Keep up to date with all the latest news happening in school at the moment.

• A copy of an article from the Maldon Standard dated 25th April 2017

  Tue 25 Apr 2017

  Trinity St Mary's School, in South Woodham Ferrers, praised for work of stand in headteacher

   

  A SCHOOL in South Woodham Ferrers has received glowing praise from Ofsted after it was rated ‘good’ in its latest inspection.

  Trinity St Mary’s School, in Trinity Square, South Woodham Ferrers, was inspected last month by Ofsted.

  Inspector, Cindy Impey, found the school to be in a very good position and praised the work of acting head teacher Janet Hoy.

  She said: “The leadership team has maintained the good quality of education in the school since the previous inspection. Although the school has recently experienced a difficult period in leadership, Miss Hoy has stepped up to the role of acting head teacher while also continuing as a class teacher.”

  The report went on to praise the attention that has been given to the pupils’ writing skills at the school, but urged the staff to focus further on the children’s mathematics.

  Inspector, Cindy Impey added: “Since the previous inspection there has been a strong focus on developing pupils’ writing skills. Pupils’ writing is now celebrated widely around the school, is beautifully presented and is of good quality.

  “Leaders and those responsible for governance should ensure that they continue to improve and embed pupils’ deeper thinking skills in the teaching of mathematics.”

   

  Written by Joshua Searle @ Maldon Standard

   

   

  

• ParentPay - our new online payment service

  Thu 16 Mar 2017

  We are pleased to announce that we will shortly be accepting payments online for items such as dinner money and school trips. Using a secure website called ParentPay you will be able to pay online using your credit or debit card. ParentPay will be our preferred method of making payments to school, however we will still accept cash and cheques for a while. 

   

  What are the benefits to parents and pupils?

  • ParentPay is easy-to-use and will offer you the freedom to make online payments whenever and wherever you like, 24/7
  • The technology used is of the highest internet security available ensuring that your money will reach school safely - offering you peace of mind
  • Payments can be made by credit/debit card and also through PayPoint
  • Full payment histories and statements are available to you securely online at anytime
  • Your children will not have to worry about losing money at school
  • Parents can choose to be alerted when their balances are low via email and/or SMS text

   

  What are the benefits to our school?

  • You can help us reduce workloads for all staff as no more counting cash, chasing debt and stop cash collection services
  • Creates more time to lend to educational support and the smooth running of the school
  • Using Parentpay also ensures that all financial transactions are safe and secure - helping us to remove costs associated with us having to manage cash securely on the school premises
  • The more parents that use ParentPay, the greater the benefit is to our school

   

  How to get started with ParentPay

  We will shortly be sending you your account activation details, once you receive these:

  • Visit www.parentpay.com
  • Enter your Activation username and password in the Account Login section of the homepage. N.B These are for one-time use only, you will choose your own username and password for future access during the activation process
  • Provide all the necessary information and choose your new new username and password for your account - registering your email address will enable us to send you receipts and reminders
  • Once activation is complete you can go straight to Items for Payment, select which item(s) you want to add to your basket and proceed to complete your payment.

  For more information, visit www.parentpay/parents/what-parentpay-does

   

• 52 Lives Update - see a video!

  Wed 11 Jan 2017
  Following on from a visit from 52 Lives in September we have been sent a link where you will be able to view some of our children wishing Katie their best wishes. Take a look at the link ....

  https://www.52-lives.org/12lives/school/4/

• Wear Something Red Day

  Fri 21 Oct 2016

  Our School Council have organised a 'Wear Something Red' day on Friday 21st October to help raise funds for their chosen charity, Bloodwise.

   

  Children are encouraged to come into school dressed in red for a donation of £1. 

   

  Our chef, Grayham, is kindly baking cakes to sell at 50p each for all of our pupils.

• E-Safety Workshop for Parents

  Tue 18 Oct 2016

  We are holding an E-Safety workshop for our parents on Tuesday 18th October 2016 from 7pm until 9pm. 

   

  After attending an E-Safety session led by The E-Safety Training company I thought it would also be highly beneficial for our parents here at Trinity St Mary’s and help raise awareness of our children’s safety online. The aim of the event is to change parents’ perspective of what children’s lives look like online. The session also aims to challenge parents’ current thought processes when trying to have a greater understanding of what children are doing online and to help keep them safe. During the session you will be advised about many new and emerging apps that have appeared over the last year.

  I would really encourage you to attend this informative session.

   

  Christina Gooday

  Headteacher

• 52 Lives

  Fri 30 Sep 2016

  52 LIVES SCHOOL KINDNESS PROJECT

  This morning our Class 3 and 4 received a visit from Jaime Thurston and Greig Trout, a motivational speaker who spoke to the children about kindness. They showed the children how as individuals they can make a difference to someone’s life by discussing a real-life case study. After the presentation the children were given the opportunity to create a card for a ten year old girl, Katie, who is struggling with juvenile arthritis. In the next couple of weeks they will be posting an article about their visit to our school on their website www.52-lives.org/schools.

   

• New Website Launched

  Tue 26 Jul 2016

  Welcome to our brand new school website! We have created the website to keep parents up to date with school news and notices, and to showcase some of the great things our pupils are achieving. The website is extremely easy to edit by all staff at the school, so check back soon for new updates!

   

• Happy holiday!

  Thu 21 Jul 2016

  FOTSMS Inflatable Fun Afternoon, Thursday 21st July 2016 from 2pm until 4pm.
  
  Primary School aged children £6.00 in advance or £6.50 on the door
  
  Pre-School aged children £4.00 in advance or £4.50 on the door
   

  See "Latest News Documents" for information on the Queen's 90th Birthday Lunch.

• Class 2 Lunch

  Wed 25 Nov 2015
  Class 2 will be having their special class lunch whereby parents are very welcome to join their child for lunch. Please kindly notify the school office or return the slip at the bottom of the class lunch letter.

• Back to school

  Mon 07 Sep 2015