All the latest news from School!

• Coin Trail - Monday 22nd July

  Fri 19 Jul 2019

  Who can spend the longest Penny? To continue on our theme to raise funds for new toilets the School Council have organised a coin trail competition on 22nd July for all the school to take part in.

   

  Each class will see who can spend the longest penny! In other words which class will have the longest coin trail along the playground to our 'Spend a Penny' toilet.

   

  So we ask you and your children to search for any loose change you may have and bring it along on Monday 22nd July for our toilet-tastic coin competition. Who will take away the Toilet Brush Trophy?

• Bucks & Milton Keynes School Games

  Fri 12 Jul 2019

  More than 1,300 children competed for medals on Thursday in the annual Bucks and Milton Keynes School Games. Dozens of schools from all over the county took part in the event that gave many children their first experience of participating in a major sporting event.  Students took part in 15 different sports, from athletics to swimming, rounders, table tennis, golf and cycling.

  2018 Commonwealth Games netball gold medallist Ama Agbeze MBE gave an inspirational address during the opening ceremony. The event is the culmination of a year-long programme of activities organised by Leap, the Sport and Activity Partnership for Bucks and MK in conjunction with the School Games Organisers.

  Our school team arrived bright and early at the Stoke Mandeville Stadium for the opening ceremony where they had a second breakfast to set them up for the day. They then took part in a number of Go Ride Mountain Biking events: a 80 m sprint, an endurance race and a team relay. The children worked really hard in their individual and team races and showed great sportsmanship. There was a very high level of skills shown by the competitors and this was our Year 5’s team their first cycling competition and there were a number of Year 6 teams competing. The team came 5^th overall and won the Fair Play award. Well done to Jake who came third in his race and won a well deserved medal. The team consisted of:  Beatrice, Connor, Jake, Matthew, Tia and Verity. A huge thank you to Mr Scott for running the training sessions and organising the team at the event and to the parents who came along on this extremely hot day.

  Report by Mrs Fennell

  

• Beaconsfield Rotary Club Presentation ...

  Fri 12 Jul 2019
  Year 4 were very grateful to the Beaconsfield Rotary Club for providing them with a dictionary each, they have already been put to good use! 

  

• Meningitis Research Foundation Mufti Day 5.7.19

  Fri 05 Jul 2019

  Thank you very much for your contributions today, as a school we have raised £185.00 towards this worthy cause.

  For more information please go to https://www.meningitis.org/ 

• Donations required please!

  Mon 01 Jul 2019

  We are very lucky to have a number of volunteers coming in from D&B again this year w/c 15^th July.

   

  We need donations of painting equipment, such as paint brushes, rollers, paint kettles, paint trays, dust sheets etc

   

  Donations will be most welcome and can be left in the school office before the 12th July!

   

  Many thanks :-)

• Sports Day 2019

  Fri 21 Jun 2019

  SPORTS DAY –  Friday 28th June

  KS1 and Reception                               9.00am - 10.30am

  Key Stage 2                                          10.30am  – 12 Noon

  Parent & toddler races                         12 Noon- 12.15pm

  Picnic Lunch                                        12.15pm-1.15pm

   

  You are invited to watch your child participate in our annual sports day event.  Pupils will be taking part in a series of activities and races during the course of the morning.  Following on from this, you are welcome to stay for a picnic lunch, to have and share with your child.  As a healthy school we promote healthy lunches so please do not bring on any sweets or fizzy drinks.  If you are unable to join us for the picnic lunch, your child(ren) will be supervised by lunchtime staff as normal.

   

  The children will be competing in their house colours, so they will need to come to school that morning wearing their school PE shorts, trainers and a T-shirt in their house colour.  Please speak to your child’s class teacher if you are unsure which colour this is. Should the weather be unsuitable, we will place a notice on the website on the morning of sports day.  The children do not need their normal uniform.

   

  The PTA will be selling drinks and ice cream at lunchtime. In order for us to ensure that children are in the right places for lunch please could you indicate on the slip below if your child(ren) will be having school lunch as normal or a picnic lunch and who will be attending the picnic lunch with them.  Please remember to cancel your school lunch order with Innovate Catering if you will not need it that day. At 1:15pm, the children will return to class for the remainder of the afternoon.

   

  We would also like to remind all parents that you may only take photographs of your own child. Uploading images of children in uniform onto any social media site may result in a child being able to be identified and traced by a stranger. Please do not video or photo other children without their parents express permission.

• Change of date: Celebration Assembly is now 21st June (not 28th June)

  Fri 14 Jun 2019
  We have amended the date of the celebration assembly to ensure the smooth running of Sports Day - the new date is 21st June - we apologise for any inconvenience caused & look forward to seeing you on both occasions!

• Newsflash!

  Sun 02 Jun 2019

  Amazing news ... Mrs Ashman has confirmed this week that Holtspur School & Pre School have received £2000 from the Tesco Bags of Help Scheme & £338 from Waitrose!

  Thank you for all your support for these schemes - it was certainly worth it - and a huge thank you to Mrs Ashman who has made this happen :-) 

• Preparation for the warmer weather ...

  Fri 24 May 2019

  Now that the weather is getting warmer, please can you ensure your child brings a fresh ‘sports top’ water bottle into school every day. We ask that parents apply waterproof sun cream to their child before they come to school. Please also ensure they have a sun hat.

   

  Sun Cream - Water - Hat 

• Letter-join Handwriting Scheme

  Fri 10 May 2019

  We are now part of the Letter-join handwriting scheme and any of our pupils wishing to practise their handwriting at home can now log in to the Letter-join website on iPads and tablets as well as desktop and laptop computers. There you will find the same, easy-to-use handwriting resources we use at school.

   

  How to log in to Letter-join DESKTOP AND LAPTOP LOG-IN Simply go to www.letterjoin.co.uk and log in, using the Desktop log-in boxes, with these details: User name: eg91638 Password: home Letter-join will work on the following browsers on PCs: • Google Chrome • Firefox • Safari • Opera We cannot recommend using Internet Explorer for Letter-join. IPAD AND TABLET LOG-IN Go to www.letter-join.co.uk, select the Tablet Login button and log in using these details: User name: eg91638 Swipe code (starting at top left): Letter-join will run on the following tablets: • iPads running at least iOS7 through the Safari browser. • Windows 8 tablets (8 inch and bigger) using the built-in browser. • Android tablets (8 inch and bigger) using Google Chrome, Firefox or Opera.

   

  Once logged-in, choose your child’s classroom and you will be able to watch how to form all the letters of the alphabet using the same style that we use at school. You can then trace over the letters and words on your tablet and print out the worksheets from your PC for real handwriting practice. We are limited to the number of users who can log in to this account, so please only log in with this username and password/swipe code for your own personal use.