Newsletter 10th July 2026

Friday 10^thJuly 2026

Instagram: @HolyTrinityschrichmond

Website: https://holytrinityschool.org.uk/

Dear Parents and Carers,

Another very warm week; thank you to everyone for working with us to achieve the best result we could! Many thanks also go to everyone who supported the PTA summer fayre on Saturday, which I understand made a lot of profit to support Holy Trinity and its families. Your support is always very welcome; it is what makes us such a great family community! Please enjoy the weekend with your families.

Best wishes,

Mr George

Trips, visits and events

Attachment Aware Schools Award

We are delighted to announce that we have been awarded our Gold Award as part of

the Attached Aware Schools Award 2026.. Achieving the Attachment Aware Schools

Award at the Gold Level is the highest tier of recognition a school can receive for its

commitment to supporting children who have experienced trauma, neglect, or adversity.

We are extremely proud and will continue our work and take up a place on the Platinum

board.

Congratulations to our kitchen team!

A huge congratulations to our wonderful kitchen team, who have won a well-deserved

award for their high-quality service and exceptional kindness to every student! They go

above and beyond to cater to everyone’s individual needs, ensuring no one is left out.

From daily care to organising brilliant themed days—most recently serving up strawberries

and cream for Wimbledon—they truly bring joy to our school hall. Well done to James and

the team!

Gold Sports Mark

We are delighted to announce that we have achieved the School Games Gold Mark Award for the 2025/26 academic year. The School Games Mark is a Government-led award scheme to reward schools for their commitment to the development of competition across their school and into the community, and we are delighted to have been recognised for our success. As part of our application, we were asked to fulfil criteria in the areas of participation, competition, workforce and clubs. A special thanks to Mr Callaghan, Brentford FC, JA Sports, Real Runners, Richmond Knights, Harlequins. Mr Callaghan’s on-going effort to ensure sport at Holy Trinity is brilliant has once again been acknowledged. Well done Mr C!

HT’s Got Talent

On Wednesday afternoon we enjoyed the return of our annual talent show ‘HT’s Got

Talent’. There had been a buzz around school all week as children rehearsed and

auditioned. We were treated to a range of performances such as a tap dance, a card

trick, singing, ballet dancing, a violin solo and even solving a rubix cube whilst jumping

on a pogo stick! A huge well done to all of the children who auditioned and a special

congratulations to our winners: Lujain, Abi, Julia, Haya, Sienna and Toma! We shall look

forward to them performing next year at our summer music festival HT in the Park.

Notices and Requests

Kingfisher Fund

As we head into the summer holidays, we would like to say a HUGE thank you to the gifts and donations we receive from our wonderful community. This academic year, classes have accepted individual donations of glue sticks, whiteboard pens and other resources which is greatly appreciated. As well as this, our Kingfisher fund has meant the learning here at HT is really quite special. This year alone, your donations have given each child the opportunity to take part in an exciting curriculum. Here are just a few of the lovely opportunities you have provided:

£1k reception resources – pestle and mortar, traffic cones, craft materials, pans, sieves and rolling pins, large wooden building blocks (yr1 continuous provision)
£2k general resources e.g. filled pencil cases for year 4-6, cellotape, glue sticks, whiteboard pens, paints and paper
£1k on exercise books and reading records
£500 sports resources – football bibs, nerf howlers, tennis balls and footballs
£1k rewards – sports day stickers, star awards and certificates, head teachers rewards and certificates, sports personality trophies
£500 on music – 10 ukeleles, music stands and keyboard stands
£1k on DT and science resources eg yarn, gorilla glue, felt, grout and mosaic tiles
£100 on SATs breakfast and post SATs pop corn

A huge THANK YOU from all of us at HT.

If you would be interested in contributing to our Kingfisher fund, either as a one-off donation or regular monthly payment, our bank details are as follows:

Bank: Nat West

Account: Holy Trinity CE Primary School The Kingfisher Account

Sort: 60-22-03

Account Number: 63531925

End of Year Admin

As we draw close to the end of the year, we will be sending home finished books and work with your children. Please do send your child to school with a strong bag in order to be able to carry their bits home.

Holy Trinity Instagram Giveaway Winner!

A huge congratulations to Alla Gardner, the lucky winner of our recent Instagram Giveaway! The prize, a magnum of fizz just in time to celebrate the end of the summer term, was kindly provided by our incredible PTA. We would like to extend a massive thank you to all the parents, followers, and supporters who took part, as well as to the PTA for putting on yet another hugely successful Summer Fair. To keep up with all the wonderful things happening in our school, please encourage fellow parents and community members to follow the official Instagram account @HolyTrinityRichmond. Look out for even more exciting, behind-the-scenes content next academic year!

Staff Leavers

We would like to say a massive thank you to all those leaving. This will take place as a picnic on July 14^that 3:30-4:30 pm on the 3G. Parents are welcome to collect their children, then stay around for an hour whilst the staff wander around and say their goodbyes. With a value of community, it would only be right to give our wonderful staff the send-off they deserve. Please note that after 3:45pm, the only gate to enter and exit the premises through will be Carrington Road. Year 6 students cannot remain onsite without a parent present to be responsible for them. We will dismiss Year 6 students to walk home alone as usual and ask them to leave the premises if there isn’t an adult to ensure their safety.

Donation Request

We would like to refresh our continuous provision equipment this summer so that children in Early Years and Key Stage One continue to have access to high-quality play-based learning. If you are having a clear-out, we would love any donations of pre-loved:

Duplo
Wooden Block
Magnatiles or other construction toys
Educational games such as Orchard games
Jigsaw puzzles (30 – 100 pieces)
Small world toys (animals, people, objects)
Wooden train sets
Natural loose parts such as stones, pine cones or conkers
Role play resources such as play food, play kitchen, costumes

If you have any questions about suitability, please email jwalder@htprimary.com.

Safeguarding

Mr George, Miss Brunt, Mrs Allard, Mr Auton 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: Toma, Eli, Betsy, Maria, Norelle, Arthur, Ania, Deniz, James, Phoebe, Eevie, Lexi, Amelie, Grace, Lujain, Scarlett, Hazel, Ava, Bella and Izzy.

P.E Star: Congratulations to Toby in Badger Class.

Music award: James in Heron Class

House Point Champions

Congratulations to this week’s winner: Attenborough

Attendance: Owls 99 % Whole school 95 %

Dates for your Diary

13^thJuly – End of Term Church service (all welcome)

14^thJuly – Leavers’ Picnic to say goodbye to staff who have dedicated so much of their time to HT 15^thJuly – Year 6 Production

17^thJuly – Leavers’ Assembly (13:30 – Year 6 parents welcome) and End of Term (2:15pm)

Community Initiatives

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