All the latest news from School!

• Christmas Fair raises an amazing £2800!

  Thu 30 Nov 2017
  We hope you all enjoyed the Christmas Fair and had plenty of festive fun. The fair certainly got us all in the Christmas mood with some great stalls (thank you to all our stalll holders), activities, raffle prizes, tombola’s, mulled wine & of course a visit from the main man himself - Santa. It was a huge success and that is all thanks to Christine Adali and a Christmas Fair Team. The fair would never have happened if it wasn’t for Christine’s commitment, organisation & planning skills – and a little twist of magic. A big thank you to all the helpers from set up & take down, cake bakers, raffle ticket sellers, Santa’s Grotto elf helpers, tombola organisers, front gate collectors & drink makers. It was an amazing event, thank you to everyone who came and supported our school. Merry Christmas

• Handball Festival

  Fri 24 Nov 2017
  Today, some year 5 and year 6 children went to Clayton’s Primary School for a handball tournament. Everyone had so much fun. They were split into different teams and got to play eight games. The Year 6 final was decided by a nail biting penalty shoot-out which went on and on! It was a great morning, all the children demonstrated a brilliant team spirit and were impeccably behaved.

  

• PTA Holtspur Cookbook has arrived!

  Wed 22 Nov 2017

  We are excited to let you know that the ‘Holtspur Cookbook’ has arrived and will be on sale at the Christmas Fair this Sunday. As we are sure you will agree, the books are amazing and perfect Christmas Gifts!

  Books can be ordered in advance using the order form on the PTA/News section or bought on the day.

  Books are on sale for £10.

  Thank you, The Cookbook team

   

  NB – We apologise that not every child in the school has featured in this book. As we are sure you can appreciate the Cookbook team have worked hard on this project and tried to accommodate all requirements from book size, pupils in attendance, quality & price.

  

• Children in Need - £363.10 raised in total! A BIG thankyou :-)

  Fri 17 Nov 2017

  It was great to see so many of you ‘showing your spots’ today for Children in Need. Thank you for your donations to this worthy cause.

  This year we have raised an amazing £299.50 for
  wearing spots and £63.60 from the Pudsey
  Badges.

  

• Darassa Makeover

  Tue 14 Nov 2017
  Following the refurbishment of the Darassa at the end of last term, the windows have been put in and the soft furnishings have been added. This will be a fantastic area for the children to relax, read and do some colouring - thank you to everyone who have made this possible!

  

• Remembrance at Holtspur

  Fri 10 Nov 2017

  This week every child in the school made their very own poppy which they then placed in the garden near our greenhouse.  

  Our school council helped Miss Barton put all the poppies out by our greenhouse this morning so thank you to them.

  
  Today, we held a Remembrance gathering in the playground.  All the children in the main school were involved and we had a representative from the British Legion and a member of Oxford Brooks University.  

  Please come in and see our lovely display in the school office.

  

• New Playground Equipment

  Fri 10 Nov 2017

  Thank you so much to the PTA for our lovely new playground equipment. The children have been enjoying using it all week. Next week craze of the week will be 'Podely'. We also have yet to introduce the den building equipment paid for by Waitrose.

   

  If anyone would be interested in volunteering to play with the children at lunchtime, please contact Mrs Meyer on smeyer@holtspurschool.co.uk

  

• Children In Need ... we are collecting all old £1 coins!

  Mon 06 Nov 2017
  As you may already know, Monday 13th November is the start of this year’s Children in Need
  Appeal Week.
  Our school is excited to be joining with many others around the UK to participate in the
  fundraising programme, the Big BBC Children in Need Spotacular.
  We will be having a Spotacular mufti day on Friday 17th November, where the children can
  come to school dressed in their spottiest attire, in return for a £1 donation for Children in
  Need. The Fun Food Friday cake sale, also on the 17th, will donate the proceeds to Children
  in Need. Pudsey and Blush glitter pin badges will be on sale in school from tomorrow and will
  be £1 each.
  Furthermore, if you have any old £1 coins at home which are no longer in circulation, these
  are being collected by the school and brought to Lloyds bank. The pounds will be exchanged
  and the amount raised will be given to help to change the lives of even more disadvantaged
  children.
  These can be given to class teachers up to the 17th November. Let’s see which class can find
  the most old £1 coins!
  Thank you in advance for your continued support.