Dear Parents and Carers,

Welcome back to the start of our new academic year! Welcome to new parents joining our community too.

House Captains

Children across the school have voted for their choice of Year 6 House Captains. Thank you to all Year 6 pupils who went for the role. And congratulations to our new House Captains:

Air Captain: Iris            Air Vice Captain:  Lewis   

Earth Captain: Fraser    Earth Vice Captain: Seth

Fire Captain: Simar       Fire Vice Captain: Ava    

Water Captain:  Luke    Water Vice Captain:  Ollie

Lunchtime Supervisor

We are looking to employ a lunchtime supervisor. If you are interested (or know anyone who may be) please contact Wendy Poulter in the office for more information.

Parking

Please be considerate when you park. Please do not park on double yellow lines on Station Road or Church Road as this causes chaos with traffic flow. We know it can be difficult at the best of times. Please use the park and walk up or walk to school if at all possible. Thank you for your cooperation with this important issue to keep our children safe.

Enjoy the weekend,

Mrs Griffith

Message from Year 5 Mum Tania

In a moment of madness after 1 run on holiday I decided I could run 100 miles for Blood Cancer UK this month. So far 20 miles completed this week, so I'm on track. It would have been Steve's 54^th Birthday this month; this is in memory of my loving and caring husband and the girls' father.

Thanks for your support.

Please do pass onto anyone who you think might be interested or has been affected by this.

Tania

https://www.justgiving.com/page/tania-macchiarola-1725364845696

Nasal Flu Vaccinations

Nurses from the NHS Immunisation team will be on site to administer nasal flu vaccinations to all children on Monday 14th October. Please give consent by 9am on Friday 11th October when the system will close.  Consent cannot be given through school.  Click here to give consent or decline the vaccination for your children using our school code which is BK110018.  Leaflets about the nasal flu vaccine and letters have been emailed today but please see copies below for your information.  

School Term Dates

Please see here on the website for term dates including inset days.  Please don't book holidays or family outings during school term time.

Illness

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).   

PTA News

Hello everyone!

Hope you've had a smooth transition back into routines.

The new school year means we can look forward to coming together as a community and generate ways of getting involved to raise some cash for the school and have fun in the process.

The next PTA meeting is on Monday 23rd September at 8pm in the school hall, where we invite you to step forward to and so that you too can make a difference in however big or small way that you can as class reps and we also have two PTA Chair roles to fill too. 

We need the Chair role(s) to be filled so that the PTA can continue to run as a Charity

We strongly recommend that the Chair Roles are taken by 2 individuals. It's super rewarding and and you can develop  your leadership skills and/or lean into skills to make a difference. 

Recommended set up:

Co-Chair Role 1

Largely admin, coordinate meetings, synchronise dates with schools on events, communicate with parents via Classlist (use of Chat GPT helps massively!) Tag team with Co-chair and PTA committee in sorting out logistics and trying hard not to annoy parents with comms. Oversee fairs/discos and troubleshoot.

Can be managed by a working parent

Co-Chair Role 2

More physical contact with the school - ensuring the new PTA shed is properly organised, stock and equipment is made available when required. Occasional coordination with Village Hall/Church for chairs and tables, ordering and taking delivery of stock with local suppliers for events. Don't forget, you have the committee for help

Recommended for a parent who has more flexibility as access to school during available school hours.

FAQs

How much of my time will be needed?

It's up to you. You're volunteering your time. Leading up to the fairs it will be more (set up and take down) but your PTA is a collective so we can all lean on one another

How any meetings are there?

Formal meetings are either in person / online and will be roughly twice a term. There might be ad-hoc ones. We recommend Co-Chairs support one another outside of the committee meetings

How mad does the Whatsapp chat get?

We try to maintain the channel so it's info only or to take polls for quick decisions. 

Is it just the mums that get involved?

We would love to see more dads in the PTA in general and we have had dads get involved in the past to share their invaluable perspectives and ideas.

Please email htpta@outlook.com / fin.holysunn@holytrinityprimary.org to put your name forward.

Autumn Term Key Dates – 2024

Mon 16th Sept - all clubs start this week

Weds 18th Sept - Phonics for Reception Parents - 6pm in school

Mon 23rd Sept - School Portrait Photos

Tues 8th Oct - Harvest Service Y1, Y3, Y5 - Holy Trinity Church - 9.15am

Thurs 10th Oct - Harvest Service Rec Class, Y2, Y4, Y6 - Holy Trinity Church - 9.15am

Mon 14th Oct - Nasal Flu Vaccinations - all year groups

Mon 21st Oct - Black History and Culture week

Mon 21st Oct - Parent Consultation Meetings - School Hall - 1pm- 5pm

Thurs 24th Oct - Parent Consultation Meetings - School Hall - 3.30pm- 5pm

Fri 25th Oct - End of Term 1

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