Metheringham Primary School News - Summer 2008

Terms 3 and 4 at Metheringham Primary School provided a range of different experiences for our pupils.

In January, 47 Metheringham pupils were invited to sing at the Education Celebration Service at Lincoln Cathedral. The pupils performed 3 songs from the musical 'Joseph'. After quickly overcoming the nerves associated with singing in front of a large audience in such an overwhelming but inspiring location, our pupils sang their hearts out.

In March a group of 41 Year 6 pupils and 4 Year 5 pupils packed their bags and boarded the bus for a week's residential visit to the Peak District. The pupils were set many physical, problem solving, technological and team building challenges during this visit. These ranged from climbing, zip wiring and high ropes to fencing, quad biking, orienteering, river studies and information technology projects, to name a few. Undeterred by the rain, hail, high winds and mud, our pupils attempted all of the challenges set for them.

At the same time, the rest of the Metheringham pupils were involved in Healthy Schools' Week. There were a range of visitors in school delivering keep fit sessions, healthy lunchbox workshops, fire safety talks and health and hygiene talks to the pupils. The week ended with a 'Dragons' Den' activity where teams of pupils tried to sell the products that they had designed to a panel of 'Dragons' from the Metheringham area.

The school's Easter celebrations saw a mass of elaborately decorated yellow, orange and green Easter bonnets in school which were paraded for parents during our Easter assembly in Early Years. Our Key Stage 2 pupils were invited to decorate an Easter egg and our prize winners received their chocolate egg prizes during their assembly. The Friends of Metheringham School group topped the events off with an Easter raffle and Easter egg hunt in the village.

Our year 3 and year 3 /4 classes presented their play 'Much ado about Health' at the end of term 4. Like Shakespeare, this production was full of its own range of contemporary humour which was competently carried off by our talented pupils.

Term 4 ended with Metheringham School hosting a Young Enterprise day. Pupils and staff from Metheringham, Dunston, Nocton and Potterhanworth joined representatives from local businesses in activities involving trading, importing and exporting, advertising and promoting products. During the day many potential young entrepreneurs were identified! All pupils received certificates for participating in the day's events and the schools received Young Enterprise plaques.

The school diary is again full for the next 2 terms. Hopefully we will be able to keep you informed of school news in the next issue.

Elspeth McMenemie
Headteacher