

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Nasal spray flu vaccine coming to South Holland pupils

The nasal spray flu vaccination being piloted in Lincolnshire schools comes to South Holland next week. The NHS says Sir John Gleed School in Spalding is the first port of call on Tuesday (Oct 14). The programme will visit all secondary schools before November 25. Only pupils in years 7 and 8 will be offered the free vaccination.

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Spalding students help orphanage during the trip of a lifetime

After two years of preparation, a group of Spalding Grammar School students enjoyed the adventure of a lifetime, travelling through the hectic cities and dense, humid jungles of Vietnam and Cambodia. Bag packs, sponsored walks, non uniform days, quizzes and dances were all organised to raise money towards a journey that would ultimately lead to the main reason for their ...

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Happy days at town’s newest primary school

Children at Spalding’s newest primary school will forever be part of its future after leaving their handprints in a special area of cement. Pupils at Wygate Park Academy were all invited to make their mark on the cement laid by Kier Housing Development to mark the opening of the new school. Academy headteacher Annabel O’Connell said: “You can regularly see ...

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Support for fresh bid to open bilingual school in Spalding

A proposed Spalding free school hoping to open next year would teach its young pupils Spanish to a conversational level. Invicta Group is a new proposer aiming to reignite the previous application for a bilingual school in Spalding, which was withdrawn last year by The Phoenix Family of Schools Trust (PFOS). Invicta says it has already had an expression of ...

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Council ward members’ budgets pay for new Garth School play equipment

Pupils at The Garth School in Spalding have new play equipment bought with donations from South Holland district councillors’ ward members’ budgets. Twenty members each contributed between £60 and £350 to give £2,370 to the special school. Pupils now have new weighted push-along toys, scooters, tricycles, wheelbarrows and buggies. There was even some left over to buy new screens. Coun ...

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Pupils find out about fruit and veg with market visit

Children from the reception class at Spalding’s Ayscoughfee Hall School had the chance to go shopping and try out their local market. The youngsters visited lots of different stalls and each had 50p to buy fruit and vegetables to take back to school. Ayscoughfee Hall school headteacher Clare Ogden said: “They enjoyed talking to the stall holders and were excited ...

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University Academy Holbeach pupils help county keep up good GCSE record

Despite warnings of a national dip in performance levels from the government’s qualifications watchdog, OfQUAL, GCSE results in Lincolnshire have held up this year. Sixty per cent of students achieved five A* to C grades including English and maths. A total 14 schools achieved in excess of 90 per cent achieving this standard. In Lincolnshire’s grammar schools, 49.5 per cent ...

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Headteacher’s delight as Spalding Grammar School students excel at A-Levels

Students and staff at Spalding Grammar School are celebrating some outstanding A-level results. Headteacher Nigel Ryan said all students, their families and staff can be justly proud of their A-level achievements. He added: “This year group have had the added challenge of not being able to sit any A-level module examinations in January, so it is particularly pleasing to see ...

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Europe’s largest producer of pumpkins ‘relaxed’ over Spalding harvest

Europe’s largest producer of pumpkins is confident that he won’t be left sweating over the readiness of this year’s Spalding crop. David Bowman says a combination of the 2014 weather and years of experience tells him not to lose any sleep over the imminent harvest. In some wet years recently his firm has been a little concerned that its crop ...

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New play equipment for Spalding special school

Kind-hearted councillors have clubbed together to provide new play equipment for a Spalding school. The Garth School, a special school with 45 pupils aged between two and 19 from across South Holland, will benefit from the generous donation which includes scooters, tricycles, wheelbarrows and buggies. Twenty councillors contributed a total of £2,370 from their own budgets and the equipment will ...

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