December 2016 Newsletter

December 2016 Newsletter

We have just re-launched our regular Parent Council newsletters and hope to bring you up-to-date news at least three times a year and, as always, we welcome your feedback and contributions. This issue features news from the Parent Council, updates on our fundraising and improvements to the school.

You can learn more about what’s been happening in school, we have a ‘Q&A’ with one of the teachers and you can read about what’s happened to one of our former pupils since leaving school in 2012. It’s available to download from our documents section.

We hope you enjoy it.

Twelve Days of Prelims

Good luck to all those who finished prelims last week. As we move towards the Christmas holidays, let’s enjoy the Twelve Days of Prelims written by some talented S4 students. All together now…. ♫ ♪ ♫

On the first day of prelims
a tear dropped out of my eye
and I lay down and gave a great sigh

On the second day of prelims
Two tears dropped out of my eye:
My pen has run out
and I lay down and gave a great sigh

On the third day of prelims
Three tears dropped out of my eye
What is that rustling?
My pen has run out
and I lay down and gave a great sigh

On the fourth day of prelims
Four tears dropped out of my eye:
I am exhausted
What is that rustling?
My pen has run out
and I lay down and gave a great sigh

On the fifth day of prelims
Five tears dropped out of my eye
I want to die
I am exhausted
What is that rustling?
My pen has run out
and I lay down and gave a great sigh

On the sixth day of prelims
Six tears dropped out of my eye
Stop cracking knuckles
I want to die
I am exhausted
What is that rustling?
My pen has run out
and I lay down and gave a great sigh

On the seventh day of prelims
Seven tears dropped out of my eye
Give me more paper
Stop cracking knuckles
I want to die
I am exhausted
What is that rustling?
My pen has run out
and I lay down and gave a great sigh

On the eighth day of prelims
Eight tears dropped out of my eye
Twenty minutes left
Give me more paper
Stop cracking knuckles
I want to die
I am exhausted
What is that rustling?
My pen has run out
and I lay down and gave a great sigh

On the ninth day of prelims
Nine tears dropped out of my eye
My vision’s fading
Twenty minutes left
Give me more paper
Stop cracking knuckles
I want to die
I am exhausted
What is that rustling?
My pen has run out
and I lay down and gave a great sigh

On the tenth day of prelims
Ten tears dropped out of my eye
Stop with the rustling!
My vision’s fading
Twenty minutes left
Give me more paper
Stop cracking knuckles
I want to die
I am exhausted
What is that rustling?
My pen has run out
and I lay down and gave a great sigh

On the eleventh day of prelims
Eleven tears dropped out of my eye
Calculator’s broken
Stop with the rustling!
My vision’s fading
Twenty minutes left
Give me more paper
Stop cracking knuckles
I want to die
I am exhausted
What is that rustling?
My pen has run out
and I lay down and gave a great sigh


On the twelfth day of prelims
12 tears dropped out of my eye
Can I hear a rustle?
Calculator’s broken
Stop with the rustling!
My vision’s fading
Twenty minutes left
Give me more paper
Stop cracking knuckles
I want to die
I am exhausted
What is that rustling?
My pen has run out
and I lay down and gave a great sigh

Deputation from Trinity Academy Parent Council to the Education, Children and Families Committee

This week we issued a written delegation to the City of Edinburgh Council regarding the ‘Wave 4’ programme for refurbishment of Edinburgh schools and lobbying for additional investment in the school.

As a result, the meeting of the Education Children and Families Committee on Tuesday this week passed the amendment summarised below:

“To further agree to offer to establish a working group at … Trinity Academy … and that improvement options be reported back to Committee in March 2017”

We felt this was necessary because there are a few specific areas where the school is already unable to accommodate its existing roll and these accommodation pressures are going to increase in the near future as larger numbers are expected from feeder primaries. Our further concern is that during the long process of preparing Wave 4 plans, investment in the school has been significantly reduced.

We are very pleased to have the chance to work directly with the Council officials on this and look forward to seeing what improvement options they propose to the committee in March next year.

A copy of the letter is available for download in our documents archive.

Trinity Parent Council Raffle Winners

The Christmas Raffle was drawn today with a bit of help from Marion Cameron at the school.

Here are a list of the Prizes and Winners so check your tickets and see if you have won.

Prize                                      Winning Ticket Number      Winner’s Name

  • Case of Beer                                       370                                  Fiona Bennett
  • Bottle of White Wine                     2512                                  S Stewart
  • Bottle of Red Wine                         1442                                  S Todd
  • Escada Perfume                              2523                                 Iver McDonald
  • Girl online book                                228                                 Elene Fransis
  • Skin Spa toiletries                           4178                                 C Hillhouse
  • Clarins bag                                        4729                                Ant Mayer
  • John Torode Book                            3107                                K Williamson
  • Sugar Free Cook Book                     3878                                V Hope
  • Xmas Cook Book                               4084                                Fiona McMillian
  • Pamper Bag                                       3138                                Anna McCorquodale
  • White Co Toiletries                          1405                                F McParland
  • Bayliss & Harding set                        810                                Margaret Cameron
  • Greetings Cards                                  467                                M Dowly Clarke
  • Guylian Chocs                                   1401                                F McParland
  • Ferrero Rocher                                   835                                Stuart Macrae
  • Rugby Mug                                        3828                                Joy Nicholson
  • Tea Light Holder                              3137                               Anna McCorquodale
  • Milk Tray Chocs                               4876                               Gillian Stead
  • Jams & Chutneys                              1813                               Corina O’Malley
  • Roger & Gallet Soaps                         278                               N Nicholson
  • Box of Heroes                                   1711                               Kay Hildersley
  • Dragons Den Game                         1646                               Dee Torrance
  • Mrs Brown DVD                                 335                               Boldy
  • Bottle of whisky                                 927                               Alex Spence
  • £20 Vue Voucher                             2491                               Andrew McMillian
  • 3 Course meal @ the Lighthouse 4064                               Wendy West
  • £30 voucher @ Sasso                      4119                               Sam Adler
  • £30 voucher @ Starbank               3140                               Anna McCorquodale
  • 4 Torchlight procession tickets    3920                               Felix Hale
  • 4 Torchlight procession tickets    3616                               Siobhan Hughes
  • 4 Street Party Tickets                     2307                               M Devoy
  • 4 Street Party Tickets                     1588                               Mikel Francis

You can pick up your prizes from the School Office next week.

Thanks to everyone who donated Prizes and who bought tickets.