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Lent Term Forthcoming Events Thursday 1st March

World Book Day

Friday 9th March

Prayer Meeting 9:30am-10:30am

Tuesday 13th March

Homework Club cancelled

Friends of Trinity

Tuesday 27th February

Coffee Morning at The Stag -10:00am

AGM at The Bullfinch - 8:00pm

Friday 23rd March

Trinity Teaser Quiz Night - 8:00pm

Important Notices: Chaplaincy - page 2

Trips pages 3 and 4

Co-curricular - pages 4

Sporting News - pages 7

Issue No 20

23rd February 2018

Lent Term Important Dates Thursday 1st March

Year 10 Parents Evening 4:00pm-7:00pm

Tuesday 6th March

6th Form Open Morning (external students)

Monday 19th March

Year 9 and 10 Assessment Week

Thursday 22nd March

Year 7 Parents Evening 4:00pm-7:00pm

Tuesday 27th March

Year 11 Parents Evening 4:00pm-7:00pm

Thursday 29th March

Last Day of Term - Easter Break

Please start following us on Twitter - @Trinity7oaks, @Trinity7English, @Trinity7oaks_PE.

Sixth Form Open Morning – Tuesday 6th March. We

are running an open morning on Tuesday 6th March for

external students who have applied to join the Sixth

Form. This will be a chance for them to see Trinity School

on a normal working day. Any external candidates who have

not yet applied but who want to and who have not yet had a

chance to visit the school will be welcome on that

day. Anybody who is interested in attending should contact

the Sixth Form team at sixthform@trinitysevenoaks.com.

This weeks attendance: Best Form

Year 11 11JCL

Year 10 10KBA

Year 9 9AST

Year 8 8AHR

Year 7 7SFI

Year 7- History Trip. A gentle reminder for Year 7

parents that the deadline for payments for the Canterbury

Cathedral/Rochester Castle trip is today (Friday 23rd

February). If your child is in 7O1, 7G1 or 7B1 for History

they will go on the trip on Monday 12th March, the History

groups 7O2, 7G2 and 7B2 will go on Monday 19th March.

Students must wear full school uniform. The trip is not

compulsory.

Ski Lost Property. A jacket, pair of gloves and a ski helmet were left in the coach after the ski trip. If they

belong to your child please ask them to collect rom Mr Birks-Agnew.

World Book Day - Thursday 1st

March. Please refer to page 5 for

details of the activities taking place on

World Book Day.

Library News. Congratulations to Class 7B2

for winning the Accelerated Reader Counter

Cup Challenge set by the Library Managers and

to Niamh J and Freddie T for being the winning

star readers for Term 3.

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Student Photos. We are pleased to welcome VanCols on Wednesday 5th

September 2018 for a whole school photo shoot, Years 7-12. They will be taking

individual student photos and one of the whole school, all of which will be available

for parents/carers to purchase. Approximately a week after the photo shoot your

child/ren will bring home an order form. You will be able to order and pay

online. Your order will delivered to school and sent home via your child/ren.

Chaplaincy

"Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of

the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you.

And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”

Matthew 28;19-20

We have started looking at Jesus in the Gospel’s this half term and started with ‘The Great Commission’;

Jesus’ last word to His disciples – the command to make more disciples. Mr Williams spoke about the

importance of gaining as much knowledge and experience as we can while we have good leaders around us,

so that when we are ready to step up and lead for ourselves, we have all that we need to do so. I wonder

if Jesus’ disciples felt that way? But the last verse of our reading is the comfort in those new situations –

that Jesus is always with us, whatever we do.

Giving thanks for:

A good half term holiday and the safe return of all on the ski trip

A new start and all the activities going on this term

Praying for:

Year 10s and 11s doing assessments

All students as they get stuck into their studies

Many thanks and God bless, Alice

Meet the Teacher

Each week we will be doing a short Q+A with staff members. This week is Mr

O’Shea.

Role: I am an English Teacher, who will also lead Film Studies and co-ordinate Key

Stage 5 English when the 6th form is up and running.

Favourite subjects when you were at school: English, Classics and Religious

Studies.

Hobbies: I have two adult children who I love spending time with and share many interests: including

music (going to concerts and playing guitars), supporting Crystal Palace FC and a very deep love of film and

the craft of filmmaking.

Favourite books: Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf, The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy and

Ulysses by James Joyce.

Prayer Request: We give thanks for Mr O’Shea and his appointment as English teacher at Trinity. Thank

you for all the experience and creativity Mr O’Shea brings to this role and we pray he will enjoy the classes

he teaches and be an inspiration to them. Bless him in his work and all the activities he enjoys with his

family outside of school. Amen

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Year 9 and Year 10 Geography Fieldtrips to Brick Lane and Stratford Olympic Park. Year

9 and 10 Geography students took part in an essential and enjoyable trip to London where students

looked at three case studies – regeneration of the Olympic park, sustainable living in East village and

urban change in the Brick Lane and Spitalfields areas. Not only did students gain valuable insights into

these case studies and experience theories they have studied in the classroom in real life but it also gave

them the opportunity to carry out several human fieldwork techniques and later present and analyse

them in the classroom. My thanks go to all staff who enabled the trip to happen and to the students for

their excellent behaviour as they represented their school. Miss Jordan, Head of Geography.

HPQ / EPQ trip to Canterbury Christ Church University. Thank you to the students who

attended the library visit on the 19th February, their behaviour and conduct were both exceptional.

Students were introduced to the library with a tour, some were very impressed with the moving book

shelves and amount of resources available! We were then guided to relevant journals, books,

newspapers, DVDs and articles to enhance students ability to use academic resources in their own

research project. Students learnt about evaluating the reliability of sources which is essential for the EPQ

qualification.

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Co-curricular

Ski Trip. What a trip! The

Trinity School Ski Trip was

absolutely fantastic and will be

forever in our memories.

From the coach journey there,

to the coach journey home,

the students seemed to love

every moment. There was a

considerable improvement on

skiing ability throughout the

whole week, especially when

half of the students had no

skiing experience. The top

group took on leadership roles

during the week to take small

groups down a slope. Apart

from Mr Sherwood who

acquired a minor injury on the

second day everyone had a brilliant time. The students

were great, particularly Year 10. A huge thank you to

the teachers who gave up their half term to accompany

the students - Mr Sherwood, Miss Chant, Mrs Rayfield,

Mr Roylance, Mr Hurst and Mr Birks-Agnew who also

organized such a fantastic trip.

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World Book Day. World Book Day is on Thursday 1st March. Please encourage your son/daughter

to visit the library. We have activities taking place throughout the day and the Library Managers are

happy to assist students with finding a suitable book to borrow.

Reading Breakfast. Students and staff are invited to a reading breakfast in the library

between 8.15-8.45. All they need to bring is a book! Croissants, tea, coffee and juice

will be provided. Spaces are limited so if your son/daughter is interested please ask

them to sign up with one of the Library Managers by Monday 26th February.

Short Story Readings. The Library Team will circulate a short story split into 5 parts and ask teachers

to read aloud the relevant part (i.e. part 2 in period 2 etc) at the beginning of their lesson to all year

groups.

World Book Day vouchers. Your child will receive a £1 WBD voucher which can be used in

participating book shops.

There will be a second hand fiction book sale, all day in the library, 50p per

book, all proceeds will go to Book Aid International. Book donations from parents

and students would be greatly appreciated. Please bear in mind any books donated

should be appropriate for Trinity Students.

Lunchtime Book Quiz – organised by the Library Ambassadors. Students are encouraged to

participate and will need to collect a library lunchtime pass at break as normal. Winners will receive a

prize. Students are advised that it will be a computer free lunch in the Library on World Book Day.

Years 7 & 8 Fancy Dress – Students may come to school dressed as their favourite book character. If

students would like some guidance with this please ask them to speak to their English teacher or one of

the Library Managers. Prizes will be given for the most creative or imaginative costume.

Years 8 and Above – On World Book Day, borrow a book from the library and receive a sweet treat!

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Year 11 Leavers Awards Evening - Thursday 12th

July. Final call for the Year 11 leavers celebration event to

be held at the beautiful Salomons Estate in Tunbridge Wells.

The evening will consist of a buffet meal, disco with DJ, a

photo booth and an Oscars style awards ceremony that will

include a presentation of photographs of students through

the years from the very beginning of their secondary school

journey and of course the beginning of Trinity School. The

evening is set to be amazing and not to be missed.

To secure your child's place for the Awards Evening please

make payment of £35.00 via ParentPay by 28th February

2018.

Friends of Trinity

Dates for your Diary

Tuesday 27th February

Coffee Morning at The Stag -10am

Drinks and AGM at The Bullfinch - 8pm

Friday 23rd March

Trinity Teaser Quiz Night –please see attached flyer for details of this fun fundraising event.

Vacancies.

As we look to open the 6th Form next year, the following vacancies are being advertised externally.

• Head of Music

• Facilities Manager

Further details can be found on TES, Kent Teach and our Website.

Friends of Trinity Singers. We

really enjoyed being part of the

production ‘A Valentine’s Affair’ at the

Stag - produced by our own Jean Picten-

Bentley - well done to all involved!. Our

next meeting is a social at the Bullfinch

on Tuesday 27th Feb 7:30pm, all

welcome. Enquiries to Jacquie 07759

229 222 jlbignell@sky.com

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Sporting News

Fixtures - W/B 26th February

26th February - Year 7 Rugby Trinity vs Charles Darwin

(cancelled due to Charles Darwin having an inset day)

27th February - Year 8 Rugby Trinity vs Knole Home pick

up 4:45pm

28th February - Year 9 NO Fixture

28th February - Year 11 Football vs Knole Away pick up

5:00pm

1st March Year - 10 NO Fixture

Cricket Tournament Girls

28th February U13 8 aside Maidstone 1:00pm - 4:30pm

6th March U13 Cricket Final Canterbury, time TBC

Boys Rugby

15th March - U13 away at Rochester Maths School

13th March - U14 away at Dartford GS

8th March - U15 away at Gravesend GS

Congratulations to our U13 Girls

Indoor Cricket Team. Our Year 7 & 8

girls who competed in the Indoor Cricket

tournament, have secured a place in the final

against some prestigious schools from the

Kent District. We will notify parents of the

timings of the

event and would

love if you could

support the girls

in the next level

of competition.

Lunchtime Clubs

Monday: Girls Indoor Cricket/ Table tennis / Astro open play (equipment available)

Tuesday: Badminton all Years / Table tennis / Astro open play (equipment available)

Wednesday: Handball all years in sports hall/ Table tennis/ Astro open play (equipment available)

Thursday: Basketball all years in sports hall/ Table tennis/ Astro open play (equipment available)

Friday: Volleyball all years in sports hall/ Indoor Girls Cricket in sports hall / Table tennis/ Astro open play

(equipment available)/ Sports Ambassador meeting 1pm

Sport Relief Week. We are excited to advise that Trinity School will be supporting

Sport Relief in March. We will be holding a full week of sporting activities, daily

competitions and also CPR training: getting fit and healthy and also providing help to

those less privileged. In 2016 Trinity School raised just short of £1000 through

sponsorship and an own clothes day. This year we would like to make it bigger and

better. Further details will follow in next week’s newsletter.

We have set up a just giving page directly through Sport Relief, all money raised will go to

the charity including the gift aid. We ask that all sponsorship money and donations are put on the just giving

page. If students require a sponsorship form which will have the just giving link on the page, please speak to

Miss Trew. Sponsorship forms are to be handed in to Miss Trew who will congratulate each student for

taking part. https://my.sportrelief.com/sponsor/trinityschool1939622

Results for Rugby Leagues

Year 7 Boys Trinity vs Mascalls (postponed,

to be rescheduled)

Year 8 No fixture

Year 9 Trinity vs Hayesbrook (Cancelled by

Hayesbrook)

Year 10 Trinity vs Bennett 14-12 Win

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An interactive evening session for parents of struggling

learners, aged from 6 to 16, on:

Learning ideas and strategies to help your child complete

their homework easily and with less stress

Boosting your confidence working with your child

Finding out how they think and learn best

Course date: Tuesday 27th February 6.30pm – 8.00pm

Refreshments will be available from 6.20pm

Venue: Trinity School, Seal Hollow Rd, Sevenoaks TN13 3SL

Cost: Free

To book your place email: senco@trinitysevenoaks.com or

phone 01732 469111 to book with Reception

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An independent international

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