Schools

Two South Holland schools won £300 of gardening vouchers after impressing in a composting challenge. It was part of a project Anglian Water’s Keep It Clear programme has been running with Lincolnshire Community and Voluntary Service (LCVS) called Fat of the Land. The aim was to grow awareness of the problems caused by food waste, fats, oils and grease blocking ...

Pinchbeck East Primary School had one of its most successful Christmas fairs – raising an amazing £5,000. Last Friday’s event, organised by The Friends of the School, took up much of the place and was extremely busy. A big fundraiser was the raffle, with about 30 great prizes including an iPad Mini. Among the many attractions were tombolas with items ...

Hundreds of primary school pupils came together to raise the roof of St John The Baptist Church in Spalding with a very festive feel in the annual school choir competition. The event included renditions from ten schools from Spalding, Sutton Bridge, Gedney Drove End and Deeping St James. And it was the federated primary schools of Westmere at Sutton Bridge ...

Two South Holland schools won £300 of gardening vouchers after impressing in a composting challenge. It was part of a project Anglian Water’s Keep It Clear programme has been running with Lincolnshire Community and Voluntary Service (LCVS) called Fat of the Land. The aim was to grow awareness of the problems caused by food waste, fats, oils and grease blocking ...

Spalding Primary School has benefited from a community project by Swinton Insurance. A company representative joined the Year 6 gardening club to clear the outdoor learning space and make it usable. And then he teamed up with a representative from B&Q to donate buckets, trowels, spades and gardening gloves for the young gardeners to use to maintain and improve the ...

Dozens of young people in South Holland have been rewarded for their hard work in the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Scheme. Many candidates were receiving their bronze award, five have completed the silver award and four teenagers – Spalding High School students Georgina Cantwell, Emily Crossland and Jade Rigby and Spalding Open Award Group member Sophie Roberts – have achieved ...

Students from Ayscoughfee Hall School celebrated finishing their 11+ papers with a visit to 1498 Spice Affair restaurant in Spalding. The Year 6 pupils combined a lesson on their geography topic of India with a session making their own naan bread. Headteacher Clare Ogden said: “The children all enjoyed a delicious lunch and left understanding a lot more about Goa, ...

Athlete Lee Addison has been awarded the Talented Student Bursary this year by the Sir John Gleed School PFA.   Lee was nominated for the award by the school’s physical education department after an extremely successful year of competition.   He recently competed in the National Schools long jump championships where he gained an excellent third place finish.   Lee’s ...

A student’s piece of 3D art which can be enjoyed by visually impaired people has gone up at nature reserve. Thomas Beardwell completed the piece, which shows an aquatic scene with molded three-dimensional creatures, for an Extended Project Qualification as part of his studies at Spalding Grammar School. He worked closely with John Oliver, warden at Spalding’s Willow Tree Fen, ...

For the seventh year running the Elloe East Deanery organised an event for Year 4 children from 16 primary schools as part of its Mission work. Each school attended for half a day and this year over 300 children thoroughly enjoyed a range of experiences. The children explored the story of Moses through drama, music, dance and craft, gaining an ...

Children at Pinchbeck East Primary School celebrated two special occasions recently. The children created a whole school rainbow to celebrate the Recognition of Commitment to becoming a Unicef Rights Respecting School. The programme aims to put children’s rights at the heart of schools. Teeny Vayro, head of school, said: “We have a steering group of children and adults from the ...

Weston Hills Primary School Year 6 cricketers were among the primary school players to take part in the Agilitas Cricket Competition at Spalding Grammar School. They won both their games against Pinchbeck East and Monkshouse and came second to Moulton Harrox in the play offs. A spokesman for the school said: “Children were delighted to come home with silver medals ...

A “fantastic” new library area has been officially opened at Spalding’s Ayscoughfee Hall School. Largely funded by the hard work and generous donations of the PTFA, the library has been redecorated and carpeted, and houses smart, colourful new bookcases and a range of comfortable seating, including two cosy “snugs”. Brian Hendry, vice chairman of governors, whose association with the school ...

Five schools in South Holland have pledged to get composting for a new contest. They are among the entrants in the Anglian Water Keep It Clear Fat of the Land Composting Challenge, in association with Lincolnshire Community and Voluntary Service. Free specialist composting bins, worth around £180 each, have been presented to each of them as well as giant pumpkin seeds. All ...

Children had a hands-on science experience during a whole school trip to Birmingham. The youngsters from Sutton St James Primary School went on a free visit to the Thinktank Science Museum, where they were able to explore all four floors as well as the science garden. Rachael Gadsden, from the school, said: “I think the garden was the favourite part ...

Pupils were inspired to reach for the stars by a visit by Paralympian Roy Turnham. The footballer, who took part in the Great Britain’s five-a-side team in the 2012 London Paralympics, shared stories about his achievements and youngsters got to meet his guide dog Pudsey when he dropped in at Holbeach Primary Academy. They heard how visually impared footballers like ...

Volleyball players from a village primary school secured second place in a hard-fought tournament. The team from Pinchbeck East Primary competed in the Lincolnshire County Volleyball competition after winning the local area tournament before Easter. They were there with teams from each of the eight districts of Lincolnshire. This was the sixth time in the last seven years that Pinchbeck ...

Children, staff and parents at Ayscoughfee Hall School, Spalding, helped celebrate the Queen’s 90th birthday in a proper British fashion witha picnic lunch, traditional games, tea, cakes and a rousing singing session which included Rule Brittania and Jerusalem. The children wore red white and blue and were given commemorative badges there was a lot of flag waving and the day ...

Team building, cleaning and concocting “grog” were just some of the fun activities on offer to primary school pupils at a pirates and mermaids day. William Stukeley Primary School in Holbeach invited youngsters in the foundation stage and key stage one to go in dressed in line with the theme and children did themselves proud with some fantastic costumes. They ...

Children took to the floor to learn dances from around the world at a workshop at Sutton St James Primary School. The event was run by the West End in Schools group and pupils were able to learn a variety of dances including the Hakka from New Zealand, the CanCan from France, Scottish dancing, Salsa from Brazil and some Bollywood ...