Newsletter | 16th January
Dear Families,
There have been so many great things going on this week – I was particularly impressed with the dance show from Otter class! It was amazing to see the children so confident whilst performing and I hope that we can do many more things in the future. We have had a big push on respect this week and lots of the children won their Star Awards for showing respect to other people around the school – well done!
Heather Thorne
Interim headteacher
Dates for the diary
- Monday each week – Year 1 and 2 cricket after school
- Thursday each week – Year 5 and 6 football after school
- Thursday 15th January – Otter’s dance show performance
- Tuesday 20th January – Judo taster session Years 1-6
- Tuesday 3rd February – Year 3/4 Sportshall athletics competition
- Monday 9th February – Glow in the dark dodgeball session for Rabbits, Hares and Fawns class
- Tuesday 10th February – Glow in the dark dodgeball session for Otters, Badgers and Foxes class
- Friday 13th February – last day of school
Year group news
Nursery
This week in Nursery, we have continued to read the book ‘People who need People’. We have been talking about who we like playing and sharing with and listened out for the new words we have learnt. Our foundational knowledge has been to think about drawing and we have practised drawing different shapes, making lines lighter and darker and carefully copying an image or object.
Reception Rabbits
This week in Rabbits class we have been learning about the people who help us, particularly during the night. We have enjoyed pretending to be police officers, fire fighters, recycling collectors, petrol station workers as well as many others. In our maths, we have continued to concentrate on the numbers 6, 7 and 8 and can’t wait to go even further next week!
Hares
It’s been another fun and busy week in Hares class! In DT they all made their own rainbow wrap. Most of the class said they enjoyed the cabbage and even tried the lemon juice! Children have started their big piece of writing, a recount from their personal experience of what they did on Christmas Day. In maths we have been focusing on adding and subtracting across 10s, and spotting patterns when we add 10s.
Fawns
In Fawns this week we have been working hard on division in maths. In writing, we have been learning about how to use coordinating and subordinating conjunctions. We have also enjoyed learning about rhythm and pulse in music.
Otters
This week Otters continued to delve into their reading of Varjak Paw. They have been developing their news reports and are coming towards writing the final paragraph. For some of them, one of their biggest achievement this week was performing their dance routine to 350 people at The Space. They had so much confidence and shined on the stage! Well done Otters.
Badgers
Badgers have enjoyed starting their new history topic this week: The Mayans. They have been thoroughly enjoying The Boy in the Tower, which is their new core topic book and predicting what will happen throughout the book. In English, they have started writing their biographies about Mae Jemison and really putting in their all to producing some highly skilled writing! To finish off, they have been learning written methods for multiplication. Well done for another fantastic week Badgers!
Foxes
Fox class have made a great start to writing their disaster narrative in English. In art, they began their printing and will continue it next week. In science, they proved that with light, white is all colours mixed together by creating a spinning colour wheel. Year 6 did some assessments this week as well and should be very proud of how well they focused.
Achievement Awards
Rabbit Class – Erin for challenging herself during ‘Busy Time’ – writing numbers and building an office. Well done!
Hares Class – Finley for his hard work during phonics this week.
Fawns Class – Josh R for working well with others and listening to their ideas respectfully.
Otter Class – Achievement award goes to Isaac for searching for and identifying a synonym of ‘tragic’ in reading.
Badger Class – Zamira for her determination throughout the week in all subjects!
Fox Class – Chloe for very good understanding of place value in maths
Star of the Week Awards
Rabbit Class – Ruben for being respectful to his friends, teachers and classroom. Keep it up Ruben!
Hares Class – Ruby for being respectful to the teachers, listening well and responding to them politely.
Fawns Class – Mollie for always being respectful and polite to others.
Otter Class – Star award goes to Talula for always being ready and being a role model to others in the class.
Badger Class – Benjamin for always being so kind, respectful and determined. He is a fantastic role model!
Fox Class – George K for always being polite with his manners and showing respect to everyone
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 96.3%.
- In first place is Reception with 99.2%
- In second place is Otters with 98.4%
- In third place is Fawns with 97.9%.
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!
Dance like an Egyptian
A huge well done and congratulations to all those who took part in the dance show this Thursday. You did Lingwood and ourselves proud with how well you did.
Star badges!
A huge well done to those children who have received their silver star badge today. 100 Dojo points will earn a silver star badge and 200 a gold badge to wear with pride. We have so many children who are close as well. Keep showing those Lingwood values!
