Welcome back to a brand-new school year! It’s wonderful to see familiar faces and meet our new families joining Reception and other classes across the school. We’re delighted you’ve chosen to become part of our Holy Trinity community.
Our school vision, ‘Aim high, Let Your Light Shine’ (Matthew 5:16), feels particularly fitting as we start this fresh chapter together. There’s something special about September – new beginnings, new opportunities, and that lovely buzz of excitement that fills our corridors.
Attendance remains absolutely crucial for your child’s learning journey. We’ll be keeping a close eye on this, and we’re here to support you in getting children to school on time, every single day. Those late marks really do add up and can make it harder for children to settle into their learning. Remember, the legal responsibility for attendance sits with parents, and absence should only happen when a child is genuinely unfit to learn, in exceptional circumstances, or for religious observance.
Keep an eye out for parent meeting dates – we’ll share these next week. These sessions are perfect for meeting your child’s teachers and getting that all-important term overview.
I’ve attached Term Dates and current Diary Dates. Don’t forget to check all the dates when planning any family events!
Please note – we have 2 long weekends (6th /7th Oct and 28th Nov/1st Dec) where school is closed due to staff training and the occasional day.
We look forward to a successful term!
Attendance Guidance – the DFE has published new guidance for attendance. Please see the new policy, letter for parents and carers and information sheet.
Attendance Information sheet 2024
Speaking and Listening
HT Speaking & Listening Curriculum Overview
HT Speaking and Listening Curriculum Progression
SIAMS Inspection
Have a look at our report from November 2023
School timings
Breakfast Club is 7.45am until the start of the school day.
Children should not be unattended (unless in Breakfast Club) on the premises before 8.20am.
Start of the school day – the gates will be opened 10 minutes before the start of the day
8.30am – KS2 start of the day.
8.40am – Reception (from full time), Year 1 and 2 start of the day. Reception to use the back gate and door. Year 1 and 2 children to enter through the bottom gate.
KS2 – end of day is 3pm
Reception, Year 1 and 2 – 3.10pm
After school club runs from the end of school until 6pm.
Please note: If you are late to pick your child up, they will go into after school club and you will be invoiced accordingly. If you know you need a place, please book in advance.
‘Letting Our Lights Shine’ – celebrating success
We have a number of ways in which we support and celebrate pupils’ achievement and encourage them in all aspects of our school life. Our vision of ‘Aim high, let your light shine’ from Matthew 5:16 threads throughout the work of the school. You may not be aware of all of them so I thought it might be useful to highlight them.
Also, if your child takes part in an activity out of school and wishes to share this, please let us know. We would be delighted to share this in school in either classes or during assembly times.
Special Mentions – children are chosen from each class to receive a certificate for something they have done which could be part of their learning, or somethings showing our values.
Hot Choc Friday – is a reward for pupils who have been particularly showing our school values and ‘letting their lights shine’. One child from each class will join me for a hot choc (or suitable alternative) and a biscuit. As well as rewarding amazing behaviour it is a lovely way for me to share the children’s news and their ideas.
Book suitcases – these are provided to support reading, for one child per class to take home. They contain everything children need to have a lovely book experience with their families: books; blanket; cuddly; hot chocolate sachets and biscuits.
Super readers – in each class one child is chosen per class (when they have read every day) to wear a funny hat in collective worship and for the rest of the day. This is to promote and encourage regular reading.
Reminder Parking
Please make sure you are taking care when driving near the school gates and in Longlands Close. We have had a number of complaints about poor driving. Also, please do not block the gates when you drop the children at school as we do have staff members and visitors using the gates. It would be awful of there was an accident.
School Uniform
All items of clothing including shoes must be labelled with the child’s name. Children must not wear jewellery. No make-up including nail varnish. Children with pierced ears may wear the smallest studs. Hair bands should be in school colours and not be too big or bulky. If your child has pierced ears, she/he must be able to remove and replace the studs herself/himself for PE.
Girls/Boys
Winter Summer
- Grey tunic/dress/skirt Blue and white gingham or striped dress/jumpsuit
- Grey long or short trousers Pale blue polo shirt with the school logo
- Black joggers for Rec
- Blue shirt with school tie (juniors)
- Pale blue polo shirt with the school logo (infants)
- Royal blue pullover/sweatshirt or cardigan with the school logo
- Blue, grey or black socks/tights
- Traditional black sensible shoes (not boots)
- Black indoor shoes (plimsolls)
- Games kit
- Yellow polo shirt with school logo
- Royal Blue shorts (not cycling shorts)
- Navy or black jogging bottoms
- Summer uniform may be worn from Easter until the autumn half-term – dependent upon the weather.
Online Safety
A parent information booklet has been published online by ThinkUKnow. This gives lots of information about ways in which you can keep children safe online.
Find it here: https://www.thinkuknow.co.uk/parents/articles/parents-guide-being-social-online/
Communication
Support for mental health: https://bbc.in/3b1JYhU
SCHOOL GATEWAY link
You can pay for lunches and other items using the School Gateway app.
Here is the link:
https://login.schoolgateway.com/0/auth/login