T R I N I T Y A C A D E M Y CELEBRATING ACHIEVEMENTS

1st Edition Oct - Dec Newsletter 1st EDITION OCT - DEC 2019

S1-3 Achievement Tokens

This year the school was kindly donated a sum of money that was to

be used to celebrate great things going on within and out with the

school. This lead to the installation of the House boxes outside the

Headteacher’s office, and the purchase of House tokens.

Tokens will be handed out to any S1-3 pupil who does something

outstanding in school, extracurricularly or out with the school setting.

The token the pupils receive represent the House the pupil is in. Tokens

are recorded by staff on termly House basis, and an individual annual

basis. This will result in two potential sets of rewards for the pupils.

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Termly House rewards will take place at the end of each term. The

winning house will be announced and all pupils will gather in the Hall

to take part in something fun together. The individual rewards will

happen at the end of the Academic year (in May or June) and will

likely be an experience outside school.

THE REWARDS

THIS NEWSLETTER

The aim of this Newsletter is to highlight the fantastic things our pupils

are doing on a daily basis. We hope this system will encourage

everyone to share everything they are doing for themselves and

others, as well as recognising when pupils go the extra mile in class

and achieve within a classroom setting.

The outcome of the Token system has been incredibly positive and

our S1-3 cohort have really got on board with the system, a huge well

done to you all; keep up the hard work! If you have received a token

since August you should be incredibly proud of yourself. The aim of

this newsletter is to highlight some of the outstanding things going on

around our school over the last few months. Enjoy!

All S1-3 Arran pupils should come to the Hall at end of Lunch on Thursday 19th December!

Congratulations to all Arran pupils!

Aila Binnie 2A1Aila was the first to finish her Bag Design and Make Textile Unit

in FCT. She produced a bag of her chosen fabric, it is unit

and is finished to a high standard.

S1-3 Achievement Tokens

Over the last few months some of the pupils have been asked for a

photograph of themselves with the token, or the work they produced

that got them their token. The rest of this document highlights some

of the outstanding things our pupils have achieved this year!

Well done to you all!

Congratulations to you all!

Finn ShearerFinn was the first ever pupil to receive a token and ring the

Bell! Well done Finn!

Alistair Milligan 202Alistair created a fantastic Scratch Animation to accompany

his project in Drama Club.

Brody Guy and Zakaria AbidComing up with a huge number of imaginative, creative and

unique ideas in their Morphological Analysis Task for their

Design and Manufacture Folio.

The CITADEL’s Boys GroupCongratulations to the S1 boys group who embraced new

activities, made lots of new friends and improved their

teamwork and communication skills throughout.

Christopher Dalmas and Chiedza Mandinyenya For being the only two pupils in the class who managed to

solve the word puzzle Mrs Devoy set for homework. They had

to say what all the words had in common.

Great creative and

unique finish to their

Christmas cake in

FCT.

Jackie Rae, Maria Warmerdam and Phoebe MoylesFor their excellent poetry readings during the S1

Remembrance Service in November.

Jack PearsonToken awarded for an excellent piece of Science homework

on the Scottish Dentist Daniel Rutherford.

Hollie Blair and Dillon ConnollyFor great leadership and excellent contribution and worth ethic in

Music. They both wrote great lyrics for their for their songs.

The CITADEL’s Boys GroupCongratulations to the S1 boys group who embraced new

activities, made lots of new friends and improved their

teamwork and communication skills throughout.

Elliot Brennan and Jack PearsonFor decorating the winning Chemis-TREE in STEM club!

Great creative and

unique finish to their

Christmas cake in

FCT.

Oliver NixonReally good description and illustrations of catalysts to add to

his group poster. Great group work!

Kayleigh Wyllie, Ruby Balloch, Kayla Travers and

Sibgha MustafaTook a great piece of written work and turned it into a

beautifully presented poster.

1S1 Band Outstanding effort and creativity in class! Great class performance -

the pupils created, rehearsed and performed a rhythm using a

variety of different sounds. Well done!

S2 STEM Design Girls These 5 S2 girls - Ada, Cara, Rachel, Ava and Iris, have worked

incredibly hard all year to put together proposals for STEM

competitions. We look forward to seeing their future work!

Sophie JeffreySophie volunteered to take part in reading out a drama text

in English. She read with real expression and really brought

the play to life!

All those who contributed to the Shoebox AppealA massive thanks to all the pupils who helped to put a

Shoebox for the Samaritans Operation Christmas Child

Appeal.

Great creative and

unique finish to their

Christmas cake in

FCT.

to all pupils who have received a token

so far! Keep up the hard work!

A special mention... to the six pupils below. These pupils have received

the most tokens so far this year!

Rebecca Davey

Iris Hughes

Evan McGillvray

Matilda Brims

Rachel Hall

Jack Pearson

A reminder that individual tokens are being recorded by the Achievement group throughout the year! There is still plenty of time for the twenty pupils with the highest token count to change!

Good Luck!

A word from... Mr Paterson - Head Teacher

It has been an absolute delight meeting and shaking hands of every

single student who achieved a token , and rang the bell outside my

room. It has been equally delightful to see students appreciate that we

take this as seriously as they do. – the bell is literally rung every 5 minutes

or so; deputes and myself committed to congratulate every single

student. The sheer sense of joy and pride on students faces as they tell

us about their achievements has been simply wonderful. Long may it

continue!

Mr Campbell - Deputy Head Teacher

Head of Arran House

Myself and Mr Robertson are very proud of each and every pupil who

has contributed to the Arran total. The effort from so many pupils has

been outstanding. Next term, the process starts again and if we don’t

win the House Awards for the first block, we are confident that you will

continue to work hard to be the best you can. The positivity, joy and

sense of achievement from every pupil, has been outstanding. What a

great team effort – well done everyone!

Mr Todd - Deputy Head Teacher

Head of Skye House

I’d like to offer a huge congratulations to everyone in Skye who has

been awarded a token and contributed to our impressive count. It is

fantastic to hear about all of your achievements in class and great to

see Skye pupils get so enthusiastic and involved in the points system. Ms

Clarke, Ms Oliver and I are all extremely proud of all of your efforts; and

if you are still to achieve a token - your time is now!

Ms Stewart - Deputy Head Teacher

Head of Orkney House

Mr MacLeod and I are very proud of the outstanding achievements for

all pupils in Orkney House. All tokens were thoroughly deserved and it

has been lovely to see your enthusiasm in taking part. We have all

enjoyed watching the columns grow everyday . We look forward to

seeing more of the same next term from all Orkney pupils.

Congratulations!