Lingwood Primary Academy Newsletter 23rd May 2025

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 

Dates for the diary  

  • Friday 13th June - FOLPA whole school picnic (more information to follow)
  • W/c 16th June - Bikeability for years 5&6
  • Tuesday 24th June - Sports Day AM-KS2, PM-EYFS/KS1 (exact timings to follow)
  • Wednesday 25th June - Year 5 trip to Whitlingham
  • Thursday 26th June - FOLPA Non-uniform day. Raffle/tombola donations or £1 please.
  • Friday 27th June - INSET day
  • Friday 11th July - Summer Fete afterschool - Lingwood Primary Academy


Year Group News

Nursery

In Bishy’s this week our Foundational Knowledge focus has been around people and communities, learning about different occupations. We have concentrated on doctors and how they help us, while enjoying the book ‘I Want to be a Doctor’. We practised using words linked to doctors both in our small world area and the role play corner, using pretend thermometers and stethoscopes. Outside, children have been developing their gross motor skills when using our range of bikes, while also pretending to be ambulance drivers!


Reception 

This week, Reception have been reading the book ‘Mrs Noah’s Garden’ and continuing their learning about plants - naming them, labelling them and growing them. In maths, they have been looking at shapes and have enjoyed making patterns and exploring how to combine 2D shapes to make new ones.  


Year 1

This week, Year 1 have had a really busy week!  We have been learning about Mae Jemison in History, the equator in Geography and about being positive and kind to others in PSHE.  We topped off the week with a really exciting visit to the Sea Life Centre in Great Yarmouth.  The children were well behaved and represented our school beautifully!  We loved finding out about sea creatures from our guide, Harry.


Year 2 

 This week, Year 2 have been learning how to tell the time. The children have enjoyed using this knowledge to know when it is lunch time and home time! We have also been learning about what a plant needs to survive and the history of Norwich. 


Year 3
This week, Year 3 have been learning about how shadows are formed. We have enjoyed some outdoor lessons exploring our shadows. In writing we have enjoyed planning and writing out formal letters of complaint. In Maths we have been learning about shapes and have been working hard to draw polygons accurately.  

Year 4

This week, Year 4 have shown pure determination with their summer term PIXL tests, I have been extremely proud of them and their achievements. With their MTC at the beginning of next term we have celebrated times table achievements and heat maps turning green; meaning they can recall facts in under 4 seconds! In history, we finished our Ancient Egypt unit by learning about the boy king Tutankhamun. The children continued to build their water confidence today by diving underwater to collect sinkers.

 

Year 5

This week, we have been writing our myths and legends narrative and the children have produced great work, well done! They have considered using fronted adverbials and dialogue to move the story on. In maths, we have been interpreting line graphs and tables. During history, we have focused on what the Mayans invented, which the children were fascinated by!


Year 6

Year 6 have had a really good end of term, finishing their work on Shakespeare’s sonnets in English and analysing some of them. In mathematics they have been learning about translating shape and coordinates. In science, they have continued their studies on classifying living things.


Achievement Awards

Rabbit Class  -  Freddie for working really hard in phonics and writing all his words.


Squirrel Class – Charlie – for a fantastic recount of our trip to The Sea Life Centre. 


Hares Class  –  Oliver – for working hard on improving his handwriting. 


Fawns Class  –  Austin – for excellent focus and determination when drawing polygons in maths.  

               

Otter Class -  Thea - for improving weekly on her water confidence and strokes.


Badger Class - Darcy for persevering with formal multiplication. I am proud of you for being determined and for excellent listening. Well done! 


Fox Class - Kye for better focus and effort in lessons – particularly mathematics.


Star Pupil Awards

Rabbit Class - Otis for being a good friend and having a caring attitude towards his classmates.  


Squirrel Class – Nelly – for always having fantastic manners, especially on our trip this week! 


Hares Class  – Freddie – for always doing your best to follow the Lingwood way. 


Fawns Class - Malia – for striving for the very best in everything she does.  


Otter Class – Evie - for persevering and working incredibly hard on your papers. Well done!


Badger Class –  Alexander for working incredibly hard on your reasoning papers. I am very proud of you, well done! 


Fox Class – Esme for fantastic effort towards learning this week. 


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

Attendance Update
   This week's whole school attendance

90.6%

  • In first place is Year 4 with 94.7%
  • In second place is Year 5 with 94.3% 
  • In third place is Year 1 with 93.8%.


A reminder that Kara Stock is at Lingwood every Tuesday, if you need any further support and guidance with attendance.


Please note, class teachers will be communicating with any parents of children whose attendance drops below 95% to offer additional support.


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


A reminder that the school gates will continue to be open from 8.30 am and closed at 8.40am. 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!

Y1 Trip to the SeaLife Centre


Y1 had an amazing time on Thursday visiting Great Yarmouth Sea Life Centre. Miss Long reported back that they all represented the school in a respectful and positive way.


They loved exploring and seeing all of the sea creatures; linking their learning from the classroom.


Well done Year 1! We are really proud of you.



FOLPA SUMMER FETE

Friday 11th June


A big thank you to the FOLPA team who are working behind the scenes. Next half term, we have our annual summer fete. Whilst the children enjoyed their non-uniform day last Friday we gratefully received some contributions towards the summer fete.


Next half term, we will have another non-uniform in the hope of some more donations. Any toys or bottles of wine for the tombola would be amazing! This will happen on Thursday 26th June.


We are looking forward to the event!

Lingwood Primary Academy Newsletter 12th September

By ashley.coley • September 12, 2025
Dear parents and carers, One of the highlights of this week has been seeing how well children and staff have adapted to mixed age classes. The leadership team visit every classroom every day and it has been great to see how the staff are able to challenge and support all of their class. It has been lovely to see new friendships developing but also nice to see children coming out at break and lunch and catching up with friends in different classes. Our records show we are now at 85% of parents signed up and using Arbor. It is crucial this figure gets to 100%. As always, any issues Arbor, Mrs Tubby will be happy to support. At Lingwood we always like to hear about achievements outside of school. Well done to Dylan. Last weekend Dylan won Horning Junior Regatta. Have a lovely weekend. Mr Jeffery

Lingwood Primary Academy Newsletter 5th September

By ashley.coley • September 5, 2025
Dear parents and carers, Welcome back. I trust you have all had a lovely summer break with your children. We have had such a good first week of term. The children have settled into their new classes superbly and are well and truly back into the routines of school life. Most children are looking really smart, and this is something that we focused on last year. There is always spare uniform at the front of the school if you need something. When your child has PE/Swimming please make sure they come into school in their PE uniform. This includes a yellow top. If your child has earrings, they should be able to remove them for PE lessons. If this is not possible, please provide them with tape to put over them. Hopefully, you will have read last term that there have been a few changes with how we communicate with parents. I am hoping you have all now signed up to Arbor and completed your up to date permissions under consents. Please make sure year 5/6 parents have gone on to the same section if you would like your child to walk home from school. If you are having any problems with Arbor, Mrs Tubby will be happy to support. We do not use Arbor for ordering school lunches. This will continue to be on Aspens. We have a new school website ready to go live. I know the old one has out of date information on it but this should be sorted out very soon. Have a lovely weekend. Mr Jeffery

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