Launton Church of England Primary School - Newsletter 24th May 2018

Dear Parents, Grandparents and Carers

The buildings constructed at home and in school by the children for this term's topic, have been absolutely magnificent. There have been the Elizabeth Tower, featuring Big Ben, the pyramids, Stonehenge, the Golden Gate Bridge, the Burj Khalifa and even the Blue Texel Shop in Launton, constructed out of cake; the ingenuity and creativity have been marvellous.

New data protection regulations

On 25 May 2018, there are some changes to the current data protection regulations called the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR). The school regards the protection of personal data relating to children and parents/carers as a very important matter.

On the school website, in accordance with best practice, we have published our updated data protection policy and Pupil Privacy notice. The Pupil Privacy notice outlines the pupil information that we collect, hold and share including the lawful basis about how we use this information.

If you would like a printed copy of the data protection policy and privacy notice please do not hesitate to contact the school office.

Thank you for your thoughtful responses to the parent survey; I look forward to sharing them with you.

Best wishes for a lovely half-term holiday. School resumes on Tuesday 5 June as Monday 4 June is a staff inset day.

Jane Paterson and the staff team

Information for Year 6 Parents

Reminder: money for leavers' hoodies will be collected on Friday morning, so please put your envelopes in the post boxes outside School House.

Information Year 3,4,5,6 Parents

Swimming letter to parents May 2018

Message from Rev'd Peter

Community Cafe - can you help?

The Community Café runs every Tuesday in term time in the Parish Hall next to the school, with a morning session 9.00am-11.00am and an afternoon session 2.30pm-4.00pm. The Café has been staffed by volunteers from Launton church, but needs new helpers to keep running. Help is needed particularly at the following times:

• Morning Session

o Setting-up approx. 8.30am-9.15am

o Serving refreshments during the session 9.00am11.00am

• Afternoon Session

o Setting-up approx. 2.00pm-2.30pm

o Serving refreshments during the session 2.30pm-4.00pm

o Tidying up and putting away 4.00pm-4.30pm

If you would be interested in being part of a rota to cover these sessions please email Rev Peter (revpeterwright@gmail.com) for more information, or call him on 07966 531921.

Message from Friends of Launton School

Public voting for the Calor Gas £5,000 grant opens tomorrow. It is free money for our children. Anyone can vote so send the link below to all your friends, family social media etc. Please remember to register, and vote for the Launton School Field Transformation Project.

Voting Link

On behalf of you all a massive THANK YOU to Cathy Spinage & Andrea Williams for all the hard work that went into preparing and applying for this grant. Let's get voting!

Friends Clothing Collection - 11th June 2018

If you are planning a clear out this half term, please consider donating any unwanted clothes, shoes, accessories and bedding to Friends. We have arranged a collection with Rags 2 Riches 4 Schools on June 11th and we will get 50p for every kilo collected - so get sorting and fill a bag or five!

Leaflets and bags for donations will be sent out in book bags this week.

Thank you for continuing to support Lolly Friday. We sold over 100 lollies last week! Lollies will be available for sale again this Friday in the playground if the good weather persists or in the school hall if it rains.

Please find below links to this week's letters and some updates and reminders. All of these letters are on the school website under recent letters.

Kind Regards

Kirsty Staker