Metheringham Primary School

Foundation Stage This week, the Reception children have used the artist Kandinsky to identify circles and triangles in the environment. They also learnt to use the vocabulary of these 2d shapes to describe what they see. They even created their own Kandinsky style art work to apply their learning in their play.

Key Stage One Key Stage One have been getting into the festive spirit already and begun practising for the Christmas play. We are so excited and parents, you are in for a treat! Well done to all the children who have already learned their lines and are making everyone smile with their wonderful singing. The children have also shown super maturity and determination when they've done their first assessments of the year to show all their teachers all the super knowledge they've gained since September. In RE, they have really enjoyed making Jonah and the Whale peg puppets, inspired by the Old Testament story in the Bible. The children have been having lots of thoughtful discussions and shown a great attitude and understanding for our Anti-bullying week. Well done, everyone!

Lower Key Stage Two This week we have been ‘showing what we know’ in our termly assessments. The children have worked so hard and we are proud of every single one of them. Please ensure you get some down time this weekend Y3&4 – you deserve it! In Art, we have been learning how to draw a person in proportion using a step-by-step tutorial. In History, we have rounded off our topic by exploring the Iron Age. We’ve learnt about hillforts, roundhouses and the progression of weapons from the Stone Age through to the Iron Age. In PSHE, we have discussed Anti-Bullying and being proud – our children had the opportunity to read their lovely parent postcards from Parents’ Evening. To end our week, we have learnt about Children in Need and the importance of the event.

Upper Key Stage Two Upper Key Stage 2 had their eagerly anticipated History trip to Lincoln Castle. Even though we arrived a bit wet and soggy (thank-you British weather), each group was whisked off to their starting destination for their activity. The year 5/6 children were immersed into three activities, all centred around Crime and Punishment: Joseph Ralph escape game (twice he escaped Lincoln Prison!), a prison tour, including understanding the chores involved whilst an inmate as well as a visit to the prison chapel; and if we weren't wet enough the children and staff enjoyed the stunning views of our wonderful historic city via the wall tour. Phew!

116 pupils have maintained 100% attendance so far this academic year.

Current whole school attendance is 96%.

Our attendance figures for week 2 of Term 2 were as follows. We had a lot of poorly little people in week 2. It's great to see them returning to school feeling a lot better this week. Well done to Mrs Freeman's Class for the highest percentage of attendance in week 2!