Links News

Friday 31st January, 2025

Dear Links Families,

We finally say goodbye to storms Eowyn and Herminia that have visited us and have kept us on our toes. Although the children have enjoyed the wind (the staff on duty less so), we have had to miss a few playtime this week. However, when we are outside, we are encouraging the children to wear their coats. Just a reminder to write your child’s name in their coats/ hats/ gloves etc. Our lost property storage is overflowing and this will be emptied at the end of term. If you are missing any coats, cardigans, jumpers and other bits and bobs, please take a peek in Lost Property.

At the end of links news, be sure to take a look at Links in Action, where you will find photos of lots of learning that has happened this week. We started the week off in year two with a Florence Nightingale interactive online workshop. The children enjoyed talking to Florence Nightingale about her life and experiences. Our year 6 classes attended a Junior Citizenship event, hosted by Merton. This gave them information and tips on how to stay safe, in preparation for secondary school. On Wednesday, The children in years 1 and 3, had their second Talking Tales workshop with Kimba. They really enjoy these drama workshops and the activities and skills they do, are helping to develop their oracy and confidence. It was lovely to welcome some of our year 6 parents to our SATS information coffee morning. Thank you for joining us and we plan to host more coffee mornings soon, so keep an eye on your My Child at School notifications. On Thursday, Merton School Sports Partnership held a Sports Leadership Inspiration Day with our year 5 children. During the day, our year 5 coaches were trained on how to plan and deliver PE games and then spent the afternoon teaching the children in years 1 and 3. The children had a great time and we were so proud of our year 5 children for their respect, kindness, resilience and responsibility. Finally, we would like to say thank you to Sarah and Danny Wallis from Field to Fork Produce, for their kindness in donating lots of wonderful and unusual fruit to our reception class, who made fruit salad today, inspired by their book Oliver’s Fruit Salad.

Junior Parkrun on Figges Marsh

On Sunday 9th February, Parkrun will be holding their very own headliner event at Figges Marsh and it would be lovely to see lots of our Links children there. It is for ages 4-11 years and you can walk, jog or run 2km, or volunteer to help at the event. Please click on the link for more information. https://www.parkrun.org.uk/figgesmarsh-juniors/

NSPCC Number Day ………. It is next Friday !!!!

Friday 7th February - Dress up for Number Day and get ready for a fun filled day of mathematical activities.

We cannot wait to see some super duper maths/ number themed outfits (Mrs Anderson is already planning her outfit). Miss Paha and Mrs Murray will be keeping an eye out for numbers, shapes, patterns, numicon and anything mathematical! And yes, football shirts and anything with numbers will be allowed (as long as it’s appropriate). If you can, please bring any spare change to donate for the NSPCC. Just a reminder that this amazing charity works to prevent abuse, help rebuild children's lives and support families. More information can be found at https://www.nspcc.org.uk/

Links Artists

Links has joined up with other local schools to showcase some amazing art work, based on our local area. Children from Nursery to year 6 will have their art work displayed at Canons House for all to see. 💙 New Exhibition Announcement 💙

Links, Gorringe Park & Beecholme Schools present

OUR LOCAL AREA

☆ 3rd - 28th February

☆ Sharing Space - Canons House & Grounds

☆ M-F 10am-4pm

☆ Sat 8th Feb 10am-2pm

A message from the PTA

Quiz night was a great success last Friday with a noticeable increase in the turn out! Thanks to all those who came along to join in the fun. The Traitors and the Faithfuls played a blinding game with one team winning the wooden spoon! The event raised £492! Keep your eyes peeled for more fun PTA events.

Links Values Award

This week’s Values Awards go to:

Nursery - Luka, for being helpful to her friends and teachers and always showing kindness.
Reception - Anthonny, for his amazing effort in writing a fruit salad recipe with instructions.
1T - Jacob, for excellent engagement and participation during our workshop this week.
1W - Zidha - For sharing her fantastic ideas in English lessons this week!
2KB - Lena, for her fantastic choice of powerful vocabulary in her English story writing.
2EJ - Miles, for a brilliant first draft of his story.
3B - Julian, for having a positive attitude towards his learning this week.
3T - Kaleb, for consistently demonstrating the Links Values.
4M - Isabella, for her dedication to detail when writing the opening to her story.
4P - Lily, for being a fantastic role model and showing kindness to all. Your smile and positivity brightens even the rainest day!
5GP - Juno, for showing excellent leadership skills during Sports Leader training.
5M - Athis, for displaying a remarkable act of kindness during the sports leadership event and for exemplifying outstanding leadership.
6G - Poppy, who has developed more self confidence; she has really taken risks answering questions and engaged well with the whole curriculum.
6P - Hashim, for great improvements in writing and collaborative work in Science.

House Points

The house point totals for this week are….

Yellow House - 4754

Blue House - 4372

Red House - 4340

Green House - 4264

Congratulations to Yellow House who have taken the lead.

Weekly Attendance

This week’s attendance figures for each class are:

Reception - 88.6%
1T - 93.5%
1W - 83.4%
2EJ - 91.5%
2KB - 94.5%
3B - 90.9%
3T - 97.8%
4M - 88.9%
4P - 90.7%
5GP - 91.3%
5M - 96.9%
6G - 96.7%
6P - 95%

Congratulations to 3T who achieved the highest attendance this week. Lincoln the Bear will be in year 3 where he will be learning about the Romans and building an aqueduct in DT.

95% Attendance Raffle

This week’s winning tickets go to 3T, 5M, 6G and 6P.