Newsletter 5 - 1st October 2021
Dear Parents and Carers,
As we come to the end of our first month back at school, I would like to extend a big thank to all our wonderful staff for being amazing and living our value of friendship and teamwork this week. Holy Trinity is a very lucky school to have you all.
Parent Governor Vacancy
We have received two nominations for our Parent Governor vacancy and so parents will be asked to vote for a new Governor, with voting taking place between Monday 4th October and Monday 11th October.
Harvest Festival Donations
This year we come together to celebrate Harvest Festival at Holy Trinity Church at 9:30am on Tuesday 12th October (YR, 2, 4, 6N) and Thursday 14th October (Y1, 3, 5, 6W). Holy Trinity Church will be collecting items for the Ascot Day Centre this year. Please find below a list of items needed. These need to be long life goods rather than perishables so that they can be stored and distributed as needed. Items can be brought to school and carried down to the church by the children:
- Tins of beans, lentils, chickpeas, carrots, peas, sweetcorn, runner beans, mince, fruit, Big Soup
- Pasta
- Rice
- Toilet rolls - packs of 4
- Kitchen towel
- Tissues
- Teabags
- Coffee
- Biscuits
- Multipacks of snack bars
- Multipacks of crisps
- Cartons of apple juice or orange juice (1 litre or individual)
Black History Month
We will be celebrating Black History Month in school through various projects in different areas of the curriculum. Focusing on a range of artists, inventors, scientists and writers from many different ethnic backgrounds. Educating our young people about differences, uniqueness and the value of all is a responsibility we feel very strongly and is central to our vision and Christian ethos.
Equipment from home
We have noticed an increasing trend of children bringing in items from home (pop it toys, transfer cards etc). Please make sure these items stay at home.
Have a lovely weekend
Mrs Barnes
Stars of the Week for w/e – 1st October 2021
Well done to all of our Stars this week.
Class 1 – Bertie for your amazing artwork this week. Your careful colouring and colour choices have been noticed by the Class 1 team.
Class 2 – Ryan for showing perseverance with his learning this week and working with independence, producing a fantastic write up using his phonic sounds.
Class 3 – Bryony and Fifi for supporting each other on the Daily Mile and demonstrating the power of friendship.
Class 4 – All of Year 4 for their attitude and behaviour this week for Mrs Hunt.
Class 5 – Amba for being mature and kind, putting others before herself.
Class 6N – Rhys for his commitment to learning, Well done with your reading and keeping your records up to date.
Year 6W – Flo for approaching all tasks with a growth mindset and for being such a lovely member of our class.
House of the Week
The House with the most house points this week is Fire! Well done Fire!
Ravenous Readers
This week's Year 5 Ravenous Readers are picture below - the books shown were read by Hristiana. Well done with your reading Year 5!
Ascot Fireworks
Ascot Round Table organise the Charity Fireworks at the Racecourse which is taking place on the 30 October, with all funds raised going to local charities. 15% of ticket sales will be donated to the school if you nominate us when buying tickets via ascot.co.uk. Raceday tickets will also include a generous donation - the code for our school is HTSCHOOL.
PTA News
Year 6N raised a fantastic £184 at the cake sale last Friday! Thank you to everyone who provided bakes and bought something at the sale.
Ink Bin
Don’t forget about the Ink Bin located in the school office. 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!
Pumpkin Carving Competition
We will be running our Pumpkin Carving Competition again this year.
Please see details below in the attached flyer. We will in due course set up payment via ParentPay, or for those without a ParentPay account, payment can be made by cash and dropped into the PTA post box in the school office. There will be a 1st and 2nd prize for KS1 & KS2.
Auction Prizes
If you are able to offer some of your time to our team of helpers to gather prizes for our auctions and raffles which are held for our Christmas and Summer Fairs, please contact htpta@outlook.com. The more helpers we have, the less work there is for each person to do.
Dates for your diary:
15 Oct – Year 6W Bake Sale
22 Oct – Mufti Day (Halloween dress up optional)
30 Oct – Final Entries for Pumpkin Carving Competition
Many thanks
PTA Committee
Sunningdale Scouts Raffle
Sunningdale Scouts are fundraising to raise funds for a new Scout Hut - many of the local Scouts and Guiding organisations use this and after over 60 years of use it is much in need of a rebuild. If you feel you can support, they are hosting their annual raffle next Thursday 7th October. Tickets can be bought here virtually for one of 28 fantastic prizes!
https://sunningdalescouts.org.uk/2021/09/13/buy-raffle-tickets/
Autumn Key Term Dates – 2021
Monday 4th October – Y1 Trip to Windsor Castle
Monday 4th October – Y4 &5 Trip to Ufton Court
Tuesday 12th October – Harvest Service – Holy Trinity Church – Rec, Y2, Y4 and 6N – 9.30am
Wednesday 13th October – Y2 Trip to Hampton Court
Thursday 14th October – Harvest Service – Holy Trinity Church – Y1, Y3, Y5, 6W – 9.30am
Friday 15th October – Y6W Bake Sale
Tuesday 19th October – Parent Consultation Evening – 3.30 – 7pm
Thursday 21st October – Parent Consultation Evening – 3.30pm – 6.30pm
Friday 22nd October – PTA Mufti Day – Halloween Dress Up Optional - £2
Friday 22nd October – End of Term 1
Monday 1st November – Inset Day
Tuesday 2nd November – Pupils Return for Term 2
Tuesday 2nd November – Bags 2 School
Friday 5th November – Y5 Bake Sale
Monday 8th November – PTA Meeting 8pm
Friday 26th November – Bring a Bottle Mufti Day
Saturday 27th November – PTA Christmas Fair
Friday 3rd December – Nasal Flu Vaccination – All Years
w/c 6th December – Last week for All Clubs
Tuesday 7th December – PTA Film Night
Wednesday 8th December – Christmas Lunch
Thursday 9th December – Christmas Service – KS2 – 6pm
Friday 10th December – Reception Class Nativity – School Hall – 9.30am
Friday 10th December – Year 4 Bake Sale
Monday 13th December – KS1 Nativity – School Hall – 1.30pm
Tuesday 14th December – KS1 Nativity – School Hall – 9.30am
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
Ofsted noted a marked increase in persistent absence (a holiday will register as persistent absence). Please do not book holidays or family days during term time. Thank you.
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).
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