Wow, what a very tiring but brilliant week! Sorry for not blogging this week but with our OfSTED inspection I have not had the chance.  It was all worth it though!

What has been your favourite part of the week? Leave us a comment and share your best bits.

Last week we were pleased to host an e-safety evening from BT.  Thank you to all who attended who I hope will agree that it was informative and useful.  If you were not able to attend there is an information pack from the evening in the entrance hall for you to read.  If you would like a copy please let us know.

Last week Year 4 had a brilliant residential in York.  It was the first time that we have been to York and it was an excellent destination.  We visited the Castle Museum, The Dig, Jorvik Viking Centre, The National Railway Museum and York Minster.  We also had a walk along the city walls and a tour of the old city.  Not only did we learn lots but we had loads of fun as well.  While we were away we kept a blog to share where we were and parents and families left comments and messages which we shared with the children each night.  We are just collating the photos which will be posted on the blog soon.  If you would like to see what Year 4 did in York have a look at http://york2012.trinitylower.net

I would like to say a huge thank you to Mr Wilson, Mrs George and Mr Sinclair for making the visit possible and all their time and energy, Mrs Fraser for her excellent organisation of the trip and most of all, thank you to the children who were incredible and a real credit to our school.

Mrs Freeman has really enjoyed bethis in charge this week while I’ve been in York with Year4. What has been your favourite bit?

We had a great first day in York yesterday and are looking forward to more excellent adventures today. If you would like to see what we are up to please visit our special blog for the residential
http://york2012.trinitylower.net

york2012.trinitylower.net

A parent forum is now live and will run for two weeks to gather feedback on last  weeks Big Breakfast initiative.  It was a great event and we are considering options of whether we should do this again, more often or for a longer term.  Please share your thoughts and ideas which will help us in our evaluation and future planning.

http://parentsforum.trinitylower.net

Another very rainy week but we have still being happy in school.  What has made you smile the most?

On Tuesday I was invited to attend the Apple Leadership Summit which took place in the new ‘Wing’ building at the Silverstone circuit. It was an incredible event focused on how technology is developing in schools to support learning. We had already planned to invest in a set of i-pads for phonics and small group work and being at the event gave me loads more great ideas of how we will be able to use them at Trinity to enhance the learning experience of all of the children. We should be getting them before the summer so they will be ready to use next year. As you all know I love developing creative and innovative ways to use technology in learning so watch this space

Last night I had the pleasure of joining our fabulous FTS at their meeting. I went to thank them for their amazing work on the ball and all of their support. Thank you all for making me feel so welcome and thank you all for giving up your time to make out school so brilliant and unique

This week you may have noticed our beautiful new weatherboarding along the front of the school. I am really pleased with it as it looks very fresh and really smartens up the front of the school. The old wooden weatherboarding had started to look very worn but it’s not surprising as it has been there since the school was built in 1964! Lets hope this new look takes the school through another fabulous 50years of life at Trinity.