Well done Reception & KS1 for a lovely Mother’s Day Service at Lighthouse London. I am sure your parents were touched by your thoughful messages, poems and prayers. Thanks to Jemima at Lighthouse London for supporting this event.
Year 5 had a fabulous over night stay at The Mill. They enjoyed a long hike through the countryside, marshmallows by the campfire, geo-caching and a low ropes course. This residential prepares pupils (and parents) up for the longer trip to PGL in year 6.
Thank you to Mr Wickings and Ms Littlewood for giving up their time to take the pupils on this exciting trip.
Today Year 6 visited Autograph, a gallery in Shoreditch devoted to showing the work of contemporary artists from diverse backgrounds. They will be creating their own digital work inpsired by the artists they saw. One of the artists creates images using AI, so it was a good opportunity to teach pupils how to spot images created using AI, where the creator has not declared it’s use.
Year 3 had a visit from The Jewish Museum this week. They learnt about Passover and the significance of the Seder plate.
The House Captains represented Holy Trinity at magnificent St Paul’s Cathedral yesterday. Holy Trinity was one of the 155 Church of Engand Schools in the capital to join the annual schools service. This event is organised by The London Diocesan Board for Schools (LDBS), who are a key partner for Church of England Schools in London, providing direction, support, guidance and other services.
The service gives pupils a chance to see the cathedral in action as a place of worship, rather than as a tourist attraction. It also gives pupils an opportunity to appreciate the diversity of Christian practice, as the service is very traditonal compared to those at Lighthouse London.
Thank you to Jemima from Lighthouse for accompanying us.
It has been an exciting couple of days at Holy Trinity. Tuesday was Safer Internet Day – this year’s theme was ‘Smart tech, safe choices – Exploring the safe and responsible use of AI’. We use age appropriate resources from the UK Safer Internet Centre to explore this them with all the pupils.
There are also resources available for parents at https://saferinternet.org.uk/
Yesterday was a PE Enrichment Day. We plan these days to introduce pupils to exciting new sports & activities that are beneficial to health & wellbeing, but are not part of the curriculum. This is one of the ways we use our PE Premium funding. Enrichment Days ensure that all pupils have an opportuntiy to engage with the activities and get a taste of an activity they might like to pursue independently. This terms activity was Tai Chi, which has benefits for spiritual, mental and physical health.
Dear parents/carers,
The Department for Education has recently issued guidance stating that “all schools should be mobile phone-free environments by default.” At Holy Trinity we have always taken steps to minimise the use of mobile phones and make sure that they do not disrupt lessons or school life. However, we have set out our approach to mobile phones in a new policy, as suggested by the DfE.
Only pupils in Year 5 and Year 6, who walk to and from school on their own, and have permission from their parents/carers to carry a phone, may do so. These must be handed in on entry and will be given back as pupils leave the premises.
Year 5 & 6 parents do now need to sign a permission slip, which can be obtained from the school office. That is the only change to current procedures.
If parents/carers have an comments on the policy (see link below), please email the school office before Friday 6th March on [email protected].
Thank you to Year 4 for their very informative class assembly about the Anglo-Saxons. It was great to see the pupils sharing their knowledge in creative ways. Well done, Year 4!
Our computing curriculum is designed to give pupils a breadth of knowledge and skills ,so that they are ready to take part in a range of occupations later on. Yesterday, Year 5 made videos explaining the solar system. They learnt how to record sound and engineer it, so that it worked with video footage.
At Holy Trinity we believe that cultural spaces belong to people of all ages, so we endeavour to give even our youngest pupils a taste of what’s on offer in this great city of ours. Hence, Reception Class visited The National Gallery yesterday to find out how paintings can tell stories. The fun workshop was actualy led by a facilitator who trained to be a teacher at Holy Trinity!
Dear parents/carers,
On behalf of all the staff at Holy Trinity, I would like to wish you all a very merry Christmas and a happy new year. Thank you for all of your support this term and for your generous seasonal cards and gifts.
I hope you enjoy spending time with your children over the holiday. I would urge you to limit their time on electronic devices and fall back on ‘slow’ activities, such as jigsaw puzzles, cooking and crafting. Think back on your childhood memories of Christmas and I bet most of what you treasure is the time you spent with loved ones. Similarly, your children will remember the time they spent with you and their friends long after the novelty of a new gadget or game has faded.
Enjoy the holiday and we look forward to seeing you back here in 2026.
Ms McCleave
