Welcome to the last newsletter of this school year. The children have had another great year of learning and friendship. Can I again thank you all for your support.
Celebrating Great 100% Attendance
As you are aware, School of Christ the King is giving a high priority to improving attendance and punctuality. A number of initiatives have been implemented in the school, to raise both pupil and parent awareness of this issue and the benefits of good attendance.
Well done to the following children who got 100% attendance and were presented with a special prize today:-
Alfie, Maiella, Amelia, Grace, Aaliyah, Justin Tristian, Taylor, Chris, Jayden, Dylan, Finley, Ella, Gabby, Mikolaj, Chloe and Bradley.
Recent figures show very positive news about improvements in attendance over time. Over the last 4 years attendance has improved each year from 94.3% to 95.7%. This may not seem like a big difference, but the improvement of 1.4% means:
- Our overall attendance is now in line with national figures for primary schools.
- Attendance is now above Bristol overall attendance.
- Overall children are in school an incredible 545 extra days extra across the year compared to 4 years ago.
- This is the same as an average of 2 ½ days of school per child compared to 4 year ago.
School Shoes
Thank you for the children looking so smart in their school uniforms 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/resource
INSET (Staff Training Day) in September
The school will be closed on the first day of the new academic year (Monday 2nd September). This mean that the new school year will begin on Tuesday 3rd September.
Key dates
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
