Dear Parents and Carers,
What a great way to finish the term with a mufti day. The children have thoroughly enjoyed the fun today!
Thank you for your support and monetary donations towards the PTA funds.
 
First term done!
I am hugely proud of how well this first term return to school has gone. The children have settled so well and have been very accepting of new routines. The staff have been working so hard to keep the children safe whilst ensuring their learning continues. And as parents, you have been great at following guidance and getting used to new routines as well.
 
Positive Cases
We are very blessed that we have not had to close any bubbles due to positive cases in school. We have not had any staff or pupils test positive. Of course, this could well be the case in the future but we are confident that we have all the procedures in place to manage this should it arise.
If you do need to inform us of a positive test result during half term, please email the office immediately with POSITIVE TEST as the subject. We will monitor this email inbox as we will have to initiate track and trace systems and liaise with Public Health England without delay.
 
Unique and Valuable
As a whole school, we enjoyed a virtual retreat last Friday afternoon. This was a time of reflection to appreciate and celebrate our differences. The children took part in activities and collective worship focusing on themselves and how precious they are.

 
Drop off and pick up times after half term
We are really pleased with how well the drop and pick up is going. However, we are keen to reduce the times at the end of the day to ease difficulties with sibling collections. Therefore, after half term the timings will be:

We are aware that some sibling collection times may still clash so please email your class teachers to arrange a suitable solution.
 
Holiday!
Finally, have a wonderful half term with family. If you are planning on going abroad, please inform us, as a period of quarantine may be required on your return. We want to continue to keep our community safe.
See you all on Tuesday 3rd November!

Mrs Griffith - Headteacher

Stars of the Week for w/e 22nd October 2020

Well done to all of our stars this week:

Year 1 – Saira for putting maximum effort into all of her learning and for always being a happy, helpful and kind member of Year 1.

Year 2 –  Ollie for showing determination and resilience despite being in the learning pit when making his basket for Mr Wolf.

Class 3 – Harry for not only becoming a gigger in his Times Tables Rockstars, but his perseverance and hardworking attitude to his learning. 

Class 4 – Romilly for being a good friend.

Class 5C – Mathilde for not only being a kind and considerate member of our class, but also for always showing great enthusiasm for her learning.

Class 5W – Mia for showing determination and perseverance by going for gold. 

Year 6 – Charlotte for always giving her absolute best to everything she does and being a great team player.   

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

Mufti Day Fun Run!

Thank you for voting for me as your school councillor, if not this Fun Run wouldn't have happened.  I hope everybody enjoyed it and hopefully this money helped our school too.  I couldn't have done it without Jack the other school councillor in my class.  Thank you to all teachers as well especially Miss Cullen and Miss Wallbanks as Miss Cullen is my form teacher and Miss Wallbanks is head of the School Council.  Aaran said this 'I really enjoyed the Fun Run thanks School Councillors'.  Poppy said this 'The Fun Run was awesome and everyone was dressed up for Halloween.  Thank you so much Harry and Jack!'  And finally Lily said, 'The Fun Run was awesome thank you!'

Happy Halloween!

Harry - Class 5C

Year 6 - Heathrow Young Explorers

Yesterday Y6 had a session from Learning to Work – Heathrow Young Explorers.  We found out about different roles at the airport and that Heathrow are working hard on developing their use of sustainable resources.  We were challenged to design a transport solution for the airport.  We had to think about how that transport would be powered and who would drive it.  We thought about solar, electric, wind and kinetic power amongst others.  Different materials were explored for example metals, plastics, wood, carbon fibre composites and other fabrics.  For this we had to consider the price, sustainability, advantages and disadvantages.  The next step was getting creative with our designs.  Have a look at some of our finished products.  The winning team was Eco-Heathrow: Manon, Lola and Francis but everyone showed great teamwork and presentation skills at the end.  It was a close competition!  A couple of quotes from the children:

‘It was great fun, I think we were more creative because we had to draw our designs ourselves’ and ‘I really liked presenting our idea and designing it – it was amazing!’

Mrs Neale - Year 6 Teacher

Vibrant Volcanic Explosions in Year 4
Year 4 have been learning about volcanoes. They have made their own versions and this week had great fun exploding them using bicarbonate of soda, vinegar and red food colouring!

New Lunch Menu

Please click on the pdf to see the new lunch menu which will start after half term.  This menu is always available on our website.  Please note that we will not be serving roast pork or roast beef on Wednesdays as published here.  The roasts will be chicken or gammon as these are more popular in school.  We will publish the weeks for these after half term.

Bags 2 School

Don't forget to think of us if you decide to have a half term clear out!  Bags 2 School will be collected on Wednesday 4th November with all proceeds going to the PTA.  Bags have been sent home - but any bag will do.  Click here to see what you can include in your bags!  Drop off will be by 9am on the day.  Many thanks!

Harvest Donations

Thank you so much for all of your Harvest donations. We have lots to hand over to the Church and we know this will ease the burden for many people.  

Data Collection

Thank you for returning your data collection, medical and home school agreement forms by the half term deadline.  Please can any remaining forms be returned as soon as possible after the half term so that we can check that all of our pupil data is properly up to date.  

PTA News

Pumpkin Carving Competition & Trail

Thank you all for your entries!  You should have received your trail maps via class teachers today.  If you haven’t received one, please email htpta@outlook.com.

For those of you who have entered the carving competition, please don’t forget to email htpta@outlook.com pictures of your spooky creations.

For those of you whose pumpkins need to be “fostered” (placed in Sunningdale), we will be in contact with your shortly.

Please tag us on Instagram to show off your amazing creations @holytrinitypta

Winners will be announced on 6^th November.

Lastly, a huge thank you to Class 1 Reps, Gemma Gill and Inga Kacerauskaite for all your hard work and time you have spent to create this fun event for the Community.

Personalised-by-Nao

For some really lovely personalised Christmas gifts, please visit https://www.personalised-by-nao.com/

For all orders received by Holy Trinity parents, the PTA will receive 20%.  Orders to be placed online and closing date for Christmas orders is Friday 13^th November

Please note, once you have placed your order and your items are in the cart, please click on PTA orders and add “Holy Trinity”.  You will also need to change the shipping to read “PTA”.

Tropic

Carol Brown will be holding a Christmas shopping online event w/c 9th November, showcasing Tropic Skincare's Festive Collection for some gorgeous vegan skincare mini treats for stocking fillers and gifts! 50% of profits will go to the PTA.

Link details and how to order will follow in due course.

Ink Bin

Our Ink Bin has now arrived and is 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 cartridges. Please start collecting your empty ink cartridges today! 

If any of you have any photos of your children from today’s Halloween Mufti and are happy to share them on our Instagram page, please tag us in @holytrinitypta

Dates for your diary:

4 Nov – Bags2School

9 Nov – PTA Meeting

8 Dec – Bubble Film Night

Have a great half term

PTA Committee

Autumn Key Term Dates – 2020

• Mon 2^nd Nov – Inset Day
• Thurs 5^th Nov – Year 5 Viking Day
• Thurs 26^th Nov – Life Base Skills Sessions
• Fri – 27^th Nov – Life Base Skills Sessions
• Tues 8^th Dec – PTA Film Night
• Weds 9^th Dec – Christmas Lunch
• Tues 15^th Dec – KS1 Christmas Parties
• Weds 16^th Dec – KS2 Christmas Parties
• Fri 18^th Dec – Christmas Jumper Day
• Fri 18^th Dec – 1.30pm – End of Term

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).   

School Term Dates

Please see here for term dates:

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

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