I hope that the start to the new school year is going well for everyone. It is always exciting to look ahead and see what learning opportunities are planned – June 2027 will be here before we know it!
I wanted to share with you all that I have made the decision to retire on Friday February 12th 2027. I’m sure this won’t come as that big a surprise as speculation has been around for a while. I always promised myself that I would retire whilst still loving the job, which I do, and still, I hope, giving 100% to it. I have had the absolute privilege of being HeadTeacher at Trinity Primary since April 2003 and our school has been an extremely important part of my life and that of my family. Whilst I really do have mixed feelings about leaving I know that this is absolutely the right time to do it and am very excited about the next stage of life. Trinity is an incredible school thanks to the amazing staff, the hugely supportive school community and our fabulous Trinity learners. I do not doubt that whoever is fortunate enough to be appointed its new HeadTeacher will continue to take our school from strength to strength. I have been informed from City of Edinburgh that the recruitment process is likely to begin towards the end of the year. Jayne Galinsky and Ollie Woodruff, co chairs of our Parent Council, will be part of this process.
In the meantime I intend making the most of the next months – doing all the parts of the job that are the most fulfilling and which make the biggest difference to our learners. Heading off to Benmore with P7 on Monday Aug 31st will certainly be a part of that.
I look forward to seeing you at our Meet the Teacher evening on Wed 26th August from 5.45pm (Wed 19th Aug for P3S).
watching the final of the Trinity Spelling Bee – well done to Lucas O’Reilly, 5K, on taking first place
welcoming new P1 learners and their parents and carers
meeting new classes and teachers
enjoying a fabulous day at the beach
spending three days at new secondary schools
eating pizza and Chinese and soaking each other at the P7 leaver’s party
listening to election speeches and voting for our new House Captains
A huge well done to everyone involved in these events. Our house captains for 2026 / 2027 will be announced at Trinity Together on Wednesday along with both the Trinity Artist and Writer of the year, our athletics winners, community award, friendship award and the winning house for 2026. It will also be our chance to say goodbye to all our P7 learners and present them with their yearbooks. It promises to be a very busy and exciting morning so please do join us at Bangholm for 9.15am.
House Captains
The standard of speeches for this year’s house elections was very impressive and whilst only eight will be elected, I hope that all our P6 Trinity learners who took part feel proud of themselves. I would like to take this opportunity to say a huge thanks to our current house captains (Roberta, Sula, Magnus, Frances, Joel, Eva, Iris and Esme) who have been exemplary in their role and will be a great miss to us all. We are looking forward to their final House Captain moment when they lead our Trinity’s Got Talent final on Thursday afternoon.
Lost Property
As well as our usual array of lost property we also have a significant number of items left over from the beach trip. Please do take a moment to check if anything belongs to your child as all items will be removed before the end of term. Lost property can be found under the shelter at the front of the school.
Playground update
I do apologise for the delay in reopening part of the front playground. We receive quarterly playground reports and it was noted that some areas required significant work. The cost of these repairs was considerable and we are indebted to the TPSA for help towards this. With several school playgrounds requiring work and contractors already busy over the holiday period we made the decision to have the work completed during the summer term whilst the weather was ‘better’ and our learners had access to the grass area at the back. We are hopeful the work will be signed off next week and the full playground will be back in use. Thank you for your patience.
Sponsored Walk
Our updated and final total raised for the Edinburgh’s Children’s Hospital charity was £1130. A fantastic effort. Thank you for your support.
The final week
Mon 22nd June
P7 breakfast rolls
Many thanks to Lynn, our school cook, for providing these
Tues 23rd June
P7 picnic to North Berwick
Please check additional information issued
Wed 24th June
9.15am – 10.30am approx Trinity Together – end of school year and P7 yearbook presentations
All Parents and Carers very welcome to join us at Bangholm P7 Parents and Carers invited to school for refreshments afterwards
Thurs 25th June
1.15pm – 2.45pm Trinity’s Got Talent final at Bangholm
Fri 26th June
School closes at 12.00
Non uniform – dress as you please!
11.50am Clapping out of P7 learners
Session 26 – 27
Mon 10th Aug
INSET
School closed to learners
Tues 11th Aug
INSET
School closed to learners
I wish everyone a very happy last week of the school year.
I hope you are all well. With just over two weeks to go before the end of term things are particularly busy in school. It feels a wee bit more like a case of winding up rather than, in any way, winding down!
Class organisation ; Aug 2026
All of our classes have now been reorganised for next session. Staff have taken considerable time to get this right for everyone taking into consideration friendships, learning, dynamics, parent / carer comments etc. As I am sure you will appreciate it is not an easy task but we are confident that the new classes will work well and allow friendships to broaden. Staff will share who teachers will be on Friday and on Tuesday June 16th everyone will have the opportunity to meet their new class and teacher and spend some time together.
Aberdour : Wed June 17th 2026
Many thanks for all the offers of help. We have over 100 parents and carers joining us. If you have volunteered you should have received a paper letter detailing transport and information. Please check school bags.
REMINDER : without payment learners are unable to attend as payment also acts as permission. Please check that you have paid.
Cycling in the area
It has been brought to my attention that the area around the building works on Craighall Road can be very busy and a request has been made that all cyclists dismount and push bikes whilst walking past Trinity Academy and down the lane.
Clothing and jewellery
Over the past few weeks we’ve seen an increase in the number of Trinity learners wearing cropped tops, hoop ear rings, make up etc to school. Such items are not suitable for a primary school and we ask for parent / carer support with this. Several learners also wear caps and hoodies. Whilst these are fine for outdoors they are asked to take such items off when inside the building. If purchasing items for school for August please do stick with our school colours – black, yellow, white and grey.
Sponsored walk
A huge thanks to our P7 HWB leadership group who organised the sponsored walk last Friday. It was a great success, much enjoyed by us all and raised a total of £969 for the Edinburgh Children’s hospital charity.
Sad news
It was with much sadness that we heard the news that a former Trinity teacher passed away last week. Jennifer Wilson was a much loved member of our staff team up to her retirement in 2019. Whilst many of you will not have had the pleasure of knowing Jennifer, some of our school community may have had older children who were taught by her. Our thoughts are with Jennifer’s family at this time.
The final two weeks.
JUNE
Tues 16th June
P7 to secondary schools
New P1 visits
Meet your Teacher for Aug
7.00pm TPSA mtg
Wed 17th June
P1 – P6 picnic to Aberdour
Beachwear! More information to follow
Parents amd Carers very welcome and much needed!
P7 to secondary schools
Thurs 18th June
P7 to secondary schools
New P1 visits
1.30 P5 Sculpture Workshop Exhibition
Hosted at Sculpture Workshop
Parents and Carers very welcome
6.30pm – 8.00pm P7 Leavers’ Party – secret garden
Wear what you like but be prepared for an optional water fight!
P7 parents and carers welcome to join from 7.45pm
Fri 19th June
House Elections
Tues 23rd June
P7 picnic to North Berwick
More information to follow
Wed 24th June
9.15am – 10.30amTrinity Together – end of school year and P7 yearbook presentations
All Parents and Carers very welcome to join us at BangholmP7 Parents and Carers invited to school for refreshments afterwards
Thurs 25th June
1.15pm – 2.45pm Trinity’s Got Talent final at Bangholm
Fri 26th June
School closes at 12.00
Non uniform
11.50am Clapping out of P7 learners
Session 26 – 27
Mon 10th Aug
INSET
School closed to learners
Tues 11th Aug
INSET
School closed to learners
Wed 12th Aug
Term starts for P1 – P7
I hope the last two weeks of the school term are happy and successful for everyone in Trinity.
I hope you are all well and that your child enjoyed our South American fiesta Sports Day. It is always such a fun morning with P7 ’embracing’ the relay at the end. The slightly colder weather didn’t deter them in any way. With only five weeks to the end of this school year it is a very busy time at Trinity as we look at class organisation, meet our new P1s, prepare to say goodbye to our P7s, enjoy various events etc. Please do keep an eye on the calendar below and watch out for text updates. We do occasionally get comments saying too much information is shared but this is definitely a case of we can’t please everyone. Some families will say to the office they don’t know what is going on!
Sponsored Walk : Friday June 6th
Our P7 Health and Wellbeing leadership group are currently planning a whole school 3K sponsored walk in aid of Edinburgh’s Children’s Hospital charity. A similar event was undertaken a few years ago and was extremely successful. Several Trinity families have benefited from this charity and any money we raise I am sure will go to good use. The group are planning a route along the local walkway but need help from parents and carers to act as marshals or to walk with some learners. Further information will be shared but in the meantime it would be helpful to the group to have an idea of numbers able to help so please do let us know either by emailing to admin@trinity-pri.edin.sch.uk or by completing the form (another one!) below.
We are looking forward to welcoming parents and carers to our Connecting Cultures Star Time and Coffee Morning on Friday. This event is being lead by our P7 Equalities and Diversity leadership group. Parents and Carers are welcome to join Star Time from 9.15am and then go onto the coffee morning or simply come in for the coffee morning at 10.10am. I do appreciate that many parents and carers have other commitments on a Friday morning and hope that across the year other opportunities are available to join school events.
Priorities for 26 / 27
Thank you to those of you who have taken time to respond to our questionnaire. The survey closes on Friday May 22nd so please do click on the link below if you would like to give us some feedback. Many thanks.
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