Lingwood Primary Academy Newsletter 9th May 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

Year Group News

Nursery

This week in Bishy’s our Foundational Knowledge focus has been on plants, as we begin to understand the key features of the life cycle of a plant. Our book is ‘Oliver’s Vegetables’, in which Oliver learns that you have to try new foods to really decide whether you like them or not! In maths we have been playing subitising games to help with the fast recognition of amounts up to 3, while in phonics we have been focusing on alliteration as we learn the initial sounds of our own names and familiar objects.

Reception 

This week in Reception, we have been reading the book ‘Luna Loves Art’. The children have been learning about different artists, looking closely at some famous pieces of art and expressing their opinions about a variety of paintings. The children especially loved looking at Van Gogh’s Sunflowers. In maths we have been beginning to add and subtract amounts and working out the missing parts in a number sentence.  

Year 1

In maths this week Year 1 have been learning how to find half of shapes and quantities. They have shown excellent perseverance in grasping these concepts with Mrs Brown. In reading they have enjoyed exploring the rest of 'There's a Ran-Tan in my bedroom,'. They have been working closely on their retrieval skills.

Year 2 

This week in Science our runner bean plants have been thriving! Lots of them have grown into healthy plants. We learned how to think of an I wonder statement and turn into a question to decide what’s the best way of answering the question.  

We have also continued learning about the History of Norwich and learned about refugees and how they were called Strangers by people in Norwich.  We figured out where Strangers Hall got its name from! 

Year 3

This week we have been writing our third person narrative stories; we have looked carefully at our word choices and begun to add similes and metaphors to our writing. Year three have had an excellent start to our money unit in Maths and I have been impressed by how confidently everyone has been able to apply their learning.  We have been focussing on the ‘tion’ spelling this week and everyone has worked hard to identify ‘tion’ words in their reading books. Well done Year 3. 

Year 4

This week Year 4 have been working extremely hard on their stories from another culture. They have carefully used similes, fronted adverbials, third person, expanded noun phrases and past tense. In maths, they have started a new unit on money carefully applying their learning of dividing by 100 to convert pence into pounds. In History, the children learnt about the importance of the River Nile and in PSHE we went slightly off curriculum to celebrate the importance of VE day.

Year 5

Year 5 have worked hard in DT this week, building their structures. They have accurately used a hacksaw and hot glue gun to secure and attach wooden dowlel rods to each other. In maths, we have been focusing on Multiplication and Division, considering how to use the formal written method.  

Year 6

Year 6 are ready and prepared for their SATs test next week. Also, in English, they have finished their newspaper report and in mathematics are beginning to learn algebra. In computing this week, they used formulas in spreadsheets to calculate.

Achievement Awards

Rabbit Class  -  Grayson has grown in confidence with his writing and demonstrated excellent segmenting for spelling

Squirrel Class – Freya for consistently working to a high standard in all lessons. 

Hares Class  – Brooke- for writing a fantastic I wonder statement and turning it into a question in Science  

Fawns Class  –  Mason – for working far to improve his presentation this week. 

Otter Class -  Scarlett for working hard on her times tables and improving her weekly soundcheck score.

Badger Class – Amelie – for getting 15/20 on your Year 5 spelling test and for making brilliant progress. Well done! 

Fox Class - Amia for really good effort in reading this week and improved speed at answering questions. 

Star Pupil Awards

Rabbit Class - Penny has shown brilliant role model behaviour in class, with excellent listening and joining in. 

Squirrel Class – Mia for always being polite and kind. She shows role model behaviour and is always following the Lingwood Way.

Hares Class  – Amelia- always being respectful to adults and peers.  

Fawns Class - Talula Gregg – for improvement in your arithmetic scores and an excellent attitude to learning.   

Otter Class – Evelyn - for being kind to her peers and always being helpful in class.

Badger Class –  Oliver – for listening to adults and for showing manners. This week, you have been ready first time - I am proud of you for working hard! 

Fox Class – Noah for really good focus and effort this week – great work in reading in particular.

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