News & Key Dates
WELCOME TO OUR NEW TWYNHAM PRIMARY PARENTS
As our current Reception year children start their transition into Year 1, we extend a warm welcome to the new children and parents joining us this September. We invite you all to follow our social media feeds, where we post regular updates on activites, trips and events taking place throughout the school year.
SCHOOL UNIFORM
A reminder to all parents that our school uniform is changing in September - see our Uniform & PE Kit page for full details. Please bear this in mind when puchasing new, or second-hand uniform for your child over the coming months. Our uniform stockists, Stevensons, will have all of our new uniform available from 12th June. Anything not currently in stock will be available to pre-order.
PARKING
We would like to thank those parents adhering to our policy regarding use of the school car park. Can we also remind everyone to show consideration for the safety of our children and our neighbours by parking courteously and in sensible locations (i.e. not near bends, in front of driveways etc.). Wherever possible, we would encourage children to walk, cycle or scoot to school, helping us to reduce the volume of traffic around the school site and keeping our children active and healthy.
LIVE & INSPIRED
Twynham Primary children enjoying a fantastic, inspirational afternoon being entertained by Joe's Jazz.
SPORTS EVENTS
Tennis
Well done to the children who competed in the recent Iford Tennis Tournament against other local schools, with some fantastic rallies earning us a respectable fourth place position.
Quadkids
On Wednesday this week, we participated in Quadkids held at Twynham Secondary School. The event saw several first place positions from TPS in the track events and more. Further details to follow once the full results are posted. Watch this space...
YEAR 6 BRIDGE BUILDING
Some impressive engineering skills being demonstrated in year 6's bridge building challenge this week!
SCHOOL PHOTOGRAPHS
Our whole school and class photographs are scheduled for the first day back after half-term. Please ensure that your child is in full school uniform, including their blazer, when they return to school on Tuesday 6th June.
Twynham Primary PTFA
Our fantastic PTFA, run by an incredible bunch of volunteers, raises much needed funds for the school through its fund raising events.
A particular highlight of the school year is our Summer Fair, which is only possible with the support of volunteer helpers. Without support from our school community, this event cannot go ahead so, please, if you are able to help cover some of the stalls throughout the day, or can support the event in any way, get in touch: twynhamprimaryptfa@gmail.com
Are you a parent with a small business (or someone that makes and sells anything)? If you'd be interested in having a stall at our Summer Fest, please contact us: twynhamprimaryptfa@gmail.com
PTFA QUIZ Night Winners
Well done to the Woodford staff team - worthy winners of our PTFA Quiz Night!
DICTIONARIES FOR LIFE
A huge thank you to the Rotary Round Table for the generous donation of 'Dictionaries for Life', which they kindly made to Twynham Primary School this week .
WALK with WILDLIFE FIVE-DAY WALKING challenge
Thank you to all of the children who participated in the WALK with WILDLIFE challenge this week - it was great to see so many of you using alternative forms of transport to get to school.
'Healthy Body - Healthy Mind' Festival
Saturday 24th June, 11am - 1pm
Christchurch School Sports Partnership are excited to invite all primary school aged children and their families to a free sports day being held at The Grange School. The Healthy Body and Healthy Mind Festival will give children the opportunity to take part in a variety of sports led by qualified coaches. Alongside these activities, parents will have access to support and advice regarding children’s mental health from a number of support services. More details on the event can be found here.
Vacancies
Please click here for all vacancies within the Twynham Learning Trust.
Key Dates
EVENT |
DATE |
DESCRIPTION |
START |
END |
LOCATION |
| SPORTS MUFTI / PUPIL COUNCIL FUN RUN FRIDAY | 26th May | Whole school | Donations for TPS Summer Fest | Twynham Primary | |
|
HALF TERM |
29th May | ||||
| INSET DAY | 5th June | No Children in school | |||
| CLASS & WHOLE SCHOOL PHOTOS | 6th June | Whole school | Twynham Primary | ||
| TOWN SPORTS ATHLETICS | 8th June | Years 4, 5 & 6 (selected children) | 11:00am | 4:00pm | Kings Park Athletics Stadium |
| TRI GOLF FESTIVAL | 11th June | Years 3 & 4 | 3:30pm | 5:00pm | The Grange |
| LONGDOWN DAIRY FARM | 14th June | Reception | All day | Longdown Dairy Farm | |
| DORSET "CAN DO" WATERSPORTS FESTIVAL | 15th June | Years 4, 5 & 6 (selected children) | 9:30am | 3:30pm | Rockley Watersports Centre (Poole Park) |
| ROADSIDE SAFETY | 16th June | Year 1 | 10:00am | 11:00am | Twynham Primary |
| TPS SUMMER FEST | 17th June | PTFA Summer Fair | 11:30am | 2:30pm | Twynham Primary |
| HOOKE COURT | 19th - 21st June | Year 6 Residential | Hooke Court | ||
| SCHOOL GAMES COUNTY FINALS | 21st June | Selected children | 9:00am | 3:00pm | Bryanston School |
| ROADSIDE SAFETY | 23rd June | Year 4 | 10:00am | 11:00am | Twynham Primary |
| 'HEALTHY BODY - HEALTHY MIND' FESTIVAL | 24th June | Open to all children | 11:00am | 1:00pm | The Grange |
| CREATURE TEACHERS | 28th June | Reception & Year 3 | 9:30am | 12:00pm | Twynham Primary |
| TRANSFER DAY | 30th June | Whole school | All day | Twynham Primary & Secondary Schools | |
| PTFA BAGS2SCHOOL COLLECTION | 30th June | Whole school | All day | Twynham Primary | |
| CHRISTCHURCH SPORTS AWARDS | 3rd July | Selected children | 6:00pm | 7:30pm | The Grange |
| SPORTS PERSONALITY AWARDS | 4th July | Selected children | 6:00pm | 9:00pm | The Grange |
| DANCE FESTIVAL | 5th July | Year 3 | 9:00am | 2:00pm | De La Salle Theatre, St Peter's Secondary School |
| MINI OLYMPICS | 5th July | Years 1 & 2 (selected children) | 3:30pm | 5:00pm | The Grange |
| ARTS DISPLAY | 6th July | For parents (whole school) | 3:05pm | 4:00pm | Twynham Primary |
| YEAR 6 CATS TESTS | 10th July | Year 6 | All day | Twynham Secondary School | |
| YEAR 6 PERFORMANCE | 12th July | Year 6 (children & parents) | Twynham Primary | ||
| SPORTS DAY | 13th July | Whole school | 1:30pm | 3:05pm | Twynham Primary |
| SUMMER DISCO | 13th July | Whole school | TBC | TBC | Twynham Primary |
| BLASHFORD LAKES TRIP | 14th July | Year 3 | All day | Blashford Lakes | |
| TWYNHAM PRIMARY SCHOOL GAMES FINALS | 17th July | Year 5 & 6 (selected children) | All day | Twynham Primary | |
| YEAR 6 LEAVERS ASSEMBLY | 19th July | Year 6 (children and parents) | 9:00am | 10:00am | Twynham Primary |
| DORSET WATERPARK TRIP | 20th July | Year 6 | All day | Dorset Waterpark | |
|
WATER FIGHT / LAST DAY OF TERM |
21st July | Whole school | Twynham Primary | ||
| SUMMER HOLIDAYS | 22nd July | ||||
