Links News 
Friday 22nd May 2026
Dear Links Families,
It has been another busy and exciting week at Links Primary School!
On Monday, the children in Nursery, Reception, Year 1, Year 2 and Year 3 attended a wonderful Peter Pan Neverland Adventure workshop. This free workshop was run by Perform, was thoroughly enjoyed by all of the children, and their imagination and enthusiasm was infectious!
Some of our Year 5 children also attended top-up swimming sessions. These sessions support the national curriculum aim that all children should be able to swim 25 metres by the time they leave Year 6. Even within the short time of just five sessions, we have already seen fantastic improvements in the children’s confidence and ability. Just a reminder that Wandsworth and Merton have free under 16’s swimming opportunities.
On Thursday, Year 3 visited the Polka Theatre, where they watched a wonderful adaptation of The Tortoise and the Hare. They have also produced some amazing one-point perspective drawings in Art this week.
Year 4 children have been learning about the counties of the United Kingdom. Working in groups, they researched different counties and presented their findings to the rest of the class this week.
Our Year 1 children created amazing animal poetry inspired by the book Walking Through the Jungle.
Finally, our fantastic young learners in Reception have been making recycling posters based on their core text Michael Recycle.
We would also like to give a huge shout-out to our wonderful PTA, who held an Eid cake sale today. Thank you to everyone for your generous donations. All money raised by the PTA is going towards a new trim trail for our children to enjoy.
The sun is finally shining, and we hope you all have a wonderful bank holiday weekend. Just a reminder that the school reopens to all children on Tuesday 2nd June 2026.
Have a lovely half-term and to our families celebrating Eid al-Adha. We wish you Eid Mubarak!
PTA Message - Links Summer Fair
This year, to get maximum involvement and maximum fun for everyone, each year group (parents) will run their own stall e.g year 3 parents run glitter tattoos and craft. The more volunteers you have, the less time each person needs to put in!
There’ll be a competition for best run stall, so parents can use their imagination (with decoration/ presentation) to make their year really stand out!!
Look out for messages in your year WhatsApp group for more information!
Jigsaw Award
This award celebrates children who do especially well in their personal, social and emotional learning. Each half term, the award will focus on something different, and this half term, we have been learning all about Relationships. We are very proud of how our children are kind to one another, make good choices and demonstrate our school values every day. We are happy to be celebrating their achievements and encourage you to talk to your children about what they have been learning in their PSHE lessons.
- Reception - Ezra, who has learnt to recognise others' feelings and show empathy to others.
- Year 1 - Erica, for identifying what makes a good friend.
- 2B - Alayna, for helping others feel part of a group and using positive problem-solving techniques to resolve conflicts with friends.
- 2R - Harvey, for interacting with other people to come up with solutions to resolve conflicts.
- Year 3 - Antoine, for recognising your own feelings more clearly.
- 4L - Zeliah, for understanding how to be a kind friend and for showing compassion to others.
- 4T - Maria, for understanding that relationships are important and valuable, and for being able to compromise.
- 5C - Tasmia, for recognising your best personal qualities.
- 5KG - Mikolaj, for having an accurate picture of who you are, including your amazing personal qualities.
- 6P - Leilan, for his excellent contributions and great advice.
- 6S- Zara, for understanding the different stages of grief and how to use technology positively and safely to communicate with family and friends.
Maths Awards
A termly award for a child from each class who has shown great perseverance, attitude, and problem-solving skills within their Maths topics for the term!
- Reception - Julian, for using finger patterns to show parts of five and for using stem sentences to explain his answers.
- Year 1 - Rohaan, for working hard on our direction and position topic.
- 2B - King, for always trying his best to solve maths problems.
- 2R - Sylvia, for outstanding mathematical problem-solving skills.
- Year 3 - Sumaya, for approaching reasoning questions with growing confidence and asking for help when needed.
- 4L - Umar, for showing determination when solving tricky time questions
- 4T - Georgie, for challenging herself by solving tricky maths problems.
- 5C - Sabaha, for showing great determination in problem-solving
- 5KG - Mali, for working hard in problem-solving and for persevering even when challenging.
- 6P - Khadeeja, for making great progress and for showing determination in her learning.
- 6S - Noor, for making excellent progress in mathematics this academic year.
Eye of the Writer Awards
Eye of the Writer Awards for this half term go to:
- Reception - Yousuf
- Year 1 - Philip
- 2B - Molly
- 2R - Usman
- Year 3 - Ada
- 4L - Amara
- 4T - Sulaiman
- 5C - Linusan
- 5KG - Joesphina
- 6P - Sarah
- 6S - Aksharasai
Links Values Award
Links Value Winners 22nd May 2026
This week’s Values Awards go to:
- Nursery - Kayan, for consistently following instructions and rules, and for accessing all activities independently!
- Reception - Ezzah, for creating a wonderful sentence about Michael Recycle's job using her sounds.
- Year 1 - Byron, for a fantastic start at Links, it has been a pleasure to teach you.
- 2B - Kiran, for working hard to make better choices.
- 2R -Andrii, for showing resilience and determination in his work every day.
- Year 3 - Amira, for showing fantastic focus and resilience in everything she does.
- 4L - Yeray, for demonstrating concentration and focus.
- 4T - Kaelen, for demonstrating resilience and focus during lessons.
- 5C - Maria, for her increased confidence during swimming.
- 5KG - Zahir, for developing confidence in the water while swimming, this week.
- 6P - Hyrije, for producing amazing crafts and using her superb skills in our DT project this half term.
- 6S - Kacper, for showing resilience with his writing and improving his work.
Our Links Value winners joined Mrs Anderson and Mrs Murray for
Hot Chocolate Friday!
House Points
The house point totals for this week are….
Green House - 29901
Blue House - 29810
Yellow House - 29317
Red House - 29066
Congratulations to Green House, who have taken the lead and won this half term’s extra-long playtime.
Weekly Attendance
This week’s attendance figures for each class are:
- Reception - 91.4%
- Year 1 - 98.1%
- 2B - 100%
- 2R - 100%
- Year 3 - 98.4%
- 4L - 94.1%
- 4T - 97.4%
- 5C - 96.4%
- 5KG - 97.3%
- 6P - 94.1%
- 6S - 92.3%
Congratulations to Year 2, who achieved the highest attendance this week, with an amazing 100%!
Next term, Lincoln and Year 2 will be doing statistics in maths, planting and growing seeds in Science and he will be a super mascot for their end of year assessments.
95% Attendance Raffle
This week’s winning ticket goes to Year 1, 2B, 2R, Year 3, 4T, 5C and 5KG.
Today, we drew the winning raffle ticket from the 95% Attendance Jar. Congratulations to 6S, who won this half term’s surprise treat! This afternoon, 6S got ice-creams to enjoy in the sunny weather.
Your child must come to school every day!
Every school day helps your child grow in confidence, learning, and friendships. Regular attendance builds strong habits, supports progress, and gives them the best chance to succeed and enjoy every opportunity school offers.
Links in Action
Year 1 grew their own plants in Science and they wrote animal poems in English.
Lincoln has been learning with 6P. He has learning healthy and unhealthy vocabulary in Spanish. Made cushion covers in DT, using different stitches and decorating them using printing techniques.They have also started to rehearse their end-of-year play ‘Shakespeare Rocks!’
Year 3 watch the Tortoise and the Hare at the Polka Theatre
Year 3’s one-point perspective drawings in Art this week.
The cooking club has been making pasta bake kebabs.
Year 4 presenting their PowerPoint on UK counties.
Other Info
There are lots of exciting local opportunities to stay active over the holidays. Please see the posters below for ideas. You can also find more activities in the area by using the Merton Borough of Sport Activity Finder Merton - Get Active.
QR code link - Primary Parents - NHS Wellbeing Workshopshttps://www.eventbrite.com/cc/primary-parents-nhs-wellbeing-workshops-682309?utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-term=odclsxcollection&utm-source=wsa&aff=odclsxcollection
