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• Thursday 28 March 2024 GHA - Easter Fayre The children and staff prepared lots of games and activities for our Easter Fayre. Some classes went shopping to buy prizes for their games - practising road safety and life skills in the process. Lots of willing family volunteers helped us with setting up and running the stalls. It was a wonderful afternoon for everyone. Thank you very much to everyone who helped, joined us or made a donation.
• Wednesday 27 March 2024 HPA - PGL March 2024
• Thursday 21 March 2024 UAH - T Levels Exciting new facilities are opening up amazing opportunities for ambitious students – as many enjoy real life experiences such as working on a maternity ward and seeing a plate removal operation in theatre.
• Monday 18 March 2024 GHA - Association for Physical Education, Distinction! Mrs Worley, our PE lead, and all of the staff, work very hard to ensure that our children all access a range of excellent and engaging PE experiences. The Association for Physical Education considered GHA’s application for their quality mark and conducted a validation visit to school. They have awarded us the Quality Mark with Distinction for ‘demonstrating outstanding commitment to improvement in Physical Education, School Sport and Physical Activity’. They told us this is because: GHA’s PE curriculum is fully inclusive, broad, needs and context-driven and transformative with all pupils making excellent progress in relation to their abilities/communication skills and sensory needs; this is highly significant because the range of abilities and needs are incredibly wide and far reaching. The leadership and management of PESSPA are exemplary with the new PE Lead powerfully supported by the SLT advocating PESSPA in the school community and beyond and ensuring PESSPA is at the heart
• Monday 4 March 2024 UALS - Year 8 Basketball Champions! The Year 8 Basketball team from UALS has brought great pride to the school this year by clinching the title of South Lincolnshire Basketball Champions. Throughout the journey to the final, the team engaged in five intense fixtures. The initial match against Spalding Grammar was an end to end game resulting in a 23-22 victory for UALS. Subsequently, facing off against UAH, the team secured a commanding 40-18 win, with standout performances from Josh Taylor and Alfie Clifton. The third encounter with Spalding Academy ended impressively at 36-10 in favour of UALS. With two crucial games remaining, the team felt the pressure, knowing that two more wins would propel them to the final. The trip to Bourne Academy resulted in a resounding 20-0 triumph, while the decisive match against Bourne Grammar concluded with a convincing 32-8 victory. Advancing to the final, the Year 8's confronted Cowley Academy. Demonstrating their skill and determination, UALS emerged triumphant with a final score
• Monday 4 March 2024 GHA - Lincolnshire Reading Pledge - Bronze Award! We are very proud to announce that GHA has been awarded the Lincolnshire Reading Pledge - Bronze Award. The Lincolnshire Reading Pledge has been developed by Witham St Hugh’s English Hub and L.E.A.D. Teaching School Hub, working in collaboration with Professor Teresa Cremin (Reading for Pleasure & The Open University). At Gosberton House Academy, we value the importance of Reading for Pleasure and the positive impact it can have. Our children take part in sensory story sack activities, take home library books and spend time exploring new books in our Story Den. To achieve the award, staff and pupils worked towards meeting a range of criteria throughout the academic year. Our reading ambassadors have helped choose some new reading for pleasure books for school and discussed what they would like to see in the library. Some of our Key Stage 2 children go to the lunchtime Story Den club. Thank you to all of our families, staff and children who have supported our reading challenges, sh
• Thursday 29 February 2024 UALS - Academy Rebuild Plans to completely rebuild University Academy Long Sutton have been unveiled.
• Monday 26 February 2024 UALS - Oliver!
• Monday 26 February 2024 GHA - RSPB's Big Garden Bird Watch Here at GHA we are lucky to have such wonderful grounds to watch all sorts of wildlife, minibeasts and creepy crawlies - sometimes even a muntjac deer! We also love looking out for birds big and small - we recently saw a pheasant in the carpark! We took part in the RSPB's Big Garden Bird Watch - some classes ticked off the birds they saw using a list, some made bird feeders and some made their own binoculars and then went around the playgrounds and wooded areas searching for birds.
• Monday 26 February 2024 GHA - Fun Family Activities! This term we were delighted to welcome so many of our families into school to share in our learning activities. Families were invited to join in with making electrical circuits, baking activities, sensory play, singing and stories, a Roman feast and dressing up, as well as 'bucket' sessions, to name just a few. We are looking forward to offering similar activities in the future and hope that even more families will be able to join us!
• Tuesday 13 February 2024 HPA & HBA - NSPCC Number Day
• Thursday 8 February 2024 HPA & HBA - Singsation! On Thursday 8 February 2024 years 5 and 6 pupils attended Singsation at UAH. They had been learning a song that they would be performing alongside pupils from other primary schools including Holbeach Bank Academy. The song that they had practiced was a Latin Melody which was mash up of popular songs familiar to the children. At the event they practiced with the other primary schools and then performed alongside the band that usually performs on Strictly Come Dancing.
• Thursday 8 February 2024 UAH - Newsletter UAH - Newsletter Terms 1 & 2
• Wednesday 7 February 2024 HBA - Girls' Volleyball Competition 13 girls took part in a volleyball competition held by Sport2day at the Holbeach Hub against 6 other schools in the area. We had a year 3/4 team of 7 players and a year 5/6 team with 6 players. The girls had been playing volleyball in their PE lessons prior to the event but we still met up the day before to go over the rules.
• Tuesday 6 February 2024 MPA - Monkshouse Mail February 2024
• Friday 2 February 2024 HPA - Sir John Hayes MP visits On Friday 2 February 2024, Sir John Hayes MP visited Holbeach Primary Academhy as part of our work around British Values. He had a tour of the school with two Year 6 children and Miss Kenyon. He was then interviewed by Sycamore class, who learnt all about the role of a MP and they learnt about his career path. The children were then able to ask some questions. This was a very interesting experience that we hope to repeat at Holbeach Bank Academy later in the year.
• Tuesday 23 January 2024 HPA & HBA - Online Safety Year 6 pupils across Holbeach Primary Academy and Holbeach Bank Academy took part in an online safety workshop run by Stay Safe Partnership. They explored the influence of the internet and were shown the importance of looking at information shared carefully as often it can be in the form of misinformation. The children were shown how this can happen and how to interpret some information correctly. Aspects around online chats and appropriate language were also shared to support their understanding of online bullying and the effect this can have on those in receipt of comments.
• Tuesday 23 January 2024 UAH - The Eco Team Air Quality Project Pupil learning about air quality, pollution and campaigning. The Eco Team campaign will begin in February, focusing on idling cars
• Friday 12 January 2024 GHA - Christmas Card Competition Congratulations to Eli and Daanish on winning the Christmas Card competition run by MP Sir John Hayes! Every year Sir John asks youngsters from Gosberton House Academy and Tulip Academy (Waterside Campus) to send in their festive designs. Eli and Daanish saw their designs used as the South Holland and The Deepings MPs’ official Christmas card! Well done!
• Wednesday 3 January 2024 GHA - Christmas Activities We had a very busy Christmas at GHA. We are grateful for the support from our wonderful families who joined us for carol concerts, Christmas activities and the Christmas Fayre. Christmas Jumper Day was also very popular - some of us would quite like a whole week of wearing a Christmas Jumper next year! We even had a very special visitor who delivered Christmas presents to all of the children.
• Wednesday 20 December 2023 GHA - Newsletter (Autumn Term) Welcome to the GHA Newsletter
• Wednesday 20 December 2023 HPA - Breakfast with Santa Monday 18 December and Tuesday 19 December 2023 saw Holbeach Primary Academy have a very special visitor to our breakfast club. Santa joined the children for pancakes with each receiving a special gift before he departed. This event is always well attended and thoroughly enjoyed by all the children.
• Tuesday 19 December 2023 HPA - Visiting Santa The children in Maple and Chestnut classes listened beautifully to stories for Santa. They were all gifted a present which was a book funded by the PTFA. The children took it in turns to ask Santa for gifts that they hope to receive for Christmas.
• Tuesday 19 December 2023 HPA - Nativity The children in Maple and Chestnut have enjoyed preparing and rehearsing for the Annual Nativity. This has been held at All Saints Church in Holbeach. The children put on a fantastic performance in the church and it was lovely to see so many families joining for the event.
• Tuesday 19 December 2023 HPA - Newsletter (Autumn Term) HPA Newsletter
• Monday 18 December 2023 UAH - Christmas Lunch with HPA & HBA UAH invited pupils from HPA and HBA for Christmas Lunch and Christmas music. Lots of interactive fun!
• Monday 18 December 2023 HPA - Christmas Craft Day On Monday 18 December 2023 the children across Holbeach Primary Academy enjoyed utilising their art and design and design and technology skills and knowledge to complete various Christmas Craft activities. Some even used food technology skills to make pizza Christmas trees. It was great to see the progression across the year groups in their knowledge and skills.
• Monday 18 December 2023 HPA - Christmas Video //www.youtube.com/embed/6mTqHExn4Rg#t=0.5
• Monday 18 December 2023 UALS - Careers Newsletter Welcome to UALS Careers Newsletter - December 2023
• Friday 15 December 2023 HPA - Christmas Church Services Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2 children each enjoyed a Christmas Church Service in All Saints Church.

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