Friday 4th July 2025

Dear Parents and Carers,

What a changeable week we have had with the weather. From scorching on Monday and Tuesday to cooler and damp on Wednesday, and somewhere in between for the rest of the week. Let’s pray for good weather for the annual School Fair tomorrow. Our collective worship this week, with Matt from Holy Trinity church, looked at what we treasure, particularly those things that money cannot buy!

Have a lovely weekend, and I look forward to seeing many of you tomorrow at the Fair.

Best wishes,

Mr George

Instagram: @HolyTrinityschrichmond

Trips, visits and events

International Day

 We had a wonderful day last Friday celebrating our diverse and rich community that we are so proud to be a part of. Year 4 started off the day with a fabulous assembly that reflected all of the different languages spoken at HT, celebrated with songs and shared delicious local dishes with our volunteer taste tester, Mr Collett! The children took part in international quizzes and activities, wore national colours and dress and took part in a whole school parade and picnic at the end of the day. Thank you to so many of you for joining us, I hope you enjoyed it as much as we did. What a warm and special community we have here at HT!

  

Prayer Space

The children really enjoyed their time reflecting and wondering in Prayer Space last week. Some of the themes included Hope blossoms, love and shaping our learning. We always have so much wonderful feedback from the children; a huge thank you to HT church and all the volunteers who helped to organise and run this event.

Notices and requests

 HT Friends Coffee Afternoon – save the date!

We’d love to invite you to join us for a tea or coffee before pick up on Thursday 10th July.

This is a great chance to catch up and say hello!

Time: 2:30-3:15 pm

Place: School hall

RSVP: https://forms.gle/ZeRvbKvMML63u3zx9

 

Tennis Balls needed!

We would like to kindly request donations of any tennis balls you no longer need. We go through quite a few over the course of the year, and your support would be greatly appreciated!

 Parent Survey

Just a reminder that our parent survey can be found here. The survey will be closing on  Monday 7 July; many thanks to all those parents who have so far completed it.

Leavers

If there are any parents with children in Reception to Year 5 who are leaving the school at the end of term, please contact Mrs Prendergast (lprendergast@htprimary.com) for a leaver’s form. Richmond Admissions are asking for our projected numbers in each year group as they are starting to make offers for September admission. Many thanks.

2025 Summer Reading Challenge – Adventures in Nature and the Great Outdoors.

The Summer Reading Challenge is the UK’s biggest children’s reading initiative for 4 –11-year-olds and is produced by The Reading Agency and delivered by public libraries. We hope that this year’s theme will inspire children to tap into a world of imagination through reading, exploring the magical connection between storytelling and nature.

From Saturday 5 July 2025 the children can sign up for the challenge at their local Richmond upon Thames library and receive a Story Garden pack. To take part, they need to be a member of the library and have their own library card. For each of six library books they read they can collect a sticker for their pack. Children can update their progress through the challenge at any library in the borough. Everyone who reads six library books is rewarded in the library with a medal and certificate.

Story Garden ends in the borough on Saturday 6 September 2025. More information is available here https://www.richmond.gov.uk/summer_reading_challenge 

Follow us on Instagram @richmondlibraries for free events, updates and book recommendations.

Celebrations!

Our Values Champions

Congratulations to this week’s values champions: Josie, George, Elias, Giselle, Archie, Phoebe, Julia, Amir, Siddarth, Nate, Isher, Benedict, Oliver, Harley, Amelie, Sinai, Isabel, Megan, Anthony, Jessica, Loch, Aadya, Harry and Sophia.

P.E Star   

Congratulations to Jamie (Roe Class)

 

Music star

Congratulations to Elisa (Dragonfly)

 

Attendance

97% overall: Well done to this week’s winners, Ladybirds and Bumblebees with 100%.

 

​​Sport day champions

Seacole

 

Top performers:

Reception

Emilia B, Nina, Amelia, Rafa, Marcel, Xaviann

Year 1

Ayden, George, Bonnie, Magnolia, Amelia, Lorenzo

Year 2

Nikita Lucas, Kosei, Emilia, Albie, Katie

Year 3

Canvas, Ben,Bulut, Harper, Morgan, Eevie

Year 4 Scarlet, Izzy, Sinai

Year 5 Anthony, Flynn, Ajai, Nika, Tabby, Paven

Year 6 Kayson, Loch, Nicolas, Emily, Leila, Chloe C

KS1 best jumpers: Xaviann, Albie

KS2 best jumpers: Nika, Loch

KS2 best throwers: Nika, Chloe C, Bamdad

Exciting Sports Update!

We are thrilled to share that we have secured the Gold Sports Mark Award for this school year — a fantastic recognition of our students’ enthusiasm, dedication, and achievement in sports!

In more great news, we played our first cricket match in several years yesterday and came away with a brilliant win against The Vineyard. Well done to everyone involved for an impressive performance!

 Stride for a Cause

Congratulations to Alex, Nicolas, Kayson, Casper, Joseph, Aiden, Leon and James who completed a 6.1km walk from Richmond Green to Kingston Bridge on Sunday in the tremendous heat! They raised £510 for HT and for Gloria’s family who we sponsor through Karis Kids in Uganda. We are so proud of you – well done, boys! A huge thank you to all involved in organising the event and to all who sponsored them.

 

Dates for your diary

• Saturday 5th July (11:30-3:30) Summer Fair
• Tuesday 8th July Year 3 at Kew Gardens
• Wednesday 9th July Year 2 end of term recorder concert/ Year 5 at Holly Lodge PM/ Year 6 Production 6pm

Friday  11th July                         Year 6 to Thames Young Mariners/Year 5 to Holly Lodge

• Monday 14th July                       End of year reports go home/ HT’s got talent auditions

Tuesday 15th July                                  HT’s got talent

Thursday 17th July                              Reception to Bocketts Farm/  Sports and Music award assembly

Monday 21st July                              Star award assembly/ Nursery Concert 9.00am

• Tuesday 22nd July                 End of term – 2.15pm

Safeguarding

 

Regular school attendance – why is it so important?

A good education helps to give children the best possible start in life. Regular attendance is essential to enable students to take part in all the opportunities available and to develop their full potential. All staff at Holy Trinity are committed to working in partnership with our parents/carers who are responsible for ensuring their children access education.

You can help your child attend regularly by:

• Making sure they understand the importance of good attendance and punctuality, why school is important.
• Taking a positive interest in their education – ask about school work and encourage them to get involved in school activities.
• Ensuring everything is ready for school the night before; Set your alarm and your child’s alarm clock – see who can beat the clock!
• Discussing any problems they may have at school – inform their teacher or the office team about anything serious.
• Not letting them take time off school for minor ailments, particularly those which would not prevent you from going to work. Children can attend school if they are taking medicine – speak to the school office. We can give children certain medication with your permission.
• Only granting days at home for genuine illness.
• Arranging appointments and outings after school hours, at weekends or during school holidays; this will help to prevent disruption to your child’s education and the school.

If you are concerned about your child’s school attendance, it is always best to talk to the school first.

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Community events and initiatives

 

Current years 5, 6 and 7 who cannot yet swim 25m

Pools on the Park and Teddington Pools & Fitness Centre are offering Summer Splash crash courses for children in current years 5, 6 and 7 who cannot yet swim 25m. This is open to children who either live in the borough or attend school in the borough. The 5 day course costs £5.

Applications will be accepted from 7th July 2025

Summer Splash 2025 – London Borough of Richmond upon Thames