At Holy Trinity we are big on themed days, workshops and school trips. All these have a huge impact on our students willingness to learn and make it a fun environment to do so. Here are a few of the activities that our children have enjoyed so far this academic year.

• Pantomime

  Thu 19 Dec 2024

  The amazing jack and the beanstalk pantomime came to Holy Trinity, the children enjoyed every moment. The cheers and boos could be heard from a far, it was very interactive and a great performance.

  

• Santa and his Reindeer

  Tue 17 Dec 2024

  The children were very excited to meet Santa and his reindeer during the last week of term. Each child received a present from Santa and had a slot to meet Comet and Cupid, his loyal reindeer.

  

• Year 4 Workshop

  Thu 26 Sep 2024

  Year 4 enjoyed their Roman artefact session in school in school. Lullingstone Roman Villa is currently closed for maintenance, so they were unfortunately not able to go on a trip this term. However, Lullingstone Roman Villa provided this Outreach Session free of charge, and taught the children about who would have lived at the villa, why its location was important and gave the pupils time to explore some artefacts too. A fantastic experience, which was enjoyed by all.

  

• Year 1 trip to Shorne

  Thu 19 Sep 2024

  Year 1 had a wonderful experience at Shorne Woods Country Park. The focus of the experience was seasonal change, habitats and natural play with the objective to gain and acquire high-level vocabulary and language to transfer into writing. It was a thoroughly enjoyed trip by all children, some of which had never visited a woodland before! We love the children's curious nature!

• Year 5 trip to Kent Life

  Thu 12 Sep 2024

  Year 5 had a fantastic day at Kent life, we took part in a number of workshops discovering what life was like in Victorian Britain and we even got to meet Florence Nightingale herself! We experienced first-hand what a Victorian classroom would have been like, the boys and girls were separated and we used slate and chalk to complete our work! We made sure we were on our best behaviour as our teacher was very strict. We had a go at doing some of the jobs that would have been carried out by the housekeepers and were all shocked to learn that there were no washing machines or toilets! We also spent some time looking around the homes and shops of the past and said hello to the animals on the farm.  We are looking forward to including what we learnt into our learning this term to help us understand what life was like for children in Victorian Britain.

• Positive Playtime Award

  Mon 01 Jul 2024

  As a school we are ecstatic to have received the Positive Playtime Award. We are very passionate about our children's playtimes and the midday staff along with the play leaders work really hard to ensure the activities set out will suit every child. There is something for everyone from quiet zones to dancing and football. The Circus craze was a huge hit with a lot of children last week. 

  It was stated that outstanding practice was seen, we are very proud of the positive feedback given along with the award.

   

  The comments made from our stakeholders are as follows 

   

  ‘when we get lunchtimes right it has a 100% knock on into learning.’
   

  ‘behaviour incidents have reduced by approx. 80% plus
   

  ‘We are now meeting our 30% of daily activity in schools to meet the  Childhood Obesity Plan’
   

  All my children have had issues with confidence until the positive playtime programme came along! It’s given my daughter a confidence boost and she is so much more confident.  She comes home talking about all the playground activities and she now plays lots of the games and activities that she’s learnt at school with her siblings.’
   

  There’s so much diversity, no one is going to be left out.’

  

• Year 2 Beach Trip

  Thu 27 Jun 2024

  Year 2 trip to the beach
  On Thursday Year 2 went on another journey for their final trip of the year. They ventured to the lovely Viking Bay Beach in Broadstairs. The children were so excited getting onto the beach that the first thing they wanted to do was dig in the sand. After hours of sandcastles, digging holes and burying friends (Miss Ross was buried too) it was time to stop for lunch where the adults put on their superhero capes and defeated the seagulls so the children could eat their lunch undisturbed! After lunch Year 2 went on a scavenger hunt to see what they could spot at the beach while the cricket set was unpacked and Miss Sullivan had to help with the rules of beach cricket. Finally, it was time to come home and there were a lot of sleepy children on the bus on the way back. Singing could be heard upstairs while Miss Sullivan had a competition to see how many hats could the children convince her to balance on her head. All in all, a wonderful ending to Year 2!

  

• Year 3 trip to Gurdwara

  Thu 06 Jun 2024

  Year 3 were fortunate enough to travel by train to visit the Gurdwara in Gravesend to help deepen their learning of the Sikh faith and bring their RE lessons to life. During their time there, they got to see a service in motion where the Guru Granth Sahib was being read, they had a tour around the grand building where they got to admire the architecture, they learnt how to turn a 6 metre piece of material into a turban, they listened to the singing of a Sikh song in the Punjabi language and they were welcomed into the Gurdwara's kitchen: The Langar, where they were served a meal. They had the opportunity to ask plenty of questions and hear from Sikhs about what is important to them in their religion. The children were superbly behaved throughout the trip and showed the utmost respect. Well done Year 3!

  

• Year 6 Residential

  Mon 03 Jun 2024

  WOW! What a week the children had from canoeing to abseiling and so much more. The Year 6 children enjoyed every moment of their residential trip, there are lots of photos uploaded under the Pupil Area tab - PGL2024 for you to view. The children have all shown such resilience being away from home and along with the staff in attendance had a fun packed week of activities to enjoy. This year it was held at the beautiful Bawdsey Manor in Suffolk.

  

• KS1 Football festival

  Tue 21 May 2024

  Children from Year 1 and 2 enjoyed their first football festival and opportunity to represent the school. The squad consisted of Bailey, Malachi, Rayyan, Charlie, Louie C and Asher from Year 1 and Luwan and Damasi from Year 2. All players contributed goals with Asher taking the 'golden boot' with 12 goals! A big thank you to Mr. Bokungu for his support coaching the team with Mr. Bennett

  "I must compliment the children on their outstanding performance. Each member of the team contributed to the team's strength, which was reflected in the team's performance. I am extremely proud of all of our Holy Trinity children." ~ Coach Arnold