Dear Parents/Carers,
New Start Time for Reception
Due to the excellent way in which most people are managing the new 5 minute staggered start time, Reception children are to start at 9am from Monday. For the start of the days to be even safer we just need to improve lateness...
Lateness
Although the start of days are generally being managed much better, our key problem is the significant number of children coming in late. This makes it very difficult to keep groups of children separate and so increases the risk of infection. Please help everybody in our community be safe by bringing your child to school on time.
Due to the need to supervise children as they walk into school safely, from Monday children who arrive late will need to wait in mini ‘bubbles’ until a member of staff can come back to collect them.
Nursery of Christ the King Vacancies
We are currently recruiting a Teacher and a Teaching Assistant for our new nursery opening in January.
To find out more about these positions please visit: www.eteach.com and search: School of Christ the king of contact us in the school office by email: christ.the.king.p@bristol-schools.uk
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.
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.
A Reminder - Bringing Equipment into School
Firstly a big thank you for the big improvements in this area...
As you know, we are working hard to make classes COVID secure, but are struggling to manage children’s personal equipment in busy classrooms. Having additional belongings in the classroom increases the chance of infection at a time when COVID-19 is spreading rapidly across the country. We are not trying to inconvenience parents, but make our school as safe as possible.
To help us make the school as safe as possible can we please request that:
- Children bring their packed lunch and water bottle in a plastic box or disposable bag.
- Children bring books into school in their book bags - not larger bags that we do not have space to safely store in classrooms.
Class teachers will be sending out polite reminders by text, so that we can hopefully reduce the amount of personal equipment being brought into school.
Again, we thank you all for your support.
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)
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.
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.
Bad Weather and Start and End of Day Procedures
When weather is particularly bad we will allow parents of children in Reception who would have to wait 15 minutes between pickups to collect siblings early. Parents must phone us by 2.30pm at the latest we will arrange for children to leave early with their siblings.
Managing these groups, and maintaining the safety of the bubbles, does require a number of staff to ensure children are in the right place, at the right time, without mixing with children from other bubbles. Because of this, we can only manage children leaving early when the weather is very bad and parents arrange this in advance.
When the weather is particularly bad we will open the small gate by the nursery class to allow parents to wait under the canopy. Unfortunately we have no such shelter at the rear of the school but all parents are welcome to use the shelter at the front.
Hot School Dinners
We are working with the kitchen team to provide hot school meals after the half term holiday. Whilst this may not at first be for all classes, we hope to offer hot meals for all children as soon as possible.
Update on INSET Days - School Closed
Our next INSET (staff training) day will be on Friday 20th November. There will be 4 more INSET days later this school year.
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:
- Reception with 97% attendance.
- Year 3 with 99% attendance.
- Year 5 with 98% attendance.
New School Nursery Opening in January
Our new nursery is looking wonderful - we will be opening in January and still have places available for both 15 hour and 30 hour places. Please contact Mrs Jordan or Mrs Martin in the office for more information.
Headteacher’s Awards
Reception -
- Lilanna for always participating in phonics and for always giving her letters and sounds 100% effort.
Year 1 -
- Daiquari - For having a great attitude to his learning and trying to work independently in class.
- Bella - For being a great team player and being so kind, caring and patient towards her friends.
Year 2 -
- Justin- For being very kind and caring towards another child in our class.
- Matty - For always being very helpful and considerate in the classroom and outside in the playground.
Year 3 -
- Conrad- For persevering with his maths work and not giving up when he found it difficult.
- Lexi- For always being ready to learn with a smile on her face.
Year 4 -
- Tommy - For showing independence when solving questions on negative numbers
- Pamadou - For practising and improving his handwriting this week which has had a great impact on his work
Year 5 -
- Frankie - for independently solving problems in maths.
- Marley - for managing distractions for himself throughout the day.
Year 6
- Mimi - for motivating and encouraging the class during Gonoodle.
- Finley - for an amazing speed tables time of 2:37!
Dates for Diaries
End of Term 1 - Friday 23 October 2020.
INSET (staff training) day - Friday 20th November.
Term 2 - Monday 2 November 2020 to 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
