Links Primary School

Friday 15th December 2023

Dear Links Families,

It is a real bonus of my current role that I get to experience two lots of school Christmas events and it’s been wonderful this week to experience the Year 5 performance of ‘A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Camelot’. I know the many of you that came along on Wednesday evening were richly entertained by the fantastic acting, dancing and singing from a very talented group of children. Then, this morning it was my pleasure to attend the Nursery and Reception concert, which was just fabulous. The school choir were equally impressive in their concert on Tuesday, as were the performing arts club on Monday when they presented their performance of ‘Scrooge’. What a great week!

We’re almost at the end of term but not quite yet. We break up for the Christmas break on Thursday 21st December so please ensure that, illness permitting, your children attend every day right up to the last day. We would also ask that you do all you can to make sure your children arrive at school on time each morning.

We would like to welcome the following three new governors to the governing body. We are happy to inform you that Susan Camara and Azmina Bakh will be taking on the role of Parent Governors and Emily Fleuriot will take on the role of Co-Opted Governor.

Just a final reminder that school finishes for the Christmas holidays on Wednesday 20th December for Nursery and Thursday 21st December at 1:30pm for years Reception - Year 6

Christmas Jumper Day

On Wednesday, we are having our a Christmas celebration:

• Children are asked to wear a Christmas jumper instead of the school jumper.

• We will be having our school Christmas Lunch (Go to ParentPay.com to book Christmas Lunch Menu)

• In the afternoon, classes will be having a class party (school will provide the snacks)

Links Values Award

This week’s Values Awards go to;

• Nursery - Musa for his excellent singing and dancing in practice sessions and the Christmas show.

• Rainbow - Omer for working so hard in all areas and always being kind to his peers and adults.

• Sunshine - Arnie for her beautiful singing in the Christmas concert.

• 1EJ- Aalin for showing kindness and not letting anyone feel left out.

• 1W- Siham for trying really hard to improve her writing.

• 2B- Wiktor for always showing kindness to his friends and others around him.

• 2T - Klara for trying hard with her writing and using her phonics.

• 3P - Anais for being a kind and helpful member of 3B.

• 3P- Josephina for always working hard and being determined to shine in all she does.

• 4M - Assad for such dedication to improving the quality of his writing.

• 4T - Aliza for always being ready to learn and for being resilient with her independent work.

• 5KG- The whole class for having pride in their performance and displaying happiness for others to share.

• 5M- The whole class for having pride in their performance and displaying happiness for others to share.

• 6G- Angel for her Christmas poem.

• 6M - Maja for always trying her best and having a great attitude.

Well done for demonstrating our Links Values. We are very proud of you all!

House Points

Congratulations to Red House who now have the highest amount of house points. However, the remaining houses are very close to taking the lead.

• Red - 3246

• Yellow - 3204

• Blue - 3193

• Green - 3182

Weekly Attendance

Here are this week’s attendance figures for each class.

• Rainbow - 78.8%

• Sunshine - 86.4%

• 1EJ - 84.5%

• 1W - 90%

• 2B - 84.4%

• 2T - 89.2%

• 3B - 89.7%

• 3P -100%

• 4M -97.9%

• 4T - 90.9%

• 5KG - 91.5%

• 5M - 98.9%

• 6G - 98.7%

• 6M - 96.3%

Congratulations to 3P who achieved the highest attendance this week with 100%. Lincoln the Bear will be spending next week in Year 3, learning about The Nativity and joining in with the class party.

This weeks 95% tickets go to 3P, 4M, 5M, 6G and 6M. Next Wednesday we will draw a ticket to reveal which class will receive the mystery reward!

Wishing you all a lovely weekend,

The Links Team