Lingwood Primary Academy Newsletter 13th May 2025

Dear parents and carers, 

It was lovely to see so many parents coming along to our FOLPA picnic today in th every warm sunshine.

Our next big event is Sports day on Tuesday 24th June. I will send more information next week, but we hope you can come along and support. Years 3 – 6 will be in the morning and Nursery – year 2 will be in the afternoon. 

Please make sure you have seen the letter sent out on BromCom about some important changes for September. 

Have a lovely weekend. 

Mr Jeffery 

Year Group News

Nursery

This week in Bishy’s we have been having lots of fun following the children's interests. We enjoyed playing with a wide variety of vehicles in our small world tray, talking about which modes of transport we have used before and looking closely at how they different. There has been lots of amazing things being made in our creative area, with children choosing to use lots of different scrap materials and colourful matchsticks to make something new. And outside, children have been enjoying exploring what happens when water is added to our sandpit and muddy digging area!

Reception 

This week, Reception have been reading the book ‘The Wonder’. We have really enjoyed hearing about all the things that they wonder about and encouraging then to use their imaginations in lots of different ways. In maths, they have been revisiting odd and even numbers and learning how to double numbers, we have been so impressed with how quickly they have learnt how to do this.  

Year 1

Year 1 have been absolutely amazing with their Phonics Screening Checks this week.  They have worked so hard and done us all proud!  The Government will release the official pass mark in a couple of weeks and then we will be able to report your child’s results to you. 

This week we have also been working on hot and cold countries in Geography, learning about Bernard Harris Jr. in History and numbers to 100 in Maths. 

Year 2 

Year 2 have started practicing for sports day during their PE lessons. This has brought out the children’s competitive spirits and their support for each other. We have continued learning about statistics in maths, focusing on pictograms and in English we have started a new topic looking at writing a recount from a personal experience. 

Year 3
This week we have enjoyed starting our new text in Reading: The Magicians Nephew. We have been exploring the language used and comparing it to language used today. In writing we have begun to plan our third person narratives and thought carefully about the adjectives, adverbs and noun phrases we are using. In Maths we are learning about time and this week has explored how to tell the time on a digital clock.

Year 4

This week Year 4 have had a fantastic week! They all successfully completed their government MTC checks - I am so proud of the progress they all achieved. This week, they also finished their core text Young, Black and Gifted which they have all enjoyed learning about the importance/talents of significant people. In Maths they finished their shape unit and started their statistics - I have been impressed with the determination in these lessons. In swimming this week, they focussed on front crawl and gliding.  Well done Year 4.

Year 5

Year 5 have finished writing their balanced argument about whether we should ban vehicles powered by fossil fuels. The children structured their writing well, using additional and oppositional adverbials, modal verbs as well as pronouns to avoid repetition. In reading, we have started our final book of Year 5, Five Children and It. During art, we have been focusing on sketching Five Paintbrushes, inspired by Jim Dine.

Year 6

Year 6 have continued their work on speeches in English and have nearly finished them. In maths they have been consolidating their learning on statistics; in particular, creating line graphs. In history the class studied Henry VIII as part of their unit on significant monarchs. The class also practised the activates for sports day.  

Achievement Awards

Rabbit Class  -  Chester, for hearing all the initial sounds in his writing task.  

Squirrel Class – Evie N, for fantastic instruction writing using imperative verbs. 

Hares Class  –   Violet, for always being determined to do her best in all lessons and for helping others when they are stuck. 

Fawns Class  –  Billy, for his careful consideration and presentation in all his work.  

Otter Class - Brooke - for fantastic determination in Swimming this week and putting her face in the water for the first time.

Badger Class - Rose for pushing yourself during our maths lessons. You have worked incredibly hard at presenting your work neatly to avoid any errors. I am very proud of you, well done! 

Fox Class - Bea for showing the school value of determination in her work and desire to improve. 

Star Pupil Awards

Rabbit Class -  Abby, for working so hard in phonics to write her words and sentences.  

Squirrel Class – Stanley, for being a kind and supportive member of our class. 

Hares Class  – Elsie, for being kind and considerate member of the class and following the Lingwood way. 

Fawns Class - Ella, for going above and beyond to support her peers in class.  

Otter Class – Lily, for showcasing the Lingwood way and for fantastic effort this week!

Badger Class – Alfie for following the Lingwood values and school rules. You are a great role model! Well done. 

Fox Class – Sienna for upholding the school rules of being ready, respectful and safe all week.  

Congratulations to you all - we are very proud of you!