Clubs are cancelled today due to staff training. Thank you.

Today is Safer Internet Day 2017 , with the slogan ‘Be the Change. Unite for a better Internet.’

Your child will be learning ways to stay safe online this week in school. Childnet have a great site with lots of resources for you to look at     http://www.childnet.com/resources

Have a look at some of the activities your children will be doing at this link:

https://www.thinkuknow.co.uk/

Catholic Schools Week 2017 will take place from 29 January – 4 February on the theme ‘Catholic schools: Learning with Pope Francis to care for our common home’.  It is hoped that this theme will help schools to gain an understanding of the Pope’s encyclical letter

Laudato Si’.  The encyclical letter, discusses the harm humankind has caused on

earth and calls on ‘every person living on this planet’ to make necessary changes in our lives to protect our planet.  As Catholic schools, we can play an essential role in shaping the future of our planet by working together to care for our common home.  Our world is a gift from God and we are called to act asboth stewards and protectors during our time here.

The P7 Service of Light will be on Thursday 26th January at 10:45 am in the Church.

Dear Parent,

As I’m sure you’ll be aware, the INTO (teacher union) is planning to take industrial action on the morning of Wednesday 18^th January 2017.  This is a dispute between teacher unions and the employers; it is not a dispute with the school.The action, (a half day strike), will result in class or whole school closures across Northern Ireland.

The decision to close the school and / or send pupils home is never taken lightly, but in this instance, where staff have elected to take lawful industrial action, I will have no choice but to take appropriate steps to ensure the health, safety and wellbeing of all pupils.

We know that class / school closures inconvenience parents and carers and so I am writing to give you advance notice of the likely impact of the action on this school.

On the morning of the 18^th January, the following arrangements will be in place:

The school will close for the morning session for all pupils on the 18^th January and will be open to pupils from 12.30. Please do not send your child into school before this time as staff will not be  present to supervise your child. Your child should line up in the yard in the usual manner when they arrive at school.

 Please note that there will be no dinners served on this day.

If your child is entitled to a free school meal, please indicate on the reply slip below that you wish your child to have a snack provided for them when they arrive to school. If you intend to order a snack please return the reply slip by Friday 13^th January to the class teacher. If your child pays for their dinner or goes to lunches they can have lunch before coming to school or bring in a packed lunch with them.

I remind parents that this is a lawful industrial action reluctantly taken by union members across all schools. Should the situation change in the lead up to the strike I will inform you immediately via text and the school website.

Thank you for your patience and understanding.

Yours Sincerely, 

Mrs F Boyd

Principal

There will be Mass tomorrow for P4-P7 children in Holy Trinity Church at 10am to celebrate the Epiphany. All welcome.

Happy New Year everyone. We hope you all had a great Christmas and are looking forward to another exciting year ahead at Holy Trinity.

See you all tomorrow- Thursday 5th January.

We would like to wish you all a very Happy Christmas and a Peaceful 2017.

Thank you for all your support this year. We loved our P1-P4 Christmas Concert and the children worked so hard for it. Our Carol Service was beautiful and  it was great to see so many people there.

School finishes today at 10:30am.

We’ll be back again on Thursday 5th January.

Thank you  for all your fun yesterday! We loved our day of festive activities and jumper fun. Have a look at some of our classes below.

We look forward to seeing you all today at our Christmas Carol Service in Holy Trinity Church at 1:30pm.