Lingwood Primary Academy Newsletter 20th December 2024

ashley.coley • December 20, 2024

Headteacher's Update


What a lovely way to finish the term with our celebration assembly. It was great to hear some of the songs from the Christmas performances and celebrate the achievements of this week. It was especially pleasing to see so many children achieve 100% attendance this autumn term.


If you haven't yet please read my letter which was sent to parents yesterday.


I hope that you and your families have a wonderful Christmas break and I look forward to seeing you all in the new year.


See you all on the 6th January. Please note moving forward the newsletter will be sent on a Monday. The first being Monday 13th January.


Ben Jeffery

Interim Headteacher

Dates for the diary 

  • Monday 6th January - Spring term begins
  • Tuesday 7th January -  8.30 - 9am - Attendance drop in sessions with Kara
  • Friday 10th January - Year 3 Swimming 
  • Monday 27th January - National Story Telling Week

Year Group News

Nursery

This week in Nursery the children have enjoyed making their Christmas cards and decorating their tree cookies. Lots of glitter has been used! We also had a visit from the vicar. Merry Christmas and happy New Year.


Reception

We have been busy preparing for Christmas this week in Reception, making cards and decorations, wrapping presents and reading Christmas stories. We have also been reading a story about ‘The Christmas Pine’, thinking about which country it might have come from and looking on a map of the world to follow it’s journey. We have been recapping the composition of numbers to 5 in maths and making repeating patterns.


Year 1

This week in year 1, we have been using our number bonds knowledge to solve problems in Maths and working on rhyming words and patterns in English.  We had a visit from Rvd. Jane and Lorna to talk to us about the Christmas story and how the church prepare for Christmas.  We have finished off our Science topic of ‘Animals’ and have been enjoying lots of Christmas stories.  We also had our last gymnastic session where we learnt how to do different rolls and then used our skills to put together a routine.


Year 2   

In Year 2 this week, we have been working hard to write our cultural stories. We have been using adjectives, adverbs and lots of cultural details to make our narrative very interesting for our readers. 


We have also been working hard as a team during our PE lesson. Everyone has shown great sportsmanship by communicating well with their team, listening to each other and using kind encouraging phrases to complete the challenges. The children ended the week by using their stippling technique learnt in art, to create a 2025 calendar and enjoyed a well-deserved pop-corn movie treat!
 

Year 3

Year 3 has had a lovely week to end the term. We have been working hard to finish writing our historical narratives in English and the children are all very proud of their work. We had our final gymnastics lesson, learning different types of rolls and are looking forward to starting our swimming lessons next term. In addition to this we have had some festive fun with our KS2 performance and watching the pantomime. 


Year 4

What a wonderful week to mark off the end of term! We finished our news reports on the “torrential snow” we’ve been having in Lingwood. We started our new core text, Varjak Paw, which is all about a rare cat learning the skill of martial arts. In History, they rounded off their knowledge with the Vikings and Anglo Saxons. In Maths, we come towards the end of Multiplication and Division ready to start our new topic of Length and Perimeter.


Year 5

In writing, Year 5 have finished writing and editing their balanced argument about whether we should ban school uniform. They confidently used modal verbs, as well as sustaining a formal tone. In maths, we have finished adding and subtracting fractions - the children have developed their confidence over the unit by knowing how to change the denominator. In history, we have been thinking about democracy and why theatres were so important to society in Ancient Greece. 

Year 6

Year 6 have made so much progress this term and should be proud of what they have achieved. This week however they have been finding a fraction of an amount on maths, studying poems in English (Shakespeare’s Sonnet 18 and Wordsworth’s Daffodils) and finished their unit in geography on earthquakes, mountains and volcanoes.


Achievement Awards

Rabbit Class  -  Mayson, for always thinking hard during maths and working so quickly to find the answer.


Squirrel Class – Elsie - for fantastic progress with her pencil skills.


Hares Class  – Lily- Fantastic use of cultural details in her writing.


Fawns Class  –  Donnie, for his fantastic effort in our Christmas performance.

               

Otter Class - Travis - for your fantastic news report on the torrential snow that Lingwood has been having!


Badger Class – Oliver - for working hard in all lessons this week, especially with your handwriting. Well done!


Fox Class - Kody for really huge improvements in his mathematics work - specifically fractions.


Star Pupil Awards


Rabbit Class -  Grayson, for being a great role model to his friends during our learning time.

Squirrel Class – Michaela - for a brilliant attitude to learning. 


Hares Class  – Jasmine - for always being ready to learn and showing respect.


Fawns Class - Harry, for being an excellent DJ.


Otter Class – Benjamin - for always being so polite and well mannered in school.


Badger Class – Alexander - for consistently working hard in all lessons and for regularly contributing to class discussions - well done!


Fox Class – Zoey for always working hard, being polite and trying her best. She has really adapted to the classroom well since coming from launchpad.


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

Attendance Update
   This week's whole school attendance

95.3%

  • In first place is Year 3 and 6  with 96.2%
  • In second place is Year 1 with 95.9% 
  • In third place is Year 2 with 94.6%.


Well done to all the children arriving at school on time, ready to learn lets see if we can increase our attendance next week! Fawns won the extra reward this week!


A reminder that the school gates will continue to be open from 8.30 am. Registration is at 8.40 am and school finishes at 3.25 pm.


Fines for parents for taking children out of school: What you need to know 

Remember that every day counts and we are in every day next week!

Attendance Meetings


Dear parents,

Please note:

This spring term, I will be in every Tuesday morning between 8.30 - 9am to discuss any attendance concerns you may wish to discuss.


I look forward to meeting you all and supporting where possible. Have a lovely Christmas.


Kara Stock

FOLPA Christmas Raffle


Big congratulations to Kathy Buckley for winning our Christmas Hamper.


A big thank you to FOLPA and all their hard work this term, we look forward to further events this year.

Lingwood Primary Academy Newsletter 18th July

By ashley.coley • July 18, 2025
Dear parents and carers, We made it! It has been a good year at Lingwood, and I would like to take this opportunity to say a huge thank you to everyone who has supported the school. The sun shone at our summer fete last Friday. Events like this are only such a success when you have a group of parents who spend hours of their own time before, during and after the event. Thank you so so much to the members of FOLPA for your amazing efforts all year round. We raised a whopping £1317. We want all of our children to have a lovely holiday and are not setting homework. We do however expect children to read over the holidays. Miss Long recently sent a letter out about a reading challenge, and I have sent a letter out this week about the importance of reading over the six-week break. It would also be a good idea for your child to go on Timestable Rockstars to keep their maths ticking over nicely. We have had a few children turning up to school in incorrect uniform including wearing coloured trainers. Please can you make sure your child has the correct uniform for September. Staff will return to school on Monday 1st September for two PD days and children will return on Wednesday 3rd September. Please see below dates for the rest of the academic year. We are still in the process of moving over to a new communication system called Arbor. You will receive an update before the sort of term. Good luck to our year sixes and to anyone else who is leaving. Have a wonderful summer with your children and see you in September. Have a lovely summer. Stay safe. Mr Jeffery and the Lingwood Team

Lingwood Primary Academy Newsletter 11th July 2025

By ashley.coley • July 11, 2025
Dear parents and carers, One week to go! This week we got our SATs results. I am delighted to announce that 81% of our children reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. This is significantly above the national average of 62% and a big increase in what we achieved last year. Those children who did not quite get there have done brilliantly making incredible progress – we are so proud of you all. We celebrated in style at Great Yarmouth on Wednesday. We also have had our phonics results. In year 1, 85% of the year passed their screening. Again, this is above the national average. Those children who didn't quite get there will receive additional support next year. School is far more than results, and it was lovely to see our year 6 athletics team competing at the track in Bury on Monday. They did brilliantly and finished a very creditable 8th out of all of the Unity schools. Continuing with the sporting theme, it is always good to hear about sporting achievements out of school. Esme (year 6) has been representing Norfolk at basketball. Last weekend she took part in a tournament in Essex and did tremendously well coming second. Well done, Esme. Now we have confirmed our staffing for September, I can announce that Mrs Luck will be teaching Fox class on a Monday and Fawn class on a Tuesday. Mr Dibden and Mrs Smith will teach the rest of the week. In Nursery, Mr Scott will be the lead teacher on Monday and Tuesday with Mrs Mann leading on Wednesday to Friday. Mrs Gegory will be there all week. In Reception, Mrs Brighton will be the lead teacher Monday to Wednesday and Mr Scott on Thursday and Friday. I hope to see you all after school for our summer fete. Thank you to FOLPA for running this event. Have a lovely weekend  Mr Jeffery

Lingwood Primary Academy Newsletter 4th July 2025

By ashley.coley • July 4, 2025
Dear parents and carers, What an absolute scorcher! The children have coped well in the heat and did really well in their new classes. I am so glad we have had two full days in their new classes - it was time well spent and there was a lovely buzz in each classroom. It is understandable that some children are anxious about being in a new class, especially one with younger and older children. I also understand that this can be a worrying time for parents. As I explained at the meeting last week, we are spending all our meeting time planning to make sure this is a success. Your feedback is valuable to us. A lot of the discussions I have had with parents have been about lunchtimes and children who are not in the same class as some of their friends. We have decided that children will be eat in the hall with their year group rather than their class and when they have their time in the MUGA this will also be in year groups. In September there will be a chance to meet your child’s new teacher and then we will have a proper parents evening before October half-term. A reminder that it is our summer fete next Friday. I have committed to spending some time in the stocks! I am delighted to announce that from September Mrs Smith will be our new SENCO at Lingwood. For the remainder of this term please continue to contact me with any questions regarding SEND. Have a lovely weekend.  Mr Jeffery

Lingwood Primary Academy Newsletter 26th June 2025

By ashley.coley • June 26, 2025
Dear parents and carers, It has been quite a week. It was such a lovely day on Tuesday watching the children work together in their houses during a wonderful sportsday. I was blown away by how the children behaved and competed against each other showing our school values of kindness, ambition and determination. The parents were equally impressive with their fantastic support and the parent races were certainly a highlight! It was positive to see a good turnout on Monday evening for our meeting about mixed aged teaching. For those that did not attend I will send my PowerPoint upon request. We are looking forward to our two transition days on Monday and Tuesday. Please see more information below. I am delighted to tell you that when Miss Coley is away on maternity leave in October Mr Dibden will become the interim deputy head. He will continue to be the class teacher for Foxes. I hope to announce who our new SENCO is next week. Have a lovely weekend. Mr Jeffery

Lingwood Primary Academy Newsletter 20th June 2025

By ashley.coley • June 20, 2025
Dear parents and carers, I wanted to say a massive thank you to the parents who have come and spoken to me face to face about the changes we are having to make in September. In some schools the easy thing to do is to take to social media and wind each other up. I will try and make myself available in the playground as much as possible for the rest of the term, so please do come and speak to me. I have had several emails asking, ‘Which class is my child is in?’ I understand you want to know, but we will be sending this information out to every parent at the same time next Wednesday. I want the meeting on Monday to be about how all children will have a successful year in mixed classes, rather than focusing on individuals. We have sorted out the classes but want to triple check them on Monday morning. Thank you for your understanding over this. I know some parents have had a few worries over the senco situation. I wrote to you a couple of weeks ago to explain that Ms Clack was now working primarily at Heartsease. We now have an internal advert out for our new senco and hope to be announce who this is in the next couple of weeks. In the meantime, if you have any SEND related questions, please speak to the class teacher or contact me through Mrs Tubby at the front office ( office@lingwoodprimaryacademy.org.uk ). A reminder that Sports Day starts at 9.30am for Key Stage 2, but parent are welcome to come from 9am. Key Stage 1 will start at 1:15pm. Please bring a chair with you. I thought I would share this email I received on Wednesday: Good evening, I just wanted to send a quick email praising the pupils who I saw in the village this morning completing their cycling safety sessions. They were really respectful and polite moving to make sure I could get along the path with my pushchair. I am looking forward to seeing you on Monday evening and for what looks like a very warm Sports Day on Tuesday. Have a nice weekend in the sun. Mr Jeffery

School support from Anguish's Charitable Foundation

June 20, 2025
Unity Schools Partnership is delighted to announce that we have received some grant funding from the Anguish’s Educational Foundation to support our school. The Trust, of which we are a member school, applied for funding under its charitable foundation to start a Happy Top Up Shed for our families. The project will provide food, warm clothing and bedding, relief from period poverty and energy support. Our knowledge of our families, and the trust between our pupils and families and the school, allows us to provide effective immediate support to help against the ongoing cost of living crisis. Children who have their most immediate needs met will attend school more frequently, engage more and achieve better outcomes. Children who feel the school cares will experiment, commit and be more resilient. Unity Schools Partnership and our wider school community would like to thank Anguish’s Educational Foundation for their support.

Lingwood Primary Academy Newsletter 13th May 2025

By ashley.coley • June 13, 2025
Dear parents and carers, It was lovely to see so many parents coming along to our FOLPA picnic today in th every warm sunshine. Our next big event is Sports day on Tuesday 24th June. I will send more information next week, but we hope you can come along and support. Years 3 – 6 will be in the morning and Nursery – year 2 will be in the afternoon. Please make sure you have seen the letter sent out on BromCom about some important changes for September. Have a lovely weekend. Mr Jeffery 

Lingwood Primary Academy Newsletter 6th May 2025

By ashley.coley • June 6, 2025
Dear parents and carers, It was great to see Lingwood in the newspaper over half-term. Please see the link below. Lingwood Primary Academy win Acle Cluster Competition | Norwich Evening News Yesterday I received a certificate celebrating the fact that Lingwood was in the top 25% of primary schools in the country for our attendance last term. This is recognition for everyone at the school. Well done and thank you. Please see the letter I have sent out today about the actions we are taking having read all of the responses from the surveys that were sent out last month. Next week I will update you about staffing for September. Mrs Clack is now only working at Heartsease because of a leadership change there. Fortunately, we have got the expertise of Sarah Porter supporting all this SEND for the remainder of the summer term. Have a lovely weekend. Mr Jeffery

Lingwood Primary Academy Newsletter 23rd May 2025

By ashley.coley • May 23, 2025
Dear parents and carers, This term seems to have gone by in a flash. There have been many highlights but what stands out most for me is how children talk about being part of Team Lingwood and wanting to the very best version of themselves. The year ones had a lovely trip to the SeaLife Centre on Thursday and were absolutely buzzing when they returned. It was great to hear how well they represented the school. This week our attendance is a disappointing 90.6% but our attendance for the whole year still remains above the national average but we are never looking for average at Lingwood! I can report back that the staff quiz team more than held their own but were unlucky not to win! Thanks to FOLPA for organising this and for all their hard work and support. After the half-term break, we will be able to share information about transition days and who your child's teacher is. Have a great half-term and see you all on Monday 2nd June. Mr Jeffery

Lingwood Primary Academy Newsletter 16th May 2025

By lorraine.long • May 16, 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 
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