The children will be taking part in activities and an assembly to mark safer internet day in school.
Pupils from years three, four, five and six represented our school in the Market Harborough Primary School’s swimming gala. The children swam in individual and relay races, with some children taking part in a gala for the first time. The team did well, achieving some excellent outcomes and should be proud to have finished fifth in the competition. Thank you to Mr Williams and Miss O’Neill for coaching the team.
Well done to the children from years five and six who represented the school in the match against Little Bowden Primary School. It was great to be able to host a fixture in December, thanks to the astro turf pitch and the girls made the most of the opportunity completing a well deserved victory. Thanks to Mrs Sparkes for coaching the team.
The children had a great time visiting DeMontfort Hall in Leicester to see the pantomime Jack and the Beanstalk. The trip, subsidised by Friends of Church Langton, involved the whole school enjoying an early lunch before travelling by coach to the venue. The children enjoyed seeing the classic story being given a new twist, laughing and dancing along to the songs and jokes. It was a fantastic opportunity for the whole school to take part in a trip together, thanks to all involved in organsing and supporting the trip.
The school council representatives from years three, four, five and six were delighted to take part in the advent service held at Leicester Cathedral. They joined pupils from many other schools across the Diocese to take part in the service led by the Bishop of Leicester and thoroughly enjoyed the experience along with Mrs Edwards and Mrs House.
Pupils from year four were very proud to decorate our tree at the annual Burton Overy Christmas Tree festival. They have been working in their design lessons this term to create their decorations using a range of different materials and were pleased to take our tree over to St Andrew’s Church for the annual event. Big thank you to Mrs Pemberton and Mrs Hudson for all their hard work supporting the children with their work.
The children really enjoyed seeing all of the other trees and if you would like to visit the festival runs from Friday 2nd to Sunday 4th December.
A great Church Langton tradition, the decorations morning is a chance for parents to come and help the children create all kinds of cards, decorations and treats. Once again we had a brilliant response from parents who joined in with the staff and governors to support the children. The children each make a selection of items and each class then decorate a Christmas tree with their own creations. The children had a great morning, even having a visit from one of Father Christmas’ elves, and the school has certainly been transformed all ready for the build up to Christmas.
At Church Langton we are keen to provide opportunities for the children to explore prayer. Recently this has included special services and acts of worship both in school and at Church as well as a prayer week which is held in the summer term.
The whole school enjoyed the opportunity to engage in prayer activities organised by Rev Janet and members of the congregation from St Peter’s Church. The theme for our day of prayer was ‘Remembering’ with the children considering this in four different prayer stations. They created their own Jesse Tree, made poppies to remember those who lost their lives in war, remembered the importance of communion and studied the saints. The children particularly enjoyed searching to see if they share a name with a saint.
It was great to see the children enjoying exploring the prayer stations, thanks to Rev Janet and all the volunteers who helped to make it such a special day.
The children have been focusing on how to be a power for good during Anti Bullying Week. This has been part of our lessons and our daily worship. Years five and six enjoyed the anti-bullying workshops run by Kidscape while year two created their own superhero masks to think about how to use their powers. All of the pupils have designed their anti-bullying posters, we look forward to seeing the winners from each class displayed around the school.
While anti-bullying week is always an important part of our calendar but the work we do to keep our pupils safe in school and to educate the children on how to treat each other is a vital part of day to day life at Church Langton.