15 December 2014 - Trafalgar Junior School

Trafalgar Junior School
Elmsleigh Road, Twickenham,
Middlesex, TW2 5EG
Tel: 020 8894 1606
Fax: 020 8893 3042
e-mail: [email protected]
website: www.trafalgar-jun.richmond.sch.uk
TRAFALGAR JUNIOR SCHOOL
WEEKLY NEWS
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“Learning, for life, for fun, for all…”
Issue 14:15th December 2014
17 – ‘Aladdin’ Evening performance (ticket entry only)
18th – Christmas Dinner
19th – Special Achievement Assembly 9am
END OF TERM – 2.25 pm School closes.
NEXT TERM – There is an inset day on Monday, 5th
January. School starts on Tuesday 6th January 2015
LETTERS FROM LAST WEEK
from Ms Griffiths……………………..
Year 6
Hindu Mandir trip
The last week of the autumn term is finally here, and
Attached:
judging from the high levels of sickness around
 PTA Classified
school, it seems that the holiday and a well-earned
 School Uniform Policy
festive break will be welcome to us all. A huge well
 Strathmore School SMSA recruitment
done to Years 3 and 4 for the wonderful ‘Nativity

Rock’; it was lovely to see so many of you there, and
I look forward to seeing parents of Years 5 and 6
for ‘Aladdin’ later this week. Thank you to all parents
and carers across the school for the support in
learning lines, practising songs and putting together
costumes.
Thinking ahead to next term, attached to this
newsletter is a copy of uniform guidelines, as some
parents have been asking for clarification,
particularly around suitable footwear – I hope this
helps.
CATS GRIN PANTOMIME £2 DONATION PLEASE
This year we are very lucky to have the Cats Grin
Company perform ‘Wind in the Willows’ at school. We
If I am not able to say it in person this week, then I
ask if you would kindly donate £2 towards the cost of
wish you all a happy and comfortable Christmas, and
the shows. Many thanks.
look forward to seeing you all in January.
DATES
DECEMBER
15th – Years 5 & 6 ‘Aladdin’ dress rehearsal
16th – Cat’s Grin Pantomime in school (£2 donation per
child please)
16th – ‘Aladdin’ Matinee performance (ticket entry only)
16th – ‘Aladdin’ Evening performance (ticket entry only)
CHRISTMAS IS A TIME FOR GOOD CHEER AND
ONE OF OUR PUPILS IS SPREADING IT IN
ABUNDANCE
We are very proud of Lottie Thorpe and so are her
parents. This Christmas, Lottie has made a very clear
decision not to accept any Christmas presents but to
collect donations for the London based charity Kids
Company. Lottie did some research and discovered that
Kids Company is currently under threat because of cuts
in funding. They are being kept afloat by support from
J K Rowling and Coldplay. She has now set up a
JustGiving donations page and her parents are going to
let her check it on Christmas Day. We have put this in
the newsletter as we know that many families very
generously donate to charities at this time of year and
we would like to support Lottie and we hope that she will
be very pleased on Christmas Day when she checks the
page. Here is the link to her Just Giving page in aid of
Kids Company.
http://www.justgiving.com/LottieThorpe/?utm_source=Sharethis&utm_medium=fundraisingpage&
utm_content=Lottie-Thorpe&utm_campaign=pfp-email.
YEAR 5 SWANAGE SCHOOL JOURNEY AND YEAR 6
OSMINGTON BAY SCHOOL JOURNEY – PAYMENT
DEADLINES
The final deadline for both School Journeys is 14th April
2015. The first installment was £65 for Swanage and
£60 for Osmington Bay.
UNIFORM SALES
School uniform is available locally from Schooldays, 94
High Street, Whitton, TW2 7LN, Telephone: 020 8898
4881.
Order via Tesco online: currently only available for
Infant size uniforms
Online uniform shop available:
ORDER ONLINE www.beatschooluniforms.co.uk
JustGiving sends your donation straight to Kids Company ORDER BY PHONE 0844 879 7288
Logo badges (£1 each) are available from the school
and automatically reclaims Gift Aid if you are a UK
office.
taxpayer, so your donation is worth even more.
STOP PRESS* We will let you know as soon as it’s
official but the uniform shop in Twickenham –
WELL DONE TO LUCA
‘Stevensons’ will be supplying Trafalgar uniform soon.
Luca was overall winner for the Vince Cable Christmas
Card Design competition. Luca was personally thanked
Don’t forget school closes at 2.25pm on the
by Vince Cable at his constituency office last week.
Well done.
last day – Friday, 19th December 2014
AFTER SCHOOL CLUBS
This week:
Monday Football & Thursday Football with Martyn
ALL OTHER CLUBS ARE NOW FINISHED
Most clubs will re-commence on the week beginning
Monday 12th January. You need to contact your club
leader to enroll for next term or if you are enquiring
about a place. Information sheets with contact
numbers are available at the school office.
BALLET CLUB PLACES
There are places in the Ballet Club, please contact
Judith Ash on 0208 979 7038. This club is
undersubscribed so please let her know if you do not
wish to continue this club. If there are not enough
children enrolling then the club may not run.
We wish you a very happy holiday and
look forward to seeing you bright and
early on Tuesday, 6th January