Dear Parents and Carers

First Holy Communion

Can the governors, staff and pupils of School of Christ the King wish congratulations to all the children who received their First Holy Communion last Sunday.

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.

Staffing news and class organisation 2021-22

As we prepare for the summer holiday, here is the class teacher structure from September:

• Nursery - Miss Griffiths
• Reception - Miss Letherby
• Year 1 - Mrs Rowland
• Year 2 - Mr Purser (Deputy Headteacher)
• Year 3 - Miss Garrett 
• Year 4 - Mr Prichard
• Year 5 - Mrs Rotheram
• Year 6 - Miss Owers
• Teachers in various classes - Mrs Peppin and Mrs Buckland
• Academic Mentor - Mrs Fannin
• Reading Teacher - Miss Wakeford
• Assistant Headteacher and Inclusion Lead - Mrs Jordan 

This does mean that we will be sadly be saying goodbye to Mrs Wareham Mrs Meacham, who are both going on to new teaching roles. 

Coming in on a morning

We recently asked that parents with Nursery children use the front area of the school to wait with their children until Nursery opens at 9am. This was to ensure the safety of families, and so that the pavement outside of school was not being blocked. Whilst children are now utilising the front space, parents are still waiting on the pavement outside. This means that not only are children in this area unsupervised, but that the pavement is still being blocked for other pedestrians. 

Please can we ask that parents wait with their children inside the school gates and that they supervise their children until Nursery opens at 9.00am. 

Thank you for your ongoing cooperation with this matter. 

Attendance 27/06 - 30/06

Congratulations to both year 5 classes who have had great attendance this week: 

• Year 5O - 98% 
• Year 5R - 99%  

This means that Year 5R will have a special non-uniform day soon! 

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! 

Summer Reading Challenge 

Last week the children had a special assembly from Bristol Libraries about the Summer Reading Challenge. This years theme is ‘Gadgeteers’ and children who take part have the chance to win some great prizes through the local library. For more information on how to take part, visit Filwood Library or www.summerreadingchallenge.org.uk.

End of school year

With only 3 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. 

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 -  

• Michelle - for making a super effort to work more independently in class! Well done Michelle. 

Year 2-  

• Zuzanna - for making a super effort to improve her handwriting.
• Lily B - for demonstrating a good understanding of symmetry during our maths competition.

 Year 3 - 

• Leo- For his exceptional fractions work on tenths. He showed initiative and a desire to challenge himself. Well done, Leo!

Year 4-

• All children in Year 4 for their fantastic attitude and effort towards the Multiplication Check. Everyone can be so proud of their score- Mr Prichard and Mrs Holmes are feeling very proud of you. 

Year 5 -  

• Anta - for her thoughtful reflection on marriage based on the Bible verses we had read in class.
• Freya - for her down-to-earth marriage tips in our RE lesson.

Year 6 -  

• Chloe - for an absolutely fabulous newspaper report! You took time to make sure it was presented really well and it reads beautifully - well done!

Wellbeing Tips

Dates for Diaries

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

Staffing news and class organisation 2021-22

As we prepare for the summer holiday, here is the class teacher structure from September:

• Nursery - Miss Griffiths
• Reception - Miss Letherby
• Year 1 - Mrs Rowland
• Year 2 - Mr Purser (Deputy Headteacher)
• Year 3 - Miss Garrett 
• Year 4 - Mr Prichard
• Year 5 - Mrs Rotheram
• Year 6 - Miss Owers
• Teachers in various classes - Mrs Peppin and Mrs Buckland
• Academic Mentor - Mrs Fannin
• Reading Teacher - Miss Wakeford
• Assistant Headteacher and Inclusion Lead - Mrs Jordan 

This does mean that we will be sadly be saying goodbye to Mrs Wareham and Mrs Meacham, who are both going on to new teaching roles. 

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

Dear Parents 

This term children in Reception to Year 6 will be learning about relationships part of the RSE (Relationships and Sex Education) curriculum. Following the full consultation with parents last year, we would just like to remind you of the Parent Portal part of the programme. 

The Life to the Full programme is based on the structure of ‘A Model Catholic RSE Curriculum’ by the Catholic Education Service. This model curriculum was highlighted as a work of good practice by the Department of Education so we therefore have confidence that the programme will be fit for purpose in supporting the growth and development of your child.

Life to the Full is much more than a series of lessons. It is an entire platform of creative resources that will engage, inform and inspire our children and, indeed, you as parents. This includes interactive video content, story-based activities, employing a wide range of teaching tools, original worship music and an accompanying programme of classroom prayers.

To access the online parent platform please visit: www.tentenresources.co.uk/parent-portal

• Username: school-ctk-bs4
• Password: canal-banks

Life to the Full is intended to be a partnership between home, school and church. We know that you already do a fantastic job and we see our new programme, Life to the Full, as a means to further develop, support and enrich the partnership between home, school and church so that your child is fully supported.

If you have any queries, please email these to the school office on Christ.the.king.p@bristol-schools.uk

Kind regards

Miss Griffiths

PSHE Lead 

Dear Parents and Carers

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! 

Weekly Attendance 

Congratulations to Year 3 who have achieved 98% attendance this week! This is a great achievement - keep up the good work! 

With only one week left of the school term, we hope to see more classes achieve this next week, and going into next term. Don’t forget, classes that achieve at least 99% attendance will be rewarded with a non-uniform day! 

Filwood Library

Leave of Absence During Term Time

We must remind all parents that the Headteacher CANNOT authorise any leave of absence during term time unless for exceptional circumstances.  Any requests must be made in writing on a form available from the school office and must be made at least ten days before the leave is due to commence.  Any leave taken that has not been considered exceptional will be recorded as unauthorised.  There will be two unauthorised absences recorded for each day - morning and afternoon.  If there are eight or more unauthorised absences recorded within a ten week period, the school can issue a penalty notice.  This will be £60 per child for each parent, meaning a possible penalty charge of £120 per child (which could double after a period of time).

We appreciate that holidays taken during term time can be much cheaper than those taken during the school holidays but we have a legal responsibility to ensure that every child is attending school and receiving their education.

End of school year

With only 6 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 

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. 

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. 

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 -  

• Momar - for his retelling of the story ‘lost and found’ making huge improvements with his spelling, presentation and making a super effort to remember to include finger spaces between words - well done
• All Year 1 - For their incredible hard work and determination in the phonics screening  this week! 

Year 2-

• Bella - for always being very kind and considerate towards other children when they need a helping hand or a friend to guide them.

Year 3 - 

• Roxy- For her amazing independent work on comparing lengths in maths. Keep up the confidence, Roxy!

 Year 4-

• Leighton, Emily, Lexi, Reggie and Grace - These children make up our Top 5 for the Year 4 Speed Tables that we introduced this week. 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

• Monday 6 June 2022 - Start of Term 6
• Friday 17th June - INSET Day
• 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

Dear Parents and Carers

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 -  

• Momar - for his retelling of the story ‘lost and found’ making huge improvements with his spelling, presentation and making a super effort to remember to include finger spaces between words - well done!

Year 3 - 

• Baylee- For having an amazing first term at CTK.  Since day one he has approached every lesson with focus and determination. Well done, Baylee!

Year 4-

• Leighton, Emily, Lexi, Reggie and Grace - These children make up our Top 5 for the Year 4 Speed Tables that we introduced this week. 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. 
• Fidel - For his resilience and improvement in maths when adding decimals. 

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!

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. 

Wellbeing Tips

Attendance 

Congratulations to Year 3 who have achieved 98% attendance this week! This is a great achievement - keep up the good work! 

With only one week left of the school term, we hope to see more classes achieve this next week, and going into next term. Don’t forget, classes that achieve at least 99% attendance will be rewarded with a non-uniform day! 

Dates for Diaries

Monday 6 June 2022 - Start of Term 6

Friday 17th June - INSET Day

Friday 1st July - INSET Day

Thursday 21 July 2022 -  End of the school year

Yours sincerely

Matt Condon

Headteacher

Dear Parents and Carers

A reminder that we are closed this Monday (23rd May) for and INSET Day.

PE Kit 

We have recently had lots of children coming into school in the wrong PE Kit (named brand sports wear, brightly coloured clothing etc). We welcome children to wear their kit in on their classes PE day, however this only applies if they have the correct kit - white t-shirt & black shorts - if they do not have this correct kit, they should come to school wearing their uniform and bring their sportswear to change into before their PE lesson. 

If children arrive wearing the incorrect kit, we will be contacting parents to arrange for uniforms to be bought in.

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 - 

• Daniella for doing some fantastic writing in literacy. Daniella wrote a sentence about the little red hen story and used her sounds to write independently. Well done Daniella! 

Year 1 -  

• Elsie and Kiki - For their fantastic illustrations showing different feelings and emotions which we have been learning about in PSHE.

Year 2 -  

• Year 2 - For their fantastic hard work this week.  We are all so proud of you all!

Year 3 - 

• Filip- For sharing his wider understanding of Roman life to support the class during English. Filip used high quality vocabulary and demonstrated that he had been extending his learning outside of school. Excellent work, Filip!

Year 5 -  

• Aaliyah and Anta - for their brilliant team work when researching bible passages that mention the Holy Spirit. 

Year 6 -  

• Year 6 - Adi, Serenity & Frankie - for their excellent knowledge in our Kahoot quiz. Well done!

Wellbeing Tips

Attendance 

Congratulations to Year 3 who have achieved 98% attendance this week! This is a great achievement - keep up the good work! 

With only one week left of the school term, we hope to see more classes achieve this next week, and going into next term. Don’t forget, classes that achieve at least 99% attendance will be rewarded with a non-uniform day! 

Nursery Drop Off 

One of our highest priorities here at Christ the King is the safety of our children and their families. With this in mind, we would like to ask that families waiting for nursery to open in the morning now wait inside the school gates. This ensures that not only are children kept safely away from the road, but also that the pathways are kept clear for pedestrians. 

Thank you for your ongoing cooperation with this matter. 

Head Lice 

We have had reports of head lice from a number of classes across the school. We would like to ask that parents are regularly checking their children’s hair for nits, and treating them when necessary. Whilst head lice are not an excuse to miss school, they can be irritating for children which in turn can become a distraction from learning, so we ask parents to remain vigilant and deal with them as soon as possible. 

Medical Appointments during the school day 

Please can we remind parents that without medical evidence (an appointment card/letter/prescription), appointments during the school day will not be authorised. Multiple unauthorised absences may result in a penalty notice (fine) being issued. Where possible, please book appointments after school hours or during school holidays. 

Jewellery 

A polite reminder that children should not be wearing excessive jewellery to school. Pupils are only permitted to wear stud earrings into school, they should not be wearing hoops or drop earrings. Children should also not be wearing necklaces, bracelets or rings into school, and we cannot take responsibility for the loss or damage of such items. 

CTK Nursery Class - Places Available

We are extremely proud of our new(ish) nursery class which is open for 3 and 4 year olds. Our Early Years Team have worked really hard to make it a welcoming and enjoyable place for children to play and learn, developing the skills they need ready for primary school. You can take a look at the fantastic work that’s been going on through the Nursery page on our school website. 

If you are interested in applying for a place for your child or think you may know someone who is interested, please ask them to contact the school office to express interest.

Dates for Diaries

Monday 23rd May - INSET Day

Friday 27th May - Non-uniform day (Jubilee Colours - Red, White & Blue) 

Friday 27 May 2022 - End of Term 5

Monday 6 June 2022 - Start of Term 6

Friday 17th June - INSET Day

Friday 1st July - INSET Day

Thursday 21 July 2022 -  End of the school year

Yours sincerely

Matt Condon

Headteacher