Lingwood Primary Academy Newsletter 19th April 2024

Headteachers Update

Welcome back everyone, what a wonderful start to the summer term we have had. We are very excited to have welcomed Miss Ward and Mrs Smith to our teaching team.

We have lots of exciting events and opportunities happening this term. Summer term clubs have began this week- with the new additions of Book, Cookery and Performing Arts Club.

We received some fantastic feedback, 'We had a great first week at cookery club, I couldn’t ask for a nicer group of cooks, they were so enthusiastic. '

Next week, we have Bikeability for Y3/4, our first trip of the term and visitors into school.

We also look forward to seeing you next week for our summer term parents evening.

Get ready Lingwood for a busy term ahead!

Miss Laycock

Year Group News

Nursery

This week in Hedgehogs class we are starting our new topic, which is all about minibeasts. We have been talking about the different types of minibeasts and their characteristics, while exploring our outside area to see if we can find any of them. We have also welcomed new children into the class, who already are settling in really well and enjoying making new friendships.

Reception

This week Reception shared the story of Mrs Noah's Garden, a story of how Mrs Noah created a garden using the seeds she had snuck in her pockets before the flood. We looked at special words such as shoots, shallow drills, germinate, weaving and clung. In maths we looked at counting on from a number when adding. We have also been busy in the outside area, weaving, aiming at number targets and planting sunflower seeds. 

Year 1

What a busy first week back in year 1! We have been writing letters in English and practising counting in 2s, 5s and 10s in Maths. In Geography we learnt where the tropical and subtropical areas of the world are and came up with actions to help us remember them. In Science we collected a range of leaves from around the outside area and sorted them by their different properties.

Year 2   

In English, we are learning about non-chronological reports. We've been learning how to organise our writing with headings and subheadings, to use the present tense and use subordinate conjunctions to extend our sentences. In Maths, we started our new unit of Fractions. We've learned about parts and wholes, equal and unequal and have started learning how to write fractions using a numerator and denominator. 

Year 3

Year three has settled into the new term well. In reading we have started the text: The Dancing Bear. In writing we have been exploring adjectives, adverbs and verbs, we have also looked at using the third person. In Maths we have been learning how to add and subtract fractions. For Science we are continuing our topic on plants and have been learning about the role of the different parts of a flower. This week we found out that we have karate on Fridays are we are very excited to get started. 

Year 4

Year 4 have settled fantastically back into the new term and are raring to go! As part of their reading they have continued with their text from the previous term, Varjak Paw, but will be starting a new text soon. In Writing, we have explored characters, past tense and speech - getting ready to write our own story from another culture. In Science, we have been studying sound and how it travels. We conducted a mini experiment to see what happens when a sound travels far away and with an object in the way! Finally, we had exciting news that on Wednesdays we have Bushcraft in the afternoon so the children were out making dens, flint shops and creating fire!

Year 5

This week in Year 5, we have welcomed Miss Ward, our new Year 5 Class Teacher who will be replacing Mrs Luck once she leaves to have her baby. The class have impressed her with their independence, resilience and hard work. We have started Summer Term off nicely, learning about playscripts in English and angles in Maths. We are completing our book 'Boy in the tower', which the class have thoroughly enjoyed.

Year 6

Year 6 have settled back into school really well after the Easter Break. We are on the countdown to the SATs now so our work in maths is based on areas that they find difficult so that they can feel confident about their knowledge and ability. We are also practising our grammar skills, learning the names of different grammatical terms and applying them to our writing. We are writing autobiographies at the moment, writing in the role of one of the pioneers who came to Britain on the HMS Windrush from Jamaica. I have been very impressed with the progress they have been making with the content of their writing. In history we have just started learning about 5 British Monarchs, the children were really interested in finding out about The Bayeux Tapestry depicting the Battle of Hastings. In art we did a detailed study of the patterns in marbles, creating a sketchbook page using different grades of pencils. The children are really engaged in our new areas of study. 

Launchpad

Well done Launchpad for a great first week back at school. We have been learning about the features of a newspaper. In Maths we have been recognising fractions. In Topic we have created our timeline of famous inventions. In Art, we were investigating how to create different tints and shades to make colours brighter or darker. 

Achievement Awards

Rabbit Class -  Eddie. For brilliant carpet sessions this week. You have really engaged with each lesson and offered some brilliant ideas.

Squirrel Class –  Aurora - for her fantastic maths work on counting in 2s, 5s and 10s.

Hares Class –  Malachi for working hard and taking care over his presentation in science this week. 

Fawns Class – Lily for her use of adjectives and adverbs in her writing. 

Otter Class – Arthur for his resilient attitude in bushcraft and lighting his fire. 

Badger Class – Ben for solving 'Einstein's Riddle' in his Maths extension - only 2% of adults are able to solve this!

Fox Class – Harry C - for an excellent improvement in his attitude towards his learning - resulting in an excellent piece of autobiographical writing.

Launchpad -Barney-For fantastic Maths work this week especially in your times tables. 

 
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Star Pupil Awards

Rabbit Class - Michaela- You have been brilliant in our phonics lessons, supporting your partner during partner reading and modelling how to read sounds and words, well done. 

Squirrel Class – Amelia - for persevering in her maths lessons this week.

Hares Class – Gene has been a great role model this week. He's been showing fantastic active listening and participation during lessons. 

Fawns Class - Travis for always being ready to listen and learn.

Otter Class –  Georgia for her fantastic behaviour and attitude on starting the new term!

Badger Class – Kody for remaining focused on his work, trying his best.

Fox Class –  Oliver-Jack - excellent progress in his writing.

Launchpad - Finley-for always showing role model behaviour and kindness towards others in and out of the classroom.

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