Metheringham Primary School

Foundation Stage Children in Reception have been learning about a famous artist called Claude Monet. We have begun the first stage of recreating his artwork by using tape to make a bridge. We will then be using brush strokes, just like the artist, to create a lily pad piece of art as part of our minibeast topic.  

Key Stage One  This week, our learning has focused on the book, “The Giving Tree”.  It is a super book about friendship and comes highly recommended for all ages – even adults!  We have been using conjunctions to improve our writing and extend our sentences.  All the teachers have been very impressed with our super writing. In PE, we have been practising our sports day races and using drivers in tri-golf to hit the ball towards a target.  It has been nice to play golf in the sunshine for a change! 

Lower Key Stage Two Year 3 and 4 wasted no time in getting to grips with the seconds, minutes and hours as they clocked some great progress in maths. Some of our year 4's have been left divided by the bus stop method, but they are in capable HANDS! We have been tasked to learn as much about the Roman invasion as possible and why they invaded Britain? We've also been resolving conflict in PSHE this week, smiles all round in LKS2. You can count on us to be experts in women's history as we've read about Sacagawea, Jane Austen and Mary Anning, digging up as much information as we can.

Upper Key Stage Two After a weekend of Coronation fun, Year 6 returned to school on Tuesday to their Key Stage 2 SATs tests.  They were really positive and spurred on by breakfast with their friends in school each morning.  We have been impressed with their hard work, determination and resilience; a sure sign that our Metheringham school values are embedded.  

With SATs this week, Year 5 have had a glimpse into the future with Mrs Wilcox and Mrs Smith-Wood's class seeing their Year 6 counterparts away from the classroom for most of the mornings.  They have 'published' their Jumanji stories and are looking forward to seeing whose final version will be chosen for the English curriculum display.  In maths, they have practised areas of the curriculum they feel they need to brush up on, whilst challenging themselves with some preparation for Year 6 arithmetic with our Arithmagician's daily challenge!  Year 5/6 have been travelling back into the dim and distant past as they gain greater knowledge of the Ancient Egyptians and where they fit into the historical timeline.   They had to really get their 'thinking caps' on to grapple with the understanding on how the dates work in BC/AD BCE/CE!

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

Current whole school attendance is 95.11%. 

Our attendance figures for week 2 and week 3 of term 5 were as follows:

Well done to Miss Tucker's Class for a significant improvement between the two weeks. 100% earns you an extra playtime! 

Myia...you did it! Great determination and perseverance, well done!