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Dodgeball
 Year 8 were invited by the Year 11 XL Club to play in an inter-house Dodgeball tournament.
On the 17th of November King Edward Humanities College saw its first Dodge Ball match. Willoughby and Newton carried on even though the weather turned into a blizzard at times. It was a close call and right up to the last minute it was anybody’s game but Willoughby snatched a victory and beat Newton 8-5
Next was Franklin vs Tennyson on the 24th of November. There was a good turnout for the two houses who battled it out for 25 minutes. The organizers felt this match went a lot better than the first as they corrected the weaknesses and built on the strengths of last week. Tennyson was a stronger side from the start. Franklin did start to turn the game around but a little too late the final scores Tennyson 6 – Franklin 3
The final will be held on the 4th of December at 1.35pm where we see the winners from the last two matches play for the title of Dodgeball Champion.
Flavours of the East
To celebrate Diwali festival of light in the college canteen there was a special Indian menu with a selection of traditional dishes such as Chicken Curry, Vegetable Biryani and Vegetable Samosas with Raita Dip. The students enjoyed the food and are looking forward to the next themed day.
Jumble Sale
 The Jumble Sale held in school on Saturday 0ctober the 16th raised £300. This time the money will go towards the charity which deals in clearing landmines in countries like Cambodia, India and Angola
Mobile Phones can be redeemed at £30 each and old Ink Cartridges at £1 each any of these can be given into school or to Mrs Crawford in the Art block.
Every £1 given clears an area of 1 square meter. A trained landmine dog costs between £8000 and £12000 to train, but once trained it can clear an area of 10,000 square meters per day.
We would like to do our bit to increase the total of the jumble sale to do this.
Thanks to all who helped so far.
An 'eggcellent' time had by all!
On July 11th as a part of the school’s annual activities week, 56 students went on a trip to a free range egg farm to see exactly what free range egg production is all about. The farm, called ‘Highfields Happy Hens’ near Etwall, Derbyshire not only focuses on free range eggs, but also the rehabilitation of troubled youths and those who have been excluded from school. It aims to give these kids responsibility and an outlet to let people know what is troubling them. The farm has an excellent success rate of helping these kids get their lives back on track.
All students thoroughly enjoyed the day, even though the weather was not always on our side. Students had the opportunity to go into a shed and see thousands of 8 day old chicks who in a few months will start laying. They learnt what free range actually is and also had the chance to see many other farm animals. All students gathered some eggs to take home and were surprised at how much better free range eggs tasted! Mr. Moore, who organised the trip said, “The students had an excellent time. Despite the long coach ride, it was well worth it. Most students had heard about free range before, but didn't know exactly what this meant; now they do, and can make informed choices as consumers”. The trip tied in well with the school’s Rural Dimension focus and no doubt many more trips like this will be planned in the future for those who missed out this time.
Rural Dimension
 The Rural Dimension of the college is going from strength to strength. We have now started an allotment growing lots of organic vegetables including carrots, sweetcorn, lettuce, radishes and even purple potatoes! In a matter of weeks the college’s newest arrivals will be here, and fresh, organic, free range chickens will once again roam the grounds of King Edward VI Watch this space!
County Champions
 Some year 9 students recently succeeded as County Champions in an Education Business Partnership Challenge. Their task was to work Hill Holt Wood, an environmental social enterprise dedicated to promoting sustainability; ecological, social and economic. Hill HolyWood is a living wood with the founders living on site. The wood is used extensively by the local community and hosts a variety of social and educational activities. The challenge was for students to design an eco-village of the future, to house up to 500 people. Students had to produce a development plan for the community, investigate sustainable strategies; including planning controls, recycling, reusing and repairing and finally give a summary explaining how human activity can affect the environment including a recognition of what is not sustainable. All entries were judges by staff at Hill HoltWood and students were invited to attend an Awards Dinner at Stoke Rochford. Students were delighted with their success and are seen here with their certificates and trophies.
Special Art award
Students from King Edward VI Humanities College recently entered an art challenge set by Bishop  Grosseteste University College. Their task was to select a piece of their GCSE coursework which demonstrated 'how connections had been made with the work of other artists to inspire them and make their choice' All entries were judged by Maggie Warren of The Collection and the Usher Gallery, Lincoln, together with Cilla Chapman, course tutor at Bishop Grosseteste. All students were presented with a certificate and a sketchbook and deserve congratulations for a fine effort.
Year of The Rat
 Celebrations marking the start of the Chinese New Year kicked off early at King Edward VI Humanities College on Thursday 7th February. In the college canteen there was a special Chinese menu with a selection of traditional dishes such as Sweet and Sour Chicken, Vegetable Chow Mein and Vegetable Spring Rolls with Chilli Dip. Dale, one of the students, said "The food was really nice and I am looking forward to the next theme day".
Year 10 Wash, Bake and Walk
On Thursday 24th January Mr. Moore’s year 10 Citizenship group held a  fundraising day at the school in the name of charity. The students came up with the ideas for raising money and were heavily involved in the planning of the day, which was organised with the aim of helping to make people’s lives better in some way or another. Half of the money raised will be going to cancer research and the other half to World Vision who help families living in poverty in developing countries. In all a total of £190 was raised on the day. For a fuller report of this event please click here.
Generous gift
The headteacher, governors and students would like to express their grateful thanks to the Spilsby Grammar School Foundation for providing £5000 towards a canopy to provide an outdoor seating area.
Charity jumble sale
 Mr Benson came into College on December 12th 2007 to be presented with a cheque of £129 from the last Jumble Sale organised by Mrs Crawford. This money goes towards paying for 4 large chests being sent out to the Philippines each month at a cost of £50 per chest—plus 4 suitcases full of clothes and toys etc at £5 each. Mr Benson is very grateful for the Teddy Bears and Necklaces we collected for the children and the old ladies. He is now looking for Computer printers, keyboards and towers - He has plenty of monitors. Can anyone out there help him? The Photograph shows Dale and Jake who have helped with setting out the Jumble Sale each time.
Positive Play
King Edward VI Humanities College played host to a large number of Lunch Time Supervisors and Teaching Assistants on 18th September. In all, over 20 representatives from Spilsby, Halton Holegate, Great Steeping, Toynton All Saints and Partney Primary Schools attended a course on “Positive Play”.
The morning, organised and run by the School’s Sports Coordinators Mike Irving and Ian Hayes, was designed to show how these valuable members of staff can make a huge difference to the Health and Fitness of young people in the Spilsby area at playtimes and lunchtimes.
The course demonstrated how “effective play needs a positive environment” and stressed that Positive behaviour in school would be reinforced by adults enabling children to play.
The Lunchtime Supervisors and Teaching Assistants were then put through their paces when they tried their hands at some practical ideas using specialised pieces of equipment designed to stimulate physical development, cognitive thinking and social skills.
With the Government’s Schools Sports Coordinator Programme calling for schools to deliver at least 2 hours of Physical Activity to 85% of all children aged between 5 and 16 years of age by the end of 2008, structured play at breaks and lunch times can provide children with the boost of activity that they desperately need.
In the swim
A new first for King Edward VI Humanities College in the
sporting arena
was created on May 23rd 2007 when 14
Year Seven students entered a
Swimming Gala at John
Spendluffe, Alford. The Gala was organised by
the Sports
Coordinators between the two schools who are constantly
looking to provide students with a diversity of experiences
and competition
in the world of school sport.
As well as the students from King Edward and John Spendluffe,
students
from Skegness Grammar School were also invited,
making the occasion
an exciting and noisy spectacle.
There were over 40 races swum between the girls and boys teams
from King
Edward with mixed successes. Eventually a winning
team was found and
the Skegness Grammar School won the girls’
event and Spendluffe the boys.
Although King Edward finished third
in both competitions, all students had
a whale of a time and are
already looking forward to competing again.
Because of the wonderful spectacle that a Swimming Gala creates,
Mr Irving and the PE Department are investigating the potential of
holding an inter house competition for Cohort 2011 in the near future.
Young Americans
 For three days students at King Edward VI Humanities College have been playing host to a touring dance and drama group, called the young Americans. Apart from watching the performance there was an opportunity for students to participate in a series of theatre workshops. The whole event was topped off, when the students put on a public performance of the exciting dance show they had been learning in the workshops.
£500 for RNLI
Students at King Edward VI Humanities College in Spilsby were keen to support the fundraising event in aid of the RNLI on Friday 26 January. Students were allowed to wear trainers to college for the day and each donated the sum of £1 to this very worthy cause.On 2 February Mr Irving of the Skegness Lifeboat Crew was presented with a cheque in the sum of £500 which was raised by the college.
£10000 grant for College PE
King Edward VI Humanities College in Spilsby have been granted £10,000 from the National Lottery as part of their Awards for All Scheme. The money is to be spent on the purchase of two trampolines, competition bed, crash mats and floor mats. The equipment will be well used in supporting students from across the college, in class and in extra-curricular work. Mr Michael Irving, Head of PE said ' We are grateful to receive such a significant amount of funding and all students will be able to access new courses in trampolining which is part of our curriculum development work. We will also be able to work with our partner primary schools on trampolining skills, so the money will not only benefit our students but those in the local community, too'.
Damilola Taylor Pledge Wall
 Mrs Su Turner, Student Support Coordinator for Year 7, at King Edward VI Humanities College has been actively involved with students in her year group in supporting this national campaign. A pledge wall has been set up where Year 7 students have been invited to sign a pledge in memory of Damilola Taylor indicating that they will never carry a weapon.
Badminton
 Last week saw the first Badminton match of the year when the King Edward VI Humanities College team traveled to Skegness to play the Grammar School. There were some excellent games with both teams displaying excellent sportsmanship. The King Edward VI Humanities College team was just too strong for their opponents and ran out 10 – 6 winners. There were some outstanding performances from Jamie and Kayleigh who both remained undefeated throughout the match.
End of an era 
At the July Governors' Meeting Pam Badley, the Chair of the Governing Body, had sad duty of saying goodbye to one of the college's longest serving governors, Mr David Pleming. After nineteen years of loyal service in many different capacities, David said his farewell to the meeting. He said how much he had enjoyed not only being a governor but also being an active participant in college life. David will be remembered for his contributions not only as a governor but also as the college unofficial photographer. David was presented with a painting of the original school as a thank you for all his hard work over the years.
 Launch Day
24th April 2006 saw the dawn of The King Edward VI Humanities College.
The day got off to an excellent start when the Spilsby Grammar School
Foundation presented the College with a £10000 cheque to put towards
the cost of enhancing educational provision for the students of the area.
This supportive gesture was greatly appreciated by the college.
 Creepy crawlies
The day continued in the same positive manner with a wide variety of exciting and sometimes
challenging activities for all students. The activities ranged from team building exercises,
in which success was only guaranteed by working together, through to hands on experience of
handling various "creepy crawlies" and thereby overcoming fear and personal phobias.
 Challenging subjects
For the puzzle and problem solving addicts there was an impressive display of giant mathematical
puzzles to investigate which tested everyone to the limit. Equally impressive was
the display of weapons and memorabilia from the World Wars which helped to put history into perspective.
 Creative crafts
For the more creative students there was an opportunity to make lace work
and spin wool using an old fashioned spinning wheel. We are happy to report that nobody pricked
their finger and fell asleep, it was all much too exciting for that.
 Steve Dawson
The official guest of honour was Steve Dawson, a local transatlantic oarsman, who
came to inspire students with tales of courage and perseverance. At the end of the
day Steve kindly agreed to a video interview conducted by one of our students. The interview
was so professional and expertly conducted that it was hard to appreciate that we were watching
a Year 10 student as she looked for all the world like a seasoned TV Interviewer.
French Breakfast
Year 8 organised a French Breakfast, with the help of their French teacher Mrs Heather Freeman.
The students had a choice of hot chocolate or coffee and croissants or bread with butter and jam.
It was an excellent event which gave a very real insight into French culture and also served to
make French lessons more interesting and realistic.
New head takes charge
Mrs Margaret Reeve took up her new post as headteacher of the King Edward VI College - Spilsby
on the 1st September.
The school is the first Humanities College in Lincolnshire and Mrs Reeve said ' The college
is going to use English, History and Geography to raise standards and provide opportunities
for community learning.
Enrichment classes will be available to all pupils each day. In addition it is hoped that
parents and friends of the school will become involved in ICT, drama and literacy through
a series of courses to be offered as soon as the necessary building work has been completed.
This is a very exciting time in the development of the college and we hope the whole
community will benefit. from the initiative'
King Edward VI granted college status
Everyone connected with King Edward VI School was delighted to hear this week that the school
had been granted Specialist Humanities College status starting in September 2005. The successful
bid acknowledges the excellent work being undertaken by the school in the field of humanities.
The additional money that follows the successful bid will be used to enhance all aspects of the
curriculum and fund some exciting and innovative curriculum development. High on the list will
be the creation of an audio and visual recording studio, enhanced ICT facilities and an archive
area. New community link programmes are being devised and local partner schools will also
be able to benefit from the expertise identified at King Edward VI.
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