Newsletter 19 - 2nd February 2023
Dear Parents and Carers,
Holy Trinity Church Food Bank
We are now a drop off point for the Holy Trinity Foodbank which distributes in our local community. A representative from the Church will let us know which items they're short of, and if you'd like to donate any of these they can be left in School Reception. Thank you in advance for living out our vision. At the moment, the Food Bank is in need of:
- Tinned sweetcorn
- Tinned soup
- Tinned fruit
- Tinned custard
- Tinned meat
- Long life milk
- Long life fruit juice
- Jars of coffee
- Teabags
Goodbye and Goodluck Miss Hing
Today, we said a very sad goodbye to Miss Hing who has worked at the school for over 9 years. Thank you for making a huge difference to the children (and staff) you have worked with – we will miss you immensely.
Wishing you all a lovely weekend.
Mrs Carmel Barnes
Assistant Headteacher
Stars of the Week for w/e 2nd February 2024
Well done to all of our Stars this week.
Reception – Henry for writing a new little story each day this week! What an amazing author!
Class 1 – Margot O for her hard work and enthusiasm in all her learning.
Class 2 – Greg for his hard work and improvement in writing.
Class 3 – Cara for using lovely vocabulary and ideas in her writing.
Class 4 – Ariya for great presentation of her written work. Flois for lovely consistent punctuation of his written work.
Class 5 - Thomas for demonstrating an excellent attitude to all his learning, whether independently, in a pair or in a group.
Class 6 - James for always applying himself wholeheartedly to his work and setting an example to others.
House of the Week
The House with the most house points this week is Water! Well done Water!
KS1 and KS2 Trainers for the Field
Please could all children have spare/old trainers in lockers for using on the field and for outdoor PE so that mud doesn't come back in to the building after playing outside. Children should wear school shoes on PE days and change in to trainers for outdoor PE, to go on the field at playtimes and for after school clubs. Many thanks.
Sow Day (next Friday) and Eco Warrior News
At Eco Warriors today, we “potted on” some of the broccoli we sowed back at the start of Autumn and have sowed some sweet pepper seeds, hopefully to make plants to sell later on. Our broad beans have so far survived the frosts, and pea shoots, daffodil and other spring bulbs are starting to appear.
The children have helped to create some more pathways, and the allotment Robin payed us a visit and some of the children saw him eating the mealworms they’d put out.
On February 9th, before we all rush off for half term holidays, we’ll be having a “sow day”. We will have some pots and seeds and instructions for sowing and growing baby cucumbers together. If you can’t make it or are away over the holidays and would still like a seed to sow when you get back, please get in touch with me (Claire 07715469749).
Parent Webinars for Safer Internet Day
Cybercrime Education is part of modern policing and the South East Regional Organised Crime Unit have asked schools to share the following information and webinar details:
Next week, to support Safer Internet Day, we will be running a parent webinar explaining Cyber Choices and the risks to young people of committing computer misuse offences. As you are already aware, this risk is now a Safeguarding risk, named within KCSiE (Keeping Children Safe in Education documentation), so to try and further raise awareness of this, we want to reach out and explain to parents - as well as safeguarding leads and partner agencies through our other presentations – just how young people can cross the line into cyber crime.
We will be running this webinar three times throughout next week, at the following times:
Tuesday 6th February 13:00-14:00
Thursday 8th February 09:30-10:30
Thursday 8th February 20:00-21:00
And the invitation details are listed below:
When: Feb 6, 2024 13:00 London
Topic: Cyber Choices for Parents & Carers
Register in advance for this webinar: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_w4CZPn-5Sb6PmX5scPuFkA
When: Feb 8, 2024 09:30 London
Topic: Cyber Choices for Parents & Carers
Register in advance for this webinar: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Tpd56MjvSs25i_nz5W8Vlg
When: Feb 8, 2024 20:00 London
Topic: Cyber Choices for Parents & Carers
Register in advance for this webinar: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_guDQFW6TRBiOJWEga_g6qw
After registering, a confirmation email containing further information about joining the webinar will be automatically sent out.
We truly appreciate any support you can give to these sessions a success – there are 500 spaces available on each, so that’s a lot of families that could be reached, and a lot of at-home safeguarding that could be enabled, if we can fill those slots! If anyone has any further questions, or wants to know more, please direct them to our team email address: cyberchoices@serocu.police.uk
Spring Term Key Dates – 2024
Thurs 8th Feb – Chinese New Year Lunch Menu
Fri 9th Feb – Mufti Day
Fri 9th Feb – Y2 Bake Sale
Fri 9th Feb – Sow Day
Fri 9th Feb – End of Term 3 – 3.15pm
Mon 19th Feb – Start of Term 4
Weds 21st Feb – Y2 Trip to Brooklands Museum
Thurs 22nd Feb – World Thinking Day
Weds 28th Feb – Y1 Trip to Pizza Express
Thurs 29th Feb – Y5 Class Assembly – 9.15 School Hall
Mon 4th March – 6th March – Y5 Bikeability
Thurs 7th March – Y6 Class Assembly – 9.15 School Hall
Fri 8th March – World Book Day in School
Thurs 14th March – Y4 & Y5 Trip to Ufton Court
Fri 15th March – PTA School Disco – Village Hall
Mon 18th March – Last Week of Clubs
Tues 19th March – Parent Consultation Meetings – 1pm to 5pm
Thurs 21st March - Parent Consultation Meetings – 3.30pm to 5pm
Fri 22nd March – Y6 Bake Sale
Mon 25th March – Easter Service – 9.15am at Holy Trinity Church – Y1, Y3 and Y5
Tues 26th March – Easter Service – 9.15am at Holy Trinity Church – Rec, Y2, Y4 and Y6
Weds 27th March – Maths Day in School
Thurs 28th March – Break the Rules Day
Thurs 28th March – End of Term – 1.30pm
Please do not send your child to school if they're unwell or with a high temperature controlled by paracetamol or ibuprofen. Don't forget that your child must not return to school until at least 48 hours after the last episode of any gastric upset (vomiting or diarrhoea).
