Lingwood Primary Academy Newsletter 15th November 2024

ashley.coley • November 17, 2024

Headteachers Update

An utterly brilliant first week back, lots of children returning refreshed and looking smart for their school photos this week.


We have another jam-packed term ahead with curriculum, trips, visitors and festive fun! This week, Year 5 began their swimming lessons and Year 2 adventured to Strangers Hall.


This week, we also raised awareness for anti-bullying week, the poppy appeal and Children in Need. Thank you to all that contributed and paid respect. 


Christmas dates have been set. Next Tuesday, we have our regular parent cafe drop in session from 8.40am. We hope to see you there.


Thank you for your continuing support.

Miss Laycock and the Lingwood Team

Dates for the diary 

  • Tuesday 19th November - Parent Cafe Coffee Morning 8:40 am
  • Thursday 21st November - Whole School Flu Immunisations
  • Monday 9th December - FOLPA School Discos KS1 Disco 3.30 - 4:15pm KS2 Disco 4.30 - 5.30pm
  • Tuesday 10th December - KS1 Christmas Performance 9:30 am
  • Wednesday 11th December - EYFS Christmas Performance 9.30 am
  • Wednesday 11th December - Smiles Dentist Sessions (EYFS/KS1)
  • Wednesday 11th December - Christmas Lunch Day (book meal before Monday 25th November)
  • Thursday 12th December - Christmas Jumper Day - £1 donation for save the children
  • Friday 13th December - Rock Steady Autumn Term Concert 
  • Monday 16th December - KS2 Christmas Performance 9.30am
  • Friday 20th December - Last day of term
  • Monday 6th January - Spring term begins

Year Group News

Nursery

The children in Bishy's were all excited to be back, seeing their friends and sharing stories about celebrations for Halloween and Bonfire Night. We have been talking about how fireworks make us feel while making our own fireworks paintings using a range of tools and techniques. Children have been getting outside to look at how the trees and environment around us is changing as we move further into autumn, making collages using leaves and exploring the autumn objects in our sensory tray. We have also been celebrating World Nursery Rhyme Week with a focus on '5 Currant Buns' and 'Miss Polly had a Dolly', learning actions to accompany them while talking about how rhymes such as these help us understand elements of the past.


Reception

This week for World Nursery Rhyme Week, we have been learning nursery rhymes, singing along with actions and choosing our favourites. The children have enjoyed making Incey Wincey Spiders, currant buns out of playdough and playing musical instruments to perform their favourite songs. We have also been looking out for triangles and circles and thinking about positional language, the children especially enjoyed putting toys ‘on’, ‘in’, ‘beside’, ‘under’ and ‘behind’ different places in our outside area


Year 1

This week, year 1 has been learning about what shops were like in the past in our History lessons.  They were amazed that you couldn’t order things online in 1950!  We have been practising our addition in maths and have been producing excellent number sentences.  In Science we started our new topic on animals and were captivated by what criteria makes an animal.


Year 2   

Year 2 has had a very exciting trip to Strangers’ Hall this week! We participated in a carousel of activities. We explored real museum objects which date back to the 17th century and earlier, we met someone who was in London at the time the Great Fire broke out and we found out more about what it was like in London at that time and we pretended to be fire inspectors and saw what a room looks like by candlelight and explored some of the upstairs rooms in the museum looking for fire risks. The children also had their first DT cooking session with Ms Lal where they used chopping skills to create their own healthy noodle salad.


Year 3

Year 3 has had an excellent first week back. In writing, they have begun planning their formal letters to complain and have engaged really well with the topic. In PE we had our first lesson of netball. We have completed our assessments this week and I am really proud of the children’s resilience and determination to do their best. Well done everyone.


Year 4

What a fantastic week back Year 4! They have begun writing their critical poetry analysis of the poem Brother and Sister by Lewis Carroll. As well as, continuing with their core text, The Girl Who Stole an Elephant. In Science, we started our new topic of States of Matter where we looked at what the 3 main states are and how they fit into our daily lives. In P.E., the children enjoyed their first lesson on Hockey with Miss Lal and sunk their teeth into their new topic of Vikings in History with Miss Brown. Well Done Year 4! Keep up the great work!


Year 5

Year 5 have now finished their multiplication unit and the class have carefully considered how to partition numbers to help them multiply them. In Reading, we have started reading Secrets of a Sun King by Emma Carroll, which the children are really enjoying. In Science, we have launched our new unit of Animals, Including Humans and the children learnt about the lifecycle of a human. In PE, year 5 have started swimming.


Year 6

Year 6 have had a good start to the term and are continuing to learn about WW2 in history, mountains, earthquakes and volcanoes in geography and the circulatory system in science. They have also finished swimming and are now learning about invasion games in PE.

Achievement Awards

Rabbit Class - Rory - for using lots of great positional language during his independent learning.


Squirrel Class – Nelly - for fantastic sentences using adjectives to describe a setting.


Hares Class – Robin- showing fantastic knowledge of the The Great Fire of London during our trip to Strangers’ Hall. 


Fawns Class – Summer, for working hard to apply her learning in maths this week.

               

Otter Class – Mason - for trying your best during writing when drafting your critical analysis of poetry.


Badger Class –  Amelie - for working consistently hard in maths and for challenging yourself. I am very proud of you. Well done!


Fox Class - Alicia B for really strong improvements in her fraction work this week.


Star Pupil Awards


Rabbit Class -  Beren -  for following all our golden rules during learning time.


Squirrel Class – Lewie - for always linking our prior learning to new ideas.


Hares Class – Aurora- having a great first week back by have a great attitude towards learning this week.


Fawns Class - Austin - for an excellent attitude to learning in all lessons which week.


Otter Class – Evelyn - for a fantastic start to Lingwood. You have settled in brilliantly following all of our expectations.


Badger Class – Sam - for always making the right choices and for being a kind and supportive friend. Well done!


Fox Class – Esme D for a brilliant start to Lingwood. She has followed the expectations perfectly.


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

Attendance Update
This week's whole school attendance

96.2%


Our whole school attendance this week was 96.2%. In first place is Year 1 and 3 with 97.2%, in second place is Year 6 with 96.2% and in third place is Year 5 with 95.6%. Well done to all the children arriving at school on time, ready to learn!


A reminder that the school gates will continue to be open from 8.30 am. Registration is at 8.40 am and school finishes at 3.25 pm.


Please note that the DFE are making changes from August 2024 with regards to term-time holidays and fixed penalty notices. See link below for further information. 


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!

Year 2 Trip to Strangers Hall


In addition to our current CUSP history topic, Year 2 had a very exciting trip to Strangers’ Hall this week! 
They participated in a carousel of activities. The class explored real museum objects which date back to the 17th century and earlier, and met someone who was in London at the time the Great Fire broke out. Year 2 found out more about what it was like in London at that time and they pretended to be fire inspectors and saw what a room looks like by candlelight and explored some of the upstairs rooms in the museum looking for fire risks. They had a fantastic time, it was a great immersive trip which bought their learning to life. 

Raising Awareness


This week, we raised awareness to two charities.


- British Royal Legion

- Children in Need     

 

A big thank you to any one who has donated to these charities this week, Miss Ward and the School Council for organising competitions and activities. Final totals are currently being calculated.Later this term, we will be raising awareness for the following charity.


Save the Children

Children will be invited to wear their favourite xmas jumper on Thursday 12th December.


By ashley.coley July 18, 2025
Dear parents and carers, We made it! It has been a good year at Lingwood, and I would like to take this opportunity to say a huge thank you to everyone who has supported the school. The sun shone at our summer fete last Friday. Events like this are only such a success when you have a group of parents who spend hours of their own time before, during and after the event. Thank you so so much to the members of FOLPA for your amazing efforts all year round. We raised a whopping £1317. We want all of our children to have a lovely holiday and are not setting homework. We do however expect children to read over the holidays. Miss Long recently sent a letter out about a reading challenge, and I have sent a letter out this week about the importance of reading over the six-week break. It would also be a good idea for your child to go on Timestable Rockstars to keep their maths ticking over nicely. We have had a few children turning up to school in incorrect uniform including wearing coloured trainers. Please can you make sure your child has the correct uniform for September. Staff will return to school on Monday 1st September for two PD days and children will return on Wednesday 3rd September. Please see below dates for the rest of the academic year. We are still in the process of moving over to a new communication system called Arbor. You will receive an update before the sort of term. Good luck to our year sixes and to anyone else who is leaving. Have a wonderful summer with your children and see you in September. Have a lovely summer. Stay safe. Mr Jeffery and the Lingwood Team
By ashley.coley July 11, 2025
Dear parents and carers, One week to go! This week we got our SATs results. I am delighted to announce that 81% of our children reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. This is significantly above the national average of 62% and a big increase in what we achieved last year. Those children who did not quite get there have done brilliantly making incredible progress – we are so proud of you all. We celebrated in style at Great Yarmouth on Wednesday. We also have had our phonics results. In year 1, 85% of the year passed their screening. Again, this is above the national average. Those children who didn't quite get there will receive additional support next year. School is far more than results, and it was lovely to see our year 6 athletics team competing at the track in Bury on Monday. They did brilliantly and finished a very creditable 8th out of all of the Unity schools. Continuing with the sporting theme, it is always good to hear about sporting achievements out of school. Esme (year 6) has been representing Norfolk at basketball. Last weekend she took part in a tournament in Essex and did tremendously well coming second. Well done, Esme. Now we have confirmed our staffing for September, I can announce that Mrs Luck will be teaching Fox class on a Monday and Fawn class on a Tuesday. Mr Dibden and Mrs Smith will teach the rest of the week. In Nursery, Mr Scott will be the lead teacher on Monday and Tuesday with Mrs Mann leading on Wednesday to Friday. Mrs Gegory will be there all week. In Reception, Mrs Brighton will be the lead teacher Monday to Wednesday and Mr Scott on Thursday and Friday. I hope to see you all after school for our summer fete. Thank you to FOLPA for running this event. Have a lovely weekend  Mr Jeffery
By ashley.coley July 4, 2025
Dear parents and carers, What an absolute scorcher! The children have coped well in the heat and did really well in their new classes. I am so glad we have had two full days in their new classes - it was time well spent and there was a lovely buzz in each classroom. It is understandable that some children are anxious about being in a new class, especially one with younger and older children. I also understand that this can be a worrying time for parents. As I explained at the meeting last week, we are spending all our meeting time planning to make sure this is a success. Your feedback is valuable to us. A lot of the discussions I have had with parents have been about lunchtimes and children who are not in the same class as some of their friends. We have decided that children will be eat in the hall with their year group rather than their class and when they have their time in the MUGA this will also be in year groups. In September there will be a chance to meet your child’s new teacher and then we will have a proper parents evening before October half-term. A reminder that it is our summer fete next Friday. I have committed to spending some time in the stocks! I am delighted to announce that from September Mrs Smith will be our new SENCO at Lingwood. For the remainder of this term please continue to contact me with any questions regarding SEND. Have a lovely weekend.  Mr Jeffery
By ashley.coley June 26, 2025
Dear parents and carers, It has been quite a week. It was such a lovely day on Tuesday watching the children work together in their houses during a wonderful sportsday. I was blown away by how the children behaved and competed against each other showing our school values of kindness, ambition and determination. The parents were equally impressive with their fantastic support and the parent races were certainly a highlight! It was positive to see a good turnout on Monday evening for our meeting about mixed aged teaching. For those that did not attend I will send my PowerPoint upon request. We are looking forward to our two transition days on Monday and Tuesday. Please see more information below. I am delighted to tell you that when Miss Coley is away on maternity leave in October Mr Dibden will become the interim deputy head. He will continue to be the class teacher for Foxes. I hope to announce who our new SENCO is next week. Have a lovely weekend. Mr Jeffery
By ashley.coley June 20, 2025
Dear parents and carers, I wanted to say a massive thank you to the parents who have come and spoken to me face to face about the changes we are having to make in September. In some schools the easy thing to do is to take to social media and wind each other up. I will try and make myself available in the playground as much as possible for the rest of the term, so please do come and speak to me. I have had several emails asking, ‘Which class is my child is in?’ I understand you want to know, but we will be sending this information out to every parent at the same time next Wednesday. I want the meeting on Monday to be about how all children will have a successful year in mixed classes, rather than focusing on individuals. We have sorted out the classes but want to triple check them on Monday morning. Thank you for your understanding over this. I know some parents have had a few worries over the senco situation. I wrote to you a couple of weeks ago to explain that Ms Clack was now working primarily at Heartsease. We now have an internal advert out for our new senco and hope to be announce who this is in the next couple of weeks. In the meantime, if you have any SEND related questions, please speak to the class teacher or contact me through Mrs Tubby at the front office ( office@lingwoodprimaryacademy.org.uk ). A reminder that Sports Day starts at 9.30am for Key Stage 2, but parent are welcome to come from 9am. Key Stage 1 will start at 1:15pm. Please bring a chair with you. I thought I would share this email I received on Wednesday: Good evening, I just wanted to send a quick email praising the pupils who I saw in the village this morning completing their cycling safety sessions. They were really respectful and polite moving to make sure I could get along the path with my pushchair. I am looking forward to seeing you on Monday evening and for what looks like a very warm Sports Day on Tuesday. Have a nice weekend in the sun. Mr Jeffery
June 20, 2025
Unity Schools Partnership is delighted to announce that we have received some grant funding from the Anguish’s Educational Foundation to support our school. The Trust, of which we are a member school, applied for funding under its charitable foundation to start a Happy Top Up Shed for our families. The project will provide food, warm clothing and bedding, relief from period poverty and energy support. Our knowledge of our families, and the trust between our pupils and families and the school, allows us to provide effective immediate support to help against the ongoing cost of living crisis. Children who have their most immediate needs met will attend school more frequently, engage more and achieve better outcomes. Children who feel the school cares will experiment, commit and be more resilient. Unity Schools Partnership and our wider school community would like to thank Anguish’s Educational Foundation for their support.
By ashley.coley June 13, 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 
By ashley.coley June 6, 2025
Dear parents and carers, It was great to see Lingwood in the newspaper over half-term. Please see the link below. Lingwood Primary Academy win Acle Cluster Competition | Norwich Evening News Yesterday I received a certificate celebrating the fact that Lingwood was in the top 25% of primary schools in the country for our attendance last term. This is recognition for everyone at the school. Well done and thank you. Please see the letter I have sent out today about the actions we are taking having read all of the responses from the surveys that were sent out last month. Next week I will update you about staffing for September. Mrs Clack is now only working at Heartsease because of a leadership change there. Fortunately, we have got the expertise of Sarah Porter supporting all this SEND for the remainder of the summer term. Have a lovely weekend. Mr Jeffery
By ashley.coley May 23, 2025
Dear parents and carers, This term seems to have gone by in a flash. There have been many highlights but what stands out most for me is how children talk about being part of Team Lingwood and wanting to the very best version of themselves. The year ones had a lovely trip to the SeaLife Centre on Thursday and were absolutely buzzing when they returned. It was great to hear how well they represented the school. This week our attendance is a disappointing 90.6% but our attendance for the whole year still remains above the national average but we are never looking for average at Lingwood! I can report back that the staff quiz team more than held their own but were unlucky not to win! Thanks to FOLPA for organising this and for all their hard work and support. After the half-term break, we will be able to share information about transition days and who your child's teacher is. Have a great half-term and see you all on Monday 2nd June. Mr Jeffery
By lorraine.long May 16, 2025
Dear parents and carers, What a lovely week of weather! I have been really impressed how children have stayed smart with shirts tucked in despite the heat. Well done to year 6 - they coped superbly with their SATs and had a well-deserved reward yesterday. One of the many highlights of my week was hearing from a parent who told me that her children go home and tell them that Mr Jeffery says in assembly that we want to be the best school in the world. Firstly, I am glad children listen to my assemblies, and more importantly, it is great to see and hear children with such great ambition. Mrs Clack is having to spend her Tuesdays at Heartsease for the upcoming weeks. Fortunately, we have the very experienced Mrs Porter supporting the school and carrying out the SENCO role. Her email is sporter@unitysp.co.uk. This week our attendance is once again impressive and stands at 97.4%. Well done to Year 6 for a stomping 100%. Good luck to the staff team (and parent teams!) at the quiz tonight and have a lovely weekend. A reminder that half-term is the week after next (w/c 26th May) with children returning on Monday 2nd June. Mr Jeffery 
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