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Dear parents, carers andfriends of the school

This is my opportunity toplace on record mygratitude to the families ofTrinity School with whomit has been such aprivilege to work over thepast twelve years as yourheadteacher.

I wrote in my newsletterin April that these years

have been times ofchange and challenge forthe school. Of course,that has been the samefor all schools andeveryone who works inschools, particularly in thepast few years. However,it is rare to have thechance to rebuild aschool in the way that wehave done, and so to

transform the physicalenvironment in which weall work.

There have been othergreat occasions and bigprojects worthcelebrating, too: theESFA Cup win of 2004,with the final at BruntonPark; the USAExchanges from 2005onwards; the 40

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anniversary reunions, andconcert in the cathedralwith a proper symphonyorchestra playing a pieceof music by Eric

Wetherell which we hadcommissioned; thebeginning and growth ofthe Uganda Project andits impact on our schooland on our partnersschools in Africa, andmuch more besides.

The highlights of my timehere will not only befound in memories ofsuch things, however, butin the smaller and inmany ways unseen -letters and conversations,with students and withstaff, with parents andcarers, with governors ofthe school, as we havesought to tell the rightstory and a good story foreveryone. A Year 11student, who made it tothe end against the odds,

and said at the Prom,Sir, this has been thebest night of my life; aletter from a family aboutthe difference made to

their daughter because ofthe care she hadreceived here. Part ofthe joy of working here isthat there are so manysuch stories to enjoy and thank you to all ofyou who have made thatpossible.

Mrs Johnston andMr Kay, as DeputyHeadteachers of the

school, have faced thechallenges and changestoo, and their leadershipof the Rebuild project,alongside their usualresponsibilities, wassuperb. The school is invery good hands as itmoves forward into the2014-15 school year, withall that it will bring, and Iwish them and the schoolevery success in theirwork as Co

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Dear parents, carers andfriends of the school

We are delighted to have thisopportunity to write to you forthe first time as we prepareto take over the leadership ofthe school asCo-headteachers fromSeptember 1st. Havingworked at the school for anumber of years as DeputyHeadteachers we arepassionate about TrinitySchool and its students: it is asuperb place both to learn and towork. We are looking forward to

working in partnership with you,the parents, carers and friends ofthe school, to make sure that ourstudents achieve great success.

Ms Hawkin will be acting DeputyHeadteacher for this year,leading our work on teaching andlearning. Joining the SeniorLeadership Team also areMr Winter, Assistant Head withresponsibility for Sixth Form, andMr Orton, Assistant Head with

responsibility for RaisingStandards.

We want to take this opportunityto outline some of the things thatare important to us. We believethat there are a number of keyprinciples which define whatTrinity School offers. We believein high standards, both in what

we expect of students and inwhat we provide for them. Westrive to offer a high standard of

educational experience and weexpect students to aim for highstandards in their work, theirapproach and in theirappearance, a key marker ofpride in the school community.We ask parents and carers tosupport us in ensuring that highstandards are maintained in allareas.

We also stress to our studentsthe importance of responsibility.

This reflects the Christian ethosof the school as we ask studentsto take responsibility for othersboth within our school communityand in the wider world. Inaddition, of course, weencourage students to takeresponsibility for their ownlearning, and for their approachto this. There is no doubt that

students who areresponsible and hardworking in their approachare the most successful.

Thirdly, we believe inopportunity: every studentattending Trinity School canexpect a wealth ofopportunities to be on offerto them. We hope andexpect that students willgrasp these opportunitiesand make the most of all

that is on offer, whether within oradditional to the curriculum.

Finally, we are an inclusiveschool. We believe in highstandards, responsibility andopportunity for all of our students.Every student who works hardand has a positive mindset,whatever their ability on entry,will do very well with us.

We look forward to meeting youat parents' evenings andinformation evenings. Don'thesitate to get in touch if there is

anything you would like todiscuss.

Sheila Johnston and Derek KayCo-headteachers

Gold Duke of Edinburgh

In July our Gold Canadian canoegroup successfully completedtheir qualifying expedition onLoch Lomond. The group arrivedat Luss on the Western shore ofLoch Lomond to a rather dampcampsite and had to pitch theirtents in the drizzle. However, the

drizzle soon disappeared and

following their pre-expeditioncheck by Gerald Richardson,their assessor, the staff team andstudents made their way intoLuss village by foot for thetraditional evening meal at theVillage Rest. Next morning thegroup struck camp, loaded their

barrels and carried their canoes

and equipment down to the Lochshore, ready to start their four dayventure that they had beenpreparing for over the last ninemonths. The sky was cloudy butbright and with a gentle Easterlybreeze continuing to blow, theyset off on

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Gold Duke of Edinburgh continued

their journey to InchcaillochIsland, their first camp. Theirroute took them through thepicturesque small islands in the

middle of the Loch then back tothe West shore. They travelledSouth towards Balloch, crossedto Inchmurrin then paddled backNorth to Inchcailloch, theirdestination. They arrived inglorious sunshine, tired aftertheir 22km journey but pleasedthe day had gone so well. Thestaff team checked them atInchcailloch before paddling NWto Inchmoan where they too

enjoyed a beautiful sunset attheir wild camp.

Day two involved a route roundInchcailloch and weavingthrough some of the islands.They were buzzed by Ospreysas they crossed to Luss to fill upwith water and drop off two largebags of rubbish, collected fromthe Loch shore as part of theirjourney purpose. They thenpaddled back across the Loch to

the Forrestry Commissioncampsite at Sallochy.

Day three involved a longarduous journey of 25kmpaddling North to the top of theLoch and a wildcamp on the Eastshore opposite thesmall island of IVow.They stoppedregularly to collectvarious items

discarded by touristson the shore,including a fridgedoor! Arriving atTarbet, the half waypoint, the staff had tophone the National Park, aspreviously agreed, as theamount of litter collected wouldnot fit in the bins! The weatherdeteriorated a little as theypaddled North again. A strongerbreeze and light drizzle made the

challengeeven harder.

They arrived

at theircampsitevery tiredafter ninehours of

paddling. The situation wasmade worse as clouds ofmidgies accompanied theirpitching but,with midgenets donned,they soon gotsorted and lit

a fire to keepthe littleblighters atbay!

Day four,

their last,dawnedwithgloriouswarmsunshineand agentleNortherlybreeze toassist theirjourney

back down to Tarbet, theirfinishing point. They all agreedthat this was the best of the fourdays and they still had time andenergy to collect even morerubbish which, once again,

required a phone call to the

National Park.They finishedin excellentspirits after a

mostmemorableexperienceand one whichthey willtreasure foryears tocome.

Mr Richardson undertook a verypositive de-brief and after takingsome final photos at Tarbet, wereturned to Luss to shower

before setting off back home toCarlisle. The students had morethan risen to the challenge of thisadventure and whilst theirteamwork had always been goodin the training and practices theyreally excelled on this trip.

This was apoignant trip forMr Wright, whoretired fromteaching back in

2010, as it was thelast Loch Lomondtrip he willorgainise havingundertaken thefirst way back in1984. Mr

Roy Wadeson, who was also onMr Wrights first trip,accompanied Mr Richardson.Mr Martin, Science Teacher, willtake over the Canadian canoeing

expeditions. As one of thesupervising team he, along withMrs Ledingham, saw theimmense value that the D of EAward offers to our students.

Mr R Wright

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Jemima Puddleduck brings her ducklings to school

Every year we have visiting duckswho come into the CreightonCourtyard to feed on the titbits leftbehind by the students at break.

Imagine our surprise when thisone was spotted andphotographed by Mrs Trevorrow,Audio/Visual Technician, takingher brood for a walk!

Jemima was escorted throughschool with her family safelytucked inside a cardboard box byMrs Rothon, Mrs Trevorrow,Mrs Ingham and The Head toopen land and the river ..

Spellbinding is the annualCumbrian Schools BookAward. From Januaryonwards, a group of studentsfrom Y7 to Y9 joined theTrinity Spellbinding Readinggroup which met everyTuesday lunchtime in theChapman Library. The targetwas to read all ten of theshortlisted books.

At the start of June, the groupvoted for their top three booksand these votes were added tothose from other schools aroundCumbria to reveal a countywideTop three. On 18 June, fourTrinity students: Theo Tindall,Jack Morris, Chloe Telford and

Kira Peart, joined other Cumbrianstudents at Penrith Methodist

Church for the SpellbindingAward Day. The day started witha book quiz and discussionsabout the books culminating in avote for the winning book.

At lunchtime students tookpart in a book swish (a formof bring and buy withbooks). After luncheveryone did some dramabased on one of the books.Our students did a piece ofimprovisation which waspraised by Dave Cryer whowas running the workshop.

Dave, pictured left withJack, Theo, Kira and Chloe,is a local author and poet

and he announced that All ouryesterdays, by Critin Terrill, wasvoted the Spellbinding Book ofthe Year.

Mrs S Barry

Senior Librarian

Spellbinding Book Award 2014

Reminders

Autumn term ends Thursday 18 December 2014 Spring term begins Tuesday 6 January 2015

Half term Monday 27 to Friday 31 Oct 2014 Half term Monday 16 to Friday 20 Feb 2015

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Searching for happiness

RE students have been thinkingabout the search for happiness.Although a universal concepthappiness, like joy, can be a

tricky customer: as soon as wethink we have found it, itvanishes. The students watchedthe film Africa United which isabout street children heading forthe World Cup in South Africa.As they travel, like pilgrims, theypursue some bigger goals thanjust their journeys end. It is afilm about a group of childrenwith an ambitious quest. Duduand his sister, Beatrice, live in

the slums of Rwanda and Duduhas HIV. But, despite all thehardships in their lives, they stillmanage to encourage others inpursuing their dreams.

Throughout the film, Dudu andBeatrice help their friend Fabriceto get to the World Cup and beon the team for the dreamAfricaUnited. It is a story of hope andnever-ending friendship.

After watching the film the

students worked on a variety oftasks linked to the topic with theobjective to help them discoverfor themselves that happinessmay require both struggle andsacrifice. Some of theircomments are given below:

I learnt from this film thathappiness can be realised andfound if you persevere and push

through the struggles. Also thatthe people around us will supportus on our way to happiness but itfeels even better when you help

another person achieve theirhappiness. On top of that, I haverealised that sometimes we take

our lifestyle for granted,especially when you see thathappiness for Beatrice, a girl inAfrica, is simply to go to schooland get an education whereaswe get an education every dayand we never seem to be asgrateful as we could be.

From writingthis article andwatching thefilm Africa United, I have learntthat nothing should stand in theway of my dreams and the thingsthat make me happy are thethings which we should be aimingfor in life.

Therefore, I believe that I shouldhave an attitude like Beatricesbecause she had her prioritiesright and she managed to

eventually follow her heart tohappiness.

I believethat happiness has helped pushthese characters to be the best oftheir ability. I think happiness isbeing content with your life andfollowing your dreams.

It has taught

me that I should follow mydreams and not to give up.

Dont give up,remember the sky isnt the onlylimit it is how far you are willingto take your imagination. Theynever gave up and got there inthe end.

A full article on Searching forhappiness: what does faithcontribute? appeared in theSpring 2014 edition of theREtoday magazine.

Maisie Walkingshaw Megan Cowen,

and Imogen Dodd who were picturedin the magazine

Megan Cowen

Maisie Walkingshaw

Sebastian Wadeson

Mrs A ShoreSubject Leader for RS

and Ms J SmithRS Teacher

Kili students test run the new ice rink with a Champion

Thirteen Kilimanjaro studentswere invited to attend a presspreview of Carlisles new ice rink.The skating rink is a joint venturebetween Carlisle City Counciland Carlisle Leisure Limited.The students were interviewed

by local press and TV, they were

the first to try out the new ice rinkand even met a world classskating champion, David King,Team GB ice skater, and hispartner. David from Curthwaite,near Wigton, who completed inthe last Winter Olympics in

Russia, believes it will be a really

positive addition to the city. Ourstudents were given a chance totry out the synthetic ice surfaceahead of it opening to the publicand gave it the thumbs up.

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Enterprise has been a valuableand rewarding experience. Itgives you the opportunity tocreate areal-lifeoperatingbusiness andan originalproduct, whilelearning

organisation

and communication skills as youwork as a team, each personwith a specific job. Our

business,Diverse,producedand sold acook bookcontainingrecipes

from localrestaurantsand peopleof our city.It was

challenging but greatly satisfyingto sell a unique product and winthe Best ProfitabilityAward. Iwould recommend it to anyonewanting to take on an exciting,innovative project.

On 7 April, at the North CumbriaArea Finals for YoungEnterprise, our students won anaward for Profitability, one ofthe main prizes to beawarded.At the finals thestudents had to do a formalbusiness presentation in front ofan audience of approximatelytwo hundred people including the

Mayor of Carlisle and localbusiness people.

They did fantasticallywell and were a credit tothe school.

Rebecca WoodbridgeY12 was mentioned inthe following Year 12Assembly. Well done toall who took part.

Rebecca Woodbridge

said For me Young

David hopes itwill encouragemore youngpeople to getinvolved inskating and saidIt will be reallygood to seewhat kind ofresponse it getsin a city that hasnt got its ownskating rink. I started out atDumfries at a friends birthdayparty. Training was difficultthough, I had to do a two-hourround trip before school -that

was a 4.30am wake-up call.

Although he said he couldnttrain professionally on asynthetic surface, he hopesthat the Carlisle facility willspark enough interest toeventually justify a real ice rink.

Already hookedare Amy andChloe, picturedleft, who said thatthey will definitelyuse the rink again.

Amy Thompson said Ive beenice skating before but its so faraway. Now we have got

somewhere to skate here. Itsgreat.Chloe Watson said It was afantastic experience and it wasvery exciting.Rebecca Paver said It was aprivilege to be the first to skateand a great new experience for

people in Carlisle. Weloved it!

Every student deservescredit for the way inwhich they conductedthemselves, theyrepresented our schoolextremely well and itwas a pleasure toaccompany them for thisexperience.

Young Enterprise-

North Cumbria Area Finals

Kili students test run the new ice rink with a Champion cont

Mrs J MoodyHead of

Kilimanjaro House

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Last summer some of our Y11 and Y12 artstudents were invited to design and paint aninteractive mural for St Aidans Nursery. It wasclear at the end of an extremely hot afternoon that

the Nursery children felt that we had done a greatjob as they soon got to see their favouritecharacters including Bob the Builder and PeppaPig come to life on the Nursery fences. Hugethanks to all the students involved.

Y8 students took part in The EngineeringConstruction Industry Training Boards interactiveTheatre-in-Education Roadshow, Be a part ofEngineering Construction. The Roadshow was

designed toillustrate tostudents thatthere areexciting andprosperouscareersavailable tothem in thisever-growingindustry.

The team of highly skilled actors explored how

apprenticeships, or a university route, can lead tolong and successful careers in engineering.construction.

Art students design mural

Mrs M ReayHead of Art

In February a team of Y12students took on CramlingtonLearning Village in theNorthumbria heat of theDebating Matters competition.The team participated in two onehour long debates about theaccess to NHS treatment forpeople who make unhealthylifestyle choices and whetherextreme views should be given apublic platform. After giving ashort speech outlining theirarguments, each team thenfaced a grilling from the judges

followed by head-to

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questioning with the opposingschool.

At the end of the evening theteam was exhausted from theintensity of the competition butthe judges announced thatTrinity had been victorious inboth debates and wouldtherefore advance to theRegional Finals in April.

The competition really allowed

the students to develop theirconfidence, public speaking andskills of logical argument as wellas being a real test of theirunderstanding of these complexissues.

Team memberHannah Hayes wrote: We werevery apprehensive as the buspulled up to CramlingtonLearning Village. Many ideas ofwhat we could say had beenbounced around during thejourney but it felt as though verylittle had stuck. When we arrivedwe were relieved to see no morethan a dozen faces looking at us.After being refreshed with teaand biscuits, the first debatebegan. Katie was first to speakand if she had seemed nervousbeforehand it was no longerevident; she gave her speechwithout so much as a pause and

automatically had the opposition

on the back foot. When thejudges questions began, theywere in no way lenient and gaveus the full force of theirinterrogation. But the girls heldtheir own and finished on a highafter putting plenty of pressureon Cramlington.

Then it was the turn of Chloeand I to take to the stage. It wasvery intense as we did our firstspeeches but once we got into itthere was a good debatebeginning to flourish. Ouropposition argued well and itwas a real nail

-biter as the

winners were announced; wewere thrilled when the judgesrevealed that Trinity had wonboth debates.

The Debating Team are victorious against Cramlington

Ms M AshtonLaw Teacher

More news about the

Finals on page 10

ECITB Roadshow

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Spelling Bee

This year, Trinity EnglishDepartment hosted theschools first ever KS3Spelling Bee competition.

Competitors werenominated by their classteachers and, all-in-all,eighteen competitorscompeted on the day. Thestudents performed in frontof an audience of onehundred and fifty KS3students from across theyear groups, and handledthe pressure very well!

There were seven rounds in the

competition, and by the lastround, we were down to twothoroughly excellent spellers!After a nail-biting final the overallwinner was William Stuart, 8JAT,who battled against 9EMAsCameron Inglis in a very closelywon final. Prizes were also

awarded to the last personstanding in each year group:

Cara ORoarty, 7HLI, CameronInglis and William Stuart.

A trophy and a 10 voucher fromBookends was presented to eachof the winners by Mr Lythgoe.William, the overall winner, alsoreceived a fantastic KS3 SpellingBee Champion Trophy, which

will be displayed in NileHouse Trophy Cabinet untilthe next competition!

The audience werebrilliantly behaved and verysupportive of thecompetition; there were a lotof gasps and groans in thefinal few rounds!

We were very pleased thatthere was so much interestfrom the audience aboutwhether it will be happening

next year, and how they can takepart!

Well done to everyone involved.

Mrs B PattersonEnglish Teacher

The Student Librarian Schemehas been running for severalyears now but this yearMiss Allen revamped therecruitment process and byOctober we had a team ofvolunteer student librariansready to be let loose on libraryusers! Each studentvolunteered to work at break

and lunchtime for one day aweek and helped out withissuing and returning books,assisting other students to usethe resources and helping withthe day to day running of thelibrary. All students passedtheir initial training and we have been very pleased with allour librarians who have been polite, punctual and helpfulduring their time with us! We will be looking for a new teamof volunteers in the Autumn term.

On Friday 4 October we welcomedinternational author John Connolly to theChapman Library. Y9 English groups hadthe opportunity to hear about Johns newbook for teenagers, The Conquest, andhis science fiction writing. He was also inthe library at break to chat with studentsand staff.

John alsowrites adultfiction(including theCharlie Parkerseries and TheBook of LostThings), aswell as twochildrensnovels, TheGates andHells Bells.

The Student Librarian Scheme

Mrs S Barry

Senior Librarian

Author visits Trinity

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On 9 June wewelcomedbestselling authorCathy Cassidy tothe ChapmanLibrary. Cathysbooks areimmensely popular

among our library users andthere was great excitement as acrowd of over a hundredstudents waited for her arrival.Cathy spoke about her writingcareer and answered someinteresting questions from thefloor, after which she presenteda signed copy of her latest book

to Lucy Jopson, the winner of our

Cathy Cassidy quiz. She thensigned copies of her books for anenthusiastic queue of students!

Cathys visit to Trinitywas part of a hectic tourto promote her newbook, Sweet Honey,which is the final book inthe Chocolate Box Girlsseries... or is it?? Cathyhas promised to return toChapman Library in thefuture, when perhaps thetruth about the missingTanberry child will berevealed!

Some commentsfrom students:

It was fantastic

seeing Cathy Iloved every minuteof it.

Her books areamazing and I cantbelieve she washere.

She is my favourite author.

An experience to remember.

To get thechance to meether and see herin person wasamazing!

Famous Author visits Chapman Library

Prize winner,Lucy Jopson

We are delighted that threeof our students did very wellin this years Rotary YoungPhotographers Competition.

Ben Woodbridge, Y10,pictured below, was placedsecond in the Seniorcategory with his study offellow student, Will Pledge,shownhere.

Rotary Young Photographers

In theIntermediatecategory KatieTaylor, Y7 wasplaced first andNichole Swatts,also Y7, second.

Katies winning

photographs will

go through to the Districtlevel of the competition.We wish her well.

Mrs M Reay

Head of Art

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Debating Matters Competition

Coffee Morning

A Macmillan Cancer SupportCoffee Morning was held onFriday 27 September duringbreak in the Chapman Library.Organised by Y11 CoPEstudents, the event was to raise

money for Macmillan Nurses.

We send gratefulthanks to McVities,Lush, Wilkinsonsand Sainsburys fortheir valuedsupport and to staff

and students whokindly donated

raffleprizes.

Specialthanks goto Mellors, the schoolscaterers, who also gavetheir support.

We raised almost 300 forMacmillan Nurses which trulyreflects the support received andthe hard work of the studentsinvolved.

We were very pleased indeedwhen our Sixth Form debatingteam were awarded runners upin the Regional Final of the

Debating Matters Competition,held at Newcastle University inApril. It was a tough challengeand our team of Y12 students,Hannah Hayes, Chloe Patterson,Philippa Harmison, KatieRichardson and Emma Walkerworked hard on the researchbeforehand and on thecompetition days too.

The complex themes covered inthe final were commercial

surrogacy in poorer countries isexploitative, attempts toradically extend the humanlifespan should be welcomedand not feared and unpaidinternships are exploitative.During the debates ourstudentswere composed and articulate.They delivered clear, wellconsidered and coherentarguments in formal speeches tothe judges who were made up of

university professors in the fieldsof science, humanities and thearts, also business leaders fromthe north east. After theirspeeches the students displayedlots of quick thinking in the Q & Asessions with judges, the

audience and opposing teams.

We won both debates in the firstround but were pipped at thepost in the final by the team fromSt Bedes Catholic School andSixth Form College in Durham.Our prizes were a tour of theBBC studios in Newcastle for theteam and the school has beengiven a free subscription toHodder Educations on-lineDynamic Education package,

worth several thousand pounds.

Many thanks go to theorganisers and sponsors of the

competition, The WellcomeTrust, Hodder Education, Statoiland the Institute of Ideas, also tothe staff, Mr Winter, Ms Hopley,and Miss Ashton,who gave timeto support and tutor the Trinityteam along the way.

Also thanks to Mrs Ogilvie whokindly chauffeured us there andback safely in the schoolminibus. We werent quiteoutright winners this year, but

watch out for next year, well beback!

Mrs D HopleyPsychology Teacher

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Mock Trial Competition

On 7 March thirteen Y9students travelled to KendalMagistrates Court to take partin the Citizenship Foundation

Mock Trial Competition. Thestudents took on the role oflawyers, witnesses,magistrates, court staff andeven the defendant in aspecially written case.

Trinitys defence team was upfirst against Kirkbie KendalSchool. The defence lawyerswere able to put the otherteams witnesses under intensepressure with their questioning

and the Trinity witnesses held

their nerve under cross-examination. When the verdict

was announced, it was decidedthat our very own defendant wasindeed guilty of handling stolengoods but on the competitionscoring system, Trinity hadoutperformed Kirkby Kendal andso were victorious.

Second was the Trinityprosecution team, up againstQueen Elizabeth KirkbyLonsdale. After a nervous start,the lawyers and witnesses really

got into character andgave the opposition agrilling. Once again, thedefendant was found

guilty but Trinity narrowlylost out on thecompetition score.

Overall, Trinity placedthird in our heat of six, afantastic performance byall involved. More thananything, the studentsinvolved gained aninsight into the workings

of the legal system and learnedabout different jobs within the

law. All students hugelydeveloped their self-confidenceand public speaking skills in thenerve-wracking atmosphere of areal courtroom and a great timewas had by all.

Ms M AshtonLaw Teacher

On Wednesday, 8 January ourY11 students had the opportunityto visit the University of Cumbriaand follow a programme based intheir Learning Gateway.Students attended variouspresentations on their post 16choices, including Trinity Sixth

ACE Day

Form, University ofCumbria, NationalApprenticeship anda large group of localtraining providersand employers.

They also learntwhat universitieshave to offer a littlefurther ahead, andhow to make the

best of top GCSE resultswhatever they wish to go on todo later.

Well done to all Y11 studentswho made the day go so welland whose approach was verypurposeful and professional.

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World War One Centenary Commemoration

The Stars of Night

Four hundred and twenty three

students of the Carlisle GrammarSchool fought in the Great War.Mrs Hodgson and Mrs LeeAdamson have researched andwritten a moving book, The Stars ofNight, telling the story of the ninetyformer students who gave theirlives. While it is very much a localproject, it also brings us into most ofthe theatres of war through the livesand experiences of the men whofought. The book is acommemoration of the boys of the

Grammar School who fell in the

Great War in the hope thattheir names on the schoolwar memorial will not beforgotten. The book is onsale at 5 from Trinity MainReception; all profits will bedonated to Help for Heroesand the British Legion.

Killed 17thJuly 1916

As part of our world War One

Centenary commemoration, TrinityTheatre Company Sixth Formersperformed this moving andhistorically authentic play in the

Margaret Sewell Hallin July. Set at thetime of the Battle ofthe Somme, it tells thetragic story of PrivateBilly Dean. The playgave a direct, simpleand forceful view of

life both for the men in thetrenches and the women at home.The cast were superb andeveryone present was enthralledand moved by their performances.

Congratulations to everyoneinvolved in the production!

Memorial

Some of our Y8 students work was selected for inclusion in the

Memorial exhibition at the Rheged Centre which runs untilTuesday 2 September. The exhibition was introduced by itspatron Mrs Claire Hensman, Her Majestys Lord Leiutenant forCumbria. Memorial was inspired through a partnership betweenCumbria County History Trust, the Lieutenancy of Cumbria andCumbria schools.

My soul is passing with the stars of night,And dawn will break on your eyes, not on mine.

From Henry (Harry) Lamont Simpsons poemDeath after Battle written in 1916

while a Carlisle Grammar Schoolboy.Harry was killed in August 1918 by a snipers bullet.

Trinitys Centenary Commemoration Event

A competition was held in Y8 to design the invitations for the above event which takes place in schoolon 25 September. Congratulations to the winners: Chloe Chambers, Katie Evans, Ben Fawkes,Callie Graham, Eddie Lythgoe, Robin McLaughlin and Rory Mills and thanks to all who took part.

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Aerie International

Aerie International, based inMontana USA, was launched byLorilee Evans-Lynn in 2008 so

that students across the worldcan share and showcase artisticand literary talent.

We are delighted that, despiteover six hundred submissionsfrom over two hundredexceptional young writers andartists from around the world thisyear, eight of our students havehad work published in this yearsAerie International book. Thesestudents include Lizzie Mitchel,

Lucy Anderson, Caitlin Beattie,Daniel Bewley, Ruth Cox, IsabelMallon, AlexandreaGoodfellow andSnaefridur Jonsdottir.

Lorilee, AmericanStudies EnglishTeacher at AerieInternational andAerie Big SkyAdvisor, Big Sky HighSchool, who has worked

tirelessly with her students toallow students from across theworld to share work and learnmore about one another, retiresthis year and we all wish her thebest for her coming retirement.

I had the pleasure of meeting herin Big Sky High School, Montanaand have worked with her eversince. I hope she can sit backand enjoy theplatform she has

created for ourstudents toshare work andlife experiences.

Lorilee sent methe followingmessage: Ihope you'redoing wellacross the pond!It has beenanother

astounding yearat Aerie

International headquarterswith Trinity School again ahuge part of the magazine. I

am delighted to tell you thatStuart Quigley's student,Isabel Mallon, won the LeeNye Photography Award withher photo Free. It'swonderful! We seriouslyconsidered it for the cover.We're sending money toCambodia through PayPal.. I hope you're having agood year.

The work of Ruth Cox,Alexandrea Goodfellow and Lucy

Anderson is featured here.

Ruth said I chose to enter Aeriebecause photography issomething I really enjoy and Iwanted to share this (plus Iwanted to be able to say I'm apublished artist...). I entered thisphotograph in particular becauseI really like the close detail on thefeet and how it works with theblack and white to give it a

slightly weatheredlook; also, I like the

impression you getthat a journey isahead of this person,and by the look of thenaked, delicate feeton the gravel path,its going to be hardone

Alexandrea saidAfter I sent myphotography off Ithought nothing of it

until I got the e-mail

saying I got in. I was extremelyshocked and happy and aftertelling the family it ended up on

Facebook within the hour! A big

thank you to my photographyteachers Mr Lush and MrQuigley for their patience andeffort to make this year the mostenjoyable one so far!

Lucy said I took inspiration frommy dad when producing thispiece, he has always supportedme throughout producing mywork. When I found out that I gotinto Aerie international I couldn'tbelieve it. I had to read over the

email three times before it sunkin. I had a huge smile on myface the day I found out :)Thank you.

Copies of the book are availablefor students to look at in the Artdepartment and the Library.

Reflections byAlexandrea Goodfellow

Feeettt by Ruth Cox

By Lucy Anderson

Mrs M ReayArt Subject Leader

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Year 10 visit Carlisle Castle

Le Mans at Trinity

In May Y10 History studentsvisited Carlisle Castle in fourgroups. They had the opportunityto learn about the Castles nine

hundred year history as part oftheir GCSE History course onHistory Around Us which mustinclude a site visit.

This is part of a whole term'swork for the GCSE ControlledConditions Assessments basedon how far the Castle in Carlislereflects national events in Historyand also on how the castle hasbeen interpreted in the past.

The study involved the NormanConquest, Queen Matilda,Edward I and the attacks onScotland, Robert the Bruce,

Henry VIII and the Breakwith Rome and theEnglish Civil War.

As Carlisle Castle hasNorman, Edwardian andTudor buildings, was thesetting of anEdward I Parliament, was

besieged by Robert the Bruceand was part of the Siege ofCarlisle in 1644 -1655, there wasplenty to discover.

Mrs L Hodgson

History Subject Leader

Mr Murray and students show off theremote controlled cars they work withand race after school in the Margaret

Sewell courtyard. The studentspictured above are Jack Laidler 8ARI,Lewis Dixon 8JAT, Jack McCallum8JAT and Liam Rayson 8ARI.

InOctober a Service of Welcome and Thanksgiving took place inthe Cathedral for our Y7 students during which a collectionwas taken for the Bishops Harvest for the Hungry Appeal,which we support each year.

The students have also been to the Cathedral in Housegroups, on educational visits which included an historical tourof the building, opportunities to try on robes and to learn aboutprayer.

Welcome Service at the Cathedral

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Visitors from Argentina

A team from the Diocese ofSalta, Northern Argentina,one of the partner diocesesfor Carlisle in the AnglicanChurch from around theworld, visited Carlisle inMay for ten days.

On Thursday 22 May wewere blessed to have theteam in school. The teamwas led by Dr HugoVergara, who supervisesthe Diocese of NorthernArgentina's UrbanOutreach. The team included DrHugos daughter and son-in-law,Flavia and Daniel, as well asthree students, Gustavo,Ezequriel and Marcos. Duringthe morning the visitors spent

time with students during form

time and PDV, discussing withthem their work in Salta as wellas teaching them aboutArgentina and introducing thestudents to the culture and

church in their country. Theguests were given tours ofthe school by HouseCaptains and the Head Boyand Girl team.

In the afternoon theArgentineans joined ourlanguage department andgave our students theopportunity to converse inSpanish with someArgentinean Spanishspeakers!

We have also welcomedvisitors into Y7 and Y8 forms

from Canada, the USA,Australia, Thailand and Norwayto talk about Christianity aroundthe world.

Drama Matters

Spoonface Steinberg

Lee Hall is best knownfor Billly Elliot, but thisaward winningmonologue is afascinating piece oftheatre.

Spoonface Steinberg isa seven year old autisticgirl suffering fromterminal cancer. Not

the most promisingpredicament, but in thisaward winning monologue Spoonface speaks withhumour and disarming clearsightedness about life,family, music, the past and the future.

This is a demanding piece, a fifty minute monologue,but thirteen year old Jasmine Metherell handled itwith incredible confidence and skill. Her performancedeservedly received a standing ovation.

Seussical the Musical

Thisproductionproved to bea fantasticend of termevent. Incompletecontrast tolast yearsproduction of Les Miserables, it was acolourful carnival of a musical, featuring

Dr Seusss larger than life characters anddelivered in his inimitable style. The wholestory takes place in the vivid imagination, orThinks!, of a little boy. The Cat in the Hatleads us through the story of Horton theElephant and his friends, with the inevitablypositive and celebratory ending.

Much fun was had by both the audienceand all those taking part.

Congratulations to everyone involved. Ms J SouthwellDrama Subject Leader

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Athletics

A picture of

the boyswhorepresentedCarlisle atthe CountySchoolsAthleticsCompetition on Sunday 14 June. Congratulations to AlisonMcCorry who won the 100m, Lauren Medley who won the 300mand Owen Mcorry who took bronze for the Discus. TheIntermediate Girls and Boys Teams and Junior Girls and BoysTeams were winners as were the Y8 Girls and Boys Teams

and the Y7 Boys Team. The Y7 Girls Team were runners up.

Congratulations to Lauren Y10 who represented CumbriaatGateshead Stadium later that month and to Owen McCorry Y9and Alison McCorry Y13 who represented Cumbria in theEnglish Schools Athletics Championships in Birminghamon 11 and 12 July. Owen won a Bronze medal.Congratulations also to Luke Gay Y13 who was selected toofficiate at the same event.The Junior Boys, Junior Girls and Intermediate Boys Teamsall progressed to the Regional Finals at Blackpoolwhere theJunior Boys were winners.

Hockey

The Y8 Hockey team

is pictured above and theY9 Hockey Team below.

Cumbria Schools Gymnastics

Both the Under 14 and Under 19 Gymnasticsteams were victorious in the Schools CountyGymnastics competition held at CarlisleGymnastics Club in January. Rebecca Deanwas awarded first place in the Under 19individual competition and Katie McGarr wassecond in the Under 14 competition.

Inter Schools Show Jumping Competition

Congratulations to Sophie Weedall, 11NSE,Emma Gorman 11RPA, Ella Morley 9JHA andCallie Graham 8ARI who represented TrinitySchoolinthe Inter Schools Show JumpingCompetition held at Blackdyke Riding School on30 March 2014. The girls did exceptionally well,coming first against very stiff competition frommany other Cumbrian schools. Well done!

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Under 12 Girls Hockey

Congratulations to the U12 Girls Hockey Team who

are the North Cumbria Tournament winners. The girlsbeat Austin Friars 2-0 in the final.

The girls are picturedleft to right, back row:Abbie Eagling, FionaDavidson, EllieBarbour; EstherAttwood, HannahWharton (Captain) andfront row GeorginaSlater, Ellie Garbuttand Nadia Perez-Bar.

Year 7 Girls Hockey Team

There has been an excellent turn out at

training and the team have played a numberof friendly matches this year. HannahWharton, back row second from right, hasbeen selected to represent North Cumbria.

Girls Football

Congratulations to the Y8 six-a-side team on reaching theRegional Finals of the N Power Football League.

Congratulations to the girls Y7 five-a-side team onbecoming City County Champions, they then went on to

represent Cumbria in the Regional finals.

National Schools Badminton

The Key Stage 4 Girls BadmintonTeam Natalie Gorst; EmilyArmstrong; Kelly Pearson; KateLawson and Lily Wilson representedCumbria in the Regional round of the

Centre Parcs National SchoolsChampionships held at Liverpool JohnMoores University on Friday 14 March.

They represented the school with prideand played some great badmintonagainst some high quality opposition.The girls finished in third place and arereally pleased with their achievementsin this competition.

U13County CupWinners

U18Country CupRunners up

U15County CupRunners up

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Cumbria FA Football Tournament

Trinity took part in the Cumbria FA FootballTournament (Inclusive Sport) held in February2014.

Well done!

The team are pictured with Mr Adams andMr Annette.

U13 Girls Beginners Individual1st Charlotte Graham,2nd Louise Oliver and

3rd Ellie Herring

U13 Girls Beginners Team Winners.Victoria Bradley, Franchesca Bradley,

Miriam Tait and Louise Oliver

County Trampolining

Well done to all thirty seven Trinity students who took part in the Cumbria Schools TrampoliningChampionships on 9 November in Dalston. We had many outstanding performances and cameaway with a total of thirty medals. Many thanks to Carlisle Trampolining Club and Vanessa Foster fororganising and running this event.

U13 Girls Novice Team Winners.Caleigh Allison, Emma Elliot,Jasmine Reid and Katie Taylor.Caleigh won Individual 1st

and Emma 3rd

U15 Girls Novice TeamWinners. Chloe Watson,

Anna Corbishley andLucy Peel. Chloe also

won Individual 1st

U19 Girls Elite Team Winners.Sadie Brunskill, Alex Jefferson

and Jessie Andrews. Sadie wonIndividual 1st and Alex 2nd

Molly Davy wonIndividual 1st in

the Under 19Girls Novice

U15 Girls Elite Team Winners. LucyJefferson, Daisy Graham, ImogenClark and Laura Robinson. Lucywon Individual 1st and Daisy 2nd

Robert McSkeanewon 1st in the

Individual Under15 Boys Elite

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Regional Trampolining

We had so many fantastic performances in the Regional Schools Trampolining Championship last

November in the Gateshead Leisure Centre.

Eleven of the fourteen Trinity students competingqualified for the next round (the Zonal) and a further two students missed out by just one place.Over sixty students were competing in some of the categories!

Congratulations to allthose students who took part. Our thanks go to Vanessa &Victoria Foster, Kimberly Rose and Ian Harrison for verykindly volunteering to take on judging, recording andcoaching roles at the competition behalf of Trinity school.

The Zonal round was held on Sunday 2 February in Hullwhere our U13 Novice Team finished 6th and the Elite U15

Team 4th. Molly Davy finished 2nd as an individual in theU19 Novice competition and qualified for the NationalFinals which were held in Newcastle in March.More about Molly on page 20.

Carlisle Schools Orienteering

Congratulations to all thosestudents who took part inthis years league at

Hammonds Pond. TheTrinity team finished firstoverall in the secondarycompetition. The individualresults were as follows:

Boys: First: Luke Stubbs;equal second: Oius Bhamara and JackMorris

Girls: Equal second: Lucy Millar and Lucy Mellor

Well done!

Molly DavyU19 Novice Winner

U13 Novice Team winners. Emma Elliot,Jasmine Reed, Caleigh Allison, KatieTaylor and Roslyn Mackie.Katie took Individual 1st and Roslyn 3rd

Daisy Graham, Imogen Clark andLucy Jefferson, U15 Elite Winners

Alex JeffersonU19 EliteWinner

Robert McSkeanewas 4th in the U14

Boys EliteCompetition

Edinburgh Marathon

Mrs McArdle, CurriculumLeader for MFL, andMrs Moody, Head ofKilimanjaro Housesuccessfully completed the EdinburghMarathon on Saturday, 24 May. Theyraised about 2,000 for Macmillan Cancerand the Childrens Heart Unit in Newcastle.

In addition, Mr Annette, Learning SupportAssistant, completed a half Marathon. Thefunds he raised were donated to theUganda Project.

Congratulations to all three!

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Gary Matthews Memorial Awards

Congratulations to Alex Jefferson

11LTH and Josh Morley 11PBAwho were awarded the trophies fortheir involvement and commitmentto school sport. The awards werepresented during the Year 11assembly in February.

NationalTrampolining

Molly Davycompeted in theNational Finalsof the NationalSchoolsTrampoliningChampionshipsin Gateshead

last March aftersuccessfullyqualifying at theZonalcompetition heldin Hull. Shecame 7th overallin the Under 19 Girls Novice category.Thanks to Claire Mitchell her coach atthis competition.

Congratulations to Molly, a fantasticachievement!

Athletics for All

Trinity entered twoteams in the JamesRennie Athletics forAll competition at theSheepmount. Allathletes had toperform the shot put,long jump, 100

metres, triple jumpand javelin.

Both teamsperformed superbly;Team One wereChampions andTeam Two wererunners up. We arevery proud of them.

Cricket

Congratulations to our

Y7 Cricket Team,pictured right, who wonthe Carlisle Schools'Cricket Associationeight-a-side CricketTournament atEdenside on 6 June2014.

The Y8 Team also won their Tournament and were losingfinalists in the Under 13 City Competition. Trinity U13 and

U14 Teams bothwon their CumbriaSchools PlateFinals.

The Y7 team,pictured left, wonthe Plate Finalagainst Appleby on15 July 2014.

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U19 North of England Floor and Vault Champions

Well done to the girls who represented Trinity in the

North of England gymnastics competition. The girls,pictured left to right, were outstanding. Their individualpositions were:Katie Taylor -4thRebecca Dean -1stKatie McGarr -3rdLucy Jefferson -7thMolly Hughes -6th.The girls beatschools and collegesfrom Middlesbrough,Biddick, Consett and

Newcastle.The teamrepresented TheNorth at The National Championshps in May in Stoke.This was Rebecca's last competition as she has decidedto retire from gymnastics at the grand old age of 15. Shehas represented Trinity for four years winning manycounty and regional titles.

Lady Taveners U13 Indoor CricketTournament

Congratulations to our U13 GirlsCricket team who played in the LadyTaverners Tournament at PenrithLeisure Centre on Friday 14 March.The girls played really well and finishedin second place.

The squad: Alice Heaton, MaisieHailwood, Georgina Mason, VeronikaLeskovjanska, Emily Jopson, LucyJopson, Gemma Mccleary, KatieTaylor, Rebecca McCleary, JustineGibbons and Shona McKie.

Well done to all the girls who took part!

Thank you toeveryone whovolunteered at thecompetition onbehalf of TrinitySchool.

U16 Team lost to Caldew inthe Carlisle Schools Final

U15 Cumbria School Winners

Trinity Football Teams

U12 Team leftwho lost toWilliam Howardin the CarlisleSchools Final.U14 Team rightwho wereCarlisle Schoolsjoint winnerswith RRCA

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Carlisle Colts

Congratulations to Carlisle Colts who did well toreach the semi finals of the National Colts Club Cupon 6 April 2014 where they lost an exciting game toOld Etonians. The team includes the followingTrinity boys: Guy Wilkinson, Lewis Fuller, TomFuller, Stuart Cruikshank, Joel Davidson, LukeRobinson, Aiden Styles, Chris Mapp, Lewis Readand Vince Lung (not pictured).

Holland Sports Tour

Thirty five girls travelled to Holland in April on the overnight ferry to take part in a week of hockey,

football and netball coaching and fixtures. The Trinity teams stayed at Center Parcs LimburgsePeel.

Football The girls played a seven-a-side match againstDutch side Boxmeer and were victorious; their secondmatch, against English side Calton Le Willows Academy,Nottingham, was always going to be challenging as Trinityonly had 9 players fit for the eleven-a-side fixture and theylost this match 3-0.

HockeyThe Trinity sideplayed very wellagainst a very strong Dutch club and, although they

didn't win the match, they put up a good fight and animprovement was seen in all of our players. On daytwo Trinity played British team Thorpe Hall School fromSouthend on Sea. Even though their legs were tiredfrom the hard match the previous day, the girls wereoutstanding and were the winners. The final match

against Forest Girls School, London was always going to be tough as this school has an excellentreputation for hockey. Trinity played well but lost the final game 3-1.

Netball In the Netball tournament Trinity had twoteams. The Trinity A team were winners in 2013 sothey were hoping to reclaim their title but, as thetournament got underway, it was obvious that thestandard was going to be much higher than theprevious year. Both Trinity teams qualified for thequarter finals but were unlucky to be drawn againsteach other.

Trinity A progressed to the final beating Thomas LordAudley 7 -6 and were crowned 2014 Champions.Well done to the A team: Phoebe Wilson, Lily Wilson, Chloe O'Neil, Sarah Frame, KateLawson, Dayna Goodall and Elle Walsh.

The girls spent a day at Efteling theme park before travelling back to the UK. An excellent timewas had by all and our students, once again, did our school proud with their fantastic behaviour.Well done!

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David Murray/Nathan Cuthbertson Memorial Match

The Trinity Under 16 Squad are pictured, left, with the

St Aidans, Sunderland team before the match whichwas played at the Sheepmount in April.

County Cup Champions

The squad are also County Champions beatingVictoria High, Ulverston 3-1 in April. They are picturedbelow with Harry Powell, Assistant Referee, andMr Hargreaves, PE Teacher.

The Squad:James Hetherington, Ben Shane, Jacob Bell, MatthewDouglas, Tom Jardine, James Telford, Robbie Graham,Owen Motson, Josh Morley (Captain), Marc Gallimore,Kieran Fitton, Harry Davidson, Nathan Cox, AdamSeymour, Jack Crowther, Jake Johnston and AaronBradbury.

Congratulations!

Sports Relief Mile 2014

Over one hundred students braved the wind andmuddy field to complete the sport relief mile. Somestudents dressed up, some ran three legged andImogen Dodd crawled the entire mile which made for

an interesting race! Miss Hughes was the firstmember of staff home and Mrs Hodgson with herteddy bear kept a steady pace at the back.

A big thank you toY13 student Luke Gaywho led the waydressed as Wally.

It was great to haveparents out to supportand younger siblingsjoining in too. We

raised over 900.The winning boyswere Thomas Hickey (1st) Luke Stubbs (2nd) and Tom Cox (3rd)

pictured right. The girlsjoint winners were LouiseOliver and Esther Attwoodpictured left, DarienneBoyd took third place.

Well done everyone!

National Cycling

Ellie Dickinson, Year11, won the Under 16National CyclingChampionships in

London on Sunday, 6July, returning homewith the coveted stripyjersey.

Well done, Ellie!

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Ten Y8 historians were picked tospend a day at the ArchiveCentre in Carlisle. They werejoined by fifty students from otherlocal schools to take part in aspecial programme of differentactivities which even includedstudying an original documentsigned by Queen Elizabeth I.Each pair tell us a little about theiractivity below. Many thanks to allthose involved, we all had a greatday!

Tour and exploration ofConservation

We were privileged to experiencea tour of the archive building. Wewere led throughout the manyareas where the archives arepreserved and stored. Thestrong room is an area that iscontrolled in temperature andstores all of the documents.We were able to see how the

large shelves holding thedocuments operated and weeven got to take a peek at thepreserved documents fromyears past. These specialshelves move electronicallyand, at one point, we thoughtwe were going to be squashedlike ants by the movingshelves! New documents areexamined in the preservationroom to see if they needtreatment for mould, damp and

rips. If a document is infected itis taken to the quarantine roomfor treatment then, before it ispacked away in the strong room,it is digitalised (photographed) sothat it is preserved for centuriesand the public can see fragiledocuments without the preciousdocument being destroyed.

Katie Evans and Mollie NixonWax seals session

When we first looked at the wax

seals they did not look veryinteresting but when we got achance to look close up wequickly changed our minds.During this session we studied avariety of wax seals people usedand then we got to design ourown. We also got a chance tolook at the real wax seals, stampwith them and learned how theywere attached to the parchment.Although some did not work aswell we did manage to perfect ourtechnique and we got to keep ourstamped copies and take themhome. It was a really good

experience and we learned a lot.

Savanna Evans and

Chloe Simpson

Cumbrian involvement in theslave trade

This was a very interesting and

fascinating topic and learningabout the different aspects of thesubject was more complex thanfirst expected. We learned thatCumbrian citizens living inCarlisle could have been ownersof plantations in the Caribbeanand that from the year 1710-1769sixty nine ships sailed fromWhitehaven with an average offour hundred slaves on board.Slaves were very expensive at

this time and even though it was

only 140 for a mother and child,this sum of money was worth alot at this time because a skilledworker would be paid an average

salary of around 35 per year!However, a servant could be paidonly 6 per year! Slave traderswanted their slaves to live long tomake a bigger profit and get morework done so buying children wasa good profitable idea, in thatsense, even though it wasinhumane. They treated theirslaves as animals even thoughthey were so valuable. This wasan eye opening experience that

taught us a lot and helped us tounderstand the slave tradehistory.

Jessica Machin andJasmine Metherell

Victorian Session: Using the 1851Census on microfilm

This activity involved the useof a microfilm which displaysvery old documents andholds lots of information at

the click of a button. On themicrofilm we studied a veryold census which dated fromthe 18th/19thcentury. Wesaw some jobs on thecensus which included ashoe maker and a scholar.We discovered that many ofthe people that lived backthen werent as rich as thepeople of today and largefamilies lived in one house.

We really enjoyed this activity,especially seeing where peoplelived in Carlisle during theVictorian era, although thehandwriting was difficult to readat times!

Raul Pereira and Reece Harris

Continued on page 25

Members of the after-schoolfootball club were given tickets togo to the Carlisle v Crewe matchand for some it was their first time

A Day at Carlisle Archive Centre

Miss L BallHistory Teacher

Some of the studentswho visited the Archives

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In December we were fortunate to have four of thefive members of Future Kicks performing in schoolafter they switched on the Christmas lights in Carlisleand Wigton. Three of the band members, Cru Fox,Ben Fox and Andy Bainbridge, are ex Trinitystudents, so it was really lovely to see them again

and see how well they are doing.The band support

the national Charity DARE (Drug Abuse ResistanceEducation) and performed to our Y9 students.

The DARE programme enables students to interactwith the band and, in between the performances,they explored attitudes with the audience and how todevelop a safe and healthy lifestyle, to help them tomake informed decisions. Their message echoedthat of the Rising Sun Trust, who have also been intoschool, by warning students, through their music, ofthe dangers of drug use.

As part of the Fruit-full Schoolsprogramme, we were given (andpurchased) a wide variety of trees,

including fruit trees and hedging.In order to promote Orchards inthe Community we gave a numberof these to our feeder primaryschools. In October Mrs Wylieand some members of ourLandscape Team visited theseschools to see how their orchardsare getting on and to deliver somebedding plants and Englishapples.

Matthew Johnston, above, isshowing us how the tree planted atBelle Vue Primary School hasgrown and Dorothy Mary Power ispictured left with a member of staffat St Bedes School.

Tudor Session: Studying the originalWill of Thomas Monke, TudorMerchant of Carlisle

We had to solve numerousquestions about the will of ThomasMonke who died of the plague. Wefound out that he had four childrenand learned about the value of itemsat the current time and how muchthey were worth to the people. Wealso talked about how devastating theplague was to many communities,occasionally wiping out up to a thirdof settlements and tearingcommunities and families apart. We

also worked on handwriting andattempted to write words using asheet with single letters translatedfrom Tudor writing. We wrote ournames and tried to make upsentences but were confused assome letters were almost identicaland some looked completely likeother letters.

Orchard Visits

Future Kicks support DAREFun at the Football

at a professional match and they were veryexcited. A great evening was had by all. Someof the students are pictured engrossed in thematch. Many thanks go to Mrs Earl and MrsBlake.

Archive visit cont

Sam Leadbetterand Eddie Lythgoe

Mr D AnnetteLSA

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We took part in the Eden Valley Hospice Sports ShirtFriday in September. For a 1 donation, in aid of EdenValley Hospice and Eden House Childrens Hospice,everyone had the opportunity to come to school in their

favourite sports shirt. Nearly 400 was raised fromcontributions made by students and staff.

A lot offun washadtrying tobe theteamwith themostshirtsvisible.

Thecontest was won by the Green Machine, as you cansee in the picture! Miss Mildon, Mrs Leadingham, MrsBarker, Mrs Studholme and Miss Constant wore theirshirts with pride.

Sports Shirt FridayAudience with Carlisle MP

On Thursday 26 September, we welcomedJohn Stevenson, MP for Carlisle, to the SixthForm Centre to meet our Sixth Form students.

Having outlined his career path and what ledhim to enter politics, he then took questionsfrom the floor. A lively question and answersession followed.

Our thanks to Mr Stevenson for his time.

Class of 2014 Celebrate

Our special Y11 Celebration Daytook place on 24 June with thestudents dressed in their fineryfor the photographs and theassembly. We had fun remindingthem of how they looked whenthey arrived in Y7and sharedmany memories of their time inschool, celebrating theirexperiences and achievements.

There is always a tinge ofsadness as well as excitementfor those who are leaving us tomove on to the next stage of theirlives and we wish them everysuccess in their chosen paths.

Of course, a number of studentswill just be moving up StrandRoad to join the Trinity SixthForm and we look forward towatching their progress there.

We wish of our class of 2014 every success.

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Student Leadership Team 2013/14

HEAD BOY

Simon Boothroyd

HEAD GIRL

Hannah Gillies

DEPUTIES

AMBASSADORS

Steven Barker Shani Brooks Jade Stephenson Emma Walker

Tahmina Begum Abbi Crawford Hannah Graham Callum McClintock

Harry McGibbon Katie Richardson Peter Simons Yasemin Zaremba

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The descendants of WilliamWordsworth have set up anannual poetry prize open to allstudents atCumbrian schools.The theme for thisyears entries wasFlowers or TreesThe poems werejudgedbytheWordsworth familyand an awardceremony was heldat the beautifulRydal Mount, nearAmbleside, on

10 April.

Fourteen Trinitystudents hadtheirpoemsshortlisted and wereconsequently invited to theawards ceremony accompaniedby two family guests.

The students, all from Y10, are:Heidi Ostell, Lydia Graham,Georgina Proudfoot, Sam Ling,

Leah Waughman, Chris Lucas,Sophie Wardle, Jake Mansfield,Brenna Boyle, Ellie Parsons,Rhianna Johnston, ElizabethEmerson, Lucy Jackson andBeth Murdoch.

We were pleased to discover

that we had some winnersamongst our shortlisters!Congratulations to Rhianna

Johnston 10DWB who receiveda Highly Commended award forher wonderful poem TheMemory Tree.

Big congratulations also to thewinner of the 13-15 yrs section,

Georgina Proudfoot 10DWB whoimpressed the Judges with herfantastic poem, Red Rose.

Both winners received a signedanthology of Wordsworth poetryfrom Christopher Wordsworth.

We are delighted to report thatthe overall winner of the wholecompetition also came from

Trinity School!Hugecongratulations toHeidi Ostell 10JLYwhose poem, TheLeviathan of theForest, waschosen as the bestpoem amongst allof the entries fromschools acrossCumbria. Heidi won50 and received

an engravedtrophy, and a shieldwhich will bedisplayed in theWordsworth homeat Rydal Mount,

along with a framed copy of herpoem!

The award ceremony was alovely event, set in the beautifulgrounds of Rydal Mount. Manythanks to the families and

students who attended theceremony and well done to all ofour shortlisters and winners.

Mrs B PattersonEnglish Teacher

Rydal Mount Wordsworth Prize

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