Dear Parents and Carers,
Attendance
ANOTHER AMAZING WEEK!
Well done to the following classes who have achieved at least 97% attendance this week:
- Year 1 - 97%
- Year 4 - 99%
- 5R - 97%
- Year 6 - 99%
It’s great to see you all working so hard to make sure you're here every day, on time! Keep up the good work!
To encourage excellent attendance we are going to reintroduce special non-uniform days when classes get 99 or 100% attendance. This means that Year 4 and Year 6 (again) will get special non-uniform days soon. The teachers will decide which day and send out a text to parents to let you all know.
Inappropriate Content
As you are aware, safeguarding and E-safety are among our highest priorities at School of Christ the King. It has come to our attention this week that some of our pupils have been viewing content on television or online that is inappropriate for their age. This often filters into school and can cause conflicts on the playground and distraction in class.
We would like to ask parents to monitor what their children are viewing, both online and via streaming services. Age ratings are put in place on programming to keep children safe, and we would like to work with parents to ensure that children are not accessing content that could be damaging to both their mental and physical health.
Where available, we recommend setting up parental controls to ensure children are only able to access content that is suitable for them.
Summer Chill
We are looking at the possibility of running an all day Chill Club for two weeks across the summer holiday period.
The sessions would run from 10am - 3pm and would be available to any children in Reception - Year 5.
Dates and costs for these sessions are yet to be confirmed, however if you think this is something your child would like to take part in, please contact the school office to register your interest.
Family Support
Bristol City Council’s Cabinet has approved the rollout of the Household Support Fund to support residents most in need over the winter period. This will be allocated to households on “Housing Benefits or Council Tax Reduction Scheme. Eligible residents will receive a one-off £100 supermarket voucher to spend on food/house-hold goods. FSM vouchers will be available in Feb 2022 half term. See BCC website for more details — https://www.bristol.gov.uk/benefits-financial-help/apply-for-an-emergency-payment
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.
Reception
- Hollie for making a fantastic start to reception and settling in with her new friends.
- Daisy for participating in her writing and working with Mrs Wareham to write a destination to a ‘pet shop’ Daisy told me what sounds she needed and we then used a phonic sound chart to write the label.
Year 1 -
- Kiki - For making a brilliant start since joining year 1. She works so hard in class and always shows care and kindness towards her friends.
Year 3 -
- Victor and Hadi- For exploring new ideas and improving their editing skills when writing their first diary entries this week. Well done, both of you!
Year 4-
- Bridie - for role modelling brilliant learning behaviour all week. Bridie is organised, always ready to listen and approaches all of her work with a fantastic attitude.
Year 5 -
- Freya - for her superb collaboration with Jaiden when solving tricky word problems.
- Jaiden - for his superb collaboration with Freya when solving tricky word problems.
- Miley - for your fantastic improvement in your maths confidence enabling you to think logically and tackle tricky division word problems
Uniform Reminder
When we return to school in January, we would like to politely remind parents and carers that children should be coming to school in the appropriate uniform.
Children should wear the following uniform:
- Plain black shoes or trainers
- grey / black trousers or skirts – no leggings or tracksuit bottoms
- red sweatshirt or cardigan or fleece
- white / red polo shirts
- PE Kit (which is plain white t-shirt/plain black shorts and PE daps or trainers)
Booking and Paying for School Clubs
As you know we currently run a Breakfast Club and various afterschool activities for pupils.
We would like to remind you that, where possible, these clubs should be booked and paid for using the School Gateway app.
This term, we have had a number of parents booking clubs through the school office, and while this is okay from time to time, it means that payments for these sessions are often not being made in a timely manner. Whilst we want to ensure that all of our pupils have the opportunity to attend our clubs, we cannot guarantee spaces in sessions if payment has not been made.
If you are still having difficulties accessing the School Gateway App, or have any other concerns about booking onto, or paying for school clubs, please do not hesitate to contact us and we will do our best to support you with this.
After School Clubs
A reminder of our new after school clubs:
- Wednesday Year 4 - Times Tables Club
- Wednesday Years 3-5 - Basketball (£2 until 4pm)
- Wednesday Year 5 - Art every fortnight - see below for further details (£2 until 4pm)
- Thursday Years 1 and 2 - Multi Sports - focussing on balls skills, including Netball & Basketball (£2 until 4pm)
- Friday Year 6 - Archery (£2 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.
Dates for Diaries
Wednesday 26th February - Year 5 camp to Forest of Dean
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
Monday 9th May 2022 - SATs Week
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
