Classes two and three have been looking at different areas.
One of the places they have been looking at is the Isle of Coll
with all the different animals and birds that live there.

Trinity are looking at and learning about the Chinese New Year.

Chinese New Year will begin on 23 January 2012 which marks the start of the Year of the Dragon. The year will be 4710 on the Chinese Calendar. Chinese New Year is also known as the Spring Festival.

All classes have been involved in a wide variety of cross curricular links during last week. On monday morning we had mixed age group activities, with the children supporting one another.

Our assembly on Monday afternoon included dragon dancing, ribbon dances and fan dancing. Children proudly talked about the Animal Race story and their Chinese zodiac signs as well as information about Chinese culture and traditions. Classes also displayed their chinese dragon puppets, animal collage pictures and chinese lanterns. We all had a wonderful celebration of this special festival and the children watched and listened carefully to one another.

Make a Hong Bow Red Pocket

Which zodiac animal are you?   Chinese_zodiac_chart2

Have a look at your age group on this great site all about the WEB
- play games, have fun and learn lots!

http://www.wes.networcs.net/index.html

Keep safe

Information, fun and games to learn more from the last 60 years!
1948, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s & 1990s 
(Thanks Woodlands Junior! )

Pop on Trial – find out what was happening in the pop world!
Britain since 1948 (Home Technology) - try and match the picture to the correct decade.
Jammin’ through the decades!  more about music!

Cuddly toy sale

Simple Subtraction

Hello – this is a really fun game to play, it is all about collecting data and putting it into a list.

Have Fun!!!! Click Here

Mr H

Oxford Owl is a FREE website built to help you help your child learn to read and love to read!

Scene and Story Builder

Have fun Class 4!

UPDATE 5/12/11 : Grand total raised at Trinity = £1920 – Thank you

WOW! so far we have raised an amazing ….
£1750.00 …… and the money is still coming in,
we should have a grand total by beginning of next week, so watch this space!

We were also on the radio if you want to listen to it click here.

It was on Eric and Claire’s Morning show – 1:41:57 into their show, listen to Ian Perry interview parents, Mr Pye and a few reluctant children.

Have a look at the BBC site and play some of Pudsey Games!

Pudsey Bear Biscuits recipe -  please bake some biscuits to sell at our ‘Wakey Wakey’ morning

Classes 1 and 3 have been painting some fantastic firework pictures on the computer using a FREE open source program, we have it on all the computers and laptops at school and the children love it.

You can download it from  http://tuxpaint.org/ 

Before half term Trinity children spent the week doing activities to help them learn about Divali.
‘A tast of India’ – everyone one had the chance to taste a variety of Indian foods. All the classes had a go at making some, and Saffron Cottage, (our local Indian restaurant in Ford) kindly donated a large selection of food for the children to try.

We also had a visit from Bonita King who told each class the story of Rama and Sita. She taught us Divali and Bollywood dances, where were performed with great enthusiasm! We learned about Hindu ceremonies. Classes make rangoli pattens, diva lights, mendi patterns, Divali cards and some dressed up in traditional costume.
Everyone had a great week!!

 ”Why did you decide to be a bishop?  What is it like being a bishop?  What does a bishop do each day?  Were you a rebel at school?”  These were just a few of the questions that the children at Trinity CE Primary School asked Bishop Alistair when he visited on 6^th October.
Bishop Alistair joined Trinity pupils for their weekly “Open the Book” assembly (presented on this occasion by Val, Rose, Judy and Sue) before visiting pupils in their classes to chat about his role and answer questions.
Whilst the older children enjoyed finding out about Bishop Alistair’s family and hobbies (and in one class especially found the subsequent maths lesson rather tedious by comparison) the younger ones were filled with awe at his appearance when he put on his vestments; “it’s real gold!”, “he looks like a king!” and, as Bishop Alistair held his mitre upside down, “are they underpants?” were some of the overheard observations.
Without exception members of staff spoke highly of the Bishop’s warm approach and natural rapport with the children.  Everyone was delighted that he found time to pay a visit to Trinity, especially as the school is the most northerly Church of England primary school in Hereford Diocese.  

What is it?  This is a brilliant yet simple opportunity for children and families to send gifts to youngsters who would otherwise never receive anything at Christmas. 
Operation Christmas Child sends a message of hope to children in desperate situations around the world through gift-filled shoe boxes and offering booklets of Bible stories.
It focuses on the true meaning of Christmas – Jesus Christ, God’s greatest gift.
In 2003 more that 6.5 million gift-filled shoe boxes were sent to some of the poorest boys and girls in the world in over 100 countries.
Take an average size shoe box, cover it in Christmas wrapping paper, fill it with things like with paper, pencils, toothbrush, toothpaste, toys, sweets etc – these are then collected, sorted and shipped to Eastern Europe.

Don’t forget – Shoeboxes need to be
returned to Trinity by14th November at the latest.

If you would like to find out more about
Operation Christmas Child, log on to
http://www.operationchristmaschild.org.uk/

Thank you for your support

As part of our Local area  studies… 

On the 23rd of September, Class 5 visited Great Wollaston Farm. When we got there it was quite muddy, so we had to wear wellies.
The first thing we did was see the horses. He didn’t own any horses, but his daughter owned one and some people graze their horses there.
Just a little bit further on was the Wildlife area, where we saw a little frog, some spiders and lots and lots of beetles. When we actually got into the area we saw a lake, and  an owl box made out of a barrel and some string. Eventually we reached a gate which led to the cows.
We looked at the calves. They looked SO cute! They were only 3 days old. We also saw the machine that milked the cows, Mr Kynaston said the  milk then goes on to make cheese.

By Kelly P Yr. 5

43 of our year 5 & 6 children had a fantastic residential at The Old Vicarage Adventure Centre in Stotteston

In the three days,  our activities included : pony trekking, hill boarding, orienteering, canoe and kayaking, archery, rock climbling and abseiling, challenge zone games, indoor games and caving!

A big THANK YOU to all the staff there, we all had a great time

Class 4, 5 & 6 are finding out about the Anglo Saxons -
Anglo Saxon – Who where they?
Anglo Saxon
Anglo Saxon in Britian
Make and do, fun and games

Class 3 are learning about Louis Braille and how he invented a system to enable blind people to read and write.
Have a go at writing your name in braille.

‘Car Wash’  times table

Times tables

Mad 4 Maths times table – can you complete the jigsaw?

Are you ready for the Times table Quiz?

Hit the button – how many can you do in a minute?

KS2 are exploring the local area
Find the ordnance survey map of your area by entering your postcode!
http://getamap.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/getamap/frames.htm

We have been looking at some different Maths games in classes 4, 5 and 6 we hope you will enjoy playing them .

Capacity – Can you find the correct unit of measurement?
Count on us

Co-ordinate games link

Learn those tables!

Broken Calculator Maths (KS2)

Who wants to be a MATHS MILLIONAIRE (KS2)

N-Rich Mathematics – maths problems to play with (KS2)

Algebra Puzzle (KS2)

Woodlands Maths Zone – Interactive maths (both KS)

Maths zone (both KS)

Cool Maths for Kids (both KS)

Multiplication Game (both KS)

Multiplicatiion Invaders (both KS)

Alien Angles

HAVE FUN    MR HUNTER

KS1 are looking at Seaside resorts and how they have changed over the years :

Make your own seaside scene

A day out in Blackpool

Beside the seaside

Sienna won the ‘Design a pizza’ competition. She has helped Mrs Wesley make the pizzas for lunch today.
Our winner  has won a Chef’s hat and apron set and her design will be entered into the Grand Prize Draw, run by Shropshire Council,  where she could win tickets to Alton Towers …. so fingers crossed!!
Children in Class 2 also spent some time this morning decorating the pizzas following instructions from ’Chef Sienna’!
Congratulations Sienna

Class 4 are learning about Judaism, see what you can find out using Google safe search or start with these sites :

Judaism
Virtual Synagogues 
Judaism for Kids
Judaism

Jack decided to write this poem at home because he has really enjoyed his poetry work in class 4! We were so impressed we thought it should be seen by everybody ……. Enjoy!

We LOVE it!! Well Done Jack

Have finally got round to creating a TWITTER account for the school, I will try and keep it updated.

Follow us we are  @trinityceprimar

Happy Tweeting

Mr H

SOLIDS, LIQUIDS & GASES

FORCES
Fun things to do to find out more……
How far will it go?
Friction
All about forces

Thanks again to Woodlands Junior for the links

Use this great resource to explore your French!
www.languagenut.com
You need the username  and password you have been given at school.

Class 5 are studying habitats and interdependence and adaptation. They have been using for different websites to do their research:
Habitats and food chains 

GAMES!!!! 
Do you know  who lives where!
Interdependance and adaptation
Habitats
Habitat maker!
Follow Darwin’s footsteps
Can you lable the flower?
Can you make this plant grow?
Plant Explorer

UPDATE: 22/5/11 – Sorry-  we were having too much fun to find the time to complete the podcasts while we were away! Although watch this space ….. !

19/05/11 – On the way! We are working on a couple of Podcasts for you to listen to.
We had a great day yesterday, the weather was great and we all slept fairly well.
Mr Hunter

To celebrate the Royal Wedding we had our own re-enactment at Alberbury Church on Thursday 28th.
Each class voted for a ‘William & Catherine’, followed by a whole school vote.
Nick and Cait, from Class 5, played the roles of William & Catherine.
The church was filled to the brim with all the children and parents wearing wedding attire.
The bride and groom were transported in style in an open top sport car, complete with chauffeur and chaperone!
The wedding reception was held in the playground, where we had a barbeque for all. (Thank you Mrs Wesley!)

Thank you to all those who made the day so successful and for joining us in our celebration

Class 2 have been looking at programmes on the internet
to help them with their Literacy and Numeracy  

KS1 Bitesize – Maths                      

KS1 Bitesize – Literacy     

Cbeebies (3-6 years)             

Can you dress Barnaby Bear?  

Websites to find out more ….

www.angleseyattractions.co.uk
http://www.croesomon.co.uk/en-GB/home-1.aspx
http://www.visitanglesea.co.uk./
http://www.anglesey-history.co.uk/

A HUGE thank you to everyone who took part in the ‘Trinity Tractor Pull’.
We has great fun and raised funds for Trinity.
Thank you to all the Friends of Trinity and
also  Mr Everall for the loan of his full size tractor! 
Mr Hunter

Year 5 & 6 will be  exploring Anglesey from the 18th to 20th of May …….

We will be staying at the Anglesey Outdoor

We will be visiting  The Greenwood Forest Park 

We are also be going to the Anglesey Sea Zoo

Our final day will be at Chester Zoo

Have a look at what we will be getting up to on our stay!

Nasa kids club
A quick look at the Solar System
The Earth and Beyond: Phases of the Moon
Google Sky
The Spaceguard Centre & Observatory
NASA – (homepage)
HubbleSite — Out of the ordinary…out of this world
BBC – Science & Nature – Space – The Earth

This years book fair was a fantastic success, raising an amazing £965 in commission to be spent on books throughout the school!
The children had great fun dressing up as either a historical person (Ks2) or a character from a story book (KS1)
Thank you to all those who came along and purchased books!
Happy reading!

Mr Blooms Nursery - help Mr Bloom look after his vegetables

Can you sail the little Red ship to the Lighthouse 
without hitting anything?!

Trinity had a great week doing D & T (Design and Technology) using textiles.

In Class 1, the year 1′s made bags, the older reception children looked at commercially made belts before designing and making some. The younger reception children explored the textiles in their favourite dressing up clothes.
Class 2 made shopping bags in preperation for their study on the history of shops and shopping.
Classes 3, 4 and 5 linked what they made with their history topic which was based on WWII – ‘make do and mend’
They used recyled materials and accessories to make some stunning waistcoats and bags.

Trinity proved they had a ‘PASSION FOR FASHION’ when all the children strutted their stuff  on the catwalk at the end of the week, for parents and friends to show off the wonderful creations they had made.

It’s back! Fun & Games  Enter The Academy of Fun!!

World War 2 – explore how things were during the war

Birminghan Museum – about WWII

The Home Front

About the Home Front

World War II – can you label the key events?

Jigsaw Puzzles on WWII

Propaganda Posters

Can you take over Europe?

Sound effects from WWII

Create your own dinosaur picture

Dinosaur fun and games

Everything Dinosaur!

You’ll have fun learning to type with the scouse goat, on dancemat typing!  

This is a fantastic website to learn to touch type – enjoy!

Mr Hugh Roberts, a local potter, spent a day working with KS2 making pots and masks in styles similar to those used by the Ancient Greeks.

    
Class 3

Shropshire’s Junior Chess Academy @ Trinity. 
This will start  again in the new year in February, 
Follow the link to the Academy blog for more information and dates.

We now use Education City in our school, it is full of fun activities that reinforce the subjects learnt within the classroom. 
Our pupils can now access some of it at home too!

At the end of September, KS2 children enjoyed a day with a Greek soldier, learning about the armour they wore and the weapons used in battle.
The children enjoyed hearing the exciting story of the journeys of Odysseus and were able to practise Greek battle positions and manoeuvres.

UPDATE 18 Oct 2010
Hello everybody, we are having a lovely time!
Monday: We are split into 3 groups and so far,  some have experienced – search & rescue, initiative games, archery and zipwire  – Mr Hunter came down upside down and  Arron flew passed as superman!
In the evening we had a sing along at a (very smokey) campfire!
Tuesday 8.15am
All slept well and are ready for another action packed day – fencing, abseil & climb, low & high ropes!
The children were all up ready, with tidy rooms by 7.30 this morning, and are now playing ‘splat’ outside, before breakfast 
 

This autumn, the year 5 & 6 residential is taking place at the Pioneer Centre.
The pupils (and staff!) will be taking part in all sorts of activities.
Zip wire, abseiling, climbing, search & rescue, archery,  raft building, high & low ropes, initiative games and many more!

A big thank you to everyone who contributed to our Harvest Festival,
the harvest is currently being distrubited  to the local community.
It was amazing to see all the different fruits and vegetables that people have
grown and really heart warming that it was all provided by our school!!

WELL DONE TRINITY   Mr Hunter

Class 5 have been making some great ‘fact’ posters for the classroom from some websites and have found some games along the way …..
Sun, Earth & Moon
Learn all about the earth sun and moon, fly your space rocket get past the asteroids and begin learning …..  then take a short test and print out your certificate!

Beaver catch  choose two fuzzy chap who add up to 10!
Save the whale to 10
Funky Mummy to 10
Make 10 – test your memory and number skill to make 10
Funky Mummy to 20
Numbers – to 20 and more
Numberbonds   Use the number bond machine to practise your numberbond skills
Numberskills (from Woodlands Junior)
Shark pool place value
Doubling
Doubling beyond 10
10 less Shootout!
ICT Games Numeracy main menu

Can you mend the number square?
Snakes & Ladders
Test the Toad and more games!

We spent a day thinking about how we could make our lifestyle more sustainable.
(To see more about Green Day – click here)

Everyone arriving at school had a chance to make pledges on the
way we will all be trying to reduce energy use.
Please remember to keep your pledges on our Eco pledge tree!

 
We enjoyed an outdoor assembly when our
”Towards 2020′ capsule was safely buried, with instrustions to be dug up in 2020!
We also had a sale of used toys and books and raised £101.50 for Kannikunda School.
 Thank you for your support

Mrs Clarke

UPDATE:   The Trinity ‘oink oink’ Trotters did it!!
Not only did we walk the 10km, we also won the ’best dressed’ prize!
WELL DONE US! 
Our grand total was £1524.09 …… Thank you for your support
Click here to see pictures of  nearly 700 ladies at the  midnight walk on this  fantastic night.
We are also in the Shropshire Star!
Thanks to all involved in making it a very memorable night
………………………………………………………..

On Saturday 3rd July, we will be taking part in the Severn Hospice Midnight Walk in Shrewsbury! This is a women-only event which follows a 10km circular route along well-lit pavements.
We are hoping to raise lots of money for our Hospice, so if you would like to support us, please let us know and we will gladly take your donation!
To find out more about this event  click here!
Many Thanks
Pam, Julie, Helen, Pauline, Anthea, Julie, Sue and Kate

UPDATE: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz was just ……. WONDERFUL!
We had a packed audience on both nights and the children were amazing
A BIG thank you to all the staff and parent helpers 
who helped make it such a great success.

I would just like to say a big thank you to all the children who have
given up their time in order to practice for our latest
school musical; The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.
A reminder to everyone that the tickets are now on sale and selling
fast for the evening  performances on Tuesday 29th June and
Wednesday 30th June.
Please contact the office for further details.

Many thanks, Mrs Greenwood

Trinity’s got talent is back!
As part of our SEAL (social and emotional aspects of learning) work we are constantly celebrating children’s achievements and talents. We are tapping into ‘Shine‘ this is a national initiative which celebrates talent. Click on Shine to have a look at their web site!
The children will be showing their unique talents.
Classes one and two will have their own performances.
KS2 will show in the afternoon of 9th July 2010. So get practising! The talents can be varied. For example: showing a picture, dancing, singing, acting, playing an instrument in fact the possibilities are endless!  You can work individually, in pairs or in a group.
All entries will get an achievement certificate.

Good luck and have lots of fun!
Mrs Greenwood :)

Well done to everyone who took part in and supported our Trinity swimmers at the Gala event. It was really exciting and everyone worked hard and did their very best. 

We came second only losing out by one point – it was so close and it all came down to the final event.

Congratulations to Pontesbury who were worthy winners on the night.

Mr H

Our Summer Fete was a great success, the weather was perfect!
A BIG Thank you to the Friends of Trinity and all the staff who
helped run the stalls and make it such an enjoyable evening.
Thank you 

£1500 raised so far,
Bike raffle tickets still for sale
Call in at the office …
you’ve got to be in it, to win it!!

We are having a great time here in Llangollen,
we are going to try and get some videos and photos on to our Flickr site.

Erddig was great fun all the children dressed up as servants,we learnt lots about the house really interesting.

Everyone had a great sleep last night and the Yurts were lovely and cosy.

Off into town this morning to do lots of different activities and to go on a horse drawn canal ride.

Orienteering later, food great lots of it – speak soon.

Click Here for Flickr

Mr H

Well done to everyone who took part in the Kwik Cricket competition at Alberbury today. I was very proud of the way everyone played and enjoyed the whole experience.

It was a great day – and even better than that Trinity Tigers WON!!!

They played six matches and were undefeated – beating the Lantysilio Legends 256 to 222 in the final.

This means we are representing Alberbury Cricket Club at the County Finals on the 24th June in Wellington.

Well Done!

Mr H

Have found some games to help understand healthy eating – are you eating the right things?
Being healthy is fun!
Balanced diet
The healthy breakfast game
It’s up to you!  - healthy eating

This year’s ‘Teeth4Life’ campaign is from May 16th – June 16th,
click on the above smile to find out more,
and remember ……..

Brush your teeth twice a day with a fluoride toothpaste

Cut down on how often you have sugary foods and drinks

Visit your dentist regularly, as often as they recommend

and …….

Keep Smiling!

  WORLD CUP TRAIL !!

Thank you to all those who took part in the trail on Saturday 15th May,
Friends of Trinity raised £220!!!

A big THANK YOU to Julie, Andy, Anthony and Kelly  for all their
hard work in organising the event

Class 2 are learning about The Great Fire of London.
They have brought the ‘Horrible Histories’ to life!
They had an art day to build a ‘living display’, designing their own Stuart houses, costumes and have become miniture people, trying desperately to escape the roaring flames!!

Blist Hill Victorian Town has be short-listed for the Art Fund Prize 2010.
THEY NEED YOUR VOTE!!
The more votes they have, the more chance of winning the
£100,000 prize on offer!
Click on www.artfundprize.org.uk  and then Vote for your favourite – it should only take 30 seconds or so to click on Blist Hill Victorian Town and leave a comment.

THE VOTING HAS STARTED AGAIN - (closes 18th June)  so PLEASE vote!!
Thank you

It is that time again, from the 26th -28th May year 5 and 6 will be visiting areas around Llangollen to study the Victorians.

Wednesday – Arrive at Erdigg for a day on a Victorian Estate. Click Here

This is a really good YouTube video Click Here

We arrive at Tyn Dwr Outdoor Centre later that day Click Here   

Thursday 27th May – Working in Llangollen (town and boat trip)    Click Here

Friday 28th May – Visit the Victorian Experience at Park Hall Farm Click Here

This year because everyone enjoyed listening to our podcasts, I am going to have a go at putting some videos on to our Flickr site.

Click Here to see our Photographs and Videos

Mr H

Practise what you know about fractions and more!

Also try
http://primarygamesarena.com/maths

Class One and Two have been looking at the stories of Katie Morag written by Mairi Hedderwick.  Katie lived on the Isle of Struay in Scotland.  She lived with her family and often spent time with Grannie Island and Grannie Mainland.
(Click on the pictures to make them bigger)

Try these three fab websites, you can practice lots of different subjects.
They are more fun than just reading lots of revision books.

Have a go!!!

ENGLISH    Click Here

MATHS        Click Here

SCIENCE        Click Here

Classes 3, 4 & 5 are exploring ‘The Victorians’ this term: 

Victorian Britain
History Trails – Victorian Britain
The Victorians   (Thanks Woodland Juniors!)
The Victorians   (Thanks Nettleworth Primary!)
Walk through a Victorian House  -Sam the dog is missing! Travel back in time to 1870 and help find him.
Dressing up – Play the game and see if you can dress the Victorian and Tudors correctly!

Find out more about your favourite animal here!