Pupils at a Lanarkshire school were having a busy time before their Christmas break.
Trinity High teenagers in Rutherglen were taking part in everything from pantomimes to health days prior to the school holidays.
One of the most popular events on the school calendar was the Christmas Concert, called Step (Back) Into Christmas and their pantomime; “Happily Ever After…?
The acts in the first half of the evening ranged from: a medley of Scottish tunes played by the Scottish Music Group, through a rousing rendition of Frosty the Snowman by the brass ensemble, to an ExtrABBAganza from the Senior Percussion Ensemble.
After the interval, the pantomime featured excellent performances from pupils from S1 to S6, with an inhouse-written script telling the story of the impact of Teeny Genie’s disbelief in magic, and the attempts of her genie mentor (with the help of a host of fairy-tale characters) to help her believe again so that in the end everyone was able to live happily ever after.
A small but hardworking and dedicated crew of pupils painted sets, made props, and sourced costumes to support the fantastic talent on stage while over 250 parents, carers, friends, former pupils, and members of the local community attended.
The school's pupils also recently learned about keeping healthy with a series of workshops, including a high energy dodgeball class that helped release stress, a LAMH session that focused on mental health and the importance of discussing this openly with others.
There was also a Lifelink workshop that used the analogy of a tennis ball to demonstrate the incredible resilience pupils already have within themselves and how to tap into this, as well as where to seek help and what to do when they cannot simply bounce back from stress.
Trinity kids also enjoyed the chance to walk an alpaca and pat their lovely soft fur while being in the fresh air, an active orienteering session focused around teamwork and map reading skills to the test in this active workshop and an action packed session on a climbing wall and trampolines.
Lastly the school's S4 N5 beekeepers were busy extracting honey from the comb made by the school's hardworking bees.
Nearly 50 jars of honey were made as the pupils worked a double shift to remove cappings, spin the frames, and triple filter the honey before it was jarred.
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