Newsletter 14 - 10th December 2021
Dear Parents and Carers,
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas…
A huge thank you to the PTA for all the time and effort that went into arranging the virtual Christmas Fair. Thank you!
Nativities
Reception and KS1 have been busy rehearsing and filming their Nativity plays. If your child is in one of those classes, you will be receiving a YouTube link (private) for you to view. We hope you enjoy the videos and we pray that we can resume the live performances next year!
The same will happen for KS2 - parents will receive a link to enjoy their carols and festive songs too.
A huge thank you to all the staff who have worked so hard on preparing the children for their performance.
Good News!
We have a new member of our Holy Trinity Family – Miss Hing has welcomed the safe arrival of baby Sebastian this morning! Huge congratulations to the new family!
Next Week….
Is a busy one!
Reception and KS1 Christmas Party is on Tuesday afternoon. The children are welcome to wear their party clothes all day.
KS2 Christmas Party is on Wednesday afternoon. The children are welcome to wear their party clothes all day.
We are going down to church in our bubbles on Thursday afternoon for Christingle with Reverend Jon.
Christmas Mufti (this is our Christmas present to the children so there is no need to send any money in!) is on Friday and we finish at 1.30pm on Friday.
Teaching Assistant Vacancy
We are looking to recruit a Teaching Assistant in KS1 after Christmas. If you (or anyone you know) may be interested, please speak to Mrs Poulter in the office for an application pack.
Sadly, we are having to say goodbye to Mrs Jans at the end of next week too. We wish you all the very best in your new venture Mrs Jans. Thank you for all you have done for Holy Trinity - you will be missed!
Have a wonderful weekend all and we’ll see you on Monday.
Mrs Griffith
Stars of the Week for w/e – 10th December 2021
Well done to all of our Stars this week!
Class 1 –Alice for her consistent role model behaviour and always being the best she can be.
Class 2 – Ariana for her commitment and dedication to learning her lines for the nativity. Ryan for his gentle and kind nature. He is always showing and living Holy Trinity values.
Class 3 – Vivi for always trying her best in every subject. You set a wonderful example for the class.
Class 4 – Jack for trying really hard with his handwriting and presentation of work. Your work has really paid off!
Class 5 – James for being the most amazingly Ravenous Reader!
Class 6N – Grace for making a noticeable effort with both her writing and maths. Keep up the fantastic work – you set a super example to others.
Year 6W – Adam for consistently setting an exemplary example with his hard work and focus in all lessons.
House of the Week
The House with the most house points this week is Fire! Well done Fire!
Christmas Lunch
Children and staff enjoyed a delicious Christmas Lunch on Wednesday provided by our marvellous catering staff in the school kitchen.
Reception Class Nativity
This year's Reception class are amazing singers and their performance today for Year 1 and 2 was outstanding! We were so proud of them, their behaviour was brilliant and they all remembered their lines. We are disappointed that the parents weren't able to celebrate with us!
Mrs Tomes
Year 4 Roman Day
Year 4 enjoyed a fun filled Roman day this week to finish off their learning about the Romans. They dressed as Emperors, traders, gladiators, slaves and soldiers. They made Roman shields and javelins, created mosaics and designed a gladiator training course, just to name a few of the fun activities!
Year 5 Gymnastics
Year 5 have been working hard at perfecting gymnastics sequences. Some of these can be found on the Year 5 Class Page. Please take a look here.
Year 5 Ravenous Readers
Here are this week's Ravenous Readers. James has raced through the extension reading list – congratulations! He would highly recommend ‘The Griffin’s Feather’ by Cornelia Funke. Charan has read 'Who Let the Gods Out'.
Swimming Success
Elisa in Year 6 now holds 1st place in the county for her 100m Butterfly at swimming. In a recent swim meet, she beat even some 15-year-olds with a speedy time of 1.23 minutes! Well done Elisa!
PTA News
Virtual Christmas Fair, Raffle & Auction
Thank you to everyone for supporting our Christmas fundraisers again this year, we have made over £4,300, still awaiting the final figure but we are so delighted - just phenomenal!
A huge thank you again to our teams of parent helpers who made it possible to go ahead with our Christmas fundraising.
Krispy Kreme Christmas Fundraiser
Thank you for your orders. Collection will be at the main gates at pick up on the last day of term, Friday 17th December.
Online Shopping
Don’t forget you can help us raise funds whilst doing your online shopping with Amazon Smile and Easyfundraising, it couldn’t be easier!
Easyfundraising – Many parents are already collecting free donations for the PTA every time they buy anything online with the UK’s leading online fundraising service, easyfundraising. It’s simple to join, go to www.easyfundraising.org.uk/invite/3UOK0S and join for free. Every time you want to shop go to easyfundraising, find the site you want and start shopping. When you check out Holy Trinity CE School Sunningdale PTA gets a donation, the site gives easyfundraising a percentage of what you spend and they turn that into a donation.
Amazon Smile - To shop on Amazon please go to www.smile.amazon.co.uk and select Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School Sunningdale Parent Teachers Association. Amazon donates 0.5% of the net purchase price of eligible purchase to the PTA. If you shop with Amazon be sure to enter through AmazonSmile, and nominate Holy Trinity PTA on checkout for us to receive a donation.
The Ink Bin
The ink Bin is a teacher-led eco fundraiser for schools and charities. The Ink Bin collect and recycle all home-use ink cartridges and will give our School money back on certain HP and Canon cartridges. Please start collecting your empty ink cartridges today! The bin is located in the school office
Dates for your diary:
10 Dec – Year 4 Bake Sale
17 Dec – Xmas Jumper Day
17 Dec – Krispy Kreme Fundraiser
Many thanks
PTA Committee
Charters Vacancies
Charters School has two new Associate Staff vacancies:
- School Counsellor
- Student Services Receptionist
This is in addition to the current Associate Staff vacancies mentioned last week:
- Cover Supervisor
- Design Technology Technician
Please click here for full details.
Autumn Key Term Dates – 2021
Tuesday 14th December – Christmas Parties – Reception Class and KS1
Wednesday 15th December – Christmas Parties – KS2
Thursday 16th December – Christingle – Holy Trinity Church (children only)
Friday 17th December – Christmas Jumper Day/Mufti
Friday 17th December – End of Term 2 – 1.30pm
School Term Dates
Please see here for term dates:
Absence
Although tempting as we have not been able to travel freely for so long, please do not book holidays or family days during term time. These will show up as persistent absence which is checked by Ofsted when they visit and monitored each half term by the Education Welfare Officer at RBWM. Thank you.
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
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).
