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
