All the latest news from School!

• Arts Evening

  Fri 05 Apr 2019
  We hope you enjoyed our Arts Evening, we were so proud of how talented the children are at Holtspur - Well done to everyone who took part.

  

• Romans Estate Agents Supporting our School

  Mon 01 Apr 2019

  We are pleased to announce a new partnership with Romans Estate Agent & PTA. We will be working with them to support our school, provide funds and sponsorship for school events.

  Today you will have a Loyalty Leaflets in your child’s book bag, these can be used when you use Romans for a House Sale, House Let, mortgage and much more. For each service you use Romans will donate a portion of their fee to our school.

  We hope you find this scheme useful and as a school we can’t wait to see what we raise and how we can put it to good use.

  We will be in touch soon about the other great things we will be doing with Romans over the remainder of the school year and into next.

  Thank you

• Duathlon - book the date!

  Mon 01 Apr 2019

  We are pleased as a school & PTA to be supporting the Wooburn Green, Duathlon on the 12^th May.

  The children will be having an assembly about this after Easter and then coming home with Sponsorship forms.

  It will be £5 per child which includes medal and goodie bag and any profit will be donated to our school as vouchers to the P.E. & Sport department. All sponsorship raised by the school children, will be collected by and go to the PTA. 

  The event will also include Sports Fest which will give the children an opportunity to also try some other activities for free. So far this includes; CrossFit, Futsal, Cricket, Martial Arts & Rock Climbing amongst others

  Look out for the Sponsorship forms in book bags soon.

  

• Primary Mathematics Challenge 2018 - 19 ... Congratulations!

  Fri 22 Mar 2019

  The Primary Mathematics Challenge is a fun and exciting mathematical Challenge aimed at pupils in Year 5. 

   

  The PMC is designed to make pupils think outside the box. The questions asked are not necessarily subjects that have been covered in the curriculum.  The PMC is not designed to be just another test in the school year.  It encourages enthusiasm, boosts confidence in mathematics and shows the different way questions can be asked.

   

  2375 pupils were invited to take part in the Bonus Round and we are delighted to announce that two of our children, Sarah and Leo received bronze medals.  This is a huge achievement and we are extremely proud of them both.  Well done Sarah and Leo.

• Winners announced! Stories in a Jar & Extreme Reading Photos ...

  Wed 20 Mar 2019
  Thank you to everyone who entered the competitions for World Book Week, it was a difficult choice to make and well done to everyone ... the jars are on display in our Library and they look amazing :-) Congratulations!

  

• World Book Day ... Fancy Dress ... Story in a Jar ... Extreme Reading!

  Wed 06 Mar 2019

  This year for World book day we are arranging lots of fun and exciting activities to capture the passion of reading. Below are 3 different ways you can join in at home.

   

  Fancy Dress

  On World Book day the children can come into school dressed as their favourite book character. They will have an opportunity to share their costume and book with the rest of their class. We are happy to help any children if they are struggling to find costumes at home as we have many dressing up clothes in school.

   

  Extreme Reading

  We would also like the children to take part in an extreme reading competition. Over the next 4 weeks please take a photo, draw a picture or write a description of the most obscure place your child has been found reading and send it in to class before World Book Day. We will award a first, second and third prize for the most creative.

   

  Story in a Jar

  At home the children can also create a story in a jar to share in school on World Book Day. This doesn’t have to match their costume. We will have all the jars on display in the hall on Friday 8 March at the end of the school day.

• Tesco Blue Coin Scheme - Holtspur School & Pre-School are ready to receive your tokens!

  Sun 24 Feb 2019

  We are delighted that our application to the Tesco Bags of Help Grant Scheme has been successful and our project will be put forward to a customer vote in Tesco stores during March and April 2019.

   

  This project is to help fund the Nest Garden Project and will be entitled Gardening & Arts

   

  Please can you look out for our name at the Blue Coin voting boxes in the months of March and April – we will be competing against 2 other projects and in with a chance to get £4000 if we reach 1^st place

   

  Our Project should feature in the stores listed below, so if you are a Tesco shopper (or not and now want to become one) we would really appreciate your support

   

  Many thanks

   

  Your PTA Team

   

  5716       BOURNE END EXP            SL8 5SS Express

  2640       High Wycombe HP11 2JD              Superstore

  6747       HIGH WYCOMBE CHAP EXP         HP12 4BY             Express

  5927       HIGH WYCOMBE NEW EXP           HP12 4RQ            Express

  2668       HW loudwater   HP10 9RT             Superstore

  5472       PLOMER GREEN AVE EXP              HP13 5UW           Express

  6748       STOKENCHURCH WYCOMBE ROAD EXP  HP14 3RN            Express

  3367       WOOBURN HI WYCMBE EXP       HP10 0EU             Express

  3442       WYCOMBE NORTH EXPRESS        HP13 5AP             Express

  3443       WYCOMBE SOUTH EXPRESS        HP11 1TA             Express

• Exciting news from PTA - The Nest Garden Community Project receives £5,000 cash boost!

  Sun 24 Feb 2019

  The Nest Garden Community Project Receives £5000 cash boost

  From Heathrow Community Fund

  A community project set up to develop and create an outdoor learning garden and nature area has received a £5000 grant from Heathrow Community Fund.

  The scheme will allow Holtspur School & Pre-School to complete the Nest Garden project – bring the learning of planting, growing and harvesting to a whole new level. There will be areas for all years to work in the garden and produce their own fruits and vegetables. They will also experience the skills of decomposition, nature and other outdoor learning skills in the perfect environment.

  Holtspur School & Pre-School was awarded the donation under Heathrow Community Fund’s Communities for Youth grants programme.

  Quote from community project spokesman: “Heathrow Community Fund is part of an independent grant-making charity set up by Heathrow’s owners to support and strengthen local communities close to the airport. In the past two years it has donated more than £1 million through three grant programmes, funding projects which support young people, help protect the environment and support active local communities.

  Funds come from an annual donation from the airport, fines imposed on aircraft that breach noise limits, Heathrow colleagues who raise funds for us, and John Lewis.

  The fund also supports and encourages Heathrow staff to volunteer and support the local communities where they live.

  More information about the fund and how to apply for grants is available on the website www.heathrow.com/communityfund

• Change 4 Life - Letter & Diary Sheet

  Fri 15 Feb 2019

  Dear Parents and Carers,

   

  During our Healthy Eating show at the end of last month, the children were taught about proteins, carbohydrates and fates and how we needed some of each. They were also shown the perils of eating too much food with sugar and fat!

   

  As a follow up to this, we would like you to do a fun activity with your children over half term, so they can see what they are eating, how much exercise they are doing and record any small changes you or they are making towards a healthier diet.

   

  The diary the children brought home can be filled out daily over the course of half term and teachers can then share some of the good ideas and healthy choices some of the children are making.

   

  Please note, this is a light-hearted activity but with a serious message. Nobody will be called out for their choices, but it may help your children to become more aware of their choices.

   

  For more information about Change4life, go onto their website:

   

  https://www.nhs.uk/change4life

   

  We wish to thank the Freemasonary organisation for paying for the cost of the show, which all the children participated in.

   

  Enjoy half term. The diaries will be collected back in on Monday 25^th February.

   

   

• Travelling Book Fair - 25th February to 1st March

  Fri 15 Feb 2019

  The Travelling Books book fair will be taking place from Monday 25th February to Friday 1st March, after school, in the dining room. 

   

  Cheques are accepted, made payable to "Holtspur School" or parents can call Travelling Books and pay by card on the day.

  We look forward to seeing you there!