Newsletter | 12th June
Dear Families,
It has been a lovely week despite the significant change in weather. Throughout recent assemblies, we have been focusing on school values including kindness and our school rules on respect. We have also discussed how we feel proud of our achievements and it is lovely to see and hear all the things children are achieving outside of school; especially those footballers who have brought their trophies in. Please keep letting us know any achievements.
Caroline Laycock
Headteacher
Dates for the diary
- Thursday 25th June – whole school sports day
- Friday 26th June – INSET day (school closed)
- Friday 10th July – individual school reports sent home
- Monday 13th July – Ben Langley (comedian) to visit
- Tuesday 14th July – Year 6 end of year celebration
- Thursday 16th July – Year 6 leavers presentation (2:30pm-4pm, close family of Year 6 pupils welcome)
- Friday 17th July – last day of school
Year group news
Nursery
This week in Nursery we have been learning all about the royal family. We have been talking about who is in the royal family, understanding that we used to have a queen and now have a king. Our focus book has been ‘The Queen’s Hat’, which we have also been linking to different types of weather – suitable for a week when we have been fascinated by the wind, rain, sunshine and even hailstorms that we’ve experienced!
Reception Rabbits
This week Rabbits class have been thinking more about different types of transport. After enjoying our focus book ‘Amazing Machines’, children experimented with a range of fixing techniques to make their own vehicles from junk modelling. Children then worked hard at writing sentences about their favourite types of transport. In maths we have been looking in more detail at numbers past 10 through to 20, working in pairs to talk about what we notice when comparing these numbers as we count objects onto tens frames.
Hares
This week Hares have completed their Phonics Screen Check. Everyone has tried their hardest and all of us teachers are super proud of each and every Hare – well done to you all! We have also started our portraits in art and they are looking fantastic. What a great week!
Fawns
This week in Fawns class we have completed our unit on telling the time in maths and moved on to reasoning and problem-solving skills with addition problems. In writing we have begun our unit on writing formal invitations and are looking forwards to planning and writing our own over the next few weeks. We also enjoyed a sports day practice with Hares class this week.
Otters
Otters started a new topic in their writing lessons this week. They have started, stories from other cultures! We have been looking at how we can include cultural references into our writing depending on where our story is set – the focus has been Egypt. In maths, we have also started a new topic – money. So, they have been familiarising themselves with coins, notes and how we convert decimals into money.
Badgers
Badgers have had a great week of learning! They finished their biographies on Sir David Attenborough and have now begun their new unit on playscripts. They have enjoyed performing plays, as well as creating their own playscript on a given scene. In maths, they have finished off their unit on statistics. In history, they learned about the Anglo-Saxons, in order to compare them with the Mayan society and they have been having a very creative time in music, learning about the different music notes and practising these by learning a short piece of music. Well done Badgers!
Foxes
Fox class have produced a lot of brilliant writing this week; re-drafting an explanation text and writing about character, setting and atmosphere. In maths, the class have converted measures and in science have continued to study evolution.
Achievement Awards
Rabbit Class – Niha for fantastic concentration and participation in phonics.
Hares Class – Jayda – for her excellent effort in her Phonics Screen and achieving her best score ever! Proud of you Jayda!
Fawns Class – Malakai for his excellent effort and kindness in sensory circuits this week.
Otter Class – Mason, for his fantastic newspaper report on an escaped dog!
Badger Class – Annabelle for really pushing herself during swimming this week!
Fox Class – Chloe for very good editing this week.
Star of the Week Awards
Rabbit Class – Luca for his enthusiasm with sharing activities he has been doing at home which link to our learning.
Hares Class – Hayley – for always following the Lingwood Way and being a joy to have in Hares Class!
Fawns Class – Mia for her fantastic non-chronological reports about plants.
Otter Class – Robin, for always following the Lingwood Way and putting every ounce of effort into her subjects.
Badger Class – Max for putting 100% effort into his learning throughout the week, especially in English and history!
Fox Class – George K for always following the Lingwood Way; he is a role-model at school
Congratulations to you all – we are very proud of you for showing kindness, determination and ambition.
Attendance Update
This week’s whole school attendance is 97.3%.
- In first place is Fawns with 98.3%
- In second place is Otters with 97.7%
- In third place is Rabbits with 97.4%
Please note, class teachers will be communicating with any parents of children whose attendance drops below 95% to offer additional support.
Well done to all the children arriving at school on time, ready to learn lets see if we can again increase our attendance next week! A reminder that the school gates will continue to be open from 8.30 am and closed at 8.40am. Registration is at 8.40 am and school finishes at 3.25 pm.
Fines for parents for taking children out of school: What you need to know.
Remember that every day counts and we are in every day next week!
Success outside of school
Congratulations to Everleigh on winning the national cheer competition!
