The St Andrew's and Sherington Church of England Schools' Partnership

  2 April 2012

  • Alongside Mothers' Day the school went green; not for eco-friendly reasons this time, but because a young 'colleen' wanted to celebrate St. Patrick's Day and suggested we dress up for charity to do so. This we did in style and raised, by donation, some funds for the NSPCC & ISPCC.
     
  • The repeated tiger hunts (each Foundation Stage child taking turns to try to guess where they could hide the beasts whereby their peers would not find them) were soon joined in with by older children after they dropped their wise 'There are no tigers at Sherington School - it's just a joke!'
     
  • We joined in with Sport Relief by walking 2.89 miles in 50 minutes and raising over £300 for the charity by sponsorship. On our return the PTFA provided a fine lunch of jacket potato, bean and cheese with 'afters' of fruit crumble and custard. Well done all concerned.
     
    • Keeping busy! Preparing the veg plots
  • Our seasonal preparation of the vegetable and flower beds had a new 'twist' as this year they formed part of our project with Sierra Leone. Children in both countries will be encouraged to grow plants and record their work with activities across the curriculum and to share this as the project develops.
     
  • School 'clubs' have sprung up like new spring growth; the original 'Dragon drawing club' was given new life by the Creative Partnership emphasis on illustration and has already spawned a daughter 'Mermaid Club'. Gardening club has been reawakened by the Sierra Leone connection and the Tiger hunting club needs to be more conservation minded and give them a rest for a while but now rumours abound about a dragon hunting club... Meanwhile Lydia continues with Recorder Club, Year 1 have made a lovely chocolate cake for the new church café and Mrs Jane Castle (Bridge Builder Trust) has also inducted enthusiasm for the culinary arts. A broad and hopefully balanced curriculum is on offer.
     
  • Celebrate we did for Mother's Day in traditional Sherington school mode with a fine selection of songs and readings by the children. Gifts of hand-made cards and best Lincolnshire daffs were taken home to commence the weekend break.
     
  • We ended the term with our traditional egg-rolling competition and Easter Bonnet Parade. The former attracted a prize for the longest roll the later was a winner for all and an after-school egg hunt completed a very busy term. We wish you all a good Easter break and look forward to an equally productive summer term.
    CS
Beautiful BonnetsEgg-rolling prize winner

  16 March 2012

    Biscuits for a playtime snack from the new shop
  • As a school we joined in the celebrations for the opening of the new village shop. Mr. Udi and Mrs. Dina were kindly allowed the children to visit and buy some playtime snacks and in the process to improve their geographical understandings of the locality.
     
  • Our three-school Creative Partnership Project completed its first phase with illustrator and literacy expert Mrs. Liz Sharp. This workshop centred on the development of character and story sequences through 'Storyboarding'. "It's exciting; it's hard to stop myself writing!" said one young learner. If writing is indeed one of those aspects of classroom life that "...floats on a sea of talk..." then the sociable atmosphere of three schools working together, provoking meaningful dialogues and high quality talk, was indeed fulfilling in several ways.
     
  • We welcome student teacher Miss Jaymie Herbst who will work alongside staff with our Reception group during the remainder of this term. Going on a Bear Hunt! Really; our Sherington version was going on a TIGER hunt in the school grounds. We found quite a few. All were safely captured and tamed by brave and considerate hunters.
     
  • The works of Beatrix Potter delight the staff as well as our pupils and provide Year 2 with a context for in-depth study of authorship and the creation of characters in story. The Year 1 children have been looking over their shoulders eager to join in and 'have a go'.
     
  • The Reception children, looking for Signs of Spring, seeing the earliest daffodils eagerly awaited signs of the first frogs in the school pond. They were not disappointed with the multitudes that emerged from winter torpor. After that we will look for the newts and tadpoles in due sequence. Exciting times whether you have had 4, 40 or more Spring-times to experience and celebrate.
     
  • Celebrate we did for Mother's Day in traditional Sherington school mode with a fine selection of songs and readings by the children. Gifts of hand-made cards and best Lincolnshire daffs were taken home to commence the weekend break.
     
  • At the point of going to press we, in common with our partner schools, and others, welcomed educational colleagues from Sierra Leone. Organised by Global Education Milton Keynes and sponsored by the British Council our two visitors spent their week in NMK visiting schools, teachers and their families and of course the children we teach who will take part in a twinning exercise to promote wider understandings of the world we live in.
    CS

  12 February 2012

  • We feed the birds at the bird table and we feed the voles on the field. The children learn kindness and care from their relationship with the living world and the first signs of spring, halted by the cold weather and snow, only made their efforts more valuable. To see these young learners really concentrate on discriminating a blue tit from its great cousin and to try to predict which of the nest boxes with different size entry holes they will use is to see them develop (hopefully) a lifelong empathy.
     
  • Our new free fruit trees ("Planting free trees - but there's more than free, there's eight of them Mr Storey!") needed to be planted through a crust of snow but were none the worse for that. We thank the UK Tree Council for their generous grant. Similarly we thank the woodland trust for a pack of saplings to enlarge 'Percy's Wood'. This included a Jubilee Oak raised from an acorn collected from the Royal Estates.
     
    • Teddy Bears in History
  • Work inside our classrooms continued with equal fervour as Key Stage 1 said goodbye to Miss Edmonds who successfully completed her teaching practice with us. The topic of 'Toys old and new' was given a boost with some precious older teddies brought to school for study. Our Reception group made friends with our mini programmable toys; the 'Bee-bots'. They planned and programmed routes for the bots to follow, counted and learned to turn left or right and then programmed each other in the playground to follow the same. Much fun and learning.
    CS
Playing robotsEnjoying the snow

  25 January 2012

  • Everybody returned from the Christmas break rested and ready to resume work and play with friends. We welcome students Miss Lora Edmonds and Jaymie-Leigh Herbst into our school family; both engaged in school placement experiences leading from their universities.
     
  • The Reception class extended their study of families to looking at their family trees and then considered the story of the Chinese New Year. In this project they enjoyed the struggle between the animals to name the year, cooked a simple stir-fry accompanied by jasmine-flower tea and learned about customs and practices of Chinese people around the world. Each child took home a hand-made money envelope (XX, hongbao) with a newly minted gold chocolate coin inside.
     
  • In Key Stage 1 the Year 1 & 2 children began their Creative Partnership Project "Every child has a story." Phase One began with work inspired by illustrator and literacy expert Mrs Liz Sharpe and the children started to investigate characters through drawings of their own and from looking at the work well-known children's authors such as Quentin Blake, Eric Carle and Michael Foreman. Using a range of art techniques the children adopted or invented characters to visualise and to begin making the subject of their own stories. Illustrator and Literacy Consultant Liz Sharp commented "The children at Sherington School are enthusiastic, confident and articulate learners. I have learned so much already working with them and look forward to our next workshop." CS
A busy workshopA busy workshop

 

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