Well done to the pupils in years two and three who represented the school in the match held at Tugby Primary School. The team showed great determination and team work in the first fixture of the season. Thank you to Miss Parker for coaching the team.
We are pleased to be able to share the outcomes of our recent Ofsted inspection. The inspection took place on Wednesday 12th and Thursday 13th July and this was our first inspection using the new Ofsted framework of September 2015. The governing body and senior leaders in our school have considered this report and believe it reflects our many strengths and identifies the areas of development which we have already been addressing.
The report identifies Church Langton to be a good school with outstanding features. The details of the report elaborate further on the findings of the inspection.
It also identifies the following strengths:
- The drive and ambition of leaders, including governors, ensure that the school continues to move forward and provide well for its pupils
- Standards in reading, writing and mathematics are well above average
- The curriculum promotes pupils’ personal development and their spiritual, moral, social and cultural understanding extremely well
- Pupils are confident and successful learners. Their behaviour is outstanding.
- Additional staff contribute well to pupils’ appreciation of the arts and their skills in music and art, particularly.
- Pupils are extremely positive about their learning.
- Pupils make consistently strong progress
The pupils in year five had a brilliant experience at Rutland Water Sailing Club this week. They really enjoyed the experience out on the water, thank you to the staff and parent volunteers who accompanied them on the trip.
Well done to the hard ball cricket team who won the Leicestershire Cricket League following an excellent performance in the final against Ratcliffe College. The match, played at Ratcliffe, saw our side score 99 for 4 wickets before bowling out the opposition for 71. Congratulations to all who represented the school and thanks to Mr Baylis for coaching the team.
Pupils from years three, four, five and six had an exciting day out to Leicestershire County Cricket ground to watch the England Women’s cricket team score their highest ever one day score in their match against Pakistan as part of the ICC Women’s World Cup. It was an exciting experience for all involved and the children were delighted to see two England players score centuries. Thank you to all the staff and volunteers who helped to make the event happen for the children.
It was a pleasure to welcome three children’s authors to the school as part of the Author Assemble national tour. Organised in partnership with The Book Shop Kibworth, we welcomed Claire Fayers, Marianne Levy and Kieran Crowley. The authors spent the afternoon with the children from years three, four, five and six sharing the inspiration behind their stories and answering the children’s questions about the process of planning, writing and editing a book.
Marianne Levy – Author of the Ellie May series, her YouTube-inspired Accidental Superstar is her first book for pre-teen readers with follow up, Face the Music publishing July 2017. www.mariannelevy.com
Kieran Crowley – Irish author of The Mighty Dynamo and The Misfits Club, Kieran is travelling to the UK especially for the tour.
Claire Fayers – Claire’s debut, a heart-warming adventure, The Accidental Pirates: Voyage to Magical North, was nominated for the Children’s Book Award 2017. Journey to Dragon Island is the second book in the series. www.clairefayers.com
Pupils from the school council took part in the presentation ceremony at The National Space Centre where our school received the Leicestershire County Council Beyond Bullying Award. This is the culmination of work completed over the last year which has included pupils, staff, governors and parents.
Part of this project has been the development of the website content which can be found here.
A packed audience at DeMontfort Hall were lucky to see a wonderful concert of performances organised by Leicestershire School Music Service which involved two of our classes. The show was opened by our year five pupils who performed Taiko Rhythms. This was a chance to share everything they have learnt with Mr Kirkland and Bullfrog Arts over the past year and it was great to see them enjoying the experience.
Later in the evening our year four class made up part of the schools choir who performed a series of songs linked to Roald Dahl. Having worked with the music service over the past term, it was an excellent opportunity to share their talents.
The evening involved a wide range of pieces from different schools and there were many proud parents in attendance. This concert has undoubtedly become one of the highlights of the school year, thank you to all who helped to organise and to Mr Kirkland, Mrs House, Mrs Sparkes and Mrs Hollis for supporting and leading the children.