Lingwood Primary Academy Newsletter 24th November 2023

• November 24, 2023

Headteachers Update


It has been a busy week at Lingwood Primary Academy.  It has been wonderful to see the nursery and reception children to start their rehearsals for their Christmas Nativity - it's beginning to feel a little Christmassy here!


We were all wrapped up today as we turned the heating down to support our Eco-Councillors in their Energy Sparks initiative.  The children embraced this and have enjoyed wearing their extra layers! 


Thank you for your continuing support.


Miss Laycock


Dates for the diary

  • 27th November 1 - 2pm - Nursery Transition visits for new starters - contact the school office for details
  • 27th November 3.00pm - Aspens Tasting session in playground or library, ( weather dependent.)
  • 28th November - Flu immunisations 
  • 6th December - Christmas Jumper Day
  • 6th December - Christmas lunch
  • 12th December 9.15am - Nursery/Reception Nativity - further information to follow
  • 13th December 9.15am - KS1 Christmas Song Performance - further information to follow
  • 13th December 1.30 - 2.30pm - Singing Club visiting Burlingham Care Home
  • 13th December - Launchpad visiting the Pantomime
  • 15th December 1.30pm - Rock Steady Concert
  • 20th December 9.15am - Year 3 and 4/Launchpad Christmas Song Performance - further information to follow
  • 20th December 2.30pm - Year 5 and 6/Launchpad Christmas Song Performance - further information to follow
  • 21st December to 3rd January - Christmas Holidays
  • Spring Term begins 4th January - School open
                                           

Year Group News

 Nursery

Our focus for 'Light and Dark' this week has moved on to space. Children have continued to enjoy the role play corner which is set up as a space station! Children have built their own stories around launching on adventures into space. They have also enjoyed working together to build spaceships and model rockets in the construction area and at the creative table, as well as outside through large block play. Our book this week is 'Aliens Love Underpants' by Claire Freedman. We have been using playdough to make our own aliens, and then in the drawing area children designed their own funny underpants!

Reception

This week Reception have continued with our topic, Let’s Party- festivals and celebrations and have been celebrating birthdays! It was our reading rabbit’s 5th birthday this week so we worked together to plan a birthday party- we wrote a list for what a party should include, we created birthday hats, birthday cards and shared photos of ourselves celebrating our own birthdays! In maths we have been learning about number bonds to 10- these are pairs of numbers which when added together equal 10. Ask your child if they remember any number bonds to 10? Another super week, well done Reception Rabbits!


Year 1

This week year 1 have continued learning about different types of animals in Science. We have started Dance in PE and have enjoyed creating dance moves inspired by different weathers. In English we have been learning about imperative 'bossy' verbs and how to use these in instructions.


Year 2   

Year 2 have been learning about 2D shapes this week and have been trying to name them and count the number of sides and vertices. They have been really enjoying their Friday karate lessons and have impressed their teacher with their focus and control.


Year 3

Year 3 have done lots of learning this week. In maths, they have continued to learn their times tables and apply these to real life problems. In English, children have started to write their historical narrative about the Stone Age or the Bronze Age. Year 3 have also started cooking and on Monday made a healthy dessert with yoghurt, granola and fruit! Well done year 3! 


Year 4

This week year 4 have been continuing with writing their 3rd person, adventure narratives all about a Viking! This links in with our history where we have rounded up our unit of Vikings so students are able to apply this knowledge to their writing! In science we continued to look at states of matter, investigating the particles of what makes up a solid, liquid and a gas. In music we continue to perfect our glockenspiel skills and have started to conduct a small tune. The children are doing fantastic with their focus this term of the 7 times tables - they especially enjoy our bingo and counting tube game. Keep up the great work year 4!


Year 5

Year 5 have written fantastic poems this week. We have been focusing on haikus and cinquains. The class are working so hard and I am so proud of everything they’re achieving. Fantastic work Badgers!


Year 6

Year 6 this week have continued to learn about fractions and are gaining confidence in their understanding and application of this.  They have written narratives about morals thinking about what is right and wrong.  In their Science lesson they started to discussion the pulley mechanism and how this is used in many everyday situations.  It has been a busy week in Year 6.


Launchpad

This week we have been designing and making our own hand puppets. We are going to be creating our own playscripts and perform them in our groups. In Science, we have been continuing our learning around materials. We worked together to create the strongest bridge we could. We had to give reasons why we chose the materials we did.


Achievement Awards

Rabbit Class - Nelly for super work during phonics lessons and for always giving activities a really good go! Keep up the good work!


Squirrel Class – Raeya for her dancing in PE, moving in time to the beat.


Hares Class – Emma for doing some really careful work in science and for thinking hard about her answers


Fawns Class – Lily for continuing to work hard on her writing skills

               

Otter Class – Louis for writing a wonderfully descriptive paragraph.


Badger Class – Alesha for growing in confidence, especially in maths. Keep up the good work!


Fox Class – Layla for superb focus and determination in her writing this week.


Launchpad – Finley for his amazing independent maths work and helping others in his maths group to read the questions.


Star Pupil Awards


Rabbit Class - Charlie for always listening carefully and for being a great role model to others. Well done!


Squirrel Class – Violet for always striving to do her best.


Hares Class – Talula for always doing the right thing, following our class rules and being a great role model to her classmates.


Fawns Class -  Ivy for being a good friend to everyone.


Otter Class – Jacob for always putting his best effort in and making the right choice.  Well done Jacob!


Badger Class – Arthur for growing in confidence with increased class contributions and improving your reading ability. Well done!


Fox Class –Oliver-Jack for being a supportive and kind member of the class.


Launchpad – Noah for being kind, respectful and following instructions.


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


Attendance Update
 This week's whole school attendance 94.6%



Our whole school attendance this week was 94.6%. In first place is Year 3 with 97.1% and in second place is Year 5 with 96.1% and in third place is Year 4 with 95.7 %. Children at the end of term with 100% attendance will be awarded with a certificate. This will reset at the beginning of every half term


Remember that every day counts!

Eco Council  - Layer Up Power Down Day

Friday 24th November


Today we turned down the heating!  All pupils and staff layered up as we recognised this day to try and support the reduction of CO2 and carbon dioxide in our environment.

Thank you for your continuing support.


Children in Need - November 2023


Last Friday , we celebrated Children in Need at Lingwood Primary Academy.  The children and staff looked brilliant in their spotacular outfits.


The school raised an amazing...

£225.00


A huge thank you to the school council and Miss Long who organised many of the fun activities on the day.

Thank you for your continuing support to raise such a fantastic amount for this wonderful charity.

ASPENS - School Dinners


Our school lunch provider, Aspens, would like to invite parents and carers to see the school menu and sample a taste of what’s on offer for the children at dinnertime.

They will be on the playground or library

 (weather dependent) on Monday 27th November at 3.15pm.

Come and have a taste!

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 

Lingwood Primary Academy Newsletter 9th May 2025

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

Lingwood Primary Academy Newsletter 2nd May 2025

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

Lingwood Primary Academy Newsletter 25th April 2025

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

Lingwood Primary Academy Newsletter 4th April 2025

By ashley.coley • April 4, 2025
Headteacher's Update Dear parents and carers, What a lovely way to end the term with. The children had a great service at the church. They sang beautifully, walked sensibly to and from the church, and the readers did a great job. We were also fortunate to hear the bands from Rock Steady in the afternoon. It is important to be able to offer opportunities like this to our children and we will be sending some information out after Easter about the chance to learn an instrument. Next term, we are having a big push on school uniform. School uniform helps us have a sense of identity and belonging and I am a firm believer in taking pride in your appearance in school (even when I am dressed as a penguin). Once standards start to slip with uniform, it is a battle to get them back up. Also, by allowing one child to wear a hoodie, for example, opens this up for every other child to ask why they can’t do the same. Our big push for the first few weeks of term will be shoes, the correct PE kits (not hoodies) and proper school shorts and trousers. On our website it says children must have proper school shoes, but after speaking to children, parents and staff, I have decided to allow plain black trainers. For more information, please see the link below and if you are unsure or if you have any questions please contact your class teacher of Mrs Tubby. Uniform at Lingwood Primary I hope you and your families have a brilliant Easter break. A reminder the first day of term is Tuesday 22nd April. Regards, Mr Jeffery Interim Headteacher Lingwood Primary Academy

Lingwood Primary Academy Newsletter 31st March 2025

By ashley.coley • March 31, 2025
Headteacher's Update Dear parents and carers, I hope you had a lovely week. We are nearly at the end of the Spring Term but still have a busy few days to go. On Friday we are heading to St Peter’s Church in the morning for our celebration service. Thank you to everyone who has volunteered to help. Your child’s class teacher will let you know if we need you to help walk down. As much as we would like to have everyone there, please don’t turn up at the church as there is not room. We are keen to have share what happened at Lingwood on social media and have brought the Lingwood Primary Academy Facebook page back to life. Please click on this ling to follow us. (1) ‪#‎lingwoodprimary‬ – Explore | Facebook FOLPA met last Tuesday. I am pleased to let you know about some important dates: We have two non-uniform days in the summer term. Children can bring in £1 or tombola donations. Dates will be 16th May and 26th June. This is to raise money for our summer fete which be held on 11th July at 3.30pm. There is a quiz on 16th May at the Village Hall. Once again, our attendance is above the national average for Primary schools. A big well done to year 5 and Nursey for 100%. Have a great week.

Lingwood Primary Academy Newsletter 24th March 2025

By ashley.coley • March 25, 2025
Headteacher's Update Dear parents and carers, It has been quite a week at Lingwood. We celebrated and raised money for Comic Relief on Friday including lots of exercises in assembly. The year sixes have been on their residential trip for three days. I am writing this having just experienced kayaking in March. Thank goodness for the sunshine. On Wednesday, we filmed our promotional video of the school. Once we have checked it through we will put this on our website. Many of you have been asking how Mrs Laycock is. It was lovely to see her visit the school on Wednesday. Please see an update from Dr Tim Coulson (CEO Unity SP). Mrs Laycock has successfully had surgery and has recovered well. She is now moving onto the next phase of her treatment plan. Once she has fully recovered from this, she is looking forward to returning. It has been agreed that Mr Jeffery will continue as interim Headteacher until her return. Please see this week’s attendance below. Well done to year 3 again for getting 100%! Have a lovely week. Mr Jeffery Interim Headteacher Lingwood Primary Academy

Lingwood Primary Academy Newsletter 17th March 2025

By ashley.coley • March 17, 2025
Headteacher's Update Dear parents, It was great to see such a good turnout for parents evening last week. If you didn’t manage to come your child’s class teacher will be in touch because we think it is important you know how they are getting on. Mrs Brighton is running the London Marathon on Sunday 27th April and raising money for Neuroendocrine Cancer UK in memory of her mum. To help with the fundraising we will be holding a CAKE SALE! When: Wednesday 2nd April Where: School playground Time: From 3.25pm All items will be 50p If you are able to donate any baked goods, homemade or shop bought (and importantly nut free!) then please drop these off on the morning of the cake sale. If you would like to sponsor Mrs Brighton directly, please visit: https://www.justgiving.com/page/stephanie-brighton-run-for-mum?utm_medium=FR&utm_source=CL Thank you for your support :-) I have had a few eagle-eyed parents who have pointed at that it said underneath my newsletter that children return to school after the Easter holiday on Monday 21st April. This is a mistake and is in fact Easter Monday. Children and staff return on Tuesday 22nd April. Another reminder to please not use the staff car park but to use the one at the Village Hall. A solid week with attendance. Well-done to year 3 for 100% attendance. Have a lovely week ahead. Mr Jeffery Interim Headteacher Lingwood Primary Academy

Lingwood Primary Academy Newsletter 10th March 2025

By ashley.coley • March 10, 2025
Headteacher's Update Dear parents and carers, Firstly, I would like to apologise that you received last week’s newsletter so late. We are having a few IT issues, but I am hopeful they have been resolved. It has been lovely to see the sun shining and the children continue to enjoy using the play equipment at lunch. It was also wonderful to see the effort put into World Book Day costumes. Last week I met three wonderful members of FOLPA (Friends of Lingwood Primary Academy). FOLPA is our PTA, and they help raise much needed and appreciated money for our school. This includes holding discos, non-uniform days and fetes. They are keen for more parents to join and help out. They are keen to stress that any help is welcome, and by signing up, you are not signing your life away! The next meeting is on 25th March at 7.15pm at the village hall. We are having a big push on reading at Lingwood this term. We are asking to children to read at home. Please support your child and the school by signing their reading logs and even better by listening to them read. We expect all children to be reading at home at least three times a week. Our weekly attendance is a cracking is 97.2% with the highest attending class being year 1 with a whopping 99.3%. Have a great weekend Mr Jeffery Interim Headteacher Lingwood Primary Academy
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