Dear Parents and Carers,
INSET Days - school closed
Can we confirm that the next two INSET days will be Monday 28th February and Friday 1st July.
Parent’s Coffee Morning
As you may know, we currently run a coffee morning for parents on a Friday morning. All parents are welcome to join us for a cuppa, and not only is it a great opportunity to meet other parents and engage in the school community, it's also a great chance to talk to school staff about any concerns you may have around things that are happening at school or at home.
During the school week, we understand that it might be difficult to get in touch with your child’s teacher or other members of staff, so Coffee Morning is a perfect way to make contact with someone in school who will be able to support you.
Coffee Morning runs every Friday from 9.00am
Faith Newsletters
Here is our monthly faith newsletter that celebrates the Catholic ethos of the school.Click on the link below.
Faith Newsletter
Chill Club Booking
Please can parents/carers be reminded that bookings for Chill Time Klub should be made before 12pm. Occasionally there may be an exceptional circumstance that means you need to book your child in to Chill unexpectedly - should this happen, we will always try to accommodate your child however there may be times that we are unable to support this. Due to staffing and health and safety regulations, we can only allow 30 children to attend at one time.
Footwear and Uniform
A polite reminder that children should only be wearing plain black trainers or shoes to school. This includes laces, and we would like to ask for any embellishments (buckles, buttons, etc.) to be black or as minimal as possible. We have recently noticed a large number of children coming to school wearing various styles of boots, with extreme buckles, tassels and other excessive embellishments - these are not school uniform and should not be worn to school.
Safer Internet Day
Next Tuesday (9th) is Safer Internet Day. This is a great opportunity for children in school and at home to learn more about how to use the internet safely. This year's theme is ‘exploring reality in the online world’.
Please visit the UK Safer Internet Centre for more information for parents and carers -
www.saferinternet.org.uk/advice-centre/parents-and-carers
Also, just a reminder that the following information can be found via the school website (www.ctk.education):
NSPCC - Speak out. Stay Safe.
- Think you know
- Childline
- Domestic abuse advice
- Internet safety
- First Response contact details
Term 3 Curriculum Overviews
We have now added all curriculum overviews for this term to our website:
https://sites.google.com/a/ctk.education/www/learning/our-curriculum
Attendance
Congratulations to Year 6 who have achieved 98% attendance this week, and Year 1 who have achieved 97%.
It’s great to see everyone working so hard to ensure we are improving attendance - thank you for your ongoing support with this.
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.
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
- Elliott for his fantastic contribution to maths - Elliott was able to show different number bonds to 10 using the Numicon! Well done Elliott!
Year 1 -
- Esme - For persevering with phonics! You are trying so hard with your blending and making progress!
- Isla and Clay - For their contributions in history when comparing a map of our local area from the past with a map of today and producing some great work!
Year 2 -
- Whole class - For setting up a comparative test in our science lesson, to show that plants need light and water to stay healthy.
- Whole class- For showing an understanding of colour when painting sunflowers, like Van Gogh, in our art lesson.
Year 3 -
- Rory and Kevin- For their fantastic contributions to class discussions and for writing brilliant rhetorical questions for a persuasive poster about Iceland. Fantastic work!
Year 4-
- Well done all of Year Four for being amazing this week .
- Kaiden and Ronnie - A special well done to Kaiden for his commitment to his learning in all subjects and Ronnie for her for brilliant writing.
Year 5 -
- Des’Arai - Well done for your huge improvement in your times table speed table time: 32 minutes down to 8minutes 32 seconds! Lots of great perseverance and practice has got you here.
Year 6 -
- Layah - for such an improvement in your maths. Your confidence is sky high - keep it up!
- Ian - for demonstrating excellent knowledge and understanding in science, describing the function of electrical components. Also well done Ian for showing great resilience when tackling fractions in maths this week.
- Emily Z- for showing increasing confidence in class. You have put your hand up, shared your thoughts with the class and taken a risk to answer questions.
Dates for Diaries
Tuesday 8th February - Safer Internet Day
Friday 18 February 2022 - End of term 3
Monday 28th February 2022 - INSET Day
Tuesday 29th February - 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
Friday 1st July - INSET Day
Thursday 21 July 2022 - End of the school year
Yours sincerely
Matt Condon
Headteacher
