Newsletter 27th February 2026

Dear Parents and Carers,

What a lovely way to be welcomed back to this second half of the Spring term with a beautiful new piece of artwork created by Izzy in Year 6. If you haven’t had a chance to pop into the office this week, then do take the chance next week to see Izzy’s work with the kingfisher and rainbow created entirely using her fingers!

This week, we welcomed Sue from Holy Trinity Church. Sue has been coming to the school for our Monday Collective Worship sessions for many years, and this week was her last time taking our worship together. We thanked her for all her hard work, and Mrs Lambert presented her with a lovely kingfisher model and a wonderful orchid for Sue to remember us by. Sue helped us to remember our vision statement from John ch 10 v 10; “I have come so that you might have life –

life in all its fullness.” We were all very proud that so many children could remember this and start to look at how we can flourish spiritually as members of our school community. Have a wonderful weekend,

Best wishes,

Mr George

Trips, visits and events

Year 6 Charity Fundraising

In Year 6, students have been thinking about those less fortunate than themselves and have set up little businesses to raise money for charity. Can and Ethan set the bar high with a fabulous cake sale raising money for our local foodbank charity Share and Care Collective. We look forward to many more fruitful Year 6 fundraisers. They will be taking place on many Fridays across this half term. Head to outside Swan Class to check out what our Year 6 entrepreneurs are up to!

A Royal Adventure: Year 1 Visit Hampton Court Palace!

On Thursday, 26th February, our Year 1 adventurers stepped back in time with a brilliant trip to Hampton Court Palace. It was a spectacular day of discovery that truly brought our learning to life! The children fully immersed themselves in our current History topic, Kings and Queens Throughout History, exploring the grand halls and uncovering stories of the

past. The trip also provided a fantastic real-world link to our Geography studies on Famous Landmarks in the UK, allowing the pupils to see one of the country’s most iconic sites up close. We are incredibly proud of our Year 1 students; their behaviour was exemplary throughout the day, and they represented the school perfectly. It was a wonderful learning experience filled with curiosity and excitement. A huge thank you to everyone who helped make this royal visit such a success!

House point challenge winners

The hall was a sea of green today as Attenborough House celebrated their well-deserved House Point Challenge victory! It was wonderful to see the students—and their teachers—sporting their finest green outfits with such pride. A huge well done to everyone for a fantastic team effort last half term!

Young Voices

On Wednesday, our wonderfully talented KS2 choir had

the privilege of performing with over 8000 children at the

Young Voices concert in the O2 Arena. It was a truly

amazing experience for the children, parents and

members of staff – one that we will never forget. A huge

well done to our brilliant children!

Notices and Requests

Nursery applications

If your child was born between 01/09/2022 and 31/08/2023 and you are interested in them joining our wonderful nursery next September, please email lprendergast@htprimary.com for an application form, or download one from our website. The closing date for applications is next Friday 6th March. Please also spread the word amongst your friends and family who may be interested. You can find more information on our website: https://holytrinityschool.org.uk/nursery/

Parent Consultations

This term’s parents’ evening will take place on Wednesday 11th March. Booking will go live on Monday 2nd March at 9am. Please book a slot with your child’s teacher to hear about their progress and learning in school. If this time is not convenient for you then please contact your teacher directly as they may be able to offer you a ten minute slot before or after school one day at both your and their convenience.

Online uniform discount

Our online uniform ordering company, My Clothing is offering a 10% discount on all orders received by 31st March. Please use the code; MYCQ110 at checkout.

Cycle to Paris

We have a fantastic group of parents and teachers eager to cycle to Paris this June! As before, we are designing a custom HT cycling shirt, and we are looking for a drawing to feature on the back.

If your child has an idea for a design related to the ride, they should bring their drawing to Mr. Thomson by Friday, 6th March. One lucky design will be chosen to be printed on the official shirts!

Share and Care Collective

All around the country, there are people who sometimes need a little bit of extra help buying food and toiletries for their family. Share & Care Collective is a small local charity that helps local families with weekly supplies of food and toiletries during term time. They collect donations from across the community and work in partnership with local primary schools to distribute our support bags. We have agreed to host a collection box for this charity. If you would like to donate, please take your items to Mrs Prendergast and Mrs Bell in the office. Thank you to those who are already donating.

Safeguarding

Mr George, Miss Brunt, Mrs Allard and Mrs Bell can be contacted at the school using their emails (which are on the school website), or you can use our new safeguarding email, which is: safeguarding@htprimary.com . Our Safeguarding Governors are Francis Neal and Helen Taylor, and they can be contacted via email using the links on the school website, linked here.

Celebrations!

Our Values Champions

Congratulations to: Maya D, Malaika, Tommy, Sofia, Arthur, Milo, Nina, Aduraiyah,Alan, Hiroya, Hin, Hayley, Canvas, Eevie, Mikky, Belle, Kaan, Mudasir, Patrick, Mila, Tom, Elsie and Anthony

P.E Star

Congratulations to Lenny in Badger Class.

House Point Champions

Congratulations to this week’s winner: Attenborough

Attendance

Bumblebee Class 99% Whole school 94%

Dates for your Diary

5th March – World Book Day (please note a change as an error was printed previously) 11th March – Parent Teacher Meetings

W/C 16th March – This will no longer be HT’s Science week. We have exciting plans which means it will be moved to the Summer Term.

25th March – World Maths Day

27th March – End of Term at 2:15pm

PTA Event Dates

13th March – Movie night

20th March – Chocolate Bingo

15th May – Movie Night

12th June – HT in the Park

4th July – Summer Fair

Community Initiatives

The textiles bank is at the front of the school next to the bike racks – please use this valuable resource to recycle, help others, and raise funds for the school.

*East Sheen’s Spring Hunt is back on Saturday 11 April*

Don’t miss out on the family friendly Easter trail around SW14. An event organised by the Hare & Hounds and East Sheen Village.

A true celebration of community with the participating independent businesses ready to welcome you and your little ones with treats and a unique clue. Collect all the clues to spell out a secret phrase and claim the prize.

Tickets always go fast so early booking is recommended

https://www.designmynight.com/london/pubs/south-london/the-hare-hounds/the-east-sheen-easter-hunt-

Friday 11th July 2025

Dear Parents and Carers,

It was lovely to see so many of you at our Summer fair – despite the damp start, it was a roaring success, and I would like to take the opportunity to thank our wonderful PTA for all that they do for the children and families of Holy Trinity. Eils Osgood joined us for Collective Worship on Monday to explore how light can guide us on our journey through life. Parents may be aware that for each collective worship, a child is chosen to light our candle, giving us focus on our theme, and to help us reflect on Jesus, the Light of the World.

Have a wonderful weekend, and I look forward to seeing you all on Monday.

Best wishes,

Mr George

Instagram: @HolyTrinityschrichmond

Trips, visits and events

Herons and Swans visit Kew Gardens

Year 3 had a wonderful time on their trip to Kew Gardens on Tuesday. The children explored the gardens and the greenhouses, experiencing what it is like in the Tropics, went on a bee hunt as part of a pollination workshop and were even able to pollinate some flowers. There was also time for a play in the Children’s Garden. Everyone behaved impeccably and a lovely day was had by all.

Recorder concert

Year 2 treated us all to a spectacular recorder concert this week. They played a wide range of songs from different genres with confidence and enthusiasm. Thank you to all of the parents and carers who came along. We appreciate the time spent encouraging the children to practise playing their instruments at home.

Notices and requests

HT Friends Coffee Afternoon

Thank you to everyone who attended the coffee afternoon on Thursday, it was lovely to see you all!

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 close at midnight on Sunday 13 July; many thanks to all those parents who have completed it so far.

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 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

Celebrations!

Our Values Champions

Congratulations to this week’s values champions:

James, Nina, Tom, Keira, Christopher, Anna, Magnolia, Kamaya, Agnes, Kosei, Zoe, Amelie, Lexi, Morgan, Bulut, Haya, Arda, Matias, Scarlett, Juliao, Hazel, Paven, Ichika and Year 6 for their fabulous production!

P.E Star

Congratulations to Sheldon in Bumblebees.

Music star

Congratulations to Kosei in Dragonflies.

Attendance

95% overall: Well done to this week’s winners, Bumblebees with 100%.

Dates for your diary

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

Online

In school, we have a very secure filtering system called SENSO, which helps us to monitor the usage of computers in school, ensuring that websites and content are suitable for whoever is using the machine and keeping children safe online. However, this filtering system is only available at the school, and so we are asking all parents to ensure that any devices used at home (online gaming consoles, laptops, tablets, phones etc) that their children may have access to have suitable filtering and monitoring controls fitted. Whilst each home system will be different, we are happy to recommend the NSPCC website here, which is a link to Parental Controls for devices. The best way of checking that children only access appropriate content at home is by parents keeping a close eye on all devices and ensuring that children are in a shared space when using them. If you have any further queries, do contact Mr George at school.

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

The Summer Splash programme will return this summer, providing crash courses to children in school years 5, 6 and 7 who are unable to swim to a level expected for their age.

Summer Splash 2025 – London Borough of Richmond upon Thames

MET IN THE PARK

The Met Police South Richmond SNT are running the highly successful Met in the Park, in Old Deer Park, Richmond on the 6th August between 1100 and 1700. This is a completely free family fun day, with dogs, horses, interactive crime scene for kids as well as London Fire Brigade and vintage army vehicles. They will also have free fun fair rides and lots of other activities. They would love to have as many families attend to meet the various departments of the police and to enjoy a free day out in the summer holidays.

Love, Aspiration, Community