Newsletter
27th January 2023
Principal's Message:
There has been a lot in the media about the upcoming strikes and what that might mean for schools. As you will already be aware, on these dates, we are going to be moving to a virtual school model with live lessons on Google Meet and learning content being posted on your Google Classrooms. The guide for this for families will be shared on Monday so that you have a comprehensive understanding of how to maintain structure and routine throughout the day. You can expect to see details pertaining suggested timetables, a timetable of live lessons and some further details about how to make it manageable for the whole family. We will have children of key workers and those children considered to be vulnerable attending school and they will be supervised by support staff while accessing the live lessons with their peers. These live lessons will be run by their class teachers or if their teacher is striking, then it will be the class teacher from the other class within the same year group.
The form is now closed for alerting us to keyworker children as we are making plans to meet this demand. This will mean that, on the day, should we have children arrive that we do not have on our list, we will not be able to accommodate them in school.
Thank you for your continued support.
Miss Brading
Office Reminders:
Please note that phone messages cannot be passed to class based staff after 3.00pm at the end of the academy day. At this time, all staff are extremely busy preparing the children for home time and are often frequently leaving the classrooms to visit lockers, toilets and gather belongings.
Should you need to advise the academy that someone else is to be collecting your child or there is a change to their end of day arrangements, you must contact the academy office before 3.00pm. After this time, there is no guarantee that your message will be passed on by office staff who will also, at this time, be dealing with matters in the reception area.
Thank you for your cooperation with this.
Family Bingo Night
A reminder that on Thursday 9th February, a Family Bingo Night is being held in the main hall at Langley Park Primary Academy. The evening starts at 5.00pm and will end at 7.30pm, with hotdog and chips/wedges being served at around 6.00pm. Entry is just £3.00 for adults, £1 for children and under 4's are free of charge. Entry fees include food and should be paid in advance via My Child at School/Products. Bingo games will be £1 on the night, and you can play as many games per round of bingo as you would like.
Please do come along and support this event, which promises to be lots of fun for adults and children alike. There will be a range of prizes, including cash prizes, available to be won on the night!
Contacting the class teachers:
If you have concerns that you would like to raise with the academy, please do so via the school office email address on contactus@langleyparkprimaryacademy.org.uk and it will be directed to the relevant members of staff.
Whole School Attendance:
96.13%
Weekly Class Attendance Award:
Zari
99.65%
Key Dates:
Wednesday 1st February Academy closed due to strike action
Friday 3rd February Maidstone Light Up Festival, from 6pm in Maidstone town centre
Monday 6th February PYP Mini Exhibition/Workshop, 2.30pm - Years R, 1 and 2
Monday 6th February Reception Stay and Play Session, 2.30pm
Tuesday 7th February In a Nutshell Theatre Workshop, Nursery and Reception pupils
Tuesday 7th February PYP Mini Exhibition/Workshop, 2.30pm - Nursery, Years 3 and 4
Tuesday 7th February Nursery Stay and Play Session, 2.15pm
Wednesday 8th February PYP Mini Exhibition/Workshop, 2.30pm - Year 5 and 6
Thursday 9th February Family Bingo Night, 5.00pm-7.30pm
Thursday 9th February Last day of Term 3
Monday 17th February All pupils return to school 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.
National Online Safety Guide
In the last couple of decades, the volume of online traffic has increased exponentially. Unfortunately, however, people's awareness of the accompanying risks have not grown along with it. To illustrate the scale of the issue, you may wish to consider that a report by the Internet Crime Complaint Centre found that in the US, during 2020, there was a successful cyber-attack every second!
Cyber criminals continue to find new ways to attempt to hijack our online transactions and harvest our private information. To these people, the smart devices that many of us now use as part of our standard daily lives at home are simply a convenient back door into our private lives - an our networks.
In the below guide you will find tips on a number of potential risks such as how to use a password manager, how to back up your data and how to check for breaches. Please do check it out and keep safe online.
