Dear Parents,
I would like to take this opportunity to wish you and all your family a very Merry Christmas. It has been a very difficult year for staff, parents and pupils but everyone has been wonderful.
Once again I was amazed at the generosity of parents, pupils and staff who contributed £2500 to help those families in our school who needed some support this year. On behalf of myself and the families who received financial assistance, I would like to express my heartfelt thanks. You have made a huge difference.
Christmas has been very different this year. We were unable to have a Christmas concert but I hope that you enjoyed watching the children singing some Christmas songs on Seesaw and Microsoft Teams.
You may also enjoy looking at our website to see our Virtual Open Day.
On behalf of the staff of Holy Trinity and myself, we wish you a very Happy Christmas and a safe and peaceful New Year.
We hope to see everyone back to school on the 6th January.
Thank you
Mrs F Boyd
Principal

Dear Parents I would like to take this opportunity to thank you and the pupils for your cooperation and understanding as we adapted and changed routines to keep your children and our staff safe during this global pandemic. We know things have not been easy for parents. I would like to thank the staff, teaching and non teaching, who have undertaken so much extra work so that the school can be a safe place for the children, for staff, and for the family homes that they return to each day.

Friday 18th December – SCHOOL WILL CLOSE AT THE NORMAL TIME for all children.

Monday 21st / 22nd December – Remote Learning/Pack will be provided for all children.

Wednesday 6th January – ALL CHILDREN RETURN FOR A FULL SCHOOL DAY

Thank you, amazing parents and guardians for everything you have done and for your help in ensuring that we all have a happy and safe Christmas. Take care and keep safe,

Mrs F Boyd

We hope you enjoy our short video about our school. We are looking forward to welcoming our new Primary 1s next year and want to show you some of the many learning activities that go on throughout our school.

Have a look at our school Prospectus here.

If you would like to apply for a place at our school please click this link: https://www.eani.org.uk/parents/admissions

What a day we had, a very special visitor came to Holy Trinity this morning! Thank you Santa for coming to see us.

https://youtu.be/w5_PgUTXxyc

Get creative at Christmas with the Creative Learning Centres!

The Creative Learning Centre are offering a series of FREE online workshops for children and young people that will allow them to share digital art, music and festive greetings with family and friends. Workshops beginning the week of 30th November and all run from 4-5pm. Click the links below to register.

Tue 1 Dec – Creating Digital Christmas Cards (7-9 year olds)

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/creating-digital-christmas-cards-7-9-year-olds-tickets-129466081535

Tue 1 Dec & Tue 8 Dec – Design a Digital Festive Jumper (10-15 year olds)

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/design-a-digital-festive-jumper-10-15-year-olds-tickets-129276600793

Thu 3 Dec – Creating a Greenscreen Christmas Greeting (7-9 year olds)

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/creating-a-greenscreen-christmas-greeting-7-9-year-olds-tickets-129469032361

Thu 3 Dec – Intro to DJing and Remixing (12-16 year olds)

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/intro-to-djing-and-remixing-12-16-year-olds-tickets-129303216401

A big thank you to all our boys and girls for sending us their fabulous photos! Well done everyone. Prepare to be spooked!

Information regarding school closure
Notification from the Department of Education- schools will close from the 19th to the 30th October. Schools will re-open on Monday 2nd November.
The Education Minister has advised that there will be no remote learning during this two week period.
During the week beginning 19th October direct payments will be made to pupils in receipt of Free School Meals.
If we receive further information from the Department of Education we will communicate this to you.
Thank you Mrs F Boyd

Schoolbags

Advice from the PHA has now been amended and children are now permitted to bring schoolbags into school. Children may bring in the following in their schoolbag;

• Break
• Lunch
• Water
• Homework folder.
• Accelerated Reading Book

Items such as pencil cases, pencils, crayons, rubbers, rulers, toys etc may not be brought into school. We would ask parents to spray the children’s schoolbags with a disinfectant spray each evening.

Mid term Break

The school will be closed for the mid term break from Monday 26^th October to Friday 30^th October. School will re-open on Monday the 2^nd November

We will be having a Halloween Dress Up Day on Friday the 23^rd October. Children may wear a costume or may come in wearing their own clothes. We would ask each child to bring in a donation of £1.00, where possible. Thank you. 000000000