Dear Parents and Carers,

What a way to finish this first term with a ‘Halloween’ Themed Mufti day!  It was lovely to see so many happy, smiley faces walking in this morning. Please see some photos below.  Thank you for your support and monetary donations towards the PTA funds. 

Autumn 2 Term

With reference to the letter sent by Mrs Griffith, after half term, additional protective measures will be

re-introduced in all schools across the borough.

·       Use of face coverings – please resume wearing a face covering when you pick up and drop off

·       Children will be in bubbles once again:

• Reception class
• Year 1 and Year 2
• Year 3 and Year 4
• Year 5 and Year 6

Drop off and pick-up arrangements will remain the same but please, only Reception Class will use the Church Road gate:

School Clubs

Many of our clubs are already arranged in bubbles.  For those clubs which have children from more than one bubble, we have discussed and agreed with providers how to split groups up across spaces so that there is no mixing between bubbles during the club.  In this way, all of our clubs can continue under the latest guidance. 

Vacancy (Full Time TA for Maternity Cover)

We will be recruiting a full-time TA to cover maternity leave from January 2022.  Please contact the office for more details should this be of interest.

Bags 2 School 

There will be a Bags 2 School collection on Tuesday 2nd November - the first day back!  So we invite you to have a good clear out during the holidays. 

Finally, wishing you all a wonderful half term holiday with your family.  We look forward to welcoming you back on Tuesday 2^nd November 2021.

Mrs Barnes - Assistant Headteacher

Stars of the Week for w/e – 22nd October 2021

Well done to all of our Stars this week.

Class 1 –Albie for your amazing focus using all your phonics and writing some fabulous sentences this week.

Class 2 – Star for amazing focus and concentration this week. 

Class 3 – Sienna for her fabulous diary entries about the Windmill Farmer.

Class 4 – Heloise for using rich vocabulary in your writing and applying the rainbow lenses so beautifully. 

Class 5 – Darcy-Rose for amazing work in Maths this week.

Class 6N – Abi for the mature way in which she approaches school life both in her learning and her behaviour; she sets a super example to others.

Year 6W – Connie for her enthusiasm, careful planning and attention to detail when designing and creating a WW1 trench.

House of the Week
The House with the most house points this week is Earth! Well done Earth!

Benchball Bonanza

Years 3 & 4 took part in an inter-house Benchball competition this week. The results were as follows:

4^th Fire

=2^nd Water & Air

1^st Earth

Well done everyone! Special thanks go to Mrs Hunt for organising the event.

Living the School Games Values

Congratulations to Ethan, Kate, Cathy, Sam, Ophelia and James who have been awarded wristbands for demonstrating the School Games values of self-belief or teamwork during the Benchball and football inter-house competitions this half term.   

Year 5 Ravenous Readers

Here are Year 5's Ravenous Readers of the week!

Year 6 Trench Models - WW1 Topic

Year 6 have been working on designing and building our own trenches to support our understanding of what life was like on the Western Front in WW1.  We researched trench life to find out about what the structures and layouts were like. We have included details such as periscopes, duck boards, ladders and sniper posts to try and make our models as realistic as possible.  These go together with our non-fiction writing with the aim that people can really get an experience of WW1 trench life.

PTA News

Year 6W raised a fantastic £143.50 at the cake sale last Friday!  Thank you to everyone who provided bakes and bought something at the sale.

The children looked great in their mufti day outfits – thanks for your donations.

Pumpkin Carving Competition

The Pumpkin Carving Competition payment is now on ParentPay.  Please make payment and don’t forget to email htpta@outlook.com with a picture of your spooktacular creation.  We look forward to going out pumpkin spotting on the 31^st!

Silent Auction

Some parent volunteers have kindly come forward to offer their help with the Silent Auction, so the popular Christmas Silent Auction is now going ahead!  If parents are able to source any donations through their business or employer, please let Inga Kacerauskaite know via Classlist.

Christmas Tree Express

This year the PTA are working with the Christmas Tree Express who have helped schools across the country to raise vital PTA funds. 

If you would like to support us and order your Christmas Tree, please complete the flyer below and return with cash payment to the PTA postbox located in the school office by Monday 8^th November.  Trees will be delivered to the school on a specified date, bagged and ready to collect (TBC).

In order to go ahead with this, we require a minimum order quantity.

The Nordmann Fir is one of the most important species grown for Christmas trees due to its attractive foliage, with needles that are not sharp and that do not drop as readily as other varieties. It will last the whole of Christmas and will look grand on its own or decked with all the ornaments you can find. Being a natural product, sizes are not exact but will be within the range.

Dates for your diary:

30 Oct – Final Entries for Pumpkin Carving Competition

2 Nov – Bags2School

3 Nov – PTA Meeting

5 Nov – Year 5 Bake Sale

Have a great half term.

Many thanks

PTA Committee

Autumn Key Term Dates – 2021

Monday 1^st November – Inset Day

Tuesday 2^nd November – Pupils Return for Term 2

Tuesday 2^nd November – Bags 2 School

Friday 5^th November – Y5 Bake Sale

Monday 8^th November – PTA Meeting 8pm

Friday 26^th November – Bring a Bottle Mufti Day

Saturday 27^th November – PTA Christmas Fair

Friday 3^rd December – Nasal Flu Vaccination – All Years

w/c 6^th December – Last week for All Clubs

Tuesday 7^th December – PTA Film Night

Wednesday 8^th December – Christmas Lunch

Thursday 9^th December – Christmas Service – KS2 – 6pm

Friday 10^th December – Reception Class Nativity – School Hall – 9.30am

Friday 10^th December – Year 4 Bake Sale

Monday 13^th December – KS1 Nativity – School Hall – 1.30pm

Tuesday 14^th December – KS1 Nativity – School Hall – 9.30am

Tuesday 14^th December – Christmas Parties – Reception Class and KS1

Wednesday 15^th December – Christmas Parties – KS2

Thursday 16^th December – Christingle – Holy Trinity Church (children only)

Friday 17^th December – Christmas Jumper Day/Mufti

Friday 17^th December – End of Term 2 – 1.30pm

School Term Dates

Please see here for term dates:

https://www.holytrinityschsunningdale.co.uk/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).