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
