CTK Newsletters

Friday, 11 November 2016

Dear Parents/Carers,

Christmas Disco

I have recently been approached by a parent who has suggested organising a Christmas disco for the children. This is a fantastic idea and the event will take place on Wednesday 7th December. Infant children will have their disco from 3:15pm to 4:15pm and Juniors will be from 4:30pm to 6:00pm. Entry to the disco will be tickets only and will cost £1.00. Tickets are being sold each morning and at the end of the day, at the rear entrance to the school, by Kim Porter (Mum of Declan in Reception).

Children in Need

Children in Need is on Friday 18th November. Children can come to school wearing anything with spots and pay £1.00 per family for the Children in Need charities.

Parents Evening

We will be holding Parents’ Evening on the 15th and 16th of November. Please telephone the school office to make an appointment (01179664844).

INSET Day (School Closed)

The next INSET day (where the school is closed to children) will be on Friday 9th December. We will let you know the date of our final two INSET days as soon as possible.

New reception foyer at the front of the school.

Again, thank you for your help and cooperation this week with the new building work. The drilling has been noisy at times and if you have tried to gain access to the school and have found it difficult please telephone the school office on 01179 664844 - thank you.

Online Payments

We are delighted to announce that we are now in a position to offer the facility for parents to make payments online for school activities such as school dinners, school trips, school book bags and photos etc!

There is an immeasurable amount of valuable time spent on collecting and keeping track of what payments have been received for the numerous events that take place. This, combined with the burden that you may endure in either finding the correct change or writing a cheque to pay for your child’s activities can at times be frustrating.

The new schoolmoney.co.uk facility will allow for both parties to experience a more streamlined, cost-effective and efficient payment collection system in a secure and safe environment.

If you do not have access to a bank account or online facilities, payments can be paid by Paypoint – please contact the school office for further details.

From time to time you will receive a text message from the school inviting you to access a website as an option to make a payment for an activity. We would appreciate your support in this matter.

To ensure that we all experience maximum benefit from this service, we would ask all parents to notify us if you have recently changed your mobile number and/or email address.

You will receive a welcome text from school money with details of how to log-on and your unique password.

The on-line payment facilities will go live from Saturday 15th October.

Thank you for your cooperation in this matter.

Headteacher Award - Independent Learning

Each week we will be having a special focus for our Headteacher Awards. This week, our focus is for Independent Learning.

Headteacher Awards for Monday’s Assembly are:- Ralphie (YR), Cody W (Y1), Stephanie (Y2), Oscar (Y3), Colin (Y4), Matty (Y5), Dylan (Y6) and Lillie (Y6).

Attendance

Well done to the following classes who had attendance at over 97% this week:

Year 3 - 99%

Year 3 will have a special non-uniform day on Friday 18th November.

100% Attendance assembly

On Monday we will also be celebrating 100% Attendance for last term. If your child had 100% attendance, they will have received a certificate which allows them to wear non-uniform on Monday and will be entered into a draw to win a new storybook.

Primary School Admissions

Reception admissions for September 2017 are now open on www.bristol.gov.uk/schooladmissions. Children born between 1st September 2012 and 31st August 2013 must apply for a school by midnight on 15th January 2017

Key dates for Diaries

15th November - Flu vaccinations for Year 1, 2 and 3
15th November - Parents Evening
16th November - Parents Evening
16th November - Feast of Christ the King Mass
29th November - Year 6 Trip to London
7th December - Year 1 and Year 2 trip to Colston Hall
7th December - School Christmas Disco
Friday 9th December - INSET Day (School Closed)
12th December - KS1 Nativity performance - 2:00pm
13th December - KS2 Carol Concert at Church - 2:00pm
16th December - End of Term 2
Term 3 - 3/1/17 - 10/2/17
w/c 8th May 2017 - Y6 SATs week
6th January 2017 - Y6 to visit Create Centre
10th January 2017 - Y3 trip to Bristol Old Vic to see The Snow Queen
9th - 12th June - Year 6 camp to Manor Adventure
5th April - Year 5 trip to SS Great Britain
Term 4 - 20/2/17 – 7/4/17
Term 5 - 24/4/17 – 26/5/17
Term 6 - 5/6/17 – 21/7/17

Yours sincerely,

Matt Condon, Headteacher

Friday, 21 October 2016

Dear Parents/Carers,

New Reception Foyer at the front of the school

We would like to let you know that building work will commence on the new reception foyer from the 24th October. These significant works will create new office space, a new waiting room, a new learning support room, a covered area and overall improve our ability to welcome and work with parents, whilst keeping children safe and secure. This work will however take an approximate 14 weeks and during this time our usual front entrance will be closed. This will obviously cause some disruption to normal school life but will be well worth it in the end.

We will published our temporary access plans in a special newsletter yesterday.

Online payments

We are delighted to announce that we are now in a position to offer the facility for parent to make payments online for school activities such as school dinners, school trips and school book bags and photos etc!

The new Schoolmoney.co.uk facility will allow for both parties to experience a more streamlined, cost-effective and efficient payment collection system in a secure and safe environment.

If you do not have access to a bank account or on-line facilities, payments can be paid by paypoint – please contact the school office for further details.

From time to time you will receive a text message from the school inviting you to access a website as an option to make a payment for an activity. We would appreciate your support in this matter.

To ensure that we all experience maximum benefit from this service, we would ask all parents to notify us if you have recently changed your mobile number and/or email address.

You will receive a welcome text from school money with details of how to log-on and your unique password.

The on-line payment facilities will go live from Saturday 15th October.

Thank you for your cooperation in this matter.

School Photographer

The photographer will be taking photographs on Friday 4th November. ALL children in school will have an individual photograph taken.

There will also be an opportunity for a family photograph with brothers and sisters who do not attend this school. If you would like one of these photographs taken please arrive at school by 8.30am on 4th November.

Safe Internet Use

Recently we have had to deal with some serious internet related issues in school. It has been incredibly worrying that children have created fake email accounts and pretend to be other classmates. The police have been supporting us in investigating these issues and have asked us to remind all parents of the importance of parents monitoring children’s internet use. We are running additional E-safety sessions in school and shrare updated guidance soon.

St Bernadette Catholic Secondary School

If you wish to apply for a place at St Bernadette Catholic Secondary School on religious grounds, you will also be required to send evidence of your faith commitment to the school by 31st October 2016. If, after reading the Admission Policy, you are not sure of the evidence required please call Mrs Nunnerley at the school on 0117 377 2050.

Headteacher Award - For applying any of the Learning Skills

Each week we will be having a special focus for our Headteacher Awards. This week, our focus is for applying any of the learning skills.

Headteacher Awards for Monday’s Assembly on 31st October are:- Jaiden (YR), Gracie B (Y1), Casey-Leigh (Y2), Jonathan (Y3), Frazer (Y4), Lillie-Grace (Y5), Shane (Y6) and Amber (Y6).

Attendance

Well done to the following class who had attendance at over 97% this week:

Year 2 - 97%
Year 5 - 98%
Year 6 - 98%

Primary School Admissions

Year 6 to apply for a Secondary school place

Parents/carers need to apply for a secondary school place for their child in Year 6. The website is now open on www.bristol.gov.uk/schooladmissions. Secondary school choices need to made by midnight on 31st October 2016.