My humanity is bound up in yours, for we can only be human together.
Desmond Tutu
Now that we are in October, our Black History Month focus has begun! During this month the children will have many opportunities to learn about people, events, music and artists of black African and Caribbean heritage.
We look forward to celebrating black history month with our whole school community on Friday 17th October – details to follow.
Black History Season Workshops
Camden Libraries are celebrating Black History Season with creative workshops for children and families, including Kente-inspired crafts, storytelling, and activities honouring inspiring Black women and girls. Events run across multiple libraries during October half term. Find out more here!
SIAMs Inspection – Thank you to parents for supporting our school as part of the very positive SIAMs inspection. We look forward to sharing our report when it receive it with in the next month.
Occasional Places – on occasion we have spaces in which to welcome new children and families to our school. You are the ones that know us best, so if you know of any family looking for a school place, please do advise them to contact the school office to find out if we have any places. They are also very welcome to visit.
The Holy Trinity Way – The Three Cs at home!
Rules allow us to teach behaviour. What are the rules in your home? Think about about them and note them down. Ask your children, separately if you have more than one child, what they think the rules at home are. At school we use three simple rules which are ‘Care, Courage and Co-operation.’ They cover all behaviours from sharing toys, to being ready for learning, through to using devices safely. Think about how you might be able to use our Three Cs at home and what that might mean for teaching your children the behaviours you expect to see.
For more information about supporting positive behaviours both in school and at home, you can sign up to the ‘Behaviour Book Club’ session, hosted by Charlotte Clarke from ‘When The Adults Change,’ online at 8:00pm on the last Thursday of each month. You can find the joining link for the ‘Behaviour Book Club’ here.
If you’d like to learn more about the relational approach we use to positive behaviour management, you can buy a copy of ‘When The Parents Change, Everything Changes’ online here or we have copies available to borrow in school – ask us on the gate!
Parent Hub
Christian Vision
At the heart of our school are high expectations and depth in faith that inspire us to grow, flourish and work together to achieve our full potential. It is our intention that we all develop our fullest sense of self, both individually and collectively.
Toward love and good deeds.
Hebrews 10: 24
This week we continued our focus on Moses, learning about the next stage of the story when God sent ten plagues to change the stubborn mind of pharaoh. Finally, pharaoh was persuaded to set the Israelites free from slavery in Egypt, but he changed his mind again and led out his army to recapture God’s people and return them to bondage. We heard how God miraculously parted the Red Sea, allowing Moses to lead the people to safety, before causing the sea to rise again and wash away the pursuing Egyptians.
This is an example of what Christians call God’s providence. The word ‘providence’ is linked to the word ‘provide’ and comes from the Latin “providēre” which combines “pro-” (meaning “before”) and “vidēre” (meaning “to see”). So it means God already knows what we need and will provide it for us; he will organise events so that we are cared for and saved. It’s what we mean when we pray ‘Give us this day our daily bread’ – we’re saying, ‘Provide us with the things you know we need.’
This is often different from what we want – before God parted the Red Sea, the Israelites were in despair and blamed Moses for leading them out of slavery. They wanted to go back to being enslaved rather than dying in the desert, but God instead provided what they needed – a way to cross the sea and achieve their freedom.
We too have opportunities to work together and spur each other on to have depth in faith, so that even when we are in despair, we can still trust in God’s providence and trust that he cares for us and will provide what we need to achieve our full potential.
Attendance and Punctuality
Our attendance was 96% this week – we hope to get back to 97% next week and well done for the whole school immunisation which will hopefully help keep the flu at bay this winter.
The attendance bears went to: Y2 with 98% and Y3 with 100%
Well done Y3 & Y4 for winning the early birds for punctuality.
Class Pages
Class teachers have updated the class pages with timetables and class information on the curriculum for this term. Link to your child’s class below:
- Reception – parents, look out for information from Ms See about accessing Tapestry.
- Year 1
- Year 2
- Year 3
- Year 4
- Year 5
- Year 6
Cool the School Fundraiser – update
Camden Music Service
From Y1 onwards, you can sign your child up to learn an instrument in school. For more information and to download the Camden Music Service application form, please click here.
Support for parents
We highly recommend the free counselling service for parents through Camden. You can find out more and register your interest via this leaflet.
Place2Be is a children’s mental health charity with many years of experience working with UK schools to improve children’s wellbeing and behaviour. The charity also supports parents and families and has a wealth of practical tips and advice on many areas of parenting, all of which can be accessed online, including: dealing with changes and endings; building resilience; separation anxiety; de-escalation techniques; positive body image; friendship issues; perfectionism; sleep; gaming habits; and many more. Click on the link here to access and explore the support
Supporting your neuro diverse child
Emotional Wellbeing Website for Young People and Families
NCL Waiting Room was produced with the help and input of young people, families and professionals. It aims to be a ‘one-stop shop’ for information on specialist mental health services, community groups, emotional wellbeing and self-care resources.
It allows young people and their parents or carers to search for, filter and share resources based on their needs and preferences.
You can visit the website here and try out the Support Hub resource navigation feature here.
Other Community Initiatives
Workout with Wendy
Looking for an online fitness class? Join Wendy’s workouts! Contact: wendyroberts2@icloud.com
Learn to cycle this term: https://www.bikeability.org.uk/
Camden Library
Camden Library Activities
We highly recommend these. Click here for the catalogue.
Term dates for 2025 – 2026
| First day of autumn term 1 | Wednesday 3rd September |
| Half term | Monday 27th October to Friday 31st October |
| First day of autumn term 2 | Monday 3rd November |
| Last day of autumn term 2 | Friday 19th December |
| INSET DAY | Monday 5th January 2026 |
| First day of spring term 1 | Tuesday 6th January |
| Half term | Monday 16th – Friday 20th February |
| First day of spring term 2 | Monday 23rd February |
| Last day of spring term 2 | Friday 27th March |
| First day of summer term 1 | Tuesday 13th April |
| Half term | Monday 25th May – Friday 29th May 2025 |
| INSET DAY | Monday 1st June |
| First day of summer term 2 | Tuesday 2nd June |
| Last day of summer term 2 | Friday 17th July |