In the news this week...

There seems to be a lot of weather at the moment… Some of our pupils are sharing their thoughts about what being outside means to them.

At breaks and lunch times we go on the monkey bars and the trim trail. Sometimes we use the tennis racquets and balls that are stored in the play cupboard in the playground.

At one end of the playground, Year 5 Sports Leaders have been trained By Mr Mawn (Physical Literacy Leader) to play games with the Key Stage 1 children. When we are in Year 5 we would like to do this.

Sometimes we go on the field when it is sunny and we play football. Some people make daisy chains. Near the forest there is a big patch of daisies and there are smaller patches scattered across the field.

At the moment most of the field is waterlogged so we are not using it, but we will when it dries out a bit. The path is okay to use, and we are using this to run our Launton Laps. We are really looking forward to the Cross Country finals that have been rescheduled to 13th February. We have maps of our grounds around the school with little symbols showing which areas are open to use and these have green symbols. When it is a wet break, the symbol is a raincloud.

We really like being able to go outside in the fresh air because it is interesting to see what everyone is doing, and being outside makes us feel calm.

India, Molly, Clara in Year 4

We have been watching for birds in our garden. We saw the most pigeons. They went to the field and they went to the trees and they went to the trees then they went back to the field. We got a certificate from the Big Schools Birdwatch because we did very good birdwatching. We tried very hard. I love nature a lot. And I do too. We use binoculars so that we can see the birds closer.

By Marni and Rebekah in EYFS

Please see below some news from the Running Club

Reminder to Parents - Please ensure that packed lunches contain food which is cut appropriately we have seen an increase in grapes and olives in lunch boxes which have not been cut which causes a choking hazard. We have also started to see other foods including mini eggs in lunch boxes which again are known to be a serious choking hazard. Please see below some information regarding the risk of choking.

Parent Teacher Meetings (Nursery to Year 6)

Parent Teacher Meetings will be held on - 

Monday 2nd March

Tuesday 3rd March

Wednesday 4th March

Booking will open via your parent login for the school website/school life app on Friday 13th February and will close on Friday 27th February.

Just a reminder we have children in school with serious allergies please do not send your child in with items containing nuts, this includes chocolate spread, peanut butter and products containing a chocolate filling like Nutella or chocolate bars containing nuts. We have had a few occasions recently where we have found items have been sent into school in packed lunches which contain nuts.

Tickets for the PTA disco are now on sale!

Please follow the link below to buy your tickets

Disco tickets

The disco is on Saturday the 7th February from 5.30-7.30pm at Launton Sports and Social Club. 

We look forward to seeing you all there. 

NB: We are going paperless with tickets this year so don't panic when no tickets arrive in the book bags! 

Preloved Cuddly toys and Books

We are collecting cuddly toys for a teddy tombola at the Easter Egg hunt and books for the World Book Day book sale. If you have any preloved cuddlies or children's books you no longer want then please pass them onto on of the committee.

Your PTA committee is:

Lucy Crawford (Yr 3)

Emma Austin (Yr 2 and 4)

Catherine Ravensward (Reception and Yr4)

Jill Bali (Yr 2 and 4)

Charlotte Noakes (Yr1 and 4)