Weekly Update from Mr Meehan

It’s been another full week at Christ Church. It was lovely again to welcome some of our parents to a lunch service, this time parents of our Year 5 pupils. Some junior children also took part in a food tasting session this week, as PS catering plan out their Autumn menu! We’re also welcoming the manager of PS Catering to our forthcoming class reps meeting later this month.

Yesterday and today, we’ve held the poetry competition finals in the infants and juniors respectively. My thanks to our judging panel for both events and all parents who supported their children in practising and rehearsing. All the finalists did a grand job, and all children who entered and shared their poems and stories with their class can all be proud of themselves - the standard was so high! A special mention to our winners … James Mills, Keziah Robinson and Marina Karimi at the infants, Holly Albert, Fletcher Hamman and Nathaniel Cook at the juniors. Thank you also to the PTA who sponsored the competition and provided book token prizes for winners.

Also this week, our Year 3s and some of our Year 4s took part in the annual country dancing festival at Kingsmeadow Stadium; it was a beautiful day of dancing and celebration. My thanks to Mrs Brooks and the team for rehearsing our children to be ready for this lovely event. Not only this, but we have teams out today and yesterday for sports events, and some of our Year 5 and 6 children enjoyed being part of the Singing Festival at the Rose Theatre on Tuesday. All of this is part of our broad curriculum to ensure children are ‘achieving widely’ with plenty of opportunities to shine. 

Our Year 5 pupil leader candidates have also begun their campaigns this week to become next year’s ‘Pupil Leaders’. Next week, they will be delivering their campaign speeches to the juniors before the secret ballot election takes place. Their campaign posters are already up today at the juniors. Good luck to them all! They can already be proud of getting this far.

Tomorrow is one of the highlights of the school year …Our PTA summer Fair! This exciting event is on our junior site between 1-4pm. Please do come along and support all the hard work that goes into it by the PTA committee and all their volunteers. It is always a highlight of the school calendar, so hopefully see you there … and the weather forecast (at the time of writing!) looks good.

Our School Updates for Parents

Singing at Summer Fair on Saturday

Infant children will be singing at the Summer Fair tomorrow at 1:15pm (all welcome to join from nursery to year 2). The junior choir will be singing at 2:15pm. NO school uniform. Please can children arrive 5 mins before on the playground. 

Charity Tuesday

Next Tuesday we will be raising money for Kingston Young Carers where children can bring in a donation to wear a hat all day.

Sports Days

We are looking forward to our Sports Days.

• Junior Sports Day - Friday 3rd July. Parents are invited to come to the school playing field (next to Corpus Christi) to watch. The timings are as follows:
  • Years 3 and 4: 9.15 a.m. - approximately 10.20 a.m.
  • Years 5 and 6: 10.45 a.m. - approximately 11.50 a.m.

• Infant Sports Day - Friday 10th July. Parents are invited to come to the Infant site to watch. The timings are as follows:
  • Nursery, Reception and Year 1 - 9.00 a.m. - 10:20 a.m.
  • Year 2 - 10.30 a.m. - 11.30 a.m.

Reminder: Sickness

If your child suffers from either vomiting or diarrhoea, then they must be kept off school and can only return 48 hours after their symptoms disappear. 

Wider Community Updates

Cheerleading and Tumbling Classes

Please see the attached poster for information on cheerleading classes for ages 4-20. Please contact for competitive cheer or recreational cheer information, there's a level to suit everyone.

Mini Athletics Summer Camps 

Please see the attached flyer for details of Mini Athletics summer holiday camps.

JGA Golf Camps 

Please see the attached flyer for details of summer golf camps at Coombe Wood Golf Club.

Tech and WOW Summer holiday camp at Christ Church 

Next Thing Education are introducing WOW Camps, the Tech Camp SUPERCHARGED. This will be running at our junior site 10th - 21st August for children aged 5–11 (Years 1–6). Children can experience LIVE Science Shows & Experiments, New Roblox and Minecraft Workshops, Laser Tag & Nerf Battles in a giant arena, Hovercraft Experiments, Djing and Music Making and much more! Please see the attached flyer for more details or book here. 

Kingston University Research Study Seeking Children Aged 7 14 Years

Kingston University BREAD Lab are currently recruiting children aged 7 - 14 years for the NEAR-Kids study, which explores how physical activity, attention, and brain development are related during childhood. Please see the attached study poster for details. The study involves a fun visit to their research lab, and participating families will receive a £10 voucher as a thank-you for their time. 

Useful Links

• Arbor
• Clubs Schedule - Summer Term 2026
• School Instagram

Key School Dates

• Saturday 20th June – Summer Fair at the Junior site @ 1:00-4:00pm
• Monday 22nd - Thursday 25th June - Wellbeing Week
• Monday 22nd June – Y6 Trip to Parliament
• Monday 22nd June - Y3 (selected pupils) to King’s College School Wimbledon Sports Day
• Monday 22nd June - Y2 & Y3 (selected pupils) to Rose Theatre London Schools Literacy Festival @ 10:00-11:00am
• Monday 22nd June - Y5 to Rose Theatre London Schools Literacy Festival @ 11:30am-12:30pm
• Tuesday 23rd June - Charity Tuesday for Kingston Young Carers
• Tuesday 23rd June - Summer Concert @ 4:00pm
• Wednesday 24th June - Parent Reps Meeting @ 9:00am
• Wednesday 24th June - Y1 Trip to Orleans House Gallery
• Wednesday 24th June  - Y6 Royal Festival Hall Brightsparks Concert
• Thursday 25th June - Y4 (selected pupils) to King’s College School Wimbledon Sports Day
• Thursday 25th June - Turtle Class Worship @ 2:40pm
• Friday 26th June - INSET Day (School closed to pupils)
• Monday 29th June - Y6 Production @ 4:00pm
• Tuesday 30th June - Y6 Production @ 4:00pm
• Wednesday 1st July - Y6 New School Day
• Thursday 2nd July - Macaw Class Worship @ 2:40pm (rearranged date)
• Thursday 2nd July - Learning Look from pick up until 4:30pm
• Friday 3rd July - Junior Sports Day (am)
• Friday 3rd July - Y6 Leavers' Celebration @ 4:00 - 6:00pm
• Monday 6th - Friday 10th July - Y6 Trip to Isle of Wight
• Monday 6th July - Y4 Trip to Gurdwara
• Monday 6th July - Y2 Summer Showcase @ 2:30pm (new)
• Monday 6th July - Y1 Meet the Teacher @ 3:45pm
• Tuesday 7th July - Y2 Meet the Teacher @ 3:45pm
• Wednesday 8th July - Y3 Meet the Teacher @ 3:45pm
• Wednesday 8th July - SEND Parents’ Meetings @ 12:00-3:00pm
• Thursday 9th July - Reception Trip to Hampton Court
• Thursday 9th July  - Y4 parents invited to attend lunch @ 12:30pm 
• Thursday 9th July - Y4 Meet the Teacher @ 3:45pm
• Friday 10th July - Infant Sports Day (am)
• Friday 10th July - SEND Parents’ Meetings @ 12:00-3:00pm
• Friday 10th July - Y5 Meet the Teacher@ 3:45pm
• Monday 13th - Friday 17th July - Chums Week
• Monday 13th July - Y6 Meet the Teacher @ 3:45pm
• Tuesday 14th July -Y3 Trip to Royal Academy (Junior Summer Exhibition)
• Tuesday 14th July - Y6 Leavers’ Event @ 1:45pm
• Wednesday 15th July - New Class Day
• Friday 17th July - End of Year Church Service @ 9:30am
• Friday 17th July - Term finishes early at 1:05pm (infants) and 1:20pm (juniors). Connect will finish at 5:15pm
• Monday 20th July - INSET Day (School closed to pupils)
• Tuesday 21st July – Wednesday 2nd September – Summer Holiday
• Thursday 3rd & Friday 4th September - INSET Days (School closed to pupils)
• Monday 7th September – Autumn Term Starts