CTK Newsletter
8th Sept
2017
Dear Parents/Carers,
Welcome back
Thank you all for a wonderful start to the new school year! We hope you all had a really good summer break and it was great to see all the children today looking smart in their school uniform and with most children arriving at school by 8.50am, ready for learning. Also attendance this week has been great with a really positive, with 96.5% attendance across the whole school.
We thank you all for your support.
Newsletters and School Blog
These newsletters will now published on the new school website: www.ctk.education
Historical newsletters can also be found on our newsletter blog (which is linked to on our website under ‘Information’).
Parents’ Evenings
Our first Parents’ Evenings of the new school year are on Tuesday 17th and Wednesday 18th October.
After-School Clubs
There are a range of after school clubs starting and information will be published in the newsletter. We have had a taster session this week for Multisports and this will be starting next week. Cosmos Choir will be joining the school and will be running an after school club on a Thursday from 3.30pm to 4.30pm.
Important Information Form
An important information form came home with your child this week. We are updating the details we hold for you and your child - please complete and return to the school ASAP so that we can update our system.
New End of Day Procedures - updated
As you have all been fantastic in helping us manage the end of the day and everything is much more orderly, the school office has now re-opened.
During the last academic year we have had concerns about safety at the end of the school day. Because we have a large number of children leaving the school from the front entrance, mixing with a large number of adults, it has been increasingly difficult for teachers to ensure children are going home with the right adult.
As you know, safety is incredibly important to us all, and to address these concerns we are introducing these new end of day procedures:
- The front gate will not open to parents until 3.15pm.
- Children in Reception, Year 1, 2, 3 and 4 will line up behind their teachers in designated areas. This will allow teachers to ensure children leave school with the correct adult.
- As they are more independent, children in Year 5 and 6 will be taken out to the front of the school with their teacher. They will then be allowed to go when they can see their parent/carer.
- We need written permission for any child to walk home by themselves. Following national guidance, we strongly recommend that only children in Years 5 and 6 should walk home alone.
- If an adult other than the usual parent/carer is collecting a child, the school needs to be informed by 2pm (unless there is an emergency).
Thank you all for your patience, understanding and cooperation in implementing these changes.
Term 6 100% Attendance
As you are aware, each term we have a 100% attendance presentation when each class will have a special draw where children can win a new storybook. We enter all children with 100% attendance and who have no more than 2 late arrivals to school. The next attendance assembly will be on Wednesday 13th September. Children who had 100% attendance in Term 6 will also be able to wear non-uniform on this day.
Transfer from KS1 to KS2 - hot school meals
There are a number of children in year 2 currently eligible for Free School Meals. To ensure these children receive a free school meal in September 2017 when they enter Year 3, parents/carers need to apply for free school meals to Bristol City Council. Our preferred method of application is online which is quick, easy and secure to use: https://efsm.bristol.gov.uk.
Parents/carers will be able to make online applications within 7 weeks of the child starting Year 3 in September.
If you do not have access to a computer then the school office will help you with your application.
Primary school admissions
Reception Admissions for September 2017 is now open on www.bristol.gov.uk/schooladmissions. Children born between 1st September 2012 and 31st August 2013 must apply for a school by midnight on 15th January 2018.
Year 6 to apply for a Secondary school place
Parents / Carers need to apply for a Secondary school place for their child in Year 6. The website is now open on www.bristol.gov.uk/schooladmissions. Secondary school choices need to made by Midnight on 31st October 2017.
Headteacher’s Awards
The following children will be receiving the Headteacher’s certificate in Monday’s Celebration Assembly:
Freya (Y1), Archie (Y2), Rubyleigh & Roxanne (Y3), Gracie & Kash (Y4), Kallie-Anna (Y5), Dylan (Y6) and Finley (Hub2).
A Message from Karin Smyth MP
Confidence-Boosting Cycling Sessions for Women
The Bristol Family Cycling Centre in Hengrove has teamed up with #ThisGirlCan to offer some confidence-building cycling sessions for women in September.
The fun, 90-minute session will run on September 12 and will be repeated on September 19 and September 23. Women can choose which date to attend.
Instructors from the Cycling Centre will help them with basic bike handling skills such as riding one handed (ready for signalling) and looking behind them. Riders just need to be able to ride a bike (set off and stop independently) – it doesn’t matter if they are slightly wobbly.
Women with children aged 6-14 can bring them along to take part too, as long as they can ride. The session costs just £1 per person and the Cycling Centre can provide bikes and helmets (or riders can bring their own).
The Bristol Family Cycling Centre at Hengrove was set up by Bristol City Council in 2016. It has a range of traffic-free paths and a 400m former athletics track to allow children and adults to perfect their skills and abilities, regardless of age, ability or access needs. The Centre is just off Bamfield. The entrance can be accessed from the bottom right-hand corner of the car park next to Action Indoor Sports. For more information contact cyclingcentre@bristol.gov.uk; call 01275 832800 or visit the Centre’s Facebook page.
Key dates for Diaries
- 14th and 15th September - Year 3 and Year 4 Barton Camp
- 13th October - Year 6 to Create Centre
- Tuesday 17th October - Parent’s Evening
- Wednesday 18th October - Parent’s Evening
- Friday 20th October - Bristol Hippodrome
- 30th October - Year 3 Rock Wow day in school
- 13th December - Christmas Lunch
- Monday 9th July - INSET Day (school closed)
- Friday 20th July 2018 - End of school year for children
- Monday 23rd July - INSET Day (school closed)
- Tuesday 24th July - INSET Day (school closed)
Yours sincerely,
Matt Condon
Headteacher
