Newsletter
15th March 2024
Principal's Message:
This week started with a bang with our visit from Courtney Orange, a Commonwealth Gymnast. The children enjoyed their sponsored circuits with Courtney demonstrating enthusiasm and encouragement for each other. The circuits were followed by a motivational presentation from Courtney where he shared his journey to being a successful gymnast and how he overcame the barriers he faced. A huge thank you needs to go to Mr Humphrey for organising the day.
On Wednesday, we were then visited by Gemma from the Royal Forestry Society. Helped by children in Year 2, she planted 100 trees in our grounds. These will need lots of care and nurturing as they are young saplings so will damage easily. When they are fully grown, they will provide valuable shade, shelter and also habitats for our wildlife.
The week concluded with our community wearing red for Comic Relief/Red Nose Day. It was so wonderful to see so many children supporting such a worthwhile cause.
What a great week it has been!
Miss S Brading
Office Reminders:
Please find below information about the behaviour and reading systems that are in place within the academy as a reminder of the various rewards that your child(ren) can work towards:
Behaviour Point System for all year groups
RED TED Reading System for Years R-2
Whole School Attendance:
96.01%
Weekly Class Attendance Award:
Jubilee Class
99.58%
Key Dates:
Tuesday 19th March Parents' Evening 15:50-19:30 (all years apart from Y2 Empire Class)
Wednesday 20th March Nursery PYP Exhibition, 14:30 - 15:10
Wednesday 20th March Parents' Evening 15:50-17:30 (Discovery Class 15:15-17:00)
(all years apart from Y2 Empire Class)
Friday 22nd March Easter Bake Sale after school
Monday 25th March Year 1, Year 2 and Year 6 PYP Exhibitions, 14:30
Monday 25th March Parents' Evening for Empire Class 15:30 - 17:30
Tuesday 26th March Year 1 Trip to Natural History Museum
Tuesday 26th March Parents' Evening for Empire Class 15:30 - 17:30
Wednesday 27th March Coffee and Conversation: Culture and Diversity 09:00-10:00
Wednesday 27th March Year 5 PYP Exhibition, 14:30
Thursday 28th March Parents' Evening for Empire Class 15:30 - 17:00
Thursday 28th March Last day of Term 4 for all pupils
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
Smart devices promise to make our lives easier and, in many cases, they do exactly that however these new technologies present a number of risks too. Whether you are using a digital assistant to record your shopping list or are controlling your lights through a smart system, many such functions can be hacked and hijacked by someone outside of your home.
The below guide will help you to identify some of the ways that you can stay alert and protect yourself and your family. There are also a number of tips on potential risks such as fraud, online grooming and cyberbullying.
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:
If you have concerns that you would like to raise with the academy, please do so via the office email address which is contactus@langleyparkprimaryacademy.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 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 continue to email staff directly. In the event that this happens, staff have been asked to forward your email to the aforementioned email address to resume communication via the correct channels.