Lingwood Primary Academy Newsletter 18th October 2024

Headteachers Update

It has been another busy week at Lingwood. Lots of learning happening around the school, including lots of enrichment activities this week. We have been blown away by the levels of maturity and topical vocabulary being used. KS2 enjoyed learning to beatbox with Mide Naike.

Y2, 3, 5 and 6 enjoyed their CO workshops. The ECO team have been busy reevaluating our school plans to make our school more energy efficient and all the children were excited to be in non-uniform today raising awareness for our first charity of the year - Just One Tree.

An attendance reminder that our children are in school next Friday. We will then have two weeks holiday, returning to school on Monday 11th November to celebrate Remembrance Day - please bring in donations for the Poppy Appeal. Our head boy and head girl will be coming round with the fundraiser box of goodies.

Thank you for your continuing support.

Miss Laycock and the Lingwood Team

Year Group News

Nursery

There are some spooky goings on in Bishy Barney Bees class this week as we are build up to Halloween! We are enjoying the book 'Funnybones', with children quickly picking up lines from the story and using it in their small world play as they walk the skeletons through the dark, dark town. We have been building a zoo like the one in the story, and thinking more about our bodies as we learn about skeletons.

Reception

As part of our work on Black History Month we have been reading the book ‘Stand up to Racism’. We have been thinking about equality and fairness and learning what these words mean. In maths we have been learning about 1, more, 1 less and how to represent the numbers 1, 2 and 3.

Year 1

This week year 1 have been learning about addition and subtraction in maths and have moved on to reading The Storm Whale in English.  We have been hunting for wild plants in Science and noticing that they grow without any help from people.  We also begun out DT topic on mechanisms and explored paper weaving in readiness for creating our own levers.

Year 2   

On Tuesday, we had a visitor from Bonanza Creative and were part of a Carbon Monoxide assembly and later a workshop. We learned the dangers of CO, things that we can do at home to keep us safe from CO, symptoms that we can get if we breath in CO and lots of other things! At the end of the workshop, we got a goodie back with lots of information on CO and even a CO alarm that we can use at home. Towards the end of the week, the children have been enjoying retelling their stories about the Tortoise and the Hare.

Year 3

This week Year 3 has been learning about how to add and subtract across tens. They have worked hard to identify when an exchange may be needed. We have enjoyed learning about CO and how to be safe in school and at home and have also taken part in an online Black History webinar.

Year 4

his week Year 4 have been planning their first person diary entries all about a day of theirs which was memorable. In Reading, we continue with our core text, ‘The Raven’. In French, we had our final lesson on The Calendar where the children had to translate passages from English to French and French to English. In PSHE, they created their own posters on the PANTS rule as well as playing an Island Game altogether. Finally, on Tuesday, they had an extra special assembly with beatboxer, Mide Naike in celebration of Black History Month. They were taught the basic skills of beatboxing acapella! They were fantastic!

Year 5

This week, Year 5 has had a busy week. We started the week off by having an extra assembly for Black History Month, which interested the children. In addition to this, we attended a Hate Crime Awareness Workshop, which was run by the Norfolk Constabulary. This was very informative and helped the children understand that at the age of 10, children are criminally responsible for their behaviours. In DT this week, the children made open sandwiches and enjoyed trying new ingredients

Year 6

In Year 6 this week we have been completing our work on Black History Month and researching people who have influenced our world. Also, there was a workshop for the class about the dangers of carbon monoxide. Finally, we have also made pitta bread and hummus in DT.

Achievement Awards

Rabbit Class - Louis for great counting during our maths learning this week.

Squirrel Class –Syed for fantastic science work on wild plants.

Hares Class – Raeya for challenging her ability in every lesson and persevering with subtraction.

Fawns Class – Donnie for hard work in reading lessons this week.

Otter Class – Thea - for trying your best in ALL of your tests this week! We are very proud of you.  

Badger Class –  Chloe - for working hard with your maths tests and for double checking your answers - well done!

Fox Class - Zoey - for improving her mental arithmetic ability throughout the weeks

Star Pupil Awards

Rabbit Class -  Spencer for his enthusiasm and effort with reading this week.

Squirrel Class – Elsie for always having a positive attitude and trying her best

Hares Class – Elsie for always making the right choices and being a role model for the rest of the class.

Fawns Class - Autumn for working hard to always be ready and organised at the beginning of each lesson.

Otter Class – Mason - for immediately seeking an adult when you see someone in need of help on the playground. Freddie - for your improving, consistent behaviour this week with all adults

Badger Class – George L - for listening well to instructions and for being honest. Well done!

Fox Class – Amia - for always trying her hardest to present work neatly and clearly.

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