Keep up to date with all the latest news happening in school at the moment.

• Conker Island Woodland

  Mon 09 Mar 2020
  We will be planting trees on Conker Island over the next few weeks to help improve the quality of the air we breathe, encourage wild life and create a natural haven for our community's "well being".

• Coronavirus

  Mon 02 Mar 2020

  Today you will be in receipt of a letter forwarded to all schools from Public Health England, advising us in regard to the spread of the Coronavirus. I ask that you ensure you read it – particularly the last paragraph. I can assure you that all necessary preventions are put in place within school. (ie. The whole school is cleaned on a daily basis, children routinely wash their hands before lunch, after visiting the toilet, etc.)

  May I request that you encourage/remind them to do the same at home – as well as ensuring they bring a bottle of water to school with them every day, which has been thoroughly washed. And please be assured that the NHS, Public Health England and the LA are monitoring the situation carefully and will notify all schools accordingly. 

   

   

  Letter from Public Health England

   

  Date: 25th February 2020

  Dear Headteacher,

  Re: COVID–19 Advice for schools and educational settings

  You may be aware that advice for travellers from affected areas has recently changed and it has come to our attention that this may affect children and staff returning from school trips. Please be aware that this is a fast evolving situation and we will continue to share any new advice at the earliest opportunity.

  As of today (25th February) advice for returning travellers is as follows;

  1) If you have returned from the following areas since February 19, call NHS111 to inform them of your recent travel, stay indoors and avoid contact with other people even if you do not have symptoms:

  • Iran

  • Specific lockdown areas in Northern Italy* as designated by the Government of Italy

  • Daegu or Cheongdo, Republic of Korea)

  • Hubei province, China (returned in the past 14 days)

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  2) If you have returned from the following areas since February 19th and develop symptoms, however mild, you should stay indoors at home and avoid contact with other people immediately and call NHS111. You do not need to follow this advice if you have no symptoms.

  • Northern Italy (see map)

  • Vietnam

  • Cambodia

  • Laos

  • Myanmar

  3) If you have returned to the UK from any of the following areas in the last 14 days and develop symptoms of cough or fever or shortness of breath, you should immediately stay indoors and avoid contact with other people, call NHS 111 to inform them of your recent travel to the country.

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  • Other parts of China outside Hubei province

  • Thailand

  • Japan

  • Republic of Korea

  • Hong Kong

  • Taiwan

  • Singapore

  • Malaysia

  • Macau

  Further guidance for educational settings has been published at the following links and will be updated as soon as possible with the above advice and any further changes: : https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/guidance-to-educational-settings-about-covid-19

  Information for the public: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/wuhan-novel-coronavirus-information-for-the-public

  Public Health England and Department of Health have advised that schools do not need to close in relation to COVID 19 (even if there are associated possible cases currently undergoing testing). If a confirmed case is identified with links to a school, specific advice would be given on a case by case basis and parents and students would be updated appropriately.

  Yours sincerely

  Public Health England

   

• The School App

  Mon 03 Feb 2020
  Our New Parental Communications App is now available for you to download. Please visit 

  https://www.christkng.bham.sch.uk/the-school-app/ to find out more. 

  

• Stranger Danger

  Mon 03 Feb 2020
  Children and staff welcomed PCSO, Tracy Baker, into school this morning to talk to them about stranger danger, road safety, personal safety and online safety. It was an enlightening assembly, with children listening carefully to PCSO Tracy’s sound advice.

• Chinese New Year - EYFS

  Mon 27 Jan 2020

  This week EYFS have been celebrating Chinese New Year in readiness for Chinese New Year on Saturday. The children have been learning dances, tasting Chinese food, decorating masks and making a class Chinese dragon. On Thursday the children wore red clothes and performed an assembly for KS1 to share all their learning. The children have had a wonderful week.

• World Book Day

  Mon 27 Jan 2020

  Christ the King will be celebrating a few days early on Tuesday 3rd March.

  Get your thinking caps on as we invite all pupils and staff to dress up as a book character for this special day.

   

• Pope Francis

  Mon 27 Jan 2020

  Year Five children were delighted to receive some very special post this week…from the Vatican! His Holiness Pope Francis replied to their letters and prayers, which were posted during Advent. It was wonderful to hear that Pope Francis received our petitions and has kept our school family and parish in his prayers. Each child has been sent home with a copy of the letter which I’m sure they will always treasure.

• Our School App Letter to Parents

  Fri 13 Jul 2018

  We are ensuring that our communication with you is easier, quicker and more efficient.

  You may or not be aware we have a new app service to the school.

  OurSchoolsApp is a personalised app for our school and will allow us to keep you all updated with school information, news, calendar events and contact information.

  If you have a smartphone (Android or iPhone) you can download OurSchoolsApp from Google Play Android or the Apple Store for FREE. Access is also available on a tablet and iPad by following the same download process.

  When we update OurSchoolsApp with new information or news about the school, a push message notification will automatically be sent to your device to inform you of this update. You can then view the notification which will then take you directly to our app.

  Instructions for download:

  1. Using your device (iPad, iPhone, smart pad, tablet or android phone), visit the relevant marketplace for your product (Apple Store or Google Play). 2. Search for ‘OurSchoolsApp’ and download the app. 3. Once downloaded, us the search bar within the app and enter the postcode or the name of the school. 4. Hit the search button. 5. Once you see the school name displayed, just touch the screen on the school name. 6. Confirm your choice by pressing ‘OK’. 7. You will now be presented with the correct app for your chosen school which contains news, information, calendar events, contacts and any other relevant details.

   

  If you do not have a smartphone you can still view the app and the information online at www.OurSchoolsApp.com.