

| Friday,5th March 2010 | VOLUME 26, NUMBER 22 |
School
Aim
“To provide a Christian environment in which young people are safe,
secure, cared for and happy, and are able to develop into articulate,
confident and well qualified citizens of the world.”

What a performance by our Y8 boys’ basketball team earlier this week as they took on tough opponents St Matthew’s RC High School in a regional round of the National Knock-Out Competition.
The boys have improved dramatically since Y7 and matched their athletic and skilful Moston opponents point for point. Unfortunately, it was not to be. Clawing their way back in the dying seconds, Trinity just lost out 32-31 in a real thriller.
Y7 and Y8 girls’ football:
Won all four matches in a tournament held at Whalley Range H.S. Cara Houghton and Danielle Smith scored hat tricks and Geraldine Achieng hit a real screamer into the top corner.
Y10 netball:
Defeated Abraham Moss and Wright Robinson, but lost out to Parrswood and St Peter’s.
Y7 boys’ football:
A scintillating 5-3 winners against the ‘Creative Academy’ school in the Manchester Cup. Great performances from Ilias Harameyn and Romario Murdock-Stimpson.
Our Y10 and Y11 teams defeated Loreto High 6-3 and 11-2 respectively.
Boys’ badminton:
Camunelle Fletchman and Peter Bell won their individual tournaments and now progress to the city wide tournament later this month.


Thank you to Revd Cyprian Yobera of Christ Church, Harpurhey, who led our Eucharist service, assisted by Revd Birkinshaw and readers Annie Wilson, Alex Boumba-Ngoma and Caitlin McNiven.
February was another good month, the school attendance coming out at 95.66%. The “best” three forms in each year group were as follows:
|
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
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Y7 |
KS |
96.86% |
MN |
96.81% |
FI |
96.79% |
Y8 |
RD and SW: 98.74% |
TH |
98.33% |
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Y9 |
BS |
98.1% |
CO |
97.18% |
DV |
97% |
Y10 |
AT |
97.85% |
HR |
97.53% |
IW |
97.08% |
Y11 |
RO |
95.95% |
BA |
95.89% |
CK |
94.83% |
Ofsted classify high school attendance in excess of 94% as “Outstanding”.
At last weeks meeting of the school’s Full Governing Body, the following term time and holiday pattern was approved for 2010-11:
Term 1
Monday, 6th Sept, 2010 |
Staff INSET day |
Tuesday, 7th Sept |
Pupils return |
Friday, 1st Oct |
Staff performance management day |
Monday-Friday, 25th-29th Oct |
Half term |
Monday, 1st Nov |
Return to school |
Friday, 19th Nov |
Long weekend |
Monday, 20th Dec – Monday, 3rd Jan, 2011 |
Christmas holidays |
Term 2
Tuesday, 4th Jan, 2011 |
Return to school |
Monday-Friday, 21st-25th Feb |
Half term |
Monday-Friday, 18th-29th April |
Easter holidays |
Monday, 2nd May |
Bank holiday |
Term 3
Tuesday, 3rd May |
Return to school |
Monday-Friday, 30th May – 3rd June |
Whitsuntide holidays |
Monday, 25th July |
Summer holidays begin |
Please make sure you do not book family holidays during term time.
A large number of Trinity young writers have had their short stories included in an anthology entitled “Mini Sagas”. Submissions had to have “excitement, adventure, interesting characters, a gripping plot, squeezed into fifty words”. During the next few weeks we will feature a number of stories from Trinity students.
Today, ‘Silent Love’ by Leonne Bryan:
“Kimberley turned to Tyler and looked deep into his eyes. ‘I love you, do you know that?’ There was no reply. She sighed, snuggled up in her duvet, switched on the TV and laid down next to him. She said, ‘Sometimes I forget you’re just a little teddy bear."
From Head of Science, Mr Johnson:
“By now your child should have shown you their mid-term check for this term. This is an ideal opportunity for you to discuss their progress across the subject areas. Please sign and return the reply slip to your child's form tutor to show you have received this report.
GCSE Science results for the January examinations will be handed out to all students in Years 10 and 11 on Friday, 12th March. For most students, this represents 33% of the marks for this years GCSE course.”
Tickets for this years production, ‘Oliver Twist’, to be performed on Thursday 11th and Friday 12th March, are available from Student Services or by contacting the main office.
Weighing in on Sunday, 28th February, at 8lb, Gracie. Mother and baby are fine
... Spring, we hope, is now with us, and the snow, sleet and heartbreaking decision to temporarily close the school are now in the distant past. Evidence can be seen in the beautiful carpet of crocuses keeping the fish company in the quadrangle.





