Issue No 30
19th May 2017
PGL Year 10
Visit
Last weekend Mr Birks-Agnew and
Miss Chant took a group of Year 10
students to PGL Windmill Hill near
Battle. The aim of the trip was to
build confidence, resilience,
teamwork and relationships by
pushing the students in unfamiliar
settings and by taking part in
activities that took them out of
their comfort zone. On the Friday
students took part in abseiling
which included some competitive
games while suspended halfway
down the wall, and the zip wire.
On Saturday morning, the students
worked with Mr Birks-Agnew and
Miss Chant on overcoming exam
challenges. Following on from the
theme of worship they thought
about their own goals and why they
wanted to get good GCSE results.
They also collated as a group the
challenges they have with exams and
revision and worked on supporting
each other by providing solutions.
The study skills finished with some
exercises on speed reading and
summarising, and also looking at
what command words in exams
actually mean. There were some
excellent ideas that came from this
morning session which Mr Taylor
will share with KS4 parents, and we
also identified some things we need
to do in form time to support Year
10 as they approach their next set
of PPEs in June. On the Saturday
afternoon students took part in
more activities, this time the zip
wire and some air rifle shooting.
The students were a credit to
themselves and the school.
Matthew “Patience is a virtue".
Ellie " You need to have a growth
mind-set".
Daniella " I have had such a lovely
weekend".
Le Café – French
Play Our school hall was turned into a
French theatre last week when
visiting actors took to the stage in a
production of ‘Le Café’. All students
who study French in Years 8, 9 and
10 were able to watch ‘French actors
in a French farce. There were many
costume changes and students
enjoyed watching the play which was
conducted totally in French.
Education for life in all its fullness
Well done to all our participants
who were chosen from the audience
to converse in French, order drinks,
and assemble a mannequin dummy!
We look forward to our Spanish play
later this month.
Grill a Christian On Tuesday 6th June at lunchtime
we will be holding our final “Grill a
Christian” event of the year! We
are very lucky to have two great
guests coming in to join the panel;
Daniel Seven from Rebirth Dance
(who performed for the students on
the day of our official school
opening ceremony) and Charlie
Ingram, the minister at Bessels
Green Baptist Church. They will be
joined by Mr Archer and Angus
(Year 9) to face questions from our
students. Please encourage your
children to come along.
Nancy Rothwell
Award Are you interested in Art &
Science?
The Royal Society of Biology and
The Royal Veterinary College are
offering students the opportunity to
receive a guided tour of the
anatomy museum and dissection
rooms and to meet the artist in
residence. There are also other
prizes up for grabs too!
If you are interested in participating
you will need to create a natural
specimen drawing. For inspiration
take a look at last year’s shortlisted
entries on Pinterest:
https://uk.pinterest.com/RoyalSocBi
o/specimen-drawing-2016/
More information can also be found
on the poster attached to the
newsletter.
There will also be a specimen
drawing session taking place after
school, speak to Mrs Rayfield in G6 for further details.
Sevenoaks
International Art
Fair We are pleased to announce that a
selection of students in Years 7-10
have been selected to exhibit work
at the Sevenoaks International Art
Fair. Students were given the brief
to create an original piece of
artwork based on the theme of
their choice using a variety of media
and produced some amazing results!
The exhibition will run from the 2nd
- 4th June at the New Beacon
Centre in Sevenoaks. Please feel
free to come along and support our
students - see the poster attached
for further information.
Year 7 Nicole Shepherd
Andrea Ahern
Hannah Glanfield
Keyna Dishman
Year 8 Iris Burton
Holly Chatten
Grace Lansdale-Down
Year 9 Joshua Davis
Cody Bezuidenhout
Angus Read
Lauren Casewell
Samantha Hurst
Shannon Farquharson
Jessica Thomas
Cristie Pritchard
Lawrence Fleming
Year 10 Gracie Jordan
Louis Decleyn
GCSE Religious
Education Should we eat meat? What is
factory farming? How did the
universe begin? Why do we suffer?
Does life begin? What is terrorism?
Is there evidence for immortality?
These are some of the religious and
moral questions that will be
explored during the next few
months of KS4 Religious Education.
Students will learn how religious
people from different traditions
approach such questions, before
forming their own opinions.
Religious Education is an important
subject whereby all students can
express their opinion and
communicate coherent arguments
surrounding sensitive issues. The
GCSE allows students to identify,
investigate and respond to
fundamental questions of life raised
by religion and human experience.
At times there may be some hard
questions that may be difficult to
reach a judgement and these
discussions may be carried on
outside of the classroom. Please
contact Miss E Chant (Head of RE)
if there are any queries or questions
in relation to these topics.
Careers Next week the students at Trinity
will be participating in ‘careers
week’. Pupils will be engaged in
Education for life in all its fullness
activities during lessons and
morning form time. Subject teachers
will be delivering talks about the
various career choices in their
subjects. Form time will be used to
look at skills and career choices in
KS3. At KS4 students will look at
developing a CV.
The school website has been
updated to incorporate a careers
page. The page contains lots of
information to allow students to be
proactive in their career choices.
Information can be found at
www.trinitysevenoaks.org.uk/curric
ulum/careers/
Faraday House
Day Faraday will be holding their House
charity day on Friday 26th May.
Students can pay £1 to come to
school in their own clothes for the
day.
Our two House charities are
Cancer Research and The Stein
Foundation. The Stein Foundation
is a charity in memory of Isiah Stein
who was a Freedom Fighter against
Apartheid in South Africa,
campaigning alongside Nelson
Mandela. He and his family came to
England in 1968 as political refugees,
but he still remained a strong
advocate for racial equality all his
life. Three of his children became
professional footballers and the
charity uses sport as a way of
helping educate young people in
Cape Town. They are building a
community hall attached to a
primary school in Cape Town
providing a space for both the
school and community to use. It
will also be able to provide hot
meals for the students, which for
many this would be the only hot
meal they would have in the day.
Mark Stein played for Chelsea,
Stoke and then Bournemouth
towards the end of his career. He
has been kind enough to donate a
signed current Bournemouth
football top for us to raffle.
The top was specially made for
Mark and has been signed by all the
players and Manager, Eddie Howe.
Raffle tickets will be £1 each and
can be bought from George and
Hannah, our Year 10 House
Captains or Ms Loveridge and the
number will be drawn at lunchtime
on Friday.
Please help us to support our two
charities by encouraging the
students to bring in their loose
change in order to participate in all
the activities and stalls that will be
running at lunchtime.
Ms Loveridge
Watoto Choir Thursday was a very special day as
we spent it in the company of some
truly amazing people. The 17
children from Watoto and the
adults who care for them were a joy
to be around and put on two
amazing performances for us.
During the school day, all our staff
and students were treated to a
show that even had the teachers
dancing! It was wonderful to hear
their story and to hear the children
sing.
In the evening, we had a longer
concert in which we heard all about
how Watoto works and the
amazing things they are doing for
communities and individuals in
Uganda. There was an opportunity
to donate and just over £1500 was
raised (before gift aid) by the
generous people who came to
watch.
Education for life in all its fullness
There was also an opportunity to
sponser a child or mother and
opportunities to buy merchandise.
It was an amazing day, and one I am
sure none of us will forget for a long
time. We wish the Choir the very
best as they continue their tour and
pray that the work of Watoto will
go from strength to strength
Termly Maths
Puzzle The deadline for entries for
“Dividing squares” has now passed.
Winners will be announced next
Friday and a new puzzle issued next
term.
News
And
Events
Tickets are on sale for
Summer
Spectacular
Trinity’s
First
Gym and
Dance Display
Friday 26th May 2017
6.00 – 8.00pm, School Hall
ADULT £3 CONCESSION £2
Tickets can be purchased from the
LG Staffroom – cash only.
GCSE Music
Recital
Students from Year 10 will be
performing their solo and ensemble
pieces as part of their GCSE
coursework on:
Wednesday 7th June
4.30 – 6.00pm
In the school hall.
All welcome.
TrinFest
Trinity’s
Summer Festival Please save the date for TrinFest
which will take place at Trinity
School from 2-5pm on Saturday 1st
July and is organized by the Friends
of Trinity. Please see the attached
flyer for all the amazing things that
will be happening. Entry is £1,
payable on the door.
Friends of Trinity
Coffee Morning July – Wednesday 5th
(9.30am - 11.00am) Café on The
Vine (Vine Gardens, Sevenoaks,
TN13 3UH)
Trinity Parents
Choir
Next meeting is Tuesday 23rd May
7.30 – 9.00pm in the hall. All
welcome!
Sporting News!
Extra-Curricular
Clubs Please be aware that clubs have
changed and the timetable is at the
end of this week’s newsletter.
Training will continue even though
the league has finished. The new
season in September will be a very
exciting one.
Fixtures Week
Beginning 22nd May
Boys YR7
Cricket Thursday 25th May
Home against Bennett pick up
6.30pm from Trinity
YR8
Cricket Tuesday 23rd May
Away against Bennett INDOOR
CRICKET pick up 6.30pm from
Trinity
Education for life in all its fullness
YR9
Monday 22nd May
Round cup match away to Langley
Park for Boys
YR9
Cricket Thursday 25th May
Home against Bennett pick up
6.30pm from Trinity
Sports Awards
Evening Letters will shortly be sent to 200
of our fortunate students who have
met the requirements to be invited.
Please put Saturday 8th July into
your diaries.
Kent Schools Athletic
Track and Field
Championships Our entries have been put forward,
please bear in mind that the
information will all be on the KSAA
website. Miss Trew will be emailing
specific instructions for the day.
Additionally, a big thank you to
parents and guardians who have
offered their support. Miss Trew
has forwarded your information to
the event organisers.
Martial Arts Club We have been able to secure our
Martial Arts coach to the end of the
school year.
The cost of each hour session is £3
however, if you pay in blocks of 6
weeks you get one week free, a
cost of £15. Please make cheques
payable to Nick Wilkinson and put
in a sealed envelope addressed
Martial Arts Coach and hand to
Nick directly on the Friday. He will
also accept cash.
Netball Club
for Parents and
Carers After half term, Trinity parents are
invited to a netball club in the
sports hall every Tuesday at 5.00 -
6.00pm. We are trying to build a
netball squad to compete in the
local league.
We would love plenty of people to
join, those who have never played
and want to come for fitness to
those who have experience and
would love to build a squad with the
Trinity staff. Make sure you bring
your water.
Twitter Account Please start following us on twitter;
@Trinity7oaks_PE. All the latest
news is sent, event updates and
fixtures released. Follow our
student’s success and be involved
with their achievements in and out
of school.
Chaplaincy
“Yes, my soul, find rest in God; my
hope comes from him. Truly he is
my rock and my salvation; he is my
fortress, I will not be shaken.” Psalm 52:5-6
We have had a busy week at Trinity
with some truly wonderful
moments! It was a joy to have
Watoto Children’s Choir with us
and to hear their inspirational
stories as well as their fantastic
singing. And so, today we have a
little reminder in the above Bible
verse that we can find both rest and
security in God, even in the busy or
hard times.
Giving thanks for:
The wonderful Watoto
Children’s Choir and all
who support them
Our amazing staff,
governors and volunteers
who work so hard
Praying for:
All the members of our
Trinity family
All our students who will be
taking exams before the end
of the academic year
Many thanks and God bless,
Alice
Education for life in all its fullness
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
Before
School
8:00-
8:40am
Basketball Year 7
Only (Sports
Ambassador)
Cyber Coach Zumba open to
ALL Years (KTR)
Basketball Year 10 (Sports
Ambassador)
Cyber Coach
Fitness open to
ALL Years
(KTR)
Basketball
Year 8 Only (Sports
Ambassador)
Cyber Coach Dance
open to ALL Years
(KTR)
Basketball Year 9
Only
(Sports Ambassador)
8:15am- 9:15am
Martial Arts
Open to ALL
Years
£2 a session
(external)
Lunch
12:40- 1:10
Badminton All Years
(JTA)
Week 1: Yr7 & 8
Week 2: Yr9 & 10
Table Tennis all
years
(PREFECTS)
Football
(LSH)
Table Tennis All Years
(PREFECTS)
Hall
Football (LSH)
Table Tennis All
Years
(PREFECTS)
Hall
GCSE Surgery (KTR)
Meet at PE
Office.
Football
(LSH)
Basketball All Years
(LSH)
Table Tennis All
Years (PREFECTS)
Football (LSH)
Table Tennis All
Years
(PREFECTS)
After
School 3:30
– 4:45
Netball Club Squad
Training
(HFL) 5pm
Table Tennis all
years
(NVA) Activity
Studio
LSH Cricket Club
Year 9/10
Hardball/Wind ball
ASTRO
**CHANGED**
Rugby Club Year 9
Specialist Training.
Entered U15
NatWest Cup
Girls Cricket Club
All Years
Astro Softball
(Friendlies will be
arranged) 3:45 -
4:45
American Football (NFL)
8 weeks £45 3:30 -5:30pm
contact Stephen Ramos on
Additional Rugby Club
(SRFC TBC 1st week back)
** GREAT
OPPORTUNITY**
Year 9 offsite Rugby
Specialist Training at SRFC
training alongside SRFC
Academy
6:30-8pm
Starting Date TBC
Gymnastics
Club
(External
coach with
year 9 student
Molly
Delaney)
Beams,
Vaulting,
Gymnastic
flooring we
now have the
use of all
equipment.
5:00 finish
LSH Cricket
Club Year 7/8
Hardball/Wind
ball
ASTRO
Rounders Club
All Years
KTR
Tennis Club
Trials Term 6
**TRAMPOLINE
CLUB** Outside
coach Ian Rainbow
£25 for 6 sessions.
START DATE
TBC
Handball Year 7-10
KTR (outside)
Netball Club Open
to
ALL (HFL) (Muga)
Girls Football Club
Year 7-10 Gillingham
FC (Astro)
TOUCH Rugby Girls
Year 7-10 (JCO) ****
**CHANGED**
Rugby Club ALL
YEARS
BOYS (SRFC)
KTR/LSH All Years
Athletics Club
START DATE
TBC
Fixtures
see LSH
and KTR
for all
sporting
fixtures. **
& ***
Year 7 Rugby
Fixtures
Year 7/8 Rounders
Fixtures
Year 9 Rugby Fixtures
Year 7/8 Rounders Fixtures
Year 8 Rugby
Fixtures
Year 10 Rugby
Fixtures
Year 9/10 Rounders
Fixtures