Links News

Saturday 28th June, 2025

Dear Links Families,

Yesterday, our new Reception and Nursery classes attended their welcome meeting and stay-and-play session. It was lovely to see so many smiling faces, full of excitement and enthusiasm as they begin their journey with us. A big thank you to Caterlink for showing our new children how yummy our school dinners are! To School Uniform Direct for displaying and talking through our uniform options, to our amazing PTA who welcomed our new families with open arms and to the Early Years team for hosting a wonderful event. On Friday 11th July, we will be doing a transition morning for years 1-5, where your child will spend the morning in their new classroom and you are invited to attend the meet the teacher meetings on the 15th July at 3:30, to meet the teacher, to find out about what your child will be learning and what you need for September.

Thank you to all of our children and parents who bought books from our book fair. It is always a lovely sight to see children excited to read and we love to read! The wonderful thing about the book fair is that it has amazing books but with every book you buy, Scholastic gives the school books for our classrooms and library.

On Wednesday, our Year 5 classes visited Burntwood Secondary School for a science investigation. Professor Element’s research papers were stolen and the thief left behind a mystery powder at the scene of the crime. The children had 6 suspects, 6 powders to compare the mystery powder to, and 4 different ways to investigate the powders! It was a terrific event and such a great learning opportunity for our children. A big thank you to Azmina and the science team at Burntwood. Be sure to check out the photos in Links in Action or the fun reel on Instagram @links_primary_school

Amber Alert

We have been issued with a second amber alert which is expected to end on 1st July at 6pm. Temperatures will rise again this weekend and it is going to feel hot!

Please keep your families safe by following the advice of the UKHSA.

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/first-yellow-heat-health-alert-of-2025-issued-for-4-regions

On Monday and Tuesday, we are expecting temperatures of up to 33 degrees celsius. With this in mind, please ensure the following for next week;

Your child must come to school with a full water bottle.
Bring a sun hat (don’t forget to write their name on it).
Apply suncream on them before they come to school.
Children can wear their school PE uniform.
If children are wearing their school uniform, no jumpers, cardigans or ties.
Please do not overlay your child with vests or T-shirts under shirts.

Links Summer Fair

Come and join us at our summer fair

after school on Friday 11th July.

We will be accepting tokens instead of cash for many of the activities on offer. You can buy tokens in advance on MCAS, or in the playground after school on Weds 2/7, and Mon 7/7 at a special rate of 12 tokens for £10. You will also be able to purchase tokens at the fair priced at £1 each - we will be accepting card and cash for token purchases.

Bouncy Mega Slide = 2 tokens for 5 minutes
Bottle Tombola = 1 token for 3 tickets
Beat the Goalie = 1 token
Archery = 1 token
Hook a Duck = 1 token
Lucky dip = 1 token
Glitter Tattoos = 1 token
Photo booth = 1 token
Raffle = 2 tokens per ticket (on sale in playground too)
Bar: Beer/prosecco - 3 tokens, soft drinks - 1 token
Snacks: Krispy Kreme donuts, Hot dogs (meat/veggie), Crisps, Indian snacks (all 1-3 tokens)

There will also be Korfball (free) and an ice cream van - accepting card and cash.

Don’t forget to buy your raffle tickets on the MCaS app (from Monday) or look out for a member of the PTA selling them on the playground. You can also buy then at the fair too.

We have some amazing prizes from local sponsors including:

£40 Daddy Bao voucher
Gigi nails voucher
£36 Clip'n'climb voucher
Skinstitut beauty product bundle worth £250
Craft Tooting voucher
£60 Reflexology voucher
Logiscool 1 day Summer camp voucher (worth £50)
LDN Merch Factory custom hoodie and cap
Coffee in the Wood voucher
Massage voucher
A 3hr home clean service
Summer activity bundle
A light saber!!

If you can help at a stall for 30 mins, please sign up using this link https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C084CAAAA28A7FCCE9-57318970-links#/

This year, every 30 mins of volunteering will earn you a raffle ticket to win a voucher for The Kings Lounge (for 2 cocktails/mocktails and 2 main meals).

Links Values Award

Links Value Winners 20th June 2025

This week’s Values Awards go to:

Reception - Jahzara, for always demonstrating our Links Values and being an excellent role model for her peers.

1T - Alayna, for listening attentively and using feedback to innovate an excellent story ending.

1W- Hannah, for great writing this week!

2KB - Maria, for demonstrating outstanding focus on tasks and for actively supporting others in staying focused and on track.

2EJ - John, for demonstrating all of our Links Values, during his time at Links. We will miss you!

3B - Azaan, for having a positive attitude to learning and for always trying his best.

3T - Georgie, for putting 100% into everything she does and being an excellent role model.

4M - Mikolaj, for always demonstrating our Links Values and for being a great example to others.

4P - Sabaha, for always being focused and ready to learn. You are a fantastic role model!

5GP - Zayna, for learning our performance song and singing with confidence and pride.

5M - Lewis, for demonstrating all our Links Values during our science trip.

6G - Abdullah, for excellent work and attitude in PSHE this week and being kind enough to support other students with their learning.

6P- Leo, for his brilliant contribution as Chess Master in our show!

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

House Points

The house point totals for this week are….

Yellow House - 11653

Blue House - 11518

Green House - 11498

Red House - 11486

Congratulations to Yellow House, who are this week’s winners!

Weekly Attendance

This week’s attendance figures for each class are:

Reception - 93.7%
1T - 92.6%
1W - 93.8%
2EJ - 93%
2KB - 98.4%
3B - 98.8%
3T - 98.9%
4M - 96.2%
4P - 93.1%
5GP - 97.8%
5M - 98.5%
6G - 91.5%
6P - 94.7%

Congratulations to 3T, who achieved the highest attendance this week. Lincoln the Bear cannot wait to spend the week learning in Year 3.

95% Attendance Raffle

This week’s winning tickets go to 2KB, 3B, 3T, 4M, 5GP and 5M.

Summer Events Calendar 2025

Date	Event
July
Tues 1 July	Music extravaganza to parents Yr 2,3,4,5 14:00 - 15:00
Thurs 3 July	Sports Day at Tooting Athletics Track 09:00 - 12:00
Thurs 3 July	Early Years Sports Day at school 14:00 - 15:00
Sun 6 July	Figges Marsh Park Run Headliner event - Mitcham Cluster 9:00am
Wed 9 July	Year 6 Show to Parents 17:00 - 18:30 (Year 6 parents only)
Friday 11 July	End-of- Year reports sent to parents
Friday 11 July	MUFTI Day - wear your own clothes but bring in a bottle for the bottle tombola.
Friday 11 July	PTA Summer Fair 3:30-5:30 at school
Mon 14 July	Early Years Sing song 09:00 (Nursery and reception parents only)
Mon 14 July	Performing Arts Club Show 16:15 (Performing Arts Club parents only)
Tues 15 July	Meet the teacher presentations for parents whose children will be in Yr 1 - 6 in September 2025. 15:30 and 16:00
Fri 18 July	Links Big Picnic in the playground 12:00 - 13:00 (Children only)
Fri 18 July	Leavers Assembly 13:15 - 14:45 (Year 6 parents only)
Fri 18 July	School finishes at 2 pm (No After School Club)
Wednesday 3rd September	School reopens

Links in Action

This week, Year 4 had a great time in the school garden investigating which invertebrates inhabit our local area, as part of a scientific enquiry.

Year 5 Solving the Mystery Powder at Burntwood Secondary School

We want to give a big shout-out to Zara, who won third place in an international Judo competition in the Netherlands. Zara represented the UK and Zara brought her medal into assembly, which was very heavy!

The Links family is very proud of you!