Lingwood Primary Academy Newsletter 15th March 2024

ashley.coley • March 15, 2024

Headteachers Update

This week, saw the children working extremely hard in their termly assessments. Every day, we ask the children to try their best and they did not disappoint. 


We have had more trips, experiences and visitors - it has been a busy one but the children have greatly benefited from these wider curriculum experiences.


We also dressed in red and raised money for Comic Relief - thank you to Miss Long and the school council for organising.


Please don't forget that it is the parent cafe drop in next Tuesday morning. The team are looking forward to the event.


Thank you for your continuing support.


Miss Laycock

Dates for the diary 

  • 19th March - Parent Cafe Drop In (8.30-9.30am)
  • 19th March - NSPCC Workshops for Y2,5 and 6
  • 22nd March - FOLPA Non-uniform day - £1 donation or a prize for the raffle
  • 28th March -12th April - Easter Holidays
  • 15th April - Return to school
  • 25th April - Years 3 and 4 Level 1 Bikeability
  • 22nd March - FOLPA Easter Egg Family Bingo 5.30pm
  • 3rd May - FOLPA Non-uniform day - £1 donation or a prize for the raffle
  • 6th May - Bank holiday
  • 27th -31st - May Half Term
  • 3rd -6th June - Year 5 and 6 Level 2 Bikeability
  • 12th July - FOLPA Summer Fete 3.30pm
                        

Year Group News

Nursery

We have had a really busy week in Hedgehogs class! We have continued our topic of Growing, this week looking in more detail at spring flowers such as daffodils to try and identify the parts of a plant, learning words like 'stem' and 'petals'. Our book is 'The Tiny Seed', which has helped teach us about the seasons and the life cycle of a flower. On Monday we enjoyed our local walk, heading to the duck pond in the village. The walk helped us begin to understand some of the local geography, thinking about short routes we walk. We also loved spotting lots of signs of Spring!

On Wednesday we had a special event in the hall when 'Little City Norfolk' came and set up an amazing role play environment for children to explore. The session was fully child led, allowing each child to completely take control of their play. Children in nursery particularly loved the builders site, the hairdressers, and dressing up as superheroes and princesses!


Reception

This week we have been very busy making maps! We shared the story of Martha Maps It Out and made maps of our village, our school, our classroom and our houses. We went on a walk around the local area, walking to the duck pond and looking for local landmarks, signs and other interesting things to see. On Wednesday we had a visit from Little City Norfolk and we had the best time immersing ourselves into all the different role play stations. What a fun week in Reception. 


Year 1

In History year one have been thinking about David Attenborough's legacy and answering quiz questions about him on our iPads. We have linked this learning to recapping on the features of birds in Science. In RE we have been learning that a cross reminds Christians about Jesus and the Easter story. We are continuing our karate sessions and also practising sending and receiving a ball in PE.


Year 2   

This week year 2 have been learning how to use the past tense in their writing and adding adverbs to add interest. They have been revisiting materials in science and designed a shelter for a pet, thinking carefully about which materials would be best to use. 


Year 3

Year 3 have had a great week and have finished their fractions unit in maths. In English, they have written some brilliant first person narratives about visiting a new place. Today, the children in Year 3 are excited because they are going on a school trip to learn about the Romans and the Celts in Britain - we can't wait to share our thoughts in the newsletter next week. Well done year 3! 


Year 4

This week Year 4 have started their new writing unit on Adventure Stories! They have been learning the basic skills to compose a great narrative such as fronted adverbials, pronouns and personification. At the end of the unit, they would've written a short story. In Science, they explored what would happen in a circuit if there were 2 batteries instead of 1 and how this affects the lightbulb. In Geography, we revisited timezones, longitude and latitude as we come to the end of this unit. The children used a map to plan a Mediterranean cruise!


Year 5

This week, Year 5 enjoyed a visitor from the Norwich Astronomical society. He spoke with us all about the planets and their features, the stars and answered our questions!


Year 6

This week the Year 6s haven been completing practice SATs papers in preparation for the real thing in a few weeks time. They all made a brilliant effort and had a really positive attitude towards their tests. We have also been putting the final touches to our newspaper reports about natural disasters.


Launchpad

This week Launchpad have been using the information they collected about Norwich and wrote our own postcard or Letter to tell Star Ship class informing them. They also made sure they included all of the features too. The letters will be sent next week and we will be comparing the information they have found. Everyone has been working on their times tables and completed times table checks every morning. Everyone's scores have improved and this is great to see. In Science, we have completed a science experiment to explore how evaporation works and how water changes from liquid to gas.


Achievement Awards

Rabbit Class -  Mollie. You have put so much effort into phonics this week and it is really showing. Well done. 


Squirrel Class –  Brody - for fantastic progress in phonics - amazing Fred talk!


Hares Class –  Charlie P for making great progress in maths this term. 


Fawns Class –  Zac for working hard in RE and managing to compare two different religions.

               

Otter Class – Freddie for his fantastic explanatory text which was all about the digestive system! 


Badger Class – Ziggie for working well both on his own and within a group this week.


Fox Class – Whole Class - They have all worked so hard this week and have all given their very best to their tests. 


Launchpad –Barney - For excellent counting in two's, you have shown great determination to learn your two times tables. 

 
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Star Pupil Awards


Rabbit Class - Eddie. You always have such fun and interesting things to add to our carpet sessions. Thank you for being a wonderful member of our class.


Squirrel Class – Robin - for always putting her best efforts into her work.


Hares Class – Billy, for always taking so much care and thought over his work and presenting it so beautifully. 


Fawns Class -  Erin for challenging herself and encouraging others to do the same. 


Otter Class –  Arthur for his wonderful show and tell at the end of the day. Arthur brought in his swimming certificate for completing his 25m! 


Badger Class – Sophie for always being enthusiastic with her learning and keen to impress.


Fox Class –  Chelsey - for a really positive attitude this week, especially in science. 


Launchpad -  Kayden - For your perseverance with tough Maths questions, you used all of your strategies to solve them all by yourself. You have shown great resilience 


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


Attendance Update
 This week's whole school attendance

94.3%


Our whole school attendance this week was 94.2%. In first place is Year 3 and 5 with 96%, then in second place  is Year 4 and 2 with 95%  and in third place is Year 1 with 94%. Well done to all the children arriving at school on time, ready to learn!


Remember that every day counts!

Little City Norfolk Visit


On Wednesday, Little City Norfolk set up a variety of role play stations in our school hall.

Nursery and Reception children had a blast immersing themselves into child led play. It was fantastic to see their imaginations come to light in joy and laughter. 

Thank you to  Mrs Brighton for organising.



Local Walks


To extend their learning from the classroom, this week Nursery and Reception children have been on local walks around the village spotting landmarks and elements of spring along the way. They particularly liked visiting the duck pond and seeing the daffodils.


A big thank you to the parents and carers who volunteered to support with these outings, especially the ones who came out in the rain.

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

Lingwood Primary Academy Newsletter 3rd March 2025

By ashley.coley • March 4, 2025
Headteacher's Update Dear parents and carers, I hope you all had a wonderful half-term break. The children have come back to school with brilliant attitudes to learning. It is always great to see their enthusiasm for school when I open the gate in the mornings. We have had out write up from our attendance review. Here is part of the summary written by someone from the DfE: Overall, Lingwood has developed excellent, relationship-based practice, tight daily follow up processes and good monitoring and tracking processes in place in a short period of time. There is strong leadership and significant change in a short period of time since the school moved across to USP. This is a real team effort. Currently our school attendance stands at 95.3% and our current overall winners are Year 3 with 96.3%. One of the actions was to clear up what time the register is taken. The school gate will continue to open at 8.30am. The register will be taken at 8.40am. Please can I remind you not to use the car park at the front of school. We are fortunate to have access to the Village Hall car park. Have a lovely week. Ben Jeffery Interim Headteacher Lingwood Primary Academy

Lingwood Primary Academy Newsletter 14th February 2025

By ashley.coley • February 14, 2025
Headteacher's Update Dear parents / carers, As we head towards half-term, I wanted to say a big thank you for all your support over these past few weeks. I have thoroughly enjoyed working at this lovely school. I must admit having a broken wrist has been challenging, and I have seen a little too much of trains and Premier Inns, but it hasn’t stopped me feeling very much at home at Lingwood. I will continue to lead the school until Miss Laycock is well enough to return. It’s good to see that class dojo is being used with parents now but as I explained last week we are not currently using it for contact between home and school. Please contact staff through office@lingwoodprimary.org.uk. As I mentioned in a previous message, we are working on ensuring there is consistency in what both staff and children do. You will be sent a document that we are calling the ‘Lingwood Way’. Please have a look at our expectations for the school day. Attendance hit a record high last week with our weekly school attendance hitting an impressive 97%. Well-done to everyone for this fantastic achievement. Have a wonderful half-term break with your amazing children and we will see you back at school on Monday 24th February. Regards, Ben Jeffery Interim Headteacher Lingwood Primary Academy

Lingwood Primary Academy Newsletter 10th February 2025

By ashley.coley • February 9, 2025
Headteacher's Update Dear parents / carers, It has been really useful speaking to children, staff and parents about how we can improve our behaviour systems and communication at our lovely school. I believe it is so important to praise, recognise and reward excellent effort and behaviour. At Lingwood, we award ‘dojos’ when a child has worked hard and/or demonstrated one of the values of the school. We would like parents to see this recognition and therefore we need you to be set up on class dojo. Today, your child should have come home with a login sheet with simple instructions on how to set this up. If you have not received this, please speak to the class teacher or Mrs Tubby. We are resetting children’s dojo scores at half term. When they earn 100 dojos, they will receive a silver badge to wear on their school jumper. This will be celebrated and awarded on a Friday assembly. If a child reaches 200 dojos they will be given a gold badge. Some schools use class dojo to communicate between the teacher and parents. For now, we are not going to use this facility. To speak to the teacher, please do one of the following: Catch them at the start or end of the day for a quick chat. This can’t be a long conversation because the teacher will need to have eyes on the rest of the class. Ring Mrs Tubby in the office on 01638 to arrange a meeting Email the office ( office@lingwoodprimary.org.uk ) and your email will be forwarded to the teacher We will continue to send out our weekly newsletter on a Monday with an update from me and your class teacher as I know this is appreciated. However, this week, we will send the final newsletter for the half term out Friday. Regards, Ben Jeffery Interim Headteacher Lingwood Primary Academy

Lingwood Primary Academy Newsletter 3rd February 2025

By ashley.coley • February 2, 2025
Headteacher's Update Dear parents and carers, We seem to have had four seasons of weather in one week at Lingwood, but our children are hardy souls and don’t seem to be bothered by a bit of wind or rain. We had our first school council meeting of 2025 on Tuesday. It is always good to hear from our pupils. They were particularly keen to get some more equipment to use outside and had interesting ideas about our reward systems. As a staff, we have been working on having tight routines, so children are able to be ‘ready, respectful and safe’. We are striving for consistency and our focus for next week is the start and end of the day. Except for our Nursery pupils, children will be dismissed at the end of the day when they are sat down at their desk or on their carpet space. The teacher will call them up one at a time. Please be patient next week as this may take a bit of time to get right. In the winter months, the grassy areas around our paths and playgrounds become muddy and slippery. Please try and keep to the paved and concreted areas for your own safety. Please can you take a few minutes to complete the SEND survey for Norfolk County Council as this will give you a voice in SEND provision in Norfolk. Please follow this link. SEND survey 2025 - Norfolk County Council - Citizen Space Have a great week Regards,  Ben Jeffery Interim Headteacher Lingwood Primary Academy

Lingwood Primary Academy Newsletter 27th January 2025

By ashley.coley • January 27, 2025
Headteacher's Update Dear parents and carers, Another week flies by. The children have behaved brilliantly at break and lunch. We have given the children more equipment to use at break and lunchtimes and they have loved it. I have been particularly impressed with how they have put it way and taken responsibility for this.  We have an attendance review in a couple of weeks and have been speaking to the children about the importance of being in school. For the second week running Rabbit Class have won the attendance cup with a superb 99% - well done Rabbits. Have a nice week. Have a good week. Regards, Ben Jeffery Interim Headteacher
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