I have had the perfect end to this term spending time with all our learners doing mini art as part of our Trinity Together Spring House event. Art, Sport, Dancing and Games were enjoyed by everyone with lots of house colours being proudly worn.
I was also incredibly proud during our Rights Respecting Schools accreditation visit which took place today. We now have our silver award and have been encouraged to go after gold as soon as possible. We received extremely positive feedback – a special thanks to Amber Ashraf and Laura Johnston who lead on this. The term could not have ended in a better way!
I would like to take this opportunity to wish all our Trinity School Community a very Happy Eid, Happy Easter, Happy Holiday time however you are celebrating.
I hope you are all well. It actually feels like we are quite literally ‘marching’ through March. Next week sees the end of term three and we are already looking at staffing and class organisation for August. Building works are progressing and we are hopeful that we will have our learning spaces back in full use for the start of the new school year. Works on the kitchen are scheduled to be completed by December meaning, fingers crossed, 2025 will see Trinity Primary ‘fully functioning’ again. In the meantime we continue to make the best of the situation. A huge thanks to all of the staff and to yourselves for your understanding.
RED NOSE DAY triumph!
Our Trinity Learners raised the amazing total of £1758 on Friday as well as a further £500 through the sale of red noses (thanks to P3 for leading on this) Watching our learners lead the event was fabulous with our four values shining through. Many thanks for your support.
P2 show
P2 entertained packed halls with their fabulous show. Their singing, dancing and narration was excellent and an absolute joy to watch.
Next it’s over to P4 who take to the stage on Thursday and Friday. No pressure P4!
Grow A Story
All Trinity learners are currently involved with our Grow A Story project. Stories from each class will be selected to go forward to our panel of judges who will have the daunting task of choosing a winner from each stage. It would be great to have a parent/carer representative on the panel. If you would be interested please drop me an email – jacqueline.scott@trinity-pri.edin.sch.uk
Raising Children with Confidence
This course will run next term lead by Kelly Tawake, PSO, and Sandra Brown, family support worker. The course is designed to support parents and carers to confidently raise their children and offers opportunity for discussion and sharing of ideas. Whilst over 40 expressed initial interest, less than 10 parents and carers attended the coffee morning to hear more about what is involved. If you are still interested please contact Kelly on the email below as spaces are still available.
kelly.tawake@trinity-pri.edin.sch.uk
Free Meal Entitlement
The introduction of free school meals for all children from P1 – P5 has seen a decrease in the number of families taking up their free meal entitlement. As this has a direct impact on elements of funding received by schools please do check if you are eligible and make an application. The entitlement is for more than free meals. Sandra Brown is able to assist if this would be helpful.
HWB survey
Our P3 – P7 learners are currently taking part in a survey lead by CEC to look at elements of Health & Wellbeing. The results will be shared next term.
TPSA P1 and P2 Easter Egg Hunt
This will take place tomorrow, Thursday March 21st at 6.00pm, in the back playground of school. Entrance can be made either through the school front door or through the gate from Victoria Park. Please do purchase a ticket on ParentPay if your child would like to take part.
Can you help?
We are putting the final touches to our updated curriculum ‘map’ (shared at house coffee mornings) and are looking for help with the graphic design aspect. If you have the necessary skills and are willing to support us with this please do get in touch : jacqueline.scott@trinity-pri.edin.sch.uk
Dates for your diary
Thurs 21st : 9.15am P4 show
6.00pm P1 and P2 Easter Egg hunt
Fri 22nd : 9.00am P4 show
Mon 25th : Cross Country finals
Tues 26th : P3 holding a French Cafe for P4
Wed 27th : P6 and P7 selected swimmers to Swimming Gala
6.00pm Choir performing at Spring Concert in Trinity Academy
Thank you so much for helping your children to support Red Nose Day. I hope a fun morning was had by all despite the weather. A bit of moving things around still allowed stalls and games to happen. Please be assured that all the money raised on all the stalls will go to Red Nose Day. A total will be shared next week.
We are looking forward to meeting with you tomorrow evening or Friday afternoon. Please take a moment to read the following so you are aware of where your child’s teacher will be located.
Our learners are very welcome to attend with parents and carers but we do ask that they remain with you.
Classrooms will be open to allow you to have a look at your child’s learning before or after you meet with their teacher.
The school book fair will be available in the foyer. World Book Day tokens (issued tomorrow) can be used against the purchase of any book.
There will also be items of preloved uniform. Please take what you can use and make a donation if you are able.
Access to school will be through the main front playground and door.
Staff can be ‘found’ in the following spaces :
P1 – P5 : main school hall
P6 : The Lodge at Trinity Academy (where P6 are taught)
P7 : The Pavilion (in the back playground)
STEAM (Karen Walsh) : The Pavilion
SfL (Alison Keillor, CarlyPattinson, Helen Woodruff) : main school hall
Welcome back to the second part of the Spring term. I hope the February break went well and our learners are ready and excited for the weeks ahead.
Building update – work has begun on replacing the roof in parts of our school. The first few days with builders on site have gone well overall although there is no doubt that we are facing a few challenges – the biggest possibly being the mud from shoes. Matting has been ordered for outside entrance doors and is now in place and many learners are happily taking off their shoes before entering classrooms in an attempt to protect carpets. Please do bear with us as we manage working within, what is quite literally, a building site. I will be attending regular meetings with the contractors and so far have found them to be extremely helpful and responsive.
Playground – I have been assured that the areas of the mound that have had to be removed will be reinstated as they were (hopefully in fact improved in a couple of ways). At the moment the timescale for having our playground back in full use is looking like August 2024. In the meantime we are having to make best use of the limited front playground and back playground areas.
There is growing concern from staff, parents and carers over the rough play being shown by many of our learners. This sort of play is not tolerated and we are regularly talking with children about what is and what is not acceptable, reminding them that there is no such thing as ‘play fighting’ and that pulling and pushing each other is unkind. Your support in also talking with your children about this is much appreciated.
P7 show – Our P7 show takes place on Tues Feb 27th in Trinity Academy. This is likely to be our last show in the TA hall as works will be beginning soon on their full refurbishment. It is, in some ways, the end of an era and I have no doubt that our current P7s, ably helped by our P6 choir, will make it a night to remember. I am already feeling incredibly proud of them all.
Reminders
World Book Day – Thurs March 7th
This year we will be celebrating World Book Day with the theme of ‘Grow A Story’. Everyone is welcome to come dressed up as a noun eg cat, footballer, dentist, Spiderman, or an adjective eg red, happy, old!
Parents/Carers evening and afternoon – Thurs March 7th 5.00pm – 8.00pm and Fri March 8th 1.00pm – 4.00pm
Please book an appointment by noon tomorrow (Fri 23rd Feb). Appointments are 10 minutes in length and we ask that all parents / carers keep to time.
Maths event -please see below for information from the University of Edinburgh
In-person Maths Circle – Saturday, 24 February, 1pm – 4pm – James Clerk Maxwell Building, University of Edinburgh. The (in-person) Edinburgh Maths Circle is a drop-in session where children aged 5 to 16 and their families can join in with exciting mathematical activities, games and puzzles. Light- refreshments are provided. You can stay as little or as long as you like. The event is free and there is no need to book a space. Please note that for safeguarding purposes, we ask that all participants are accompanied by a responsible adult.
Thank you for your support
Jacqueline Scott
Dates for your diary
February
Tues 27th : 7.00pm P7(P6) show : I’ve Got the Music in Me at Trinity Academy
Trinity Primary School 