Newsletter | 10th October
Dear Families,
It has been another very exciting week of learning at Lingwood – I have seen some fabulous maths lessons with super challenges in Badger Class and some excellent reading in Hares class.
I have really enjoyed getting to know your wonderful children and spending time with them at lunchtime and seeing them in their lessons.
We are very much looking forward to seeing many of you for Parents’ Evenings next week – a time for teachers to celebrate with you all that your children are learning and how they have settled this year.
Today, we say see you soon to Miss Coley. Whilst she will be greatly missed, we wish her and her family all the best whilst she is on maternity leave.
Have a lovely weekend.
Mrs J Sendall
Interim Headteacher
Dates for the diary
- Dates for the diary
- W/C 14th October: Parents evenings week – Appointments on Arbor – Closing Monday 13.10.25 at 9:45 am
- Friday 17th October – One Tree Non-Uniform £1 donation
- Friday 17th October – Bikeability Level 1 – Year 4
- Monday 20th October – Poppy Appeal – Donations can be made after school via the school office or at breaktimes until the 11th November
- Friday 24th October – Last day of term
- Monday 10th November – Back to school for Autumn Term 2
- Thursday 13th November – Individual School Photos
- Friday 14th November – Badgers start swimming
- Friday 14th November – Children in Need – more information to follow
- Tuesday 9th December 9:15am – KS1 Nativity (Year 1 and 2)
- Wednesday 10th December 9:15am – EYFS Nativity (Nursery and Reception)
- Thursday 11th December 2:40pm – KS2 Christmas Performance (Years 3-6)
- Thursday 11th December – Save the Children Christmas Jumper Day £1 donation for Save the Children. Christmas Jumper to be worn over the top of uniform.
- Thursday 11th December 3.35pm – FOLPA Christmas Movie Night Further information to come from FOLPA.
- Friday 12th December 2.30pm – Rock Steady Concert
- Wednesday 17th December – Christmas Dinner Date Please book via Aspens by Friday 5th December.
Year group news
Nursery
This week, Nursery have been reading ‘My Hair’. The children have enjoyed trying out different hairstyles in our hair salon and practising their cutting skills as well as washing dolls hair. We have really enjoyed looking at all the photos of the children when they were younger and trying to put them in the right order. In maths we have practising counting in order up to 3. The children have been counting sounds, counting in songs and counting on their fingers.
Reception Rabbits
As part of our work on Black History Month, this week Rabbits class have been reading the book ‘Stand up to Racism’. We have been thinking about equality and fairness and learning what these words mean. In maths we have been learning about repeating patterns, continuing and making our own ‘ABC’ and ‘AAB’ patterns. Children have been making great progress with their reading in phonics as we continue to learn a new set of sounds.
Hares
Hares have had another amazing week and have made Ms Freezer extremely proud! We carefully made different types of sliders in our DT lesson showing our ability to listen, follow instructions and use fine motor skills. We also wrote our first long piece of writing and described a wintery park, making great use of adjectives!
Fawns
Fawns have worked hard in maths this week working on subtracting 2- and 3-digit numbers with exchanges. We have worked hard on our presentation and looked at how we use the column method to solve problems. In writing we have started drafting our stories based on well-known nursery rhymes.
Otters
Otters have been working hard this week trying to master new mental methods of adding and subtracting using partitioning. We have also begun planning our own diary entries for our final piece in our writing unit. In art, we learnt about intermediate colours and used paint to explore the different colours we could make.
Badgers
Badgers have once again been developing their skills with augmented reality, to produce an Ancient Greek scene! They have now finished their myth about Odysseus and the cyclops and it has been wonderful to see their creativity. In maths, we have now moved onto addition with column method, which they have been whizzing through. Well done Badgers, keep it up!
Foxes
This week Fox class started their food technology unit and made burritos. In English, they finished and edited their persuasive speeches in English and also started to learn about factors and multiples in maths.
Achievement Awards
Rabbit Class – Ora for making great progress with her writing.
Hares Class – Penny for slowing down with her writing and taking extra care over her handwriting.
Fawns Class – Nelly for incredible effort and participation in phonics lessons this week.
Otter Class – Hunter for his effort this week to improve his writing – his handwriting, his spelling and the content of his sentences!
Badger Class – Emme for her determination to do her best all week. Keep up that fantastic attitude Emme!
Fox Class – Alex for very good editing in his persuasive speech this week.
Star of the Year Awards
Rabbit Class – Asha for always being ready to learn.
Hares Class – Beren for having a brilliant attitude towards coming to school and making better choices.
Fawns Class – Benjamin consistently working hard all week and always being the first one ready to listen.
Otter Class – Max for his determination to show he always ready to learn and the consistent effort he gives to all his work.
Badger Class – Jack for his phenomenal reasoning in science this week. He went above and beyond and justified his ideas with an abundance of evidence. Well done Jack!
Fox Class – Evie for showing the Lingwood value of determination all week.
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 96.4%.
- In first place is Badgers with 100%
- In second place is Reception with 97.8%
- In third place is Otters with 97.2%.
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!
One Tree Day at Lingwood
Polite reminder that next Friday 17th October children will be invited to wear non-uniform to raise money and awareness for One Tree Charity.
This is a charity we have supported for the past two years and with every single £1 donated this will plant another tree!
This year, we will gain Planet Hero School status which our school council team are elated about.
So far, in Lingwood’s forest we have 294 trees! Let’s see how many more we can add this year.
Parents Evening Autumn Term
Parents Evening appointments for Nursery, Hares, Fawns, Otters, Badgers and Fox class will be available to book via your Arbor app from Monday 6th October 9am.
The booking system will then close on Monday 13th October at 9:45am.
Please note this year, we will be facilitating this in the school hall. The children’s books will be available to be looked at in the library area whilst you wait for your allocated slot.