Links News

Friday 14th March, 2025

Dear Links Families,

This week, we've seen lots of learning taking place around the school! It’s been wonderful to hear the Year 2 children share their fantastic stories with us, showcasing their creativity and imagination. Additionally, our classrooms have been buzzing with engaging topic work, with students exploring ideas beyond what’s written in their books. Year 5 had an exciting trip to the science museum, which truly supported their studies on space. It’s great to see our children so enthusiastic and involved in their learning. Here’s to more fantastic weeks ahead!

Show Racism the Red Card

We take anti-racism seriously at our school! This term, all year groups have been diving into an engaging scheme of work focused on understanding and tackling racism. We believe it’s vital to educate our students about anti-racism, fostering a respectful and inclusive environment for everyone. From discussions and workshops to creative projects, our students are learning how to stand up against prejudice and promote diversity. It’s been inspiring to see so much enthusiasm and commitment from both staff and students. Together, we are taking meaningful steps towards creating a more equitable and understanding community.

We also registered and took part in the Show Racism the Red Card competition. One of the categories was to design a t-shirt for Show Racism the Red Card. Below are some of our T-Shirt designs and you can see the powerful message our students want to portray.

Congratulations to Issac in 4P, who designed the winning entry. His t-shirt delivers a powerful and clear message to everyone.

Links Values Award

Links Value Winners 14th March 2025

This week’s Values Awards go to:

Nursery - Nikola, for always being kind and caring and using her manners.
Reception - Diljaan, for using his phonics knowledge, when labelling his work independently.
1T - Hamza, for having a positive attitude towards his learning and independent work.
1W - Srestha, for a resilient approach to our Wimbledon Tennis lessons.
2KB - Georgiana, for regularly showing kindness and generosity towards other members of the class.
2EJ - Oliwier, for a fantastic piece of work on animal adaptations.
3B - Kara, for always being caring, kind and thoughtful towards others.
3T - Alex, for being a resilient learner in all areas of the curriculum.
4M - Lyla, for her insightful contributions in class discussions.
4P - Abishana, for always taking pride in her learning and work.
5GP - Sarah, for consistently showing the Links values and for being an excellent role model.
5M - Charlie, for spreading positivity and encouraging others.
6G - Meg, for outstanding effort and attainment in all subjects.
6P - Zainool, for superb dedication to improving his English and Maths skills.

Our Links Value winners joined Mrs Anderson and Mrs Murray for Hot Chocolate Friday!

House Points

The house point totals for this week are….

Blue House and Yellow House - 6738

Red House - 6455

Green House - 5950

Congratulations to Blue House and Yellow House who are this joint week’s winners!

Weekly Attendance

This week’s attendance figures for each class are:

Reception - 93.2%
1T - 97.7%
1W - 94.6%
2EJ - 98.7%
2KB - 98.4%
3B - 96.6%
3T - 96.7%
4M - 97.2%
4P - 97.7%
5GP - 90.2%
5M - 95.6%
6G - 82.1%
6P - 96.3%

Congratulations to 2EJ who achieved the highest attendance this week. Next week, Lincoln the Bear will be learning in Year 2, where he will be writing instructions on how to make a taco. He will be reading ‘Dragons Love Tacos’ and learning about volume and capacity in Maths.

95% Attendance Raffle

This week’s winning tickets go to 1T, 2EJ, 2KB, 3B, 3T, 4M, 4P, 5M and 6P.

Links in Action

Year 5 visited the Science Museum, to support their Space Science lessons.

Lincoln has been learning with 4M

Year 3 acted out parts of a plant

Year 1 and 2 joined Kimba for another oracy workshop.

Other Info

PTA Table Top Sale

✨ Don’t miss out on amazing bargains! Join us at our Table Top Sale for treasures and trinkets! In the school playground on the 23rd of March🛍️🎉

Get running and celebrate Figges Marsh Junior Parkrun on Sunday!