Lingwood Primary Academy Newsletter 16th February 2024

• February 16, 2024

Headteachers Update



It has been another busy week at Lingwood Primary Academy.


The children who attended the FOLPA disco on Monday had a wonderful time.  Thank you to FOLPA members and our staff who stayed to support this event and, of course Mr B who DJ'd the disco.  The children are already asking when the next disco will be!


Please keep an eye on our diary dates to make sure you are aware of further upcoming events.


Can I please remind parents that the school car park is for staff parking only - unless permission has been given by the school.  This is to ensure we are keeping our children safe at the beginning and end of the school day.


Thank you for your continuing support and I hope you have a restful half term holidays.


See you on Monday 26th February


Miss Laycock


Dates for the diary ï»¿

  • February Half term -  19th -23rd February
  • 7th March - World Book Day
  • 22nd March - FOLPA Non-uniform day - £1 donation or a prize for the raffle
  • 28th March -12th April - Easter Holidays
  • 15th April - Return to school
  • 25th April - Years 3 and 4 Level 1 Bikeability
  • 22nd March pm - FOLPA Easter Egg Family Bingo - further details to follow
  • 3rd May - FOLPA Non-uniform day - £1 donation or a prize for the raffle
  • 6th May - Bank holiday
  • 27th -31st May Half Term
  • 3rd -6th June - Year 5 and 6 Level 2 Bikeability
  • 12th July - FOLPA Summer Fete 3.30pm


                                 

Year Group News

 Nursery

This week we have been learning about Lunar New Year, including the traditional story of how the 12 animals were chosen for each year of the calendar. Children have been making Chinese lanterns and lucky money envelopes, while developing their fine motor skills as they attempt to use chopsticks! We also enjoyed this week's other special celebrations - on Tuesday we joined Rabbits class in making and tasting some yummy pancakes, while on Valentine's Day we made cards for people who are special to us

Reception

This week Reception have been learning about Shrove Tuesday and Valentine's Day. We started the week by making our own delicious pancakes and writing a sentence about our favourite toppings. We then shared some stories about Valentine's Day and talked about the many reasons why we like our friends. In maths we have been looking at measure and compared the length of items from around our classroom. It has been a very busy week but with lots of super learning! 


Year 1

This week year 1 enjoyed their last Bush Craft session, weaving with sticks to create a sheltered area. We also had our last dance session in PE, moving around as toys to the beat of the music. In English we have been exploring nature poems and then writing our own based on what we have read.



Year 2   

This week in Art, we made our own collagraph and we used different techniques and overprinting to make prints. In PE, we finished our Invasion Games unit and reflected on what defenders and attackers do and discussed the importance of playing fairly and following the rules of the game.


Year 3

 Year 3 have had a great week finishing their non-chronological reports! They have written some fabulous information about counties, towns and cities in East Anglia. In maths, they have started learning about fractions and learned what numerators and denominators are. In Art, they enjoyed making gesso to create a relief that they will paint net week. Well done year 3!


Year 4

In their final week of term, Year 4 have been finalising and performing their poetry - they showed fantastic confidence and performance skills to the rest of the class. We finished our topic on safety in PSHE looking at chemicals and medicines - the children had to label the bottle and reasons why they have warnings on them. In Computing, we have been programming, coding and creating algorithms in Turtle Academy. Year 4 have not only created numbers but have even created letters - some even their own initials! What a great end to a wonderful term. As always, I am incredibly proud of everything you have and are achieving. Have a restful break Year 4 and I look forward to seeing you all in a week!


Year 5

In Year 5 this week, Badgers Class have started their Science unit all about Earth and Space which we thoroughly enjoyed! We have also begun learning about play scripts for English. 

I would like to thank the reading ambassadors. They have stamped and put in classrooms over 100 books and have added plenty of new books to our lovely library too. Thank you, we really appreciate your help!



Year 6

Fox Class have been learning about volcanoes and the features of explanatory texts, culminating in them writing their own explanatory texts about causes, effects and different types of volcanoes. 

In maths they have been learning about decimals and percentages.  Their reading has been based around The Island which they have all being thoroughly enjoying.


Launchpad

This week Launchpad have been writing their own information texts about Lingwood or Heartsease. In Maths we have been continuing to use our multiplication skills to solve problems. We enjoyed learning about other languages from our visitors for World Mother Language Day. The Launchpad staff are very proud of each and everyone of you. You have had a fantastic half term and have all worked really hard.


Achievement Awards

Rabbit Class - Adona for making fantastic progress in phonics.


Squirrel Class –  Jaxson for fantastic maths works on numbers to 50


Hares Class – Luke for making careful observations in science and doing some lovely, detailed drawings.


Fawns Class – Ramona for being more independent in her maths and reaching the challenge!

               

Otter Class – James for his amazing coding skills. He created an algorithm which designed a football pitch on Turtle Academy!


Badger Class – Devan for settling in well during his first week at Lingwood.


Fox Class – Daisy for her focus and determination in lessons


Launchpad – Mason G for having a positive attitude and working hard in all of his activities this week.

 
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Star Pupil Awards


Rabbit Class - Kourtney for always bringing happiness to our class with her smile and positivity.


Squirrel Class –  Grace for always challenging herself with her learning.


Hares Class – Luna for trying really hard to work independently especially in maths.


Fawns Class - Freddie for being exceptionally kind. 


Otter Class – Sam for his selfless gesture of allowing someone else to choose the homework prize as he has had it before.


Badger Class – Kayden for working hard in a group and for always being enthusiastic with his learning.


Fox Class –Gina for her helpful attitude and guidance towards pupils and staff!


Launchpad -  Sebastian for showing great determination in your guided reading this week. You have shown great resilience too.


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


Attendance Update
 This week's whole school attendance 93.3%



Our whole school attendance this week was 93.3%. In first place is Year 5 with 98.4%, then in second place  is Year 2 with 95.6%  and in third place is Year 3 with 93.8%. Well done to all the children arriving at school on time, ready to learn!


Remember that every day counts!

World Book Day on

7th March 2024


On Thursday 7th March we are excited to be celebrating World Book Day at Lingwood Primary.


We invite children to dress up as their favourite fictional character from a book. 


Today, children will be bringing home their free £1 book token which is valid from 15th February to 31st March 2024.

There are a selection of books on the back of the token that you can choose free using your £1 token.


Happy reading !


Football tournament at Fairhaven


On Thursday 15th February Miss Yeomans and Mr B took 6 excited children from Year 1 and 2 to a muddy Fairhaven Primary school to undertake a football skills tournament.


The children showed great determination and resilience and had a wonderful time. 


Miss Yeomans was very proud of their exemplary behaviours and how the level of team work that they showed!

Lingwood Primary Academy Newsletter 2nd May 2025

By ashley.coley • May 2, 2025
Headteacher's Update Dear parents and carers, As mentioned in my last newsletter, we would like you fill out a survey to hear your views about our school. The more people that fill in the survey the better the understanding we have of what is going well, and more importantly, what we can do better. The survey is anonymous. Children and staff will also be completing similar surveys this week. Please click on this QR code lower down. A huge thank you to Sarah Seyrus for making our School promotional video. Please have a look and share. https://1drv.ms/v/c/9f0dbb8d453b4c30/Ee2IQglg739LhBQGhy51XIIBDdjvcVyZDkIj0pC2aYHUSw With weather getting hotter, please ensure that your child is wearing suncreen to school, brings a hat and water bottle. If your child needs to reapply sunscreen they will need to have a nut-free labelled bottle which needs to be given to the class teacher.  After a little blip last week our attendance is once again good at nearly 97%. Well done to year 3 who won the attendance cup and Eric the Penguin with 99.6%. Have a lovely Bank Holiday Weekend and see you on Tuesday morning. Regards, Mr Jeffery Interim Headteacher Lingwood Primary Academy

Lingwood Primary Academy Newsletter 25th April 2025

By ashley.coley • April 25, 2025
Headteacher's Update Dear parents and carers, I hope you all had a wonderful Easter break. The children have come back to school in good spirits and have settled back into the ‘Lingwood Way’.  Last term I wrote to you about uniform expectations at Lingwood and it has been useful to hear some feedback from parents. Further to what I wrote in my last newsletter, please note that black or dark grey pinafore dresses can be worn and that plain hoodies are ok for outdoor PE. I hope that clears a few things up. All Unity Schools are sending surveys to parents, staff and pupils this week. This type of feedback is really useful, and I would be grateful if you could spend a few minutes filling this survey in. As always, if there are any big issues please do not hesitate to contact the school so we can work things through. Our weekly attendance has dropped a bit to 94.4%. The simple fact is that the higher the attendance for your child the more learning they can do. Often our absences are because of unauthorised holidays. I understand the frustrations around expensive holidays, but your child is missing crucial learning if they are going away in term and it is highly unlikely I will authorise the absence. Well done to year 6 who managed 100%attendance for the week. Year 6 have SATS on the w/c 12th May and it is crucial they are in every day. Have a good weekend and enjoy the mini heatwave which is set to come. Regards, Mr Jeffery Interim Headteacher Lingwood Primary Academy

Lingwood Primary Academy Newsletter 4th April 2025

By ashley.coley • April 4, 2025
Headteacher's Update Dear parents and carers, What a lovely way to end the term with. The children had a great service at the church. They sang beautifully, walked sensibly to and from the church, and the readers did a great job. We were also fortunate to hear the bands from Rock Steady in the afternoon. It is important to be able to offer opportunities like this to our children and we will be sending some information out after Easter about the chance to learn an instrument. Next term, we are having a big push on school uniform. School uniform helps us have a sense of identity and belonging and I am a firm believer in taking pride in your appearance in school (even when I am dressed as a penguin). Once standards start to slip with uniform, it is a battle to get them back up. Also, by allowing one child to wear a hoodie, for example, opens this up for every other child to ask why they can’t do the same. Our big push for the first few weeks of term will be shoes, the correct PE kits (not hoodies) and proper school shorts and trousers. On our website it says children must have proper school shoes, but after speaking to children, parents and staff, I have decided to allow plain black trainers. For more information, please see the link below and if you are unsure or if you have any questions please contact your class teacher of Mrs Tubby. Uniform at Lingwood Primary I hope you and your families have a brilliant Easter break. A reminder the first day of term is Tuesday 22nd April. Regards, Mr Jeffery Interim Headteacher Lingwood Primary Academy

Lingwood Primary Academy Newsletter 31st March 2025

By ashley.coley • March 31, 2025
Headteacher's Update Dear parents and carers, I hope you had a lovely week. We are nearly at the end of the Spring Term but still have a busy few days to go. On Friday we are heading to St Peter’s Church in the morning for our celebration service. Thank you to everyone who has volunteered to help. Your child’s class teacher will let you know if we need you to help walk down. As much as we would like to have everyone there, please don’t turn up at the church as there is not room. We are keen to have share what happened at Lingwood on social media and have brought the Lingwood Primary Academy Facebook page back to life. Please click on this ling to follow us. (1) ‪#‎lingwoodprimary‬ – Explore | Facebook FOLPA met last Tuesday. I am pleased to let you know about some important dates: We have two non-uniform days in the summer term. Children can bring in £1 or tombola donations. Dates will be 16th May and 26th June. This is to raise money for our summer fete which be held on 11th July at 3.30pm. There is a quiz on 16th May at the Village Hall. Once again, our attendance is above the national average for Primary schools. A big well done to year 5 and Nursey for 100%. Have a great week.

Lingwood Primary Academy Newsletter 24th March 2025

By ashley.coley • March 25, 2025
Headteacher's Update Dear parents and carers, It has been quite a week at Lingwood. We celebrated and raised money for Comic Relief on Friday including lots of exercises in assembly. The year sixes have been on their residential trip for three days. I am writing this having just experienced kayaking in March. Thank goodness for the sunshine. On Wednesday, we filmed our promotional video of the school. Once we have checked it through we will put this on our website. Many of you have been asking how Mrs Laycock is. It was lovely to see her visit the school on Wednesday. Please see an update from Dr Tim Coulson (CEO Unity SP). Mrs Laycock has successfully had surgery and has recovered well. She is now moving onto the next phase of her treatment plan. Once she has fully recovered from this, she is looking forward to returning. It has been agreed that Mr Jeffery will continue as interim Headteacher until her return. Please see this week’s attendance below. Well done to year 3 again for getting 100%! Have a lovely week. Mr Jeffery Interim Headteacher Lingwood Primary Academy

Lingwood Primary Academy Newsletter 17th March 2025

By ashley.coley • March 17, 2025
Headteacher's Update Dear parents, It was great to see such a good turnout for parents evening last week. If you didn’t manage to come your child’s class teacher will be in touch because we think it is important you know how they are getting on. Mrs Brighton is running the London Marathon on Sunday 27th April and raising money for Neuroendocrine Cancer UK in memory of her mum. To help with the fundraising we will be holding a CAKE SALE! When: Wednesday 2nd April Where: School playground Time: From 3.25pm All items will be 50p If you are able to donate any baked goods, homemade or shop bought (and importantly nut free!) then please drop these off on the morning of the cake sale. If you would like to sponsor Mrs Brighton directly, please visit: https://www.justgiving.com/page/stephanie-brighton-run-for-mum?utm_medium=FR&utm_source=CL Thank you for your support :-) I have had a few eagle-eyed parents who have pointed at that it said underneath my newsletter that children return to school after the Easter holiday on Monday 21st April. This is a mistake and is in fact Easter Monday. Children and staff return on Tuesday 22nd April. Another reminder to please not use the staff car park but to use the one at the Village Hall. A solid week with attendance. Well-done to year 3 for 100% attendance. Have a lovely week ahead. Mr Jeffery Interim Headteacher Lingwood Primary Academy

Lingwood Primary Academy Newsletter 10th March 2025

By ashley.coley • March 10, 2025
Headteacher's Update Dear parents and carers, Firstly, I would like to apologise that you received last week’s newsletter so late. We are having a few IT issues, but I am hopeful they have been resolved. It has been lovely to see the sun shining and the children continue to enjoy using the play equipment at lunch. It was also wonderful to see the effort put into World Book Day costumes. Last week I met three wonderful members of FOLPA (Friends of Lingwood Primary Academy). FOLPA is our PTA, and they help raise much needed and appreciated money for our school. This includes holding discos, non-uniform days and fetes. They are keen for more parents to join and help out. They are keen to stress that any help is welcome, and by signing up, you are not signing your life away! The next meeting is on 25th March at 7.15pm at the village hall. We are having a big push on reading at Lingwood this term. We are asking to children to read at home. Please support your child and the school by signing their reading logs and even better by listening to them read. We expect all children to be reading at home at least three times a week. Our weekly attendance is a cracking is 97.2% with the highest attending class being year 1 with a whopping 99.3%. Have a great weekend Mr Jeffery Interim Headteacher Lingwood Primary Academy

Lingwood Primary Academy Newsletter 3rd March 2025

By ashley.coley • March 4, 2025
Headteacher's Update Dear parents and carers, I hope you all had a wonderful half-term break. The children have come back to school with brilliant attitudes to learning. It is always great to see their enthusiasm for school when I open the gate in the mornings. We have had out write up from our attendance review. Here is part of the summary written by someone from the DfE: Overall, Lingwood has developed excellent, relationship-based practice, tight daily follow up processes and good monitoring and tracking processes in place in a short period of time. There is strong leadership and significant change in a short period of time since the school moved across to USP. This is a real team effort. Currently our school attendance stands at 95.3% and our current overall winners are Year 3 with 96.3%. One of the actions was to clear up what time the register is taken. The school gate will continue to open at 8.30am. The register will be taken at 8.40am. Please can I remind you not to use the car park at the front of school. We are fortunate to have access to the Village Hall car park. Have a lovely week. Ben Jeffery Interim Headteacher Lingwood Primary Academy

Lingwood Primary Academy Newsletter 14th February 2025

By ashley.coley • February 14, 2025
Headteacher's Update Dear parents / carers, As we head towards half-term, I wanted to say a big thank you for all your support over these past few weeks. I have thoroughly enjoyed working at this lovely school. I must admit having a broken wrist has been challenging, and I have seen a little too much of trains and Premier Inns, but it hasn’t stopped me feeling very much at home at Lingwood. I will continue to lead the school until Miss Laycock is well enough to return. It’s good to see that class dojo is being used with parents now but as I explained last week we are not currently using it for contact between home and school. Please contact staff through office@lingwoodprimary.org.uk. As I mentioned in a previous message, we are working on ensuring there is consistency in what both staff and children do. You will be sent a document that we are calling the ‘Lingwood Way’. Please have a look at our expectations for the school day. Attendance hit a record high last week with our weekly school attendance hitting an impressive 97%. Well-done to everyone for this fantastic achievement. Have a wonderful half-term break with your amazing children and we will see you back at school on Monday 24th February. Regards, Ben Jeffery Interim Headteacher Lingwood Primary Academy

Lingwood Primary Academy Newsletter 10th February 2025

By ashley.coley • February 9, 2025
Headteacher's Update Dear parents / carers, It has been really useful speaking to children, staff and parents about how we can improve our behaviour systems and communication at our lovely school. I believe it is so important to praise, recognise and reward excellent effort and behaviour. At Lingwood, we award ‘dojos’ when a child has worked hard and/or demonstrated one of the values of the school. We would like parents to see this recognition and therefore we need you to be set up on class dojo. Today, your child should have come home with a login sheet with simple instructions on how to set this up. If you have not received this, please speak to the class teacher or Mrs Tubby. We are resetting children’s dojo scores at half term. When they earn 100 dojos, they will receive a silver badge to wear on their school jumper. This will be celebrated and awarded on a Friday assembly. If a child reaches 200 dojos they will be given a gold badge. Some schools use class dojo to communicate between the teacher and parents. For now, we are not going to use this facility. To speak to the teacher, please do one of the following: Catch them at the start or end of the day for a quick chat. This can’t be a long conversation because the teacher will need to have eyes on the rest of the class. Ring Mrs Tubby in the office on 01638 to arrange a meeting Email the office ( office@lingwoodprimary.org.uk ) and your email will be forwarded to the teacher We will continue to send out our weekly newsletter on a Monday with an update from me and your class teacher as I know this is appreciated. However, this week, we will send the final newsletter for the half term out Friday. Regards, Ben Jeffery Interim Headteacher Lingwood Primary Academy
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