Lingwood Primary Academy Newsletter 19th July 2024

Headteachers Update

Wow, what a year it has been! We are so unbelievably proud of every single child. From developing confidence and belief to progressing academically - every single child in our school has made progress this year. Every child has shone, whether that be through our new curriculum or through the many enrichment opportunities we had on offer this year.

I was delighted to announce the following top scores for this academic year, which were shared with you earlier this week in the September update letter. We could not have been any prouder of our children and their journeys of progress and accomplishments.

This week, Year 4 gave an exemplary African drumming performance and Year 6 performed their hearts out at their leavers assembly. Last week, we had our school summer fete. Thank you to everyone who attended/supported the event. We raised a total of £1047.17. I would like to say a big thank you to the FOLPA team for all their hard work this year and we look forward to putting this towards opportunities for the children next year and sharing tea and cake with you next term to say thank you.

Today we sadly say farewell to our year 6 pupils, Mrs Bray, Mr Minter, Ms Jones and Mrs Mehta.



We wish you all the best in your next endeavours. We hope you all have a lovely summer break. Take care and be safe.

Miss Laycock and the Lingwood Team

Year Group News

Nursery

For our final week of nursery for the year, children in the class chose some of their favourite resources and toys to explore and play with! We have switched our role play to a home corner, and there has been lots of storytelling as children act out stories with dinosaurs and building blocks. The classroom has been filled with music and singing, and the older children have been getting excited about the transition to Reception after the summer holidays, spending another morning in what will be their new classroom. Well done to all the children on another fun, fantastic year in Bishy Barney Bees Nursery!

Reception

What a wonderful year. We could not be more proud of how hard the children have worked, their kindness, their enthusiasm, their determination and drive to improve their learning. They have been an amazing class to teach and we cannot wait to see them shine in Year 1. We have had so many highlights this year from our seasonal walks around the school, our nativity performance, our visit from Little City Norfolk and our local walk, feeding the many local ducks! We have also enjoyed developing our outside area, taking home and playing the weekly maths games, taking part in our weekly forest school sessions, and listening to lots of brilliant stories read to us by our secret readers. We visited Thrigby Hall Wildlife Gardens, litter picked the local area, enjoyed our shared reading mornings and tackled every learning task with a smile. We would like to wish all the children a fabulous summer and wish them the very best of luck for Year 1. Thank you for a fabulous year.

Year 1

This week year 1 have been enjoying their last week, reflecting on our learning and activities from across the year. We have also been writing advice for the new year 1 pupils. In PE we have been designing and making our own obstacle courses and taking part in a scavenger hunt. Well done on a fantastic year, year 1! We will miss you!

Year 2   

Well done Hares class for a great year. You have worked so hard and tried your best and we are very proud of you. We hope you continue to be successful as you move into year 3, make sure you wave at us on the playground.

Year 3

On Monday Year 3 enjoyed a walk around our local area. We used the skills we have been learning in Geography to create our own OS maps of the area. Everyone was amazing on the walk and were a credit to our school. Well done. This week we have worked hard to finish The Magicians Nephew in Reading and write our own instructions for the new Year 3 class about how to be a Year 3 student in Writing. What a great last week of term, I hope you all have a lovely summer break.

Year 4

What a fantastic final week of Year 4! You presented your theme parks as your groups and did it clearly and confidently, including lots of detail about how your park will be inclusive for all. In P.E., we played a big game of rounders to finish off our unit. We revisited equivalent fractions in Maths and finally, you created a powerpoint explaining all of the things the new year 4s will learn about and presented them to the class. I am super proud of everything you have accomplished in year 4 and it has been a pleasure being your teacher. I wish you all the best in year 5!

Year 5

Year 5 have had a fantastic final week! We have consolidated multiplication and division in mathematics and have finished our final text Five Children & IT in reading. In DT, we created a mechanism (pulley) to lift a toy car onto a roof - the children considered how to strengthen their structure using wooden dowlings and cardboard to reinforce their models. I wish them a restful summer and all the best for Year 6!

Year 6

Year 6 have had a fabulous week. On Monday they performed their play - Cinderella and Rockerfella to the school, on Tuesday they went to Hollywood Bowl, on Wednesday they had their Leaver’s Assembly when they performed their play for their parents- what stars they all were! On Thursday afternoon they had a water fight- they all had fantastic fun even though we all were soaked through by the end! Today is their last day at Primary School and they will be getting shirts and yearbooks signed. It’s been an absolute pleasure to teach these wonderful young people for the last 6 months. Good Luck Year 6!

Launchpad

Farewell, but not goodbye!

Thank you for the memories and the good times. The last day of Launchpad is here, and yet, it doesn't feel real.It felt like just yesterday, when we met ways.Since then so many days have passed, the days spent will never last.But if there is something that will, they are the memories we spent together here.

We are all so proud of you all. We will miss each and every one of you.

Mrs Dacosta, Mrs Bray & the rest of the Launchpad Team.

Achievement Awards

Rabbit Class - Iris, for brilliant contribution in all of the money sense activities. 

Squirrel Class – Raeya - for giving her all to tasks, always.

Hares Class – Emily for working hard in every lesson and making sure her work is the best it can be.

Fawns Class – Jessica B and Mason for their outstanding behaviour and listening on the school trip.

Otter Class – Rose - for always trying your best in all subjects - if there is a challenge you never give up, you face it head on and give it your all! 

Badger Class –  Alesha - For multiplying 5-digits by 5-digits - well done! I'm very proud of you for pushing yourself. 

Fox Class – Whole Class - for all making amazing progress this year.

Launchpad - For being an amazing class and making all of the staff smile.

Star Pupil Awards

Rabbit Class - Harry, for being so kind and caring to others in the class.

Squirrel Class – Max - for working hard to develop his resilience when taking on challenges.

Hares Class – Alfie for always following our class rules and being a great role model throughout the year.

Fawns Class -  Freddie - for always showing kindness, calmness and being a role model throughout the year. Well done Freddie we are very proud of you!

Otter Class – George K for his fantastic behaviour and confidence on the performing arts trip

Badger Class – Ellie - For being a kind, friendly and positive role model - you've been a fantastic Year 5 - well done!

Fox Class – the whole class for the amazing work they did with their play- they were all highly professional and gave it 100% effort resulting in an amazing performance.

Launchpad -  For creating fantastic memories that will last for a life time. We are proud of each and every one of you.

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