Metheringham Primary School

Foundation Stage The Reception children had a wonderful time at Skegness Aquarium. They really enjoyed learning about sealife and exploring the activities that they had there.  

Key Stage One  This week the children have been continuing to learn about Brunel and all his amazing designs.  We watched an informative film about his life and thought about how his designs changed the country we live in.  Year 1 & 2 children got to draw some of his creations.  

Lower Key Stage Two This week in LKS2...  We have enjoyed our first swimming sessions out in this glorious sunshine, and continued to develop our Rounders skills in PE. Year 4 have been super stars and completed their times table check. They all worked so hard and tried their absolute best - Miss Pearson and Miss Tucker are incredibly proud of all the children - well done. Year 3 and 4 have started our PSHE topic by discussing ground rules and why these are so important - the children have showed responsibility and respect during these sessions, two of our school values. In English we are continuing our narrative writing - I wonder what adventure our characters will embark on? We have finished reading 'Pebble in my Pocket'; we thoroughly enjoyed learning about the rock cycle during this text. We have ended the week by learning about the influence of the Romans on our life today. What a jam packed week! Have a great weekend everyone!  

Upper Key Stage Two Hot hot hot!  Our first proper taste of summer!  The fans are out in the classroom and we are all flagging by 2:30! 

Despite the sweltering heat, UKS2 have been enjoying their diary writing in role as the main character (Michael) from Michael Morpugo’s ‘Kensuke’s Kingdom.’  We have some wonderful examples, where children have used the model text effectively to support their writing. 

This week in maths, Year 5/6 have been recapping triangles and quadrilaterals and developing our 2D and 3D shapes knowledge, while Y6 have been studying statistics, particularly involving pie charts. More maths, but in science during a Gravity investigation, where children needed to measure, draw results charts and read from scales.  even better that we were able to carry out this learning outside!

It is our Growing and Changing unit in PSHE, so this week has seen us collaborating to generate our ground rules to ensure safe, happy and respectful learning environments.  As well as this, we have re-capped the parts of the male and female body involved in our bodies growing and changing as we gradually develop into adults.  All the children have been amazing, with the questions and discussions have been so rewarding.   

Due to school funding cuts, we are unable to run 10 classes in the next academic year. This means that we will be saying goodbye to Miss Houldershaw at the end of the year and reducing to 9 classes. Miss Houldershaw has enjoyed her time with us at Metheringham and is very sorry to be leaving us. We are hoping that the reduction in classes is a temporary measure and that we will be able to increase again the following year, if funding allows.

We will also be saying goodbye to Mr Anker at the end of the year as he seeks an appointment to complete his Early Career Teacher years.

We have appointed Mrs Holly Fullbrook, who trained with us in 2021-2022, to cover Miss Wright's maternity leave until her return. Mrs Fullbrook knows the school and the pupils well and is excited for the opportunity to work with us again.

Class structure for 2023-2024:

Reception- Miss Storr

Reception/Year 1- Mrs Jones

Year 1/Year 2- Miss Pearson

Year 2- Ms Vrettos and Miss McKenzie 

Year 3- Mrs Fullbrook/Miss Wright 

Year 3/4- Miss Tucker

Year 4/5-Mr Edwards

Year 5/6- Mrs Wilcox/Mrs Smith-Wood

Year 6- Mrs Freeman

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

Current whole school attendance is 95.17%. 

Our attendance figures for week 1 of term 6 were as follows:

Well done to Miss Houldershaw's Class! A great start to Term 6!

Harry, this is a great achievement! Keep up the super spelling :-)

Information has been shared this week about our partnership with Metheringham Swimming Pool to raise much needed funds for the pool. We are encouraging all children to take part in a sponsored SPLASH-A-THON! 

Each class is invited to the pool on Sunday 25th June to take part in a sponsored SPLASH with their class. A sponsor form and letter with your child's class splash time has been sent home. 

Staff are hoping to come along to the event to cheer on their classes. Please could you indicate via a Seesaw message to your child's teacher if you intend to take part so we know how many staff to send along.