Links News 

Friday 27th September, 2024

 

Dear Links Families,

 

We would like to start our Links News by saying THANK YOU! 

 We would like to thank you for your generosity and support, and for all of the cake donations you provided this morning. We raised £410 for the charity Macmillan Cancer Support. Our donation will help raise vital funds to support the 3 million people in the UK living with cancer, from the moment they are diagnosed, throughout treatment and beyond.

If you would like to know more about Macmillian and what they do, here is a link to their website https://www.macmillan.org.uk/ 

School Council Applications

 

This week we held our annual school council ballot. We are delighted to announce our school council representatives of 2024. 

Athaliah Beckles is the class representative for 1T 

Ajraaf Al Muzain is the class representative for 1W

Arlo Jenkins is the class representative for 2KB

Amarah Kadir is the class representative for 2EJ

Klara Wisniewska is the class representative for 3B

Cara Srouji is the class representative for 3T

Isabella Wyatt is the class representative for 4M

Anais Camara is the class representative for 4P

Shyal Tamang is the class representative for 5M

Aaron Scuderi Sokoba is the class representative for 5GP

Aarav Patel is the class representative for 6G

Luca Brambilla Humbracht is the class representative for 6P

Each of these representatives were voted by their class to represent the pupils of Links.

 

School Librarians

In today’s assembly Mrs Plackett announced the Links Librarians. Congratulations to Maya Ababei (4M), Sabaha Khalil (4P), Faith Satnarine-Muschett (5GP), Shivi Naidoo (5M), Adeena Tariq (6P) and Aman Javed (6G).

 

School Uniform and PE kit

It has been lovely to see all the children adhering to our new school rules - Ready, Respectful, Safe. One of our school rules is to be READY. We can be ready by wearing the correct school uniform and PE kit. Please ensure that your child comes to school wearing the correct uniform. A reminder of our uniform expectations can be found under the parents tab on the school website.  https://www.links.merton.sch.uk/Parents/Uniform/  

Harvest Festival

 

This week, Rev. Belemo joined Links for our annual harvest assembly. Rev, Belemo spoke about those in our community who are less fortunate than ourselves and the importance of charity. Today a Parentmail was sent to you, regarding this year’s food bank collection.

NHS Education Wellbeing Services

 

Our in-school NHS Education Wellbeing Services  offers local parent webinars to help you understand and navigate a range of common wellbeing challenges that children can face – spaces limited. 

You can sign up for free here: www.eventbrite.com/cc/primary-parents-nhs-wellbeing-workshops-682309. 

They also offer 1:1 support and advice with parents to help their children with common behavioural difficulties, or any anxieties or worries. 95% of parents made progress with their goals in 2023-24. You can read more and apply online here: https://forms.office.com/e/9hA10GNKqk or speak to Kirsten Slinger our SENCo.

Links Values Award

 

 

This week’s Values Awards go to:

• Nursery -Emma, for writing her name clearly from memory.
• Reception - Franciszeck, for fantastic effort in Phonics this week. 
• 1T -  Molly, for always being a happy and cheerful member of 1T.
• 1W - Hannah, for drawing a fantastic story map for Rosie's walk independently.
• 2KB - Mohamud, for his excellent focus in completing his story writing this week. 
• 2EJ - Najma, for her wonderful re-telling of Vlad and the Great Fire of London.
• 3B - Amara, for amazing effort and vivid imagination in her descriptive story.
• 3T - Georgie,  for using powerful vocabulary in her writing. 
• 4M - Harriet, for being an excellent role model and consistently demonstrating the Links Values.
• 4P - Mehramjot, for his terrific, positive attitude to his swimming lessons and for making great progress.
• 5GP - Nathaniel, for constantly trying his best in all areas of his learning. 
• 5M - Ahmed, for being resilient when facing challenges.
• 6G - Meg, for her maturity, dedication and responsibility in class.
• 6P - Obrempon, for showing responsibility in his learning.

 

 

Today, all of our Links Value winners joined Mrs Anderson and Mrs Murray for Hot Chocolate Friday! This is our new incentive to celebrate our Links Values winners. 

 

House Points

The house point totals for this week are….

Blue House - 581

Red House - 540 

Green House - 518

Yellow House - 495

 

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

 

Weekly Attendance  

 

This week’s attendance figures for each class are:               

• Reception - 96.6%
• 1T - 94.6%
• 1W - 94.2%
• 2KB - 86.1%
• 2EJ - 98.7%
• 3B - 98.9%
• 3T - 97.8%
• 4M - 93.1%
• 4P - 99.1%  
• 5GP - 96.9%
• 5M - 100%
• 6G - 93.5%
• 6P - 93.8%   

Congratulations to 5M who all achieved the highest attendance this week.

Lincoln the Bear will be spending next week in Year 5, where he will be learning about the Victorians. 

 

95% Attendance Raffle

This week’s tickets go to Reception, 1T, 2EJ, 3B, 3T, 4P, 5M and 5GP. At the end of the term, we will draw the winning ticket and that class will win a special treat. 

Have a lovely weekend

 

The Links Team

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