Dear Parents,

Happy New Year and welcome back for the spring term. I do hope you had a great Christmas, taking time to relax with your families.

Now we are back for the all important middle term. This is when children make most measurable progress during the year. So we do hope there is little time lost during this important term.

We are suffering under the difficulty at the juniors of having almost no internet or server connection. This means we are all thrown back on our own resources and it is quite a challenge. Luckily at the infants we are still connected so we upload this newsletter there.

On Tuesday I was working preparing the in-service training for staff the following day. Then we had a five hour power cut. Of course all my work was lost and I had to start again. It’s amazing how dependent we are on power and computer connection and how we are only aware of that when it’s not working.

It reminds me of the old Joni Mitchell song: “Big yellow Taxi” with the line – You don’t know what you’ve got till it’s gone. Maybe if we thought more about this we would cherish friends, family, freedom, health, employment and peace more.

The attitude of being thankful for these things is a great way to enter the New Year. I do hope that it’s a really good one for you and your family.

With Best Wishes
Richard Rowe

Reminder

There is a meeting on Monday 9th January at 7.45pm in the Holy Trinity School Hall to talk about the subject of Self Esteem and Child Participation in the school. Please come along if you would like to air your views on this subject. I have been so pleased to receive a good many emails and it would be great if we can all share together.

Administration

We would like to welcome Sue Telford to the Administration Team at Holy Trinity as the Afternoon Secretary. Charmaine Henry will now be the morning secretary.

Payments

Please would you help us process payments more easily by noting your child’s name on the back of any cheques that you send in together with their class name and what it refers to. Lunch cheques are to go to the kitchen for processing whilst all other cheques are processed in the office.

Clubs List

Please click here for a PDF list of this terms clubs. Please note Your Dance is now on a Monday and Drama is on a Thursday. There is no Art Club on a Monday. Clubs will start again the week beginning 9th January 2012.

YOUR Dance

If you are interested in attending you will need to let Adam know and complete the paperwork (available for download here).

Pick up of children

Please can children be collected from the playground after school (15h15) and not from the library. Thank you!

Music Lessons

Lessons with Kirsty Wtichell begin on 12th January, Piano with Lara Foot start on 9th January, Clarinet with Samantha Hadingham start on 9th, Trumpet with Gill Underwood on 9th, Violin with Leonie Anderson start on 10th, Piano with Lis Hobday-Uzzell on 11th, Cello lessons with Amanda Stratton start on 12th January.

HTPD Prayer Meeting

The next meeting is on Monday 16th January, 1pm at Emma Laporte’s house. Please come and enjoy lunch together, children welcome. Contact Emma for details 07947 712542.

Wey Valley Swimming Club

Is looking for new members. If you want to learn to swim, improve your technique or just get fit, come for a free try out on 14th January at Godalming Leisure Centre at 2.30 or 3pm. All information on their website www.wvsc.co.uk.

Curchods Dream House Art Competition

Curchods will keep all the pictures from the competition in their office for the month of January for those families who would like to collect their children’s' work.

Half Term Fun For All The Family!

Guildford Borough Council has produced some free information for families in Guildford. This includes details of playschemes, sports academies, arts and crafts, dance and drama workshops and countless other activities for children and young people to take part in during the February half term. www.guildford.gov.uk/holidayactivities

Dear Parents

We hope to be launching our brand new website this weekend. We are not quite sure when our hosts will actually make it all happen, so check from time to time. I do hope you like it and feel that it gives you access to information that you need. Please could I remind you of the importance of reading the newsletter and checking ‘Just to let you know’ (JTLYK) every week? News stories will be regularly changing with ultimately about a dozen accessed through the home page and older stories in photo archives. I am particularly pleased that our values are placed firmly on the home page so everyone understands what we stand for.

I would be really pleased to receive feedback and suggestions of how we can improve it. A governor has already suggested an alumni page for news of former students and staff. We may also have a guest book for messages from visitors to the site. We are having a hit counter applied to each page so we can see how our message is getting out to people.

There are three people who have worked really hard on this building project. I would like to thank Louise Crow-Arnold for all her hard work in setting up the site and enabling transfer of material. Liz Pomeroy for great photographs and liaison with our professional builders, and Natalie Savage for help with the initial concept and guidance right through the project. I E Marketing based in Bristol have done a great job in putting it all together and responding to all our requests.

Nowadays, a well built website is a vital piece of running a school; providing a window on all its work and activity. With best wishes. Richard 

Deadline for Online applications for Year 3 – Sunday 15th January
Don't forget to hand in your Supplementary Form to the Junior office.

Alice T-Shirts
We still have a number of these high quality t-shirts available for sale at the knock-down price of £5 each!  Super for summer, in red and purple.  Please contact Sheila via the School Office or at: sheilam@holytrinity.surrey.sch.uk.  Thank you.

Pick up of children
Please can children be collected from the playground after school (15h15) and not from the library? Thank you!

Lunch money
The amounts are: £2.10 a day or £10.50 for 5 days, £21.00 for 10 days; £42 for 20 days and £84 for 40 days. Please ensure you send in the correct amounts or the cheque may be returned to you. Please check with your child if they need a new lunch card.

Catering Assistant for HT
There is a vacancy in the kitchen for 20 hours a week. Catering experience a must. Please contact Gill in the Kitchen for further details.

Knitting Club
All children who have school knitting needles, please bring them back to Ginnie in 3G, thanks.

HTPD Prayer Meeting
The next meeting is on Monday 16th January, 1pm at Emma Laporte’s house. Please come and enjoy lunch together, children welcome. Contact Emma for details 07947 712542. 

HTSC News

Murder Mystery Evening
Friday 3rd Feb 7.30 pm “Murder on Main Street” - A Wild West Murder Mystery Night presented by HTPD Staff. During the evening you will watch various scenes from the story played out by the amateur and rather over acting HTP Staff. You will dine on Wild West cuisine and then, with your table or group come to a conclusion about who the murderer really is…Come to this fun event….. Wild West dress optional for audience! Tickets on sale now - £10.00 per head (to include Wild West supper). Licensed Bar. To assist with planning we would be grateful if you could please order your tickets by Friday 20th January. Order form on the website.
Years 5 & 6 cake sale   Friday 27th Jan 

Charlotteville Jubilee Street Party Bingo Night Friday 27th January The legendary Bingo Host Jez Moon will be back on Friday 27th January 18.30 onwards at Holy Trinity School Hall. Tickets £7.50 adults, £5.00 children inclusive of a Fish and Chip Supper. Bring your own bottle or two. Tickets available from Pippa Mitchell 01483 578446/07852235247
 
Curchods Dream House Art Competition - Curchods will keep all the pictures from the competition in their office for the month of January for those families who would like to collect their children’s' work.

Half Term Fun For All the Family! www.guildford.gov.uk/holidayactivities.

Le Club Francais The French Club started this week and there are a few spare places if you are interested. Everyone is welcome!

Lost A Purple Microlite scooter. If you have seen it, or taken it by mistake please return it to the office ASAP. Thank you.

Holy Trinity Pewley Down Ski Trip 2012
We regret to inform you that the family ski trip will not be taking place this year as there are simply too few people interested in taking part for it to work.  We hope to reinstate the holiday next year - please look out for details in the newsletter towards the end of 2012.  In the meantime, please direct any enquiries to sarahbirkmyre@gmail.com (mother of William Harris - 6C).

Special Offer to see Guildford Heat on Sunday 29 January at Surrey Sports Park.
Vanessa Green (Biss family) has arranged for HTPD families and friends to have significantly reduced priced tickets for the game on Sunday 29 January at 3pm at Surrey Sports Park. Guildford Heat is Surrey’s only premier league basketball team. If you haven’t been to a game before, it’s full of fast paced action as well as entertainment. If you are interested in taking up the offer of tickets at £5.50 for adults or children, please contact Vanessa on 0771 333 2303 or Vanessa@wigwampr.com. For further information, visit www.guildfordheat.com.

For sale
HT Green backpack (£3 proceeds to HT school) Please call Alice 833574.

Dear Parents

Facing your fears is the theme of our assembly and thoughtful times next week. The First World War poet, Wilfred Owen, is our hero and our Bible story Jesus praying in the Garden of Gethsemane that he should not have to suffer death on a cross.

Wilfred Owen had to return to the trenches after being invalided out. He was killed just before the armistice.

I wonder what fears you have, rational or irrational? I have to admit to a fear of Ofsted; the thought that someone just coming in for a day or so has the power to seriously criticise years of dedicated hard work by a great team just because the narrow data they measure us by is not as required for a year.

I also fear retirement in a way (though it is still 3 or 4 years away). What will I do? Will it be ok?

Now there are solutions to both those; cool rational thought, careful preparation and mentally being ready for the fear whenever it comes. In this way the fear is changed into a challenge that we know we have the strength to face.

Irrational fears, spiders, feathers, zips, clowns or cats, can be successfully helped by therapy and gradual exposure. It sometimes falls to us as teachers to talk through some of these matters at school. As a school we tell the children about Jesus, who faced his greatest fear - separation from his Father, God; he finally conquered both fear and death.

So now I need to learn to practise what I preach when I see the men/women in grey suits, armed with clipboards walking down the school drive one Monday morning very soon . . .

With best wishes, Richard

Week commencing 23rd January
Tuesday 24th – Year 3 and 4 Football
Wednesday 25th - 3MG and 4A swimming
Friday 27th - Year 5&6 cake sale

Surviving Parenting in 2012 On Thursday 9th February at 7pm in the HT hall there will be a session for any parents who wish to attend. This will be run by Sam Allen, our Home School Link Worker and Mary. We will be looking at a variety of parenting issues: peer pressure, how to say “no” positively, how we can help transition to secondary school etc. Please email maryb@holytrinity.surrey.sch.uk if you think you will be able to attend, so we have some idea of numbers.

Road Safety – Thank you to all those parents who park sensibly and safely when dropping and collecting your child.  Unfortunately, we still have some parents who do not always consider the safety of our children.  Our neighbo0urs also need access to their properties and recently we have had some complaints about parking.

Year 3 and 4 football club – is on Tuesday not Wednesday this week due to a fixture on Wednesday.  Many thanks.

Music Medley – well done to all those who performed in the Year group assemblies.  What great and talented children you have!  Thank you.

Alice T-Shirts  We still have a number of these high quality t-shirts available for sale at the knock-down price of £5 each!  Super for summer, in red and purple.  Please contact Sheila via the School Office or at: sheilam@holytrinity.surrey.sch.uk.  Thank you.

Le Club Francais The French Club started this week and there are a few spare places if you are interested. Everyone is welcome!

Lift Request - Is anyone able to provide a lift to school for a pupil living in Clandon?  The family would be able to reciprocate for some return journeys.  Please could you let someone at the office know if you may be able to help and leave a contact telephone number.  Thank you.

Lost property - The bin is overflowing! Please take a look through as there are some named articles of clothing too. Thanks.

Lost - Navy Sweatshirt named Jack D Jones.  If you have it please return it to the office ASAP. 

HTSC News

Murder Mystery Evening – Friday 3rd Feb – Cancelled. Unfortunately we have had to cancel this event as we have not sold enough tickets.

Years 5 & 6 cake sale - Friday 27th January. Please send in cakes/biscuits, things like fairy cakes/flapjacks etc. No nuts please. The cakes are sold to the children during school time in the afternoon. Each cake costs 25p so we suggest you send your child in with 50p - £1.00. We need helpers on the day, from 1:45 to set up and then sell the cakes, if there are any cakes left over we sell them after school. Offers of help to htsc@holytrinity.surrey.sch.uk

Dates for the diary
Phil the Bag - week commencing 20th February. Please keep all your old clothes and shoes as we will be collecting them again, bags will be sent home with your children before half term
Quiz Night - Friday 23rd March
Next HTSC Meeting - Thursday 9th Feb

Charlotteville Jubilee Street Party Bingo Night Friday 27th January The legendary Bingo Host Jez Moon will be back on Friday 27th January 18.30 onwards at Holy Trinity School Hall. Tickets £7.50 adults, £5.00 children inclusive of a Fish and Chip Supper. Bring your own bottle or two. Tickets available from Pippa Mitchell 01483 578446/07852 235247

The Surrey Songsters is THE Surrey Choir for young people aged 7-11, and we are always keen to welcome new members.  We’d love to see anyone in Years 3-6, and there are no auditions. Organised by Guildford Cathedral and Lanesborough School, with the support of Surrey Arts, we rehearse in central Guildford eight times a term on Fridays from 4.15-5.15pm, and have an end of term concert at Guildford Cathedral.  For more information email singup@guildford-cathedral.org

Surrey Arts Open Rehearsal - all string, woodwind, brass and percussion players of all ages and levels of experience are invited to an open rehearsal with the Surrey Arts orchestras and ensembles at Tillingbourne Junior School, Chilworth on Wednesday February 8th 2012 from 5.30 to 7.30pm. No charge, just bring your instrument. Any questions call 01483 518099.

Dear Parents,

There has been a little confusion recently about homework and if I’m honest I think that I may have been responsible for the confusion.  I suppose it all comes down to definitions.  If we define homework as any school task carried out at home then we certainly do have homework.

I believe that it is really important that some tasks happen at home. This is in order to consolidate learning from school; be confident readers and spellers and know how to research and produce a project from their topic using their resources.

To this end all children will be encouraged to read at home. In the earliest year this will be sharing the books with a parent, moving through to our oldest children, who I hope will be reading age appropriate books for their personal pleasure, as well as to continuing to improve their literacy. Of course, we would still hope that they will read aloud with you and be read to.

Initial spellings will be brought home as well as phonics. After the major and minor spelling rules have been addressed, many of the lists may be connected to words from their topics and learning areas for that week.

As the children move through the school multiplication tables and facts are added into the mix.  Complete recall of tables is a really useful aid to maths and they help the children with mental manipulation of numbers.

Finally in the upper years of the juniors we give children the opportunity to prepare part of their topic as a homework task.

With all these homework tasks, we still want children to have a happy and fulfilling childhood and use their leisure time to the full. Most of these tasks will be on the ‘Just to let you know’ pages.  Please look each week.

So there it is - we do have homework; it is well focused, relevant, useful and not onerous.  I would like to thank all parents for their partnership in their child’s learning.

With best wishes, Richard

Week commencing Monday, 30th January
Wednesday 1st February - 3MG and 4A swimming
Thursday 2nd February at 7.30pm - Parenting Workshop

Please note the change of date for this event:
Surviving Parenting in 2012 On Thursday 2nd February at 7pm in the HT hall there will be a session for any parents who wish to attend. This will be run by Sam Allen, our Home School Link Worker and Mary. We will be looking at a variety of parenting issues: peer pressure, how to say “no” positively, how we can help transition to secondary school etc. Please email maryb@holytrinity.surrey.sch.uk if you think you will be able to attend, so we have some idea of numbers.

Cross Country
Congratulations to our team of runners who participated in the Surrey Schools Cross-Country run at Reigate Priory last Saturday. Outstanding individual performances from Thomas Naisby who came 2nd and Freddie Esplen who came 4th and together with Bo Beynon and Sam Hallam the boys team achieved 1st place overall.
 
Swimming Gala
Great to see 29 of our children enjoying a swimming gala at Cranmore this week.
Well done to everyone who took part, there was a great team spirit!
 
Netball
Well done to all 31 of our Year 5 and 6 netballers who played in a mini tournament at Tormead on Wednesday. It was very enjoyable and the girls all valued the experience. Good luck to the Year 5 team who are playing in the Rydes Hill Tournament on Saturday.

Get Set
Holy Trinity Pewley Down have joined the Get Set network in the run up to the Olympic Games.
It promises to offer some exclusive opportunities and resources for our children to keep the excitement going throughout the year. We are already planning our curriculum week commencing 9th July which this year has an Olympic theme. It will incorporate our sports day which will have a different format so watch this space!

Library
The library system has now gone online and can be accessed from home. You can see what books your child has out and what they have borrowed in the past. There are lots of new features, some of which I am still playing with. I am gradually showing everyone how it works.  Children can log on by putting their library number into both the Username and Password boxes. If they want to find out what their number is they can either ask me or look in the yellow file on my desk which is arranged in class order.  The link needed is:  http://u005614.microlibrarian.net.

GroundHog
Parents have raised concerns regarding the amount of time their children are spending on line.  We have recenly been made aware of a program called GroundHog  that may help. It is a free, simple to install application that allows parents to limit the time children can access the internet for.  Children can pause their time allocation to eat dinner, do homework, etc then return to the remaining time.  It doesn't however allow you to select specific time windows for different days at this stage. There are more sofiticated programs that you can buy if you choose to but GroundHog is a great starting point to set a daily time limit. http://mediavention.com/groundhogmain.html

Lost

• Pair of George Asda shoes with Velcro straps, size 5.  If you have seen these shoes, please let the office know. Thank you.
• A Keller sweatshirt belonging to Jack Jones. Please return it to the office if you have it.

Valentine's Day Movie Night
Stuck for somewhere to go this year, or perhaps finding it hard to afford a night out in this troubled times - look no further! Christ Church in Waterden Road is hosting a romantic evening out on Valentine's Day, Feb 14th. For just £2 per couple come and watch a movie on the big screen - this includes a glass of wine each and nibbles. Film is "Midnight in Paris" (tbc). Doors open at 7.45 for 8pm film start. Tickets on sale from the Church (Box) Office, G. 567072 - email office@christchurchguildford.com, more details from Michael Tame (Geraldine's husband) on 07795173161, michael@christchurchguildford.com. Numbers are limited so first come first serve.

Surrey Arts Open Rehearsal
All string, woodwind, brass and percussion players of all ages and levels of experience are invited to an open rehearsal with the Surrey Arts orchestras and ensembles at Tillingbourne Junior School, Chilworth on Wednesday February 8th 2012 from 5.30 to 7.30pm. There is no charge - just bring your instrument. If you have any questions please call 01483 518099

Week commencing Monday, 6^th February
Monday 6^th Feb – YR5 to Intech, return to school at 3.15
Tuesday 7^th Feb – YR4 to Science Museum , return to school at 3.15
Wednesday 8th February - Gym Club cancelled - due to shooting session
Wednesday 8th February - 3MG and 4A swimming

• A girls Keller PE kit. All named. Please return to the office if you have it. Thanks.
• Ben Kearsey (6C) has lost a G7 Capo for his guitar. It is very expensive! Please could you check to see if it’s   come home on your guitar or case by mistake? Thank you.
• Joshua Pomeroy’s (5R) black woollen hat has been missing for over a week. Please check you have the right one!
• Jack Jones 5R , has lost his blue sweatshirt. Please return it if you have seen it. Thanks.

Dear Parents,

Another Fluffy Friday, this time with a few centimetres of lovely, fluffy snow to play with. I have just come in from playground duty with the juniors where the children left on site were enjoying safe and happy snowballing and sledging.

We have had groups of infants ‘Out and About’ on the Downs, where they may well have bumped into the extreme campers from the juniors. Other groups outside include feathers and frogs, a winter walk and all you can do in the snow with Henry.

In the warm there is a lego option at both sites. Cooking at the infants is peppermint mice and at the juniors, jammy dodgers and valentine cakes. The valentine theme is also at Pewley Downs, with the opportunity to make valentine cards for your sweetheart!

More unusual activities include writing Dr. Who scripts, making scratch videos and floral art.

It really is a great day of working within the environment and being introduced to new skills. These ways of learning do open up our children to the idea that learning can go way beyond the National Curriculum. We hope that in this way we will encourage them to become life-long learners who lead lives which open up to new possibilities.

I have had to cancel my holiday in France as the weather is freezing with dangerous roads in the Dordogne. So I have a week of unexpected time – I wonder what new possibilities will open up for me?

With best wish for a great half term.
Richard.

Week commencing Monday, 20th February

Phil the Bag (Please keep all your old clothes and shoes as we will be collecting them again; bags will be sent home with your child). Bags will be collected the first week back after half term. Please remember you can use ordinary bin bags too.
 

Lunch Cheques

When paying for school lunches by cheque, would parents please send in 1 cheque even if they are paying for more than 1 child? As before, these will not be processed unless you have your child’s name and class on the back of the cheque. Thank you.
 

Guildford Music Festival March 21st 2010

All children in the orchestra, recorder group and choir (years 6 and 5) have been given an important letter re purchasing of tickets from G, Live for the music festival. The booking opens at 10am on Monday 20th February direct from G, Live. Tickets will sell quickly so please don't leave it too late to obtain your tickets.

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HTSC News

Dates for the diary:

Year 4 Drinks - Thursday 8th March – venue t.b.c.
Date change - Quiz night is now Friday 16th March
Summer Fair - Friday 22nd June
We are just beginning the planning for the Summer fair and we need a couple of people to get involved with co-ordinating the event. Please contact us if you are able to help at htsc@holytrinity.surrey.sch.uk. 

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Lost

• Jack Jones’s blue sweatshirt is still missing. Please return it if you have seen it. Thank you.
• Natasha Hemsley Thomas, has lost a white circa trainer. It is named , please return it to the office. Thank you.

Found

• A child's (girl's) purse with a cat on one side & fish on the other outside the lower gates to Cline Road , please collect from the office if it is yours.
• A black wii filofax has also been handed in.

Menu - Week 2

See Lunch Menu on Website.

A final year Graphics Design Student, studying at Leeds University, is writing her final dissertation on Parents’ views on what the government is doing to protect their children from certain aspects of advertising.

If you would be able to help her at all in filling out her quick survey found on the link below:
http://freeonlinesurveys.com/rendersurvey.asp?sid=o9s90lu3k1mrts21022329 Any help she can get would be greatly appreciated .Parents views are obviously important to her for her work. Please call Lucie Cox on: 07867 904215, if you require any further info. Thank you.

Dear Parents

During this week various classes throughout the school have made pancakes to celebrate Shrove Tuesday – Pancake Day.  Year 4 children represented the school in the traditional annual pancake race in Guildford High Street and their picture is on the front page of the Surrey Advertiser!

On the following day we marked Ash Wednesday where juniors had the option of receiving the Mark of the Cross on the back of their hands as a symbol of being sorry for the wrong in our lives and being thankful for God’s love and forgiveness.  This day marks the beginning of Lent when the church remembers Jesus’ time in the wilderness where he was tempted.  It’s a good time for thinking about ourselves and what is important.

Children at HTPD are very good at thinking in this way and excellent at being meditative.  Our weekly thoughtful class times really encourage the children to take time out to consider the big questions of life and its meaning.

Our hero this week was Eric Liddell, the champion Olympian of Paris, 1924.  This story was told in the film ‘Chariots of Fire’.  Liddell refused to bow to pressure to compete on a Sunday as it went against his desire to treat Sunday as a day of rest.  The children thought about what is important to them and what they would like to achieve.  Our Bible story this week was about Isaiah and his writings.  We linked this with what Eric Liddell preached about in Paris.  “Even young people tire and become exhausted, but those who honour God get fresh strength.  They spread their wings and soar like eagles.  They run and don’t get tired, they walk and don’t faint”.  Great verses to take into Lent, whether we are attempting to give up chocolate once again or not.

With best wishes, Richard

Next Week

Parents evenings - Tuesday 28 Feb 6.00-8.30pm and Thurs 1st March 4.00-6.30pm
Geraldine will be running reading clinics alongside Parents' Evening for anyone wanting advice.
No orchestra today and next week will be moved to Wednesday instead.
No Lego or Board games clubs next week.
 

Snack at Break

Many of us feel the need to have a little snack by playtime. At Holy Trinity Pewley Down we want this to be healthy and with minimum wrapping. Therefore, fruit and vegetables are in but chocolate and crisps are out. We would really appreciate your co-operation in this matter.

Guildford Music Festival March 21st 2010

All children in the orchestra, recorder group and choir (Years 6 and 5) have been given an important letter re purchasing of tickets from G, Live for the music festival. The booking opens at 10am on Monday 20th February direct from GLive. Tickets will sell quickly so please don't leave it too late.
 

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HTSC News

Phil the Bag  

A big thank you to everyone who cleared out their cupboards and brought in old clothes and shoes etc, we had a huge number of bags. We collected approximately a tonne. Thank you to all the children who helped loading the van.

Summer Fair

We are just beginning the planning for the summer fair; we still need a couple of people to get involved with co-ordinating the fair. Please contact us if you are able to help at htsc@holytrinity.surrey.sch.uk.

Dates for the diary

Quiz night Friday 16th March at 8pm

Can you name the Captain of the Titanic? What is the highest mountain in Europe? Who won x-factor? Who directed Inception? Pit your wits against Michael Tame (Geraldine's husband) who has put together one of his famous quizzes and come and outsmart mightiest brains in Guildford, or just come along for a bit of fun, there are themes for everyone.
The format is bring your own food, and there will be a bar where you can buy beer, wine, soft drinks and nibbles. £5 a head, teams of 8 - invite your friends and family, tickets on sale in the office from Monday.

Year 4 Drinks - Thursday 8th March – The Albany from 8pm
Year 6 Drinks - Wednesday 14th March  - Rogues from 8pm
Summer Fair - Friday 22nd June

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Lost

• Caitlin Phelan’s PE kit (navy tracksuit/Keller t-shirt) has gone astray. If found please bring the items to the office.
• Jack Jones 5R – Sweatshirt , please bring it to the office if found.
• Ted Vorley's green school rucksack, with expensive contents, is missing.  Please bring it to the office if found.
• Billy Jacobs 3G has lost an HT PE bag which is full of school uniform including his school shoes.  All named.  Last seen under the table in 3G when they changed for football this week.  Please could you check if your child has brought it home by mistake? 

Thank you for your continued support.
 

Menu - Week 3

Click here for menu.

What will you do at Easter? Are you looking for exciting things to do during the Easter holidays? The Guildford Holiday Fun programme is full of activities for children aged 5-13. Animal lovers can visit a vets’ surgery or see the small animals at Merrist Wood. If you’re looking forward to this summer’s sporting event, try our mini Olympics, or tennis, archery, fencing or climbing, amongst others. We have crafts and cooking, science at the University, even a trip to London. All this and much more in our programme which can be seen on our website http://sites.google.com/site/guildfordholidayfun/ or pick it up in the school office or in Guildford Library's children section. Booking night is Wednesday 7th March - don't miss it!

Understanding Boys, for parents and carers – a dynamic course to help understand our children’s behaviour and work towards enjoying happy times together. Wednesday 7th of March in Woking from 8pm till 10pm. Please contact Ali McClure for further details: alimcclure@hotmail.com  or 07974 855971.

 

Dear Parents,

Parent consultation week always allow us a moment of reflection; to look back at where the children started the year, celebrate where they are now and look forward to their future achievements. It has been great to see so many of you on the Holy Trinity site this week and we look forward to next week at Pewley. For those of you who took up the opportunity to join one of Geraldine's book clinics, we hope you found this useful. I'm sure you'll agree that Geraldine is truly the fount of all knowledge on children’s fiction! She will be running some more sessions on the infant site next week during parent evenings, so please do pop along to pose any questions you may have about choosing the right book for your child.

Finally we wish Richard a speedy recovery over the next two weeks as he recuperates from a planned operation. As ever we will be available to answer any queries you may have during this time.

Best wishes,
Nicola, Helen and Debbie

Dates for the diary
Year 4 Drinks - Thursday 8th March - The Albany from 8pm
Year 5 Drinks - Tuesday 13th March - Rogues 8-8.30pm
Year 6 Drinks - Wednesday 14th March  - Rogues from 8pm
HTSC Quiz Night - Friday 16th March at 8pm
Summer Fair - Friday 22nd June

Journey with Jesus
Tuesday, 3rd April - Good Friday 6th April - DROP IN - 9am-8pm - JOURNEY WITH JESUS: Interactive Stations of the Cross (for all ages), created by Christ Church family. Children welcome but must be accompanied by an adult.

Public Speaking
We will be having a House Public Speaking event on Wednesday 21st March. As this is during book week, the topic will be authors, books and reading. For those who would like to enter, we are asking children to prepare a short talk (1 -2 minutes) about something they feel passionate about with regard to books, reading and/or authors.

Children will be performing their speech to their House during House Assembly on Thursday 8th March, with one speaker for each House presenting their speech to the whole school on Wednesday 21st March.

Guildford Grooves
Our Guildford Groovers did us proud with their wonderful dance at the Ivy Theatre on Tuesday evening.
Well done to everyone involved, their confidence was amazing!
 
Football
Lots and lots of football this week with two teams playing at Bushy Hill with St. Joseph's and both Years 5 and 6 playing at Queen Eleanor's in the preliminary rounds of the outdoor competition.  Both Years 5 and 6 have made it through to the cup finals so great football all round.
Good luck to the girls who play on Friday.
 
Netball
Two Year 5 teams played some fantastic netball yesterday to notch up wins against Queen Eleanor's;
4 -1 and 8 -1.
Good luck to the Year 6 teams playing in the Holy Trinity Cupcake Tournament on Saturday.

Sportshall Athletics
Congratulations to all of our 41 athletes who took part in the qualifying event for Sportshall Athletics.
It is always fast and furious and tremendous fun. Holy Trinity won the event and go through to the County Finals on Tuesday.
 
A big thank you to all of the parents and helpers who assist with transport and help with yummy post match teas.

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HTSC News

HTSC Quiz Night Friday March 16th at 8pm
Can you name the Captain of the Titanic? What is the highest mountain in Europe? Who won x-factor? Who directed Inception? Pit your wits against Michael Tame (Geraldine's husband) who has put together one of his famous quizzes and come and outsmart the mightiest brains in Guildford, or just come along for a bit of fun, there are themes for everyone. The format is bring your own food, and there will be a bar where you can buy beer, wine, soft drinks and nibbles. £5 a head, teams of 8 - invite your friends and family, tickets on sale in the office from Monday.

Dates for the diary
Year 4 Drinks    Thursday 8th March – The Albany from 8pm
Year 6 Drinks    Wednesday 14th March - Rogues from 8pm
Summer Fair     Friday 22nd June

Lost:
Claire Healey’s (5H) named, navy school jumper with purple (Mandela) coloured new logo.  Could parents please check to see if it was picked up by mistake? 
A purple Microlight Scooter which went astray a long time ago but is still very much missed.
A lady’s silver ring with purple stone – lost on Wednesday, 29th February on the school premises.
Adam Buckley (5R) has lost his school clarinet. It's possible it has been mixed up with others (as there are so many looking the same). If you have a clarinet with 101 as the last 3 digits of the number on the side of the case, can you please bring it to the office?  Thank you.
Mallie Waterfield (5H) has lost her named, navy blue joggers.
 

Dear Parents

You should have received a questionnaire today asking for your views on various aspects of school life. I do hope that you will take a few minutes to fill it in and return it to either of the schools. It is so important we know the views and opinions of the people most involved with school life. We have already asked the children for their opinions about the school.

There are two types of question some are those which Ofsted use during an inspection, others are more specific to our school. Both will help us to understand how you are feeling and will give us some pointers about how we need to develop the school.

This information is only for our use and will not be shared with other authorities. I hope you will write what you really think and be specific about areas and aspects of HTPD that we could improve. It is important that we also know about the areas that you are really happy with. Please feel free to use the free writing section at the end either to develop any answer further or to raise a new subject.

Our Teaching Assistants at both sites had a training day together this week. They had training on different activities that develop the use of fine and gross motor skills. These exercises and techniques help to strengthen children’s muscles so they have the dexterity and coordination to improve their skills in sports, writing and many other activities. We greatly value the important role our committed and professional teaching assistants play in the education of your children.  

Trips and special days are an integral part of your children’s educational experience at HTPD and really add value to their learning.

Year 6 had a fantastic visit to the Natural History Museum on Wednesday, a beautiful building in itself but also so full of incredible exhibits and information – every year, the children are amazed by the size of the Blue Whale!

Year 2 have been to New York this week (after they managed to get through the very rigorous passport control) as part of their Round the World topic – a good old American breakfast of bagels was a highlight.  

Year 3 went back in time to Ancient Greece yesterday and thoroughly enjoyed a truly creative day; they all looked fantastic dressed up in a stunning array of Chitons!  

Make sure you have a look at the web site to see the pictures!

Best wishes
Helen, Nicola and Debbie

Dates for the diary
Thursday 22nd March - Year 4 Bentley Copse Meeting 7pm
Friday 23rd - FLUFFY Friday, please bring £1 and wear Mufti.

Book Week:

A Book Fair will be running in the morning and after school throughout the week.

Monday - Year 5&6 have a speaker coming in – Miles Evans a Sports journalist.

Tuesday - A television Producer is coming in to school for Year 3&4.

Wednesday Lunchtime - As part of Book week, we are having the GREAT BOOK SWAP! 21^st of March at lunchtime in the Library. Bring in a book from home that you no longer want exchange yours for another book and get entered into a raffle to win a £10 book voucher.

Thursday - “Where’s Wally” day including book mark making. 

Simon Mayo will be in school on Thursday to talk to Year 5&6, and will be signing his new book for anyone who wishes to purchase one (£8.99).

Music Festival - Please note that there is no restriction on the amount of tickets you can purchase for this event.

Orchestra and Clare's recorder group - There pupils are going on Tuesday 20th March to Northmead for a rehearsal for the Music Festival leaving school at 9am and returning by lunchtime. Thank you to all parents who have offered help with lifts - very much appreciated.

Tag Rugby - We had two lovely matches in yesterday's sunshine at St. Joseph's. The Year 5 match was a very closely contested game ending in a 6- 6 draw and the Year 6 team won 11 - 5 with a great display of teamwork. Well done to everyone involved.

Netball - We also played St. Joseph's this week at netball in some High 5 matches. 

The Year 5 team won 14 - 1 and the Year 6's won 11 - 0. The girls all showed great versatility moving positions every quarter with some great shooting!

Good luck to the two Year 6 teams playing in the Tormead tournament tomorrow morning.

Sport Relief

As I am sure everyone will know it is Sport Relief next week with lots of fantastic things going on all around the UK. We would like to do our special bit so next week during your child’s usual PE lesson all the children in the school (and a few adults!) will be completing their own mile. Please can the children bring in any sports clothes that represent their favourite sport so that they can wear them during their mile on their PE day.  We would also like to ask you if you could kindly make a small donation that we could send to Sport Relief to boost the pot, thanks.

Read-a-thon – Journals are needed all week – 1m per page. Funds are to be divided between school reading projects and Sports Relief!

Sainsburys & Tesco Vouchers

We are collecting these and there are collection boxes in reception. They can be used for new school sports equipment.
 

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HTSC News

Quiz Night - tonight 8pm - tickets available on the door
HTSC Meeting - 20th March 8pm, HT Staff Room
 

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HTPD Kayak Club for Years 4, 5 and 6  - Kayak Club will be starting up again on Thursdays after Easter, for the 6 weeks beginning Thursday the 19th April.  If your child would like to join please could you let me know by email.  There are only 18 places which will be offered to Year 6, 5 then 4 on a first come first serve basis.

Wey Kayak Club and myself willingly put a lot of time and effort into the club and we ask, that once committed, they see the course through (as others are unable to join and fill their place after the 2nd week in) and there is always a waiting list.  It is helpful to do a little background into the sport if your child is not sure about it before they "plunge" in.  And yes- they will actually get wet at some point during the course!  They do not however need to be able to swim as we wear buoyancy aids on the water. Parents are responsible for lifts to and from the club in Riverside Road, Bellfields.  In previous courses parents have arranged lift clubs amongst themselves. We start at 3.45 and pick up is 5.15. The cost of the course is around £40 per child. Tracey Dowse, HTPD Kayak Club traceyd@holytrinity.surrey.schuk

Art Classes – We are resuming the Art Club with Elena Andreva on the 16^th April (3.30 – 5.00 p.m.)   The children who attended before, and new ones, are welcome. To book a place please contact Elena on 01483 560385. The cost is £100 for 10 sessions.

Art Classes will also be running at the Spike, Guildford, for 7 -12 year olds on Saturday mornings from 21^st  April at 10am.  1 and 2 hour classes available for the whole term from £10 per hour, and 2-Hour Drop-In classes available from £22. Watercolours, Pastels, Chalks & Charcoal & Printing for cards & T-shirts at the end of term.  For an itinerary, booking form or more information please phone Becca Clegg (mother of Georgia in 4N & Issie in Willow) (01483) 870127, text 07796 780042 or e-mail becca.clegg@ntlworld.com . Class size strictly limited to 12.

Lost:

Poppy Isaacs (3G) has lost her named, Shackleton (green) sweatshirt. It has been missing since before Half Term. Would you please check your own uniform just in case it has been swapped? Thank you.

Leo Williams lost his unnamed blue Speedo goggles at 3MG swimming on Wednesday. If you have found them please could you send them into 3MG? Thank you.

Isabella Foreman in 4N has mislaid her PE kit (all named). If found, please bring the items to the Office. Thank you.

Wanted: Old trainers – we have a mum who is involved in making an Olympic sculpture out of old trainers that will be bronzed. Please bring them into the office. Thank you.

Lunch Menu Week 3

Dear Parents,

Wow another great week of weather and at Holy Trinity Pewley Down we have certainly made the most of it.  Lots of outside learning as well as some special events.

Rosie organised the combined service to celebrate Easter at Holy Trinity Church.  This is the only time in the year when the whole school meets together in church.  It is tremendous to see nearly six hundred children singing and participating.  The theme was the Ultimate Hero – Jesus who conquered death and can take our burdens of worry and guilt.

This morning we continued the theme with a joint assembly on the downs another really moving moment with all the children fully focused and engaged.

Easter is the time we celebrate new birth and this was poignantly shown in the march of Year 2 from Pewley Down to Holy Trinity.  They had made a giant cross and covered it with prayers and messages.  This was left with their partners in year 5 who carried it up to the Downs as the centre point for our assembly.  The Year 2 then completed the journey taking it back to Pewley.

I am so pleased that HTPD is an outdoor orientated school.  The National Trust is very concerned that the nation’s children do not get outside into nature enough.  This is not the case for our children where more than 60% walk to school, up to 40% of our lessons are held outdoors, the infants go to the Wild Place on a weekly basis and the juniors have many Fluffy activities on the Downs and walking or cycling in the beautiful countryside.

I do hope you have a great Easter Holiday and that you manage to get outside with your children!  Let’s hope as well as much needed rain we also have some more lovely days.

Look forward to seeing everyone back, normal time on Monday 16th April.

Best wishes, Richard

Summer 2012 Clubs

Please see website (click here). We have tried to offer variety of clubs across many areas and age groups. With the advanced recorders club, if any year 5 child enjoyed and thrived playing the clarinet,  please come and join the year 6 recorder players who will pass on the baton! We would really welcome any helpers for our cricket club which is always well attended.  Please could you let Henry know if you are interested.

Tag Rugby

We really enjoyed a lovely match vs. Queen Eleanor's to end our Spring term.  It was a well contested match with lots of play both ways and ended with a win for HT 17 -13.  Well done to all those involved.

Sainsburys & Tesco Vouchers

We are collecting these and there are collection boxes in reception. Please save them over the Easter holidays as they can be used for new school sports equipment. Please can you make sure that the vouchers are in school by the 20th of May. Thank you

Vacancy

We have advertised the vacancy for a Financial Manager in the Surrey Advertiser this week. If you are interested in this role, please email recruiting@holytrinity.surrey.sch.uk for an application pack.

Payments for Brenscombe/Preston Montford

A little reminder that these are due. Thank you.

Packed school Lunches

We will be starting packed lunches at school from the 23rd of April. We will be offering various filled sandwiches; a drink; a biscuit or cake; a fruit or vegetable sticks. Please let the kitchen know in writing if you prefer your child to have a hot dinner. Thank you. 

Opportunity to audition to sing for the Queen on June 5th at St Paul's Cathedral.

Will Todd has written a new anthem which is being performed at the Thanksgiving Service at St Paul's Cathedral on June 5th live on TV in front of HRH the Queen. There is a nationwide search to form a children's choir of 10 -13 year olds. If your child would like to take part in the audition they need to apply via the website www.diamondchoir.co.uk, by mid day weds 4th April. There’s a couple of youtube films about it and it will be on newsround later this week. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuHYbG68feg, http://www.stpauls.co.uk/View-St-Pauls-Videos

Lost:

Named Keller sweatshirt, belonging to Theo Brown. If you have seen it – please can you return it to the office? Thank you.

Xander (Wiles 5H) has lost his light blue swimming bag from Fluffy Friday. It contains a towel, swimming trunks, goggles and possibly some leftover lunch! It should have his name on the front but the words may have faded a little.

Navy (Mandela) HT jumper labelled ‘Richardson’. Please return to Orsalene (6SM) please. Thank you.

Emma Keiller's (4N) has mislaid her named, Nightingale cardigan. If you find it please let her know. Thank you.

Lunch Menu - see website

Opportunity for boy singers - Holy Trinity Church, Guildford will be holding an 'open' choir practice for potential new boys on Thursday 3rd May from 6.30 - 7.30pm. This is an opportunity for boys and parents to come along to find out more about belonging to this famous choir and for boys to take part.

After school Ballet club for girls aged 7 – 10, every Friday, starting on the 20th of April, 3:20pm to 4:20pm in the Hall. £60 for 10 weeks. To book a place please contact Kate Webster 07825368737 / kate@tiptoesandtutus.co.uk

Young Suzuki string players from Surrey and Belgium join forces to present a concert in aid of ‘Tom’s Trust’. Programme will include music by Bach, Shostakovitch, Brahms, Dvorak and Pachelbel. Tom ap Rhys Pryce, was Suzuki trained and won an exhibition to Marlborough College where he played in both the chamber and school orchestras.Tom was robbed and killed on 12th January 2006 as he walked home from Kensal Green underground station. Tom’s parents, his fiancée and Linklaters LLP have established a registered charity (in the form of a trust) as a lasting memorial to Tom, the aim of which is to provide opportunities to disadvantaged children and young people in London. To apply for tickets please phone The Menuhin Hall or go on-line. Saturday 14th April 2012 at 7pm. The Menuhin Hall, Stoke D'Abernon, Surrey KT11 3QQ. TICKETS: £10 (under 16: £8). Please note the early start time of this performance Tickets sold on behalf of Tom’s Trust See www.tomstrust.com

An Easter-themed fancy dress family fun run and Easter Egg hunt is taking place at the Merry Harriers, Hambledon, on Sunday 8th April from 11am. It will be a four-mile circuit, featuring part of the Greensand Way - a 108 mile footpath that Claire Turner will be running later this year with 3 friends to raise money for the Tanzania 2012 expedition. All you'll need is good footwear, weather-appropriate clothing and optional Easter-themed fancy dress. Entry is by donation, and everyone is welcome to run or walk the trail. Afterwards all are invited to the Merry Harriers for refreshment from 12.30pm onwards, and there will be a raffle taking place to raise money for the Tanzania 2012 expedition – a joint Scout and Guide expedition taking 32 young people and 7 leaders to Itete, Tanzania, where they will be working on a much-needed medical centre. To confirm your place please email GreensandWay@gmail.com or just turn up on the day. For donations please visit www.charitygiving.co.uk/GreensandWay2012 and to keep up with the group’s training escapades, visit http://GreensandWay2012.blogspot.com/ or follow @GreensandWay on Twitter.

Jazz It Up Ceramics will be hosting a drop-in pottery painting parties at the New Contemporary Mummas and Beans coffee shop in Godamling (Queen Street on 11th April, from 11am -2pm all welcome… ages 0-99!! This is a fantastic chance to get creative and have some fun for a couple of hour. There will be an exciting range of pottery pieces to choose from easter goodies - plates - mugs - money boxes the list go on..Or if you can't make this date but still fancy getting creative why not give us a call an we can arrange a Hamper to bring the party to you. Any questions please call 07976 647507

The Parenting Puzzle – How to get the best out of family life. A 10 week evening programme this Summer term of discussion and support covering key parenting issues. The course has been run successfully at this and other local schools and is an encouragement for anyone involved in parenting. Wednesday evenings 7:00pm-9:00pm at St.Bede’s School - Starts 2nd May 2012 with a pre-course Taster session. Refreshments provided. Everyone welcome, dads included! Contact: Alenka Miles 07726 148843; Tania Parslow 07790 457482. E-mails: alenkamiles@btinternet.com ; t.parslow@virgin.net

Dear Parents,

I am so grateful to those of you (about  60%) who responded to the questionnaire. If you click here you can see the results. Next week we hope to send out a digest of all the additional comments that were made. The information we have gleaned from the survey is very useful to us in moving the school forward. I will be holding focus groups on the areas which have substantial disagreement. I am so pleased that only two students were not happy, but very concerned about the results for bullying and behaviour. The focus groups plus staff and governor discussion will lead to action in some of these areas.

I am particularly grateful to the group of parents who came to a meeting about self esteem and participation. I am sorry that I have not previously reported on the changes that have been made as a result of this. One big change is that all teachers are now keeping a record of Headteacher awards and times when children are chosen for events. Another change is that when we need a team for a special sporting event, e.g. this week’s Olympics team, a group of children who are not in our first football, netball or hockey squad were chosen to represent our school. We also plan to change the last day of school awards so that children in Year 6 receive a certificate which reflects their virtues and contributions to school life. All children will receive this award. We will continue to cut down on the number of sporting and other awards to individuals. The drama club held a small production at the end of last term; this was only for members who had come to that club. These are just a few of the changes which have occurred. We will continue to seek to improve in this way.

At Holy Trinity Pewley Down we really strive to be constantly listening and acting to make our school better for children and parents. Please continue to give us feedback as we pursue this task.

Best wishes, Richard

Events happening next Week
Wednesday 25th April, 7pm – Year 3 Sleepover & topic Information Evening
Thursday 26th April, 6.30pm – Year 5 Brenscombe Farm Information Evening. Please remember your cheque books!

School Clubs
All clubs start next week, please click here for details.  In addition to those outlined at the end of term, Alison is running an additional gardening club for those who can't make it after school on a Wednesday from 12.30 -1pm.
 
Tennis Balls
As we hit our summer sports we seem to manage to get through a lot of tennis balls! If anyone has any tennis balls that may be past their best for use on court but may still be good for practising rounders and cricket drills, please leave them at the office for us. That would be great, thanks.

Payments for Brenscombe/Preston Montford
A reminder that these are due, thank you.

Sainsburys & Tesco Vouchers  (7,800 JS and 2,500 Tesco already received with thanks.)
We are collecting these and there are collection boxes in reception.  Last year we collected over 30,000 and we managed to use these to get a lot of new equipment for the kitchen in Year 4. This year we have only received around 8,000. Sainsburys have stopped handing the vouchers out so if you have any at home, please bring them in to school ASAP.  To give you an idea: cricket bats (a set of 4) = 290 vouchers; Skipping ropes (set of 6) = 160 vouchers and a bat and ball set = 6,000 vouchers. Thank you.

Found
A set of house keys has been found outside the school. Please see the office.

Lost
Piping bag from school kitchen, please return as soon as possible. Thank you.

HTSC News
HTSC Meeting Thursday 26th April, 8pm HT Staff Room, all welcome.

Lunch Menu Week 3

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London Marathon
Will Preston's (6SM) sister Lucy is running the London Marathon on Sunday in aid of the Penny Brohn Cancer Care.  They provide free complementary therapies for cancer patients and counselling services for their families.  She would really appreciate any donation you feel able to give.  Please follow the link http://www.justgiving.com/LucyPrestonVLM to donate.  Many thanks!

Fiona Durrant (Alastair, Yr 2)  is running the London Marathon on 22nd April for AbleChildAfrica.  AbleChildAfrica specialises exclusively in advocating for and supporting disabled children and disabled young people in Africa and works with partner organisations in Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania.To celebrate Fiona's achievements and to raise money for AbleChildAfrica we are holding a cake and book sale with tea and coffee at 3 Cranley Road, on Saturday 28th April from 2 - 4.  If you have any books you would like to donate then please drop them off at 3 Cranley Road OR give them to one of us at school.   And, most importantly, please do come and buy some cakes and books all for a great cause.  Thanks very much indeed, Clare Twigger-Ross (Hattie Yr 3, Alice Yr 6), Susanna Hoar (Martha Y4, Elspeth Y2) and Fiona Durrant (Alastair, Yr2)

Holy Trinity Church Choir
Directed by Martin Holford, is in an exciting stage of development and looking for new members – boys between 6 and 13 who can commit to regular services .  They currently practise at the church on Thursdays between 6.30 and 8pm and sing in one service on Sundays.  There will be an open rehearsal/bring a buddy session on Thursday 3rd May at Holy Trinity church at 6.30, a relaxed session where anyone who is interested can just come along and see what it is all about.  Please contact Martin Holford, Choirmaster on mholford1966@gmail.com or on 01483 576500

The Parenting Puzzle – How to get the best out of family life
A 10 week evening programme this Summer term of discussion and support covering key parenting issues. Wednesday evenings 7:00pm-9:00pm at St. Bede’s School - Starts 2nd May 2012 with a pre-course Taster session. Refreshments provided. Everyone welcome, dads included! Contact: Alenka Miles 07726 148843; Tania Parslow 07790 457482.  E-mails: alenkamiles@btinternet.com;  t.parslow@virgin.net

Table Top sale at The Spike, Warren Road,  Sunday 29 April 10am
Time for a good spring clear out  -  come and sell your unwanted things!  Tables for hire at £6/£8 (£5 for children’s tables) then keep the proceeds of your sale .   To book a table phone Anne on 577247.  Donations also gratefully received and can be dropped at  120 Addison Road  any time or bring on the day.   Sale is fundraising  for Charlotteville Trust Diamond Jubilee Street Party on BH Monday 4 June, a community event to which all local people and friends are welcome.  Tickets for a great day’s celebration £8 available in advance from Gina on 598420

Guildford SPRING Craftacular – A Contemporary Handmade Fair, Sat 28th April (10am –5pm)
FREE ENTRY- St Mary’s Church, Quarry Street, Guildford, GU1. Over 25 Stalls of Handmade Contemporary Craft - Accessories * Ceramics * Collectables * Textiles * Clothing * Arts * Café * Interiors * Jewellery * Ceramic Painting

Baby foot Impression & mothers coffee morning @ The Spike, Warren Road - 15th May & 22nd May 2012 9.30 am – 12pm. Come and capture your baby’s precious tiny little foot. You will acquire a delightfully unique 3D fine plaster image to hold onto forever, as they all too quickly grow up! £10.00 per child.  To book or enquire please call 07592689059 Book online at: www.redpathandcrimson.co.uk

Dear Parents,

Last week I gave out the scores for each of the questions in the recent survey.  If you did not have a chance to see them please click here.  This week we are giving a digest of the comments (available to download here). As a result of your comments there will be focus groups to look at the main areas for development.

The first focus group will be on 2nd May at 7pm at the HT site where we will be looking at how we disseminate information to you about your children.  This will include thinking about written reports and consultation evenings. I do hope some of you can come along and help us find a way of giving you the information you want, in a user-friendly form, when you want it.  I will try to keep the meeting to about an hour and a quarter.  This meeting will be in time to affect reports this summer.

Best wishes, Richard


Parking & Safety
You may be aware that one of children was involved in a road traffic accident on Cline Road, after school, last week. He is fine, but we would like to remind you all about driving and parking around both of the HTPD sites. We have noticed that many parents are ignoring the double yellow and zig zag lines and we have become increasingly concerned for the children’s safety. Please do not park in these areas. Thank you for your co-operation.

Admissions September 2012
If you have a child starting school in Year R in September or a Year 2 child transferring to junior school, please ensure that you have accepted your place on-line (if you applied on-line) or returned your reply slip to school (paper applications) by next Wednesday, 2 May.

Tag Rugby
Despite the torrents of rain this week we managed to hold our Tag Rugby festival on Tuesday which was great fun. Well done to everybody who took part with five exciting games for each team. Our Year 6 first team managed to win all five of their games and together with the results of the league games they won second place overall. They all displayed fantastic teamwork.
 
Netball
Congratulations to our year 6 netballers who got runners up silver medals at the County High Five netball Tournament on Thursday with a thrilling 4-5 final. They all showed amazing versatility having to swap positions every half match of their 6 matches and supported each other with superb team spirit. Good luck in the Tormead Versatility tournament tomorrow.

Sainsburys Vouchers
Can we make it 20,000 by next week?  We already have 10,400!  Thank you.

Congratulations to Rocco Collinson and Polly Moon
The children will be representing HTPD holding the flag at Stoke Park. 

Lost:
Finnan Waterfield (3G) has lost his named waterproof jacket.  It is royal blue with black shoulders.  Last seen on the astroturf at lunchtime on Thursday.  He really needs it in this weather!  If found please bring to 3G.
Brooke Newell (4A) Nightingale sweatshirt
Bella Collinson (5M) Purple Trespass coat.

Lunch Menu Week 1
 

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HTSC News

Dates for the diary

Phil the Bag - Monday 28th May – Thursday 31st May
Please keep all your old clothes and shoes as we will be collecting them again, bags will be sent home with your children beforehand however normal bin bags can also be used.

Jubilee Cake Sale - Friday 1st June
We will be holding a cake sale to celebrate the jubilee, so start planning those red, white and blue themed cakes, biscuits etc

Summer Fair - Friday 22nd June
Following a very successful raffle last year we are hoping to get a fantastic first prize again this year. Can you donate a raffle prize? Are you able to get tickets for an event that could be used as a raffle prize? If anyone is able to make a contribution towards the main prize or has a suggestion of a local business that might be able to donate something please let us know at htsc@holytrinity.surrey.sch.uk
 

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Sunday 6th May - Frimley 10k Road Race 2.5K Fun Run
The Savage family will be running in this event to raise funds for the SCBU (Special Care Baby Unit) at Frimley Park. Why?  Because their lovely cousin Clara Hope (a twin born in February this year) spent all the early weeks of her life in the Unit and we want to say a great big thank you to all the staff at the hospital. She was transferred to Southampton where she had a heart operation; she is now back at Frimley Park and preparing to go home in the next few weeks.
If you feel you could sponsor us, please look at the fundraising link below. www.justgiving.com/RunningForClara

Support Guildford Heat on Sunday - Guildford Heat have made the Play Offs (an end of season knockout tournament). They will play league leaders, Newcastle Eagles at 3pm on Sunday 29 April at Surrey Sports Park. Call the Heat Box Office on 01483 689111 to book tickets

French Club – everyone is welcome to join the French Club every Wednesday after school.  If you would like a taster session, please come along next week.

Holy Trinity Art class with Elena Andreeva - We currently have a place in our Art class, which takes place at the school every Monday, 3.30-5.00pm. We focus on drawing, watercolour painting and composition.  The cost is £100 for the course of ten sessions. If you would like your child to enrol, please contact Elena on 01483 560385, or by email art.elenaandreeva@googlemail.com
 

Dear Parents

I’m really grateful to the groups of parents who came to the focus group on Wednesday. We had a good session talking about written reports, consultation evenings, information reported to parents and teacher expectation. Interesting ideas were suggested for all of these topics. These will now be taken to a staff meeting and I will inform you of changes which are to be made.

Already I can say that we will be making consultations confidential, changing the annual reports so that the general comments section is replaced by strengths in foundation subjects (topic, art, science, RE, music etc) and also hobbies and interests. We will make all parents aware that they can ask for numerical national levels for their children in English and Maths and any predictions for future target scores. As for expectations; I told the group that we really do have very high expectations for all students and now we will give parents the information so that they are aware of this.

In a couple of weeks we will be having the second of these focus meetings. This one will include the areas of behaviour, bullying, ‘does your child feel safe’ and who your child feels they can talk to if they have a problem. I will send out an email setting the date for that early next week. This meeting is open to all including those who have attended previous focus groups. Please feel free to come even if you don’t have a particular concern about these areas, but just want to make the school even better.

You will be interested to know that two former students have been reaching the heights in musical careers which were encouraged and nurtured at Holy Trinity. They are India May Murton (2001-2005) who did really well in getting to the semi-finals of the The Voice on BBC1 and Charlotte Cox (2000-2004) who is a finalist on Young Musician of the Year this week. Our congratulations and best wishes go to them both.

Do enjoy the long weekend – whatever the weather!

With best wishes,
Richard

Fluffy Friday 25th May
We are in the process of organising the children's choices for the next FLUFFY day. The children have made some suggestions for activities they thought parents might be willing to help with. Their suggestions are:  Chess day, table tennis tournament, sewing and embroidery, make a model or toy, paper aeroplanes, jewellery making, hairdressing and hair styling,  beautician and make-up lessons......the list goes on!  If you are able to help with any of the above, or have suggestions for a different activity, please contact Alison Tester (alisont@holytrinity.surrey.sch.uk).  The day starts at 9.30, with break between 10.30 and 11 am, lunch between 12 and 1pm and a celebration assembly in the hall at 2.30 pm.

Sainsburys Vouchers
Can we make it 20,000 by next week?  We already have over 11,200!  Thank you.

HTPD Prayer Meeting
We are meeting to pray at Natalie Savage's house on Friday 11th May at 2pm. Children welcome! Contact Emma Laporte for details on 07947 712 542. Be inspired!

Room Required
Would anyone be able to help one of our Teaching Assistants who desperately needs to lodge in a room between 6-22 July?  If you have a spare room and are able to help, please contact Matt on 07854 800112.

Tables
There are four quite new and in good condition tables available for anyone who would like to collect them. We have had to replace them as in the busyness of school life the legs tend to work a bit loose. This would not be a problem in a home setting. The tables are 1.60m x 0.80m and are 0.72m high.
 

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HTSC News

Next HTSC Meeting      Thursday 17th May 8pm in the staff room

Phil the Bag - Monday 28th May – Thursday 31st May
Please keep all your old clothes and shoes as we will be collecting them again, bags will be sent home with your children beforehand however normal bin bags can also be used.

Summer Fair - Friday 22nd June
Following a very successful raffle last year we are hoping to get a fantastic first prize again this year. Can you donate a raffle prize? Are you able to get tickets for an event that could be used as a raffle prize? If anyone is able to make a contribution towards the main prize or has a suggestion of a local business that might be able to donate something please let us know at htsc@holytrinity.surrey.sch.uk

Jubilee Cake Sale - Friday 1st June
We will be holding a cake sale to celebrate the jubilee, so start planning those red, white and blue themed cakes, biscuits etc.

Year 3 Pamper Evening, Champneys, Guildford 23 May 6-8pm
Enjoy being pampered whilst raising funds for the school. If you can’t make it for 6pm, you can book in a treatment for 6.30 or 7pm instead. The deal is that each guest receives a Mini Treatment; you can choose from a mini facial, massage, manicure and pedicure. There are also make up consultations / mini Garra Spa treatments, 50% off future Champneys bookings made Monday and Wednesday, 20% off Champneys products, 10% off Elemis and Bare Minerals products. There is a Goody bag for all on departure and wine and refreshments are provided. Tickets are £12.50 per person and £9.00 of every ticket sold goes to the school - so this is a great way to raise funds. We do need to confirm numbers so please contact Vanessa Green on 0771 3333 2303 or vanessa@wigwampr.com to reserve your space or for any other information.
 

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Lost
Alexia Taylor (6SM) lost 2 clarinet books entitled Clarinet Basics by Paul Harris and are named.  They are Grade 1ABRSM pieces with a red cover on the front.  If found, would you please return them to 6SM.  Thank you.
Bethan Draycott (5H) lost her named green Shackleton Fleece
Daisy Disley (5R) lost her named blue mountain warehouse rain Mac on pitch size 11/12

Sunday 6th May - Frimley 10k Road Race 2.5K Fun Run
The Savage family will be running in this event to raise funds for the SCBU (Special Care Baby Unit) at Frimley Park. Why?  Because their lovely cousin Clara Hope (a twin born in February this year) spent all the early weeks of her life in the Unit and we want to say a great big thank you to all the staff at the hospital. She was transferred to Southampton where she had a heart operation; she is now back at Frimley Park and preparing to go home in the next few weeks. If you feel you could sponsor us, please look at the fundraising link below. www.justgiving.com/RunningForClara

Hockeython 
If anyone fancies adding a small sponsorship sum for Ted Vorley and a number of other HTS children who are raising funds in a 12 hour Hockeython on 19th May, please click on the just giving link below. Its not clear from the page, but the money will go to "Help For Heroes" and the kids are going to be running their knee-length socks off... Thank you, Kate https://www.justgiving.com/Under12-Boys

Dear Parents

I do hope that you and your families enjoyed the long weekend. The weather didn’t really lead to getting much done or going out. Philippa and I walked round the corner to Witley National Trust Centre and visited a living exhibition of Witley at War. We experienced the NAAFI Café and heard a talk about the Home Guard. We also saw pictures taken during the World Wars, when Witley and Milford Commons were covered in Army camps.

Year 3 have also been finding out about World War II. Last week they had a great trip to Henley Fort at the top of The Mount in Guildford; this gave them a great deal of knowledge about ARP Wardens and the Home Guard. The children were thrilled to see the wide variety of gas masks. This week they had an evacuee experience which started at London Road Station where they were left by their parents and ended back at school to be met by the mayor and given to their new families (luckily their own parents!). In between, they walked around Guildford seeing sites of bombed out houses and where doodle bugs landed, they met local people who told them about Guildford in wartime, including Gertrude ‘best call me Gertie and leave out the rude part!’ wonderfully played by our very own Librarian Geraldine Tame.

As well as our valuable knowledge of local and recent history, there is an underlying theme of how tragic and wasteful war is and how we should strive for peace. For this reason we also remember the Holocaust, not to point blame, but be aware that great evil can exist and we all need to be vigilant to guard against it. A lesson for all of us.

Do have a peaceful weekend.
Richard

Parking
May I ask all parents who drive to and from school to park safely and considerately at all times please?  Just recently we have had several telephone calls from our local residents to say that they have been unable to enter or leave their premises because cars, driven by our parents, have been parked across driveways.  We have also had a visit from a member of the local Community Police team this week with the same request.  Your co-operation in this matter would be much appreciated with immediate effect.

Maths Resources
Coming soon for the Summer... Maths Resource pages for parents and children to access at home.  What types of resources would you like to see on our website for maths?  Some examples...how to form numbers, times table sheets and grids, number bonds to 5, 10, 20, 100,  100 squares, useful websites?

At the start of the Autumn Term we will be running Maths Curriculum sessions for parents.  What information would you find useful?

We hope the Maths Pocket Poster booklets have been helpful for Years 3-6. There are just a handful left at £2 a booklet - available from the office.  More are on order so if you've missed out we will let you know when they arrive.  They will be available at Pewley for Year 2's as well this term.

Please email the maths team at traceyd@holytrinity.surrey.sch.uk and let us know your ideas!

SATs Week – Year 6
Just a reminder for Year 6 to get some good sleep this weekend! Please remember pencils and pens and water for the brain! If your child is ill just let the office know, as usual and we can make alternative arrangements. Good luck to all.

School Uniform
Please note there is a new order form available for ordering Junior School uniform. Small sizes (5-6) are available through the Infant School and we will no longer be supplying House back packs as requested by school. This can be downloaded from the website uniform pages www.htpd.surrey.sch.uk/The-School/Parents/Uniform/Junior.aspx

Choir at Holy Trinity Church this Sunday at 9.15
Looking forward to seeing the choir this Sunday for the rehearsal of Will Todd's Anthem at 9.15am; this is before the service at 10am. Please remember to be wearing smart school uniform.  Thank you.

Head Lice
We have cases of head lice at school, please check your child and treat accordingly. For more information on how to treat visit www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Head-lice/Pages/Treatment.aspx

Sainsbury’s and Tesco Vouchers
Thank you to all of our parents who donated their Sainsbury’s and Tesco vouchers. We have collected nearly 11,500 from Sainsbury’s and 5,010 from Tesco.  An order for some sports equipment will be posted off soon!

Tables
There are four quite new and in good condition tables available for anyone who would like to collect them. We have had to replace them, as the high usage of tables in school life can, result in the legs working themselves a bit loose! This would not be a problem in a home setting. The tables are 1.60m x 0.80m and are 0.72m high.

Lost:
Please could you check your pegs, bags, car, at home for Finnan Waterfield's waterproof coat!  It is royal blue/black, age 5-6, with his name in it.  Last seen on the pitch 2 weeks ago - it must be somewhere!  Many thanks. Sara 07833 732453.
 

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HTSC News

Dates for your diary: Reminders
Next HTSC Meeting - Thursday, 17th May 8pm in the staff room
Year 3 Pamper Evening, Champneys, Guildford - Wednesday, 23rd May 6 - 8 p.m.
Phil the Bag - Monday, 28th May - Thursday, 31st May
Jubilee Cake Sale - Friday, 1st June
Summer Fair - Friday, 22nd June
 

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Charlotteville Diamond Jubilee Street Party Monday 4th June 2 'til Late
Tickets on Sale Now - Adults £8, Children £4, Pre-School Free
Fancy Dress Parade, BBQ, Childrens Tea Party, Live Music and Much, Much More
Contact Gina Redpath on 01483 598420

Guildford Summer Festival
Every year Guildford Summer Festival brings you a whole host of activity to keep you entertained. The next Festival will take place from 1 June to 31 July 2012 and incorporate events for the Queen's Diamond Jubilee and the Torch Relay. Take a look at the calendar for all the events, download a brochure or come and pick up your brochure from the Tourist Information Centre.

From John Redpath, a parent : I am raising funds for County School in Guildford, a secondary school that is still small enough to care and has fantastic and dedicated teachers, the problem is the building leaks/floods and the dining hall is hopelessly too small.  So I am helping to raise, along with many others, matched funding towards the refurbishment project.  The challenge is: ABSEILING OFF THE SPIRE OF GUILDFORD CATHEDRAL on 14th July 2012. Naturally you are all welcome to come and watch but even more welcome to donate towards the fund at:  http://www.justgiving.com/John-Redpath.  Thank you.

Dear Parents, Elise Close (6C) is fortunate enough to be going to Sierra Leone this half term, in support of a charity called Street Child Elise will be spending two days onsite at the children's centre in Makeni and will also complete a 5km sponsored run out in the equatorial heat.  We have been advised that any clothes for children aged 10-18 would be most gratefully received. If you have any clothes for children/ young adults of this age, suitable for a hot climate, or any unwanted toys (robust, no batteries or power source required), Elise would be thrilled to take these to the Makeni centre.  Please send in a bag marked 'Street Child - Elise Close 6C'. If your child wanted to enclose a handwritten note, I am sure it would be delightedly received too!  Many thanks, Gaby Close.
 

Dear Parents

Holy Trinity Pewley Down School has its two hundredth birthday this year. The school was originally founded in George Abbot hospital in 1812. This was just one year after the National Society had been formed to provide education for poor children throughout the country. There are now, of course many thousands of church schools but Holy Trinity was the sixth to be founded.

The school spent most of its life at the bottom of South Hill in the buildings now occupied by the short-stay school. At the start of the last century Surrey County Council took joint responsibility with the church. So the school prospered until the mid seventies when the school divided into the separate infant and junior school. We joined back together officially in 2010.

We want to contact as many former pupils as possible, especially the older ones. We have good records of the school from 1860-1920 and again from 1970-present day. We hope the last fifty years history can be filled by living memory.

We are going to celebrate the birthday during the week October 15-19th. We are also planning a high quality book about the school which should be available at Christmas. If anyone is able to help with the book; providing memorabilia and photos, typing copy, sorting through photos and archives we would be so grateful. Please let me know if you can help.

We want this to be a thanks giving to God for all his goodness to us in the past, a celebration of all that is good about the school in the present and a looking forward to a bright and exciting future – continuing to serve children of South Guildford and the villages.

I look forward to hearing from you soon.
With best wishes
Richard

FLUFFY Friday
Next Friday, 25th May, is FLUFFY Friday please bring £1 and wear Mufti. If your child is taking part in an activity off-site, a signed consent form needs to be completed, these will be sent home for the relevant activities. We need helpers to walk children to and from the Spectrum (no need to stay) – please let Alison Tester know if you are able to help. Thanks.

Jubilee Celebrations
On Friday 1st June we will be holding our Jubilee Celebrations. Please would your children come in dressed in clothes (fancy dress) from the following decades:
Year 3 - 1980’s
Year 4 - 1970’s
Year 5 - 1960’s
Year 6 - 1950’s

House Hockey
Please check the website for the latest results http://www.htpd.surrey.sch.uk/The-School/Weekly-News/News/May-2012/Olympic-Hockey-World-Cup.aspx

Dog owners
Please ensure that your dog is supervised on a lead if you are in the school ground at all times.
 

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HTSC News

Year 3 Pamper evening at Champneys  - Wednesday 23rd May 6-8pm
We still have a few places available. The deal is that each guest receives a Mini Treatment, you can choose from a mini facial, massage, manicure and pedicure. There are also make up consultations / mini Garra Spa treatments. 50% off future Champneys bookings made Monday – Wednesday, 20% off Champneys products, 10% off Elemis and Bare Minerals products. There is a Goody bag for all on departure and wine and refreshments are provided. Tickets are £12.50 per person and £9.00 of every ticket sold goes to the school - so this is a great way to raise funds. We do need to confirm numbers so please contact Vanessa Green vanessa@wigwampr.com or 0771 3333 2303 to reserve your space or for any other information.

Zumba Evening at HT Wednesday 30th May at 8:30pm
Come and party an hour away and raise lots of marvellous funds.  A Zumba Evening from 8.30pm on Wednesday 30th May in the main school hall. £6 on the door.  All proceeds go to HT Year 6 Leavers Fund. Zumba – The Latin inspired, easy to follow, calorie burning Dance Fitness-Party.  Feel the music and let loose. If you’ve never Zumba-ed before come along and see what you’ve been missing.  It’s so much fun! To book email Mandy on mbloomfield@sky.com
 
Phil the Bag - Monday 28th May – Thursday 31st May
Please keep all your old clothes and shoes as we will be collecting them again, bags will be sent home with your children beforehand however normal bin bags can also be used.

Jubilee Cake Sale - Friday 1st June
We will be holding a cake sale to celebrate the jubilee, so start planning those red, white and blue themed cakes, biscuits etc. We will need a few helpers on the day to sell cakes from about 1.30 pm if you are able to help please email caroline@swifts.me.uk

Summer Fair - Friday 22nd June
Please put the date in your diary and come and enjoy an evening of fun, games, shopping, food, drink and live music by Sax Accord!! Children will be able to enter the HT Pentathlon with lots of great prizes. We do need more raffle prizes and items for our Buy a Bargain stall are you able, or do you know anyone who would donate something?  Or do you know anyone who would “sponsor” a stall or who would like to have a stall to sell their own goods on the night. If so please contact Caroline Swift on 01483 820477 or caroline@swifts.me.uk.

Easyfundraising
Would you like to raise funds for the school every time you shop online? If so, follow this link for information http://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/causes/htscguildford 
 

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Lost & Found

• Brenscombe Trouser Mix-Up!!  Please check your girl’s jeans.  We have 1 pair of M&S skinny jeans, aged 12.  Josie in 5R would like her M&S jeans (named on label) back in exchange!
• Sophie Carter (6C) can’t find her PE bag. Last seen on her peg; a few days ago.  If you see it, she’d be very grateful if you would let her know.  Many thanks.
• A bracelet has been found on Cline Road please call Petra 07971 223476.

Lunch Menu Week 1

Dear Parents, Elise Close (6C) is going to Sierra Leone this half term for a charity called Street Child which runs respite centres for children aged 10-18 who lead an unsafe life on the street and aims to reunite children with long lost family. Elise will be spending two days onsite at the children’s centre in Makeni and will also complete a 5km sponsored run.  The children own nothing of their own - we will be taking out with us play equipment and educational resource. If you have any clothes for young people of this age or any unwanted (robust) toys, Elise would be thrilled to take these to the Makeni centre.  Please send in a bag marked 'Street Child - Elise 6C'. If your child wanted to enclose a handwritten note, I am sure it would be delightedly received too! Many thanks, Gaby Close.