Staff and students have been celebrating World Book Day throughout the school; in the library, classrooms, assemblies and form time - proving that we are a school that values books and reading.

Staff are invited to nominate students who have demonstrated a Growth Mindset in the past few weeks. This might have been in lessons, in clubs, in tutor time or simply around school. Please note we already award bi-annual subject badges and merits for good academic work, effort and improvement. These Growth Mindset nominations recognise those who show resilience (academic or otherwise); who aren’t afraid to get things wrong and learn from it; those who have a go, take themselves out of their comfort zone or show that even if a task is tough, they will persevere.

We are delighted to announce our plans to invest £90,000 in the refurbishment of an existing classroom into a fully equipped Science lab, after staff at the school were successful in securing additional funding.

Work will start on the project in July this year, and it should be completed in time for the start of the Autumn term.

The cost of the project is funded with the help of a grant of nearly £80,000 from the Wolfson Foundation, an independent charity with a focus on research and education that awards grants to support excellence in the fields of science, health, heritage, humanities and the arts.

Although we already have six fully functioning labs, the development will mean more specialist facilities available for science classes.

We are delighted to have secured the grant and excited about how the new facilities can help our students reach their potential.

Paul Ramsbottom, Chief Executive of the Wolfson Foundation, said: “We are very pleased to support Kesteven and Sleaford High School in creating outstanding facilities for their students. We hope the new laboratory will help inspire students to have a lifelong interest in science.”

The Personal Development session on Friday 8 December was for students to create a school ‘Peace Chain’ with messages of peace written by each individual. There has been much unrest and difficulty over the last year and we wanted a focus on positivity in society as 2023 comes to an end and 2024 begins. The Peace Chains from each form were joined together to make a whole school chain, demonstrating that when we all work together for a common goal, we can affect great change in society. Our challenge to our students in 2024 is to be the change that they want to see and to act on their message of peace however they can. All students who took part were awarded a House Point for their contribution.

Mr Rooke

Head of House System

Chloe, Fatimah, Anya, Grace and Elikarisa in Year 8 took part in a festive walk for charity on Saturday 2 December.

They have raised £385 so far for St. Barnabas Hospice.

Well done to you all!

Miss P Adamson

Form tutor

On Friday 24 November and following the completion of our two-week-long GCSE mocks, we were given the opportunity to enjoy a relaxed and rewarding day at school attending sessions that included: first aid training, yoga, a session with Lincolnshire Police, revisiting UniFrog, and a motivational speech at the end of the day.