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The Langley Community
We encourage our staff, students, parents, and local community to support our local businesses.
We aim to :
- create shared experiences and local initiatives
- continue to build relationships
- celebrate wellbeing, togetherness, and community spirit
This is part of our commitment to strengthening community connections and partnerships.
Use the dropdown sections below to learn more about these initiatives!
Community Walks – National Walking Month 2026
As part of National Walking Month 2026, we’re encouraging staff across the trust to get moving, enjoy the outdoors, and discover more of what our local communities have to offer.
Staff wellbeing is incredibly important to us. This initiative is designed to encourage everybody to get outside, enjoy fresh air and take part in quick and easy local walks. Our walks range from peaceful green spaces and hidden paths to favourite lunchtime strolls. Here are just a few to explore:
- A Bit of Greenery
- A Walk with a Purpose
- A Breath of Fresh Air.
This initiative is not only about wellbeing, it is also about discovering our nearby shops and amenities along the way.
It helps us to reconnect with our local communities
✨ One community. Many ideas. Everyone’s future. ✨
We hope this initiative encourages everyone to make time for walking, wellbeing, and community spirit beyond the month of May.
You can email any walks you would like to share: karen.owen@arbibeducationtrust.org
Download the Walks
Easy walks from The Langley Academy and The Langley Academy Primary
Easy walks from The Langley Heritage Primary
The Langley Community Treasure Trail
In June 2024, we launched our first Teddy Trail. A fun way to bring the Langley community together. We encouraged families to explore Langley High Street and support our local businesses. It was such a success that we plan to make it a bi-annual event!
Here’s how it works:
The challenge is to find teddy bears hidden in shop windows along Langley High Street. Each teddy holds a secret word, and the first letter of each word when combined reveals a special message.
Previous messages have included:
- READING FOR PLEASURE
- LANGLEY COMMUNITY
The Treasure Trail has been a fantastic way to encourage community engagement. Together we celebrate the wonderful businesses and organisations within our local area.
Intergenerational Project: Play Together
Play Together, part of our Museum Learning initiative, brought our wider community together. It connected different generations through shared stories and experiences. Older adults shared their wisdom and knowledge with our students. This built our students’ confidence as they learnt to engage with a new audience.
The project focused on our Childhood Collection, especially toys and games. It was a chance for everybody to share memories and learn from one another. Made possible by the National Heritage Lottery Fund — the UK’s largest heritage project funder.
Our Langley Heritage Primary children worked with the Museum Learning team. Together they explored games from the Trust’s collection. In June 2024, local students shared their favourite games with local community members. Together, they swapped stories and learnt about how games have changed with time and technology.
A key outcome of the project is a series of oral history interviews with community elders. Audio clips along with student work and toys from the Trust’s collection featured in the Play Together exhibition. This exhibition was available to the general public to visit at St Marys Church in November 2024.
Voices from the Exhibition
“
If you’re honest, most adults love to play...you should always retain your love for play and being silly.”
- Play Together participant, 2024
“Play helps imagination grow”
- The Langley Heritage Primary Year 5 Student, 2024
"Play is a way of communicating with other people."
- Play Together participant, 2024
