Christ the King It is difficult to believe a whole year has passed already, and yet, on reflection, there has been so much crammed into life here at Christ the King since September that a school year scarcely seems long enough! It has been joyous to see the children continue to nurture community relationships with our vulnerable neighbours in the residential care home: from singing carols and buying gifts in the Autumn, to visiting residents with flowers and company in the summer, I am so proud of the love, respect and stewardship shown by our pupils. This is further exemplified by our youngest children in the school collecting items for the Food Bank as part of their Pilgrims of Hope journey and our whole school fundraising on VE Day-80 for The Rawthey Trust – a military mental health charity. For all of our staff and pupils, the summer term has seen us renewing our connection with God and deepening our Christian Values through a ‘chaplaincy for all’ approach themed on the jubilee year; our SEN pupils in the Resource Base especially love visiting the school oratory to gather for prayer. As a school, we are continuing to develop our curriculum to help foster curiosity and it’s been wonderful to see our pupils all enjoying experiences beyond the school gates this term, with Maple and Birch taking a trip to Marwell and Oak and Willow visiting Longleat, the children showed great enthusiasm and curiosity. Extra adventures ensued when the Longleat coach was stuck on the A303 for several hours due to an emergency, all wouldn’t have been forgiven if the children had been extra tired and grumpy but they instead all returned with happy smiles on their faces! Our Resource Base also had visits from a cookery school to help develop them as lifelong learners in all aspects of life. Of course, Year 6 attended the annual schools’ Mass, and this is one of the most special and memorable moments for our pupils, with one of our children particularly starstruck about getting to meet Bishop Bosco. As we see out the final weeks of term we especially look forward to our end of year production – Alice in Wonderland.
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