Lingwood Primary Academy Newsletter 26th June 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 

Year Group News

Nursery

In Bishy’s class this week our Foundational Knowledge focus has been around using our imaginations! We have been following children’s interests to engage in imaginative play based on their own ideas, and making more complex small worlds with blocks and construction kits. We have linked this to the book about a fish with a big imagination, ‘Tiddler’, while also talking about why it’s important to tell the truth and learning some new facts about sea creatures in the story. The class also loved taking part in Sports Day, trying their best and cheering each other on!

Reception 

This week in Reception we have been reading The Rapping Princess’. The children have really enjoyed listening to some rap by the artist Karl Nova and discussing what rap is. In maths they have been talking about positional language including next to, besides, under, on top, behind and in front. We had a great time on our school trip to the zoo, The children particularly enjoyed the noisy monkeys!  

Year 1

Year 1 have begun our new reading unit on The Hare and the Tortoise, thinking about sequencing events and the morals of this story and others.  In Maths we have been learning about money, looking at coins and making simple amounts.  In History we compared the four astronauts we have been learning about across the term - Neil Armstrong, Mae Jemison, Bernard Harris Jr. and Tim Peake.  We also enjoyed watching videos of Tim Peake onboard the International Space Station. 

Year 2 

Year 2 have worked hard this week, finishing writing their recounts from personal experience in our English lessons. We focused on writing events in chronological order, using expanded noun phrases to describe what we did. In maths we finished our unit on position and direction. All the children demonstrated great determination during Sports Day. 

Year 3
Year 3 have started our unit on Poetry in writing this week. We have been exploring how authors convey different emotions through vocabulary and sentence structure. In maths we have finished our unit on time. All pupils have shown real perseverance with this unit and should be proud with the progress they have made. We also saw some exceptional determination at our Sports Day this year, it was lovely to see all the pupils working as a team and supporting each other through the races. Well done Year 3.  

Year 4

Year 4 have worked exceptionally hard this week finishing off and editing their poetry critical analysis and completing their maths unit on position and direction. They have now begun their new writing topic on report writing and following their presentations on the water cycle in Geography, I think we will again have some brilliant outcomes!  

All the children gave it their all on Sports Day, I was proud of every single one of them. Well done Otters! 

Year 5

Year 5 have had a great week. They demonstrated great resilience at Sports Day, showing the values of kindness, ambition and determination. Year 5 went paddleboarding for their school trip and supported their peers in the water. They loved getting wet! Well done Badgers!

Year 6

Year 6 had a great time this week for Sports Day. The class competed with determination and although the races were competitive, they participated fairly. In science, they started a new unit on evolution and inheritance, revisiting fossils and how they form. In computing, they continued their work on spreadsheets, planning an event using different formulas.  

Achievement Awards

Rabbit Class  -  To the whole class for working so hard on sports day and demonstrating our school values, especially determination.   

Squirrel Class – Jakob, for fantastic work on his maths fluency check.

Hares Class  –   Brody, for creating detailed drawings of food chains in science. 

Fawns Class  –  Donnie and Mason, for supporting a friend at lunchtime when they were upset.  

Otter Class - Max, for beautiful presentation in his books and an excellently written critical analysis.  

Badger Class - Kelsey-Bo, for adapting to new routines and for being independent. Well done!

Fox Class - Hollie working very independently in maths this week when calculating degrees in a triangle. 

Star Pupil Awards

Rabbit Class - To the whole class for being so brilliant on our school trip. A member of the public even commented and said they were a credit to the school.  

Squirrel Class – Daisy, for her determination when working on a maths challenge on money.

Hares Class  – Charlie, for working hard to follow the Lingwood Way and for his great participation during class input. 

Fawns Class - Annabelle, for showing determination and resilience this week, working hard consistently despite feeling unwell.  

Otter Class – Jess S, for showing great determination and ambition this week and always being kind to others.  

Badger Class – Freya, for being resilient in the water when paddleboarding. You demonstrated great determination and made me very proud - well done!

Fox Class – Esme for showing real determination during Sports Day by dusting herself off and giving the hurdles another go when she fell down. 

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