Trinity CofE High School

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Trinity Weekly

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.”

The Narrowest Of Defeats

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.

More Sporting Highlights

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.

Ash Wednesday Eucharist

“Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit,
returned from Jordan and was
led by the Spirit into the desert,
where for forty days he was
tempted by the devil.”

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.

Attendance Highlights

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
Y7	KS	96.86%	MN	96.81%	FI	96.79%
Y8	RD and SW: 98.74%				TH	98.33%
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”.

Planning Ahead

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.

Creative Writing

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."

Short Messages

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.”

School Play Reminder

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.

Ms Fidler’s Baby!

Weighing in on Sunday, 28th February, at 8lb, Gracie. Mother and baby are fine

And Finally…

... 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.