7th February 2025

Principal's Message:

As we reach the end of the penultimate week of term, we have lots of exciting things going on within the academy.

Year 2 pupils have been immersing themselves in storytelling this week kicking off with a Storytelling Workshop on Monday during which they took part in retelling the story of 'The Enormous Crocodile'. Jazzy Class then visited Maidstone Library, which was an invaluable experience for them to be part of to learn how to access a wealth of books. It is Empire Class's turn next week.

Year 1 and Year 3 pupils have been exercising their creative agility through printing in art. Children in Year 1 took part in printmaking during the Arty Farty Workshop. They learned about the initial skill of etching a polystyrene sheet, covering it in paint to then print the etching to paper. Their final pieces were wonderful!

Year 3 pupils learned how to combine gel-plate printing with relief printing. Their artwork was based on William Morris who was an artist, poet and conservationist, and who rebuked machine production, instead valuing hand-crafted art which reflected his love of nature. By the end of the session, the children created some beautiful prints that they should all be very proud of!

We also had four pupils representing Year 5 and Year 6 at a STEM Challenge at Invicta Grammar School. The children were set a variety of challenges and came a very respectable third out of twelve attending schools. Mr Monaco, who accompanied them, said the children collaborated extremely well and represented our academy impeccably.

This week came to close with a wonderful assembly and presentation from the Emma Johnson Music Foundation during which they introduced the whole school to a range of instruments through stories. The children were a wonderful audience and were thrilled to hear the live music being expertly played.

Have a wonderful weekend.

Miss S Brading

Office Reminders:

Wraparound Provision

Wraparound sessions for Term 4 were made available for booking earlier this week. As always, please ensure that all outstanding balances for previous sessions are cleared in full by the end of this term. If you use childcare vouchers to fund sessions in either Breakfast Club or After School Club, please allow time for these to be received and allocated to your child(ren)'s account by staff.

Extra-Curricular Clubs

Extra-curricular clubs that will run after school or during lunchtimes next term will be available to book through My Child at School from 08:00 on Friday 14th February. As always, these will be extremely popular and early booking is advised. Please discuss with your child(ren) the clubs they would like to attend and ensure that only one club is booked for any given day of the week as booking multiple clubs on the same day in error prevents other children from signing up until duplicate bookings can be removed by academy staff.

Once extra-curricular clubs are booked for your child, please remember to amend any corresponding sessions in After School Club to reflect these so that dates no longer required can be secured by other families needing childcare.

Whole School Attendance:

95.90%

Weekly Class Attendance Award:

Fortune Class

99.60%

Key Dates:

Monday 10th February PYP Mini Exhibitions at 14:30 - Years R/1/2/6

Tuesday 11th February PYP Mini Exhibitions at 14:30 - Nursery/Y3/Y5

Wednesday 12th February Trip to Maidstone Library - Empire Class

Wednesday 12th February PYP Mini Exhibitions at 14:30 - Year 4

Thursday 13th February Non-Uniform Day - donations for OPAL (£1 or an item from the OPAL support list)

Thursday 13th February Last day of Term 3

Monday 24th February All pupils return for Term 4

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.

Term Dates: Full term dates can be found on the Leigh Academy Langley Park website, the link to which is:

https://leighacademylangleypark.org.uk/academy-life/term-dates/

National Online Safety Guide

Whilst scrolling online, you and your child(ren) will inevitably have come across posts or links with appealing headlines such as "You Won't Believe These 10 Crazy Facts About...". Such enticing language, and the often-dubious nature of the content it promotes, has become something of a running joke on the internet. However, whilst these articles are often laughed at by communities online, they can have an insidious side and children, in particular, are often drawn to clicking on these links without thinking twice.

Clickbait, as it is known, can frequently function as part of a trap: intended to draw users in for the sake of advertising revenue or, in worse cases, masking an attempt to collect personal information or spread viruses. The below guide explores the various risks of clickbait and offers some top tips for evading the pitfalls of this controversial marketing technique which young people often fall foul to.

Contacting 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.

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.

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