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Our ‘Stars of the Week’ for this week are:

Mrs Young/Mrs Duncan (Nursery): Mia-Rose Richards - For being such a good role model to her peers.

Mrs Stewart (Reception): Helena Rose - For showing great compassion and determination.

Miss Grainger (Year 1): Paige Bennett - For showing real compassion when helping others with their work.

Mrs Weighell (Year 2): Florrie Dale - For showing determination in her Mathematics work.

Mrs Foxwell/Mrs Kettlewell (Year 3/4): Nancy Chitty - For showing courage, compassion and friendship.

Mrs Whitaker/Mrs Brown (Year 4/5): Alex Burton - For showing great determination in his learning.

Mr Wells (Year 6): Katie Kerr - For outstanding perseverance in Mathematics.

I hope you all managed to switch-off from everything over half term and recharge you batteries. It has been a wonderful week at school

and the children have returned ready to continue their learning.

This half term is always extremely exciting in school as we look towards Christmas. Things may be a bit different this year, but we will do

our best to nurture the children’s love of the season.

This week, the children in Nursery have been looking at animals that come out when it gets dark. They have also been reading ‘Owl

Babies’ as their ‘Book of the Week’. Towards the end of the week they all made some beautiful firework pictures and made shape

rockets.

In Mrs Stewart’s class the children have also been focussing on Guy Fawkes as part of their work on celebrations. They have also used this

as inspiration for some fabulous art work.

In Year 1, the children have made edible sparklers and written instructions on how they were made using imperative verbs. They have

also been on an Autumn walk around the school grounds looking for signs of the seasons changing. In Mrs Weighell’s class the children

have been making sponge finger racing cars, and then writing instructions about how they made them. They have also started to make

their model cars.

In Key Stage 2 the children in Year 3/4 have been making tangram rockets in the maths lessons. In their English lessons, the class have

been looking at how to divide their work into paragraphs. In Year 4/5, the children have done some exceptional setting descriptions using

the clip ‘Beyond the Lines’ using figurative language and ambitious vocabulary. As part of their whole class reading, the children have

looked at the opening and prologues of 3 novels. In Mr Wells’ class, the children have been writing newspapers reports, using their class

novel ‘The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas’ as inspiration. They have also been developing their knowledge of fractions. We are also delighted

that, along with Isa Cham at the end of last half term, Chloe Gillie has also been awarded ‘Richmond Pride’. A very big well done to both

of you.

Next Friday, the 13th November, Children in Need and ‘National Kindness Day’ coincide. This year we are celebrating these events by

looking to the symbol of recent times, the rainbow. Next Friday, we are inviting children to come to school wearing brightly coloured

clothes to create a ‘Rainbow Classroom’. We are asking for a voluntary contribution of £1 to go towards the Children in Need charity.

The following week (week beginning 16th November) it is ‘Anti-bullying Week’. To mark this, we are inviting children and staff to wear

odd coloured socks on Friday 20th to show their support in stopping bullying behaviour.

On Thursday we entered our second national lockdown. Whilst this shouldn’t effect schools too much,

please can parents/carers ensure they wear a face mask whenever they are on the school site.

Thank you all for your continued support during these unprecedented times. I hope you and your family

have a wonderful weekend.

Friday 6th November Autumn Term - Issue 8

School Newsletter Trinity Academy Richmond

Proud to be Church of England Academies

A MESSAGE FROM MR GATRILL

ur ABSENCES

If your child is unwell, please contact the

school before 9am each day.

It is important that we know what is wrong with

your child, so if you leave a message please do tell us

what they are off with.

If your child has COVID symptoms, then they MUST

remain at home and get tested immediately.

Please do not send your child to school if they have a

temperature and/or a persistent cough. If you are

unsure whether you can send them in, please con-

tact the school office.

Can we also remind you that if your child has had

sickness and/or diarrhoea, they must not return to

school until 2 days have passed since their last

episode of the illness. This helps

us to minimise the spread of such

bugs in our schools.

Thank you.

COOLMILK: Years 1-6

If you would like to register your

child for school milk this can be

done online at

www.coolmilk.com. If you are

currently in receipt of free

school meals please contact the

school office who will be able to

arrange this for you.

Children currently in FS1, FS2

and Trinity Tots

already receive milk in

school.

No Christmas Fair this year….instead we bring you a mini Christmas treat day. Save the date: Thursday 17th December

All for £3.00 per child. More info tofollow on how to pay. All funds raised gotowards your child’s education at Trinity.