Lingwood Primary Academy Newsletter 16th February 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

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!