Dear Parents and Carers,
Term 3 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 2 overview will be added soon.
Attendance
After a few great weeks, unfortunately our attendance has dipped again this week and no classes have managed to achieve 97% attendance - we hope we can turn this around next week!
Collecting children from school early
Please can parents/carers be reminded that the school day finishes at 3.15pm and children should not be leaving school before this time.
We highly encourage booking medical appointments outside of school time however do accept that sometimes this is not possible. Where an appointment must be made during school time we will ask for medical evidence to be provided in order to authorise the absence.
Family parties, weekend’s away and haircuts are not acceptable reasons for children missing time from school.
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.
Year 2 -
- Ryder, Lily R and Eadie - For independently using their phonic knowledge to write a description of Jack’s visit to the market.
Year 3 -
- Kian- For his attention to detail and independence during our morning phonics. He checked his work and edited it using the success criteria. Amazing work!
- Fritzhie- For going above and beyond to share work from home with the class. She brought in fascinating research about the Filippino volcano, Taal, and shared a brilliant story about the Year 3 teachers’ chocolate stash!
Year 4-
- Freddie - Well done Freddie for you learning in Maths on Friday. In particular Mr Condon was very impressed with how you were challenging yourself - and sharing with the whole class.
- Preya - Well done Preya for hard work, good concentration and lots of perseverance resulting in some really good writing in your newspaper report. Mr Condon was really impressed with your effort and positive attitude.
Year 5 -
- Everyone at camp - for their superb team worker and for pushing their own boundaries. Great work Year 5!
- Everyone back at school - for trying out new things and working together. Go Team 5!
Year 6 -
- Ian - for demonstrating excellent knowledge and understanding in science, describing the function of electrical components. Well done Ian and Alex for showing great resilience when tackling fractions in maths this week.
- Chris - for trying out new things, using numicon to solve problems including exchanges.
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
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
