Evacuating the school in case of fire / emergency
This is a plea to all parents to please let the office and your child's teacher know if your child is going to be absent, before 8:40am each morning. If we need to evacuate the building, we need to know which children are onsite. Please email office.3254@trinity.oxon.sch.uk and your class teacher (for example dahl@trinityprimaryschool.org) stating your child's full name and reason for absence. Alternatively call 01491 575 887 and leave a voicemail.
Free school meals eligibility
Currently, all children in Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 in state-funded schools in England are eligible for Universal Infant Free School Meals (UIFSMs). In addition, parents of children from any year (Reception to Year 6) on low incomes in receipt of certain benefits may be entitled to receive free school meals on that basis.
It is easy for us to check if you are eligible – all you need to do is give the school office your name, date of birth and national insurance number. (You may be asked to provide additional information in certain circumstances.)
For those who are confirmed as eligible, the school will also receive additional Pupil Premium funding to help support their child at school, so it is really worth applying for this if you are eligible, even if your child is in Reception, Year 1 or Year 2. Please contact us at office.3254@trinity.oxon.sch.uk in complete confidence if you would like us to check your eligibility.
Flu Consent - Action Required
Please look out for the email 'Flu Consent - Action Required' and complete the electronic link to confirm whether your child will or will not have the flu vaccine at school on 15th October. Children can catch and spread flu easily, so vaccinating them also protects others who are vulnerable. Please CLICK HERE for the GOV.UK overview of why they believe it is important for children to receive the flu vaccine.
School Council
We are delighted to announce this year's School Councellors. Each child had the chance to write a manifesto, votes were taken and here are the winners:
- Murphy (Year 1) - Jake and Elodie
- Rosen (Years 1&2) - Zeb and Jessica
- Dahl (Year 2) - Juno and Sammy
- Cowell (Year 3) - Hugo and Lucy
- Coelho (Years 3&4) - Eleneave and Clara
- Pilkey (Year 4) - Lillietta and Finley
- Palmer (Year 5) - Fred and Sid
- Zephaniah (Years 5&6) - Olivia and Maria
- Rundell (Year 6) - Isla and Max
Trinity Reading Journey
The Trinity Reading Challenge is now in its third year. Our aim has always been to encourage children to read widely, exploring a range of genres and authors through a carefully curated list of recommended books. This year, we’re making two key changes to enhance the experience:
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Name change: Challenge → Journey
We are now calling it the Trinity Reading Journey. This change reflects our goal for children to enjoy reading as an experience, rather than seeing it as a race to complete.
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Celebrating milestones
Key milestones in the Reading Journey will be recognised during our half-termly assemblies. This allows children to enjoy and celebrate their progress, reinforcing that reading is something to relish, not rush.
We hope these changes will continue to inspire a love of reading, helping children discover new stories and authors along the way.
Thank you for supporting our Reading Journey!
A huge thank you to everyone who has kindly donated books from our wishlists via LoveReading4Kids. We are delighted to share that 18 books have already been donated! Because these purchases were made through our wishlists, we have also raised over £45, which will be invested straight back into even more books for our school.
Your support makes such a difference - keeping our Reading Journey shelves well stocked helps to inspire and engage our children with a wide variety of stories. If you are able, please do continue to support us by donating a book. Every contribution helps nurture a love of reading across our school community. The links to the wishlists can be found below:
www.trinityprimaryschool.org/books
Harvest
Thank you for the food donations that have been brought into school so far. It's not too late to donate non-perishable food items to NOMAD. Children can bring food donation in until Wednesday.
We hope many parents and carers will join us at Holy Trinity Church on Thursday at 10:30am for our Harvest Festival Service.
Half Term Camps
Please see flyers at the bottom of this Bulletin for October half term clubs that we have been made aware of.
