Education

UAH pupils get into the festive spirit

It’s been a busy festive period for pupils at University Academy Holbeach including a pupil’s own initiative to help others in the town As well as the usual festive traditions including the annual carol concert and visits to Year Six pupils at local primary schools, an appeal was made to help the Holbeach Community Larder. Year 10 pupil Hope Elston ...

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Author Erin is top of her class

An award-winning Gosberton 12-year-old who has helped other children like herself in battling anxiety has been setting records in her school. Erin Smith recently landed the Young Achiever Award at the Pride of South Holland Awards after the book she’d written aged ten, Kiki the Worry Monster, was rolled out for other young people to read. She was encouraged to ...

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Young chefs show off their skills

Students from Spalding High School, Spalding Academy and Bourne Academy all competed to be the Rotary Young Chef of the Year. The students were challenged to cook a main course and dessert for two people on a budget of just £14. The event took place at Spalding High School and head judge Robert Presland, of Peterborough Regional College, congratulated all ...

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Schools merger to flower in 2022 as Tulip Academy Spalding

The merger of two special schools is to take place next year with the creation of Tulip Academy Spalding. The Priory and The Garth Schools will respectively become the Waterside and Springview campuses of the new school now intended for all ages and all abilities. It was first proposed in 2017 as part of what Lincolnshire County Council called at ...

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School’s spooky competition

Pupils at a primary school have been rewarded with vouchers for their carving skills. Weston St Mary’s C of E Primary School organised the competition to decorating and carve pumpkins kindly donated to them by Tyrrell Farms. The final designs were judged by Emerald Homes’ manager James Major-Mackay – who was so impressed with the children’s designs he awarded every ...

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Excellent rating after inspection

A Spalding primary school is celebrating after being judged excellent following a school inspection. A thorough inspection of Ayscoughfee Hall School was carried out in September by the Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI), focusing on the areas of Regulatory Compliance and Educational Quality. The ISI is the body approved by the Department for Education for the purpose of inspecting schools belonging ...

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Standing up against racism

Students at University Academy Holbeach wore red in a show of support against racism. Pupils were invited to wear an item of red clothing on Wear Red Day on Friday as a gesture of unity against racism. Head of performing art at the school Sam Graper said: “Over the past few weeks, the school has held events linked to Black ...

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Gallery – Monkshouse pupils look to India

Children at Monkshouse Primary School in Spalding have been given The Indian Experience ahead of Diwali. The school was visited by Sunita Patel who helped children create traditional Rangoli artwork as shown, as well as speaking about some of the stories surrounding the festival that gets under way next month. The sessions have been run by Lincolnshire-based The Indian Experience ...

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Going for gold for cancer charity

The Gosberton Academy community came together recently to raise awareness for a fantastic cause. September is Go Gold for Childhood Cancer Awareness Month and pupils wore gold or yellow clothing in exchange for a donation, raising £130. Headteacher Tom Baxter said: “It was fantastic to see so many children taking part. It really shows the fantastic efforts of our families ...

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Celebrations for top exam results

There were celebrations all round when this year’s A level and vocational results were revealed on Tuesday. Students across South Holland received their grades after another year of cancelled exams.The class of 2021 had their results based largely on teacher assessment, along with elements of course work, mock exams and essays.And the result saw more A* and A grades in ...

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Duo in step for national award

Two Spalding Academy students have won a national prize for urban dancing. Alfie Edwards and Danielle Dixey picked up first place in the Be You competition’s Hip Hop and Street category. The pair, who are also part of the Crowland Cheer and Dance group, did their own choreography and performance for the event held online. It was the first time ...

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Great mark for academy

A school has been recognised for the lessons it puts on outdoors. Gosberton House Academy has been given the Learning Outside the Classroom Silver Mark thanks to the lessons it conducts in line with the programme. Those include exploring the school’s grounds to the ‘minibeast hotel’ to the sensory garden and enjoying the tyre swings. A spokesman for the school, ...

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Joseph’s legacy will live on at The Garth

Children at a Spalding special school helped open a new play area in memory of a former schoolmate on what would have been his 15th birthday. A new sensory room has been unveiled at The Garth School thanks to money that was raised by the family of Joseph Bradshaw, who died in April. When he was born, Joseph, of Moulton ...

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School’s mosaic is taking shape

Staff and children at a Spalding school have been getting stuck in with a huge art project that will mark the 50th anniversary of specialist schools being set up. The Priory school has enlisted artist Fiona Gurney to create a mosaic similar to the ones she created to mark the Olympic torch passing through the area in 2012, one of ...

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Head among school retirees

Ayscoughfee Hall School has thanked retiring teachers including its headteacher. Clare Ogden has been in the position for the last nine years and has been a teacher for 39 years. The current deputy head Theresa Wright is to take on the role. Mrs Ogden said: “Truly great schools don’t suddenly exist. You nurture brilliant teachers first; you have the right ...

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Art celebrating education

A special art project celebrating inclusive education has been boosted with a cheque presentation. The Priory School Art Project will see local artist Fiona Gurney create a large mosaic for display at the front of the school. This year marks the 50th anniversary of implementation of law for education to include children with severe learning disabilities and Spalding Lions presented ...

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School’s Hilltop adventure

Year Five and Six students at Ayscoughfee Hall School have been challenging themselves on a residential trip to Hilltop Camp in Sheringham. The four day trip to Norfolk was a huge success. A spokesman said: “The children whizzed down zip wires, climbed, abseiled, rode bikes, fired arrows, created amazing woodland shelters, gathered wood to light fires to heat water and ...

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Pupils join Euros footie fun

Football is currently all the rage with the delayed Euros tournament being played out on our screens most days. As part of the international fun Gosberton House Academy pupils have been designing their own striking football kits. They have also been putting together fact files on the countries that are taking part and they have been taking part in the ...

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School’s ‘exciting’ expansion

Spalding Academy has announced plans to expand. The Neville Avenue school says it’s had a recent increase in pupils and is making efforts to ensure the building itself expands accordingly. The first of the planned improvements will be revamped PE changing facilities. That’s set to be followed by doubling the music rooms before an eight classroom block and the refurbishment ...

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Sporting crazy socks and hair

The Pupil School Council at Spalding’s Ayscoughfee Hall School recently raised £150 for charity. Headteacher Clare Odgen said: “With their usual care and compassion, the children have overwhelmingly chosen to support the RSPCA on this occasion, as they feel more animals than usual have been neglected due to the COVID situation and the RSPCA will have been unable to fundraise ...

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