Links News

Friday 24th May 2024

A message from the Executive Headteacher

We’ve now come to the end of the fifth half term of the school year and we are about to start the final leg of the year. The vast majority of our children have continued to work hard and represent the school really well. Once again I would say thank you to you for the way you support the school in achieving this.

It’s been a busy half term and I particularly want to congratulate the Year 6 children for the sensible and mature way they approached their SATs last week. Whatever the outcomes will be, I know that the children did their very best and that’s all we can ask of them. I also had the pleasure of accompanying them to the Imperial War Museum yesterday where they represented Links beautifully.

We’ve continued to work hard on developing children’s writing and we recently had our first ‘Eye of the Writer’ assembly, and we are putting the finishing touches to our new ‘Writing Gallery’ which will allow children to showcase their writing for all to see.

Once again I would like to extend my thanks to Mrs Anderson and Mrs Murray who continue to provide excellent leadership for the whole school community at Links. I am sure you will join me in thanking them for their hard work and commitment.

I hope you and your families have a good half term break and look forward to seeing you all on Tuesday 4th June.

Mr Roughley

Links News

Dear Links Families,

We have had an incredibly busy and productive active half term and it has been great to see our children take part in so many wonderful activities and opportunities. At the end of this Links News, we have included some photos of ‘Links in Action’ from this week.

Have a half-term

Natalie, Vicki, and the Links Team

Parent Champions

Needed - Parent Champions

Are you available to translate for other parents?

Did you know that there are 31 different languages spoken at Links Primary School?

We pride ourselves on having such a diverse and multicultural community, but we need your help. Some of our families have very little English and struggle to communicate with teachers. This can sometimes lead to miscommunication and feelings of isolation. With more and more new families joining the Links community, we are looking for some Parent Champions; parents who can support other parents with translating.

If you think you could help please fill in this form - Links Parent Champions.

Thank you as always for supporting the Links Community.

Extended Services

Breakfast and After School Club

Parents! Booking is now open for our breakfast and after-school club Summer Term 2, ensuring your child has a safe and fun place to be before and after school. Secure your child's spot today!

https://www.links.merton.sch.uk/Breakfast--After-School-Club/

Playscheme

Keep your eyes peeled for the first week back after half term as the booking form for Summer Playscheme will be available for you to book. You can find the link here when it goes live! You can also see future Playscheme dates here too…

https://www.links.merton.sch.uk/Playscheme/

Sports Day

Today we sent out more information, regarding our annual Sports Day event. We are very excited to be going to Tooting Bec Running Track on Thursday 13th June. Parents are welcome to spectate from 9:00-12:00.

Don’t forget to wear a T-shirt with your house colour on (red, yellow, green and blue), please speak to your child’s class teacher, if you are unsure which house your child is in.

The children in our reception classes will have their mini sports day on Thursday 13th June 2pm-3pm.

The children in our nursery will have their mini sporting event on Friday 14th June 9:00am-10:00am.

Performances

Pupils in Year 5 will be holding a drumming showcase on Wednesday 26th June at 2:30pm.

Pupils in Years 2, 3 and 4, will be performing their Musical Extravaganza for parents, on Thursday 4th July at 2pm.

This summer, Year 6 will be performing their show ‘The Greatest Show’. Year 6 parents are invited to watch on Wednesday 17th July at 5pm.

Pupils in Reception, will be hosting a singing assembly for their parents on Friday 19th July at 9:00am and again at 2:15pm.

A parentmail will be sent out next half term, with key information and booking forms.

Just a reminder of our future PTA events

Friday 14th June 5:30-6:30 - Reception/Year 1/Year 2 Disco* (If your child is in Reception an adult must stay with their child).
Friday 21st June 5:30-6:30 - Year 3/ Year 4/ Year 5/ Year 6 Disco*
Friday 28th June - MUFTI Day - children are invited to wear their own clothes to school, in exchange for a bottle, for the PTA’s Summer Social Tombola. Please bring in any bottle you like. Such as, soft drinks, shampoo, water, wine, beer or even handwash.
Links Summer Social - Friday 5th July 6:00-8:00pm

*Tickets are on sale via our donation page on ParentPay for the school discos (write 'Disco' in the reference box and don't forget to tick Gift Aid) Tickets cost £3 per child - this includes a snack and a drink.

Please email ptalinksprimary@gmail.com if you are able to help at this event.

Links Values Award

This week’s Values Awards go to:

Nursery - Liban for trying his best to settle into the Nursery nicely.
Rainbow Class - Jacob for demonstrating kindness, care and empathy to everybody in Reception.
Sunshine Class - Harvey for being a kind friend and demonstrating amazing sharing throughout the week!
1EJ - Anamta for her commitment and resilience to learning ‘turns’ in Maths.
1W - Amarah for showing kindness towards all of her friends in class.
2B - Abdul for raising his hand and sharing his knowledge in his science lesson this week.
2T - Amelie for demonstrating resilience in all areas of the curriculum.
3B - Envrin for his hard work and brilliant ideas in English.
3P - Harriet for her wonderful use of poetic devices to describe animals in English.
4M - Benjamin for having such a positive work ethic and demonstrating the Links Values.
4T - Lewis for always going above and beyond to be kind to others.
5M - Obrempon for always demonstrating all the Links Values.
5KG - Ethan for displaying resilience and perseverance in writing.
6G - Mehmet for working hard on his writing this week.
6M - Aysha for her great dedication towards her writing this week.

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

House Points

Today in assembly we announced the winning house for this half term. To all of our surprise, it was a tie! Congratulations to Green House and Yellow House for accruing the most house points this academic year so far. Both winning houses were rewarded with an extra long playtime today.

The house point totals for this week are….

Yellow House and Green House - 8146

Blue House - 7800

Red House - 7750

Weekly Attendance

This week’s attendance figures for each class are:

Rainbow - 84.4%
Sunshine - 91.7%
1EJ - 90.9%
1W - 90.9%
2B - 93.5%
2T - 94.6%
3B - 97.4%
3P - 94.4%
4M - 94.8%
4T - 100%
5KG - 89.6%
5M - 94.3%
6G - 95.5%
6M - 95.2%

Congratulations to 4T, who achieved the highest attendance this week with an amazing 100%.

Lincoln the Bear will be spending the first week back in year 4, where he will be learning about the Normans and building 3D castles.

This week’s 95% tickets

This week’s winning tickets go to 3B, 4T, 6G and 6M. Today we drew the winning ticket. Congratulations to 6G whose 95% treat was ice creams in the sunshine!