Dear Parents/Carers,
Welcome to the last newsletter of this school year. The children have had another great year of learning and friendship. Can I thank you all for your support.
Ofsted Inspection
As you all know a team of Ofsted Inspectors visited the school this week. Can I thank all parents for your tremendous support and thank the children for being enthusiastic learners as always. We will publish inspection findings as soon as we are able.
Attendance
Well done to the following classes who had attendance at over 97% this week:
Year 3 with 98%
Year 6 with 96%
School Shoes
Thank you for the children looking so smart in their school uniform this year.
As you know, children at School of Christ the King are required to wear PLAIN BLACK SHOES. Although we prefer shoes, as an alternative we do accept PLAIN BLACK TRAINERS. However recently, a number of children have been coming to school wearing black trainers with brand markings (e.g stripes or ticks). These types of footwear are not permitted in school.
We do however appreciate that parents would rather buy new school shoes ready for school in September and we are happy to bend the rules until then; as long as children return wearing PLAIN BLACK SHOES in September!
Reading during the summer
Research shows that children who read for 10 minutes a day during the summer holidays make better progress in school than those who don't read. Here are some websites to give ideas and free resources to keep your children reading through the summer, and make the start back in September easier for them:
- https://summerreadingchallenge.org.uk/
- www.readongeton.org.uk
- http://www.literacytrust.org.uk/free-resources
- https://www.clpe.org.uk/clpe/library/booklists
- https://www.scholastic.co.uk/piecorbett/resources
INSET (Staff Training Day) in September
The school will be closed on the first day of the new academic year (Monday 3rd September). This mean that the new school year will begin on Tuesday 4th September.
Key dates
Friday 20th July 2018 - End of school year for children
Monday 23rd July - INSET Day (school closed)
Tuesday 24th July - INSET Day (school closed)
6th August - Summer Chill TIme ‘Klub’
13th August - Summer Chill Time ‘Klub’
Monday 3rd September - INSET Day (school closed)
Tuesday 4th September - Start of new school year
4th and 5th October - Year 3 and Year 4 to Barton Camp
30th January - 1st February - Year 5 Dean Field Studies Centre
Yours sincerely,
Matt Condon, Headteacher
