Links News
Friday, 10th October 2025
Dear Links Families,
This week has been a busy and exciting one at school! 6S and Year 5 enjoyed their trip to the library where they explored a fantastic range of books and took part in Black History Month trail. Year 4 had a wonderful time at the Polka Theatre watching the show Dweeb-a–Mania.
This afternoon, we also had an unexpected fire alarm, and we were extremely impressed with how calmly and sensibly all the children followed the procedures — quickly, quietly, and safely. We are very proud of them all and encourage you to praise them for this at home.
We will be hosting our autumn term parents evening on Wednesday 19th and Thursday 20th November 2025. This will be in person at school, however there will be the option to have some online meetings too. Please keep an eye on your MCaS messages for booking information, which will be out in the next couple of weeks.
Spread the word!
Little Links Playgroup is every Tuesday morning 9am-10am, during term time. Parents/ carers and childminders are welcome to join us for a play and a coffee. This is a lovely opportunity to get to know Links as well as other parents in our community. Please post on social media and tell your friends and neighbours.
School Tours
This week, we held our first parent tour of the academic year. The parents touring the school were very impressed with the behaviour of our children and felt the school had a warm, friendly and inclusive vibe. Please spread the word about our upcoming tours.
Dates: 4th November 2025, 11th December 2025 & 8th January 2026.
Please note, all Open Mornings run from 9:15am to 10:15am
Dress in Red
Next Friday, October 17th is 'Show Racism the Red Card' Day. As a school we would like to take the opportunity to support this by wearing something red on Friday. You can make as much or as little of this as you wish - you can come completely dressed in red, you may wear a red top or bottoms as part of your outfit or you may choose to wear red socks or a hair accessory with your usual school uniform. Children may wear whatever they choose to school as long as one item of visible clothing is red.
Harvest Festival
Links Primary School will be taking part in a Food Bank collection in collaboration with the Wimbledon and Wandsworth Foodbanks, to celebrate Harvest Festival. Although the foodbank is based in Wimbledon, they have lots of collect points all over Merton.
Every day, people in the UK go hungry for many reasons but just a small box of food can make a big difference. Food Banks provide emergency food to people in crisis and their need is increasingly important during the winter period. If you, or a family you know would like more information on how to access this service, please contact the school on enquiries@links.merton.sch.uk. Please note that all information will be dealt with sensitively.
Please don’t donate with boxes, they appreciate any carrier bags they can get.
Here’s a list of items they especially need this Harvest Festival:
FOODBANK. Urgently needed items:
- Tinned Tomatoes
- Small Squash / Long Life Juice
- Small Rice / Micro-Rice
- Noodles
- Rice Pudding / Custard (Not Chilled)
- Sugar 500g / 1kg
PET FOODBANK:
- Dog Food Wet & Dry
TOILETRIES:
- Toothpaste
- Shower Gel
OTHER ITEMS:
- Canned tuna
- Canned curry
- Canned stew
- Canned meatballs
- Canned peas
- Canned carrots
- Cookies/ biscuits
- Rice 500 gm/ 1 kg bags
- Oatmeal
- Dry cereal (Weetabix Rice Krispies, Cornflakes, etc)
- Canned tomato soup
- Canned vegetable soup
- Canned chicken noodle soup
- Canned mushroom soup
- Chocolate spread
- Jam
- Chocolate bars
- Granola bars
- Instant Coffee
- Tea bags
- Shampoo
- Feminine hygiene products
- Laundry soap powder
- Packed soup (cuppa soup)
- Jam
- Chocolate spread
- tinned sweetcorn, tuna, potatoes
- Savory snacks (crisps, cheese straws, flavoured rice cakes)
- Small bottles of cooking oil
- Black bin bags
- Tin foil
- Tin openers
The foodbank has plenty of:
- Pasta
- Baked beans
- Pulses, Lentils and Chickpeas
Please hand in your donations to the school office this week and next week. We would like all donations in, no later than Friday 17th October.
Links Values Award
Links Value Winners 10th October 2025
This week’s Values Awards go to:
- Nursery - Sky, for following Nursery routines and trying new activities.
- Reception - Edith, for always being kind to her peers and a positive attitude towards her learning.
- Year 1 - Alanya, for demonstrating a responsible approach to her learning.
- 2B - King, for working hard and giving things his best effort!
- 2R - Ilyaas, for setting a good example for his classmates by following class rules.
- Year 3 - Rithivikaa, for consistently engaging in all activities with responsibility and outstanding focus
- 4L - Beatrix, for showing responsibility and respect in everything you do. You are a pleasure to teach - thank you for being you!
- 4T - Wiktor, for being kind and helping someone solve a tricky maths problem.
- 5C - Adam E, for showing remarkable resilience, curiosity and pride in his learning.
- 5KG - Isaac, demonstrating active participation in class activities and ignoring distractions.
- 6P - Elsa, for expressive writing and amazing oracy with our descriptive writing this week.
- 6S - Shivi, for his excellent effort in all learning areas, especially in English; using the semi-colon effectively to add information to a sentence.
Our Links Value winners joined Mrs Anderson and Mrs Murray for Hot Chocolate Friday!
House Points
The house point totals for this week are….
Yellow House - 3399
Green House - 3043
Blue House - 3000
Red House - 2296
Congratulations to Yellow House, who have taken the lead! On the last Friday of half term, we will announce the winning house, who will all receive an extra long playtime. Only 2 more Fridays to go!
Weekly Attendance 
This week’s attendance figures for each class are:
- Reception - 94.6%
- Year 1 - 96.4%
- 2B - 96.7%
- 2R - 97.5%
- Year 3 - 99.2%
- 4L - 96.5%
- 4T - 97.5%
- 5C - 93.3%
- 5KG - 98.3%
- 6P - 98.7%
- 6S - 92.9%
Congratulations to Year 3 who achieved the highest attendance two weeks in a row! Lincoln the Bear will be making their volcano structures!
95% Attendance Raffle
This week’s winning tickets go to Year 1, 2B, 2R, Year 3, 4L, 4T, 5KG and 6P.
Links in Action
Year 1 visited Vectus Gardens, were the identified physical features and natural features, as part of their Geography lesson.
Lincoln and Year 3 learning about Gymnastic Kathy Williams and the pros and cons of living by a volcano.
In Science, Year 5 have been learning about air resistance, they built and tested parachutes.
Year 5 and 6 at Mitcham Library!
We love reading!!
Other Info
Flu immunisations are on Tues 21st October 2025. Parents, you must complete the form to indicate your consent (to say Yes or No to it).
You also need to select the jab (Halal) if you would prefer that vaccination.
Think Pharmacy First
Most pharmacies in England are now providing the Pharmacy First service.
This free NHS service allows you or your child to get quick access to healthcare advice for the following seven conditions:
- Earache (aged 1 to 17 years)
- Impetigo (aged 1 year and over)
- Infected insect bites (aged 1 year and over)
- Shingles (aged 18 years and over)
- Sinusitis (aged 12 years and over)
- Sore throats (aged 5 years and over)
- Urinary tract infections (UTIs) in women (aged 16 to 64 years)
If you or your child has symptoms that suggest you may have one of these conditions, you can walk into a pharmacy and be offered a consultation with a pharmacist in a private consultation room.
The pharmacist will provide advice and, if clinically necessary, a prescription medicine to treat the condition (the normal NHS prescription charge rules apply to people aged 16 and over).
Think Pharmacy First!
Find out more by watching the Pharmacy First animation or visiting nhs.uk/thinkpharmacyfirst
EWS - Education Wellbeing Service
The SWLSTG Education Wellbeing Service works with Links and offers lunchtime and evening parent webinars across the year to help support your child’s wellbeing and mental health.
Please scan the QR codes below or follow the links
Early Years (Nursery and Reception):
Primary (1-6):
If you are interested in 1:1 parent sessions with our friendly in-school NHS Wellbeing Practitioner to help your child’s worries or anxieties, or support their challenging or tricky behaviour, Please speak to your class teacher or Kirsten Slinger. Our Practitioner is at Links every Friday.
