Weekly School Newsletter
Forest School News
Love yourself through Lent
Why not focus on self-care this Lent. Here are 40 self-care ideas to choose from, why not pick one each day and give yourself a boost of positivity.
I have also attached a printable one if you would like a copy. If you take part and want to share any ideas or images, please email them to hutson.j@holytrinitycepa.co.uk where we can share the boosts of positivity.
We will be taking part in class and you can take part at home too.
A spring in our step as we enjoy our first week of the new term and celebrate World Book Day!
We have had a great start to our new term. The children have settled back really well and we have already completed a few assessments as part of Assessment Week for the whole school. It is already evident to see that the children are making remarkable progress.
This was Haughmond’s final World Book Day and they all made a fabulous effort with their costumes. Thank you so much to all of our parents for your support. Miss Richard’s kindly printed them off and laminated them for the children to take home.
The children have also been completing their personal Typography maps – which they were finishing off this Friday with Miss Jones.
Finally the children have enjoyed taking part in their first Mindfulness stretching lesson in PE. This is part of our PE programme and links to their mental health and well being.
Enjoy our photos below!
Mental Health and Well-Being at Holy Trinity
Well-being and Mental Health is always a priority and at Holy Trinity and we are proud to be supporting Children’s Mental Health Week February https://www.childrensmentalhealthweek.org.uk/
‘Let’s Connect’ is about making connections with others in healthy, rewarding and meaningful ways. This can be online, in a team or choir or shared dance, in the community, through acts of kindness, etc. Let’s Connect is about making meaningful connections. Human beings thrive in communities, and this connection is vital for our well-being. When we have healthy connections – to family, friends, and others – this can support our mental health and our sense of well-being. And when our need for rewarding social connections is not met, we can sometimes feel isolated and lonely – which can have a negative impact on our mental health. In the week commencing 6th February, we will be exploring these ideas with the children and the whole school community.
As well as supporting Mental Health Week, we have created our very own virtual classroom full of resources, support for parents and children, helpful hints and games.
How to use the interactive classroom:
- Click on any images in the bookcase to access (left) books (right) games and activities
- Click on the ‘proud to support’ which will take you straight to the Children’s mental health support page.
- Click on ‘need help‘ for support pages such as charities and support with school
- Click on ‘activities and strategies‘ for games and activities for children
- Click on the ‘grown-ups poster‘ for support for adults and our very own concerns and questions box where we will get back to you.
Many people struggle with their mental health at times and there is no shame in admitting these struggles. The sooner support is available, the better. At Holy Trinity we support students to have good mental health through our curriculum and support services. Supporting children and parents is key and through the virtual classroom, we feel support is available. We have a Mental Health and Wellbeing team at Holy Trinity who are available for both adults and children.
A busy couple of weeks in Haughmond
The Spring Term has been extremely busy already.
We have been performing some amazing gymnastic movements building on our new routines as well as practising our football skills – even in such cold weather, we managed to get outside.
This week we started thinking about designing our own websites and in French have been learning how to discuss our favourite sports.
Last week in Science we had great fun constructing a model of our kidneys and learnt how the blood is filtered and how we go to the toilet.
Finally, the air ambulance needed to land on the school field. We were all lucky enough to go and have a good look at the helicopter.
Happy New Year to Haughmond
Happy New Year to all children and Parents. We have started off Spring Term with determination and Perseverance already as this is our new Value this term.
Haughmond have had to work hard on their writing this week, editing and checking final drafts.
We have started off our new topic in Maths and completed History Assessments from last term.
Our new PE days will be on Tuesday and Thursday. The children have football on Tuesday with The Wright Way – so please make sure they all have outdoor kits and trainers and be prepared for muddy children!
The children now all have SATs Bootcamp logins and it is important that they use this resource regularly in preparation for SATs.
On Friday, the children finished off their houses they had been constructing and were proud of their achievements.
Finally, the children constructed pillars in preparation for learning about The Pillars of Islam.
We cannot wait for this exciting term a head and look forward to the children’s achievements throughout the term.
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas in Haughmond,
What another busy week we have had.
This week, the children started the week with us putting up our class tree and learning all about the meaning of Advent.
We were all lucky enough to have an amazing Christmas lunch in the dining hall, and had fun pulling our crackers and telling jokes around the table. We all looked great in our Christmas jumpers.
Our houses are developing well in technology and there will be more photographs of the development in the final week next week.
In Science and PSHE the children have been learning all about healthy diets and should be able to also tell you how much sleep they need if they are not up watching the England matches.
In music Miss Richards has been teaching music to Haughmond and they have been appraising one another’s pieces and learning to play the glockenspiels.
Next week will be the last swimming lesson and they have all achieved so much in the 10 weeks of lessons they have received.
We hope to see you all at church for the children final Christmas Service. at Holy Trinity.
Finally – congratulations to Owen who was chosen as our Values Champion for Trust this term.
A busy week in Haughmond.
We have had such a busy few weeks in Haughmond and the children have really been engaged in their learning.
They have absolutely loved learning how to use a saw and measuring and sawing pieces of wood to successfully build their own structures. We hope to show you our finished structures before Christmas.
The children have also been learning about harmful drugs and how dangerous they can be in PSHE and this links into our Science where the children have been learning all about circulation and the effects of drugs on their bodies.
We also had fun in RE interviewing and hot seating Freddie and Ava as Mary and Joseph in preparation for our newspaper reports.
Lots of children were actually brave enough to jump in the deep end this week and are all progressing so well with their swimming.
Welly Wednesdays!
Lawley Newsletter and Overview
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Lawley have been having the best time every Wednesday afternoon. We have been getting our wellies on and adventuring down to the forest.
We spent the first afternoon exploring and learning the rules of the forest to make sure that we were safe. Then, we created faces with natural hair that we have scavenged ourselves.
The following week, we did two very exciting activities from the Stick Man by Julia Donaldson! We made natural paint with Mrs Dallow. We used all sorts of materials like blackberries, sloe berries and mud! We also created our very own stick people!
This week was our favourite week yet. We read the Gruffalo and then built houses for the woodland creatures. After we had built the houses from wood and sticks and dug holes, we then started up our own restaurant chain!
We have been in the forest, no matter what the weather and the whole class has been amazing. We cannot wait for next week!