On Thursday afternoon, Susannah Lloyd, author of books including 'Oh Monty!' and 'Who Ate Steve?' introduced us to her new book, 'Badgers Are Go'. The children loved joining in with the fabulous fun and frolics and came away full of love for a newly discovered author.

Some of our children had borrowed one of Susannah's books from Ripon Library and were so excited to have met her, and received their own signed copy of her new book. 

If you would like to take advantage of a reduced price offer to buy Susannah's books, The Little Ripon Bookshop have them available here or in their beautiful shop. 

 

Odd Socks Day marks the start of Anti-Bullying Week. We wore odd socks to celebrate to encourage everyone to express themselves and celebrate their individuality and what makes us all unique!

On Thursday morning, we welcomed parents in for a phonics workshop. We began in the hall, covering lots of information about how we teach phonics at Trinity and how parents can help at home - both with phonics and applying their skills to reading. We talked through all the jargon and agreed that there is a lot to learn. We are really proud of phonics at Trinity and the fabulous progress that the children make. 

Everybody loved seeing our pupils show the adults how to carefully say the sounds! Hop over to our Phonics and Early Reading page to see the powerpoint used during the presentation - including the staring roles our children took!

This afternoon, Rev Michelle joined Year 3 to remember Ihor, who was a very special member of our school. After Rev Michelle blessed Ihor's chair, his classmates laid petals in memory of their friend. This chair will move through school with the

A huge thank you to the Boost team at Holy Trinity Church for organising such a fantastic BoostFest! Lots of children from both schools joined in the festival fun last Wednesday on the school field! 

Scarlett was delighted to unpack her surprise parcel to discover the litter pickers she had requested have arrived! Scarlett noticed a lot of litter had blown on to the school site so she organised a litter picking club to tackle the problem!