Prospectus

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Mission Statement

Holy Trinity is committed to providing to all pupils, particularly the more vulnerable, the highest level of pastoral care in a safe, caring and attractive learning environment. The school holds all pupils in the highest esteem and considers it essential that all play a full and integrated part in the life of the school.

The school believes in the holistic development of the child to his/her potential. It will provide a broad, balanced and differentiated curriculum. Holy Trinity is committed to having high expectations for academic achievement, good conduct, sport and the creative arts. The school has identified extra curricular activities suited to the interests of all pupils as being of particular value in the life of the school.

The school will seek to promote attitudes and values according to the Catholic tradition in harmony with the school chaplain. The school will endeavour to foster personal and collective integrity, among staff, pupils and in all aspects of the work of the school.

Holy Trinity regards our parents as valued and respected educational partners who are made to feel welcome at the school. The school will provide regular feedback to parents on the progress of pupils and, offer to them any other relevant pastoral guidance. The school places considerable importance upon its links with the parish – especially with regard to sacramental preparation, The Mass and communications in the parish bulletin. Holy Trinity is proud of its cross community links through the EMU programme and its links to feeder, second level schools and outside agencies.

Policy for Enrolment in Holy Trinity Primary School

Holy Trinity Primary School strives to achieve, and is proud to maintain, a strong ethos of excellence in all of those areas which a modern and forward-thinking school needs to embrace, including the key areas of pastoral care, academic achievement and sporting prowess.

Holy Trinity Primary School occupies a prestigious site on the edge of Holy Trinity parish, nestling under the Black Mountain and enjoying a panoramic view of Belfast. In addition to our rolling lawns we have four all-weather playgrounds and two modern gymnasia. Our pupils have access to the sporting facilities of the GAA club which abuts the school premises, Gortnamona GAC. The school is equipped with a computer suite, up-to-date technology (including an interactive whiteboard in every classroom), a sensory garden and two well-stocked libraries.

It is our policy as a Catholic school, with a highly committed and talented staff, to promote Christian values and attitudes and to help each child to develop and to achieve his or her spiritual, intellectual, emotional and physical potential.

We regard our parents as partners in the attainment of these goals and accordingly seek to involve them as closely as possible in their children’s education. Regular opportunities are provided for parents to meet the children’s teachers and to become actively involved in the life of the school. Our recently refurbished parents’ room provides an excellent opportunity to relax, meet other parents and/or participate in one of the wide range of parents’ courses that we provide.

Parents who choose Holy Trinity Primary School are choosing a school with an enviable academic record. We are committed to nurturing each child through the provision of a broad and balanced skills-based curriculum, with the core skills of numeracy and literacy at its heart and a rigorous system of ongoing monitoring and evaluation is in place to measure children’s progress in this regard.

We value music highly and have a full time music teacher. Our pupils also receive tuition from the City of Belfast School of Music and are encouraged to perform regularly in public.

The school provides a wide range of extra-curricular activities including Camogie, ICT, Play, French, Spanish, Handball, Tin Whistle, Guitar, Football, Hurling, Art, Brass, Basketball, Irish, Table tennis and Homework. We provide an annual school concert, Sports Day and a Poetry Week.

In addition to our mainstream classes Holy Trinity Primary School has two Partially Hearing Units and four units for children with Moderate Learning Difficulties. Children educated in these units enjoy the considerable benefits of tuition by specialist teachers in addition to opportunities for integration into mainstream classes.

The school is well placed to meet the needs of our children in the modern world.

ADMISSIONS CRITERIA FOR ENTRY OF PUPILS IN SEPTEMBER 2012

Preference will be given to applications submitted to the school on or before the closing date in any year as specified by the Belfast Education and Library Board.

The following three criteria will be applied by the Board of Governors of Holy Trinity School in selecting children to Primary 1 in descending order of priority:

1) Children of compulsory school age (born between 2 July 2007 and 1 July 2008) who normally reside in the parish of Holy Trinity.

2) Children whose parent / guardian is presently a permanent member of the teaching / ancillary / auxiliary staff.

3) Children who have brothers/sisters (half-brothers/half-sisters) presently enrolled in the school

4) Children whose parent/guardian, brother/sister, (half-brother/half-sister) are prior pupils of the school.

5) Children of compulsory school age from other areas.

If over-subscribed in any one of the above criteria, taken in order, final selection will be on the basis of the closeness of the home to the school as measured by the shortest walking distance.

The Statutory limit for Primary 1 is 30 pupils per class.

Duty to Verify

The Board of Governors reserves the right to require such supplementary evidence as it may determine to support or verify information on any Application Form. The provision of false or incorrect information or the failure to provide information within the deadlines set by the school can result in the withdrawal of a place in Holy Trinity Primary School.

NOTES:

After 1 September 2012 and during the 2012/2013 school year the above criteria will be applied:
- to fill a vacancy arising within the school’s admissions number.
- when children are seeking admission at Primary 2 to Primary 7 (inclusive) stages.

Further information

The Board of Governors of Holy Trinity Primary School trusts that parents will be assisted in relation to enrolment matters as set out in the policy and that furthermore, the Board of Governors and Principal will be happy to clarify any further matters arising from the policy.