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• This week's Family Information Service Newsletter - Tuesday 23 December

  Tue 23 Dec 2025

  View this week's Family Information Service Newsletter - Tuesday 23 December clicking here.

   

  This week's edition includes:

   

   

  The newsletter offers practical tips and support for families across Warwickshire, including: 

  • Christmas fire safety tips to help keep your family safe over the festive period. 

  • Battery recycling advice — how and where to recycle safely. 

  • Autism support information and signposting to local resources. 

   

  Service updates & notices

  • Recruitment: The Family Information Service is hiring a Senior FIS Worker (education focus) — closing date 14 January. 

  • Holiday opening times: The FIS helpline will be closed on 25–26 Dec, 29 Dec and 1 Jan, and reopens 2 January.

   

  Information & support available
  The FIS provides free support and signposting on a wide range of family topics, including childcare, finances, housing, health and wellbeing, and SEND services. 

   

  How to contact FIS

  • 📧 Email: fis@warwickshire.gov.uk

  • ☎️ Freephone: 0800 408 1558

  • 🌐 Website support & discovery sessions also available. 

   

  

• Peace Light from Bethlehem

  Fri 19 Dec 2025

  Each year, Scouts around the world share a candle lit from the Nativity scene in Bethlehem. This light is passed from country to country by lighting one candle from another, symbolising peace and unity. Earlier this week, the light arrived at Gilwell Park, where a representative from Warwickshire collected it and brought it back to the county.

   

  The local Scout group in Alcester has now lit a candle from this flame and will keep it burning until Christmas. The aim of this tradition is for Scouts worldwide to share the light with as many people as possible.  We have been proud to display the candle here at school and all the children witnessed our advent wreath being lit from the same flame. 

  

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• Reverse Advent! Thank you to everybody who donated

  Fri 19 Dec 2025

  Thank you to everybody who has so generously contributed to our Reverse Advent donations for the Stratford-upon-Avon Foodbank. Your kindness and thoughtfulness truly reflect the spirit of the season and will help ensure vital support reaches local families in the New Year.

   

  Thank you to Mr Sandle-Keynes for organising our tenth year!

   

  

• A Festive Message from Mrs Herrero

  Fri 19 Dec 2025

  To our wonderful Holy Trinity families,

   

  I would like to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and hope that you have a very special time with all the people you love.

   

  Working at this school continues to be a privilege. It is such a joy to come to this place every day. We have the most dedicated hard working staff, whose compassion and care for the pupils in this school shines through every day. The children are what makes this job so very special and unique. Their impulsiveness, curiosity and eagerness to learn make every day fun and every day different.

   

  Thank you to all of you for your continued support. 

   

  Mrs Herrero, Head Teacher

  

• Reverse Advent! 10 years of Christmas Giving!

  Fri 19 Dec 2025

  Advent starts TODAY! and that means it’s time for our annual Reverse Advent Calendar. 24 numbered boxes will be displayed in the entrance hall, and children are invited to bring in donations for the Stratford Foodbank. Each day we will fill one or two of the boxes so that, by the last day of term, all 24 boxes will be filled and the food will be donated to those in need.

   

  Urgently needed items include:

   

  Tinned Peas (Not Mushy Peas)

  Tinned Carrots

  Egg Noodles

  Tinned Corned Beef

  Handwash

  Honey

  UHT Fruit Juice

  Instant Mash

  Coffee

  Savoury Snacks

   

  As these donations will not reach the foodbank until just before Christmas, they will be distributed after Christmas, please ensure that items have a few months’ shelf-life.

   

  This will be a lovely way for the school to mark the approach of the Christmas season whilst remembering those less fortunate than themselves. Children do not have to donate but could donate multiple times if they wish. Donations can be brought in any time from now until Christmas and will be kept in classrooms until they are added to the calendar – please do not donate via the office.

   

  This is the TENTH time, that we have run the calendar and it has always been a huge success in the past; we hope that it can be even bigger this year.

   

  Wishing you all well as we approach the festive season.

   

  Yours faithfully

   

  Mr Sandle-Keynes

   

  p.s. For those looking for a festive challenge this year, why not see how many of the items on the reverse of this letter you can cross off as donated? This is only a suggestion – please give whatever long-life items you are able.

   

   

  

• Foodbank Update - 17th December

  Wed 17 Dec 2025

  Please click here to view the Christmas Update from the Foodbank.

   

  This edition includes:

   

  • Stratford-upon-Avon Foodbank Christmas Appeal

  • Supporting Local Families This Christmas

  • Parcel of Hope: Helping Our Community at Christmas

  • Making a Difference for Families in Need

  • Thank You for Supporting Stratford-upon-Avon Foodbank

   

  

• Trip to Stratford School – Mary Poppins

  Wed 17 Dec 2025

  Some of our children had a magical experience visiting Stratford School to watch the wonderful student production of Mary Poppins. The performance was full of music, laughter, and dazzling stagecraft, captivating the children from start to finish.

   

  It was a fantastic opportunity for our pupils to enjoy live theatre and experience the excitement of a professional-style performance. The trip also sparked creativity and inspiration, making it a memorable part of their Christmas celebrations.

  

• Christmas Dinner in School

  Wed 17 Dec 2025

  The school was filled with festive cheer as pupils and staff enjoyed a delicious Christmas dinner together. Tables were decorated, crackers were pulled, and everyone savoured a special seasonal meal, complete with all the trimmings!

   

  It was a wonderful opportunity for the school community to come together, celebrate the season, and enjoy some festive treats. The smiles, laughter, and holiday spirit made it a truly memorable day for everyone.

  

• Year 6 Spreading Christmas Cheer in the Community

  Tue 16 Dec 2025

  Our Year 6 pupils recently visited local care homes to spread some festive cheer by performing Christmas carols using handbells. The children played beautifully, filling the rooms with music, smiles and the true spirit of Christmas.

   

  This special visit gave the pupils a valuable opportunity to connect with members of the local community and bring joy to others during the festive season. The residents greatly enjoyed the performances, and it was lovely to see the children showing kindness, confidence and compassion.

   

  We are very proud of our Year 6 pupils for representing the school so positively and helping to make Christmas a little brighter for everyone they met.