Lingwood Primary Academy Newsletter 20th January 2025

lorraine.long • January 20, 2025

Headteacher's Update


It has been a cracking week at Lingwood. One of the highlights was our new cricket coach (Aaron) coming in on Tuesday. The children loved the opportunity to bowl, bat and field, despite it not exactly being summer conditions. I was particularly impressed with how all of the children listened and responded to a new face. 


It has been useful for me to speak to several parents last week about things they think would make the school run more smoothly. Communication seems to be a key theme - as it is in most schools. We are working hard behind the scenes to make sure that parents are kept in the loop as much as possible. Please do come and grab me in the playground at the start and the end of the day if you want to give any feedback.


We welcome back Miss Coley today, and she will start in her role as the main year four class teacher alongside her deputy head duties. There are fewer staff out on training this week so there should be less disruption. Key Stage two staff are currently being trained on how iPads can enhance learning, and we will have some exciting news about this in the near future.


We have had a couple of children off with chickenpox. If your child does have chickenpox, please keep them off until the blisters have 'crusted' over.


I am keen that Lingwood is a school with high standards across the board. One of the expectations we have is about wearing the correct school uniform. Please make sure your child comes to school in the correct uniform, including Lingwood PE kit.


Have a good week.

Regards,


Ben Jeffery

Interim Headteacher

Dates for the diary  

  • Monday 27th January - National Story Telling Week
  • Monday 17th February - Friday 21st Febuary - Half Term
  • Monday 24th February - Return to school

Year Group News

Nursery

Bishy’s have continued to enjoy the book ‘The Good Egg’; as well as continuing to talk more about what it means to be a ‘good egg’, we have been learning some things about the parts of an egg and which animals lay eggs. In maths we have been working on the fast recognition of amounts up to three, while in phonics we have been playing lots of games around distinguishing different sounds in the environment.


Reception

This week, Reception have been reading the book ‘All through the Night’ and finding out about the different jobs people do at night. They have also used directional language to give instructions and thought about their route to school. In maths they have been thinking about the composition of numbers to 5 using 5 frames and peg boards. They also had a visit from the dentist and learnt lots about looking after their teeth.


Year 1

This week, year 1 have been writing their personal recounts to finish off our unit in English.  I was really impressed with how far their writing has come!  We are now moving on to writing informal letters.  In Maths we are starting our addition and subtraction unit for this term and have been practising making numbers using Base Ten equipment.  In Science we have continued our unit on materials and have been looking at what things are made of in school. 


Year 2   

In Year 2 we have been learning about non-chronological reports. We have learnt how to use subordinating conjunctions, how to organise our writing and how to use precise vocabulary. This week we started planning a non-chronological report on Sharks. We can’t wait to continue writing our report on Sharks next week! 


We also started our new Science unit on Everyday Materials. We have learned about different materials and their uses. We also learnt why different materials are suitable for certain objects.

Year 3

This week we have started our unit on third person narratives in writing. In reading we are continuing to read Sam Wu is NOT afraid of the dark which we are really enjoying.This week we have also been working hard to use partitioning to solve division problems. We have also taken part in our second swimming lesson. Everyone is doing really well and working hard to improve their skills and confidence. 


Year 4

Year 4 have continued their work on stories from another culture this week and enjoys listening to Mr Wills tell us stories.  We have been continuing reading Varjak Paw in our reading sessions.  In Maths we have continued our unit on length and perimeter and the children have really persevered, even when questions were really tricky.  Mr Wills was very impressed with the class and really enjoyed working with you for the week! 


Year 5

This week, we have been working hard on multiplication using the expanded method to multiply 4-digits by 2-digits. The children are becoming more confident with this method and have worked incredibly hard - well done! In writing, we have been using expanded noun phrases and dialogue which is building up to support children in writing a third person story set in another culture. In PE, we were joined by an external cricket coach, who focused on some essential skills needed to play cricket - the children are all excited for week 2!

Year 6

Year 6 have worked very hard this week in their assessments and should be proud of their efforts. Also, Year 6 are making great progress with their narrative in English and have written the opening and build-up. In maths they have been adding and subtracting decimals and also started a new unit in geography on settlements and land use.


Achievement Awards

Rabbit Class  -  Hattie - for being confident to try new activities.


Squirrel Class – Mia - for writing a fantastic recount.


Hares Class  – Max- writing a well organised plan for his Sharks non-chronological report


Fawns Class  –  Niranjan - for excellent use of expanded noun phrases in writing.

               

Otter Class - Erin - for wonderfully descriptive writing.


Badger Class – Jacob - for always doing what is expected and for completing your homework on time. Well done!


Fox Class - Amia for big improvements in her maths - she is much more fluent with arithmetic methods now


Star Pupil Awards

Rabbit Class -  Freddie for making really good choices and being patient during turn taking.


Squirrel Class – Esmae - for always being ready to take on a challenge.


Hares Class  – Freddie- for always being a role model for the class 


Fawns Class - Talula Gregg - for helping another pupil when their laptop was not working and offering hers. 
Isaac - for being helpful and supportive at after school club


Otter Class – Ramona - for being ready, respectful and eager.


Badger Class – Everleigh for persevering when multiplying 4-digits by 2-digits using the expanded method. Well done!


Fox Class – Kayden for focusing and trying his hardest in lessons - he has made some really good improvements over the past few weeks.


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

Attendance Update
   
This week's whole school attendance

96%

  • In first place is Reception  with 98.6%
  • In second place is Year 5 with 98.5% 
  • In third place is Year 6 with 97.6%.


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


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,


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.


Kara Stock

Uniform Reminder

Please ensure your child comes to school every day wearing the correct uniform, including ties and shoes. 


On PE days, your child should be wearing school PE Kit (black/navy shorts/tracksuit and yellow polo shirt).


Many thanks for your ongoing support.

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
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
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.
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 
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
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
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 
By ashley.coley May 9, 2025
Headteacher's Update Dear parents and carers, First of all, reminder about the parent survey. Thank you to those that have taken time to do this. Please click on this QR code below if you have not yet filled it in. This week our attendance is whopping 98%. This is brilliant. Thank you for your support in making sure attendance is a priority at Lingwood. Year 4 won the attendance cup and Eric the Penguin this week with 99%. Next week is SATS week. We wish year six the very best of the luck. This is an important week for the school, and we know the children will do their best. Whatever happens SATS do not define you as a person and we are very proud of everyone in the class for how hard they have worked this year. You will no doubt be aware that Ms Mera is well and truly pregnant. She will be going on maternity leave on 6th June. We wish her all the very best. I am pleased to let you know that Mrs Luck will be teaching the class on Mondays and Tuesdays and Miss Black will lead the class for the remainder of the week. A reminder that we have a non-uniform day on Friday 16th May. Children should bring £1 for the Fete or a prize for the tombola. The Sumer Fete is on Friday 11th July and don’t forget the FOLPA quiz night on Friday 16th May. Rumour has it the staff team think they can win. Have a lovely weekend Mr Jeffery Interim Headteacher Lingwood Primary Academy
By ashley.coley May 2, 2025
Headteacher's Update Dear parents and carers, As mentioned in my last newsletter, we would like you fill out a survey to hear your views about our school. The more people that fill in the survey the better the understanding we have of what is going well, and more importantly, what we can do better. The survey is anonymous. Children and staff will also be completing similar surveys this week. Please click on this QR code lower down. A huge thank you to Sarah Seyrus for making our School promotional video. Please have a look and share. https://1drv.ms/v/c/9f0dbb8d453b4c30/Ee2IQglg739LhBQGhy51XIIBDdjvcVyZDkIj0pC2aYHUSw With weather getting hotter, please ensure that your child is wearing suncreen to school, brings a hat and water bottle. If your child needs to reapply sunscreen they will need to have a nut-free labelled bottle which needs to be given to the class teacher.  After a little blip last week our attendance is once again good at nearly 97%. Well done to year 3 who won the attendance cup and Eric the Penguin with 99.6%. Have a lovely Bank Holiday Weekend and see you on Tuesday morning. Regards, Mr Jeffery Interim Headteacher Lingwood Primary Academy
By ashley.coley April 25, 2025
Headteacher's Update Dear parents and carers, I hope you all had a wonderful Easter break. The children have come back to school in good spirits and have settled back into the ‘Lingwood Way’.  Last term I wrote to you about uniform expectations at Lingwood and it has been useful to hear some feedback from parents. Further to what I wrote in my last newsletter, please note that black or dark grey pinafore dresses can be worn and that plain hoodies are ok for outdoor PE. I hope that clears a few things up. All Unity Schools are sending surveys to parents, staff and pupils this week. This type of feedback is really useful, and I would be grateful if you could spend a few minutes filling this survey in. As always, if there are any big issues please do not hesitate to contact the school so we can work things through. Our weekly attendance has dropped a bit to 94.4%. The simple fact is that the higher the attendance for your child the more learning they can do. Often our absences are because of unauthorised holidays. I understand the frustrations around expensive holidays, but your child is missing crucial learning if they are going away in term and it is highly unlikely I will authorise the absence. Well done to year 6 who managed 100%attendance for the week. Year 6 have SATS on the w/c 12th May and it is crucial they are in every day. Have a good weekend and enjoy the mini heatwave which is set to come. Regards, Mr Jeffery Interim Headteacher Lingwood Primary Academy
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