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Our year 4 class had a brilliant trip to Rock UK Adventure Centre in Northamptonshire. They all had a fantastic time (one commenting that it was even better than Centre Parcs!) and came back to school enthused and bursting with stories from all the activities that they completed. Updates and pictures have been shared on our twitter account @churchlangtonps for you to view.

We and Kingswood Primary Academy would like to send a huge thank you to all of the families who donated to their food bank appeal. We understand that food is not always easy to get hold of at the moment but the school and ourselves were completely overwhelmed by the generosity that was shown. Mrs C Barrington, Head of KPA, and Mrs Gates would like to give a special thank you and to say that the difference the food donated will make to the lives of the families receiving it is beyond words at this current time. The spark of human kindness clearly shines strongly at Church Langton.

Pupils from years five and six visited St Cuthbert’s Great Glen Primary School this week to take part in a writing workshop with Harriet Goodwin. She gave tips of writing stories and provided inspiration about vocabulary choices. Thank you to Mrs Hayward for accompanying the pupils.

The pupils have been learning about how to stay safe when learning using the internet as part of Safer Internet Day. This included considering how to use avatars and online identities and how to talk to trusted adults about things that might be worrying them about using the internet.

As part of the Spark Festival, a celebration of the arts taking place in Leicester during February, we were delighted to welcome an IndoJazz band to perform to the children. The band introduced their different instruments and explained the role they play in creating the wonderful music performed to the audience. Instruments included some which the pupils can learn at school like drums and saxophone and other instruments that were new to them like the tabla. A big thank you to Mrs Pemberton, one of our art technicians for organising the performance and to Friends of Church Langton School who funded the experience for the pupils.

It was a pleasure to see our year five and six pupils performing at the Birmingham Arena this week as part of the Young Voice Concert. Singing as part of a choir of six thousand pupils, they performed a wide selection of songs and supported a various acts including Tony Hadley from Spandau Ballet. A big thank you to Mr Kirkland, Mrs Edwards, Mrs House, Mrs Jones and Mrs Russell for organising, accompanying and performing with the children.

Well done to the team of pupils from years five and six who represented our school in the recent competition held at Robert Smyth Academy. The team showed great team spirit and should be proud of their achievements. Thank you to Mr Knowles for coaching the team.

Well done to the team from year six who took part in the maths competition organised by Leicester Grammar School. The children enjoyed taking on various mathematical challenges and competing against teams from twelve other local primary schools. Thank you to Mrs Russell for supporting the team.

Well done to the dodgeball team who took part in the tournament organised by Robert Smyth Academy. The pupils from years five and six had a chance to practice the skills they have been learning in school and competed against teams from school across South Leicestershire. Thank you to Mr Knowles for coaching the team.