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Principal's Message:
Principal's Message:
It is unbelievable that we are at the end of the fifth week of term already with only two more to go!
Weekly Events
Yet again, we have been extremely busy this week with a number of exciting opportunities and events taking place.
On Monday, Year 4 visited the Hazlitt Theatre to watch a brand new show called "In.Difference" for young people aged 7-11 years about the topic of Disability and Difference. The children were truly buzzing about the visit and took lots from it.
As part of Year 1's unit of inquiry, on Tuesday, we had a local resident called Paul visit Year 1. Paul is blind and loves to raise awareness of the work of guide dogs. Year 1 were really lucky to meet Pasha, Paul's guide dog, and ask Paul questions about his life and experiences.
On Wednesday, Year 5 held their annual treat stall to raise money for a local homeless charity as part of their unit of inquiry. Unsurprisingly, it was a huge success and the children raised over £300 for such a good cause.
The week ended with a visit from an author called Helen Peters. We won this opportunity through Maidstone LitFest (more information about this is below). She spent time with each key stage reading her books, talking about her journey to becoming an author and answering interesting questions from the children. She then signed copies of her books for those children who opted in.
Toilets
We have been experiencing some challenges with the use of the toilets in the academy leading to Mr Goldsmith spending a lot of time cleaning up toilets that have been blocked and flooded. We have spoken to the children about this already but would also appreciate it if you could take some time with you child to go through the below slides with them. I am sure that it is not always intentional and that with us all promoting the correct use of the toilets we will soon see this be less of an issue.
Thank you for your support with this.
Have a wonderful weekend!
Miss S Brading
Office Reminders:
Office Reminders:
Maidstone's literary festival, LitFest, promises something for everyone with an array of events and author appearances taking place between 5th and 12th October in central Maidstone.
There is a exciting and varied programme of events for readers and book lovers of all ages and the festival will feature local writers alongside award-winning, international bestselling authors. Please do consider taking your child(ren) along!
Whole School Attendance:
Whole School Attendance:
95.04%
Weekly Class Attendance Award:
Weekly Class Attendance Award:
Melrose Class
100%
Key Dates:
Key Dates:
Monday 14th October Individual School Photographs
Monday 14th October PYP Mini Exhibitions at 14:30 - Nursery, Year 1, Year 2 and Year 6
Tuesday 15th October PYP Mini Exhibitions at 14:30 - Reception
Tuesday 15th October Harvest Assembly for Year 5 parents/carers to attend at 14:30
Wednesday 16th October Year 2 Animal Workshop
Wednesday 16th October PYP Mini Exhibitions at 14:30 - Year 3 and Year 4
Friday 18th October Last day of Term 1
Please note that these are confirmed dates but should we need to change any due to unforeseen circumstances, we will communicate this with you with as much notice as possible.
National Online Safety Guide
National Online Safety Guide
Children are accessing and/or owning smartphones from an increasingly young age. The privacy settings on your child's smartphone give you control over how the information stored on it can be used. You can turn off location services, for example, to keep their whereabouts private or stop apps from accessing functions of the phone like the camera or microphone.
In the guide below you will find information about how to make changes to and tighten up privacy setting on iPhones and Android phones, as well as how to prevent changes to other settings and features on your child's phone.
A reminder that all of our parent/carer community are invited to create an account with National Online Safety, which provides a wide range of resources such as the guides we include in our newsletters, courses and video resources. If you have not already done so, please create your account by visiting the link below.
https://nationalcollege.com/enrol/langley-park-primary-academy
You can also download the National Online Safety app on any device or smartphone by searching for it in the App Store/Google Play Store.
Contacting the class teachers:
Contacting the class teachers:
If you have concerns that you would like to raise with the academy, please do so via the office email address which is info@langleypark.latrust.org.uk . Upon receipt, your email will be directed to the relevant member(s) of staff.
If you have concerns that you would like to raise with the academy, please do so via the office email address which is info@langleypark.latrust.org.uk . Upon receipt, your email will be directed to the relevant member(s) of staff.
We respectfully ask that you address any concerns or issues with your child's class teacher in the first instance. If it remains unresolved then your concern will then be escalated to the Key Stage Lead and/or Mrs Neame, Vice Principal. In the unlikely event that it continues to remain unresolved, it will be escalated to Miss Brading at that point.
We are also aware that some parents/carers continue to email staff directly. In the event that this happens, your email will not be responded to and you should resume communication via the correct channels.
We are also aware that some parents/carers continue to email staff directly. In the event that this happens, your email will not be responded to and you should resume communication via the correct channels.
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