Dear Parents and Carers

Week three of the school year already!   Our P1 classes are already very settled and most have taken to the routines of school with absolute ease.  It is lovely to see them running round our playground, playing with older learners and thoroughly enjoying all that school offers.   A meeting for P1 parents and carers to share what will be taught in P1, and how you can help will take place on Fri 18^th September. 

Learning in P2 – P7 continues at pace with our MADD about Europe focus, P3 visits to the Book festival and P4 bramble walks

Meet the Teacher : tonight (Wed) at 5.45pm – 6.45pm

Please do come along this evening to meet your child’s teacher and see their learning environment.  Each teacher will give a brief presentation about the year ahead at 5.50pm and then repeat it at 6.15pm.

Wellbeing Wednesday

Many thanks to those who have sponsored Wellbeing Wednesday.  This was relaunched today with everyone enjoying a piece of fruit free of charge.

Pantomime : December 1^st and 8th

As I am sure you will understand theatre tickets need to be purchased well in advance.  We have reserved a seat for Pinocchio for  all Trinity learners but need to know if children are attending.  We don’t want anyone to be disappointed if a seat hasn’t been confirmed for them.  If you haven’t already done so please confirm if your child will be coming along.  

Benmore

Next week sees our P7 learners heading to Benmore Outdoor Centre.  This residential experience is a key part of the Trinity Learner Journey and is always greatly enjoyed. 

MADD about Europe event : Friday September 17^th at 9.15am

Parents and carers are invited to join us in the playground (weather permitting) to share music and dance from different European countries.   Learners are welcome to come to school dressed as a tourist or wearing the colours of the flag of the country they have learnt about. 

Thank you for support and the many kind words acknowledging my retirement in February.  They are very much appreciated.

Best wishes

Jacqueline Scott 

Website : www.trinity-pri.com

Perseverance          Respect          Creativity          Kindness

Dear Trinity Learners, Parents and Carers

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 12^th 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 26^th August from 5.45pm (Wed 19^th Aug for P3S).

With very best wishes and thanks

Jacqueline Scott

Dear Parents and Carers

What a busy week it’s been at Trinity

• 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.

Best wishes

Jacqueline Scott

Dear Parents and Carers

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 16^th everyone will have the opportunity to meet their new class and teacher and spend some time together.

Aberdour : Wed June 17^th 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.

Thank you for your continued support.

Jacqueline Scott

Perseverance          Respect          Creativity          Kindness