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.

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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

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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.

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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

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

Ramos@iamfootball.academy

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

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by Friday 19th May 2017

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