Dear Families,

As we reach the end of what has been an incredibly busy and rewarding half term, I wanted a moment to reflect upon the first few weeks of transition for everyone in our school. It has been an amazing start to the year. The energy, commitment and positivity shown by our pupils and staff have been evident everywhere I have visited. Whether in classrooms, on the sport field, in the forest school area or around the school site, I have been struck by our children embracing opportunities and the dedication of the adults who support them.

This half term has been full of hugely special moments. From our uplifting Harvest Festival with Reverend Jane to the excitement of the school disco and to many successes that take place quietly in our classrooms and nursery. There has been so much hard work and progress to celebrate.

Today, we launched a new award in celebration assembly. This award is the Headteacher’s Award and will be given out once a half term for children who demonstrate our Lingwood Values impeccably. As a reward these children joined me for afternoon tea. It was lovely to hear about their goals and accomplishment’s this half term.

It has also been a new term of beginnings, with new classes establishing themselves, relationships forming and a shared sense of belonging and purpose across our school. Thank you to the parents who have joined us for opening mornings, information sessions and our first parent evenings. These opportunities are extremely valuable for us to work together to create a shared vision for the future of our school.

I hope you all have a well-deserved and restful half term break. Thank you for your continuous support and generosity to our school and charities we support. I look forward to seeing everyone refreshed and ready for another exciting half term ahead.

Many thanks,

Miss Laycock

Headteacher

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Dates for the diary

• Half Term – 26 October – 6th November
• Monday 16th November – Odd Socks Day – Anti-Bullying Week
• Monday 16th November – Maths Parent Session (KS2) 2.45pm
• Monday 16th – Wednesday 19th – Bikeability Year 5/6
• Thursday 19th November – Individual school photo day

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Year group news

Nursery

This week in Nursery we have continued reading Funnybones. We have been drawing skeletons, trying to put skeletons back together and thinking about going out at night. Our foundational knowledge has been to think about celebrations, in particular Halloween and the children have enjoyed digging out pumpkins, dressing up and making spells. In maths we have been subitising to 3 so looking in stories and around the classroom and tying to ‘don’t count, say the amount’.  

Reception Rabbits 

This week Rabbits class have enjoyed ‘Room on the Broom’, retelling the story through drama and story maps. Our Foundational Knowledge focus has been on how we celebrate Halloween, comparing this to how this time of year is celebrated in other countries. It has been a busy half term, and we have squeezed in lots of 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

Hares have had a very busy last week of term.  We have completed our first Writing Block and did fantastically at describing an autumnal forest.  In maths, we have learnt about Fact Families and the four number sentences we can create from a part-whole model or tens frame.  Lots of us enjoyed the Halloween Disco too!  Have a restful and fun-filled break making lovely memories together. 

Fawns

Fawns have had a lovely end to the half term. In maths we have been working hard on using the column layout to solve subtraction problems and have also challenged ourselves to solve subtraction problems which involve exchanges. In Writing we have written and edited our retellings of a familiar story. In PE this week, we enjoyed using our focus and balance skills to play a class game. This week we have also been learning about how to help ourselves and others in the classroom.  

Otters

This week in Otter class, the children have started their new PE unit on Ball Skills. They practised dribbling with their hands and feet. We come to the end of our core text, The Wildsmith and the children have expressed such a wonderful enjoyment with this book, and they look forward to starting their new text, ‘What is AI?’ After half term. In Science, the children conducted an experiment involving putting light in a box and explaining how the light is reflected off the object. What a lovely term it has been with you all and we can’t wait for your return! 

Badgers

Badgers have had a very busy last week of term. They started the week getting their cooking skills on by making vegetable stir fry. In English, they finished their newspaper reports. We have some fantastic journalists in the making. In maths, the children have continued their multiplication and division skills by learning about squared and cubed numbers. In outdoor learning, the children enjoyed building dens. Lots of the class enjoyed dressing up for the school disco. It has been a fantastic term of learning, progress and fun! We wish you a restful break and look forward to your return.   

Foxes

This week Fox class have been learning the formal method for division in mathematics and in English have finished their stories with a moral. In science, the class continued to learn about the circulatory system and the role that arteries, veins and capillaries have. In geography, the class studied how tectonic plates can cause earthquakes, volcanoes and mountains.  

Owls

Owls have been working hard using all their writing skills we have looked at this half term to write a non-fiction text about an animal of their choice.  We have also been looking at how different religions use light as a symbol.  We have made Christingles, Menorahs and Diya lamps.  In Maths, we have been looking at addition using regrouping and have shown amazing determination in this area.  

Owls have had an amazing half term in their new setting and worked incredibly hard.   

Headteacher Awards

These children were nominated by their class teachers for showing outstanding commitment to demonstrating the Lingwood Values this half term.

Rabbit Class  –   Ella

Hares Class  – Thea-Rey

Fawns Class  – Ruby

Otter Class –  Freddie

Badger Class – Emily

Fox Class –  Benjamin

Owls Class – Freya

Achievement Awards

Rabbit Class  –   George for his excellent contributions to our learning in maths. 

Hares Class  – Mabel – for writing and self-assessing her setting description beautifully! 

Fawns Class  – Louis for her excellent retelling of a familiar story in writing this week.  

Otter Class –  Grace – for your neat presentation in all your subject books. 

Badger Class – Hunter for overall improvement in class and presentation this half term.

Fox Class –  Jessica S. for a really good display for Black History Month 

Owls Class – Madison for working hard in everything she does! 

Star of the Week Awards

Rabbit Class  –  Felicity for being a thoughtful and considerate friend to her peers. 

Hares Class  – Erin – for always being determined and trying her best.  Well done, Erin! 

Fawns Class  –   Malakai for being helpful to his peers this week.  

Otter Class – Avery – for showing kindness to her peers, helping them get organised when they are doing other jobs.

Badger Class – Harry for always being ready to learn and making great progress this half term. 

Fox Class – Thea for always being incredibly polite and friendly.

Owls Class –  Louie for trying his best in his writing.  Often challenging himself! 

Congratulations to you all

Attendance Update

This week’s whole school attendance is 93.5%.

• In first place is Hares/Owls with 96.7%
• In second place is Badgers with 95.7%
• In third place is Foxes with 95.3%

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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FOLPA FUN!

What a spooktacular evening we had at our recent Halloween Disco! Pupils thoroughly enjoyed an evening of dancing, laughter and fun with their friends, creating a fantastic atmosphere from start to finish.

One of the highlights of the event was seeing the incredible range of Halloween costumes on display. From witches and wizards to superheroes, spooky skeletons and creative homemade outfits, the children made a tremendous effort and looked absolutely fantastic. It was wonderful to see so much imagination and enthusiasm on show.

A huge thank you to everyone who helped make the event such a success, including our staff, volunteers and families for their continued support. Events like these provide valuable opportunities for children to build friendships, develop confidence and create lasting memories together.

The Halloween Disco was a real hit with the children, and it was lovely to see such a fantastic turnout. We are delighted to share that we raised an amazing £432.00! Thank you to everyone who came along and supported the event and to all those who helped make it such a success. We are already looking forward to our next school celebration! 🎃👻🎃👻

Dear Families,

A lovely end to the week with one tree day with everyone wearing their own versions of green.

We hope you have found our recent parents evenings informative and celebrating your child’s work . We hope you have seen the progress within your child’s book and how handwriting is developing. 

Today our school council worked with the FOLPA team to discuss new school opportunities and events we can work together.  Watch this space for further information from the children. 

Reminder school disco tickets are still available from the school office for Wednesday 21^st october. 

Many thanks 

Have a lovely weekend
Miss Laycock

Headteacher

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Dates for the diary

• Wednesday 21st October – FOLPA Halloween Disco – 21st October – please go to the office to get tickets
• Half Term – 26 October – 6th November
• Monday 16th November – Odd Socks Day – Anti-Bullying Week
• Monday 16th November – Maths Parent Session (KS2) 2.45pm
• Monday 16th – Wednesday 19th – Bikeability Year 5/6
• Thursday 19th November – Individual school photo day

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Year group news

Nursery

This week Nursery have been reading Funnybones and have enjoyed seeing what the skeletons got up to in the middle of the dark, dark night. Our foundational knowledge has been to learn about day/night, light/dark and how the seasons change. They have been making Autumn tree pictures, exploring Autumn leaves, conkers and pinecones and having fun in our dark tent. In maths we have been practising counting to three in the right order and singing lots of counting songs.  

Reception Rabbits 

This week the Foundational Knowledge focus in Rabbits class has been around seasons, practising the names of the seasons and then focusing on Autumn. We have been exploring what Autumn looks like when outside, which included a scavenger hunt as part of Outdoor Learning. 

Hares

This week Hares have taken another step up in their learning by beginning separate Reading and Writing lessons. We are enjoying a new book, ‘Rapunzel’ in Reading (a twist on the traditional tale!) and we are starting to understand how to use adjectives to describe settings in Writing.  Thank you to all families who attended the Parent’s Evening meetings – it was lovely to get to speak to you all in person for longer than five minutes at the door! 

Fawns

This week Fawns class have been working hard in maths using column addition. In reading we finished the text: The Pebble in my pocket, thinking about what we liked/ disliked about the book. In writing we wrote the opening to our narratives, describing the main character and the setting for our story.  

Otters

In Otter class this week, the children have been continuing their core text of The Wildsmith which they have been loving! They have been totally immersed in the book and are enjoying each chapter as it comes. In Maths, they have been revising addition and subtracting of two 4-digit numbers. The children continued with their boxes in D.T., by covering their boxes with cloth. They focused on covering the lid and the lining of their boxes. Fantastic work Otters! 

Badgers

In Badger class this week, we have begun our unit on newspaper reports. The children especially enjoyed the quotation lesson where they needed to hotseat each other as witnesses to the event. In maths, the children have begun a new unit on multiplication and division – the past few days they have focused on multiples and factors. In History this week, we focused our attention to looking at influential people for Black History Month. The children did some fantastic reading and art work to go alongside.   

Foxes

Fox class have been learning how to multiply by up to 4 digits in maths this week. In English, the class have started their narrative writing a story with a moral. They started a new unit this week in PE focusing on fitness and have finished hockey. Finally, in science, the class studied how nutrients are transported around the body. 

Owls

Owls have continued their learning about David Attenborough.  They have reflected on what they would like to do when they grow up and what skills they may need to be successful in their chosen future careers.  In History, we have continued learning about the Stone Age and looked at artefacts from the Mesolithic period.   

Achievement Awards

Rabbit Class  –  Sophia for her developing understanding of both ABC and AAB patterns. 

Hares Class  – Frankie for his understanding of commutativity in Maths.  You really impressed me! 

Fawns Class  – Rory for excellent use of expanded noun phrases in his writing.

Otter Class –  Charlie for his excellent handwriting in all subjects.  

Badger Class – Charlie Brooke for improvements in presentation across the curriculum. 

Fox Class –  Stanley for a really good effort in class this week to be ready to learn.

Owls Class – Harriet for showing fantastic determination in her Maths. 

Star of the Week Awards

Rabbit Class  –  Parker for his developing confidence, and for consistently being ready, respectful and safe. 

Hares Class  –Evie for always being kind to others and always trying her best. Keep it up Evie! 

Fawns Class  –   Grayson for using the skills we have learnt in PSHE to ignore distractions and improve his focus on his learning.  

Otter Class – Amelia for her wonderful passion for reading in such a variety of texts. 

Badger Class – Malia for always being kind and respectful towards others.  

Fox Class – Freddie for consistently working well across the week and making the right choices.  

Owls Class –  Zane for using his ‘toolkit’ when he has strong emotions and for being a good friend to others

Congratulations to you all

Attendance Update

This week’s whole school attendance is 95.4%.

• In first place is Fawns with 98.8%
• In second place is Owls with 97.9%
• In third place is Badgers with 97.6%

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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One Tree Day Success!

A huge thank you to everyone who supported our One Tree Day fundraising event. We are delighted to share that we raised an amazing £150, which means 150 trees will be planted!

This fantastic achievement will have a lasting positive impact on the environment, helping to create greener spaces, support wildlife, and contribute to a more sustainable future. We are incredibly proud of our school council and school community for coming together to make a difference.

Well done and thank you for helping us grow a greener tomorrow! 🌱💚

Dear Families,

A lovely week this week celebrating Harvest festival with the Reverand Jane leading our assembly. We have collected many tins for such a good cause and are thankful for all your contributions to this. 

It has been a pleasure visiting Bikeability and outdoor learning sessions this week and seeing the teamwork and communication skills developing. Foxes class took part in the Stick Challenge, aiming to build the tallest stick tower possible. The activity encouraged pupils to use engineering, problem-solving and teamwork skills which they used incredibly well. They had to consider how to make their towers tall while keeping them stable. The children demonstrated creativity and perseverance along with a good team spirit and took pride in their creations.

We are proud to be able to offer this enrichment to all our pupils across the school and look forward to seeing how their skills develop. Thank you to those who attended the FOLPA meeting last night.

Next week, we are looking forward to celebrating Black History Month and One Tree Day – Please remember children will need to be in green on Friday with a £1 donation. We also have our first Parents’ Evening of the year. We look forward to seeing you all and sharing your child’s learning journeys thus far.

Many thanks 

Have a lovely weekend
Miss Laycock

Headteacher

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Dates for the diary

• W/C 12th October – Parent’s Evenings
• Friday 16th October Just One Tree Day – Wear Green £1 donation
• Wednesday 21st October – FOLPA Halloween Disco – 21st October – please go to the office to get tickets
• Half Term – 26 October – 6th November

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Year group news

Nursery

This week in Nursery we have been reading ‘My Hair’. We enjoyed playing in the hairdressers in our role play corner and talking about the different hairstyles that we have. Our foundational knowledge has been to learn about chronological order in relation to our own lives, we have really enjoyed looking at photos of the children when they were babies, toddlers and now and putting them in the right order. In maths we have been saying the number names and practising counting backwards and in the right order.  

Reception Rabbits 

This week Rabbits class have been busy outside in our growing area! Our foundational knowledge focus has been to investigate similarities and differences in plants, so we have been looking at a variety of flowers, fruits, and vegetables and how each grows, while planting some tulip bulbs, runner beans, and garlic. Our book this week was ‘Pumpkin Soup’, which we have been linking back to our themes from the term of friendship and kindness.

Hares

This week Hares have continued their learning on measurement and have enjoyed some hands-on measuring of capacity.  We have also really enjoyed our story, ‘Where the Wild Things Are’.  In History we continued to learn about the Great Fire of London and had some fun pretending to be houses and pulling each other down to create firebreaks.   

Fawns

This week we have started our new unit on retelling a familiar story. We have been thinking about how to write in the past tense using the ed suffix. In maths we have looked at crossing boundaries when adding and subtracting. In PE we have enjoyed using the skills of speed, changing direction and balance to plan and design our own games – we are looking forward to trying them out next week.

Otters

This week in Otter class, the children have started their narrative descriptions. They have been given a picture of an old attic as a visual stimulus to aid them with their writing – we are excited to see where their imagination takes them! In science, they children conducted their first experiment. They were testing the hypothesis, ‘if we add bulbs to a simple circuit does this make the bulb brighter?’. In D.T., they had a busy afternoon making their boxes out of cloth! Everyone worked hard and it was lovely to see amazing teamwork. They will continue next week with their DT project.

Badgers

Badgers have worked hard this week with many children accomplishing lots of ingredients of success in their last unit of writing. This week, we have looked at poems which explore form. It has been lovely to see the children think about their intonation, volume and tone whilst writing, analysing and performing poetry. In Geography, the children explored the features of our local river.  

Foxes

This week, the Year 6 children in Fox class had assessments – they couldn’t have tried any harder. In English, the class finished editing their persuasive speech and in science they started a new unit on the circulatory system. The first lesson was on blood and led to lots of interesting questions.    

Owls

Owls have been learning about David Attenborough.  We have looked at fossils and even dug for fossils ourselves!  We used David’s work to learn about gorillas and penguins and completed some excellent writing about them.  In Science, we looked at food chains and found different food chains in a food web.   

Achievement Awards

Rabbit Class  –  Willow for showing real determination to work on her counting skills in maths. 

Hares Class  – Louis for being keen to take part in his lessons.  Keep it up Louis! 

Fawns Class  – Esmae for showing incredible determination with her handwriting this week.  

Otter Class – Violet – for her fantastic scientific skills and use of language during our experiment.  

Badger Class – Summer for an excellently written diary entry.

Fox Class – Kaleb for really good understanding of factors and multiples maths this week

Owls Class – Arthur for joining in with all our lessons with enthusiasm and for sharing his excellent knowledge of penguins! 

Star of the Week Awards

Rabbit Class  –  Ethan for having a great attitude and always being ready to learn. 

Hares Class  – Ember for always being ready to share her ideas.  Well done Ember! 

Fawns Class  –   Bethany for always being ready and respectful – well done.

Otter Class – Raeya – for always being so determined with her learning.  

Badger Class – Austin for showing determination and ambition this week.

Fox Class – Niranjan for coming back to school ready to learn.

Owls Class –  Freya for always being ready to learn and listening carefully. 

Congratulations to you all

Attendance Update

This week’s whole school attendance is 94.9%.

• In first place is Fawns with 98.5%
• In second place is Foxes with 97.3%
• In third place is Hares with 94.8%

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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Harvest Festival

On Wednesday, as a school, we celebrated Harvest by singing together and with Reverend Jane sharing a story.

It has been great to see the School/Eco Council be so enthusiastic in their roles and organising the donations for the harvest display. We were blown away with the donations kindly given. As a school we smashed our target of 200 and ended up totalising a staggering 316 tins! Fawns class were the winning class with a contribution of 81 tins in total. Well done to all involved, I am sure our donations will be greatly received by the Trussell Trust Foundation. Thank you all for your continued support.

Dear Families,

The children have continued to work hard across the school with a huge focus on handwriting and presentation in all their books. We are very proud of all pupils and the progress we have seen over the last 4 weeks. Respect continues to be a focus this week and we have discussed the importance of kindness when communicating to our friends.

All our key leadership responsibilities have begun and pupils are taking pride in these roles well promoting our values.  School Council will be working on new ideas and opportunities across the school.

Thank you to those who attended our KS1 Soundswrite parent session, we hope that you found this useful. Parents evening information has been shared with you all and we would encourage you all to make appointments and have an opportunity to look at your child’s books.

Have a lovely weekend
Miss Laycock

Headteacher

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Dates for the diary

• Monday 5th October – Bikability for Year 3 and 4 Pupils
• Wednesday 7th October – EYFS Phonics Information Session (2.45pm)
• Wednesday 7th October – Final day for tin collection for Harvest Festival
• W/C 12th October – Parent’s Evenings
• Friday 16th October Just One Tree Day – Wear Green £1 donation
• Wednesday 21st October – FOLPA Halloween Disco – 21st October – please go to the office to get tickets

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Year group news

Nursery

This week in Nursery we have been reading ‘Let’s Go Outside’. We have been thinking about all the fun things you can do outside and even took our magnifying glasses out to see what we might find. We have also been learning about different types of weather and what we might need to wear to keep us warm, dry and protected, some of the children also enjoyed pretending to read the weather forecast with our pretend TV screen. In maths we have been looking out for repeats songs, stories and patterns.  

Reception Rabbits 

This week Rabbits have been reading the book ‘It’s a No Money Day’, in which a mum and her daughter plan a day of free activities before visiting a foodbank. Linking to the book, we have been learning a bit more about foodbanks as well as creating our own ‘free’ activities such as making musical instruments from everyday items. In maths we have been building our understanding of numbers 4 and 5, while in PE we built our skills of balancing and safe movement as we followed different paths and obstacle courses.

Hares

This week Hares have had a lovely time exploring how to measure length and height by using standard and non-standard units in Maths.  We are also becoming much more consistent in using capital letters and full stops to punctuate our sentences.  In our Science, we have learnt how day turns into night and made a model to help us understand this.      

Fawns

 This week in Fawns we have enjoyed learning about poetry and focussed on the rhythm in poems. The children performed a lovely poem as part of their learning. In Math we took part in the CUSP Money Matter festival and thought about the currency used in the UK, we explored making amounts of money in different ways.

Otters

In D.T., Otters have started their DT Textiles unit. Their learning question this unit is: How can you make a box out of cloth? They conducted a fair test and tested which solution would make a piece of cloth the most rigid to make a box. They also made fabric paper to increase its rigidity. In writing, they started their new unit on narrative descriptions. The children had images of different doors and had to write a short description in first person on what was behind the door.  

Badgers

In Badgers this week we have continued to write our own diary entries, the children have worked hard orally rehearsing their ideas before writing them into their books. In maths, the children took part in the CUSP Money Matters Festival with Mrs Edwards – they showed determination in their budgeting skills and sharing the bill. In Outdoor learning the children had a great time being explorative. Some children in swimming this week, developed their butterfly technique. Lots of hard work across all the curriculum.

Foxes

Fox class have finished writing their discursive speech in English: next week they will be editing. In maths, they focused on the inverse with addition and subtraction and were very successful with it. In science, the class did an experiment to test whether the amount of wires affects the brightness of a bulb. In PE, the class competed in in mini-matches for hockey. Quite a few ankles were hit.  

Owls

Owls have finished our work reading ‘The Wildsmith’ and talked about how it feels to be new somewhere and what helps us when we are nervous or anxious.  In Science, we have looked at local plants in our environment and observed them closely.  In History, we have started looking at the different periods of the Stone Age. 

Achievement Awards

Rabbit Class  – Elliot for using his new phonics knowledge to practise writing words independently. 

Hares Class  – Finley for joining in with Phonics so enthusiastically. Keep it up! 

Fawns Class  –  Beren for his excellent vocabulary knowledge in writing this week.  

Otter Class –   Nelly – for doing fantastically well with her AR quizzes – you’ve been getting 100%!  

Badger Class – Annabelle, for brilliant effort in Kinetic letters this week.

Fox Class – Zamira for amazing improvements in maths with addition and subtraction.

Owls Class – Madison for challenging herself in her Maths and for always being ready for a new challenge. 

Star of the Week Awards

Rabbit Class  –  Gaia for always being such a kind a thoughtful classmate to her friends. 

Hares Class  – Thea-Rey for always being respectful, ready and safe.  You are a complete joy to have in Hares Class! 

Fawns Class  –    Mia for always showing kindness and following the Lingwood Way.

Otter Class – Sami – for showing kindness and teamwork during P.E. Showing her peers how to use a skipping rope.

Badger Class – Oliver for showing kindness and compassion to his peers. Great sportsmanship – well done.

Fox Class – Jessica Barnes for being a really supportive member of the class

Owls Class – Louie for being a kind friend and showing consideration towards others.  

Congratulations to you all

Attendance Update

This week’s whole school attendance is 93%.

• In first place is Otters with 97.1%
• In second place is Rabbits with 96.3%
• In third place is Badgers with 95.2%

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!

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Harvest Festival

Thank you to those who have brought in donations for Harvest Festival. We are collecting until Wednesday 7th October.

If you can help, we would really appreciate it.

Dear Families,

Our focus this week has been on our rule of respect. We have introduced new playground equipment at lunchtimes and the children have demonstrated respectful behaviours whilst playing with this. Our head playground pal pupils have risen to the challenge and been a big help in organising this for our children. 

It has been lovely to see children attending school and arriving on time this week. We are always here to work with you to support engagement in school and was lovely to welcome families to our first parent session on accelerator reader. Just a reminder we have a phonics session on Thursday 1st October to learn more about our phonics programme sounds write and the Yr 1 screening check. 

Have a lovely weekend
Miss Laycock

Headteacher

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Dates for the diary

• Thursday 1st October – KS1 Soundswrite Parent Information Session (2.45pm)
• Monday 5th October – Bikability for Year 3 and 4 Pupils
• Wednesday 7th October – EYFS Phonics Information Session (2.45pm)
• Wednesday 7th October – Final day for tin collection for Harvest Festival
• Parent’s Evenings – W/C 12th October – information to follow

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Year group news

Nursery

This week in Nursery we have continued with our story, The Same but Different Too. We have been talking about similarities and differences and why it’s good to be different. Our foundational knowledge has been to learn about our school and the local area. We have looked at photos from around Lingwood and Norfolk and been on a walk around the school to spot places like the hall, library and big playground. In maths we have been looking at how to manipulate shapes and blocks and exploring and building with different objects.  

Reception Rabbits 

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 continued looking at the numbers 0 to 3, practising ‘one more than’, while we also linked maths to our outdoor learning by estimating and measuring sizes of logs and sticks the children found in the woods. 

Hares

This week Hares have continued with some tricky Maths including trying to master finding the missing number when using a ‘part-whole model’.  We have also enjoyed our book, ‘Traction Man is Here’ and have written some wonderful sentences and questions.  Ms Freezer and Miss Nelson are proud of us for becoming more independent in our learning and routines and would like to thank our families for supporting us in this too – it makes a big difference!  

Fawns

In reading this week, Fawn class have finished writing their character descriptions. We have also been working on editing and upleveling our writing. In reading we have been studying the text: The Pebble in our Pocket and have been retrieving information from different text types. In maths we have been practicing counting in multiples of 2, 3,5,10 and 50. We have also enjoyed learning how to play Camouflage in outdoor learning this week.  

Otters

 A wonderful week in year 3/4, Otter class have been creating their artwork inspired by a poem. They used oil pastels and a different range of skills of mark-making and painting techniques. In P.E., they were learning how to change direction when running and dodging, which is a fundamental skill in all sports. In writing, they have begun to write their non-chronological reports on Lingwood Primary – some fantastic ideas are coming through so far! We finished our unit on Place Value and are ready to start addition and subtraction. 

Badgers

Another super week in Badgers, they all published their first piece of writing. We had lots of proud children which was lovely to see, we will be displaying some of the work in the corridor so other children/staff/adults can also view their hard work. We have now moved onto first person diary entries, the children particuarly enjoyed learning about colloquialisms. In swimming, the three groups have been working hard on their front/back crawl. In Science, we continued looking at the purpose of teeth and why animals have different teeth to humans. In maths, we have finished our unit on place value. Next week, we will be moving onto addition and subtraction.

Foxes

In English, Fox class have finished their autobiography and begun their new unit on speeches. In mathematics, the class have been calculating with the inverse. In science, they have been used light meters to test whether the number of bulbs in a series circuit affects the brightness. Finally, in PE the class practiced shooting in hockey.  

Owls

  Owls have had an excellent week.  We have continued writing about mythical creatures and reading more of our text ‘The Wildsmith’.  Related to this we have made our own mythical creatures and Lego mazes for a minotaur.  We have continued learning about compass points, looked at our school on a map and found nearby physical and human features. 

Achievement Awards

Rabbit Class  – Ivy for her enthusiasm in PE as she practised skills such as jumping and catching. 

Hares Class  – Niha for writing some wonderful sentences and question with accurate punctuation.  Well done Niha! 

Fawns Class  – Finley for excellent work counting in multiples in maths this week.  

Otter Class –   Elio – for a fantastic start to his writing, with some great corrections of his own work being made. Because it is okay to make mistakes! 

Badger Class –  Donnie for fantastic use of colloquialisms, contractions and first person in his writing this week.

Fox Class – Malachi for really good explanation with his answers in reading.

Owls Class – Arthur James- for extending his learning in our Geography lesson about using a compass. 

Star of the Week Awards

Rabbit Class  – Bonnie for always showing so much respect to her classmates and teachers. 

Hares Class  – Grace for coming in each morning with a beautiful smile and being ready to learn.  Keep it up Grace! 

Fawns Class  –    Jayda for always showing kindness to her peers. 

Otter Class – Elsie – for being concentrating hard during the input and being extra determined in all lessons. 

Badger Class – Ella for always showing kindness and having a ‘can do’ attitude,

Fox Class – Erin for always being helpful taking an active role in the class. 

Owls Class – Freya for being a kind friend and always caring about others. 

Congratulations to you all

Attendance Update

This week’s whole school attendance is 96%.

• In first place is Foxes with 98.9%
• In second place is Otters with 97.5%
• In third place is Rabbits with 97.1%

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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Harvest Festival

School and Eco Council have been working hard the last week encouraging their peers to support the Trussell Trust Foundation. In each class, they have a totaliser poster running so we can count the amount of tins that come into school. The staff also have their own totaliser, we are aiming for a total of 200 tins to donate by Wednesday 7th October, where we will welcome the local Reverend in to school to deliver the children a Harvest Assembly.

If you can help, we would really appreciate it.

Dear Families,

Determination has been our focus this week across the school. One of our key curriculum areas for development this year is handwriting. As a school we follow the scheme kinetic letters and classes have been focusing on learning letter formations, pencil grips or joining their letters accurately. It has been a pleasure to see the determination displayed by pupils to improve their handwriting. We are very proud of the rapid progress we have seen on children’s writing and presentation in their books already.

It has been another busy week in school with a visit from the Happy Smiles dentist team for our EYFS and KS1 pupils. Early years classes have also had an enrichment session focusing on friendship builders. This week, myself and Miss Coley met with some of the FOLPA team to plan some exciting events for the year.

We look forward to next week and welcoming any new prospective families to our Reception 2027 intake open morning session at 9:30am, please spread the word to any new prospective families. We are also offering an accelerated reader parent session to our KS2 parents on Tuesday at 3pm.

Have a lovely weekend
Miss Laycock

Headteacher

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Dates for the diary

• Monday 20th September – NHS Screening for Reception and Year 6 Pupils
• Tuesday 22nd September -KS2 Accelerated Reader Parent Information Session (3pm)
• Wednesday 23rd September – EYFS Open Morning Event (9.30am -10.30am)
• Friday 25th September – Y6 Acle Transition Day
• Thursday 1st October – KS1 Soundswrite Parent Information Session (2.45pm)
• Monday 5th October – Bikability for Year 3 and 4 Pupils
• Wednesday 7th October – EYFS Phonics Information Session (2.45pm)
• Wednesday 7th October – Final day for tin collection for Harvest Festival
• Parent’s Evenings – W/C 12th October – information to follow

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Year group news

Nursery

This week in Nursery we have been reading ‘The Same but Different Too’. We have talked about the different animals in the story and which is our favourite, as well all the different things they can do. Our foundational knowledge has been to look at our families and how they might be the same or different to others. We have really enjoyed looking at the lovely photos of the children with their families and the children have also been drawing their own pictures of their family.  

Reception Rabbits 

This week our focus linked to the story ‘What Makes Me a Me’. We have been thinking about the ways we are the same and how we are different, and thinking hard about what makes us special by talking about the different skills and interests we have. We had a special workshop on Wednesday about how to be a good friend, and on Thursday the dentist visited and talked to us about how to look after our teeth. 

Hares

This week Hares have been enjoying our new story ‘On Sudden Hill’.  This has helped us to think about being courageous when meeting new people and being independent as we make our transition into our new class.  We really enjoyed our visit from the dentist and particularly the cheeky dragon who squirted us with water!  Have a lovely weekend and enjoy some quality time together. 

Fawns

This week in Fawns class we have enjoyed thinking about climate change and have been inspired by Greta Thunberg to make our own pledges to look after planet Earth. In maths we have been using number lines in Year 2 to explore 2-digit numbers and have been partitioning numbers to 1000 in Year 3.  

Otters

This week in Otters we have enjoyed exploring our new unit of non-chronological reports. The children have been looking at pronouns to avoid repetition by writing a small paragraph all about their school. The class have extremely focused on their science topic of animals including humans as we have been investigating all about how the muscles work. In maths we have been ordering numbers using the key words ascending and descending.  

Badgers

This week in Badgers, we finished reading One Plastic Bag and have begun The Emerald Forest. Both books have a common theme of environmental factors. In English, they have been continuing their unit on persuasive writing, focusing on support for stranger danger. In Science this week the children learnt how our teeth and mouth help with digestion. Last week, we were proud to be the first class to win the Golden Broom award in celebration assembly.

Foxes

Foxes have had a great week and are finishing off their autobiography. In maths, they have been calculating negative numbers and in science creating electrical circuits. The class have really focused on improving their handwriting and presentation so far this year.  

Owls

Owls have had another fantastic week.  We have been writing about mythical creatures linked to our class book ‘The Wildsmith’ and in science, we made animal shelters thinking about what animals need to survive.   

Achievement Awards

Rabbit Class  – Rowan for showing ambition in trying to complete as many of the week’s classroom challenges as possible. 

Hares Class  – Chester for stepping up to the challenge of Year 2 learning with such determination and positivity. 

Fawns Class  –  Grace for her excellent work in PE this week.  

Otter Class –   Benjamin for showing determination during ordering numbers in maths.

Badger Class –  Sienna for great participation and ideas in class this week.

Fox Class – Givenchy for huge improvements to his handwriting. 

Owls Class – Harriet for her excellent knowledge about animals and what they need to survive. 

Star of the Week Awards

Rabbit Class  – Alex for his continuing determination to work hard in all our lessons. 

Hares Class  – Luca for becoming an independent learner who tries their best. 

Fawns Class  –  Otis for showing real determination this week and improving his focus in class.  

Otter Class – Freddie for being consistently brilliant in following the Lingwood Way. You always show kindness too to your peers.  

Badger Class – Florence for always being ready and respectful.

Fox Class – Evelyn for working incredibly hard and showing the Lingwood value of determination. 

Owls Class – Zane for trying very hard to join in with his learning and for being a kind friend to others. 

Congratulations to you all

Attendance Update

This week’s whole school attendance is 97.3%.

• In first place is Otters with 99.6%
• In second place is Rabbits with 98.4%
• In third place is Fawns with 97.5%

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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Enrichment Opportunities

Last week, we wrote to you to express interest in our before school tennis club. We are delighted to announce that we have had a keen uptake and hopefully another session will be added soon. If your child is interested in joining this club please see the attached form and make direct contact with Warren Sawyer.

This week, Mrs Sellen started her lunchtime sign-language club. Again, a great turn-out of children practising their signing alongside some singing this week.

Don’t forget we also offer private music lessons and we have our Rocksteady groups on a Wednesday. If your child is interested in starting any of these please speak to the school office.