Dear Parents and Carers

Happy half term to you all! We have so much to celebrate and reflect on in terms of successes and memorable moments this half term:

· Our Harvest Assembly was a wonderful time to reflect and come together as a school.  Thank you for being so generous with your food donations

· The way that our youngest pupils have settled is fabulous – thank you all for helping your children to transition into school life

· Swimming lessons are going really well – such an important life skills for all children

· Parents’ evenings were another opportunity to work closely with you – working together as a partnership is so supportive for all children

· A successful BBC Look East article – well done to the Eco-council, pupils from across the school and Ms Mills!

· Our children demonstrating our Lingwood values in their daily interactions in and around school

And much, more!

Now that the weather is turning, could we please ask that all children come to school with appropriate coats so that they can enjoy outdoor playtimes as fully as possible.

Wishing you all a lovely half term break – we return on Monday, 10th November.

Warm wishes

Mrs J Sendall

Interim Headteacher

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Dates for the diary

• 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 9^th 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.

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Year group news

Nursery

This week, Nursery have continued with the story of Meg and Mog. They have been exploring pumpkins and spiderwebs and really enjoyed looking at pictures of each other celebrating Halloween. In maths we have been thinking about repeated patterns in songs and stories and also in our everyday routines.    

Reception Rabbits 

This week Rabbits class have enjoyed ‘Room on the Broom’, retelling the story through drama and story maps and talking about our favourite stories. In maths we have consolidated our understanding of numbers up to 3, while thinking about how the whole number 3 can be broken down into parts. It has been a busy half term, and we have squeezed in so much amazing learning! We have been so proud of how quickly the children have settled into their daily routines, how hard they work, and how kind they are.  

Hares

Hare’s have had a wonderful half term and topped it off by writing instructions on how to carve a pumpkin.  Ms Freezer, Miss Russell and Mrs Nelson are extremely proud of how well the class have settled into Year 1 together and wish everyone a safe and happy half term! 

Fawns

Fawns have finished this half term with another wonderful week. They have been working hard to edit and redraft parts of their stories and have showed determination in maths when solving subtraction problems with exchanged. Well done for an excellent start to the year, have a lovely half term and I look forward to hearing all about it after the break.  

Otters

Otters have been learning how to subtract using column method in maths. We have been exchanging across 10, 100 and 1000 and have been using place value headings and resources to help us. In writing this week, we have been analysing the poem A Boat Beneath a Sunny Sky by Lewis Carroll; I have been impressed with the imagery the children have drawn from the poem. 

Badgers

Badgers have been busy doing more cooking. This week, we made smørrebrød, which is a Danish open sandwich. The class were great at making their smørrebrød look appealing and they enjoyed the taste! In English, we have started planning our balanced argument and in maths, we have continued our work on addition and subtraction. Finally, we have started our new core text The Explorer, in reading and the class are definitely enthralled with the story! Have a lovely half term Badgers! 

Foxes

Foxes have had a fantastic last week of term. They finished their moral story in English, have made massive progress in maths with multiplying and have finished their book Rooftoppers. Also, in DT, the class made pitta bread and houmous.  

Achievement Awards

Rabbit Class  –  Ember for how well she is learning the new sounds we are using in phonics. 

Hares Class  – Bethany for taking lots of care when writing her instructions for carving a pumpkin. 

Fawns Class  – Freya Allen, for showing determination in maths this week.    

Otter Class – Sami for her determination to follow the Lingwood rules and values this week and for her active participation and contributions to all her lessons this week too. 

Badger Class – Dylan for his excellent attitude to learning throughout the term!  

Fox Class – Erin Sutton for very good progress in mathematics this week. 

Star of the Week Awards

Rabbit Class  – Hunter for how he has settled into Reception across the half term. 

Hares Class  – Lexie for always putting 100% into her learning and being such a fabulous Phonic teacher. 

Fawns Class  – Elio, for always showing a great enthusiasm for learning!  

Otter Class – Violet for her tireless efforts to improve in all aspects of her learning even when she is finding it hard!

Badger Class – Willow for always showing the Lingwood way and for her amazing determination in history and English this week. 

Fox Class – Freddie for always showing the Lingwood values of determination this 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 94.6%.

• In first place is Fawns with 98.6%
• In second place is Badgers with 97.2% 
• In third place is Hares with 96.7%. 

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!

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We hope that you have wonderful half term and look forward to seeing you all again on Monday 10th November.