Dear Parents and Carers

I hope you are all well and enjoying the Spring weather.

The fantastic total of £2230 was raised on Friday at our Red Nose Day event.   A huge thank you to everyone involved. The enthusiasm, teamwork, creativity and kindness of our Trinity learners shone through and it was such a fun morning.   Watching the choir and cheerleading team start us all off made me feel very proud, yet again,  of our school community.  

Outdoor library

It is great to see learners choosing books over breaktimes and sitting together and reading.   We have lots of novels and longer books but would love to have comics and factual books to add –  donations are most welcome. 

Pupil Equity Funding

Pupil Equity Funding is provided to all schools to help support closing the poverty related attainment gap.  Schools are able to use the money to target interventions that may otherwise not be able to happen. At Trinity our PEF is used in the following ways : 

Family Support Worker – Sandra Brown (Citadel) works at Trinity on a Wednesday and meets with parents and carers to support parenting, financial assistance etc 

Pupil Support Officer – Kelly Tawake works full time and supports several of our learners enabling them to achieve in school 

Nurture teacher – Laura Nisbet provides two days of additional support for learning with a focus on improving attainment for those affected by poverty 

Play therapist – one day a week to support some of our care experienced learners  

Opportunity funding – financial support to allow learners to participate in a range of learning opportunities eg skiing, Benmore, Forest schools.

As we consider how to best use funding in the year ahead please take a minute to complete the following

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Performance at Trinity

Having the opportunity to ‘take to the stage’ and perform, whether it be speaking, dancing, singing,  is an excellent way of building confidence and one that we actively promote at Trinity.   Our P7 show is the culmination of previous opportunities across the years and involves all our P7s (85) dancing and singing and each having lines to say, the show is written by ourselves so there is a part for everyone. P6 learners take responsibility for props, provide back stage support and the choir on the evening.   In previous years we have used the main hall at Trinity Academy but with the current building works this year we are very excited to be moving to a new venue – The Pitt on West Shore Road.  The show will take place on Thursday May 8th.  

Piper needed

As is the tradition our P7s are always piped out of school on the last day of term.  Our previous members of staff who were able to pipe have now moved on from Trinity and we are looking for someone to fill their shoes.   If you know of anyone who could join us from 2.30pm on Thursday June 26^th please do let me know.  Many thanks in advance.  

Date reminders

March

Thurs 27^th : Grp to Swimming Gala

Mon 31st : Happy Eid from everyone at Trinity

          P3B to Art Gallery

April

Tues 1^st : P5 skiing

Thurs 3^rd : 6.00pm P1 & P2 TPSA Easter egg hunt

Fri 4^th : Spring House Event – wear your house colours

                School closes at 12.00noon for holidays

Summer term

April Mon 22nd : School returns

Wed June 18^th : P1 – P6 picnic to Aberdour : ALL help much needed and much appreciated.  

Thank you for your support

Jacqueline Scott

HeadTeacher

Dear Parents and Carers

As we approach Red Nose Day tomorrow (Friday 21st)  I am looking forward to seeing our Trinity learners lead the event.   Every year I am always so proud of how, in a matter of minutes, they set up stalls and activities and use a range of skills to raise money for charity.  Our P3s have done a fantastic job selling red noses and sharing information with the school at Trinity Together.  Please see below for a reminder of P3s message.

This will be a morning for us to show our kindness and creativity to raise money for those in need.

You can do your bit by organising a stall.  You can sell food, toys and books, organise a challenge, anything that will be fun and can raise money.

The items on your stall can only cost 20p, 50p or £1

You will need to bring in a float.   This is a tub of coins so you cna give your customers change.  This float can either be handed in as a donation or taken home to your parents and carers.

It will be a morning of fun and creativity so dress up, down, in red or from the 80s and bring in money to spend for the good others.

Outdoor Library

A big thanks to Elissa and Zoe from P5 who have been our first Reading Champions and have taken responsibility for our outdoor reading kiosk.  They have done a great job ensuring it is kept tidy, making sure books are returned and encouraging reading.

Mrs Lamb and the gardening group are delighted with the donations made for plants.  Many thanks.  Please watch the space ‘grow’ as more plants are planted.

August 2025

We are starting the process of planning staffing and class organisation for August 2025.  Please do let us know, as a priority, if your child will not be returning to Trinity Primary after the summer holidays.   This year will see all our classes being rearranged to form new classes.  Experience shows us that providing opportunities for our learners to extend friendships and to learn with and from different groups is beneficial as they move through primary school.  Please be assured that staff take considerable time to get this right for all our learners taking into consideration a range of criteria – established positive friendships, learning styles, additional support needs, gender balance etc.   It’s no easy task but one that is worth spendig time on.   x

If you wish to discuss this further please do get in touch with myself using the admin email box – admin@trinity-pri.edin.sch.uk.   

Please check below for dates for the next few days.

March

Thurs 20th : P2 to the Castle

                       Edinburgh College working with P6

Fri 21st : Red Nose Day (see above) 

Mon 24^th : P3G to Art Gallery

                      P6 & P7 Cross Country event

Tues 25^th : P5 skiing

Thurs 27^th : Grp to Swimming Gala

Mon 31st : Happy Eid from everyone at Trinity

          P3B to Art Gallery

April

Tues 1^st : P5 skiing

Thurs 3^rd : 6.15pm P1 & P2 TPSA Easter egg hunt

Fri 4^th : Spring House Event – wear your house colours

                School closes at 12.00noon for holidays

Mon 22nd : School returns

Thank you for your continued support and I look forward to a fun Friday!

Best wishes

Jacqueline Scott

Dear Parents and Carers

As we approach Red Nose Day this Friday I am looking forward to seeing our Trinity learners lead the event.   Every year I am always so proud of how, in a matter of minutes, they set up stalls and activities and use a range of skills to raise money for charity.  Our P3s have done a fantastic job selling red noses and sharing information with the school at Trinity Together.  Please see below for a reminder of P3s message.

This will be a morning for us to show our kindness and creativity to raise money for those in need.

You can do your bit by organising a stall.  You can sell food, toys and books, organise a challenge, anything that will be fun and can raise money.

The items on your stall can only cost 20p, 50p or £1

You will need to bring in a float.   This is a tub of coins so you cna give your customers change.  This float can either be handed in as a donation or taken home to your parents and carers.

It will be a morning of fun and creativity so dress up, down, in red or from the 80s and bring in money to spend for the good others.

Outdoor Library

A big thanks to Elissa and Zoe from P5 who have been our first Reading Champions and have taken responsibility for our outdoor reading kiosk.  They have done a great job ensuring it is kept tidy, making sure books are returned and encouraging reading.

Mrs Lamb and the gardening group are delighted with the donations made for plants.  Many thanks.  Please watch the space ‘grow’ as more plants are planted.

Please check below for dates for the next few days.

March

Thurs 20th : P2 to the Castle

                       Edinburgh College working with P6

Fri 21st : Red Nose Day (see above) 

Mon 24^th : P3G to Art Gallery

                      P6 & P7 Cross Country event

Tues 25^th : P5 skiing

Thurs 27^th : Grp to Swimming Gala

Mon 31st : Happy Eid from everyone at Trinity

          P3B to Art Gallery

April

Tues 1^st : P5 skiing

Thurs 3^rd : 6.15pm P1 & P2 TPSA Easter egg hunt

Fri 4^th : Spring House Event – wear your house colours

                School closes at 12.00noon for holidays

Mon 22nd : School returns

Thank you for your continued support and I look forward to a fun Friday!

Best wishes

Jacqueline Scott

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

Dear Parents and Carers

NSPCC’s Speak out. Stay safe. programme

During the week beginning Jan 13^th we will be participating in the NSPCC’s Speak out. Stay safe. Programme.  Speak out. Stay safe. is a programme for children aged 5-11 which aims to help children both understand abuse in all its forms and to recognise the signs. Children are taught to speak out if they are worried, either to a safe adult or Childline.   The programme has been approved by the City of Edinburgh Council.

This child friendly programme is aligned with the HWB curriculum and consists of age appropriate presentations and supporting classroom based activities.  The content is delivered in an engaging and interactive way with the help of the NSPCC mascot Buddy.

Parents and carers are asked to let school know if their child may have experienced anything (in the past or happening now) which may mean they need extra support before, during or after taking part in this programme.

If you would like to know more about the Speak out. Stay safe. programme visit www.nspcc.org.uk/speakout.

Feedback survey for pupils aged 7-11

The NSPCC would like to gather feedback from pupils aged between 7-11 about the Speak out. Stay safe. programme to gauge their learning. This will be voluntary and children can still take part in the programme if they don’t take part in the survey.

• All survey questions are multiple choice and focussed on the programme.
• The survey is anonymous and confidential.  However, if in the process of completing the survey, a teacher becomes concerned for a pupil’s welfare (e.g., through something a pupil says) we will follow our school’s safeguarding procedures.
• If you do not want your child to take part in the survey, please inform the school office by email to admin@trinity-pri.edin.sch.uk

Additional NSPCC resources for families to help keep children safe

The NSPCC have shared some important information below on wider NSPCC resources and support to help keep children safe.

Parent/Carer supportTake a look at information, support, advice and activities from NSPCC for parent and carers.www.nspcc.org.uk/parents

Activities to extend learning at homeTake part in games and activities at home to help children learn about speaking out and staying safe.www.nspcc.org.uk/activities

Online Safety HubFor information on a range of different online safety topics including gaming, social media, sharing images, parental controls and more.www.nspcc.org.uk/onlinesafety	Childline – under 12’sChildline have an accessible website with advice, support, games and activities. Children can change the language, enlarge text and also listen to the content.www.childline.org.uk/buddy (5-7)www.childline.org.uk/kids (7-11)
Talk PANTS with your childrenTalk PANTS is a simple conversation to help keep children safe from sexual abuse. From P through to S, each letter of PANTS provides simple but important messages. Download the free resources at www.nspcc.org.uk/pants.

I hope you find this information about the NSPCC and the Speak out. Stay safe. programme helpful as we work together to keep all our children safe.

Kind regards

Jacqueline Scott

Dear Parents and Carers

Happy New Year and welcome back to term three.    I hope you were able to enjoy the festive season and managed to spend time with family and friends.  It is lovely to see our learners back in school today and ready for the term ahead.  

Please see below for some updated information :  

House Coffee Mornings and Learning Chats

Many of you will be familiar with our annual House Coffee Mornings and Learning Chats.  These provide an opportunity for parents and carers to sit with their child / children and talk with them about what they have been learning, how well they are doing and what they can do to improve whilst at the same time enjoying a coffee or tea and a biscuit wrapped in the correct house colour.  Our Argyll House Captains are on the search for a green wrapped biscuit that isn’t mint, as mint does not seem to be a favourite!

This year we have decided to try holding the coffee mornings on two Fridays only – please note this is a change to previous dates.

Friday 24^th January   

9.00am – 9.50am : Craighall

11.00am – 11.50am : Argyll (not Fri 17^th Jan)

Friday 31st January

9.00am – 9.50m : Melville

11.00am – 11.50am : Royston (not Fri 7^th Feb)

Communication

As you are aware many schools, including ourselves, currently use X (formerly Twitter) as a form of communication to share what our learners are learning.    Concern has been raised about the use of this platform and we are hoping to move onto using an alternative in the not too distant future.  The digital learning team within CEC are supporting this.

Dates for your diary  (please note these maybe subject to change)

We are still unsure as to the date of the P7(P6) show as we still do not have a venue large enough to accommodate the cast and the audience.  Please be assured ‘the show will go on’ in some form or another.

January

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

Thurs 23rd : 6.30pm – 7.45pm P7 Family Ceilidh – please see separate email for further info

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 – see SWAY sent           out at end of term for further info

                   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

April 

Thurs 3^rd : 6.00pm – 6.45pm : TPSA P1 & P2 Easter Egg Hunt

Fri 4^th : Non Uniform Day

                School closes for holidays

Tues 22nd : School returns

May

Fri 2^nd : Sponsored walk – more info to follow

Mon 5^th : Holiday

Tues 6^th : INSET – school closed to learners

Sat 10^th : 11.00am – 1.00pm TPSA May Fair

Mon 12^th : Individual / Family photos

Tues 13^th individual / Family photos

Fri 16^th : Sports Day

Mon 19^th : Holiday

Fri 23rd : Global Foods Day

June

Mon 2nd : 9.10am – 10.00am P1 show – parents and carers welcome

Tues 3^rd : 9.10am – 10.00am P1 show – parents and carers welcome

Wed 4^th : P5 – P7 Athletics Festival

Thurs 5^th : 5.45pm – 6.45pm Open Evening

Wed 11^th : 6.00pm P7 parents / carers mtg at Trinity Academy tbc

Fri 13^th : House captain elections

Tues 17^th : P7 to secondary schools

                       New P1 for Aug 2025 to visit

                      pm : Meet your Teacher

Wed 18^th : P7 to secondary schools

                       P1 – P6 picnic to Aberdour : parents and carers very welcome and much needed!

Thurs 19^th : P7 to secondary schools

                         New P1 for Aug 2025 to visit

          6.30pm – 8.00pm P7 Leavers’ Do

Mon 23rd : P7 picnic to North Berwick

Wed 25^th : 9.30am – 10.30am : End of year celebration including P7 yearbook presentations ; parents and carers very welcome

Thurs 26^th : Non uniform day

                        Trinity’s Got Talent final (time tbc)

                        School closes at usual time for holidays

Best wishes

Jacqueline Scott

           

Dear Parents and Carers

Another Christmas@Trinity comes to an end and  I hope that all of our learners have enjoyed the various activities.   I spent a fun filled time with P7 at Winter Wonderland as they experienced the waltzers. dodgems, tecnho, the helter skelter etc.   I think the record was eight consecutive rides! Our choir have been out singing at the airport and local care home and were a credit to themselves and to the school, yesterday saw everyone ‘relaxing’ in pyjamas whilst watching a film, we’ve had Christmas Star Time, a Christmas picnic lunch,  the silent disco, parties and art.   A huge thanks again to our TPSA who have supported all the in school activities and allowed it to be a ‘free’ Christmas for our families.

I often reflect on how lucky I am to have the privilege of being HeadTeacher at Trinity and would like to take this opportuity to thank all our learners, staff and families for helping to make our school the great place that it is. We really are a Trinity Team.   

I hope you all have a very happy festive season with family and friends and wish you all the very best for a 2025 filled with fun, laughter and love. 

School returns for learners on Tues January 7^th 2025.

Thank you for all your support

Jacqueline Scott