Dear Parents/Guardians

Thank you to all our parents who came to Year 9 Parents’ Evening on 10 January and Year 10 on 7 February.

On 17 January all our Year 11 pupils took part in a Taster Day where they experienced life in our Sixth Form. They were joined by pupils from other local schools who are very welcome to register with us for September.

At the end of January Mr Goodenough ran a trip to Leyland DAF for our Year 10 and 12 Design & Technology pupils. Then on 6 February we took some of our Key Stage 4 pupils to Scarisbrick Hall to inspire them to study Science at A Level and higher, and later that week a similar trip was run for pupils interested in studying English.

National Safer Internet Day was observed on 5 February. The aim of this is to think about how to use technology responsibly, respectfully, critically and creatively. This year the focus was on how online consent works in an online context, ie how they ask, give, and receive consent online, including how they take and share images and videos or how they manage their privacy and data.

On 11 February I was invited to be a judge at CTK’s Bake Off final. I assumed my Paul Hollywood persona for the occasion and had the very difficult job of tasting all the delicious bakes – well, someone’s got to do it! Full details, including photos, will be posted in our next newsletter.

On Friday we will be observing Go Orange Day which is a charity fundraiser, suggested by the joint School Council division of the Southport Learning Partnership. Many schools from across the region will be taking part to raise money for Muscular Dystrophy UK. Our pupils are invited to wear an orange jumper, tie, tee-shirt or accessories in return for a £1 donation.

Your trousers/skirt and shoes must be standard school uniform, and blazers and jumpers must be worn. Alternatively, if you are wearing an orange jumper then you must wear your shirt, tie and blazer. If you do not wish to take part in Go Orange Day, you can still make a donation to the cause. Listen to Bertie’s story to hear about some of the people you could help by taking part in Go Orange day: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vONj2y5X-Io&feature=youtu.be

Wishing you all a good half term break. James Lancaster, HEADTEACHER

Date Event

15 Feb Break up for Half Term

25 Feb Pupils return (Week B)

6 Mar Ash Wednesday services

13 Mar Visit of Bishop Williams

14 Mar Year 8 Parents’ Evening

21 Mar Year 10 Information Evening

28 Mar Year 7 Parents’ Evening

5 Apr Break up for Easter

Letter from the Headteacher

CTK Newsletter

F E B R U A R Y 2 0 1 9

Important

Please note we

break up for

February Half

Term on

Friday

15 February at

the usual time

of 3.00 pm

and we return

on Monday

25 February,

which is a

Week B.

Dates for Your Diary

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CONGRATULATIONS

Top Performers Autumn term 2018

Congratulations to the following pupils who achieved the highest Progress, Attitude to Learning and Independent Learning scores in our first assess-ment cycle .

Mrs Oliver

YEAR 7

Abi Johnson

Albie Smith

Amber Callacher

Angadbeer Hundal

Angel Moreno Gouveia

Charlie McGovern

Charlotte Mulvaney

Chloe Rimmer

Dominic Chishimba

Gabi Ulinici

George Woods

Jakub Mroczkowski

Jordan Seefus

Kacey-Morgan Pedder

Loxley Kamehozu

Lucy Maddox

Maddy Gray

Maisie Caspenenti

Maksymilian Szerer

Maleo Ucjom

Olivia Sumner

Owen Paris

Patrick Durkin

Rowan Spillane

Rugile Baronaite

Ryan Stapleton

Thomas France

Yvonne Lloyd

YEAR 8

Barczyk, Wiktoria

Bradshaw, Kiera

Calvert, Charlie

Cecilia, Rodrigo

DeMott, Anna

Dodica, Evelina

Halfpenny, Freya

Hughes, Toby

Jaigirdar, Majdi

Janawa, Adrian

Joshy, Akash

Leahy, Hannah

Lloyd, Millie

Loughman, Annalise

Mawdsley, Imogen

McWha, Chloe

Meath, Olivia

Nickson, Caleb

Rigby, Caitlin-Jay

Spillane, Caolan

Taylor-Valles, Jake

Thomas-Lopez, Liv

Ting, Yuli

Tynan, Nancy

Wilson, La-Tia

Woodhead, Kelly

Yu, Bo

YEAR 9

Aiden Riley

Allegra Beckwith

Amy Taylor

Ava Savva

Boglarka Arvai

Connor Pedder

Dania Joseph

Faith-Magdalene Jan-naem

Heart Estoy

Heather Neesam

Isabel Chan

Jack Pitchford -Emmett

Jacob Whyman

Jamie Horan

Kelsie-Anne Brady

Kenzie Ellison

Lucy Harding

Luke Hart

Madelaine Houghton

Maja Stankiewicz

Nikola Chrostowska

Olivia McHale

Paige Fashoni

Riya Das

Rose Duffy

Thomas Crew

Weronika Mazurkiewicz

Yolanda Jasi

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CONGRATULATIONS

YEAR 11

Albo, James

Attridge, Roman

Beckwith, Mackenzie

Blundell, Lauren

Broadfoot, Pauline

Cheng, Yasmin

Cliffe, Emma

Constantine, Alexander

Coyle, Leon

Cunningham, Grace

Folejewska, Aleksandra

Gardner, Emily

Lunt, Helen

Maher, Lucy

Manchester, Patrick

Moore, Joseph

Neal, Summer

Neilson, Lucy

Palmer, Megan

Paton, Megan

Pemberton, Joseph

Pennington, Mell

Ritchie, Lily

Semeniuk-Szczecina, Zuzanna

Swainson, Mia

Thornhill-Parkinson, Joshua-Lee

Ting, Henry

Tobin, Ella

YEAR 10

Andrei Estoy

Angelica Cabana

Anjana Sujeevan

Annmary Mathew

Bethany Barrow

Cheskha Serrano

Chloe Birtwell

Cole Gregoire

Deona Joseph

Elanor Powell

Eryn Nugent

Gabrielle Forkings

Holly Bigley

Kasey Knight

Katie Gray

Leilanie Eastwood

Lewis Clifford

Linda Lalu

Lloyd Jones

Louis Broe

Lucy Jane Barrow

Lydia Hall

Megan Hughes

Melissa Landon

Patrycia Zamiara

Paul Motyka

Phoebe Selby

Tamika Graham

Taylor Evison

Tom Molloy

Wiktoria Jankowska

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COMMUNICATION Good communication is very important between

everyone in the school community. We try to keep

good links with families in the following ways:-

The Pupil Planner is great for short messages and

we will try to respond to these as quickly as

possible.

We use our website, Teachers2Parents text and

email service to make sure information gets to

families as quickly as possible.

If you have any general queries please email the

school office at info@christtheking-school.com

and we will get back to you as soon as we can.

CTK WEBSITE: www.christtheking-school.com

Pupils Unwell at

School

The correct procedure is: -

Pupils should report to Student

Services if they feel unwell and

one of our First Aiders will assess

their symptoms. They should

not contact their parents

direct.

A member of staff will then

contact you to arrange collection

of your child.

We would be grateful if you could

wait until Student Services have

contacted you regarding your child’s

sickness before coming to school to

collect your child.

Thank you for your

continued support.

Reporting a Pupil’s First Day of Absence -

If your child is unwell please contact school

via 01704 565212 and select Option 1 before

9.30 am or email :-

absence@christtheking-school.com.

Your message will be picked up and marked

accordingly on our computer system.

If we are missing register marks you will

receive an Absence Text Message requesting

you contact school advising of your child’s

absence.

PLEASE DO NOT TEXT MESSAGE TEACHER

2 PARENTS UNLESS REPLYING TO A

RECEIVED TEXT MESSAGE as this is not

monitored before 10.30am.

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FORGOTTEN ITEMS

If you need to bring in anything for y o u r c h i l d (lunch, money,

forgotten e q u i p m e n t e t c . ) , please would you try to contact your child to let them know that their item is in Student Services. Unfortunately we cannot always guarantee to get messages to pupils during school

hours.

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CONTACT: Pauline Coughlan 01704 565121 x 208

Your child may be entitled to receive Free School Meals if you are receiving one of the following

benefits:

Income support

Income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance

Income-related Employment and Support Allowance

Support under Part VI of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999

The Guarantee element of State Pension Credit

Child Tax Credit ONLY, provided you are not receiving Working Tax Credit, and have an annual income of £16,190 or less

Working Tax Credit run-on (paid for the four weeks after you stop qualifying for Working Tax Credit)

Universal Credit and have a net household income of less than £7400 per annum

If you would like more information or have any questions contact the Pupil Support Team

on 0151 934 3456.

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School Insatgram account - @ctksouthport

School Twitter account - @ctksouthport

The school, along with the rest of the country, will be celebrating World Book Day on Thursday 7th March. Year 7, 8 and 9 pupils

and Sixth Form students can come into school dressed as a character from their favourite book. There will be prizes for the best

costumes. You could use the half term to start cutting, sewing, gluing and painting your own individual costume or, alternatively,

pop to the shops to get one! Also Design a National Book Token

Competition sheets have been given out in registers for pupils to join in. The closing date for entries is Friday 29th March 2019. Winners will be announced in early summer 2019.

There will be quizzes on the day in the library and around the school. We will be having a mini ‘book themed’ fair in the library where there will be different stalls for pupils to visit. Junior librarians will also be holding a

cake sale and there will be book inspired stalls like the Hunger Games Wheel of Destiny. A small fee will be

charged for some of the events. All proceeds will be shared between the school’s charity – Queenscourt - and the School Library Fund.

On the day all pupils will be given a World Book Day token which they

can exchange for a £1 book or put towards a more expensive book at supermarkets and bookshops. We will also be holding a book swap in

our AR lessons throughout that week.

Miss Magill

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Parking/Picking Up and Dropping Pupils Off

I would like to remind parents that parking on school property to collect pupils is not condoned by school. We request that parents do not park in the rear car park and do not drive onto the school site.

We would also ask parents to consider the safety of pupils on

Stamford Road. In the mornings, particularly, some parents are pulling over on the yellow lines completely blocking the road.

This clearly poses a safety risk to our pupils. Please do contact school

Year 9 Tall Ships Cat - Merseyside Police

PC Maggie Howard attended our Year 9 assembly to inform the pupils about the exciting opportunity

opened to ten schools in the borough by entering their competition.

Pupils had to write a short letter/paragraph stating why they should participate in this ‘once in a

lifetime’ adventure and we’re pleased to announce Harry White has been selected as one of the pupils

to sail on the Catamaran from Portsmouth to the Channel Islands during the May half term.

Just a heads up Year 9 will be taking part in a CELL's day on Friday 15th

March 2019, details to follow.

If anyone would like any more information please contact me or have a look at this link - https://www.cells-itsup2u.org/

Miss Cunningham, Head of Year 9

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Thursday 27th June at Formby Hall, pupils should arrive 6.30 pm onwards for a

sit-down meal at 7.45 pm. The evening

ends at midnight and parents should ensure safe collection from

Formby Hall.

The ticket price this year which includes sit-down meal, mocktail on arrival, disco until midnight, sweet cart and a photo booth

is £35.00 payable on ParentPay.

Leavers’ hoodies are now available to order on ParentPay. They are £23 which includes embroidered school badge and personalisation. Various colours and sizes are available. Please ask at the pastoral office for more information.

Mrs Sumner

Help for Parents for Internet Safety Please be aware of an app called Musical.ly which is becoming a

very popular social media site. It carries a very poor reputation due to the quality of unsuitable content that a user may be exposed to.

Help for social medial can be accessed via the following websites:-

www.internetmatters.org www.saferinternet.org.uk www.parentzone.org.uk www.parentsprotect.co.uk wwww.connectsafely.org (very useful

for Snapchat & Instagram)

www.thinkuknow.co.uk

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Guidance We would like to welcome you to our Guidance Programme here at Christ the King Catholic High School.

We operate a programme which provides lessons in six key areas, each delivered by a team of specialist teachers. These areas are designed to address topical issues relating to today’s youth and thus prepare them for life as a student and beyond. The Guidance groups include: PSHE (Personal, Social and Health Education), Economics and Enterprise, Learn to Learn, Citizenship, CIAG and Year 7. All of the groups, with the exception of Year 7, are delivered to year groups 8-11 inclusive. Pupils are taught on a two-week cycle whereby they receive one Guidance lesson delivered to their form groups; this is then supplemented throughout the year with assemblies and outside speakers. To discover more regarding the teams and what content they deliver, please visit our school website. We assess pupils formally on a yearly basis and on some occasions throughout the year. Year 7 - Guidance is mostly delivered to Year 7 form classes by their form teachers. It covers relevant topics such as: New School Anxieties (with starting secondary school being a big step, we recognise this and try to alleviate any worries they may have pertaining to this), Ready to Learn (ensuring pupils are equipped and understand what is required of them), Child Protection, Radicalisation & Extremism and Internet Safety. A complete list of the lessons/topics covered is available via our Guidance timetable which is located on our school website. PSHE - Personal, Social and Health Education. As this suggests, it is based on the healthy aspects of life and also deals with issues that are pertinent in today’s society. Such topical issues include: Knife Crime, Child Sexual Exploitation and Forced Marriages. These lessons also focus on forging healthy relationships, the effects of smoking, First Aid and Sex Education. CIAG - The aim of this group is to prepare our pupils for extended study or work. Lessons focus on preparing a curriculum vitae, interview techniques, applications for college and further study, careers guidance, the labour market, your rights as an employee, making the right choices and employability skills.

Citizenship - Our Citizenship Group prepares our pupils for becoming valued members of society and contributing towards it. Topics covered include: Radicalisation & Extremism, Volunteering, Rights & Responsibilities, the Electoral System, Human Rights and The Law. Many more topics are addressed; please refer to the Guidance timetable for more information. Economics & Enterprise -These lessons aim to assist pupils with learning about monetary issues; they prepare them for opening the correct bank accounts to calculating APR and understanding how it works. Pupils are taught about stocks & shares, pensions and loans. The enterprise aspect is delivered via a series of lessons including: Marketing, Consumer Rights, The Economy & Sweatshops and The Household. Learn to Learn - Learn to Learn provides pupils with the tools to assist their revision and time management - invaluable skills when preparing for examinations. Pupils are taught to appreciate different learning styles, self-assessment, resilience, working with others and higher order thinking skills. Together, these and more contribute to the pupil’s wellbeing and preparation and reducing anxiety during examination periods. If you require more information on the above, please visit our school website. Guidance update - We are pleased to announce that after performing a recent pupil survey, our Guidance lessons are proving beneficial and our pupils rate them highly. Our Guidance curriculum has been amended this year to incorporate valuable issues that are pertinent in today’s society. We continue to be open to ideas from pupils regarding the Guidance lessons and welcome any suggestions they may have. Our school website has now been updated with the 2017-18 Guidance timetable and links explain the groups that deliver the curriculum (please refer to the information above).

If you require more information please do not hesitate to contact me via greev@christtheking-school.com.

Mrs V O’Connor Green Guidance Co-ordinator

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Sports Awards

Autumn Term 2018

YEAR 8

YEAR 7

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Sports Award

Autumn Term 2018

YEAR 9

YEAR 11

YEAR 10

This has been another busy half term in Sixth Form. Year 12 students have completed their mock examinations and will receive progress reports in their subjects shortly. Year 13 students have finished their UCAS applications (followed by a collective sigh of relief!) and are now busy attending interviews, applicants' days and deciding which of their university offers to accept. Student Finance is now on the agenda and those intending to go to university in September should now be considering completing their applications which have to be completed online. Please visit www.gov.uk/

studentfinance for information regarding this. Mr Alexander

This event was held on Thursday 17th January. The day offered our prospective Sixth Form students from Year 11 at Christ the King the opportunity to be Sixth Form students for the day. After an introduction in the Main Hall, students followed individual timetables of Sixth Form style lessons in the subjects they are interested in studying post-16. The day was very successful with student feedback incredibly positive.

Thank you to all those Year 11 pupils who have applied to join us in September, and we are looking forward to seeing our Sixth Form continue to flourish. Informal interviews have been taking place before half term.

If you still haven’t decided what to do next year, it’s not too late to apply – just

pop into the Sixth Form Atrium.

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INGS

EXCELLENT FACILITIES AND COMPETITIVE RATES.

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Email: pcoughlan@christtheking-school.com

CONTACT: Pauline Coughlan 01704 565121 x 208

Girls’ Rugby on the UP!!!!! There has been a lot of interest in the Girls’ Rugby Sessions that have been held on Mondays after school for girls in Years 7 and 8. Team managers from Southport Rugby Club along with Mark Sutcliffe from the Rugby Football Union have been running these sessions for the girls with a view to encouraging them to join the U13 girls team at Southport Rugby Club (http://www.southportrfc.com/). The sessions are due to come to an end soon. However, any girls interested can go to the training sessions held at the club which is situated on Waterloo road on Sundays from

12 pm.

Dates for your diary

We have a busy half term ahead in Girls’ PE with the following tournament dates coming up: 26th February - Southport and Formby girls’ 7-a-side Football Tournament Year 7/8

5th March - Southport and Formby girls’ Netball Tournament Year 7A and B 7th March - Southport and Formby girls’ Netball Tournament Year 8A and B 13th March - Southport and Formby girls’ Netball Tournament Year 9A and B and 10 19th March - Southport and Formby girls’ 7-a-side Football Tournament Year 9 Pupils wishing to be selected for these tournaments must attend all practices in the run-up to the competitions. Unfortunately, due to the weather, a lot of practices have been cancelled but hopefully this will start to improve.

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