Lingwood Primary Academy Newsletter 20th December 2024

ashley.coley • December 20, 2024

Headteacher's Update


What a lovely way to finish the term with our celebration assembly. It was great to hear some of the songs from the Christmas performances and celebrate the achievements of this week. It was especially pleasing to see so many children achieve 100% attendance this autumn term.


If you haven't yet please read my letter which was sent to parents yesterday.


I hope that you and your families have a wonderful Christmas break and I look forward to seeing you all in the new year.


See you all on the 6th January. Please note moving forward the newsletter will be sent on a Monday. The first being Monday 13th January.


Ben Jeffery

Interim Headteacher

Dates for the diary 

  • Monday 6th January - Spring term begins
  • Tuesday 7th January -  8.30 - 9am - Attendance drop in sessions with Kara
  • Friday 10th January - Year 3 Swimming 
  • Monday 27th January - National Story Telling Week

Year Group News

Nursery

This week in Nursery the children have enjoyed making their Christmas cards and decorating their tree cookies. Lots of glitter has been used! We also had a visit from the vicar. Merry Christmas and happy New Year.


Reception

We have been busy preparing for Christmas this week in Reception, making cards and decorations, wrapping presents and reading Christmas stories. We have also been reading a story about ‘The Christmas Pine’, thinking about which country it might have come from and looking on a map of the world to follow it’s journey. We have been recapping the composition of numbers to 5 in maths and making repeating patterns.


Year 1

This week in year 1, we have been using our number bonds knowledge to solve problems in Maths and working on rhyming words and patterns in English.  We had a visit from Rvd. Jane and Lorna to talk to us about the Christmas story and how the church prepare for Christmas.  We have finished off our Science topic of ‘Animals’ and have been enjoying lots of Christmas stories.  We also had our last gymnastic session where we learnt how to do different rolls and then used our skills to put together a routine.


Year 2   

In Year 2 this week, we have been working hard to write our cultural stories. We have been using adjectives, adverbs and lots of cultural details to make our narrative very interesting for our readers. 


We have also been working hard as a team during our PE lesson. Everyone has shown great sportsmanship by communicating well with their team, listening to each other and using kind encouraging phrases to complete the challenges. The children ended the week by using their stippling technique learnt in art, to create a 2025 calendar and enjoyed a well-deserved pop-corn movie treat!
 

Year 3

Year 3 has had a lovely week to end the term. We have been working hard to finish writing our historical narratives in English and the children are all very proud of their work. We had our final gymnastics lesson, learning different types of rolls and are looking forward to starting our swimming lessons next term. In addition to this we have had some festive fun with our KS2 performance and watching the pantomime. 


Year 4

What a wonderful week to mark off the end of term! We finished our news reports on the “torrential snow” we’ve been having in Lingwood. We started our new core text, Varjak Paw, which is all about a rare cat learning the skill of martial arts. In History, they rounded off their knowledge with the Vikings and Anglo Saxons. In Maths, we come towards the end of Multiplication and Division ready to start our new topic of Length and Perimeter.


Year 5

In writing, Year 5 have finished writing and editing their balanced argument about whether we should ban school uniform. They confidently used modal verbs, as well as sustaining a formal tone. In maths, we have finished adding and subtracting fractions - the children have developed their confidence over the unit by knowing how to change the denominator. In history, we have been thinking about democracy and why theatres were so important to society in Ancient Greece. 

Year 6

Year 6 have made so much progress this term and should be proud of what they have achieved. This week however they have been finding a fraction of an amount on maths, studying poems in English (Shakespeare’s Sonnet 18 and Wordsworth’s Daffodils) and finished their unit in geography on earthquakes, mountains and volcanoes.


Achievement Awards

Rabbit Class  -  Mayson, for always thinking hard during maths and working so quickly to find the answer.


Squirrel Class – Elsie - for fantastic progress with her pencil skills.


Hares Class  – Lily- Fantastic use of cultural details in her writing.


Fawns Class  –  Donnie, for his fantastic effort in our Christmas performance.

               

Otter Class - Travis - for your fantastic news report on the torrential snow that Lingwood has been having!


Badger Class – Oliver - for working hard in all lessons this week, especially with your handwriting. Well done!


Fox Class - Kody for really huge improvements in his mathematics work - specifically fractions.


Star Pupil Awards


Rabbit Class -  Grayson, for being a great role model to his friends during our learning time.

Squirrel Class – Michaela - for a brilliant attitude to learning. 


Hares Class  – Jasmine - for always being ready to learn and showing respect.


Fawns Class - Harry, for being an excellent DJ.


Otter Class – Benjamin - for always being so polite and well mannered in school.


Badger Class – Alexander - for consistently working hard in all lessons and for regularly contributing to class discussions - well done!


Fox Class – Zoey for always working hard, being polite and trying her best. She has really adapted to the classroom well since coming from launchpad.


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

Attendance Update
   This week's whole school attendance

95.3%

  • In first place is Year 3 and 6  with 96.2%
  • In second place is Year 1 with 95.9% 
  • In third place is Year 2 with 94.6%.


Well done to all the children arriving at school on time, ready to learn lets see if we can increase our attendance next week! Fawns won the extra reward this week!


A reminder that the school gates will continue to be open from 8.30 am. Registration is at 8.40 am and school finishes at 3.25 pm.


Fines for parents for taking children out of school: What you need to know 

Remember that every day counts and we are in every day next week!

Attendance Meetings


Dear parents,

Please note:

This spring term, I will be in every Tuesday morning between 8.30 - 9am to discuss any attendance concerns you may wish to discuss.


I look forward to meeting you all and supporting where possible. Have a lovely Christmas.


Kara Stock

FOLPA Christmas Raffle


Big congratulations to Kathy Buckley for winning our Christmas Hamper.


A big thank you to FOLPA and all their hard work this term, we look forward to further events this year.

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

Lingwood Primary Academy Newsletter 20th January 2025

By lorraine.long • January 20, 2025
Headteacher's Update It has been a cracking week at Lingwood. One of the highlights was our new cricket coach (Aaron) coming in on Tuesday. The children loved the opportunity to bowl, bat and field, despite it not exactly being summer conditions. I was particularly impressed with how all of the children listened and responded to a new face. It has been useful for me to speak to several parents last week about things they think would make the school run more smoothly. Communication seems to be a key theme - as it is in most schools. We are working hard behind the scenes to make sure that parents are kept in the loop as much as possible. Please do come and grab me in the playground at the start and the end of the day if you want to give any feedback. We welcome back Miss Coley today, and she will start in her role as the main year four class teacher alongside her deputy head duties. There are fewer staff out on training this week so there should be less disruption. Key Stage two staff are currently being trained on how iPads can enhance learning, and we will have some exciting news about this in the near future. We have had a couple of children off with chickenpox. If your child does have chickenpox, please keep them off until the blisters have 'crusted' over. I am keen that Lingwood is a school with high standards across the board. One of the expectations we have is about wearing the correct school uniform. Please make sure your child comes to school in the correct uniform, including Lingwood PE kit. Have a good week. Regards, Ben Jeffery Interim Headteacher

Lingwood Primary Academy Newsletter 13th January 2025

By lorraine.long • January 13, 2025
Headteacher's Update Happy new year. The Christmas holidays already feel a long way away, but we have got back into the swing of things and have had a good week at Lingwood. Pupils have quickly got back into good learning routines and have coped well with some disruption to staffing. We had several staff off ill last week and also staff on really important training. Whenever we use supply teachers, we always try to make sure we have staff that know the children and have high expectations. As parents of year 4 children already know, Mrs Walker has started her maternity leave, we wish her all the very best. Mr Wills (an experienced teacher) will be teaching this class this week before Miss Coley takes charge the week after. This week, we welcome a cricket coach into school and the year sixes are doing a week of sats getting ready for May. In my assembly we talked about New Years Resolutions and making pledges to be the best version of yourselves. It has been interesting hearing the resolutions children have made but the real test for all of us is keeping them! Regards, Ben Jeffery Interim Headteacher

Lingwood Primary Academy Newsletter 13th December 2024

By ashley.coley • December 13, 2024
Headteachers Update Hello, I would like to take this chance to say a massive thank you for the warm welcome I have received from children, staff and parents. The performances this week, were so lovely. I am really looking forward to leading the school in Miss Laycock's absence and already I feel I have got to know the strengths of this wonderful school. Fortunately, I have been able to spend a couple of days with Miss Laycock to handover and I know your thoughts and prayers will be with her and her family. I have been a headteacher for over 7 years, and for the past two years, I have been working in an advisory role supporting both Primary and Secondary schools. When Tim Coulson asked if I would come to Lingwood, I did not hesitate. I live just outside Bury St Edmunds with my wife and 16-year-old twin boys. I am an avid sportsman and fan and am currently training for an attempt to run a sub 3-hour marathon, so you might see me running around the village. I will be working from home on a Wednesday, but we have made arrangements for another senior leader from Unity to come and support Miss Coley when I am not in school. Please do catch me at the gate at the start or the end of the day and say hello. Have a lovely weekend. Ben Jeffery Interim Headteacher

Lingwood Primary Academy Newsletter 6th December 2024

By ashley.coley • December 6, 2024
Headteachers Update The children have been working exceptionally hard this week, across the curriculum. We welcomed Sue in from OM health and wellbeing. She visited and delivered different workshops to Year 1 - 6. These were focused around topics like: being safe, resilience, understanding emotions and puberty. We look forward to her delivering more workshops next term. Next week, we are looking forward to our Christmas performances and events. We look forward to welcoming you all. Thank you for your continuing support. Miss Laycock and the Lingwood Team

Lingwood Primary Academy Newsletter 29th November 2024

By ashley.coley • November 28, 2024
Headteachers Update Attendance across the school the last two weeks has taken a dip due to the inclement weather. If you are having any challenges please let us know so a member of our staff can best support you. Miss Hatch and I are on the gate every morning, Miss Coley and teachers are available to talk to daily. Ms Clack (senco) also visits our school every Tuesday. The Lingwood and Unity team are always here to help. Thank you for your continuing support. Miss Laycock and the Lingwood Team

Lingwood Primary Academy Newsletter 22nd November 2024

By ashley.coley • November 22, 2024
Headteachers Update Another brilliant week this week with children working hard and lots of children being brave during their winter health immunisations. A big thank you to the parents who attended the parent cafe session on Tuesday, it really is useful to hear thoughts and opinions from different perspectives. This week, with the snow and the children practising for their Christmas performances -it has certainly felt very christmassy. Thank you for your continuing support. Miss Laycock and the Lingwood Team
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