We would like to congratulate our students on all their hard work and commitment to the rehearsals so far. We are excited about The Wizard of Oz and it really is going to be a fantastic show.
As we get closer to ‘Show Week’, there are a few important dates for the diary.
Please may we draw your attention to Sunday 28th January and Sunday 4th February 2023. We will rehearse from 9.30-3.30pm. Please make sure your child has lunch, snacks and drinks with them.
We also have days where they are off timetable for rehearsals and a performance for primary schools.
We appreciate this can be a busy time for all students involved and as always, value your continued support.
Please feel free to contact Mrs Stanley if you have any queries.
Sunday 28th January
ALL CAST & BAND 9.15am – 3.30pm
Arrive at 9.15am to begin rehearsal at 9.30am
Finish at 3.30pm
Please bring food and drink.
Band in the Music Studio.
Cast in the Hall.
Sunday 4th February
ALL CAST & BAND 9.15am – 3.30pm
Arrive at 9.15am to begin rehearsal at 9.30am
Finish at 3.30pm
Please bring food and drink.
9.30 – 11.30 – Whole Cast in Hall running Acting and Dancing (Hall)
9.30 – 11.30 – Band Call with Ms Harvey (Music Studio)
11.30 – 12pm – Lunch Break
12.00-12.30pm – Set up ready to run show
12.45 – 3.30pm – Run Whole Show with Band
Monday 5th February
9.00 – 6.00pm (LATE FINISH)
NON-UNIFORM
9am-12.30pm – Technical Rehearsal + Run with Band
12.30 – 1.10 – Lunch
1.10pm – 3.30pm – Run Whole Show
3.30pm – 3.45 – Break
3.45 – 6pm – Run Whole Show
Tues 6th February
Pick up time from school approx. 9.30pm
NON-UNIFORM
9am -10am – Costumes ready for dress rehearsal
10am – 12.30pm – Dress Rehearsal to Primaries
12.30-1.10pm – Lunch
1.10pm – 3.30pm – Rehearsal
(Cast and Band required at 6pm)
7pm – SHOW
Weds 7th February
Pick up time from school approx. 9.30pm
Normal School Day (FULL UNIFORM)
(Cast and Band required at 6pm)
7pm – SHOW
Thurs 8th February
Pick up time from school approx. 9.30pm
Normal School Day (FULL UNIFORM)
(Cast and Band required at 6pm)
7pm – SHOW
In January 2023, Christ the King partnered with Lumbira Community School in Malawi.
In Malawi, there is a three-tier system of schools – boarding schools, day schools and community schools. On the lower end of the tier, funding for community schools is very low compared to the other schools, so as part of the partnership, CTK’s Culture Club organise fundraising events to help raise money, which has so far totalled £380. This translates to 380,000 Kwacha, which is a huge amount for Lumbira.
The events have so far included –
Fairtrade Fortnight – Culture Club organised a stall of Fairtrade products to sell to staff, raising around £30.
Culture Week – Alongside a cultural clothing non-uniform day, the Culture Club arranged a food stall in the dining room selling lots of different foods from cultures around the world. Culture Week was a very successful fundraising event, raising around £350.
Culture Club have also organised a letter writing exchange, where each form group wrote a letter to the students at Lumbira, to help build a connection between the two schools. If you would like to participate in a future letter exchange, please speak with the either Miss Nicholson, or the members of Culture Club.
CTK Staff have also donated books to be sent to Lumbira to build their library, and the next fundraising events will be focused on raising money to ship these books to the school. Culture Club will also have a food stall available at the next CTK Spring Fair.
From the hard work and fundraising, CTK have helped the Lumbira School purchase portable chairs, so students can work both inside the classroom and outside, as well as repairing the rain damaged roof.
We hope this partnership continues well into the future, and keep your eyes peeled to our Social Media to find out more about the next fundraising events.
Lumbira Gallery
Today we held an awards ceremony for our students who have successfully completed the ASDAN Science Short Course.
In the world of science, every step forward is a victory, and we are not just acknowledging academic accomplishment but the triumph of determination, perseverance, and the strength that lies within each one of the students who achieved this qualification.
There is a quote from the Bible that resonates with the spirit of this occasion. In Ecclesiastes 3:13, it is written, “And also that every man should eat and drink and enjoy the good of all his labour—it is the gift of God.” Our students hard work and dedication have borne fruit, and we celebrate this gift of success.
This achievement is a collective triumph of the entire learning community. We are all immensely proud of the progress our students made and the challenges they overcame. We would also like to express our thanks to the Teaching Assistants who have worked tirelessly to support our students. Their commitment, care, and encouragement have played a really important role in helping each of the students reach this milestone.
So, to our incredible Year 10 students, congratulations on this well-deserved accomplishment. May this be just the beginning of a journey filled with continued success and discovery.
Over half term, our Year 9 Creative iMedia students were set the task to create something media based on the theme of “How to Avoid Boredom”. Although there were a lot of impressive works submitted, two in particular stood out.
The first, a comic strip by Isabella Karim, about a character called Alice who can cure your boredom in all sorts of ways.
The second, a video created by Charlotte Walter with some handy tips that she uses to avoid getting bored.
A huge well done to those students for really thinking creatively and outside the box!
