Welcome to the Christ the King Website

Christ the King School is a community where individuals are encouraged to express themselves; where the teachings of Jesus Christ are embraced with enthusiasm and used as guidelines for living together in family and wider society; where love and zest for learning are fostered, where all members feel welcome, respected and safe.

A Message from Mr Miro Martin, Principal

Christ the King School is part of a dynamic group of schools in one of the fastest growing areas of Australia.  As part of St Eugene’s Parish, Burpengary, we have direct access to a newly opened Catholic college only 10 minutes away. 

The whole school is currently being demolished and replaced with new classrooms and equipped with the latest resources and technology.  By far, our greatest asset is the outstanding staff who, together with parents, create a close family atmosphere in a small school setting.  Our learning support programme and network of specialist teachers and school officers ensure that each child’s individual needs are catered for. Our community is made up of people from varied social and religious backgrounds.  We provide an inclusive Catholic learning programme for everyone.

Have you ever wondered what happens in Prep? Click here NB this video may be slow to load due to the size of the file.

 

 

 

 

 

Changes for Next Term
Our NAPLAN results indicate that we need to put more emphasis on our Reading programme.  The whole staff, including myself, is undertaking professional development next semester in a programme called ‘First Steps.’  This is a programme specifically designed to teach the teachers how to teach reading.  The programme will be conducted after school over the next two terms.  Also, we have had a rethink about our Tuesday rotations for years 5,6 and 7.  While the rotations have been successful in giving the students a taste of High School, they have taken a disproportionate amount of time away from the core subjects of Reading and Maths.  Reading and Maths are not done in the upper grades on Tuesdays.  Technology is best covered across all curriculum areas and each teacher can cover art and P.E. in their own classes.  LOTE (French at CTK) is compulsory.  We have had a great deal of positive feedback about our dance programme so we have no intention of changing it.  Dance and LOTE will continue on Tuesday, but the rest of the classes will be business as usual.

Another area we have been developing over the last three years is Information Communication Technology.  Our new classrooms now have state of the art computers, data projectors, etc.  What we need is on-the-job training for staff.  We recently trained Ron Acton and Debbie Huxley so they could train the teachers.  Next semester Ron will be released one day a week so he can work with the teachers to ensure that we are all up to date with all our new technology.

Prep Enrolments  - Prep next year is filling up fast.  We are giving preference to siblings but, you still need to fill out an enrolment form and make an appointment for an enrolment interview.  I ask that you do it as soon as possible.

Sport News
Our netball, soccer and rugby league interschool sports season has now come to an end.  It was a very disappointing end for our kids as the last three weeks were washed out.  Even so the kids had a fantastic time throughout the semester and represented our school brilliantly not only in the way they competed but also in the spirit with which they played. 

Thank you to all of the parents who came along and supported the kids and teachers at the games.  A special thankyou must go out to all of the mums and dads who washed the jerseys and bibs each week.

P&F News
Pie Drive
We have a prize for the student that sells the most pies and/or cakes. If we all sell 10 pies and/or cakes each we will raise $1000 for our school. Should you need another form see Kim at the front desk. Pie orders have to be in by 22nd June and pies will be back 22nd July, someone needs to pick up your order from tuck-shop from 2.30 pm and delivered to your customers that day. 

Meetings  
Our next meeting is at 3.15pm 21st July in Mr. Acton's room.