On Monday Y6 had a Computer Tech Day where in small groups they took apart some old PCs completely, learned about the functions of the various parts (and a bit of computing history) and then put them back together again. As you can see from the photos they really did […]
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On Wednesday 4th May 2022 children from Years 4, 5, and 6 went to the O2 in London to perform in Young Voices. They worked incredibly hard in the run up to the event to learn all the words and actions, and they did themselves proud on the night with […]
In Year 6 this term we have been asking ‘What Makes Strength?’ In DT, our focus has been on bridges. The children have worked hard over the weeks to study different aspects of bridge design and test the strength in these. This then culminated into a final project of designing, making and […]
The Friends of Holy Trinity Church have organised an exhibition of art work from the children of Halstead schools. The title of the exhibition is “70 Years on the Throne” to celebrate Queen Elizabeth’s Platinum Jubilee. At Holy Trinity, the children looked at the Queen from the beginning of her […]
The traditional Y6 Christmas videos return after being thwarted by the pandemic in 2020. Year 6 were given a media project to create a Christmas video using the multimedia hardware and software we have in school. This is the last of the six videos posted daily in the run up […]
The traditional Y6 Christmas videos return after being thwarted by the pandemic in 2020. Year 6 were given a media project to create a Christmas video using the multimedia hardware and software we have in school. This is the penultimate of the six videos posted daily in the run up […]
The traditional Y6 Christmas videos return after being thwarted by the pandemic in 2020. Year 6 were given a media project to create a Christmas video using the multimedia hardware and software we have in school. This is the fourth of the six videos posted daily in the run up […]
The traditional Y6 Christmas videos return after being thwarted by the pandemic in 2020. Year 6 were given a media project to create a Christmas video using the multimedia hardware and software we have in school. This is the third of the six videos posted daily in the run up […]
The traditional Y6 Christmas videos return after being thwarted by the pandemic in 2020. Year 6 were given a media project to create a Christmas video using the multimedia hardware and software we have in school. This is the second of the six videos posted daily in the run up […]
The traditional Y6 Christmas videos return after being thwarted by the pandemic in 2020. Year 6 were given a media project to create a Christmas video using the multimedia hardware and software we have in school. This is the first of the six videos posted daily in the run up […]
Wow What A Week! Year 6 took part in a jammed pack week of activities. From escape rooms to mud runs and everything else in between, they really have had a super experience together and made some amazing memories. The Gosfield walk was particularly gruelling in places but such a […]
Here are nearly 400 photos taken during today’s Sports Day, The weather only broke just as we were finishing, and the whole school was able to get out onto the field to cheer the children on. Yet again, the children were amazing and we are incredibly proud of them all.
This morning Y6 completely took apart some old desktop computers. Ever component, including the drives, memory, fans, processor and mother board were removed. In the process they learned about what each part of a computer does, and some of the ways computers have developed over the years. Once each of […]
Last Friday Urban Strides visited Holy Trinity and worked with all of the Key Stage 2 classes. We first came across Urban Strides when they were performing at Young Voices last year and they were spotted by the choir. A year later than planned (due to the pandemic) they came […]
Today to mark Remembrance Day each class marked the occasion individually at 11am. In addition, for this afternoon’s whole school assembly, Miss Todd took Raven Class to the memorial in the Public Gardens and lead our daily virtual assembly from there. A wreath was laid, a minute’s silence held, and […]
Miss Todd: On Friday in assembly I had the pleasure of announcing the jaw dropping total of the fundraising from the Sponsored Walk. I am thrilled, humbled and stunned to share with you that we have raised £4825.65 with a number of families telling me they still have money to bring in. […]
On Friday, we completed our STEM Week with an exciting visit from Subject Revolution. KS1 and EYFS travelled around an amazing new world working together in practical maths challenges to help Prince Lunimo tidy up for the Queen. The children worked to pass through each maths challenge zone, undetected by the invading […]
Today the children were put into mixed-age groups named after scientists, and worked together on a range of STEM-related activities. During the course of the day the children learned about how to care for the chicks, created a house of cards, made pictures out of perfect squares, built towers from […]
Year 6 investigated different sauces that could be eaten with burgers, and explored types of bread suitable for a burger bun. They worked hard to follow recipe instructions to create salsa, tzatziki and barbecue sauces. They then tested the sauces in order to evaluate which sauce and bread they might […]
It started with Booky Breakfast – thank you to everyone who was able to join us! And then Toucan Class visited Halsead Library and WHSmith. They learnt all about what the library does and how we can use it. At WHSmith they spent their World Book Day tokens. They all […]
In DT we are looking at the strength needed for bridges.The class tested different bean designs in order to work out which design had the most strength and therefore supported the bridge better.
As is now a Holy Trinity Computing tradition, Year 6 were given a media project to create a Christmas video using the multimedia hardware and software we have in school. This is the last of the six videos posted daily in the run up to Christmas. As always, this work […]
As is now a Holy Trinity Computing tradition, Year 6 were given a media project to create a Christmas video using the multimedia hardware and software we have in school. Six in total, this is the penultimate daily video between now and Christmas. As always, this work has been devised, […]
As is now a Holy Trinity Computing tradition, Year 6 were given a media project to create a Christmas video using the multimedia hardware and software we have in school. Six in total, there’ll be one for each of the three remaining days between now and Christmas. As always, this […]
As is now a Holy Trinity Computing tradition, Year 6 were given a media project to create a Christmas video using the multimedia hardware and software we have in school. Six in total, there’ll be one for each of the four remaining days between now and Christmas. As always, this […]
As is now a Holy Trinity Computing tradition, Year 6 were given a media project to create a Christmas video using the multimedia hardware and software we have in school. Six in total, there’ll be one for each of the five remaining days between now and Christmas. As always, this […]
