Term 2—Newsletter No. 7 Jesus in the Manger Our children in Years 1 and 2 performed “Jesus in the Manger” this week. It was a fabulous performance and everyone had worked so hard. We are so proud of the children as they had to learn words and lines, dances and songs-it was amazing! A special thank you to all the staff involved in the play for the wonderful costumes, scenery, singing, acting and dancing. We are so lucky at CTK to have a talented team. A special thank you to Mr Pizzey who provided the lights and sounds equipment. E-mail: [email protected]Website:www.christthekingprimary.co.uk Telephone:01454 866680 CTK Chaplaincy Team On Friday 30th November, our Chaplaincy team attended the Chaplaincy Commissioning Service at Clifton Cathedral. There were approximately 930 children at the service from different Chaplaincy teams across the Diocese and it was wonderful to feel like we were part of our big Catholic family. The service was led by Canon Bosco MacDonald and he spoke to us about the Year of Prayer and our important role as Chaplaincy team members. We were presented with our badges and certificates which was very special and we renewed our Chap- laincy Team promises. We also met up with the Chaplaincy team from St Marys in Bradley Stoke and met two of our old friends who left our school last year. We had a wonderful day and are looking for- ward to an exciting year of Chaplaincy ahead. Christmas Parties Our Christmas parties are on Wednesday 19th December. Foundation and KS1 party start at 1:30pm and finishes at 3:30pm. KS2 party starts at 3:00pm and finishes at 5:00pm. Only children in KS2 can stay for the party after school. The After School club will still be open and be based in Eddie’s Kitchen. Please could all children bring their party clothes to school in named bag and all items of clothing to be labelled with their name. The children will change into their party clothes after lunch time. A letter with food requests has been send out by all classes. Thank you.
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Term 2—Newsletter No. 7
Jesus in the Manger
Our children in Years 1 and 2 performed “Jesus in the Manger” this week. It was a fabulous performance and
everyone had worked so hard. We are so proud of the children as they had to learn words and lines, dances
and songs-it was amazing! A special thank you to all the staff involved in the play for the wonderful costumes,
scenery, singing, acting and dancing. We are so lucky at CTK to have a talented team. A special thank you to
Mr Pizzey who provided the lights and sounds equipment.
On Friday 30th November, our Chaplaincy team attended the
Chaplaincy Commissioning Service at Clifton Cathedral. There
were approximately 930 children at the service from different
Chaplaincy teams across the Diocese and it was wonderful to feel
like we were part of our big Catholic family. The service was led by
Canon Bosco MacDonald and he spoke to us about the Year of
Prayer and our important role as Chaplaincy team members. We
were presented with our badges and certificates which was very special and we renewed our Chap-
laincy Team promises. We also met up with the Chaplaincy team from St Marys in Bradley Stoke and
met two of our old friends who left our school last year. We had a wonderful day and are looking for-
ward to an exciting year of Chaplaincy ahead.
Christmas Parties Our Christmas parties are on Wednesday 19th December. Foundation and KS1 party start at 1:30pm and finishes at 3:30pm. KS2 party starts at 3:00pm and finishes at 5:00pm. Only children in KS2 can stay for the party after school. The After School club will still be open and be based in Eddie’s Kitchen. Please could all children bring their party clothes to school in named bag and all items of clothing to be labelled with their name. The children will change into their party clothes after lunch time. A letter with food requests has been send out by all classes. Thank you.
Please remember every day counts at school and it is
important to attend school daily. Missed days leds to
missing lessons and children worrying when they return
to school what learning they have missed
especially in Maths and English.
Attendance Facts;
Attendance of 95% for the year equals 10 days that
your child has been absent, that is 2 full school weeks
of your child’s learning missed for that year.
Attendance of 90% for the year equals 19 days that
your child has been absent, that is almost 4 school
weeks missed.
Attendance of 85% for the year equals 29 days that
your child has been absent per, that is almost 6 school
weeks missed.
Attendance of 80% for the year equals 38 days absent
per year that is over 7 school weeks missed.
School Funding in South Gloucestershire School funding is changing all over the country espe-cially in South Gloucestershire, as we going to be the lowest funded nationally out of 150 Local Authorities. Also our Local Authority has over spent their budget and giving less to fund schools in the next financial year which starts in April 2019. As a school, we are very concerned about the impact this will have on the provision for our children at CTK and all children in South Gloucestershire. Below are links to recent newspaper articles for further information
PTFA Christmas Shop Our children had a super range of Christmas presents to choose from in the PTFA Christmas Shop. It was a wonderful afternoon of shopping! Thank you to our PTFA for this super event which the children really enjoy.
Our next INSET is on Friday 21st December 2018 and
school will close on Thursday 20th
December at 3:30pm.
PTFA Christmas Fair
A huge thank you to our PTFA and to everyone who supported, organised and came our Christmas Fair as it was a wonderful and busy evening with many stalls selling out. The event raised £804—fantastic and will make a huge difference for our children
at CTK. Thank you PTFA and CTK.
Christmas Carol Service. Thank you to everyone who came to our Christmas Carol Service last week , it was a lovely evening and the children were all brilliant.
Our Governing Body has set up an Easy Fundraising account, the details are below: Foundation Nativity
Our Reception learners Nativity Performance is tomorrow, on Friday 14th December at 9:30am. Hope you can come!
