Dear Parents and Carers

I hope that you had an enjoyable October week.  It has been great to see our Trinity learners back in school this week.  There is definitely an Autumnal feel to the weather so please do make sure your child comes to school with an outdoor named jacket.   As the saying goes ‘there is no such thing as bad weather only the wrong clothing’.  Being outdoors is so beneficial to wellbeing and we seldom have indoor breaktimes at Trinity.  Our learners also spend time in the secret garden and, hopefully soon, in our outdoor library during the school week.

Halloween

Our sponsored Halloween disco will take place in school on Friday Oct 27th.   Everyone is very welcome to dress up (please avoid anything too scary!).   Many thanks to the TPSA who have organised the gofundme link to allow funds to be raised for school.     Please see the link below if you would like to sponsor your child to dance!

https://gofund.me/9fbc1597

Playground Tidy

Our rescheduled playground tidy will take place from 9.30am – 12.30pm on Sunday Oct 29th.  Here’s hoping the weather is kinder to us this time.   All offers of help are much appreciated so please do come along, bringing with you any gardening tools, brushes etc that can be used.

Christmas Cards

You should have received the sample of your child’s Christmas card in school bags today.  The closing date for orders will be Mon Nov 13th.   All the information required to make an order is attached to the sample card.   Many thanks in advance for your support with this.   All funds raised go towards supporting out of school visits and additional resources for all our learners.

World Children’s Day – Mon Nov 20th

The theme for this year’s UNICEF World Children’s Day is Investing in the Future.  The day provides another opportunity for children to understand their rights and to have their voices heard.  We will be holding a peaceful protest at 1.30pm in Victoria Park in support of Climate Change Action.   Our plan is to come together as a school with banners and placards and walk round the ‘doughnut’.   Our protest will end with us singing  What A Wonderful World.  Parents and carers are very welcome to join us.

Brew and Blether

Many thanks to those of you who were able to come along on Fri 6^th Oct.   I was so proud of our House Captains who shared what it has meant for them to be a Trinity Learner.  We asked those present for their views on our values and our aims and whether these were still relevant.   

https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=af6sSGo3tUKfacnke7-5xOIkKPXH5aRMkxa6wP8C2ZxUMDNGOTdaNDZLUlUwNlBQWTdONTFXUTdKSS4u

The term ahead

Oct

Fri 27^th : Halloween Disco – sponsorship link above

Sun 29^th : 9.30 – 12.30 Playground tidy – All welcome

Nov 

Thurs 2^nd : P1 for Aug 2024 : Open Day – Sessions at 9.00am, 11.00am, 1.45pm

Wed 15^th : 9.00am P1 – P3 Book Bag event

Mon 20^th : 1.30pm Climate Action protest in Victoria Park – All welcome

Fri 24^th : 9.00am Brew and Blether

Mon 27^th : 9.15am P3 show – more info to follow

Tues 28^th : 9.15am P3 show – more info to follow 

Thurs 30^th : 9.00am House Christmas Art morning – All weclome.   Time to get the Christmas jumpers out again!

Dec

Fri 8^th : 9.15am Santa Fun Run in Victoria Park – All welcome

Mon 11^th : 9.15am P1 Nativity

Tues 12^th : 9.15m P1 Nativity

Wed 13^th : Flu Vaccination

Thurs 14^th : Christmas Lunch

Fri 15^th : 9.20am Christmas celebration in North Leith Parish Church – All welcome

Mon 18^th : P1 and P2 Party

Tues 19^th : P3 – P6 Christmas Activities

Thurs 21^st : PJs and Film!

Fri 22^nd : Non uniform day.   Singalong.

                    School closes at 12.00noon for the holidays

Last plea to parents and carers about bringing in a costume to donate to this year’s Halloween Costume Swap. Tomorrow morning is the last chance to bring something in so your child can then choose something new from the swap tomorrow (Tuesday 10th October).

Many thanks to all the parents and carers who have already brought something in!

Dear Parents and Carers

I hope you had a good weekend.  

At the current time the planned Industrial Action is set to go ahead.  This will mean that schools will be closed to learners on Tues 26th, Wed 27^th and Thurs 28^th Sept.   Learning grids will be issued today on various platforms so do check school bags,  our school website and TEAMS.   If you experience any difficulties please contact school.  A daily check in on TEAMS will take place at staggered times to hopefully allow siblings to ‘attend’ even if sharing a device.

9.00am P5

9.30am P6

10.00am P7

10.30am P4

11.00am P2

11.30am P3

12.00noon P1

Parents’ Evening / Afternoon

These will take place on Thurs 5^th and Fri 6^th October.  It is hoped the booking system will go live today.  Please do bear with us as we are so missing Rebecca Boath, our administrator, who oversees this.  Many thanks to Katie Berry who is doing a fabulous job.

Brew and Blether : Fri 6^th Oct at 9.00am – 9.45am – What does it mean to be a Trinity Learner?

(Please note this is a change of date)

An opportunity to come along and hear from our House Captains about what it means to be a Trinity Learner and chat about what you feel is important for our learners to value and experience.

To help us have an idea of numbers take a minute to complete the form below or email us on admin@trinity-pri.edin.sch.uk

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Community Secret Garden tidy – Sunday October 8^th from 9.30am

All offers of help from 9.30am on Sun 8^th Oct will be much appreciated.  There are various jobs needing tackled to get the garden ready for winter – weeding, pruning, cleaning of chicken house, clearing of pond etc etc.   Definitely a case of many hands will make light work so thank you in advance. 

Flu Vaccination

New date : Wed Dec 13th

Playground behaviour

Your children may have mentioned that I have spoken to all classes regarding behaviours that we are seeing regularly in our playground.  The level of ‘play’ fighting and rough play is concerning along with the use of inappropriate language, dropping of litter and lack of respect towards adults and each other.   This is particularly evident during football where the decision has been made to suspend the current in school league.   I have explained to our learners that the only behaviour they can control is their own and they must think carefully before getting caught up with others.    It is appreciated if the same message is repeated at home.   On a much more positive note our secret playground patrollers reported seeing people being asked to join in, showing others how to play games, picking up litter, laughing and having fun – just what we all want! 

Thank you for your support

Jacqueline Scott 

Jacqueline Scott  | Head Teacher | Trinity Primary School

Tel 0131 554 2062 (direct dial 85631) | Email :  jacqueline.scott@trinity-pri.edin.sch.uk 

Website : www.trinity-pri.com

Perseverance          Respect          Creativity          Kindness

Dear Parents and Carers

First and foremost please accept my apologies if you were at all disappointed at our MADD event this morning.  We are so grateful for the incredible turnout of support and certainly did not mean to cause anyone any upset.  Making the decision to move to Trinity Academy was made with the best of intentions – I had however underestimated the numbers of parents and carers who would be joining us.   I hope that asking P1 and P2 parents and carers to leave after seeing their child then allowed others to come in to see theirs.  As we always say to our learners, we are learning all the time and can always make things better.  I will take this on board!  Thanks also to Trinity Academy for accommodating us at the last moment.    

I enjoyed a fabulous time at Benmore Outdoor Centre with P7 last week.  The weather certainly helped but the highlight for me was how true to our values the P7s were.  Not only did they persevere trying out, what was for many, new and challenging activities, they also showed themselves to be kind and respectful to each other and to the staff.  Creativity was also evident particularly during Hunt the Teacher when some staff managed to hide so well they couldn’t be found!  We are already booked to return in September 2024 for our current P6s to have the opportunity for a residential experience (aka School Camp!)

The same week saw P6 enjoy an extended outdoor education experience at Bonaly Scout Camp setting off at 9.00am and returning at 9.00pm.  Feedback has been really positive so we are planning to include such a day into our Trinity Opportunities journey.  Please see the attached poster if you are unsure what this is.  

Many thanks to yourselves for supporting such experiences and to staff for going above and beyond to ensure they happen.

Building update including lunches

We are still awaiting further information as to when works will commence on the roof areas affected by RAAC.  In the meantime P6 continue to enjoy the Lodge classrooms and our kitchen staff are managing to provide a hot meal.  Please be aware that the hot meal service is restricted at times due to food having to be cooked off site and transported to school.  This might mean a slight change to what is offered on Parentpay.

SHREK Jan 2024 

Thank you to those who have paid the ticket price (£20) on Parentpay.  This will be the total cost for the visit as the TPSA have kindly agreed to pay for the coach transport.  If you do not wish your child to attend the theatre please do let us know as we currently have tickets for all Trinity learners and do not want tickets to be wasted.

Please see below for a list of dates for the year ahead.  Hopefully having these in advance will help a bit with planning.  Further detail will be issued as required, as will communication of additional events and experiences as they arise eg we are waiting for the dates for Scottish Opera for our P5s.

Thank you for your support.  

Jacqueline Scott

Dates for the year ahead – also available on the calendar on our school website

Sept 

Mon 18^th :  Monday Holiday

Fri 22^nd : Cinema night

Tues 26^th : Flu vaccination

Wed 27^th : P6 to outdoor event at Holyrood

Fri 29^th : 9.00am Brew and Blether – Do our values still reflect what we want for Trinity Learners?   Please come along to hear from our House Captains about what it means to learn at Trinity

Oct 

Thurs 5^th : 5.00pm – 8.00pm Parents / Carers evening – booking system will open soon 

Fri 6^th : 1.00pm – 4.00pm Parents / Carers afternoon – booking system will open soon

Tues 10^th : Halloween costume swap

                  7.00pm Parent Council mtg (online)

Fri 13^th : Non uniform day

       11.00am Star Time

               School closes at 12 for October holiday

Mon 16^th – Fri 20^th : October week holiday

Mon 23^rd : INSET – school closed for pupils

Tues 24^th : School returns

Fri 27^th : Sponsored Halloween Disco

Nov

Thurs 2^nd : New P1 Aug 2024 Open Day

Mon 13^th : P1 – P3 Magic Show

Wed 15^th : P2 and P3 Book bag event

Fri 24^th : 9.00am Brew and Blether – Being Me!  Please come along to chat about what inclusion means at Trinity

Mon 27^th : P3 show

Tues 28^th : P3 show

Thurs 30^th : Christmas House Art morning

          6.15pm TPSA Light switch on

Dec

Fri 8^th : Santa Fun Run

Mon 11^th : P1 show

Tues 12^th : P1 show

                    P7 to Winter Wonderland

Wed 13^th : Star Time

Fri 15^th : Christmas Service

Mon 18^th : P1 and P2 party

Tues 19^th : P3 – P6 activity day

Thurs 21^st : PJs and film day!

Fri 22^nd : Non uniform day

        Trinity Together singalong

Jan

Mon 8^th : INSET – school closed to pupils

Tues 9^th : School returns

Fri 12^th : Argyll coffee morning and learning chat

Tues 16^th : P7 to Risk Factory

Fri 19^th : Craighall coffee morning and learning chat

Wed 24^th : SHREK – the return to school is expected to be at about 5.30pm

Thurs 25^th : Wear a bit of tartan day

Fri 26^th : Royston coffee morning and learning chat

Feb

Fri 2^nd : Melville coffee morning and learning chat

Mon 12^th – Fri 16^th : school closed for Feb week holiday

Mon 19^th : school returns

March

Thurs 7^th : World Book Day – T shirts for wearing will be decorated in school

                   5.00 – 8.00pm Parents / Carers evening

Fri 8^th : 1.00 – 4.00pm Parents / Carers afternoon

Fri 15^th : Red Nose Day

Mon 18^th : P4 show

Tues 19^th : P4 show

Wed 27^th : 6.00pm TPSA P1 and P2 Easter event

Thurs 28^th : Spring House event

          School closes for holidays

Fri 29^th – Mon 15^th April : school closed for holidays

April

Mon 15^th : Holiday

Tues 16^th : School returns

Mon 29^th : P2 show

Tues 30^th : P2 show

May

Fri 3^rd : Bring a jar day

Mon 6^th : Holiday

Tues 7^th : INSET – school closed for pupils

Sat 11^th : TPSA May Fair

Mon 13^th : Photos

Tues 14^th : Photos

Fri 17^th : Sports Day

Mon 20^th : Holiday

Fri 24^th : 9.00am Brew and Blether

Wed 29^th : New P1 Aug 2024 event

Thurs 30^th : P5 – P7 Athletics Festival

June

Thurs 6^th : Open Evening

Fri 14^th : House elections

Tues 18^th – Thurs 20^th : P7 to secondary school

Tues 18^th : Meet your Teacher

Wed 19^th : P1 – P6 Picnic

Thurs 20^th : 6.30pm P7 Leavers’ Do!

Fri 21^st : Star Time

Mon 24^th : P7 picnic

Wed 26^th : End of year celebration

Thurs 27^th : Trinity’s Got Talent final

Fri 28^th : Non uniform day

                12.00 School closes for summer holidays

Session 2024 / 2025

Pupils return on Wed 14^th August 2024

Jacqueline Scott  | Head Teacher | Trinity Primary School

Tel 0131 554 2062 (direct dial 85631) | Email :  jacqueline.scott@trinity-pri.edin.sch.uk 

Website : www.trinity-pri.com

Dear Parents and Carers

What a lovely day for the 1^st of September.  Long may this weather continue particularly for P6 and P7 who are off on outdoor adventures to Bonaly Outdoor Centre and Benmore next week. We wish them all a fabulous time.

It was great to see so many of you at our Meet the Teacher open evening last night.  I hope you found it useful.  For those of you unable to attend, the powerpoints explaining the year ahead will be on the school website by the end of next week.

If you have a minute please do complete the form below to give us some feedback.

https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=af6sSGo3tUKfacnke7-5xOIkKPXH5aRMkxa6wP8C2ZxUQVBFS1Q0VVhMMFpYTVpJVE1EOEFQUVlCRS4u: Trinity News: 1st September 2023

At Trinity Together today we talked about the United Nations Rights of the Child.  We are hoping to be awarded our silver Rights Respecting Schools award in the not too distant future.  Please take a minute to ask your child what they know about these rights and what they mean.  You may want to watch the following youtube clips:

and

Our House Captains have taken to their responsibilities well and, I hope, showed themselves to be polite and helpful last night.  They will be sharing what it means to be a Trinity Learner and asking for your views on our values, aims and opportunities at our first Brew & Blether on Fri 29^th Sept at 9.00am.  Keep a look out for more information.

PSAs

We are indebted to our PSA team who provide support for our learners.  The City of Edinburgh is currently recruiting for PSAs across the city. If you would be interested in such a post please apply using the link below.  The advert closes on Wed 6^th September.

https://www.myjobscotland.gov.uk/councils/city-edinburgh-council/jobs/pupil-support-assistants-primary-schools-city-wide-346040

Building update

As you are aware we are one of the schools currently affected by RAAC (reinforced concrete).  Whilst it is not ideal our P6 learning spaces in the Lodge are of a high quality and we have been able to reinstate hot food.  Many thanks go to everyone involved for their hard work, flexibility and support.

The following update is from City of Edinburgh. 

The design process for replacement of the roof in the closed area of the school has continued over the summer and the latest estimated procurement and delivery programme suggests the works on site would begin early in 2024.  This could be subject to change as further work is progressed on the design and delivery options.  

Thank you for your continued support.   

Best wishes

Jacqueline Scott