Last Friday Urban Strides visited Holy Trinity and worked with all of the Key Stage 2 classes. We first came across Urban Strides when they were performing at Young Voices last year and they were spotted by the choir. A year later than planned (due to the pandemic) they came […]
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Thank you to all our Masked Readers, and to everyone who took part guessing the teachers and the books. We hope you enjoyed our World Book Day 2021 event, and urge you to KEEP READING! The Masked Readers Revealed… ? Who are The Masked Readers and what books are they […]
For their writing focus Toucan Class are reading ‘The Marvellous Fluffy Squishy Itty Bitty” by Beatrice Alemagna. To complement this we went on a town walk looking at all the different types shops we could find. The children were very well behaved, and we also had time to learn a […]
Panther Class went on a walk up the High Street this morning to make observations on food retail outlets as part of STEM Week!
It started with Booky Breakfast – thank you to everyone who was able to join us! And then Toucan Class visited Halsead Library and WHSmith. They learnt all about what the library does and how we can use it. At WHSmith they spent their World Book Day tokens. They all […]
Thank you to the PTFA for paying for the whole school to go to The Empire Theatre to see Toy Story 4 this afternoon. There was popcorn for everyone, and a snow machine too!
The Year 5s have a Homework Club at lunchtime to provide a peaceful enviroment for those who wish to get their homework done without distraction.
The Stone Age activities continued into the afternoon. Here are some of the photos of our time travellers learning all about life thousands of years ago.
We’ve stepped back in time and become hunter gatherers for the day… Will they survive? Watch this space! Half of the class are inside building a shelter in the style of ‘Stig of the Dump’. Meanwhile outside…all of the tribes are busy learning to track animals, grind oats, light fires, […]
We had a brilliant time indoor den building, carefully finding ways to join fabric and keep our dens upright! Some excellent teamwork and communication skills were beginning to show – well done everyone!
The children had a fantastic time at Brightlingsea until the rain came. Well done to all the children who were wonderfully sensible and well behaved throughout the day, and thank you to all the adults who went along to make the trip possible.
Craft Club Phase 2 of making our shoe bags. Fantastic use of the sewing machine, and next week they should be completed! Well done Craft Club!!!
This week we were delighted to welcome poet Matt Abbott to school to write poetry with children across the school. On Wednesday he worked with Year 6 and they have written a collaborative poem which will soon be shared in video form and be put on display in the school. […]
We had a fantastic first session, all the children were extremely proud of their letter creation ready to be added to the next sewing step of our mini shoe bag project…. more photos to come!
Gecko Class had a fantastic outdoor adventure day. They have been stick whittling, plant identifying and labelling, litter picking and flower using recycled plastic!
On Bank Holiday Monday our maypole dancers entertained the people of Halstead as part of the May Day celebrations in the Public Gardens. Thank you to all the children who represented the school, the parents who supported them, and to the staff who trained our dancers and organised the performance […]
Yesterday Toucan Class was gentlemen an’ ladies o’ fortune! They took part in all sorts o’ pirate activities, terrifyin’ the seas (and the school) in their man-o’-war the Toucan Tango, ‘avin’ jolly fun an’ learnin’ lots.
What a wonderful World Book Day we had yesterday! We were overwhelmed by the amount of parents and carers who came in to have breakfast and share books with us in the morning. It was lovely to see so many people enjoying a book together. Throughout the rest of the […]
Sumdog is a fun & fantastic mental maths platform featuring adaptive learning. It adapts to each pupil individually and delivers curriculum-aligned questions targeted to each pupil’s level. This means that it’s great for children across the school!* Today we are launching a 10-A-Day March Sumdog Challenge! Everyone getting 310 (10-a-day) answers correct […]
The members of Computer Tech Club reached their halfway point this week as they finished completely taking apart their computers. Every last bit has been stripped out, and now they have the job of putting everything back together again before testing them to see if it they boot back up.
The members of Digital Photography Club have taken hundreds and hundreds of photos this term. During the sessions they have been given themes such as depth of field, portraits, movement, closeups, reflection, and unusual viewpoints, which have been bookmarked by a couple of weeks when they could roam the school and […]
The members of Digital Photography Club have taken hundreds and hundreds of photos this term. During the sessions they have been given themes such as depth of field, portraits, movement, closeups, reflection, and unusual viewpoints, which have been bookmarked by a couple of weeks when they could roam the school and […]
Fresh from being YouTube stars in the Summer, our British Sign Language Club put on a special signed performance of A Very Hungry Caterpillar to Giraffe Class this week. What will they do next?
Kestrels have been really busy preparing and creating their stalls ready for the PTFA Christmas Bazaar on Friday 7th December!
On Friday afternoon over 100 pupils from Foundation to Year 6 chose to spend their Golden Time session on a walk into town to see the Remembrance Day poppy displays outside Holy Trinity Church, in the Public Gardens, and at the front of the library. Pupils and staff will be […]
A great effort from the football team at Witham Town FC for the Level 2 Finals. Some great individual performances and a good team display in our four games. Well done!
We have received this message from a member of the public: Huge thanks to the wonderful parents, carers and children of Holy Trinity who rallied around my mum this morning as she waited for an ambulance on Windmill Road. We had lots of blankets, tea and many kind words. It […]