Dear Parents and Carers,

Christmas Performances 

Our Early Years and Infant Children have been working extremely hard practising their songs and readings for this year's Christmas performances. We would like to invite parents to the following events: 

• Monday 6th December  - Reception Class Christmas Performance - 10.00 - 10.30am
• Monday 6th December - Year 1&2 Christmas Performance for Year 1 parents - 2.15-2.45pm
• Tuesday 7th December - Nursery Christmas Performance - 10.00-10.30am 
• Tuesday 7th December - Year 1&2 Christmas Performance for Year 2 parents - 2.15-2.45pm

Please ensure you only attend the events for your own child’s class as this will help us to avoid crowding and help to keep our pupils, staff and parents safe in light of the ongoing Covid-19 situation.

Attendance - new procedures

If your child is absent from school for any reason, it is essential that you contact the school before 9am on each day of absence. There are a number of ways you can let us know if your child is not going to be able to attend: 

• Telephone the school office - 0117 966 4844 - there is an answerphone service available and we strongly encourage leaving a message if no one is available to take your call . 
• Email - christ.the.king.p@bristol-schools.uk  
• Reply to a text message from the Teachers2Parents service 
• Message us through the School Gateway app 

We want to support families to ensure children are in school as often as possible, and we have procedures in place to ensure children can still attend, even with minor illnesses. 

Unreported absences are a safeguarding concern, and if we do not hear from you regarding your child’s absence, we will attempt to contact your given emergency contacts and a home visit will be carried out to establish the whereabouts of your child. 

Thank you for your ongoing support to improve attendance. 

Children in Need - Update 

We are pleased to announce that we have raised £150 for last week’s Children in Need day. Thank you to everyone who donated to this great cause! 

Administration of Medicine

A reminder that the school office has Calpol that can be given to children if they are feeling unwell.  Please let the school office know on a morning if you would like them to administer calpol to your child during the day.

New After School Clubs

The following after school clubs are starting this week:

• Wednesday Years 3-5 - Basketball
• Wednesday Year 5 - Art (every fortnight) 
• Thursday Years 1 and 2 - Multi Sports (focussing on balls skills, including Netball & Basketball) 
• Friday Year 6 - Archery

These clubs are being offered as part of paid after school provision, which is £2 for clubs until 4pm. Please book as soon as possible, to guarantee your child’s place. If you would like your child to attend Chill, after their club, the total charge is £3.50. Your child can then attend Chill until 4:30pm.

Parent Governor Vacancy

As I am sure you are aware, all schools have a Governing Body who support the Headteacher and the Senior Leadership Team in their endeavours to make this school an outstanding establishment where all children thrive.

We now have a vacancy on our Governing Body for a Parent Governor.  All parents are eligible to apply for this voluntary role and we would ask you to contact the school office if you would like your name to be put forward.

Meetings typically start at 3:30 or 4pm and finish between 5 or 5:30pm.   An interest in the school and finding out more about the way that the school is managed is the first consideration and if you have any specific skills with budgets or experience with staffing issues you would be particularly welcome.

If you would like further information please speak to Miss Morse In the office who will either be able to help you or will put you in touch with the Clerk to the Governors to answer any specific questions. Alternatively just come and have a chat with me about the role at the school gates.

We look forward to hearing from you.

Reception Applications 

If you have a child that was born between 1st September 2017 and 31st August 2018, or you know someone that does, admissions are now open for Reception Class applications. 

We are very proud of our Reception Class, and our Early Years Team works very hard to create a welcoming and exciting environment for our new pupils. 

Applications close on 15th January 2022 and we will be holding open events on the following dates: 

• Thursday 9th December  - 2.30pm and 4.30pm 
• Monday 10th January  - 9.30am and 4.30pm 

If you would like to attend one of these open sessions, please contact the school office to book a space.  Each session will take about 30 minutes. If you would like to arrange a visit, but are unable to make one of the above sessions, please contact the office to arrange an alternative time. 

Parking 

Please can we politely remind parents that they should be observing the road markings outside the school during drop-off and pick-up times. Parents should NOT be parking on the zig-zag lines, or parking in the bus/loading bay as this not only causes congestion on the road, but is also a danger to pedestrians. 

We have had a number of complaints from parents recently who have not been able to safely cross the road with their children, or who have been caught in unnecessary traffic caused by inconsiderate parking  - if this continues, we may have to get our local PCSO involved. 

Thank you for your cooperation with this issue. .

Attendance Champions 

Congratulations to Year 4 who have achieved 97% attendance this week! We would like to thank you for your continued effort to make sure children are in school, on time, every day. 

With our new attendance procedures in place, we hope to see attendance improving and we would love to see more classes become Attendance Champions in the coming weeks. 

Thank you for your ongoing support in helping us to improve attendance. 

Headteachers 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. 

Year 1 -  

• Jamaica - For making a fantastic start at our school. She has shown great determination with her work so far. 

Year 2 -   

• Ryder and Eadie - For demonstrating resilience and persevering with our assessments.  A special well done for your fantastic effort when completing our maths assessment. 

Year 3 - 

• Justin: For being a fantastic Team Player in Year 3. Justin always values others’ contributions in class and shares his ideas with confidence.

Year 4-

• Couture- for making predictions and using her inference skills when exploring the front cover of our new text, ‘Voices in the Park’. Your choice of language to support this was great!   

Year 5 -  

• Leah- For working outside of her comfort zone and enthusiastically joining in with Go Noodle in the mornings. 
• Harley - for noticing similarities and differences in houses across time (and using some great subject-specific vocabulary independently!)

Year 6

• Justin - for supporting Serenity with her writing and her maths - you have been a fantastic team player!
• Rosa - for deep thinking, when discussing the power of prayer. You supported your argument with considered reasons - well done!

Dates for Diaries

Monday 6th December  - Reception Class Christmas Performance - 10.00 - 10.30am

Monday 6th December - Year 1&2 Christmas Performance for Year 1 parents - 2.15-2.45pm

Tuesday 7th December - Nursery Christmas Performance - 10.00-10.30am 

Tuesday 7th December - Year 1&2 Christmas Performance for Year 2 parents - 2.15-2.45pm

Thursday 9th December  - New parent’s open event - 2.30pm and 4.30pm 

Monday 10th January  - New parent’s open event - 9.30am and 4.30pm 

Friday 17 December 2021 - End of Term 2

Tuesday 4th January 2022 - Start of Term 3

Tuesday 8th February - Safer Internet Day

Friday 18 February 2022 - End of term 3

Monday 28th February 2022 - Start of Term 4

Friday 8th April 2022 - End of Term 4

Monday 25 April 2022 - Start of Term 5

Friday 27 May 2022 - End of Term 5

Monday 6 June 2022 - Start of Term 6

Thursday 21 July 2022 -  End of the school year

Yours sincerely

Matt Condon

Headteacher

New After School Clubs

The following after school clubs are starting this week:

• Wednesday Years 3-5 - Basketball
• Wednesday Year 5 - Art (every fortnight) 
• Thursday Years 1 and 2 - Multi Sports (focussing on balls skills, including Netball & Basketball) 
• Friday Year 6 - Archery

These clubs are being offered as part of paid after school provision, which is £2 for clubs until 4pm. Please book as soon as possible, to guarantee your child’s place. If you would like your child to attend Chill, after their club, the total charge is £3.50. Your child can then attend Chill until 4:30pm.

Dear Parents and Carers,

Community Activities 

This weekend, there are a series of free events happening in Knowle West organised by Knowle West Media Centre. 

This Friday 19th Nov people can join a free cook-a-long on zoom 6-8pm they will get to learn to make Japanese dumplings with a cook from Japan! Anyone living in BS4 gets a free ingredients pack, (made by Square Food Foundation) which they can collect from KWMC this Fri afternoon - we have some spare...would love to make sure they go to local people.

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cook-a-long-with-grizedale-arts-tickets-195759551087

And...

This Sunday 21st Nov 11-12.30 people can come to KWMC or join via zoom for some calm collaging and mindfulness inspired by nature. Followed with an optional walk 12.30-1 to the roundhouse for free hot soup and chat 1-2.

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/nature-as-a-resting-tool-tickets-195805227707

Parent Governor Vacancy

As I am sure you are aware, all schools have a Governing Body who support the Headteacher and the Senior Leadership Team in their endeavours to make this school an outstanding establishment where all children thrive.

We now have a vacancy on our Governing Body for a Parent Governor.  All parents are eligible to apply for this voluntary role and we would ask you to contact the school office if you would like your name to be put forward.

Meetings typically start at 3:30 or 4pm and finish between 5 or 5.30pm.   An interest in the school and finding out more about the way that the school is managed is the first consideration and if you have any specific skills with budgets or experience with staffing issues you would be particularly welcome.

If you would like further information please speak to Miss Morse In the office who will either be able to help you or will put you in touch with the Clerk to the Governors to answer any specific questions. Alternatively just come and have a chat with me about the role at the school gates.

We look forward to hearing from you.

Staff News

We are sad to share the news that Miss Kingscote, one of our Year 5 teachers, will be leaving us at Christmas as she is relocating to Wiltshire. We are however very happy that Miss Owers, who is already a well established part of the team as an Academic Mentor, will take on the role of class teacher in January. Miss Kingscote and Miss Owers are already working together to plan a smooth and positive transition for the children and a settled return to school in January. 

Reception Applications 

If you have a child that was born between 1st September 2017 and 31st August 2018, or you know someone that does, admissions are now open for Reception Class applications. 

We are very proud of our Reception Class, and our Early Years Team works very hard to create a welcoming and exciting environment for our new pupils. 

Applications close on 15th January 2022 and we will be holding open events on the following dates: 

• Thursday 9th December  - 2.30pm and 4.30pm 
• Monday 10th January  - 9.30am and 4.30pm 

If you would like to attend one of these open sessions, please contact the school office to book a space.  Each session will take about 30 minutes. If you would like to arrange a visit, but are unable to make one of the above sessions, please contact the office to arrange an alternative time. 

Parking 

Please can we politely remind parents that they should be observing the road markings outside the school during drop-off and pick-up times. Parents should NOT be parking on the zig-zag lines, or parking in the bus/loading bay as this not only causes congestion on the road, but is also a danger to pedestrians. 

We have had a number of complaints from parents recently who have not been able to safely cross the road with their children, or who have been caught in unnecessary traffic caused by inconsiderate parking  - if this continues, we may have to get our local PCSO involved. 

Thank you for your cooperation with this issue. 

Term 2 Curriculum Overviews

We have now added curriculum overviews for this term to our website:

https://sites.google.com/a/ctk.education/www/learning/our-curriculum

The Year 6 overview has also been added.

New After School Clubs

We will be starting after school clubs next week. We will have limited spaces for Juniors to take up archery and basketball, and for Infants to join tag-rugby and multi-sport clubs. More information to come soon! We will send out booking information on Monday. 

Headteachers 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. 

Year 1 -  

• Kamsi - For making a great start since joining our school. She is enthusiastic and kind to her new friends. She has shown a wealth of knowledge and made great contributions in many subjects particularly in RE.
• All of year 1 - for being really sensible when we visited the church this week! The children learnt lots and enjoyed listening to Fr Micheal explain about the features of a church.

Year 2 -   

• Justin - For a fabulous start at our school.  He has shown his determination and  competitive side in PE and has demonstrated his enthusiasm for learning in class by asking and answering questions in class discussions.  He has shown he is now  part of the Year 2 team!
• Phoebe - For always making an amazing effort with her reading. Great expression and understanding.
• Tyrone - For becoming much more confident when reading out loud.   

Year 3 - 

• Rory- For being an independent learner and persevering with his number bonds.

Year 4-

• Josiah- For his deep thinking during our RE lessons this week. Year 4 were focussing on pilgrimage and Josiah contributed with great detail to our class discussions. 

Year 5 -  

• Mia - For being absorbed in her work and producing a superb continuous line drawing.

Year 6

• Marley - for listening and reflecting on feedback to improve the quality of his work. Well done, Marley!

Dates for Diaries

• Thursday 9th December  - New parent’s open event - 2.30pm and 4.30pm 
• Monday 10th January  - New parent’s open event - 9.30am and 4.30pm 
• Friday 17 December 2021 - End of Term 2
• Tuesday 4th January 2022 - Start of Term 3
• Tuesday 8th February - Safer Internet Day
• Friday 18 February 2022 - End of term 3
• Monday 28th February 2022 - Start of Term 4
• Friday 8th April 2022 - End of Term 4
• Monday 25 April 2022 - Start of Term 5
• Friday 27 May 2022 - End of Term 5
• Monday 6 June 2022 - Start of Term 6
• Thursday 21 July 2022 -  End of the school year

Yours sincerely

Matt Condon

Headteacher

Dear Parents and Carers,

Parking 

Please can we politely remind parents that they should be observing the road markings outside the school during drop-off and pick-up times. Parents should NOT be parking on the zig-zag lines, or parking in the bus/loading bay as this not only causes congestion on the road, but is also a danger to pedestrians. 

We have had a number of complaints from parents recently who have not been able to safely cross the road with their children, or who have been caught in unnecessary traffic caused by inconsiderate parking  - if this continues, we may have to get our local PCSO involved. 

Thank you for your cooperation with this issue. 

Odd Socks Day for Anti-Bullying Week

MONDAY 15TH NOVEMBER 2021 will be Odd Socks Day to support Anti-Bullying week. All children are welcome to wear their craziest/brightest/oddest socks into school to stand up to bullying and celebrate what makes us unique! 

Term 2 Curriculum Overviews

We have now added curriculum overviews for this term to our website:

https://sites.google.com/a/ctk.education/www/learning/our-curriculum

These overviews will show you what your child is learning each term. We will add the Year 6 overview next week.

New After School Clubs

WATCH THIS SPACE! We will be starting after school clubs very soon. We will have limited spaces for Juniors to take up archery and basketball, and for Infants to join tag-rugby and multi-sport clubs. More information to come soon!

Reception Applications 

If you have a child that was born between 1st September 2017 and 31st August 2018, or you know someone that does, admissions are now open for Reception Class applications. 

We are very proud of our Reception Class, and our Early Years Team works very hard to create a welcoming and exciting environment for our new pupils. 

Applications close on 15th January 2022 and we will be holding open events on the following dates: 

• Wednesday 17th November - 9.30am and 4.30pm 
• Thursday 9th December  - 2.30pm and 4.30pm 
• Monday 10th January  - 9.30am and 4.30pm 

If you would like to attend one of these open sessions, please contact the school office to book a space.  Each session will take about 30 minutes. 

Attendance 

Unfortunately none of our classes managed to achieve over 97% attendance this week. Due to the change in weather we have noticed a lot of children off of school with general cold symptoms - please be reminded that children can still come to school with a cold, and we are able to provide calpol for minor illness if necessary. 

Thank you for your continued support in helping us to improve attendance. We hope we can celebrate more and more classes achieving that 97% and above soon! 

Children in Need

This year's Children in Need will be taking place on Friday 19th November. All children are invited to come into school wearing something spotty in exchange for a £1 donation. Children in Need is a fantastic cause and supports almost 4,000 charities across the UK to directly support children and young people who have been affected by a range of disadvantages. 

Headteachers 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. 

Year 1 -  

• Vicka and Clay - for working well as a team to sort the human and physical features of our local environment in Geography.
• Gloria - For having such a great attitude towards her learning recently, making huge progress in many areas particularly with her blending skills in reading and taking pride in her achievements   - well done Gloria! 

Year 2 -   

• Kamil, Chloe and Zuzannah - for their fantastic artwork creations exploring finger painting to show poppies growing in a field.

Year 3 - 

• Year 3- For sharing ideas and working collaboratively to interview each other about our cinema trip to see Boss Baby 2 this week. The quotes that they have collected will be used by Year’s 5 and 6 for their written reviews. Great teamwork Year 3! 

Year 4-

• Grace- for her reflective piece of writing in RE. Grace reflected deeply on the meaning behind the story of Abraham and explained her thoughts in detail. 

Year 5 -  

• Ralphie- For being a team player and collaborating well with others during our PSHE lesson. 

Year 6

• Bryan- for his independent selection of thoughtful vocabulary in his Remembrance  prayer

Dates for Diaries

Monday 15th November - Odd Socks Day for Anti-Bullying Week

Wednesday 17th November - New parent’s open event  - 9.30am and 4.30pm 

Friday 19th November - Children in Need 

Thursday 9th December  - New parent’s open event - 2.30pm and 4.30pm 

Monday 10th January  - New parent’s open event - 9.30am and 4.30pm 

Friday 17 December 2021 - End of Term 2

Tuesday 4th January 2022 - Start of Term 3

Friday 18 February 2022 - End of term 3

Monday 28th February 2022 - Start of Term 4

Friday 8th April 2022 - End of Term 4

Monday 25 April 2022 - Start of Term 5

Friday 27 May 2022 - End of Term 5

Monday 6 June 2022 - Start of Term 6

Thursday 21 July 2022 -  End of the school year

Yours sincerely

Matt Condon

Headteacher

Dear Parents and Carers,

New After School Clubs

WATCH THIS SPACE! We will be starting after school clubs very soon. We will have limited spaces for Juniors to take up archery and basketball, and for Infants to join tag-rugby and multi-sport clubs. More information to come soon!

Breakfast Club 

From Monday, we will be trialling having the breakfast club entrance at the kitchen gate. The gate will be open from 8am until 8:15am and a breakfast club staff member will be at the entrance to welcome the children. After 8:15am, any late arrivals will need to go to the main office. Many thanks. 

Reception Applications 

If you have a child that was born between 1st September 2017 and 31st August 2018, or you know someone that does, admissions are now open for Reception Class applications. 

We are very proud of our Reception Class, and our Early Years Team works very hard to create a welcoming and exciting environment for our new pupils. 

Applications close on 15th January 2022 and we will be holding open events on the following dates: 

• Wednesday 17th November - 9.30am and 4.30pm 
• Thursday 9th December  - 2.30pm and 4.30pm 
• Monday 10th January  - 9.30am and 4.30pm 

If you would like to attend one of these open sessions, please contact the school office to book a space.  Each session will take about 30 minutes. 

Attendance 

Unfortunately none of our classes managed to achieve over 97% attendance this week. Due to the change in weather we have noticed a lot of children off of school with general cold symptoms - please be reminded that children can still come to school with a cold, and we are able to provide Calpol for minor illness if necessary. 

Thank you for your continued support in helping us to improve attendance. We hope we can celebrate more and more classes achieving that 97% and above soon! 

Bonfire/Firework Safety

Today is bonfire night, and we know that lots of families will be out and about this evening enjoying fireworks and bonfire celebrations. 

Avon Fire and Rescue have some fantastic safety advice available at: https://www.avonfire.gov.uk/safety-advice/events-and-celebrations/bonfire-night

...so if you’re planning your own celebrations, or attending an organised event, we recommend taking a look at this guidance to ensure everyone stays safe over this weekend. 

Poppy Appeal

As you know The Chaplaincy Team have been selling poppies, badges, snap bands, wristbands and other items this week to support this years’ poppy appeal. If your child would like to support this fantastic cause, sales will continue throughout next week. 

Children in Need

This year's Children in Need will be taking place on Friday 19th November. All children are invited to come into school wearing something spotty in exchange for a £1 donation. Children in Need is a fantastic cause and supports almost 4,000 charities across the UK to directly support children and young people who have been affected by a range of disadvantages. 

Headteachers 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. 

Year 1 -  

• Maya - for trying so hard with her phonics and reading, she has moved up a level with her blending words and reading this week! 
• Phoebe - for her wonderful writing in literacy linked to Bonfire Night. 

Year 2 -   

• For Year 2 children - We worked in small teams to find a suitable material to make a boat for our Gingerbread Man so he could sail on water.  Everyone worked hard and had lots of fun investigating what material was going to be  the best.
• Alfie - for being so supportive, caring and helpful to support his mum recently. 

 

Year 3 - 

• Leo- For tackling problem solving  with confidence and using his skills to support others. 
• Ronnie and Lindsay- For being brave and reading beautifully in our first Mass with Father Michael. 

Year 4-

• Frankie- for being so kind, caring and generous towards her classmates.

Year 5 -  

• Tommy - for showing enthusiasm in maths
• Freya - for her evocative use of personification, bringing the cinema experience to life

Year 6

• Y6 Chaplaincy Team - Well done to Adi, Charlotte, Emily, Cody, Alex, Kaya and Missey for selling our poppies and leading the school liturgical assembly. You have set the highest standards of behaviour and set such a good example to others.

Dates for Diaries

Friday 19th November                   -        Children in Need 

Friday 17 December 2021 - End of Term 2

Tuesday 4th January 2022 - Start of Term 3

Friday 18 February 2022 - End of term 3

Monday 28th February 2022 - Start of Term 4

Friday 8th April 2022 - End of Term 4

Monday 25 April 2022 - Start of Term 5

Friday 27 May 2022 - End of Term 5

Monday 6 June 2022 - Start of Term 6

Thursday 21 July 2022 -  End of the school year

Yours sincerely

Matt Condon

Headteacher