All the latest news from School!

• World Book Day - 6th March

  Tue 18 Feb 2020
  At Holtspur we are celebrating World Book Day on Friday 6th March - the children can come dressed as one of their favourite characters from a book - half term is a great opportunity to get creative with your children to create their outfit and share the book with them! Have fun being inventive ... 

• Michael Morpurgo Month!

  Fri 24 Jan 2020

  February is Michael Morpurgo month ... as a school we will be will be discussing his achievements with the children and setting a challenge ... how many Michael Morpurgo books can you read in the month!

   

  https://www.michaelmorpurgo.com/morpurgomonth/

• Tweet from Tim Peake for Year 5!

  Fri 24 Jan 2020
  Year 5 have been enjoying using pastels to draw space pictures, Mrs Upton tweeted Tim Peake for an encouraging message ... and he replied! 

  

• New Year - New Start ...

  Mon 06 Jan 2020
  Before Christmas Mrs Phelan was very busy! We have re-purposed a salt bin & set up a worm composting bin behind the Nest near to the new raised vegetable & flower beds. Reception Class will be putting in their snack waste for the worms to digest and produce our own compost. This is just part of our move to become even more environmentally friendly and getting the children involved in looking after their environment. Thank you to the PTA as well for providing this opportunity for the children. We will keep you posted when the growing season starts!

  

• Thank you to Dobbies Garden Centre ...

  Wed 11 Dec 2019

  We have very kindly been gifted a beautiful fake tree from Dobbies (Beaconsfield Branch) - the children were very excited to decorate it, they have also donated a compost bin and continue to donate split bags of soil for use in the garden areas. We would like to say a big THANK YOU to them for supporting our school.

   

   

   

  

• Christmas @ St Thomas'

  Fri 06 Dec 2019
  Some children from Year 4 went to the church during their Learning Outside the Classroom session to decorate our school tree for the Christmas period with decorations the class made - it looks fantastic! 

  

• The Book People

  Mon 18 Nov 2019

  Holtspur School & Pre-School have signed up to receive £1 for every £10 spent by customers of The Book People. If you buy anything from The Book People, the big book boost gives our school £1 for every £10 spent. It’s really easy, when you check out there is a drop down menu and our school is now listed, select the option and we will benefit from your purchase :-) Happy Christmas Shopping!

  https://www.thebookpeople.co.uk/ 

• Poppy Appeal

  Mon 18 Nov 2019
  We have been notified of the final figure for this years Poppy Appeal - Well done to everyone who contributed, we raised a total of £338.68 for this cause. Thank you for your kind donations.

• Children in Need 15.11.19

  Thu 14 Nov 2019
  We will be supporting Children in Need Day on Friday 15th November, the children can come to school wearing mufti with the theme of either spots or bright colours. A donation of £1 would be greatly appreciated to support this cause. Many thanks :-)

• URGENT - CHANGE OF SCHOOL ENTRANCE

  Wed 30 Oct 2019

  Dear Parents,

   

  As some of you may be aware, out front door has broken.  County have informed us that it will not be replaced until after Christmas.

   

  This is obviously a difficult situation and we cannot continue to let parents and visitors walk through various rooms in the school to reach the office as it is a safeguarding issue and we must put the safety of our pupils first.

   

  We have therefore put the following procedure in place (effective from 4th November):

   

  Anything for the office (such as permission slips, money, PTA correspondence or medication etc) must be passed to your class teacher or TA as the office will be inaccessible. If you wish to speak to the office regarding anything please call on 01494 674325 or email office@holtspurschool.co.uk 

   

  If your forget your child's packed lunch, PE kit, swimming kit etc, a covered box will be placed in the main entrance. Please place any items in the box. This will be checked and emptied at break and again before lunch. The items will be passed onto your child, please therefore ensure that they are clearly named.

   

  If you have an appointment with a member of staff or are picking up/dropping a child to school, please go to the music room entrance (at the end of the staff car park), ring the doorbell and wait for someone to open the door.  Please be patient as it is quite a walk from the office and we may be on the phone.

   

  We sincerely apologise for the inconvenience but hope you can work with us to minimise the upheaval. If you have any queries, please email the office.

   

  Thank you