Dear Parents and Carers

09/11/2023
Forest School

Year 2 had a great Forest School session this week. They made different types of bird feeders, made and played in
their own mud kitchen, learnt how to tie ropes and even more about living things and their habitats.
Welcome to the classroom.
Next Friday morning, 17th November, classrooms will be ‘open’ for you to come in and share your child’s learning.
Once the children have been registered, the classroom doors will be open between 9-10am for you to drop in. If you
have more than one child you are welcome to each of their classrooms within the hour.
Anti-Bullying Week
Next week is anti-bullying week across the UK and has the theme is Make A Noise About Bullying. We will begin the
week with Odd Socks Day – children can wear odd socks as a way to celebrate what makes us all unique.

Learning to understand and manage conflict is an important part of growing up. Bullying is not simply ;falling out':
Bullying is the repetitive, intentional hurting of one person or group by another person or group, where the
relationship involves an imbalance of power. It can happen face to face or online. (The Anti Bullying Alliance)
School Uniform

We have simplified our school uniform page on the website and simplified the uniform options. We have made the
trouser option dark grey only for both boys and girls. Girls who have navy trousers will be able to continue to wear
these but as and when they need to be replaced, please replace them with dark grey ones. Here is a reminder of the
winter uniform:
– White short sleeve polo shirt (these can be bought from the school office).
– Royal blue sweatshirt with school logo (available at the school office).
– Sensible black shoes (no trainers or boots).
– Navy skirt or pinafore dress.
– Dark grey smart tailored trousers or shorts.
– White or grey socks, navy tights.
Christmas is Coming
● This Friday will be a wear your own clothes day in exchange for bringing in bottles for the bottle tombola at
the Christmas Fair.
● School will be running the Reverse Advent Calendar again this year to donate toys to the Salvation Army
Christmas Present Appeal. Your child will be given a date to bring in a gift to put into the Reverse Advent
Calendar box in their classroom. A letter with more information about this will be sent out soon.
● Community Christmas Choir: Holy Trinity Church are again organising a community choir to sing at their
Candlelit Carol Service on 17th December – we did this last year and had great fun! So, if you would like to join
in with singing several traditional carols plus some choir performance items, or would like to know more info,
then please contact Matt Osgood via matt.osgood@htrichmond.org.uk. Music reading is helpful but not
essential as recordings of all parts will be provided.
● Calling all dads and grandads: Santas’ are needed for the Christmas grotto at the fair on the 25th. Costume
and all admin provided. Please let us know if you can spare an hour of your time. The grotto is a key attraction
of the fair. Festive drink provided as a very merry thank you! Please contact the PTA
Values Champions
Norelle, Magnolia, Agnes, Katie, Anabia, Beatrice, Rita, Danila, Jason, Holly, Teddy, Scarlett, Amelia, Mudasir, Megan,
Herold, Dominic, Francesca, Joseph, Loch, Alex, Jamie, Phin, Sophia, Paddy and Millie.
Attendance: Overall 97.89%; Dragonflies 100%

Looking Ahead
Saturday 25 th November – Christmas Fair 11.30am – 3.30pm
Tuesday 12th December – 9.30am – Year 1 and 2 Nativity Performance
Thursday 14th December – 9.30am – Nursery and Reception Nativity performance
Thursday 14th December – Christmas Lunch and Christmas Jumper Day (£1 for Save the Children)
Monday 18th December – Key Stage 2 Carol Service in Church 6pm
Tuesday 19 th December – Christingle (bring an orange and £1 for The Children’s Society)
Thursday 21st December – End of term service in church and school closes at 2.15pm
Tuesday 9 th January – Spring Term begins

Grand prize for the Mayor’s Love your Lunch challenge
The Mayor of London is inviting all London school children in years 3 to 6 to make a creative piece of work, celebrating
their experiences with school lunches and to tell us about what school meals mean to them, their friends, families, and
communities. We are asking children to design a creative piece of work on the theme:
‘The best thing about school lunches is…’

The winning pupil, along with their whole class, will win the opportunity to have their school lunch prepared for them
by the BOSH! chefs, Henry Firth and Ian Theasby! ALL entrants will receive a token of appreciation for sharing their
thoughts and ideas with the Mayor, including enamel badges, bookmarks and certificates signed by the Mayor.
Children entering the challenge will also have the chance to have their piece of work featured on the Mayor of
London’s website and social media. The deadline for entries is 20 November 2023 at 11:59pm. Information about the
challenge, including more details, terms and conditions and how to enter is included on our website here and you can
contact us with any queries at UFSMTeam@London.gov.uk

The All Aboard Club in Kew

Our first NEW venue will start on Saturday on November 11th, at 2:30pm and will be running once a month. We'll be
bringing our sessions for autistic, ADHD & SEND kids to The Barn Church, Kew and best of all, the first session will be
FREE! As ever, if you need to discuss your child's specific needs, please call Richard on 07948 407343 or email
info@allaboardclub.com

For parents whose children have difficulty with spoken language

The session is 10am-11.30am on Friday 8 th December in the Hyde Room at York House, Twickenham, TW1 3AA.
Booking form here: https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/RichmondAAC. Parent carers of children and young people
with Special Educational Needs and/or Disabilities (SEND) who live, attend school/college or are registered with a GP
in Richmond. The training is free, your child can be at any age or stage and does not need a diagnosis or EHCP.
PTA Update – Christmas Fair and Tree's
Christmas Tree's – Order by 28th November
We are supplying Christmas Tree's again this year, with each tree contributing towards the school. Prices start from
£40 with sizes from 3ft – 8ft available for collection at school or local delivery to your home for £5 extra. Follow the link
to classlist to purchase and make sure to get your order in by Tuesday 28th November for collection or delivery
https://app.classlist.com/parent/#/events/view/1049930750?s=99441336&utm_source=SCHOOL&utm_medium=SHA
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Christmas Fair – 25th November
The Christmas Fair is on Saturday 25th November from 11:30am – 3:30pm and we're looking forward to seeing
as many of you as possible. Special thanks to all those helping and giving up their time to make this happen in the next
2 weeks.
As per previous years, the fair will be cashless for the stalls and you can pre-buy your tokens and entrance fee for
adults on classlist using the link below. The BBQ and Bar will be the only stalls that will have card machines for
payment.
https://app.classlist.com/parent/#/events/view/1059650670?s=99441336&utm_source=SCHOOL&utm_medium=SHA
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Please support your class rep's and sign up for the stalls that your year group is providing. This is only possible with
your help and is an important part of both providing the children with a fun day, helping the school and involving our
local community.
Wear your own clothes days.
We will be having wear your own clothes days every Friday until the fair in exchange for donations to support the stalls
at the Christmas Fair. Your class rep's will send out reminders! The dates and donations types are below and the
collection boxes will be by the gates or your classrooms.
Friday 10th Nov – Bottles
Friday 17th Nov – Chocolates
Friday 24th Nov – Chocolates / Cakes
Donations
We are collecting donations for Toys, Teddy's and No Parent's Allowed, a great opportunity to recycle (and clean out!)
those toys no longer used that they have grown out of and give them a new home to bring more years of enjoyment.
The collection boxes are outside the office and the main entrance to the school, all donations welcome!
Finally, the silent auction team is doing a great job reaching out to local businesses for donations, with some great
experiences and products in there already. If you own a business and would like to donate something yourself, please
reach out to the Yr 1 reps or myself at chair@ptaholytrinityschool.org.uk
Have a great week and see you at the fair in 2 weeks’ time!
Santa, Phil and the Christmas PTA