HOLY TRINITY CATHOLIC PRIMARY SCHOOL

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NEWSLETTERS

PLEASE NOTE: School will be closed on Wednesday, 30th November, but will reopen as normal on Thursday 1st December.

4th November 2011

Dear Parents

Barnardo’s
Just before half-term the school was informed that it had collected the magnificent sum of £1192.16 following the fundraising effort earlier on in the term. Mrs Hart the Barnardo’s representative declared that the amount collected was “absolutely amazing” and wanted me to pass on her thanks to families for their tremendous support. A collection of the eggs can still be viewed on the school website www.inourschool.com along with other reports of school activities.

School Photographs
Families should now have received their proofs. Once again I remind parents that there is no obligation to purchase any package of photographs—the only obligation is to ensure that if no photographs are being purchased, then the proof wallet must be returned to school.

Attendance
May I remind parents that they are expected to notify the school on the first day of absence. On a child’s return to school a short written note should be provided. As reported earlier this term persistent absenteeism is now classed as below 85%. Pleasingly this only involves a very small number of children so far this term as school attendance continues to be above average. Indeed 6 out of 7 classes were above the school target of 95% for the first half term of this school year, as you can see from the table below:-

Reception 92.2%    Class 1 95.1%    Class 2 96.4%   Class 3 96.1%    Class 4 98.7%    Class 5 96.7%   Class 6 98.8%

School Mural—Four Corners Project
The mural on the school fence alongside the cinder path represents what the children imagine/would like to see over the wall on the Gasworks site. This community project was designed and painted by children from classes 3—6 last term, working alongside artists in residence.

School Clubs
Tuesday 3.15—4.15 pm Years 3 and 4 Quicksticks Hockey Club
Years 5 & 6 Choir
Wednesday 5.00—6.00 pm Years 1 & 2 Mini-Kickers
Thursday 3.15—4.15 pm Years 5 & 6 Football

Dates for your Diary

Monday 21st-Friday 25th November 2011 Anti-Bullying week
Tuesday 22nd November 2011 Children watch antibullying play: ‘Bully’s Paradise’
Thursday 24th November 2011 Premier League Referee Chris Foy visit to the school to speak to the Juniors on the ‘Respect’ Agenda
Tuesday 29th November 2011 Year 3 visit to Jaguar Factory
Tuesday 20th December 2011 End of term school closes at 2.00pm
Tuesday 3rd January 2012 School re-opens at 8.55am
Monday 13th Feb-Friday 17th Feb ‘12 School closed for Half term
Monday 20th February 2012 School re-opens 8.55am
Monday 2nd Apr-Friday 13th Apr ’12 School closed for Spring Holiday
Monday 16th April 2012 School re-opens at 8.55am
Monday 14th May-Friday 18th May ’12 SATs Week for Year 6
Thursday 31st May-Friday 8th June ’12 Summer Half term holiday
Monday 11th June 2012 School re-opens at 8.55am
Friday 29th June 2012 School closed for staff training (Inset)
Thursday 19th July 2012 School closes at 2pm for Summer holidays

Yours sincerely

L Mulcahy
Headteacher

Dear Parents

Parental Consent Form
Regulations in regard of Parental Consent forms have changes, meaning that it is now not necessary to seek parental permission for each and every visit/activity once the enclosed form is signed. Parents will be informed of visits and will always have the opportunity to withdraw their child if they so wish. For residential visits parents will be asked to complete a more comprehensive medical form. Please complete the enclosed form (1 for each child in a family) and return it to school as soon as possible.

Courses for Parents

Family Literacy Courses on Monday from 9.00 - 9.45 am in the Conference Room
This course is aimed at parents whose children are in Nursery and Infants.

Help your Child with Writing
Tuesday, from 9.15 - 11.15 am in the Conference Room
This course is aimed at parents whose children are in the Juniors - this course will run for 6
weeks. Parents have found previous courses interesting and informative - why not come along and see for yourself.

Car Parking
My thanks to the majority of parents who continue to prioritise the safety of the children by not parking in Vesuvian Drive at the start and the end of the school day. Sadly after just 3 weeks of the new school year, a barrage of complaints have been made in regard of thoughtless and dangerous parking. These complaints have been passed on to the relevant authorities.

Cross Country
The children did very well in their first cross country race of the season, the Girls came 2nd out of 12 schools and the Boys came 4th out of 13 schools.

Dates for your Diary

Wednesday 28th September 2011 Cross Country at Newsham Park
Monday 3rd - Friday 7th October 2011 School Book Fair
Tuesday 4th October 2011 Cross Country at Croxteth Park
Monday 17th October 2011 Nursery & Infants visit Underwater Street
Wednesday 19th October 2011 Cross Country Championship atWavertree
Monday 24th - Friday 28th October 2011 School closed for Half-term
Monday 31st October 2011 School re-opens at 8.55 am
Monday 21st - Friday 25th November 2011 National Anti-Bullying week

Yours sincerely

L Mulcahy
HEADTEACHER

Dear Parents

Barnardo’s
For operational reasons the Barnardo’s Presentation to the children was brought forward by 1 week to today. So overleaf you can see details of the fundraising activity by which we hope to support this worthwhile charity - a charity that I know has helped several of our families over the years. Appeal time-table:-

Wednesday 21/9 - Sunday 25/9 Decorating egg
Monday 26/9 - Friday 30/9 Looking after egg
Friday 30/9 Bring in egg for whole school assembly
Thursday 6th October Return donation envelopes to school

Where there is more than 1 child in any family, each child may still wish to do their individual egg but rather than each child returning an envelope, a return of only
ONE FAMILY DONATION ENVELOPE is more than acceptable.

Yours sincerely

L Mulcahy
HEADTEACHER

Dear Parents

As we end our second full week in school, it is most reassuring to report how well all the children have settled into their new classes. We have a number of new children in several of the classes so a particular warm welcome to those children and their families to Holy Trinity a full list of classes and their teachers is as follows:-

Nursery Mrs Riley
Reception Mrs McGivern
Class 1 Mrs O’Neill
Class 2 Mr Berndt (Deputy Headteacher)
Class 3 Mrs Quinton
Class 4 Miss Browett
Class 5 Mr Hughes
Class 6 Mrs Raley-Williams (Assistant Headteacher)

You will note that Mrs Raley-Williams has the title of Assistant Headteacher and whilst Mr Berndt remains my immediate Deputy, Mrs Raley-Williams role reflects her senior position within the school and the Senior Management Team of the school.

School Breakfast Club
A reminder that this club is open to any child on any day (no booking is required)
The Breakfast Club starts at 8.00 am and will run until 8.55 am. The cost of the Breakfast Club is £1.00 per child.

Courses for Parents

The following courses are taking place at Holy Trinity School as follows:

Family Literacy Course commences on
Monday 19th September 2011 from 9.00 - 9.45 am in the Conference Room
This course is aimed at parents whose children are in Nursery and Infants.

Help your Child with Writing commences on
Tuesday, 20th September 2011 from 9.15 - 11.15 am in the Conference Room
This course is aimed at parents whose children are in the Juniors - this course will run for 6 weeks. Parents have found previous courses interesting and informative - why not come along .

Barnardos Presentation
This term we will be supporting Barnardos Charity and a presentation will be made to the children on Wednesday 28th September 2011 in regard of the fund-raising activity.

School Dinners
All school dinners must be paid for on a weekly basis. The cost of dinners is £9.00 per child per week. Could you please send your dinner money in an envelope with your child’s name and class on.

School Book Fair
Our annual School Book Fair takes place from Monday 3rd October until Friday 7th October. The event will take place in the Dining Hall after School.

Dates for your Diary

Tuesday 20th September 2011 Cross Country at Wavertree
Wednesday 28th September 2011 Cross Country at Newsham Park
Monday 3rd - Friday 7th October 2011 School Book Fair
Tuesday 4th October 2011 Cross Country at Croxteth Park
Monday 17th October 2011 Nursery & Infants visit Underwater Street
Wednesday 19th October 2011 Cross Country Championship at Wavertree
Monday 24th - Friday 28th October 2011 School closed for Half-term
Monday 31st October 2011 School re-opens at 8.55 am
Monday 21st - Friday 25th November 2011 National Anti-Bullying week

Yours sincerely

L Mulcahy
HEADTEACHER

Dear Parents

French Theme Day
What a magnificent effort or as they say in France “un effort remarquable”! To see the fantastic variety of outfits at the start of the day was amazing. Staff and children totally immersed themselves into the theme of the day, thoroughly enjoying all the various activities which ran through the day. A particular vote of thanks to Madame Pam Soulsby (our regular French teacher) and all the staff for organising such a great day.

Sports News
Last week saw another magnificent effort by the children. A postponement meant the team had to compete three times in just 4 days—no easy feat. However the children seemed to thrive upon such a challenge. After a 2 day competition the Boys won the Minor Schools Championship by a massive 53 points (their 3rd win in 4 years) whilst the Girls achieved their best position for many years by finishing as Runners-Up. A full listing of children who finished is enclosed. The very next day the children competed in the City Championship and again performed well. The year 3 Girls Relay Team (Olivia Doran, Lucia Cors, Amara Ogbonna and Bethany Bailey) became City Championship as did Audrey Matambo (Year 4) in the Long Jump and Imogen Dawe (Year 6) in the High Jump.

Two days later the children were back in action at Garston CofE School for the Garston Sports Festival. Once again a great team effort saw the children win the trophy for the third successive year. A tiring but very successful week for everyone involved and my thanks to staff and parents who contributed in any way.

Reception Class
A meeting will be held for all parents of the present Reception Class on Wednesday, 20th July, 2011 at 2.30 pm to discuss transition arrangements for entry into Year 1 in September. Please do your best to attend this important meeting.

Non Uniform Day
Thursday, 21st July 2011 will be a non-uniform day as the Juniors will be having a disco in the afternoon and the other classes will be holding parties.

Team Sports Day
We will be holding our Team Sports Day on Tuesday, 19th July 2011. The Infants will take part in team events in the morning and Juniors will take part in team events in the afternoon. Parents are most welcome to attend both sessions.

Mrs Quinton
Next week we welcome back Mrs Quinton following her maternity leave. She will resume as Year 2 Class Teacher in September as Mrs Lynch and Mrs Morgan will finish the year with the class. I would like to take this opportunity of thanking both ladies for all their hard work and support since Christmas. Mrs Lynch will return to school in a part-time capacity in September.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank all teaching and non-teaching staff for all their hard work during the last academic year.

Dates for your Diary

Tuesday 19th July 2011 Sports Day - Infants - am Juniors - pm
Wednesday 20th July 2011 9.15 am Year 6 Leavers Mass
Reception Meeting - 2.30 pm
Thursday 21st July 2011 Infant Parties and Junior Disco
Friday 22nd July 2011 Leavers Assembly - 11.00 am
School closes for Summer Holidays at 2.00 pm
Monday 5th September 2011 School re-opens at 8.55 am for the Autumn
Monday 24th – Friday 28th October 2011 School closed for half-term

Sincerely,

Liam Mulcahy

Headteacher

20th May 2011

Dear Parents

As we prepare to break up for half-term it is interesting to reflect on some of the aspects of school life that have occurred this term.

Nursery/Reception
Staff and children have been working very hard on their garden area and their hard work is evident for all to see. The Nursery children also enjoyed a visit from a Park Ranger who talked on the theme of Living Things . The Reception class also delivered a wonderful assembly for the whole school several weeks ago.

Class 1
The children continue to enjoy the activities led by one of our outside coaches for their PE lessons.

Class 2
The children are currently enjoying working with a Dance coach who is leading a twice weekly session.

Minikickers
A reminder that children from classes 1 and 2 are welcome to attend the Minikickers session held in school every Wednesday from 5.00 – 6.00 pm

Class 3
The children from Class 3 continue to visit a local allotment on a weekly basis as part of their ‘Young Dibbers’ environmental project.

Class 4
Earlier this month the children visited Blackpool as part of their Creative Curriculum programme and thoroughly enjoyed their visit. Next Wednesday they visit Hope University to engage in a Creative Literacy project. They too are currently enjoying their twice weekly Dance session.

Class 5
The children recently enjoyed a visit from one of our ICT Consultants who worked alongside the children developing their ICT skills.

Class 6
The children worked tirelessly to prepare for their recent National SAT exams and I can quite honestly say that thanks to some national schemes (1:1 Tuition) and our own school schemes (Booster classes etc) that they have experienced unprecedented support. Currently Year 6 are also taking part in the Dance sessions as well as taking part in a Garden project with the aim of enhancing our school environment.

Breakfast Club
The school Breakfast Club continues to be a popular venture. A reminder that it runs from 8.00 – 8.55 am and costs £1 per day. The cost obviously covers Breakfast (served until 8.30 am) and supervision costs.

Sports News
Congratulations to Year 3 /4 Tennis team for finishing Runners-up in the area final.

Dates for your Diary

Half Term – School closes at normal time on Wednesday 25th May 2011 and re-opens on Monday 6th June 2011

26th May—3rd June 2011 - Half-term

Wednesday 15th - Friday 17th Residential visit to Condover Hall
Years 4-6
Saturday 18th June 2011 First Holy Communion
Wednesday 22nd –Thursday 23rd Residential visit to York – Class 3
Tuesday 28th June 2011 Minor Schools Athletics at Wavertree
Wednesday 29th June 2011 Classes 1 and 2 visit Chester Zoo
Thursday 30th June 2011 Minor Schools Athletics at Wavertree
Friday 1st July 2011 School closed for INSET day
Wednesday 6th July 2011 Secondary Transition Day for Year 6 children
Wednesday 6th July 2011 Nursery/Reception visit Farmer Ted’s
Thursday 7th July 2011 Garston Sports at Garston CofE School
Wednesday 13th July 2011 French Theme Day
Thursday 14th July 2011 Parents’ Evening
Friday 22nd July 2011 School closes for Summer Holidays

Yours sincerely

L Mulcahy
HEADTEACHER