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Dear Parents/Carers,
I feel extremely honoured and privileged to be the Headteacher at Christ the King RC primary school. Christ the King is so much more than just a school; it is a family and a community. It is a school that welcomes people into the school community, as the Lord welcomes, it cares for our school family and our brothers and sisters locally and globally. The school’s best asset is of course the children; their smiles, enthusiasm and love of learning is evident as soon as you walk through the door every day.
My vision for Christ the King is centred around one word ‘children’. It is a vision that provides a safe, caring and respectful learning environment which is based around Gospel values of love/ trust/ friendship/ reverence and respect - where each child is challenged to achieve their potential academically, creatively, socially and spiritually. My vision is about creating passionate learners, inquisitive learners, learners that want more because they are loving what they doing. In today’s world children can be taught anything by google but google will never give a child a love of history, it will never develop a scientist or a passionate musician it simply teaches the skills. We want our children to be aspirational, to be resilient and to be respectful. I believe that everyone within our school community should be valued and treated with love and respect and that each of us has a right to grow and become the best we can be. Lessons will actively contribute to pupils’ spiritual, moral, social and cultural awareness by highlighting what God has taught us. With these values and our belief that we have a responsibility to give our best in all we do, our children will be prepared for their lifelong learning journey.
I am looking forward to watching your children grow in confidence, knowledge and spirituality during their time at Christ the King RC Primary School.
Please feel free to contact me at any time. To make an appointment, please speak to Mrs Clegg or Miss Hargreaves in the school office.
Mrs Webster
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BEAT THE STREET 2023!
Save the date!
Beat the Street is coming to our school from 10 May – 21 June and we’re all invited to play. It’s a free walking and cycling game that will transform the area into a giant game! Pupils, parents, carers and staff earn points for our school as you travel around our area.
You can walk, run, cycle, scoot, skip or roll between Beat Boxes on the journey to and from school, take trips round the area at weekends and enjoy spending time to help our school earn points and rocket up the leaderboard.
There are great prizes up for grabs! We can even earn tree's!
What’s next? You’ll receive a game pack including a map of our area and pack containing a card for your child and a card for a parent/carer to use. Both should be registered online at www.beatthestreet.me. To find out how to play – see the video. https://youtu.be/WMS6rQPIt0o
ORIENTEERING IN THE PARK!
We had a lovely time time with some of our year 3's during the recent Orienteering festival at Towneley Park. The children took part, alongside other schools, in some team-building challenges and even a Pokémon hunt, before tackling an orienteering course set up by the SSP staff. The children agreed they enjoyed the experience and had built on their knowledge of the sport, after being introduced to it here in our PE lessons at school.
GIRLS' BIGGEST FOOTBALL SESSION 2023
A huge thank you and well done to all the girls who took part, across the country, in the GBFS 23 last week. CTK joined St Augustine's, Holy Trinity and Padiham Green in a KS2 friendly tournament, which saw over 50 girls playing some enthralling games in front of lots of keen spectators. The atmosphere was buzzing! Two squads from CTK travelled over and both teams performed impressively, notching 5 wins out of the 6 total games played. We were delighted to then join the other girls in one team photo in celebration at the end of the fantastic afternoon. A special thanks to our fellow schools who took part and to Mr O'Brien for organising the event.
FRIENDS OF CTK UNVEIL NEW SPORTS KIT!
Our special thanks go to the Friends of CTK who recently supplied school with a brand new sports kit. The KS2 girls' football team proudly wore the new kit for the first time this week as they played in two friendly warm up games at Hameldon this week. The girls who featured looked very smart in the all-red design, as they faced up against Padiham Green and Holy Trinity. The school would welcome a shirt sponsor who would also arrange for the kits to be printed up. Please let the office or Mr Ashworth know if you would like to discuss this. l.ashworth@king-pri.lancs.sch.uk
HARTLEY CUP: CTK WIN IN GROUP STAGE
A fantastic performance in the Hartley Cup group stage at Hameldon on Thursday saw CTK secure a 4-1 victory over St Leonard's. A new formation was rolled out and players were asked to perform in different roles, which they executed superbly. The forward play and intricate passing enabled the reds to create plenty of chances in front of goal, but some heroic defending and sublime goalkeeping from the opposition limited the first half tally. Rafferty gets a special mention for scoring all four of the goals, in an exemplary performance across the midfield. On to the next big game versus St mary's. Well done to all the players!
IMPRESSIVE INDOOR ATHLETICS!
This week our CTK Athletes from year 5&6 were in action as part of the SSP Indoor Athletics competition at Blessed Trinity's Spirit Of Sport Centre. Our children took part in a range of field and indoor track events, such as team relays, sprint races and Javelin throwing. We were high on the charts for our throwing events and the sprinters achieved some impressive times, with the boys winning two of their heats. A huge congratulations to our badge winners Alex & Isla. The whole team were fantastic on the night - well done everybody!
THOMPSON PARK CHRISTMAS CHALLENGE - FIND YOUR WAY! (MONDAY 19TH DECEMBER)
YEAR 4 GYMNASTICS
This week our brilliant year 4 gymnasts went along to the BEST Centre in Burnley to take part in a wonderful afternoon of gymnastics activities. The children had an amazing time swinging, balancing and navigating their way around exciting apparatus. The children practiced their floor skills, vaulting and rolling skills, before leaping up onto the high ropes, trapeze and balance beams. The foam pit was a particular hit with the children. Well done all! View the full gallery HERE ...
Girls Football Qualifiers
A huge well done to our KS2 girls who took part in the LSFA football tournament on Friday at Burnley College. The girls worked tirelessly for the cause and played some wonderful football, picking up two wins during the afternoon. The girls had a team shape which they stuck to and rotated well when asked to play in different positions, which meant our success can be managed by how much learning took place. Our character value was bravery and well done to our school games badge winner. We are very proud of the whole team!
LSFA FOOTBALL: REPORT
The year 5 and 6 footballers who attended last Friday's LSFA football tournament at Burnley College were all smiles following an enthralling afternoon of matches. First up, CTK played some tough opposition in the form of Briecliffe and Cliviger. Following a convincing win in our third game, we were desperately unlucky not to pick up the win against Padiham, and a draw saw us finish just outside the qualifying places. The team showed resilience and an excellent attitude towards the opposition and match officials. A superb display from the players!