Links News
Friday 17th October 2025
Dear Links Families,
Today, we proudly took part in Show Racism the Red Card by wearing red to school. It serves as a vibrant reminder of our commitment to tackling racism in all its forms. Last year, thanks to the scheme of work from Sheffield Hallam SCITT, we engaged our children in meaningful conversations about anti-racism.
Our effort doesn’t stop there; our work on this important issue continues through our PSHE lessons and assemblies. By incorporating anti-racism discussions into our daily activities, we aim to foster an inclusive environment where every child feels valued and respected.
It’s important to acknowledge that we have encountered some incidents of racism in the past, primarily related to language used. While we can work hard to prevent racism from creeping in, it’s crucial that we also address it when it does occur. We believe in calling it out for what it is and using these moments as opportunities for education.
Together, we can equip our children with the understanding and empathy needed to build a community that stands against racism. Thank you for your continued support in this vital work!
To all our families celebrating the festival of Diwali on Monday. May this Festival of Lights bring warmth, prosperity, and happiness. Happy Diwali!
Links Values Award
Links Value Winners 17th October 2025
This week’s Values Awards go to:
- Nursery - Anaya, for trying new activities at Nursery and for showing resilience in the face of challenge!
- Reception - Julian, for being enthusiastic about his learning and for always being a positive role model.
- Year 1 - Aariz, for sequencing images from the Naughty Bus. Great Work!
- 2B - Jacob, for sharing brilliant ideas with super explanations!
- 2R - Mohra, for demonstrating active participation in all the lessons and always trying her best.
- Year 3 - Miles, for using incredible facial expressions and body language during our drama activities in English lessons, this week.
- 4L - Kara, for showing kindness and responsibility by supporting her friends with their learning.
- 4T - Cara, for being a responsible member of the class and for always following the Links Values.
- 5C - Tasmia, for showing great determination and for always trying her best in her learning, well done!
- 5KG - Lyla, for working hard, especially in maths with her explanations in reasoning
- 6P - Nathaniel, for using immersive, engaging and descriptive writing in English this week.
- 6S - Devaun, for his fabulous poetic language.
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 - 4357
Green House - 4242
Blue House - 3994
Red House - 2897
Congratulations to Yellow House, who are in the lead for the second week running! Next week, we will announce the winning house, who will all receive an extra long playtime. We can’t wait to see who it will be.
Weekly Attendance 
This week’s attendance figures for each class are:
- Reception - 86.7%
- Year 1 - 92.1%
- 2B - 95.1%
- 2R - 93.8%
- Year 3 - 99.6%
- 4L - 95.3%
- 4T - 95%
- 5C - 92%
- 5KG - 96.6%
- 6P - 97.4
- 6S - 90.5%
Congratulations to Year 3 who achieved the highest attendance for the third week in a row! Lincoln the Bear will be painting their volcano structures and erupting them.
95% Attendance Raffle
This week’s winning tickets go to 2B, Year 3, 4L, 4T, 5KG and 6P.
Links in Action
Show Racism the Red Card T-Shirt competition designs.
Year 6 took part in a workshop called Voice Box - focusing on healthy masculinity and stereotypes.
Year 3 visited the library where they completed an activity about volcanoes. In DT they started to create their volancos from Modroc.
Year 1 visited Mitcham Library!
Learning in our Early Years Garden.
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.
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.
