Links News

Friday 17th January, 2025

 

Dear Links Families,

 

It has been a quieter than usual week at Links. All of the children have been busy learning their new topics. This week, we received some very persuasive letters from year 3, who were asking for a Roman themed party, as a reason to celebrate the end of their Roman topic. Our year 4 children have been telling us lots of facts about Antarctica and penguins . And our year 5 and 6 children attended a Cyber prevention talk by the Metropolitan Police. 

If you would like to know more about Cyber Choices, please see the information tabs below. 

 

                                                                             

                                                               

 

                                                                      

Information for children- under 12s.

 

 

   

 

 

Information for parents & guardians

 

My Child At School 

We know we are repeating ourselves, but we would like to give a final push to all those parents and guardians, who have not signed up for the My Child at School App. It is a really quick and easy way to receive updates, reminders, letters, trips and clubs. Moving forward, this is the only way that we will be communicating with you. Thank you to all those parents and guardians who have signed up already. 

 

Don’t forget to sign up/ in with the email address you use for school and remember that you can set it up with the language of your choice.

 

If you have questions, please reach out to our school office, who will be happy to help.

 

• MCAS Parent Guide
• See other Parent MCAS articles HERE.

 

Links Virtual Library 

Exciting news! Links now has a virtual library. 

 

We're excited to offer a wide range of online stories that you can enjoy anytime, anywhere. Whether you're looking for an adventure, a mystery, or a classic tale, our virtual collection has something for everyone. Visit our school website (click on the Learning tab) to explore and start your reading journey today! 

Links Performances

Experience the magic of our school performances anytime, anywhere! From dazzling musicals to powerful plays, you can now watch all our shows online. Head over to our school website (under the Learning tab) and relive your favourite moments or catch up on any you missed. Don’t miss out on the talent and creativity of our amazing students—it's just a click away!

NSPCC Number Day 

We are delighted to be supporting the NSPCC by taking part in Number Day on Friday 7th February 2025.

 

We will be having a fun day of maths activities as well as  taking part in Dress up for Digits. Pupils can wear an item of clothing with a number on it (football shirt, cap, netball shirt or even a onesie!). Or, they can get even more creative by dressing in a maths or numbers theme. If you do not have anything number themed at home, do not worry, you can wear anything patterned or with shapes on it. To help raise money for the NSPCC we are asking for donations. If you can, please send in a donation to support the NSPCC’s work. This can be given to the class teacher on the day.

 

It all adds up

We are really looking forward to all the fun of Number day and we really appreciate your support. All the money we raise at Links Primary School will make an enormous difference to children today and help the NSPCC be there for children tomorrow.

Calling all Artists!

As requested by one of our parents, we have registered for the Royal Academy Young Artists’ Show 2024. This is an exciting opportunity for students aged 4-18 to exhibit their work on site or online at the Royal Academy of Arts.  Work can be submitted between now and the 5th March 2025 and is easy to do.  You just need to upload a picture of your work or sculpture and then add a brief description of the work.  Please see the poster below for more information.

https://yass.s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/2025/YASS-Digital-Poster.pdf

Social Media - we need your help!

We’re exploring our social media presence and would love your input! Let us know which platforms you use so we can keep you updated on events, showcase our learning, and share how amazing Links is with everyone. Your feedback will help us stay connected and celebrate our school community together!

Please could you fill in this super quick Google form (It only has 1 question to answer)?

https://forms.gle/aphiGSH8TAnMH89TA

Links Values Award

 

Links Value Winners 17th January 2025

 

This week’s Values Awards go to:

• Nursery - Lyon, for settling into Nursery so nicely and joining in with story time!
• Reception - Azan, for trying hard in all areas of this learning.
• 1T - Anhaar, for being really kind and helpful without being asked.
• 1W - Arthur, for being responsible and a positive role model. 
• 2KB - Swararben, for persevering in phonics.
• 2EJ - Miles,  for a creative and sophisticated recount. 
• 3B - Marta, for having a resilient and positive attitude towards her learning. 
• 3T - Junaid, for demonstrating the Links Values when completing his work.
• 4M - George, for his interesting contributions to class discussions and for being a great role model. 
• 4P - Linusan, for his enthusiasm and effort in all of his learning this week.
• 5GP - Piranith, for showing resilience with his writing to produce a great story.
• 5M - Ruby, for your outstanding hard work in math lessons. Keep up the fantastic effort!
• 6G - Liliana, for creating mood and character development in her writing. 
• 6P - Edward, for showing a great attitude towards his learning, before, during and after school. Keep it up!

 

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

 

House Points

The house point totals for this week are….

Blue House - 3741

Yellow House - 3738

Green House - 3604

Red House - 3514

Congratulations to Blue House who have taken the lead. 

 

Weekly Attendance  

This week’s attendance figures for each class are:               

• Reception - 94.8%
• 1T - 80.3%
• 1W - 93.4%
• 2EJ - 96%
• 2KB - 94.5%
• 3B - 98.3%
• 3T - 96.7%
• 4M - 94.4%
• 4P - 88.8%  
• 5GP - 90.7%
• 5M - 93.7%
• 6G - 94.5%
• 6P - 95.6%   

Congratulations to 3B who achieved the highest attendance this week.

Lincoln the Bear will be in 3B week and will begin designing and making their aqueducts as well as writing about life in the Roman Empire.

 

95% Attendance Raffle

This week’s winning tickets go to 2EJ, 3B, 3T and 6P. 

 

Message from the PTA 

 Don’t forget our quiz event, next Friday, 24th January  6:30 PM - 8:30 PM

Here are a few reminders  

Kids film: £1 per child, with popcorn for sale on the night!  Pay on the night (Only children whose parents are attending the quiz can join the movie)

Bar: We have water, craft beers and prosecco for sale at very reasonable prices! Can also BYO.

Food: Bring your own snacks/food

Teams: you can have up to 8 people in a team - but come anyway if you don’t have a team as we can find one for you (and your kids get looked after!!)

We can take cash or card on the evening for the kids film/bar.

Quiz Tickets: £5 per person (purchase on ParentPay)

All proceeds support the school and PTA initiatives.

 

Links in Action