Lingwood Primary Academy Newsletter 16th May 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 

Year Group News

Nursery

This week in Bishy’s we have continued our Foundational Knowledge focus on plants, talking more about the life cycle of a plant and what a plant needs to grow. We have carried on reading the book ‘Oliver’s Vegetables’, learning the names of different vegetables and linking this to healthy choices about what we eat. In maths we have been working on counting small quantities of objects with good one-to-one correspondence and recognising numerals to 5, while in phonics children have shown huge progress with segmenting short words into their individual sounds and blending them back together – well done Bishy’s!

Reception 

This week, Reception have been reading a book called ‘The extraordinary Gardener’. They have been learning all about planting and growing seeds and are investigating exactly what plants need to grow by placing plants in different places around the classroom. In maths we have been finding out about 2D shapes and how we manipulate and rotate them to make pictures and patterns.

Year 1

This week year 1 have enjoyed our DT Food and Nutrition topic.  We learnt all about the importance of eating a range of fresh, colourful foods and learnt the skills of grating, ribboning and chopping to make rainbow wraps, crudites and vegetable kebabs.  We loved using all our senses to explore our ingredients and then sampling our finished products! 

In Maths we have continued our work on fractions and in Science we have been learning about the parts of a tree and their important jobs. 

Year 2 

Year 2 have been working hard in Maths this week. They have all done particularly well with counting fractions up to a whole. Everyone got to do the challenges. Well done Year 2!  

In Science, we learned about the consequences if a plant does not get enough of what it needs. We started an investigation to find out what happens if a plant does not get enough light. We planted some cress seeds and have left some by the window and some in a cupboard with no light. We can’t wait to see the results!  

Year 3

This week Year three have started our new unit in maths on Shapes. We have been learning about different types of angles. In writing we have started our unit: writing formal letters to complain and have been thinking about the difference between formal and informal language. This week we have also been lucky enough to have been visited by some one-day old pheasant chicks. We all enjoyed giving them a little stroke and learning about how to care for them.  

Year 4

This week in Year 4, the children have started a few new units of work. In maths they have begun learning about time and in English the children have begun learning about diary entries and using informal language such as colloquialisms and idioms. The children were over the moon with our chick visit Tuesday afternoon; they were inquisitive and respectful. Thank you, Lottie, for coming in.  

Year 5

This week, Year 5 have worked hard on their Pixl assessments, where they have shown determination and resilience. I am very proud of everybody for their hard work. In English, we have started writing our myths and legends story, making sure that we balance dialogue with description. In PSHE, we discussed what the children were most looking forward to about growing up and what they weren’t looking forward to. This was a mature conversation, and the children enjoyed sharing these with each other.  

Year 6

Year 6 have worked incredibly hard this week during their SATs tests. They have showed real maturity and put in lots of effort into them – they genuinely could not have tried any harder and should be proud of what they have achieved.  

Achievement Awards

Rabbit Class  -  Ruby for doing great writing at every opportunity this week. 

Squirrel Class – Daisy for her fantastic explanation of halves in Maths. 

Hares Class  –  Grace for working hard on editing her non-chronological report on plants.

Fawns Class  –  Donnie for excellent focus and participation in maths. 

Otter Class -  Freddie for consistently volunteering answers in Maths and having a great understanding of the 24-hour clock. 

Badger Class - Chloe for doing amazingly well on your arithmetic paper. I am so proud of you for working hard and it was a pleasure to look at your workings! 

Fox Class - Zoey for amazing effort in maths this week. 

Star Pupil Awards

Rabbit Class - Bethany for always participating fully in her learning and trying her best every day.  

Squirrel Class – Hayley for her perseverance in PE using a racket and ball. 

Hares Class  – Harriet for being a role model of the Lingwood Way.

Fawns Class - Harry for always being kind and helpful to adults and peers.  

Otter Class – Benjamin for always being helpful and polite.  You are a positive role model for the Lingwood Way. 

Badger Class –  Esme for being polite and hardworking. You always show me that you are Lingwood ready and you’re a brilliant role model. Well done! 

Fox Class – All of Year 6 for their fantastic effort this week during SATs.



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