Principal's Message:

It's been a drizzly end to the week but the children have enjoyed wearing their own clothes today to raise money for Comic Relief.

Reception have also had a lovely afternoon sharing their cards and flowers at their Mother's Day afternoon tea where they invited a special female in their lives into school to celebrate.

Car Park

We are noticing, especially on days like today, that the car park is becoming increasingly busy. We understand that there has been a longstanding agreement that parent cars are allowed to double park in the staff area if the car parking spaces are full. We are of the opinion that this is encouraging more cars to park in our car park than is allowed before we reach full capacity. We have also noticed that, even when there are free spaces, some parents are still choosing to park in the staff parking area and disabled bays. Please be respectful of this arrangement because, as you know, we are shortly going to be having the car park lines repainted to create more spaces in the staff parking area for staff vehicles. This will mean that this space will therefore become unavailable for parents and carers; we wouldn't want to be in the position whereby a decision has to be made to close this area off entirely, and sooner, should the situation not improve.

Reflection Room

We are trialling the use of a designated room at lunchtime which children may be asked to visit for a period of time if they need some time-out from the playground and/or their behaviour choices do not meet our expectations. This will mean that a consequence can be given to a child very quickly and therefore the situation dealt with. We have called this space the Reflection Room as it will be a quiet place for pupils to reflect upon their behaviour and how they could have done things differently. This concept has worked very successfully at other schools and so we are sure that it will be just as effective at Langley Park.

Staffing

Today we have said goodbye to Mr Arnold and Miss Clarke. Mr Arnold has decided to pursue a career as a teacher and has become an Academic Mentor at another academy. Miss Clark will be starting a Communications and Marketing Apprenticeship to launch her career in an entirely different industry. We wish them both lots of luck and thank them for all they have done for the academy. 

At the end of this term, we will also be saying goodbye to Miss Henderson. Miss Henderson is becoming involved in a start-up company and will be responsible for its marketing. She will also be managing a new coffee shop that is due to open in Bearsted. We will be really sorry to see Miss Henderson go but wish her all the best in her new endeavours.

I hope that you all have a lovely weekend.

Miss Brading