We are delighted to announce that Mr Watson has been shortlisted for Apprentice of the Year in the Grantham Journal’s Business awards 2018!!!!!!!!!

We nominated him back in the summer term and were over the moon to find out that he has made it into the top 3!!!!

The Journal received a  total of 219 nominations, with some categories having as many as 30 entries.

This is a huge achievement and we are all very proud of him.

The awards take place in November when we will find out who the winner is.

CONGRATULATIONS MR WATSON!!!!!

Welcome back to a brand new academic year. We are all very excited to anticipate all of the new challenges ahead of us this year.

We have a significant change in staff structure this year that all parents need to be aware of.

Mrs Christine MacDonald has been the Deputy Head here at Long Bennington for a considerable number of years however, she has chosen to step down from this role from the beginning of this academic year. We are incredibly grateful to her for all of the hard work and commitment she has shown to this school over the years and we are really glad that we have been able to keep her on staff and still in her role as SENDCo.

We have appointed two Assistant Headteachers who will be responsible for supporting the continuous drive for improvement in school - Miss Baliol-Key and Mr Haigh. They will each take on key strategic responsibilities within the management structure of the school and will be responsible for acting as designated Headteacher in my absence.

I am confident that both will have the support of all our community, parents, staff and pupils alike.

On Saturday, June 2nd, there will be a book signing by local author Jessica Collett at WHSmith in Grantham. It starts at 11.00am and some of our fantastic Y6 children have made posters to advertise the event which you should see in WHSmith windows very soon.

Jessica is a trainee teacher and at the age of 26 has just had her first book published. The book is a children's fiction book set in the time of World War 2 and follows the fortunes of an evacuee called Violet who leaves the dangers of wartime Grimsby to stay with an aristocratic family in the Derbyshire countryside.

As part of her training, Jessica has done some volunteer work here at Long Bennington, including  helping out as a volunteer on last year's residential visit to Northumberland.

It would be amazing for me as her Mum, to see some of our children at the signing, showing our support for her and also sharing the excitement of this achievement.

My job on the day apparently is snacks and drinks.....

If your child is in Y4/5 currently and is interested in having a look at past 11+ papers and having a go at a couple, there will be some school staff and some of our Y6 pupils in Class 10 on a Monday lunchtime to talk them through a few papers.

This is not tutoring for the test, this is basic familiarisation with the format and helping children to overcome concerns or worries they might have.

Sessions start on the first Monday after the holiday  from 12.00-12.30pm.