Our fabulous gymnastics squad are getting ready for their competition later in the month, where they will compete against the top school teams in the country! We can't wait! #beproud #beambitious #beresilient #betogether #beapartoflangdale #gymnastics

Pupil Achievement Harriet dances at Wolstanton Dance Academy (WDA) and she performed in their latest dance show last week called 'Level Up' at the Rep Theatre in Stoke. She had dress rehearsals until 10:30pm on Monday and Tuesday night and performed for audiences on Thursday, Friday and Saturday night. She was in 7 dances which were in different styles such as Ballet, tap, Commercial, Irish and Jazz. Harriet did this as well as attending school everyday. We think she did amazingly well! #BeProud #BeAmbitious #beresilient #berespectful #together #beapartoflangdale

Year 3 had a fantastic day at Grosvenor Museum this week. We loved sharing our knowledge with the staff and learning more about the impact that the Romans had on Britain. Marching around the streets of Chester and learning shield formations was also a particular highlight for the children! #beproud #BeAmbitious #beresilient #berespectful #together #beapartoflangdale #chester #GrosvenorMuseum

Pupil Achievement After seven years of training, Theo was invited to attend a special karate camp over half term where he completed two days of testing and sparring to successfully achieve his karate black belt! #beproud #BeAmbitious #beresilient #berespectful #together #beapartoflangdale

NO PENS DAY Today we celebrated no pens day. The day was exactly what it sounds like all pens were banned! No Pens Day is a national event where schools put down writing tools to focus entirely on talking and listening. It aims to support the 1 in 5 children who struggle with speech and language. We had great fun celebrating! In Reception the children learnt Makaton signs to songs. In Year 1 the children went on a hunt to practice their phonics skills and reading words as a team, they did practical maths involving lots of discussion of word problems and they even made models to showcase our knowledge of plants. They also learnt signs to their brand new story Where the Wild things are. Year 2 played What am I? - the children had to think of and say good clues for their friend to guess the word which was stuck on their headband. Examples of words were taken from their learning this year For example : Saturn, scrumptious, No Man's Land, Greenland, shipwreck, Mary Seacole, architect, Europe. Next, they made up stories using Story Dice and performed them for the class. They even worked in groups to present a bar chart showing the different amounts of coloured sweets in our packs; we compared our results with other groups using mathematical language (then ate the sweets!) The fun continued up on into Key stage 2 where African Savannah artwork was produced and Modroc was produced to create sculptures. The whole of Langdale was a buzz with children talking, signing, communicating and sharing their ideas! #NoPensDay #beproud #BeAmbitious #beresilient #berespectful #together #beapartoflangdale