Dear Parents/Carers,

I hope you are all well and that families are staying safe.

This week we have had to adjust to a new way of working and learning together. This is new for us all and it may take some time to settle into new routines and ways of communication.

Some key things that we will continue to focus on next week:

• We hope that as many children as possible can share something with their teacher through a Blog comment or email every day - even if it's just to say ‘I’ve done my work!’. All of the blogs can be found on the school website. The class emails are:
• reception@ctk.education
• year.1@ctk.education
• year.2@ctk.education
• year.3@ctk.education
• year.4@ctk.education
• year.5@ctk.education
• year.6@ctk.education
• LH.1@ctk.education (for Learning Hub 1)
• LH.2@ctk.education (for Learning Hub 2)
• We hope to support you with any outstanding technical problems; please keep contacting us and we will do everything we can to solve any problems you may have

There have been daily updates of the class blogs and Facebook. Here are some highlights:

• Magnificent maths from Reception, particularly great Spidey skills!

• In Year 1 stunning story writing and phonics work.

• In Year 2, successful shopkeepers and chefs. We loved seeing the board games you invented!

• In Year 3 Delicious descriptive writing and incredible illustrations! 

• Caring creativity - being apart did not stop Year 4 celebrating Adi’s birthday!

• In Year 5 spectacular Spanish and marvellous ‘penguin’ maths. 

• In Year 6 Powerful poetry, celebrating the magic of their gardens.

So, lots to be very proud of in school this week!

As always, if you need advice or support in any way please contact us. Even if we are unable to solve problems we will do our best to give advice or signpost you to other agencies.

Please continue to take care and stay safe during this difficult period. We hope to see you soon.

Yours sincerely,


Matt Condon
Headteacher

Good morning everybody, We are looking forward to sharing, commenting and contributing today through our online systems - Tapestry for Reception, Blogs Yrs 1-3 and Google Classroom Year 4-6. Can we ask you all to contribute in some way on a regular basis, so we can check that all our families are OK? If we have no contact, we will have to give you a call to check-in. Please stay in contact and please follow the new lockdown rules to protect everybody in our community. Together we will all get through this. Stay safe Mr Condon

Dear Parents/Carers,

As you will all know, sadly the school closes today for the majority of pupils, until further notice.

However, we will still be keeping in contact with all of you over the coming weeks. Please keep in touch with us.

The main ways in which we can stay connected as a community are:

By telephone - the main school telephone line will be manned, should you need to contact the school during the closed period.

School email account christ.the.king.p@bristol-schools.uk will continue to be available and will be monitored on a daily basis.

Emails are in place for you all to be in contact with class teachers:

• reception.ctk@education
• year.1@ctk.education
• year.2@ctk.education
• year.3@ctk.education
• year.4@ctk.education
• year.5@ctk.education
• year.6@ctk.education
• LH.1@ctk.education (for Learning Hub 1)
• LH.2@ctk.education (for Learning Hub 2)

We have set up home learning for all classes. Links and information are all available under the ‘Home Learning’ tab on the website. If you need any password resets, or have any other problems please email us.

Home learning will be set daily. This work will be linked to tasks in your child’s pack. Your child does not have to complete the whole pack at once.  See class blogs and google classroom for more information. A letter was sent home with each class pack that explains expectations in more detail.

We will keep regular updates on Facebook sharing what the children are learning in each year group as well as sharing any news. I will also share all of our news in this weekly newsletter.

Above all, if you need advice or support in any way please contact us. Even if we are unable to solve problems we will do our best to give advice or signpost you to other agencies. 

Please continue to take care and stay safe during this difficult period. We hope to see you soon. 

Yours sincerely,

Matt Condon

Headteacher

Dear Parents and carers,                                                        

As you will know, as part of the government’s strategy to support frontline key workers, all schools will be endeavouring to organise provision for key frontline personnel.

Schools are to ensure there is provision in place for children who are vulnerable and whose parents are critical to the COVID - 19  response and cannot be safely cared for at home. 

The advice clearly states that every child who can be safely cared for at home should be.

We are all asked therefore, to follow these key principles:

• If it is at all possible for children to be at home, then they should be.
• If a child needs specialist support, is vulnerable or has a parent who is a critical worker, then educational provision will be available for them.
• Parents should not rely for childcare upon those who are advised to be in the stringent social distancing category such as grandparents, friends, or family members with underlying conditions.
• Parents should also do everything they can to ensure children are not mixing socially in a way which can continue to spread the virus. They should observe the same social distancing principles as adults.

The following roles have now been defined (please click this link for the full guidance) -

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-maintaining-educational-provision/guidance-for-schools-colleges-and-local-authorities-on-maintaining-educational-provision 

• Key public services (includes those essential to the running of the justice system, religious staff, charities and workers delivering key frontline services, those responsible for the management of the deceased, and journalists and broadcasters who are providing public service broadcasting.
• Local and national government (only includes those administrative occupations essential to the effective delivery of the COVID-19 response or delivering essential public services such as the payment of benefits, including in government agencies and arms length bodies).
• Food and other necessary goods (includes those involved in food production, processing, distribution, sale and delivery as well as those essential to the provision of other key goods (for example hygienic and veterinary medicines).
• Public safety and national security (includes police and support staff, Ministry of Defence civilians, contractor and armed forces personnel (those critical to the delivery of key defence and national security outputs and essential to the response to the COVID-19 pandemic), fire and rescue service employees (including support staff), National Crime Agency staff, those maintaining border security, prison and probation staff and other national security roles, including those overseas.
• Transport (includes those who will keep the air, water, road and rail passenger and freight transport modes operating during the COVID-19 response, including those working on transport systems through which supply chains pass.
• Utilities, communication and financial services (this includes staff needed for essential financial services provision (including but not limited to workers in banks, building societies and financial market infrastructure), the oil, gas, electricity and water sectors (including sewerage), information technology and data infrastructure sector and primary industry supplies to continue during the COVID-19 response, as well as key staff working in the civil nuclear, chemicals, telecommunications (including but not limited to network operations, field engineering, call centre staff, IT and data infrastructure, 999 and 111 critical services), postal services and delivery, payments providers and waste disposal sectors.

The definition of ‘vulnerable’ has now been defined as children including children who are supported by social care, those with safeguarding and welfare needs, including child in need plans, on child protection plans, ‘looked after’ children, young carers, disabled children and those with education, health and care plans.

The new provision will need to be in place for Monday, so if you are in the Key Worker group or your child has an Educational Health Care PLan or who have a social worker:

Please contact the school immediately if you would like your child to attend.

So we can plan staffing, please also contact us if your child is eligible, but you will be caring for your child at home.

We do apologise to all other families, but for public health reasons we do have to apply the criteria precisely.

Thank you all for your support

Your sincerely,

Matt Condon

Headteacher

Dear Parents and carers,                                                        

As part of the government’s strategy to support front line key workers, all schools will be endeavouring to organise provision for key front line personnel.

Schools are to ensure there is provision in place for children of key workers and vulnerable children.  The government have yet to announce the list of key workers, however they have already suggested the following roles:

• NHS staff
• Police
• Supermarket delivery drivers 

We expect the actual list to be published today and will update this letter as soon as we can.

The definition of ‘vulnerable’ are those with an Educational Health Care Plan or who have a social worker.

The new provision will need to be in place for Monday, so if you are in the Key Worker group or your child has an Educational Health Care Plan or who have a social worker, please contact the school immediately so that we can plan adult supervision accordingly.

We do apologise to all other families, but for public health reasons we do have to apply the criteria precisely.

Your sincerely,


Matt Condon
Headteacher

Today we are sending home ‘Home Learning Packs’ for Years 1, 2, 3 , 4 and 6. Learning Packs will be sent home for tomorrow for Reception and Year 5. Learning Packs are available for collection, for those children who are not in school. If you are unable to collect a pack, please phone the office and we will deliver to you home.

As we will also be focusing on learning over the internet,  if your child does not have access to a tablet or computer at home, please contact the school office and we will loan a device.

In the event of a closure, the school will remain contactable to give support and advice.

WE WANT TO REMAIN CONNECTED TO OUR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

Dear Parents and Carers,

This is an update of information we have recently received from Bristol City Council.

As you will be aware, yesterday’s update from Central Government focused on a number of key

messages in relation to self-isolation and social-distancing.

The DfE advice was also updated last night:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/guidance-to-educational-settings-about-covid-19

Schools and settings are to remain open for now

Here are updates regarding symptoms and advice for those with long term health conditions:

Developing symptoms

Staff, young people and children should stay at home if they are unwell with a new, continuous cough or a high temperature. They should, along with the rest of their family, self-isolate for 14 days (or 7 days if the member of staff lives alone).

Children, young people and adults (CYPA) with long-term health conditions

Those with long-term health conditions, such as diabetes, serious heart conditions, underlying neurological problems and kidney or liver disease, are at higher risk. These are the CYPA who are offered an annual flu vaccine injection. This does not include anyone that chooses to have the annual vaccine or the ones that are administered orally through the schools programme. CYPA who this applies to, are being advised to self-isolate for 16 weeks.

The list of at risk categories (for both children and adults is):

• chronic (long-term) respiratory disease, such as severe asthma, chronic obstructive
• pulmonary disease (COPD) or bronchitis
• chronic heart disease, such as heart failure a
• chronic kidney disease at stage three, four or five
• chronic liver disease
• cerebral palsy
• chronic neurological disease, such as Parkinson’s disease or motor neurone
• disease, or learning disability
• Diabetes
• splenic dysfunction or asplenia
• a weakened immune system due to disease (such as HIV/AIDS) or treatment (such as cancer treatment)
• morbidly obese (defined as BMI of 40 and above)

Families where a member has long term health conditions

A likely scenario will be that, where one member of the family is in the high risk category, the rest of the family will choose to self-isolate or increase social-distancing, to reduce the likelihood of bringing the virus into the house and putting them at greater risk.

I very much appreciate all of your support and understanding during this difficult time.

Please take care of yourselves.

Yours sincerely

Matt Condon

Headteacher

Dear Parents/Carers,

Update on COVID-19 (Coronavirus)

Yesterday, the Government announced that we are moving from the Contain Phase of the coronavirus action plan and into the Delay Phase, in response to the ongoing Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak.

Full details of each stage in the government action plan can be found here:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-action-plan

To support the delay of the spread of the virus, the Department for Health and Social Care has asked anyone who shows certain symptoms to stay at home for 7 days, regardless of whether they have travelled to affected areas. This means people should stay at home and avoid all but essential contact with others for 7 days from the point of displaying mild symptoms, to slow the spread of infection.

The symptoms are:

• a high temperature (37.8 degrees and above)
• a new, continuous cough

You do not need to call NHS 111, to stay at home. If your symptoms worsen during your stay at home period or are no better after 7 days, contact NHS 111 online at 111.nhs.uk. If you have no internet access, you should call NHS 111. For a medical emergency, dial 999.

Current government advice remains in place: no education or childrens’ social care setting should close in response to a suspected or confirmed COVID-19 case, unless advised to do so by Public Health England.

The Chief Medical Officer has advised that the impact of closing schools, on both children’s education and on the workforce, will be substantial but the benefit to public health may not be. Decisions on future advice to schools will be taken, based on the latest and best scientific evidence, which at this stage, suggests children are a lower risk group.

Home Learning and Support

In preparation for a possible future school closure, we are focusing on ensuring children have access to learning at home.

To do this, we are:

• Planning to use the ‘Tapestry’ App in Reception, to support home learning.
• Establishing ‘Home Learning Blogs’ for Years 1, 2 and 3 so that the teachers can set the children daily tasks, questions and challenges.
• Using ‘Google Classroom’ for children in Years 4, 5 and 6 so that children can be given daily tasks by their teachers. The children can respond and teachers are able to give support and feedback.
• We will be sending work home with children that their teachers will guide them through.
• Giving children the opportunity to learn and practise using a range of digital apps (e.g Rock Star Maths)
• The children will be sent home reading books so that they can read every day. 

If your child does not have access to a tablet or computer at home, please contact the school office to see if we can help.

In the event of a closure, the school would remain contactable to give support and advice.

Easter Lent Collection

At this time every year, we encourage the children to think of others and raise money for charity.  This year we are going to raise money for 2 different charities, CAFOD and Above and Beyond (local charity raising funds for Bristol city centre hospitals).

So far we have collected:

• Cake sake = £105
• Penny Trail = £174
• Pyjama Day = £135

We have the following events planned to raise money for our Lent collection:

• Friday 20th March - Crazy Hair Day (bring £1)
• Friday 27th March - Sponsored Obstacle Course (sponsorship forms to be sent home next week)
• Friday 3rd April - Grand Easter Egg Raffle - tickets on sale at 20p each from Monday 2nd March.

Parking on the Pavement

Recently, we have had children put at risk from a car, as it drove up on the pavement. Can we ask everybody to park on the road, not the pavement, even if it means parking a bit further down the road. Together we can make sure our children are safe.

EASTER Chill Time ‘Klub’

The last Chill Time ‘Klub’ for the Easter term will be on Friday 3rd April.

To celebrate the last Chill Time ‘Klub’ it will be Easter themed.  Please book and pay in advance if you would like your child to join the Easter chill time ‘klub’, we need to know the number of children who will be attending for staffing - there will be limited spaces.

Headteacher awards

The Head teacher awards for Monday 16th March are: Manna and Matheo (Rec),  Roxy (Y1), Tallulah (Y2), Ralphie (Y3), Emily Z (Y4), Emmanuel (Y5), Kezia, Wiktoria and Angelos (Y6).

May Bank Holiday - Advance notice

Please be aware of a change to the published May Bank Holiday.  The new Bank Holiday date is Friday 8th May.  This is in order to recognise the national celebration of VE day.

It is very important that all pupils are back to school on Monday 11th May as this is SATs week for Year 6.  All pupils are expected to sit these tests on a set day and at a prescribed time.

Attendance

Well done to the following classes who got over 97% this week:-

• Year 3 - 98%
• Year 5 - 99%
• Year 6 - 99% 

This means that Year 5 & 6 will have a non-uniform day on Thursday 19th March 2020.

Key dates

• 6th April - 17th April - School Holiday
• 22nd April - Year 2 SS Great Britain
• 25th May - 29th May - School Holiday
• 5th June - 8th June - Year 6 Manor Adventure Camp
• 6th July - INSET Day
• 20th July - 31st August - School Holiday
• 10th - 11th September - Year 3 & 4 Barton Camp
• 27th - 29th January - Year 5 Deanfield Camp

Yours sincerely,


Matt Condon
Headteacher

Dear parent/carer,

You’re likely aware of the outbreak of novel coronavirus and the subsequent confirmed cases in the UK. At School of Christ the King, we take the health and safety of our pupils and staff very seriously, so we’re sharing guidance from Public Health England on steps you should be taking.

There’s currently no cause for concern at the school, but we’ll keep you informed about any developments and ensure we’re keeping the school clean to prevent the spread of any virus.

Prevent the spread of infection

Make sure you and your children follow these general principles to prevent spreading any respiratory virus:

• Wash your hands often – with soap and water for at least 20 seconds, or an alcohol-based sanitiser if soap and water aren’t available
• Avoid touching your eyes, nose, and mouth with unwashed hands
• Avoid close contact with people who are sick
• If you feel unwell, stay at home and don’t attend work or school
• Cover your cough or sneeze with a tissue, then throw the tissue in a bin
• Clean and disinfect frequently touched objects and surfaces in the home
• If you’re worried about your symptoms, please call NHS 111 – don’t go directly to your GP or other healthcare environment

If you or your children have returned from a category 1 country or area in past 14 days

This includes:

• Wuhan city and Hubei province, China
• Iran*
• Daegu or Cheongdo, South Korea*
• Any Italian town under containment measures* (see the map here) *Only if you’ve returned on or after 19 February 2020

Contact NHS 111 for advice, and:

• Self-isolate for 14 days after leaving the country or area (see the home isolation advice sheet for help with this) 
• If you become unwell, call NHS 111 immediately for an assessment (or 999 if you require emergency medical attention) – see below for the symptoms to look out for

If you or your children have returned from a category 2 country or area in last 14 days

This includes:

• Cambodia*
• China (other than Wuhan city or Hubei province)
• Hong Kong
• Italy* (other than the towns under containment measures)
• Japan
• Laos*
• Macau
• Malaysia
• Myanmar*
• Singapore
• South Korea (other than Daegu or Cheongdo)
• Taiwan
• Thailand
• Vietnam*
• *Only if you’ve returned on or after 19 February 2020

If you or your children are well:

• You don’t need to avoid contact with other people
• Your other family members don’t need to take any precautions or make any changes to their own activities

If you become unwell (see below for a list of symptoms):

• Stay indoors and avoid contact with other people as you would with other flu viruses (see the home isolation advice sheet for help with this)
• Call NHS 111 immediately for an assessment (or 999 if you require emergency medical attention)

Symptoms to look out for

If you’ve returned from any of the category 1 or 2 areas or countries, look out for the following symptoms:

• Cough
• Difficulty in breathing
• Fever (a temperature of 38 degrees C or higher)

According to other official guidance, while you wait for further advice:

• Avoid contact with others
• Stay at home – don’t go to work or school
• Don’t travel while sick
• Cover your mouth and nose with a tissue or your sleeve (not your hands) when coughing or sneezing, throwing tissues in the bin
• Wash your hands often with soap and water for at least 20 seconds (or an alcohol-based sanitiser if soap and water aren’t available)

If you or your child have any further concerns or questions, please do not hesitate to contact the school office on 01179 664844

Yours sincerely



Matt Condon
Head teacher

Dear Parents/Carers,

Easter Lent Collection

At this time every year we encourage the children to think of others and raise money for charity.  This year we are going to raise money for 2 different charities, CAFOD and Above and Beyond (local charity raising funds for Bristol city centre hospitals).

So far we have collected:

• Cake sake = £105
• Penny Trail = £174

We have the following events planned to raise money for our Lent collection:

• Friday 13th March - Non-Uniform Pyjama Day (bring £1)
• Friday 20th March - Crazy Hair Day (bring £1)
• Friday 27th March - Sponsored Obstacle Course (details TBC)
• Friday 3rd April - Grand Easter Egg Raffle - tickets on sale at 20p each from Monday 2nd March.

Coronavirus concerns

You’re likely aware of the outbreak of novel coronavirus and the subsequent confirmed cases in the UK. At School of Christ the King, we take the health and safety of our pupils and staff very seriously, so we’re sharing guidance from Public Health England on steps you should be taking.

There’s currently no cause for concern at the school, but we’ll keep you informed about any developments and ensure we’re keeping the school clean to prevent the spread of any virus.

How to prevent the spread of infection:

Make sure you and your children follow these general principles to prevent spreading any respiratory virus:

• Wash your hands often – with soap and water for at least 20 seconds, or an alcohol-based sanitiser if soap and water aren’t available
• Avoid touching your eyes, nose, and mouth with unwashed hands
•  Avoid close contact with people who are sick
• If you feel unwell, stay at home and don’t attend work or school
• Cover your cough or sneeze with a tissue, then throw the tissue in a bin
• Clean and disinfect frequently touched objects and surfaces in the home

If you’re worried about your symptoms, please call NHS 111 – don’t go directly to your GP or other healthcare environment

EASTER Chill Time ‘Klub’

The last Chill Time ‘Klub’ for the Easter term will be on Friday 3rd April.

To celebrate the last Chill Time ‘Klub’ it will be Easter themed.  Please book and pay in advance if you would like your child to join the Easter chill time ‘klub’, we need to know the number of children who will be attending for staffing - there will be limited spaces.

Proposed Developments on the Broadway

Knowle West Alliance and Knowle West Futures working with local Councillors have secured a pause on the proposed housing developments for the old Cinema Site.  They think it’s important to look at Filwood Broadway as a whole, not just one site, and consider what do we, as a community, want and need; and how can we work together to make that happen? 

Please come and have a chat with other locals about what you want at Filwood Community Centre on:

• Thursday 12th March 3-5pm
• Friday 13th 5-7pm

Headteacher awards

The Head teacher awards for Monday 9th March are: Braydon (Rec),  Jenson (Y1),  Ronnie and Tracy (Y2), Anta (Y3),  Layah(Y4),  and Courtnie, Bosadee and Harvey (Y6).

Another reminder - Chill Time Klub

The school office is normally manned until 4pm. If there are no staff in the school office, it cannot be guaranteed that the phone or main door buzzer will be answered.    

Chill Time ends at 4.30pm.

Multi-Sports and Chill Time Klub

Due to the low number of children attending this term, we will not be running Multi-Sports next term.

However, as so many children attending Chill Time Klub have enjoyed joining Multi-Sports, we will be integrating our specialist sports coaching into Chill Time Klub on Thursdays and Fridays. This means children from any age can choose to join different sporting activities on these days.

Friday Morning Coffee Time

Mrs Selway is hosting informal drop-in sessions each Friday morning. This time will enable parents/carers to meet up and perhaps seek support and advice. Mrs Selway can offer advice and also provide links to other organisations who offer support. If you have a worry of any kind, or just would like to have a chat with other parents and carers  - pop in!

May Bank Holiday - Advance notice

Please be aware of a change to the published May Bank Holiday.  The new Bank Holiday date is Friday 8th May.  This is in order to recognise the national celebration of VE day.

It is very important that all pupils are back to school on Monday 11th May as this is SATs week for Year 6.  All pupils are expected to sit these tests on a set day and at a prescribed time.

Attendance

Well done to the following classes who got over 97% this week:-

• Year 2 - 98%
• Year 3 - 98%
• Year 5 - 100%
• Year 6 - 100% 

This means that Year 5 & 6 will have a non-uniform day on Thurday 12th March.

Key dates

• 9th and 10th March - Lifeskills Van
• 6th April - 17th April - School Holiday
• 22nd April - Year 2 SS Great Britain
• 25th May - 29th May - School Holiday
• 5th June - 8th June - Year 6 Manor Adventure Camp
• 6th July - INSET Day
• 20th July - 31st August - School Holiday
• 10th - 11th September - Year 3 & 4 Barton Camp
• 27th - 29th January - Year 5 Deanfield Camp

Yours sincerely,

Matt Condon

Headteacher