Dear Parents and Carers

I hope you had an enjoyable weekend.  What a difference a few hours can make as temperatures now head towards double figures.  

Let’s start as we meant to go on! 

At Trinity Together on Friday I shared with our learners some New Year traditions from around the world and spoke about starting as we mean to go on.   Two of our P6 learners reminded everyone about the importance of not dropping litter and of not wasting food.  When ordering school lunches or making a packed lunch please do check with your child that they will eat what has been ordered / packed as a lot of food does end up in the bin.  

Reminders :  

Only water is allowed during class time.  Fizzy drinks are not permitted and any other juice is limited to breaktimes only.

Chewing gum is not allowed in school.

Snacks

We continue to be concerned about both the amount of snacks, and the sugar content,  of what a significant number of our Trinity learners are eating.  It would also appear that several of our older learners are buying snacks on the way to school and we do wonder if parents and carers are aware of this?    Wellbeing Wednesday has now replaced Fruity Friday as a way of teaching our children a healthy approach to eating.  Supporting this through a donation of £10 to purchase healthy snacks for the winning class is much appreciated.  

Use of X (formerly Twitter)

There has been growing concern from staff, parents and carers about our use of X (Twitter) as a means of communication.  Following discussion we have decided to cease using this from Friday January 17th.  Unfortunately,  whilst this will mean that weekly photographs, reminders etc will no longer be posted on this platform we hope that our school community will understand and support this decision.    The digital team at City of Edinburgh council are currently looking into alternatives and I am hopeful that we will have a different option available in the not too distant future.  Photos of learning will be available to be viewed at parents’ / carers’ evening and afternoon in March.

Building works

Works to replace the roof of the kitchen are expected to start during the Feb week with a completion date of June 2025.  The car park will, once again, be out of bounds.   We continue to be extremely grateful to the kitchen team who have managed a very long decant without too much disruption to the lunch service.  

School Photographs

Do you have photography skills?

On chatting with other schools about how they manage school photographs some have moved to an in school approach as a means of rasijng funds for school.   If you have photography skills and could help with this please do get in touch.

Burns Celebration

Can you play the pipes?

Our P7 families are invited to a Burns Ceilidh on the evening of Thurs 23rd Jan.  Having previously had two members of staff able to play the pipes we now find ourselves in the position of having none.  Any offers to come along and play on the Thursday evening at 6.30pm would be so welcomed.  

Thank you for your continued support

Best wishes

Jacqueline Scott

Date reminders for the term ahead 

January

Tues 14^th : 7.00pm – 8.30pm Parent Council mtg (online)

Thurs 23rd : 6.30pm – 7.45pm P7 Family Ceilidh 

Fri 24^th : Wear a bit of Tartan day!

        9.00am – 9.50am : Craighall Coffee Morning & Learning Chat

                   11.00am – 11.50am : Argyll Coffee Morning & Learning Chat

Tues 28^th : P7C to Art of Listening

Wed 29^th : P7M to Art of Listening

Thurs 30^th : P7R to Art of Listening

Fri 31st : 9.00am – 9.50am : Melville Coffee Morning & Learning Chat

                    9.30am – 10.30am : Learning Community mtg at Trinity Academy : Supporting dyslexic learners using digital technologies

                   11.00am – 11.50am : Royston Coffee Morning & Learning Chat

February

Mon 3^rd : Cross Country event

Wed 5^th : 7.00pm – 8.30pm TPSA mtg (online)

Fri 7^th : School closes for holiday at 12.00noon

Mon 17^th : School returns

Tues 18^th : 2.15pm – 3.00pm : P5 Scottish Opera – parents and carers welcome

Wed 19^th : 1.30pm P7 taster session at Bangholm

Fri 21st : 6.15pm TPSA Cinema night

Mon 24^th : 9.00m – 9.45am : P4 Show – parents and carers welcome

Tues 25^th : 9.00am – 9.45am : P4 Show – parents and carers welcome

March

Thurs 6^th : 5.00pm – 8.00pm Parents’/Carers’ evening

Fri 7^th : 1.00pm – 4.00pm Parents’/Carers’ afternoon

Tues 11^th : 7.00pm – 8.30pm Parent Council mtg

Mon 17^th : P3M to Art Gallery

Fri 21st : Red Nose Day

Mon 24^th : P3G to Art Gallery

Mon 31st : P3B to Art Gallery