Metheringham Primary School

Foundation Stage This week the Chicks and Robins have been learning about the Colour Monster stories.  Our focus in comprehension was on the story, "The Colour Monster goes to School."  We have been talking about how we feel and how sometimes we feel lots of different feelings at the same time. 

Key Stage One This week, KS1 have been expanding their learning about the Great Fire of London. We have ordered the events in chronological order on our class timelines. In English, we have started thinking about what we would put into our own Treasure Troves... What would go into your Treasure Trove? We look forward to seeing your special items next week. We have been looking at the suitability of different materials in Science, I wonder if any of our materials are suitable to build a house for the Three Little Pigs? Dodgeball and Football have been the areas of learning in PE this week and we are continuing to develop our knowledge of numbers and place value in maths.  

Lower Key Stage Two LKS2 have been busy as usual. We have been learning about democracy while voting for our school councillor. We look forward to finding out who our new representatives are. In History we have continued exploring ancient Britain understanding the time of the Anglo-Saxon invasion and how they lived. The children were horrified to learn that many of the people didn't wash and so were particularly stinky. Maths has been a challenge this week to partition large number up to 1000 or 10000 and placing them on a number line. In PE Year 3 and 4 have been developing their throwing and catching skills, using different passes which they will soon apply in games of Netball. In addition to all of this, many children are enjoying the school clubs which began this week namely gardening, PE, Tapathon and Choir.  

Upper Key Stage Two In Upper Key Stage 2 we have enjoyed another busy week, with many activities and learning having taken place. In English, we have continued to look at ‘The Adventures of Odysseus’, this time with a focus on writing a setting description. The children have enjoyed writing similes and metaphors, which included rich vocabulary, to create great detail in their descriptions. In Maths we have continued our work on place value, trying to understand the power of 10 as well as comparing and ordering numbers up to 1 000 000.  In other areas of the curriculum, our computing has seen us look at computer systems and how we interact with them, this has ranged from washing machines and security lockers to traffic lights. This has shown the children that technology and systems are all around us and we interact with them on a regular basis. The children have also enjoyed PE, despite the wind and rain, we have improved our Tri golf skills and practiced our passing in netball.  

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

Last years whole school attendance figure was 95.15%

Current whole school attendance is 95.83%

Our attendance figures for week 3 of term 1 are as follows:

Well done to Miss Storr and The Chicks! Super attendance this week! As you can see we have had lots of illness this week. We wish you all a speedy recorvery and hope for a better week of attendance next week.

Mrs Freeman really needs knocking off that top spot! Who is up for the challenge?

Thank you for the successful start we have had with reading and homework. We have given out so many house points this week to engaged, proud and enthusiastic pupils who have read at home multiple times and completed their homework to a high standard. A few pupils have had reminders to complete these tasks in the coming days.

Please note: Teachers are completing baseline phonics assessments in Key Stage Two. If your child has gaps in their phonics knowledge, they will also bring home a decodable book to support with this.