Dear Parents and Carers
Vacancy for School Cleaner
We have a vacancy for a school cleaner starting in July. If you would be interested in the position please contact the school office for an application form. Hours for the vacancy are Monday to Friday 3.30pm to 5.30pm with some work required during the school holidays.
Attendance 20/06 - 24/06
Congratulations to Year 3 who have achieved 98% attendance this week!
Top Attenders
As the end of the school year draws closer - we look forward to sharing our Top Attenders for the year. These will be the children who have achieved at least 99% attendance for the entire year. We will be looking forward to sharing some special rewards with these children, so keep your eyes peeled for further news!
End of school year
With only 4 weeks left of Term, we are quickly approaching the end of the school year. The last day of term for Pupils will be Thursday 21st July.
Dropping Children Off to School and Parking
Please can we politely ask that parents do not stop in the middle of the road and allow their children to get out of the car in front of school. Not only is this extremely dangerous, it causes a backlog of traffic in front of the school site. There is plenty of parking available to parents on Filwood Broadway, and we encourage parents to use these spaces and walk their children into school, with the support of the crossing patrol directly outside the school.
Please also be reminded that parents should not be parking on the zig-zag lines or in the loading bay. A visitor using a wheelchair was blocked-in last week by parents using this space when collecting children - this meant that both the child and wheelchair user were left to stand in the rain until the owners of the vehicle returned. Please be thoughtful of others when you park.
We thank you for your ongoing support with this matter.
Late Collection of Children
Occasionally, there are unforeseen circumstances that mean you may be late to collect your child from school, however in recent weeks, we have had a number of children being collected late on a regular basis.
When children are collected late, staff have to come away from their regular duties to supervise them, meaning unplanned staffing costs for the school. With this in mind, from Term 6 onwards we will be implementing a charging system for those children who are regularly collected late. These charges will be as follows:
- After 3.20 - £2.50 charge
- After 4.00pm - £5.00 charge
In the first instance, parents will be given a written warning regarding late collection of children, however should this become a regular occurrence, these charges will apply.
Cancelling After School Clubs
Our after school clubs at Christ the King have become increasingly popular in the past few weeks, and we often have to operate a waiting list of children that would like to attend each day. We understand that sometimes children do not attend booked sessions due to illness/change of plans, however we’ve recently had a number of children being collected after school when they are due to stay, without informing us. This means they have taken a space at the after school club that could have been given to another child.
If you have booked a session and your child can no longer stay/no longer wants to stay for any reason, please inform the school office before 11.00am so that we can offer the space out to another child.
If you do not cancel your session, and your child goes home (for reasons excluding illness), you may still be charged.
Library Fun
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 -
- Paisley for doing some fantastic reading with Miss Harvey and for moving up book bands!
Year 1 -
- Zach - for ordering words to make up his sentences and working really hard in class.
- Amelia - for trying her best to retell our class story in English this week and editing her work with support.
Year 2-
- Ryder - For having an amazing week. He has made a huge improvement with his writing and presentation when independently retelling our class story.
Year 3 -
- David and Abby- For their excellent persuasive letters in English. They worked independently to meet the success criteria and used imaginative ideas. Well done!
Year 4-
- Leighton, Emily, Lexi, Reggie and Grace - These children make up our Top 5 for the Year 4 Speed Tables that we introduced last term. The children were timed to write down their tables from 1s-12s, racing against the clock!
Year 5 -
- Ayla - for a brilliant attitude towards her decimals work this week after being away for two weeks of learning.
- Des’Arai and Cheyenne - for their brilliant writing this week when writing a newspaper article.
- Fidel - For his resilience and improvement in maths when adding decimals.
- Angelina - for trying out new ideas when editing her writing
Year 6 -
- Archie - for his mature attitude to phoning the “emergency services” at the Create Centre. He was able to articulate what he needed and why he needed it. Well done, Arch!
- Adi, Serenity & Frankie - for their excellent knowledge in our Kahoot quiz. Well done!
Wellbeing Tips
Dates for Diaries
Friday 1st July - INSET Day
Thursday 21 July 2022 - End of the school year
Monday 5th September - Beginning of new school year (pupils return to school)
Yours sincerely
Matt Condon
Headteacher
