Dear Parents and Carers,
COVID Update
As many of you will know, today, we have been informed of a confirmed COVID case in Year 3. Following this a second case in year 3 has also been confirmed.
We have informed the Department for Education of both cases, who have provided public health advice as well as assessing risks and directing the school on how to respond.
The advice is clear that action is only required in Year 3, where the positive case has been confirmed and affects those identified as ‘close contacts’ only - not the siblings or family members of these identified ‘close contacts’.
Can we also remind everybody that children who are isolating, must not come to school at the start and end of school day when parents are collecting siblings. We do appreciate that this can cause difficulties and again thank you for your help.
Public health advice has now been shared with the whole school community and we expect to see all classes other than Year 3 in school on Monday as normal.
If any child over the weekend develops COVID symptoms, or receives a positive test, please email us on christ.the.king.p@bristol-schools.uk so we can plan and take appropriate action on Monday morning.
Thanks to you all for your help in keeping everybody safe.
Late Collection From School
We have a number of children who are regularly collected late from school. Whilst we understand that parents and carers may be occasionally late collecting their child, when this is a regular occurrence, it does stop teachers and teaching assistants preparing lessons for the next school day.
Where this is a regular occurrence, teachers will be first texting parents and carers to remind them of the correct collection time. Following this a letter will be sent home by the attendance team and then a letter from myself, inviting parents and carers into school to discuss the matter.
To support families in the future, we are planning a more flexible approach to after-school activities from September.
We will also be introducing a system of charging parents and carers, where late collection is a significant and ongoing problem.
More information will be coming soon and we thank you all for your cooperation.
Sports Day - update
I do understand that some parents are disappointed, for not being able to attend. Can I assure everybody that we are following guidance to keep everybody safe; especially as COVID infection rates continue to rise across Bristol.
As a result of COVID-19, our sports day will look a little different this year. We are going to have our CTK sports day on Monday 19th July. This will take place at school. Our sports day will consist of 6 different carousel sports activities for the children to enjoy. However, due to the current COVID restrictions, we are unfortunately unable to open our sports day to parents and carers this year, especially with the current rise in infections due to the Delta variant. Please can your child come into school on this day in their PE kit and with a water bottle. Other than this, it will be a normal school day.
We will share lots of photos and videos on Facebook so you can all see what is going on.
Places Available
We have a number of places available for this September’s Reception Class. If you know somebody who might need a school place, please ask them to contact the school office.
Headteacher’s Awards
The following children will receive an award in next week’s Celebration Assembly. Videos of Celebration Assemblies are now shared on our Facebook page.
Reception -
- Korey for participating more in whole class learning including register and phonics. Korey has also been participating well with his own timetable.
- Amelia for trying really hard in her writing to write 6 lines about the bog baby story using her learnt phonic sounds and using finger spaces!
- Phoebe for using her sounds to write about the ‘Bog Baby’ story. Phoebe even used the phrase ‘happily ever after’ to finish off her story!
Year 1 -
- Matheo - for working really hard at his workstation on his tasks particularly his phonics and Literacy tasks.
- Lily R, Olivia and Alfie - for the tremendous effort they made when writing their fabulous innovations.
Year 2 -
- Amber Lane - For always trying her best to work independently across the curriculum.
- Lindsay, Liliana and Bethany - For their fantastic creative skills when completing an African weave pattern.
Year 3 -
- Oscar- For a fantastic improvement in his reading. Oscar has moved up to a brilliant level in his reading and has answered comprehension questions clearly and confidently.
- Zak- For using his imagination when designing a futuristic home during our BoKLok workshop. Zak designed a floating bubble house.
Year 4 -
- Leah P- for showing resilience throughout the week towards all aspects of learning including: Telling the time to 5 minutes in maths, the PSHE lessons on keeping safe and for swimming so bravely without a noodle in the deep end of the pool.
Year 5 -
- Frankie - for his superb attention to detail when planning how to read the class text with his partner, emphasising just the right words.
Year 6
- Freddie - For being the most encouraging and supportive teammate during PE. Fred ensured that all team members were included, particularly those who are not as confident in PE - an amazing act of teamwork and leadership!
Dates for Diaries
- Sports Day - Monday 19th July
- End of school year - Wednesday 21 July 2021.
- Start of 2021-22 school year - Monday 6th September
Yours sincerely
Matt Condon
Headteacher
