All the latest news from School!

• We are becoming more eco-friendly ...

  Fri 15 Sep 2017

  Our school website has all the information you need to know about Holtspur School & Pre-School, including letters, dates and the weekly newsletter to name but a few. We are trying to become more eco-friendly by cutting down on the amount of paper we send home. We will be using email and the website more often, so please check the site regularly. We also have a twitter feed to keep you up to date.

• Holtspur Highlights of the Year :-)

  Fri 21 Jul 2017

  We are very proud to share with you our highlights of the academic year 2016-17, please follow the link below ... 

   

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• Darassa Makeover!

  Tue 18 Jul 2017

  A massive THANK YOU to our volunteers from Dun & Bradstreet for their hard work in transforming the Darassa to a bright & airy chill out area for the new school term. We couldn’t of done it without the help and generosity of Homebase, B&Q, Wickes and our lovely Beaconsfield Hardware & Shoe-Be-Do. 

  The projects were:
  - To create a chill out & reading zone in the playground for the children to enjoy. This involved painting the old brown Darassa into a bright and cheerful place
  - To paint and restore all the old benches around the school to again provide a brighter environment

  Thank you to our PTA for helping to organise this, it really is amazing! 

  

• Library Books

  Fri 07 Jul 2017

  We will be collecting library books into school next week. Please make sure your child has their book with them on their allocated library day, or hand the book in to the class teacher.

• Wye Valley Athletics KS2

  Fri 07 Jul 2017

  The Key Stage 2 Athletics Team took part in the annual Wye Valley Athletics competition. The children who took part did extremely well and should be very proud of the effort they put in over the past three months. We had a lot of successes, leaving with 7 bronzes, 5 silvers and 1 gold! A special well done to Verity, Year 3, our double medal winner and gold medal winner this year! Congratulations to all the children who took part and a big thank you to all the parents who transported the children and stayed to support us!

• Moving Up Week & Meet the teacher

  Fri 30 Jun 2017

  Moving up week will take place next week. Your children will have a chance to spend some time with their new teachers in their classrooms.

   

  Meet the Teacher Evenings

  Meet the teacher evenings are as follows:

  Monday 3rd July Year 1 & 2 – 7.00 pm

  Tuesday 4th July Reception – 7.00 pm

  Wednesday 5th^thJuly Year 3 & 4 – 7.00 pm

  Thursday 6th July Year 5 & 6 – 7.00 pm

• Healthy Eating School Food Showdown!

  Fri 30 Jun 2017

  On Wednesday this week, the whole school was very lucky to get a visit from Ian, from the Healthy Eating School Food Showdown! Ian came all the way from Manchester to deliver the fantastic show. The theme of the show is to emphasise the importance of having a healthy breakfast to start the day, what it means to have a balanced diet and how to put together a healthy meal.

   

  We then were entertained by a live cook-off to see who could make the best healthy balanced meal with Mr Stone and Mrs Davies leading the way with four enthusiastic Year 6's cooking alongside them. They had 15 minutes to cook, getting the children to come up and see how it was going, ask them questions and even get to taste!

   

  They made some great dishes and the audience got to decide who was the overall winner with.... RED CHILLI'S coming out on top! It was great to see all the children getting involved and answering questions, they all really enjoyed whole show!

  

• Chess Club

  Fri 16 Jun 2017

  As part of the chess club, we have had four children who qualified for the megafinal. They undertook a series of six games, from 10.00 am to 4.00 pm on a Sunday playing against some very strong players from schools and clubs across the county. Over 40,000 took part this year with the top 20% reaching the megafinal. Lola, Dhian, Justin and Liam all did exceptionally well showing persistence and resilience through the games and throughout the day. Well done!

   

   

  

• Tesco Bags of Help Scheme

  Fri 16 Jun 2017

  The PTA received some fantastic news this week from Tesco Bags of Help Scheme ...

  Congratulations!
  We are delighted to let you know that your application to the Tesco Bags of Help Grant Scheme has been successful and your project will be put forward to a customer vote in Tesco stores during July and August 2017.
  Your project along with the other two successful projects in your region will go forward to a vote in Tesco stores where their customers will decide the outcome by voting for their favourite project each time they shop. Voting will take place from Saturday 1st July to Thursday 31st August and we will notify you by the end of September 2017 confirming the amount of funding you will receive. The project with the highest number of votes across your region will receive up to £4,000, the second placed project up to £2,000 and the third placed project £1,000. If you are first in the vote, you will receive the amount that you requested in your application.

  Well done an amazing opportunity ... we will be relying on your votes!

• Our School Needs You! - National Book Tokens

  Fri 09 Jun 2017

  "Our school needs you”! Help us win £5,000 of National Book Tokens for the school library - and get £100 for yourself! Just enter the competition online, it only takes a minute.

   

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