Links News

Friday 13th December, 2024

Dear Links Families,

This week, we welcomed lots of princes, princesses, knights, jesters and even dragons to a royal banquet. Our year 1 children have been learning about castles and to celebrate all their learning add a dress up day. We saw lots of tiaras, sparkles and crowns.

In this week and assembly, we were treated to a performance by our key stage one and key stage two choir. It was wonderful to watch and a big thank you to Mrs Plackett and Miss Eases-Jones for putting it together. Choir will start again after February half term and there are lots of spaces available to join in the fun.

Today we welcomed our nursery and reception parents to our first ever Christmas Arts and Crafts event. The children and their parents enjoyed completing lots of activities together and the children surprised their grown ups, with a beautiful song.

Today, Year 5 braved the cold and went to visit The Natural History Museum, as part of their topic Earthquakes. They enjoyed using the knowledge they have learnt in class and most of all experiencing the earthquake simulator.

End of term arrangements

The school will close on Friday 20th December at 2pm and we will reopen on Monday 6th January to all children.

Message from the PTA

The news from the Christmas fair is that we raised an amazing £2840!! This was from the raffle, the token sales, the Christmas tree sales and the estate agent boards….Thank you so much for all of your support! We wanted to let you know that our next long term goal is to replace the trim trail in the playground - we will keep you updated with the progress….and look out for our next event - details coming soon!!

Little Links Toddler Playgroup.

Every Tuesday Morning, we host Little Links Toddler Playgroup. Anyone local (and not local) is welcome to join, so please spread the word. Children aged 0 - 4 can come and play (grown ups must stay).

Next week is the last Little Links session of the year. So we would like to say goodbye to 2024 and have a little Christmas Party, on Tuesday 17th December at 9am! We will have games, crafts and Christmas treats…

Here is a link to the whatsapp group for anyone who attends/would like to come to Little Links

https://chat.whatsapp.com/IlUBWLvp5eFBw03HlsXVti

A Reminder - My Child at School App

Exciting news! We have a new way of keeping in contact with you.

MyChildAtSchool (MCAS) is an online portal for parents that enables you to view your child's performance at school in real-time via the web. The facility allows you to book clubs, trips and wraparound care, choose dinners and access your child's timetable, attendance and reports whenever you wish.

Parents can access MCAS via the website or can use the MCAS App which can be downloaded from the app/play store. Just use the email address that we have at school for you to register.

MCAS Parent Guide
See other Parent MCAS articles HERE.

From January 2025 all communication will be sent via My Child at School. We encourage you to download the app to ensure you do not miss any announcements. From February half term, we will no longer be using Parentpay, this will be accessed by the app also.

Links Values Award

Links Value Winners 13th December 2024

This week’s Values Awards go to:

Nursery - Krithi, for using new language and initiating conversations with his teachers (e.g. to ask questions).
Reception - Moziah, for writing cvc words independently.
1T - King, for his positive and resilient attitude towards his writing this week.
1W - Mohamed, for trying hard with his writing, particularly his letter formation.
2KB - Nathan, for his kindness and maturity towards other members of the class.
2EJ - Mia, for her determination in handwriting lessons.
3B - Beatrix, for her hard working and respectful attitude at all times!
3T - Amelia, for demonstrating all of the Links values.
4M - Razwa, for demonstrating resilience and determination when learning, especially in maths.
4P - Yusuf, for having a positive and enthusiastic attitude to his learning.
5GP - Zayna, for persevering with tricky two digit multiplication problems.
5M - Haroon, for great effort on your English work.
6G - Aarav, for his amazing contribution to all of his work.
6P - Jaishan, for improved focus and his great work in Maths and English this week.