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Holy Trinity College
Cookstown

028 8676 2420

Contact details

Holy Trinity College
9-29 Chapel Street
Cookstown
Co Tyrone
BT80 8QB
Tel:02886762420
Email:
info@holytrinityc.cookstown.ni.sch.uk
www.holytrinitycollege.org

Mission Statement

Holy Trinity College
is a Catholic school
Committed to providing
opportunities to develop the
unique talents of all pupils in a
positive, challenging and caring
learning environment.
Promoting
“Inspiration, Innovation, Excellence”

Principal

A very special welcome to all our Year 8 pupils. I trust that you will be very happy in Holy Trinity College and that you will work very hard and make the most of every opportunity available during your time here. I am really looking forward to meeting everyone.
Mrs I. Russell.

Welcome

I hope that you will enjoy your summer holidays and arrive with us refreshed and bursting with enthusiasm.
In our college we have students from many different countries: Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, East Timor, Poland, Portugal, Turkey, Russia, Slovakia, Hungary, Bulgaria, Syria, Czech Republic, Angola, Spain, Romania, Indonesia, and Brazil.

People you need to know

Mrs. Donaghy Miss Loughran

Office
Staff

Mrs C McElhone

Mrs Litter Miss McLaughlin

Mrs McAleer

Mrs M Wyer

MrO’Donnell
Head of Junior School
Room

Mrs Monaghan
Head of Year 8
Room

People you need to know

Miss Collins
Pastoral officer Mrs Bell
Pastoral officer
Pp

Mrs M Valdez
Nurse

Mrs Quinn
Child Protection
Pastoral officer
Pp

Mr Gervin
Caretaker

Miss McAdoo
Librarian
Pastoral officer
Pp

What you need

Full school uniform must be worn by all pupils

Girls	Boys
Black Blazer with Crest	Black Blazer with Crest
White Revere Collar Blouse	White Shirt
No Tie	Striped Tie– Emerald Green/Black
Black V-neck Jumper with Emerald Green Stripes	Black V-neck Jumper with Emerald Green Stripes
Knee Length Pleated Black Skirt	Black Trousers
Black Tights	Black Socks
Black Shoes	Black Shoes
School Scarf	School Scarf
Outdoor School Water-proof Coat	Outdoor School Water-proof Coat

PE Uniform

All items of your school
uniform should be marked clearly with your name

School Uniform can be purchased from:
Kee’s of Cookstown
or
Frank McGirr Menswear &
Mecca Boutique Coalisland
PE Uniform can be purchased from:
Intersport
Main Street
Cookstown.

Your School Day

Arrive at school
8.40am 08:40
Registration
8.45 08:55
Period 1 8.55 09:50
Period 2 9.55 10:45
Break
10.45 11:00
Period 3 11.00 11:50
Period 4 11.50 12:40
Lunch 12.40 13:30
Period 5 13.30 14:20
Period 6 14.20 15:10
Home
Home

Canteen

Home
15:10

The Canteen

Breakfast Club for everyone

cereal toast pancakes muffins fruit juice

fruit yoghurt water

Break: In the Canteen

bagel soup + roll sandwiches

tea coffee scones

Sample menu for Lunch

Cold foods
or

Savoury pasta
Mince pie
Peppered beef & rice
Chicken curry

Packed Lunch

It is good to go to the Canteen to eat your packed lunch

Subjects

In our school students can study these
Subjects yrs 8-10

Art and Design

Drama

Environment & Society
(Geography & History)

Physical Education

English with Media
English

Mathematics

Science
Science

ICT

Religious Education

Music

Subjects

Careers / PSHE /Learning for Life and Work/ Employability

Local and
Global Citizenship

Technology and Design

Home
Economics

Money
Management

French

Irish

GCSEs in home languages

Polish

Portuguese

Russian

Urdu

Homework/Planners

Your Form teacher will give you a Pupil Planner
You should record: all your homework
your attendance each week your achievements
test results Absence notes
Permission to leave school
Ask a parent to sign your planner each week.

Help with English

There are extra classes for English in Holy Trinity College.
Students can come out from some other classes to get help with their English.
Students can also do an examination in English. There are different levels and certificates for each level.

Mrs A. McKenny
Newcomer Co-ordinator

Dr D. Almeida
Language Support
Teacher

Extra Activities

Soccer Hurling GAA Games

Newcomer After School Club

Film/Editing Club

Book Club/Library Art Club

There are also Revision Classes and Coursework Clinics

Classes in our College

In our school we have 7 year groups:
Year 8
Year 9
Year 10
Year 11
Year 12
Year 13
Year 14
In each year group there are 6-7 classes.
Some classes are smaller because the
students need more help.
Each class has a form teacher.
The form teacher helps the students if they have problems.
If you have any questions about your child, you can write or telephone the form teacher.

What happens in years 8-10?

We call years 8-10 Key Stage 3 (KS3).
In years 8-10 (ages 11-14) students study 20
subjects.

What happens when you are 14?

Year 10 is the end of Key Stage 3. KS3
When you are 14 you choose 8 –9 subjects.
Then you will go into Year 11.
We call years 11 and 12 Key Stage 4 (KS4)
At the end of year 12 (age 16) you will do GCSE.
GCSEs are exams that you do when you are 16 (year 12)
They are very important.

What happens when you are 16?

When you are 16 you do your GCSE
exams.
After that you can decide what you want to do:
Leave school
Stay at school and do more exams
Go to another school or an FE college to do more exams.
If you stay at school, you will have 2 more years. You will do 3-4 subjects.
You will have exams in year 13 and year 14.
You will need these exams to go to
university, Further Education College or Employment (age 18)

School rules

1. Students must be in school at 8.40am
2. Students must go to school every day
3. If your child is not at school
you must telephone or write
to the school.
4. If you want to take your child out of school
you must telephone or write and meet your child at the school office.

Monday Friday

School rules

5. Students DO NOT wear jewellery.
6. Girls must NOT wear makeup
7. Girls must not wear high heels
8. Boys must keep their hair short
9. No smoking
10. Students do not eat in
class.
They may drink water.
11. Students must not use mobile
phones in school.

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School rules

12. No ipods in class.
13. No chewing gum.
14. No foods with nut ingredients.
15. Students must wear full school uniform at all times.
16. Students must stay in the school grounds all day.

Shoe Box Appeal

During the month of November, the students from Holy Trinity College were extremely busy collecting and wrapping presents for the Shoe Box Appeal.
Blythswood Care contacted the school at the end of October, and since that day, the Staff, the Newcomers’ Department, together with year 8, 9 and so many other students, put their Elf hats on and started gathering goods and wrapping presents.
These presents included different day to day objects, like tooth paste, tooth brushes, soaps, hats, scarves, small toys, etc. Simple objects that we are lucky enough to have, but so many families, can’t afford.
The staff from Blythswood Care were delighted with the number of boxes that Holy Trinity College was able to collect: 145 boxes, which made 145 people very happy this Christmas.
All these boxes made their way to Romania and we are looking forward to seeing some pictures from this year’s Shoe Box Appeal.

Our Photo Gallery

Religious Education

Library Time

Year 8 Mentoring

Music

Art

Our Photo Gallery

Home Economics

English and Media

Science

History

P.E.

Geography

School in Northern Ireland

Nursery school (age 3-4)
Primary school (age 4/5-11)
Post-Primary school (age 11-16/18)
Year 8: 11/12 years old
Year 9: 12/13 years old
Year 10: 13/14 years old
Year 11: 14/15 years old
Year 12: 15/16 years old
Year 13: 16/17 years old
Year 14: 17/18 years old
OR
College of Further Education (age 16 +)
OR Employment
School year: September June
Holidays: July and August
It is recommended students remain in school during term-time.

You must go to school

You can stay at school