News

• Tuesday 18 June 2024 New uniform ordering deadline Please be aware that the deadline for ordering new uniform for September is JULY 19th!
• Monday 20 May 2024 Officially the best primary school football team in the country Longlevens Junior School is officially the best primary school football team in the country!
• Tuesday 16 April 2024 New logo and uniform New Logo alert! From September 2024 the federation will be adopting a new logo. For further info please refer to Logo letter 16/04/2024 in the letters sent home section.
• Monday 18 March 2024 Football news The LJS footballers have had phenomenal success this weekend winning 2 cups and 2 regional competitions! Head over to our X page to find out more:
• Monday 5 February 2024 Safer Internet Week Today our Online Safety Team Kicked off our week of Online Safety activities with a Safer Internet Day assembly.
• Thursday 7 December 2023 Pokemon Primary Schools Cup County Champions! A Huge well done to the boys' football team who played in the county finals today. Played 6, won 6, scored 14, conceded 0. A huge well done to all of the boys- on to the next round we go!
• Thursday 23 November 2023 Football success There is something in the water in Longlevens that the FA might want to investigate and harvest!
• Thursday 12 October 2023 Girls' football ESFA 7s Gloucester Champions! Our girls' football team are ESFA 7s Gloucester Champions! Check out our gallery for more pictures or our Twitter feed.
• Saturday 23 September 2023 Well done Jack! Jack in Year 6 has been awarded the BBC Radio Gloucestershire's 'Make a Difference' Green Award for his work on Operation Ocelot with the World Land Trust. Jack is attempting to climb 100 mountains in 50 days. Well done Jack!
• Tuesday 5 September 2023 Playdays opening information Please read this letter for information on Playdays opening on September 13th.
• Thursday 11 May 2023 Year 3/4 football news Check out out Twitter post: https://twitter.com/LonglevensJS/status/1656566783598370821
• Wednesday 29 March 2023 Condover information evening Here is the PowerPoint from the Condover Information evening
• Tuesday 13 December 2022 Snow! Check out our snow gallery here
• Monday 21 November 2022 Children in need The school was awash with spots and colour Friday and the children clearly enjoyed playing their part in helping to improve the lives of so many other children around the world. Thank you for supporting such a worthy cause – we raised an amazing £405.60.
• Sunday 6 November 2022 Jack receives a message from Steve Backshall We recently brought you news of Jack Adams (5T) and his fundraising efforts. As a result of Jack's fabulous work, he has received a surprise in the post- Steve Backshall's latest book with a personal note from him and his wife, Helen, as well as a book about the birds in Brazil's Atlantic Rainforest from people who help with the conservation project over there!
• Sunday 6 November 2022 Goodbye Mrs Smart After 17 years working at LJS, we said goodbye to Mrs Nikki Smart on Friday. Mrs Smart has been an important member of the admin team and many of you will have met her when coming into reception. She will be sorely missed by all of us here in school, but we wish her the very best of luck.
• Thursday 3 November 2022 Poppies for sale We have poppies on sale at school after half term for a minimum donation of 50p. The Poppy Appeal have also provided us with a small selection of rulers, wristbands, button ribbons and keyrings with poppies on that can also be bought for 50p each! Many thanks for your support.
• Thursday 3 November 2022 Drumming success Congratulations to Toby Glazier who has passed his Grade 5 drum kit exam with a MERIT. Well done Toby!
• Thursday 13 October 2022 Girls' ESFA 7-a-side tournament Today the girls' football team took part in a tournament at Oxstalls. They played some lovely passing football, (so lovely another school's coach even commented on how well they passed the ball as team)! They played 6 matches in total, won 2 and drew 4. 6 goals scored and 1 conceded. A massive well done to all who played.
• Wednesday 5 October 2022 Jack's fundraising Jack Adams (5T) completed his '10 Mountains in 10 Days' challenge during the summer holidays, in aid of Steve Backshall's Operation Ocelot. Jack actually climbed 11 mountains in 10 days, including Snowdon at night to see the sunrise, Cader Idris, Tryfan and other lesser-known mountains in South and North Snowdonia. He has so far raised £952 from this challenge, bringing his overall fundraising total across three challenges so far to just under £2600 for the World Land Trust and its projects. Jack is now moving on to creating wildlife-inspired Christmas card designs to help raise money for the World Land Trust during the autumn/ winter! Lastly, Jack is attending BBC Radio Gloucestershire's Make A Difference award ceremony Saturday 24th September as one of three finalists in the fundraising category.
• Wednesday 21 September 2022 Girls' football victory Today (21.9.22) the girls played their first league fixture of the season against Norton Primary. The team played a fantastic passing game and came away 2-0 winners with goals from Honey and Millie.
• Saturday 10 September 2022 Excellence project performances The poetry performances from our 'Excellence projects' can be found under 'children' and 'kidzone'.
• Saturday 10 September 2022 Friends of LJS We have lots of exciting events already in the planning stages for this year. Firstly our postponed discos will take place on Wednesday 12th October, look out for more details. Save Thursday 3rd November for our amazing joint fireworks event with the infants Our AGM will be held soon and we look forward to seeing new faces and hearing your ideas for the coming year. Plus the Circus is coming! Save the date: 12th May 2023
• Saturday 10 September 2022 Staffing update We have a few new faces who have joined our team here at LJS. Mr Sam Keyte has joined us as our Inclusion Lead, working across both the Infant and Junior School. We also welcome new teaching assistants, Mr Jamie Keyes, Mrs Lucy Emerson and Miss Amelia Hatton.
• Saturday 10 September 2022 Safeguarding update We have a new Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL) at Longlevens Junior School. Mrs Sarah Hopson is now the school’s DSL. Miss Kerry Cunningham & Mrs Sarah Flattery are Deputy Designated Safeguarding Leads. The safeguarding governor for the school is Mr Alec Waters. If you have any questions or any concerns regarding safeguarding, please get in contact straight away. Our safeguarding policy can be found on the school’s website.