The second week of graphics manipulation by Class JS saw them trying to be more realistic with their work using Paint.NET The aim was to create an image that, even if just for a moment, made the viewer think it was real. We still ended up with some surfboarding penguins, but […]
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In keeping with our whole school learning theme ‘Animal Antics’ we have arranged for some special visitors to come to Holy Trinity. On 30th September we will receive a visit from ‘Night Owls’ – an organisation that provides owls for the television and film industry. Night Owls also bring a […]
This year we will again be offering, due to demand, two ‘performances’ of our Harvest Festival, on the 1st & 2nd of October – both starting at 1.30pm in the hall. Our chosen charity this year is the Halstead Food Bank, so this year we will be collecting money and […]
Last week the children in Years 1/2 were asked to draw any animal they wanted. In the second graphics session they were given specific animals to draw – a somewhat harder task. As the text being studied in Year 1/2 at the moment is The Little Red Hen the children […]
In Year 5/6 we are experimenting with various pieces of software with a view to presenting information in imaginative ways later in the term. This week they were using Paint.NET, a super piece of software you can download for free via the link on our Software Downloads page. (They were given […]
Thank you to everyone who came along to our first Celebration Assembly of the year; the response was staggering and I hope that you enjoyed seeing our school celebrating all the achievements of our wonderful children. Please do not forget the PTFA Inflatable Fun Day this weekend, the PTFA have […]
Class HR are working towards producing a series of podcasts for broadcast on the website later in the term. Yesterday they had a play with some of the cut & paste editing features of Audacity. To give them something to work with Mr. Handy, Miss Love and Mrs Rayner recorded […]
The Holy Trinity Scientist Research Project was launched this morning in assembly. All you have to do is research our Scientist for this half term – Charles Darwin. Who is he? When and where was he born? What has he done? Why is it important? Present your findings to Miss […]
Year 1/2 are experimenting with different pieces of software. First up was the simple graphics element of 2Publish. Given the theme of ‘animals’, below you can see what Paddington Bear Class came up with. We’ve now published work from five different classes. There have been a few technical problems such […]
We’ve shown some images created by the Year 1/2 children (and there are more to come from Paddington Bear Class) and here are some by our Year 3/4s. They’re using the same software but with more advanced tools. The plan for Class CS is to refine their images during this […]
Year 1/2 are experimenting with different pieces of software. First up was the simple graphics element of 2Publish. Given the theme of ‘animals’, here’s what Kangaroo Class came up with: Views: 461
Year 1/2 are experimenting with different pieces of software. First up was the simple graphics element of 2Publish. Given the themes of ‘animals’ and ‘anything you like’, here’s what Tiger Class came up with: Views: 563
Friday 27th September will be a non-uniform day and, for one day only, we will turn our Tuck Shop into a Cake Shop, selling some baked delights in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support. Children will be able to buy a cake from the Tuck Shop for 50p and all proceeds […]
Welcome to another year at Holy Trinity Primary School! We hope that you and your families had a good Summer break. It has been great to welcome back our 220+ existing children and equally great to meet our new children who have made a brilliant start to their school lives. […]
In Year 5/6 we are experimenting with various pieces of software with a view to presenting information in imaginative ways later in the term. This week they were using Paint.NET, a super piece of software you can download for free via the link on our Software Downloads page. Here are […]
Below is a piece of work from each child in Class NN. We started off simply ‘growing’ a plant, adding content to each slide, before taking on the more difficult task of creating moving objects of their choice, where pictures need to be changed to the point where whole items […]
We have started using 2Animate in Class NN. Here are the first attempts by Yildiz and Tom. We’ll post more later… …but we wanted to show the children how their work can ‘instantly’ be on display to the world! Views: 581
Extra Curricular Timetable – Autumn Term 2013 Please note that all activities will start on Wednesday 18th September 2013 Dear Parents/Carers, I am delighted to present our Extra Curricular Timetable for the Autumn Term on the Clubs page of the website. Please fill in the reply slip sent home earlier […]
The Talking Angela app has been brought to our attention by parents and children alike after the Facebook/iOS app was subject to various recent warning posts on Facebook. A little bit of research on the app shows that it is a legitimate app not hugely dissimilar to other “speak and […]
The dates of the first two PTFA events of the year have been confirmed… The ever-popular Inflatable Fun Day is on Saturday 21st September and the School Discos are on Friday 18th October. (Apologies for the earlier error, I didn’t check the dates I was given…) Details of both will […]
The dates of the first two PTFA events of the year have been confirmed… The ever-popular Inflatable Fun Day is on Saturday 21st September and the School Discos are on Friday 18th October. Details of both will be announced very soon. Views: 281
Dear Parents, Carers and Friends Welcome to another year at Holy Trinity Primary School. Having just finished the first assembly of the school year, I would just like to say how wonderful it is to see our children looking so happy, enthusiastic and ready to learn. I would like to […]
As we start a new school year we thought you might like to see inside your children’s classrooms. They’re not fully decorated yet – there are loads of fantastic displays being created this week – but it hopefully gives you an idea of where your children are spending their day. […]
We hope you have all had an enjoyable holiday and excited about the start of a new school year! Here are a few dates and bits of information you may find useful. Lunches The School Lunch page has been updated to reflect the new menu for the start of term. […]
Earlier in the week Holy Trinity’s new e-safety mascot Tabecat was released into the wild and today its first advice page (on passwords) is published. Tabecat was inspired by the designs of six pupils following a Key Stage 2-wide competition. We took all six designs, threw them into a computer […]
Earlier in the year we announced our plans to make a greenhouse out of plastic bottles. Since then we’ve had loads brought in (THANK YOU!) but we need more! To make a plastic-bottle greenhouse we need around 1500 clean plastic bottles and at the moment we’re only about half-way to […]