All the latest news from School!

• Thanks to those who have helped to paint ... a request for those who would like to paint!

  Wed 05 Sep 2018
  Lots of painting went on in the summer holidays! The staff & children would like to say a huge thank you to the BCC Procurement Team who volunteered for a days painting at the school and decorated the KS2 corridor and year 3 classroom.  

   

  Also, D&B volunteers painted the Library and IT suite; staff painted the entrance area and corridor.  KS1 corridor, Reception and Year 1 class have also been painted following the flood from last year. However, KS2 classrooms - Year 4, 5 & 6  still need painting … Mrs Meyer is organising a volunteer painting day on Saturday 20th October 2018, if any parents would like to volunteer please contact the office on office@holtspurschool.co.uk - any help would be greatly appreciated. Many thanks!

   

   

  

• Summer Maths Challenge

  Fri 20 Jul 2018
  Holtspur School has taken advantage of an opportunity to be one of the schools participating in the Summer Maths Challenge, which we hope will help develop our pupils’ maths skills - without eating into their well-deserved break!

   

  Just like learning a musical instrument or playing a sport, maths is a subject children must practice to build the strong foundations they need to become fluent and move forward with confidence. This summer challenge, with its colourful progress chart and certificates, will help encourage pupils to put in that practice and make practice fun!

   

  The challenge is to complete 15 short maths practice sessions which are based on the National Curriculum for the school year your child has just completed. These ‘little and often’ sessions are perfectly crafted to sharpen maths skills without getting in the way of summer relaxation - and without keeping children at the screen for too long.

   

  Our school has been given a unique code to enter onto komodomath.com/summer so that you can access these practice sessions completely free of charge. Ours is

   

  SLHOLTSPUR

   

  All you have to do is visit komodomath.com/summer and enter this code in the ‘voucher code’ field when you sign up on the page.

   

  It’s quick, it’s free, it won’t take too much time and we really believe that participating in this initiative will have tangible benefits for our pupils.

   

  We look forward to hearing how you all got on!

   

  Good luck and enjoy the challenge,

   

  

• Summer Reading Challenge

  Fri 13 Jul 2018

  Penny from Beaconsfield Library came into assembly this morning to explain to the children about the summer reading challenge. The aim is to read 6 books over the summer from the library.

  This year’s theme is The Beano. Children will receive a pack with a treasure map and choose a character. Once they have read two books, they receive stickers for their chart giving them clues to where to find the treasure. After their 4^th book, they receive more sticker clues and glasses . Once they have read their 6^th book they will receive a certificate and medal. In the Autumn term we will have an assembly for those children who managed the reading challenge. Penny also told us about other free events at the library to sign up for – including lego club, a talk about photography tips and hints and a dinosaur expert giving a talk! We hope as many of our children as possible can join this challenge – there was certainly a big buzz about it in assembly this morning!

  

• Keeping Your Children Safe online

  Fri 06 Jul 2018

  Please see the letter we have emailed/sent via the school app to all parents regarding our work with National Online Safety. You will be able to register online so that you can access a brief course for parents to help you understand how to protect your children in the online world as well as giving you access to numerous online guides for parents for platforms as varied as YouTube to Fortnite, you can also find most of these on our website. This is a really valuable set of resources and I would urge you strongly to register and take a look at what is available to you. Registration details are in the letter emailed out.

• Nut Allergy Alert

  Fri 29 Jun 2018

  Please note that we are a nut free school. We have children who have a severe allergy to nuts, which can be triggered even by being in the vicinity of them. Please do not send in packets of nuts or any nut products in pack lunch boxes. This included Nutella chocolate spread. Your co-operation is much appreciated.

• Sports Day Update

  Tue 26 Jun 2018
  We have been keeping a close eye on the weather forecast for this week and, as you know, it is set to be very hot for the rest of the week.   We are concerned about the children spending a long time out in the sun, possibly with little shelter, so we have made some adjustments to the arrangements on Friday.   We will be postponing Celebration assembly until Friday 6th July.   This will mean that KS1 will be ready to start Sports Day at about 9am.  KS2 will follow on from KS1 at approximately 10.30am.  Parents and toddler races will take place after KS2 have completed their Sports , (about Midday) which will then be followed by our picnic lunch.   We anticipate lunch going on until 1.45pm. A bell will signify that the children should return to class in order to be registered for the afternoon. At this point, if you wish to, you may take your children home. We will supervise all children who remain with us until 3.15pm.   Y6 should remain in school until 3.15pm as they will be practicing their performance with Mr Whitelock.   I apologise for the change in timings, but we wish to keep the children as protected as possible. We have take this decision as early as possible to allow for parents to alter plans should they need to.  If anybody has a gazebo that they could lend us for the day, we would be more than grateful.   

• Stars of the Week

  Fri 22 Jun 2018

  As there is no newsletter this week, we still want to celebrate with you our Stars of the Week! Well done to you all :-)

   

   

  

• MindUP - Session 3 for parents 28.6.18 2pm

  Fri 22 Jun 2018

  The MindUP™ team will be revisiting our school for an Extension Day Workshop. During this visit they will be holding a program workshop for parents, which you are encouraged to attend. During this interactive workshop you will learn about the MindUP™ curriculum and be given tools and tips on how to integrate MindUP™ into your home and family life. For Parents, MindUP™ provides new techniques to better cope with and manage the challenges of work/life stress. MindUP™ also helps parents build healthy relationships between siblings, their children and the community, and finally, between their children and themselves.

   

   

   

  We look forward to seeing you on Thursday 28th June @ 2pm

• Paint & accessory donations required - can you help?

  Fri 08 Jun 2018

  We have a group of volunteers coming in during July who will be painting various areas of the school including the dining room but we are in desperate need of donations of the following: brushes, white spirit, cloths, buckets, rollers etc. If anyone is able to donate any of these items could you please bring to the office. Many thanks

   

   

• Bug Hotels in need of supplies!

  Tue 05 Jun 2018

  On the 18^th June the Cubs will be creating new Mini beast hotels for Pre School and School, in order to help them they need some donations to furnish the space! If you could spare any of the following items please leave them by the Nest to be collected and used before this date :-)

   

  Old bricks, hay, twigs & branches, straw, pine cones, old roof tiles, old pottery pots and garden canes.

   

  Many thanks for your help!