Dear Parents/Carers,
Filwood Fantastic Stay at Home Lantern Parade
This year the Lantern Parade will be enjoyed from the comfort of your own home. Join us for the 'Filwood Fantastic Stay at Home Lantern Parade'. Look out your window between 6pm and 7pm on Thursday 29th October. The parade will be travelling down Barnstaple Road, Filwood Broadway, Hartcliffe Road, Padstow Road, Newquay Road, Ilminster Avenue, Melvin Square, Leinster Avenue and Broadbury Road. Have a look for the wonderful lanterns made by Year 3 and the brilliant lanterns that were made at home. You can also watch the parade online by watching the facebook live stream on the Walk of Hearts and Stars Facebook page.
For more information on the Lantern Project, please visit the Walk of Hearts and Stars Facebook page.
Refurbished Laptops
We are hoping to refurbish some older school laptops so they can be given to families to help with home learning. If you are interested in having a refurbished laptop, please contact the school office after the holiday.
Tip of the week
Please remember to put your clocks back an hour this weekend, this means darker nights and statistics tell us that road traffic accidents increase by 20% for two weeks following a time change.
Past Pupil Success
We have heard a piece of very good news about a past pupil.
Samantha Payne has been awarded an MBE in the 2020 Queen’s honours list. She is co-founder of a company that designs bionic arms for amputees called Open Bionics.
Here is a link that tells her inspirational story:
https://www.bristolroboticslab.com/open-bionics-founders-awarded-mbes
Another Update - Bad Weather and Start and End of Day Procedures
We are doing our absolute best to manage children coming into school safely at the start of the school day. To do this children need to come into school in their class bubbles supervised by a member of staff. This is however becoming increasingly difficult to manage, especially when it is raining.
We can only manage this safely if children arrive at school on time - not too early or late. Children who do not arrive on time will have to wait until an adult can safely supervise them coming into school. If children are on time then they will be quickly escorted into school, otherwise they may have to wait.
Here is a reminder of all start and end of day times:
School Hot Lunches
We will be reintroducing school hot lunches from Monday 2nd November. Drinks will not be provided so please continue to send your child with a drinks bottle, thank you. The menu will be as follows:-
There will no longer be any PACKED LUNCHES prepared.
If you pay for hot lunches then please make payment via the school gateway payment app.
The cost of school meals will increase to £2.25 from 2nd November
A Message from the Parish - regarding First Holy Communion
We just want the parents to know that we haven’t forgotten about those who were supposed to receive First Communion last summer. Unfortunately we cannot make any arrangements due to the COVID pandemic. We will let you know as soon as it is possible to go ahead.
We will also let you know when it is possible to start preparations for the next group of children, who would normally be receiving their First Holy Communion this year.
Food Parcels
Each week we get food delivered to school that we are able to distribute to help families in our community. We never know what food will come and often, due to ‘use by’ dates need to be distributed very quickly.
If you would like to be added to the list to receive food parcels please call the school office and we will contact you when parcels are available.
Primary School Applications for a New Reception Place for September 2021
If your child was born between 1 September 2016 and 31 August 2017 you'll need to apply for a new reception school place for September 2021. You'll need to apply by Wednesday 15 January 2020.
Apply online for a reception place for Sept 2021 at:
https://www.bristol.gov.uk/schools-learning-early-years/primary-admissions
Please contact the school office if we can help in any way or if you would like to visit the school (in a COVID safe way).
Parents Guide to Google Classroom
Now all children in Year 3-6 are using Google Classroom, it is a really good time for parents and carers to learn more about how it works. A very useful guide can be found on the school website or by following the following link:
ctk.education/www/home-learning/parents-guide-to-google-classroom
Information for all Parents
All parents who hold parental responsibility are entitled to receive information about their child. This includes parents who do not live with their children. If, as a parent, you do not currently receive appropriate texts, letters, reports and invites to parent’s evening, please contact the school office.
Parents Evenings
This term, we will be holding a telephone Parents’ Evening. This will be an opportunity, for you and your child’s teacher, to discuss your child’s start to the new school year.
The appointment dates are:
- Monday 2nd November to Thursday 5th November
- Monday 9th November to Thursday 12th November
For each day, 10 minute appointments will be allocated at: 3:30pm, 3:45pm, 4:00pm & 4:15pm. Thank you to those who have already made an appointment. If you are yet to make an appointment, please get in touch with the school office.
Chill Time Club
We can currently offer limited after school care for working parents. Activities are more limited than normal, as children cannot mix with those from other classes.
To book please call the school office by 12pm and pay on the school gateway app.
Class Emails - keeping in touch
We are reintroducing the class emails, so if there is a concern you can more easily contact the class teacher. 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.2@ctk.education (for Learning Hub)
Places Available
The school is almost full but we do have some space available in Reception, Year 1, Year 2, Year 3, Year 4 and Year 6. If you know somebody who might need a school place, please ask them to contact the school office.
Update on INSET Days - School Closed
Our next INSET (staff training) day is on Friday 20th November. We also have one on Friday 11th December. There will be 3 more INSET days later this school year.
Secondary school applications
A reminder to all of our Year 6 parents - The closing date for Secondary school place applications is the 31st October. If you would like support to complete your application please contact the school office - Mrs Selway or Mrs Jordan would be happy to support you.
St Bernadette Catholic Secondary School – Virtual Open Day
As the Catholic partner secondary school of Christ the King, St Bernadette Catholic Secondary School, is hosting a Virtual Open Day, so that prospective pupils and parents can learn more about the school, which has been judged to be an ‘outstanding Catholic school’.
Please visit our school website https://www.stberns.bristol.sch.ukand click on Open Day, where you can watch films of the pupils and staff and access a range of information about our vibrant and ambitious school. Any enquiries can be directed to info@stberns.bristol.sch.uk.
Attendance
Well done to the following classes who had attendance at over 97% this week:
- Year 3 with 97% attendance.
- Year 5 with 97% attendance.
- Year 6 with 98% attendance.
Overall is term 1 we had a positive attendance of 96%. Well done everybody.
Dates for Diaries
- End of Term 1 - Friday 23 October 2020.
- Start of Term 2 - Monday 2 November 2020
- INSET (staff training) day - Friday 20th November.
- INSET (staff training) day - Friday 11th December.
- End of Term 2 - Friday 18 December 2020.
- Term 3 - Monday 4 January 2021 to Friday 12 February 2021.
- Term 4 - Monday 22 February 2021 to Thursday 1 April 2021.
- Term 5 - Monday 19 April 2021 to Friday 28 May 2021.
- Term 6 - Monday 7 June 2021 to Wednesday 21 July 2021.
Yours sincerely
Matt Condon
Headteacher
