Newsletter 21 - 24th February 2023
Dear Parents and Carers,
We hope you all had a great half term with family and friends. There are certainly glimmers of hope this week that spring is approaching with the ‘slightly’ warmer weather and flowers appearing in our Spiritual Garden and around the school. We celebrate World Book Day on Friday 3rd March next week and if you are able to come and read a story during the day, please get in touch with your child’s class teacher.
We do have some cases of chicken pox in school and a stomach bug is still doing the rounds. Please can I urge you not to send your child to school with a raised temperature managed with paracetamol or ibruprofen and to keep children with stomach upsets at home for at least 48 hours from the last episode of gastric upset. Illnesses spread very quickly in a school environment. Thank you so much for this.
Wishing you all a wonderful weekend
Mrs Barnes
Assistant Head
Stars of the Week for w/e 24th February 2023
Well done to all of our Stars this week.
Reception – Shaikhah for super effort with her phonics. Great blending!
Class 1 – Zoe for being a helping friend and showing true perseverance this week.
Class 2 – Nellie for a great understanding of the 10 times table. Nellie has worked has worked hard on answering questions during carpet time too.
Class 3 – Gabriel for always being inquisitive and challenging himself to learn more.
Class 4 – Iris for learning from feedback and applying the correct punctuation in her work. Well done!
Class 5 – Edie for hard work in lessons and asking questions to ensure she's on the right track.
Class 6 – Emily T for engaging in class discussions and making lots of contributions in lessons.
House of the Week
The House with the most house points this week is Fire! Well done Fire!
Calling Avid Bookworms – World Book Day Celebration on Friday 3rd March
Are you an avid reader? Do you long to share your love of books with children? If you or perhaps a grandparent or older sibling would like to read to your child's class, please contact the child's teacher to arrange a slot on Friday 3rd March to come in to read your favourite book (age appropriate please). This will be with the class so no DBS required. Many thanks.
Spare Shoe Boxes?
If you have any spare shoe boxes please could you send them in to school by next Friday? KS2 will be using them for a world book day activity. Many thanks!
School Book Fair 14 – 17th March
This will be held in the Research Hub from 3:15pm to 4pm. Please use the Church Road entrance and enter the school through the fire escape doors, which will be open. All classes will visit the book fair during the school day to peruse the books on offer. There will be a cashless system in place and payment will be made by scanning a QR code; please bring your phones.
Scholastic Book Club Online
If you can't make the book sale or prefer to buy online, our new Scholastic Book Club is up and running! Go to https://schools.scholastic.co.uk/holy-trinity-sl5/digital-book-club to browse the latest books and to order. For every £1 you spend on this month’s Book Club, our school will earn 20p in Scholastic Rewards.
Please place your order online by March 17th, 2023.
Royal Holloway Science Festival
The Royal Holloway Science Festival is back this year and is highly recommended for a visit with the children. Visit this page for more details and regular updates about what will be happening.
The festival is always a great day out with lots of fun and fantastic lectures and shows (think exploding food and evolution explained through ugly animals) and plenty of hands on displays.
Ascot Racecourse - School Fundraiser
Ascot Racecourse have a Spring Family Raceday which is a School Fundraiser on Sunday 2nd April. Please if you're buying tickets, be sure to use the code HTSCHOOL which results in a 25% donation of the ticket price to our school! Kids go free too!
Charters School Summer Festival - Saturday 15 July 11am – 3pm
Charters School will be hosting a Summer Festival to celebrate their 65th birthday on Saturday 15 July from 11am to 3pm.
Charters School are keen that local charities, non-profit organisations and small businesses can all play an active part in the event so that they are all able to raise their profile to a wider audience.
Applications are now open for stallholders who would like to be part of the Festival Marketplace.
Pitches are £40 and they are actively looking for an array of local businesses to make the marketplace a wonderful shopping experience. If you are interested please email g.reidsmith@chartersschool.org.uk for an application form. The deadline for booking a stall is 30 March 2023.
Gems - Autism and ADHD Parent Carer Support Group
Please see details below about the next session of the Gems Support Group. This will be hosted in a Gurdwara so please take note of the following if you plan to attend:
- There will be a Punjabi translator at the talk.
- All visitors to the Gurdwara should remove their shoes and cover their heads (with a scarf, no hats) before entering the main hall.
- It is forbidden to smoke or take tobacco onto the premises.
- Visitors cannot enter the Gurdwara while under the influence of alcohol or drugs.
Spring Term Key Dates – 2022
Weds 1st March – Y2 Class Assembly – 9am School Hall
Mon 6th March – PTA Mtg – 8pm
Tues 7th March - Y1 Trip to Winchester Science Museum
Tues 7th March – Y3 Class Assembly – 9am School Hall
Mon 13th March – Y5 Bikeability Week
Tues 14th to Fri 17th March – Scholastic Book Fair
Weds 15th March – Y1 Class Assembly – 9am School Hall
Tues 21st March – Parent Consultation Meetings
Weds 22nd March – Y2 Trip to The Living Rain Forest
Thurs 23rd March – Parent Consultation Meetings
Fri 24th March – NSPCC Fundraiser
Fri 24th March – Y1 Bake Sale
Mon 27th March – Easter Service Y1, Y3, Y5 – 9.30am at Holy Trinity Church
Mon 28th March – Easter Service Rec, Y2, Y4, Y6 – 9.30am at Holy Trinity Church
Fri 31st March – PTA Mufti Day £2
Fri 31st March – End of Term 4 – 1.30pm
Mon 17th April – Term 5 Starts
School Term Dates
Please see here for term dates:
Attendance
Please do not book holidays or family days during term time. Missing even one or two days of school can be detrimental to your child's learning as key information is missed. Friendships are also affected. Holiday absences will show up as persistent absence which is checked by Ofsted when they visit and monitored closely each half term by the Education Welfare Officer at RBWM. Please note that changes are afoot which may require the issuing of fixed penalty notices for holiday taken during school term time.
Holy Trinity CE Primary School take safeguarding very seriously. If you have a concern, please do not hesitate to report to our designated staff;
Mrs J. Griffith, Mrs C Barnes, Miss S. Harding, Mrs F Fargher
