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Transcript of News at Trinity, Issue 10 2012-2013 Round Up
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Dear parents, carers and
friends of the school
When Trinity School
began in September 1968
there does not seem to
have been any opening
ceremony and perhaps
that was just the spirit of
that age. However, as
our rebuilding project
neared its completion in
2012 we determined to
make up for that and
have a proper event.
It was with much delight
that we were able to
welcome HRH The Duke
of Kent to the school on
2 October 2012 to
declare us rebuilt and
well and truly open. He
gave much time to
individual staff and
students, particularly the
musicians who played for
him on his tour round the
school, and the whole
school felt rightly proud of
belonging to something
significant in the city and
in the lives of our young
people and wider
community.
It was therefore a bit of a
shock to welcome an
archbishop to the school
in the same academic
year but no less
delightful to have the
Most Rev Dr John
Sentamu, Archbishop of
York, with us in January
2013 as part of his visit to
the Carlisle Diocese. He
too gave much time to
individuals, and was
perhaps a little surprised
to be signing so many
autographs! He made a
lovely impression on
everyone gathered for the
Q/A session in the
Margaret Sewell Hall, as
he shared his Christian
faith, and how it had
brought him through
persecutions and
difficulties. He closed his
visit by saying for the first
time in public the school
prayer, written by the
Chaplain (Jen Milligan)
and students.
The school year ended
on another high point: the
Trinity Theatre Company
production of Les
Misrables which many
said was quite simply the
best school production
they had ever seen and
I will not disagree. It was
extraordinary.
If the year has been
surprisingly full of big set-
pieces, it remains the
case that it is the ability of
students to create the
exceptional in the middle
of the ordinary working
day which has been a
source of delight through
the year. Whether it is a
sports star of the future
making an international
debut, successes for
singers, actors and
musicians, a superb
project in an academic
study, the student who
takes her cookery from
Year 8 Food Technology
lessons all the way to the
national Future Chef
finals and many more
besides it is the
pleasure of working with
each of them in the
school the following day.
I hope that you enjoy
reading about our extra-
ordinary year, and can
also gain a picture of the
day to day school which
works busily, but never
quietly, for everyone.
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2012 / 2013
Alan Mottershead
Headteacher
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Rebuild Update
Phase 4, the final part of the
schools redevelopment project,
was completed on time. During
the summer holidays of 2012, the
English Department (comprising
seven refurbished classrooms
and Learning Resource Areas as
well as a House office and
meeting room) and the Creighton
Hall were made ready to open for
the autumn term. Thus, with the
final piece in place, the jigsaw
was complete. Since May 2009
areas of the school had
been in a permanent state
of transformation as each
phase of work took place,
and suddenly all the major
work was over. It rapidly
became difficult to
remember how it looked
before the process began!
During the autumn, further
work then took place in the
Margaret Sewell Hall to
create a high quality,
professional standard
performance hall. The wooden
floor was reinforced and
retractable seating installed,
along with professional lighting
and sound systems, and new
curtains fitted:
a superb result
and a much
appreciated
asset for our
school and in
particular the
Music and
Drama
Department.
The retractable
seating, when
folded back, still allows the hall to
be used for exams as before.
With the redevelopment finished,
some demolition took place at
the Sixth Form end of the school.
This included part of the
Campbell building, the old
Science block, and some
redundant classrooms under the
former Carliol Dining Hall. With
new dining facilities for the 11-16
school in place from
Phase 2, the Carliol
dining hall was totally
modernised to become
an all day Bistro/social
space for the sole use
of Sixth Form students;
they greatly enjoy
having this dedicated space
during morning and lunch breaks,
as well as after school.
More about the Bistro on page 4
Other works to the Sixth Form
Centre have included replacing
windows with modern double
glazed units to reduce traffic
noise from Georgian Way and
installing some air conditioning in
this area, as well as upgrading
overhead projectors and other
equipment. The programme of
refurbishment work in
classrooms has continued, with
redecoration and new
carpets making for a
fresher and smarter look.
Over this summer we have
also begun remedial works
to the Carliol building roof
and stonework, which we
anticipate being an ongoing
project as time (and funds)
allow. Border Construction have
again been on site through the
summer renovating the ceiling of
the Devonshire Hall, as well as
tidying up the area where their
cabins were located.
Overall its been a very
different summer. Not
having to set up
departments in their new
areas has not meant life in
school has been quiet
indeed much redecoration
work has taken place,
along with essential
maintenance checks, deep
cleaning and high level
cleaning of surfaces and
windows.
Never a dull moment at Trinity!
Ms J Macdonald
Project Officer
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The competition is
themed and is aimed at
creative writers, so we
welcomed the chance to
have Ms Pearson come
in and lead workshops
with groups of students.
Ms Pearson delivered
sessions to two groups
of Y12 students who
were just
starting
their AS English
Language
Original Writing
coursework. She
also led a session
for Gifted and
Talented English
students in Year 8
and Year 9, plus
members of Miss Seggies
creative writing club.
All participants have had
significant benefit from
Ms Pearsons wisdom.
Mr D Medley
Senior Project Leader
for Literacy
On 22 October 2012 Trinity
hosted a visit from Anne Pearson
who was formerly the director of
The Brewery Arts Centre. The
Anne Pearson Award for Young
Writers is an annual competition
in which Trinity have had
students (such as Jenna
Leathers and Heather Medley)
impress and be shortlisted in
previous years.
I was picked to ride for
Team GB after having a
successful season on the
road. The criteria were:
aggressive attacking
riders and finishing high
in the National Series
Races. One of the
selection races included
the North West
International Youth Tour
consisting of five stages.
The first was a prologue
which I finished in third
place, only one second behind
Mark Cavendishs course record
which he set as a junior.
However, I thought my chances
of being selected were all over
when I was brought down in a
heavy crash in the second race.
I had a lot of skin wounds and a
broken collar
bone and
finished the
race in a lot
of pain
doubting
that I would
be able to
start the
next day.
I did
manage to
race the
next day and
secured a first place in the first
race day and a second place in
the second race. This made me
feel more confident about being
selected to ride at the European
Youth Olympics for Great Britain.
I received a letter through the
post in June to say that I had
been selected, along with two
other people from all of Great
Britain, to ride in Holland. We
gathered for a whole Team GB
meeting at the Sherrington Hotel,
Heathrow, the night before we
flew to Holland.
The race was on an extremely
hot day, an eighty kilometre road
race, very flat, which suited our
team. We planned to lead out
our sprinter to the finish line to,
hopefully, get a podium. It went
well for the first half however,
towards the end, there were a lot
of crashes which brought two of
us down. We did manage to get
back into the race and to lead
out our sprinter to take eighth
place.
Ellis Kirkbride 10NSE
Writers Develop their Craft
Ellis cycles for Team GB in Holland
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John Fyfe is the Ogden Physicist of the year
John Fyfe, 12AHY, has been
nominated as the Ogden Trusts
Physicist of the year.
John, pictured above with a
representative of the Cumbrian
Ogden Trust, is one of twenty five
students from the greater
Cumbrian area to be awarded the
prestigious award which was
conferred on 2 July at Lancaster
University. The event
encompassed several lectures by
renowned Physicists working with
CERN and Lancasters ultra cold
temperature laboratory. Students
were fortunate enough to be
given a guided tour of the Physics
department and a chance
to witness some ultra cold
physics demonstrations.
John is an exceptionally
gifted student, yet exudes a
remarkable air of humility.
His ability to assist others
by himself having a
profound depth of
understanding, far
exceeding my own and
other teachers, has led me
to believe
that John,
given the
right support,
will one day
take his place
amongst the
elite of the
scientific
community.
Mr I Lindner
Physics
Teacher
A black hole is an object that is
so dense that the gravitational
field produced by it is so strong
that not even light can escape
from it. This means we have no
idea of what, if anything lies
beyond the event horizon.
It is one of the universe's greatest
mysteries, as everything is just
speculation. A speculative
mystery that I hope to one day
shed some light on.
John Fyfe
This year saw the grand
opening of the Carliol Bistro -
a new purpose built learning
and dining space exclusively
for Sixth Form students.
Olivia Hodgson and Andrew
Glendinning, Head Girl and
Boy, performed the opening
ceremony. This new area
combines a mix of flexible
seating, IT equipment and
bistro style dining. Sixth
Form students have been actively
involved throughout the project
and have helped to design the
space, choose the
furniture and
develop the catering
on offer. Students have all been
extremely positive about the
space and have been making
excellent use of the facilities.
Mr A Runciman
Assistant Head - Sixth Form
Carliol Bistro
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Health and Medicine in the First World War
Mr Stuart Eastwood of the Border
Regiment Museum at Carlisle
Castle came into school on 15
March to speak to the Year 10
History students about Health
and Medicine in the First World
War. He brought in slides to
illustrate his talk as well as a
variety of artefacts such as a
soldiers uniform, a rifle, hand
grenades, a gas mask, a
wash kit and tinned
provisions. The talk ranged
from information about
injuries and wounds caused
by shells and machine guns
to the effects of a gas attack
and shell shock.
Mr Eastwood also described
how casualties would be
dealt with at Field Dressing
Stations and Casualty
Clearing Stations before being
evacuated back to Blighty in
hospital trains and hospital boats.
The talk also covered the logistics
of keeping the men fed and clean
under the most trying
circumstances in
the trenches of
the Western
Front. Some of
the most
illuminating
photographs
were of the
bread ovens,
water carriers
and field kitchens that were used
to supply the needs of the troops.
Bobby Walker 10NFO wrote a
report on the talk on behalf of the
class: We found the talk
informative
and
interesting
regarding
World War
One
medicine and
about the
war in
general.
Especially
interesting was viewing the
remarkable memorabilia that he
brought as this helped us
visualise the things that we had
just heard about. It was a great
opportunity (that Im sure was
taken) to see the war in a broader
context, which will be of great
help in terms of broadening our
knowledge in preparation for our
GCSE exams.
We are very grateful to
Mr Eastwood for his most
interesting presentation.
A number of Year 13 Citizenship
groups were delighted to
welcome Lee Sherriff, a City
Councillor and
prospective Labour
candidate for
Carlisle, to Trinity
School on
19 February.
Ms Sherriff gave a
very honest and
enlightening
presentation to the
group ranging from
the need to vote, her role as a
councillor and the demands of
being a successful candidate.
The floor posed questions to
Ms Sherriff on a number of
issues regarding planning laws,
development, housing,
employment and devolution; her
confident responses helped
stimulate the awareness of our
young audience. We would like
to take this opportunity to again
thank Lee Sherriff for her time
and wish her well in the coming
elections.
Lee Sherriff meets Y13 Citizenship students
Mr S Quigley
Art Teacher
Linda Hodgson
Head of History
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On 1 July 2013, a unique event
took place at the Carlisle
Archives involving Year 8
students from all the local
schools including Newman
School, Richard Rose Central
Academy and Richard Rose
Morton, Caldew School in
Dalston, Nelson Thomlinson
School in Wigton and William
Howard School from Brampton
as well as Trinity School. The
students attended five
sessions, each led by an
Archivist, with representatives
from each school in each
group. Each pair of Trinity
students was asked to prepare a
report on one of the five sessions
and this is what they said.
Our first task was the Tudor
Handwriting task. This involved
attempting to read a Tudor will,
written by the late Thomas
Monke, and recreating the Tudor
style of writing. Thomas Monkes
will contained an inventory which
listed all the items he had in his
possession with the value of
each item too! After deducting
that his wife was dead and that
the wine shop that he owned is
now Francos Italian restaurant,
next to the Guild Hall, our
archivist, Mr Robson, showed us
how to write our names in the
Tudor style. He had great
enthusiasm for this era and
provided information on the
Tudors and on the history of the
building that we were in. Overall,
it was a great experience, and
one we will remember for a long
time. Kieran and Niall Burnie
We looked at conservation and
were given a fake document, a
replica of a real document,
covered in graffiti and smudged
with coal. Our challenge was to
clean it up, but how? Well, we
used the skills of a real preserver
which include: using a pipette to
see if the document is affected by
water; using a special sponge
made from a non-plastic material
with extremely close fibres to
scrub/remove the coal stain - our
hands got covered in coal!; using
a conservation salt which
honestly looked like the Italian
parmesan cheese!!! After this we
were able to ask questions about
what each tool did and why it was
used. There was even a
microwave to make a special
glue-like paste for repairing torn
and damaged documents and we
learned about the special
characteristics of Japanese
paper which has long fibres. We
had to remember that each and
every document is unique and is
the only copy in existence and to
be careful throughout the
experience when handling them.
Our experience taught us how to
recover and preserve historic
documents.
Imogen Dodd and Abbie Fleming
We looked at some Victorian
censuses from Cumbria. It was
interesting because they gave an
insight into peoples occupations
and lifestyle and we were able to
gather information about
common diseases, the average
age people died at and how
hygienic people were. One of the
good things about keeping a
record of peoples lives is you
can compare them to our lives
now; how big families were, how
much space there was per family
and social standards in the
Victorian era.
Imogen Clark and Jodi Leeson
The tour was great! We got to
see around the whole Archive
centre and there were so many
rooms! The 'strong room' is
where all the documents are
kept. There are about two
hundred and fifty thousand
boxes of books, wills and
censuses and thirty thousand
documents which are too big to fit
in boxes are on huge separate,
longer shelf units which are side
by side and can be moved out by
pressing a button. We went into
one to look at a few books. It was
great but very claustrophobic; the
space between is narrow so that
as many documents as possible
can fit! They have a lot of huge
models of famous historical
figures dotted around the place
which tower over you as you walk
by! Continued on page 7
History students visit Carlisle Archives
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Global Entrepreneurship Week
Global Entrepreneurship
Week was held in November
with a theme of Pass it on where
all of our Key Stage 3 students
took part in a range of
enterprising activities. Overall,
the whole week involved getting
several hundred young people
engaged and thinking about a
subject which they had no
concept of. They managed to
gain results way beyond their
own and our expectations,
reinforcing and supporting what
goes on in the classroom. Year 8
students participated in Spark it
and Eco Fish; a packed and
exciting workshop to raise
awareness about sustainable
fishing on a global scale. The
e-Stock Market Challenge was
undertaken by Year 7 students;
this brings the unique excitement
of live trading into
the classroom.
Students were able
to buy and sell items
according to market
conditions involving
problem solving, risk
management and team
building. Year 9 had the
opportunity to experience Make it
in Action; bringing manufacturing
to life. Teams of students had to
design, manufacture, cost and
market a prototype car from
scratch. A big thank you to our
judges, Jon Ashurst,
representative from Lloyd Land
Rover, and Claire Segwick,
STEM ambassador, who came to
listen to the presentations and
speak to the students about their
design ideas.
Mrs A Rothon Information,
Advice and Guidance Officer
Seventeen of these were taken to
the City Festival. The new part of
the building is attached to the old
house. It was great how much of
the old house was able to be
kept, such as the spiral staircases
and beautiful stained glass
windows! We also learned about
seals. Not the animal of course!
But the wax and tools that people
used to seal letters with to let
people know who was sending
them. We designed our
own seals too with musical
instruments and random shapes
and included our names and
where we lived. We really
enjoyed the trip; it was a great
thing to experience and we
thoroughly enjoyed it.
We learnt about Britains, and
particularly Cumbrias,
involvement in the slave trade.
We looked at sources such as
paintings and letters which taught
us that Whitehaven was the
biggest slave port in Cumbria.
Ships set off from there to trade in
Africa for slaves who were then
transported to the Americas to
work on plantations producing
sugar and rum. Overall the day
was good and very educational
and has encouraged us to take
history in higher education to
learn more.
We are very grateful to the staff at
the Archives Centre who worked
so hard to make
the day a success
and turned over
the whole of the
building to us. The
students were also
a credit to their
schools.
Carlisle Archives continued
Lucy Mellor and Chloe Watson
Tom Cox and Robbie Bell
Mrs L Hodgson
Head of History
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Last year I entered the school
heats for the Springboard Future
Chef competition as I enjoy
cooking, especially baking. The
heats were held one day after
school over a three week period.
I cooked a lamb dish, served
with cous cous and an apricot
and mint sauce, as well as a
fish dish. The judging panel,
headed by Chris Austin, Chef
and owner of Davids
Restaurant, selected me as the
winner. I was then mentored
by Chris and supported by
Miss Dinsdale as we prepared
for the County Final in January;
I had to cook a main course and
desert for two with a budget of
7.50.
I travelled to the Lakes College
in Workington with my Mum,
Chris and Miss Dinsdale where
I cooked pheasant two ways
with parsnip puree, wilted
spinach and red wine sauce,
followed by a whiskey
cranachan. The three other
finalists were older than me but I
won and gained a place in the
North West Final to be held in
Manchester.
Chris continued to mentor me,
giving up lots of his valuable time
and allowed me to cook in his
restaurant kitchen. We decided
to stick with the main course of
pheasant but changed the desert
to a warm chocolate fondant
infused with orange. Again I had
to prepare a meal for two but
with an increased budget of
10.00. This time my Dad
accompanied us as we headed
for Manchester Metropolitan
University. I did my best and
was crowned the North West
Regional Winner against eight
older competitors.
Two weeks before the final in
London we were given a list of
ingredients and had to come up
with a main course and desert to
serve three people. I decided to
cook pork in three different ways
with butternut squash puree,
wilted spinach, crushed potatoes
and a natural jus, followed by
chocolate fondant with Chantilly
cream and pistachios.
I practised nearly every night
until my family were sick of
eating pork! On Saturday 16
March we travelled by
train to London.
Springboard had
booked us into a
fabulous five star hotel
on Park Lane where I
was able to relax before
the final on the Monday.
On the Sunday evening
we were joined by Chris
and Miss Dinsdale and,
along with the other
eleven finalists, were
taken to the Hyatt
Grand Regency Hotel in
Portland Square. There
we had a drinks
reception followed by a three
course meal, prepared with the
ingredients we were to use in the
final, and then were presented
with our chefs whites for the
next day.
On the day of the final I had a
nervous breakfast before we
checked out of the hotel and
headed to the Kingsway College
in Westminster. After lots of
photographs and a brief from the
judges the competition got under
way. I did my very best, despite
burning my left palm just before
serving up my main course. The
standard of food was very high
and although I didnt win I am
very proud of my achievement. I
believe I was the youngest ever
finalist! I still won 100, a
Kenwood tri-blade, two
commemorative plates, chefs
whites and a set of knives.
I really must thank Chris Austin
for the time and effort he put into
being my mentor; I have learned
so much with his guidance. I
must also thank Miss Dinsdale,
Mrs Douglas and Mrs Walton for
all their support and my Mum,
Dad and brother for being my
guinea pigs!
Imogen Dodd 8BIR
Imogen makes it to the 2013 Future Chef Competition Finals
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Cumbria 2013 Junior Chess Championships
CoPE Students make the Macmillan Coffee Morning a success
On Friday 28 September
we had a fundraising
coffee morning for the
Macmillan Charity. We
all did different jobs in
order to have a
successful morning and
raise money. Some of
the jobs were selling
drinks and cakes,
another was having
someone on the raffle. We
all provided different things
for the raffle so that we had
good prizes for the team and
baked the cakes with help
from the cookery teachers.
We also had a coin
guessing game where
students paid ten pence to
guess how many coins
were in the pot. A lot of
companies helped us, for
example Morrisons gave
us free coffee.
The coffee morning lasted one
hour and during this time we all
got involved, worked very hard
and chipped in together. It went
really well and we raised a
fantastic 165.
We would like to send a massive
thank you to everyone
who got involved and
to everyone who
came to support us.
You all made the
Macmillan charity
morning a lovely
event.
This years instalment of the
Cumbria Junior Chess
Championship was held on
Sunday19 May in an excellent
venue provided by Trinity School
Carlisle, for which we were very
grateful. The grey skies and
threatening
drizzle held
no terrors as
we had
ample space
for parents
and players
indoors.
A flurry of
late arrivals
brought the number of entries
(seventy one in total) up to a
similar level to last years
competition, causing the
organisers a few headaches in
the process. This meant a later
start and, subsequently, a very
loose interpretation of the playing
schedule that we advertised. All
our timetables are generally to
be considered works of fiction
and this year was no exception.
However, we were able to run
sections for U13, U15 and U18s,
for the first time in a number of
years. Normally weve not had
the numbers
to avoid
combining at
least two of
these
competitions.
The U11s
was a highly
competitive
section; the
winner was James Rocca of
Hayton C of E School. Holden
Davis of Queen Elizabeth
Grammar School, took Gold in
the U13 section. Bronze medals
were awarded to Trinity students
Alex Raphael 8MBO, Jack Morris
7CCT and Adam Barker 8SSC.
Gold in the U15 section went to
Owen Ogden, Nelson
Thomlinson School, and Silver to
Trinitys Avran Millar 9JMY.
Bronze medals were awarded to
Lewis Jackson 9JMY and
Thomas Johnston 9TSN. The final results in the U18
competition left us with a bit of a
dilemma. As the winner, a ten
year old James Moreby, Royal
Grammar School, Newcastle,
lives and goes to school outside
of Cumbria we couldnt award
him the U18 Cumbria Trophy,
only the U18 Cumbria title. The
Trophy went instead to second
placed Jason Maxwell of Trinity
School. Jason 11TDO also took
the Silver Medal. Bronze medals
winners were Camus Millar
11EHU who managed to draw
against James in their game and
Chris Royle 11TDO.
Mr K Southernwood
Cumbria Junior
Chess Organiser
Year 11 CoPE
Students
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Sixth Form Art Trip to London
The galleries and museums
made quite an impression upon
our students with their
comprehensive exhibits and the
actual architecture of the
buildings themselves.
Student comments included:
The best long weekend
ever! My favourite gallery
was the Tate Britain,
especially the Pre-
Raphaelite exhibition. I
feel very inspired by
everything I have seen
over the last four days, I
really think my work will
improve, thank you so
much for such an
amazing experience.
The Photography exhibition
in the Sainsbury wing of the
National Gallery has helped
me understand how artists
are inspired by other artwork
from various genres.
I discovered a
photographer
who was working
in a way directly
linked to my own
ideas.
The accommodation
was very comfortable
and secure with
pleasant staff and
substantial
breakfasts. The
restaurants provided
a reliable service in fantastic
locations, the evening meals
were well presented and enjoyed
by all.
We did manage to include some
of Londons major tourist
attractions as
well, such as the
Houses of
Parliament,
Westminster
Abbey and
Downing Street.
St Pauls
Cathedral was
particularly
exciting with all
students climbing
to the Whispering
Gallery if not to
the Golden
Gallery on top of the Dome for
spectacular views across London
at sunset.
We were extremely impressed by
the enthusiasm, the curiosity and
the general humour of all those
we had the pleasure to share this
experience with.
Mr S Quigley
Art Teacher
Bikeability week, held in May,
was a success with most Y7
students taking part. Despite the
poor weather forecast the sun
shone for most of the time,
although it would have been nice
if it had been a few degrees
warmer. The students who took
part were given varied tasks to
complete in order to improve
their overall skills on a bike.
Bikeability
Lots of fun was had and the guys
from Bikeability delivered the
level one training with great skill
and enthusiasm and
were very
complimentary
about the
behaviour of
all our
students.
Badges and certificates for the
students were distributed via the
House system.
Our thanks go to Bikeability and
to parents for encouraging so
many students to take part .
Mrs A Parish
Pastoral Tutor
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The Archbishop of York visits Trinity
The Archbishop of York,
Dr John Sentamu,
accompanied by the
Bishop of Carlisle, the Rt
Revd James Newcome,
visited Trinity last
January. Greeted on
arrival by Mr Brian
Armstrong, Chair of
Governors, and the Very
Revd Mark Boyling, Dean
of Carlisle and Governor
of the school, Dr Sentamu
was then introduced to
Mr Alan Mottershead,
Headteacher,
Mrs Jen Milligan, the
School Chaplain, and
Mrs Andrea Shore, Head
of Religious Studies.
He then went on to meet
students from the Sixth
Form and House
Leadership teams of
the school who
accompanied him to
the Margaret Sewell
Hall, where one
hundred and fifty
Trinity students were
gathered for a short question
and answers session chaired
by Amy Walker, Deputy Head
Girl and Mr Mottershead.
A light lunch in the dining hall
followed, providing an
opportunity for Dr Sentamu to
chat informally with other
students from the
school. There was then a
short tour around the school
concluding in the Jubilee Hall,
the main entrance hall to the
school, where the Archbishop
addressed a
gathering of
students and
staff.
Dr Sentamu
then led
prayers,
including the
Trinity School
prayer written
by the Chaplain
and some
students of the
school, and gave thanks for the
successful and safe completion
of the rebuilding of the school
between 2009 and 2013. The
visit ended with the Archbishop
delivering a blessing for the
school and then signing the
Visitors Book.
All in all it was an
inspiring and
thoroughly enjoyable
visit that will live long
in the memories of all
who attended.
Ms J Macdonald
Project Officer
Trinity School Prayer
God of adventure,
You call us to follow your Son
In transforming the world.
Inspire our minds by your Spirit
And fill our hearts with your love,
That we may grow into the
people you intend, reflect your
life in the world and bring all
those we love to you, for the sake
of him who gave his all,
Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen
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Aerie International
Aerie International, based in
Montana USA, was set up so
that students across the world
can share and showcase artistic
and literary talent. Once again
two of our students have been
chosen to have their artwork
published in the year
book. This is the sixth year our
students have had work
published internationally and we
are delighted. Year 12 student
Molly Wrights evocative
painting Hidden and Year 13
student Casey Dixons haunting
picture Truth both featured.
Molly also won the
prestigious Visual Arts
Award, the second time this
award has been won by a
Trinity School student.
Molly said I was really
pleased to win this award
and to have my work
recognised on an
international level. Most
importantly, winning the
award has provided me with
the confidence and belief in
my own ability to create art
in ways I may not feel
entirely comfortable
with. It was
overwhelming to have
my work recognised
by Aerie International,
and I can happily say
I am now a published
artist in an
international
magazine, something
I will keep with me
forever.
Mrs Reay, Subject Leader for Art
said Thanks to all the Art/
Photography staff and students
for creating such inspirational
work that again is being
celebrated internationally as well
as locally. Our recent Art and
Photography exhibition was a
great success and showcased
our students imagination.
Many congratulations to both
Molly and Casey and to our Art
Department for continuing to
encourage such high levels of
achievement.
Hidden by Molly Wright
Truth by Casey Dixon
Many hands make light work ...
Students helped to pack gift bags
which were given to the elderly at
the News and Star Christmas
Concert for the Community at
the Sands Centre. Well done to
all who took part.
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Trinity Languages Project
As part of the Trinity Primary
Languages Project, we ran an
after-school Latin club for Year 6
children in our partner primary
schools during the first half of
last Spring term on Tuesday
evenings 4.00pm to 5.00pm.
All Carlisle primary schools were
invited to nominate some Gifted
and Talented children who they
thought would enjoy it and
benefit from learning some basic
Latin and, perhaps more
importantly, from working
collaboratively with children from
other schools particularly those
who come from small schools.
There have been two sessions
so far with another three to
follow. Twenty-eight children
from six schools have been
attending and some of our Sixth
Form students have been
involved in meeting and greeting,
settling the younger students in
and helping during the session
itself. Our materials are based
on the Minimus course which is
about a mouse that lived at
Vindolanda with a Roman family,
so there is some useful local
history involved too. We learned
the Latin words for animals and
sang Old Macdonald had a farm
in Latin which was
fun!
One of the most
important objectives
is to learn how even
a basic knowledge
of Latin roots can
help improve
literacy in English,
particularly in
working out the
meaning of new
words; for example the children
have worked out meanings such
as feline, canine, equestrian
(from the animals) and the
adjective ubiquitous since the
word ubique (everywhere)
comes up in the chorus of Old
Macdonald.
Mrs H Kent
MFL Primary Project Leader
Fairtrade Go Further
Heidi and Joely Ostell, Year 9,
worked hard in completing an
art piece together which
formed part of an exhibition of
schools creations celebrating
the Fairtrade fortnight 25
February to 10 March 2013.
Heidi and Joely said:
This piece has been
developed by looking at the
impact of mass produced
products upon the
environment and wildlife. We
used a range of packaging and
items including newspaper,
magazines, pizza bases, plastic
and cardboard boxing.
We focused on the physicality of
the plastic wrapping deteriorating
and having an effect upon
nature, represented by the
innocence of the gazelle heads.
Twenty five heads mark the date;
the beginning of Fairtrade
fortnight.
We enjoyed the artistic
challenge and now
know a little more about
the Fairtrade ethos.
An evening hosted by
the Mayor, Councillor
David Wilson, at the
Civic Centre, was a
great opportunity for
businesses and schools
to meet and celebrate
the success of Carlisle
being granted Fairtrade
City status making this the fourth
time in total since 2005.
Mr S Quigley
Art Teacher
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Dr Peter Vardy Lecture
Following last years highly
successful conference, Trinity
School was delighted to welcome
back Dr Peter Vardy, former Vice
Principal of Heythrop College,
University of London and
renowned inspirational
speaker, who works with
schools and universities
around the world, as well as
being the author of some
fifteen books, including the
recently published Ethics
Matters.
Peter was welcomed by
Alan Mottershead,
Headteacher, and
Mrs Andrea Shore, Head of
Religious Studies. He then
delivered an evening lecture on
Thursday 31 January on Genetic
Engineering and the New
Reproductive Technologies in
the newly refurbished Margaret
Sewell Hall. Peter began his talk
with the subject of the Sanctity of
Life and the subject of
personhood which takes into
account aspects such as
consciousness and self-
awareness as well as the ability
to reason and relate to others.
In relation to new reproductive
technologies he then went on to
consider the ethical issues raised
by IVF/IVM (In Vitro fertilisation
or In Vitro Maturation, ICSI
(Intracytoplasmic Sperm
Injection) and PIGD (Pre
Implantation Genetic Diagnosis).
He raised awareness of the lack
of data being gathered on the
monitoring of babies born
through IVF/IVM/ICSI or PIGD.
The audience included senior
Trinity students, their parents
and Trinity staff as well as staff
and students from other local
schools and representatives from
the diocese.
Peter was both engaging and
thought provoking, keeping the
audience rapt, with his passion
and ability to entertain without
oversimplifying complex material.
There was plenty of opportunity
for heated debate and discussion
around such issues as when life
begins, where choice or
selection becomes eugenics
and whether we should be
interfering with nature.
Many expressed their delight at
the opportunity to raise and
discuss such issues with such an
eminent Scholar in Carlisle.
Mrs A Shore
Subject Leader for RS
Rebecca Woodbridge, a Year
11GCSE student said Hearing
Dr Peter Vardys lecture on the
ethical issues of genetic
engineering was both enjoyable
and thought-provoking. His aim
was to share ethical views with
the younger generation in order
for us to be aware of current
ideas and able to influence them
positively as we become part of
adult society. He involved
parents and students in
discussion, while exploring a
range of subjects involving
IVF treatment, sanctify of life
and the rights of human
beings, making it a very
captivating talk that made
me think deeper about
matters that could affect me
in the near future.
Yasmin Zaremba, currently
studying GCSE Philosophy and
Ethics, said Peter opened our
eyes to the possibilities available
in the area of reproductive
technology for future
generations. He taught us that
technology is not only advancing
in the computing industry, but
also in stem cell research to
include germ-line genetic
technologies. These will
probably allow us to select
specific embryos according to
their genetic make-up, therefore
reducing the risk of the embryo
developing cancer. I enjoyed the
discussions that arose from
Peters lecture; should the
discarded embryos not also be
given a chance to live? After all,
they were potential lives...or
were they? At what stage does
an embryo become a human
being and are we not altering the
gene pool what are the
implications for us all here?
Reminders
Autumn term ends Wednesday 18 December 2013 Spring term begins Monday 6 January 2014
Half term Monday 28 Oct to Friday 1 Nov 2013 Half term Monday 17 to Friday 24 Feb 2014
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Gold Duke of Edinburgh Canadian Canoeing
Last September two new Gold
Canadian canoe groups
embarked on their ten month
training programme designed to
prepare them for a four day
expedition on Loch Lomond at
the end of June 2013. Their
weekly training sessions
commenced on 22 September
and, following some challenging
team building and problem
solving exercises, they had their
first practical introduction to
Canadian canoeing on Thirlmere
in October.
Here they
learned the
basic strokes
and
techniques
needed to
control the
craft as
tandem
paddlers as well as how to safely
carry, launch and land their
canoes. The technique of tying
the canoes securely onto the
trailer was also introduced and
the importance of teamwork
emphasized. The session was
a great success with the
weather quite favourable
despite a southerly breeze
strong enough to challenge
them and make them realise the
size of the task ahead of them.
With the first practice
accomplished the groups set
about working their way through
the training syllabus, beginning
with clothing and equipment,
before spending three weeks
covering First Aid. The
remaining six weeks of the
autumn term were spent
planning their four day expedition
using memory map then finally,
in teams, producing their route
cards which were then sent off to
the Award and their Assessor.
A vital part of the training is
learning how to deal with
emergencies, especially
capsizes, and the group spent
the first eight weeks of the spring
term in the Trinity Pool learning
various rescue techniques
leading up to the vital
All in rescue
procedure which they
honed to perfection.
Other safety
procedures practiced
included how to use throw lines
and safety knives effectively .
The next practical session was in
April with the groups staying at
our old Residential Centre now
leased to DEWODE. The groups
spent Friday night covering
various weather injuries including
Hypothermia and the next day
had their first real journey on
Ullswater. Launching from the
lay-by near Dobbin Wood on the
West shore of Ullswater, they
paddled south into a stiff breeze.
It had been six months since
they were last on the water but,
despite the challenging wind,
they quickly mastered control of
their canoes and paddled for
almost an hour before taking a
short break.
Due to the wind it was decided to
cross the Lake at a narrow point
and gain some shelter before
paddling further down to Silver
Bay, which took almost two and
a half hours, to have lunch and
then do some map and compass
work. The groups then ferry
glided across to Norfolk Island
where, in the sheltered water at
the Northern end of the island,
they rafted up and prepared to
sail back.
Saturday evening was spent
covering water safety and
emergency procedures then the
following day, in very wet and
windy conditions, the group were
on Bassenthwaite honing
their paddling strokes as
well as learning the art of
Poling.
Back at the Centre the
two groups successfully
cooked a three course
practice meal that they
had planned before the
trip on the Trangia
stoves.
Finally, at the end of a
very successful weekend the
groups returned to Trinity late
that afternoon to unload the
minibus and trailer and store
everything away.
The groups undertook a final four
day practice on Loch Ken at half
term in preparation for their
qualifying expedition on Loch
Lomond at the end of June.
Mr R Wright
All in rescue
with all hands
needed!
All in rescue
righting the
second canoe
Taking advantage of a following wind
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Adult Education
Golden Awards
The Adult Education office has
been taking bookings for courses
which started in September 2013.
These offer the opportunity to
study part-time for pleasure, to
gain new skills and confidence, or
to improve career prospects.
We offer qualification and
non-qualification courses based
at a number of venues across
Carlisle and Brampton. Subjects
include Languages, IT and
Business, Arts and Crafts, Health
and Fitness and General Interest.
Short courses and one-off
workshops are available.
Concessions are also available -
conditions apply.
For further information and to
make a booking please contact
the Centre on 01228 403555 or
visit the website:
www.aecarlisle.com where
course information sheets can be
downloaded.
The daytime office, which is
located in the Chapman Library,
Trinity School, is open all year
round Monday to Friday, 9.00am
to 4.00pm (3.00pm during school
holidays) and the evening
reception is located at the main
school entrance and is open
term-time only Monday to
Thursday, 5.30pm to 8.30pm.
A student with Jah Powell, tutor of
the Asian Cuisine Class.
Georgia
Hubberstey and
Alex Rose are
pictured in the
gardens of the
Palace of
Holyrood. They
were presented
with Gold Duke
of Edinburgh
Awards by the
Duke of
Wessex on
3 July 2013.
Many congratulations to them both.
Stephen Baldwin,
the Hollywood actor
who played Barney
Rubble in the
Flintstones film Viva
Rock Vegas, visited
Trinity last
September. He was
appearing in the
show Mysterious? at
the Sands Centre,
which is based on
the true story of Michael Knighton, a
former Trinity student, who died three
years ago. The story looks at the
issues of loss, the questions it raises
and how it can inspire hope.
Mysterious?
The Palace of Holyrood
from Arthurs Seat
Pro-skateboarder, Wes
Luke, and international
illusionists, Dan and
Suzie Potter, joined
Stephen Baldwin.
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World Book Day 2013 was
celebrated in the Chapman
Library with the help of local
writer Jim Eldridge. Jim is an
acclaimed and prolific author of
many TV scripts, radio plays and
children's titles, including the
Disgusting Dave books and the
My Story series, which features
ordinary people caught up in
events from history.
Jim spent the morning
conducting a group writing
session with some
enthusiastic students
from Years 7 and 8
who came up with
some great characters
and imaginative ideas
for driving the plot
forward.
During break many
more students took the
opportunity to chat to
Jim about his work and have
copies of his books signed; the
Disgusting Dave series was
particularly popular!
We had a fantastic selection of
free World Book Day books for
students to choose from,
including titles by Anthony
Horowitz, Cathy Cassidy and
Tony Robinson. We also had an
enthusiastic uptake of our World
Book Day Quiz, which was won
by Ryley McDowall.
Look out for more exciting
events which are planned for
next years World Book Day on
6 March 2014 .
It has been another busy year in
the library, which began with our
Year 7 classes receiving library
induction lessons and many
Trinity Time Lords
Trinity Time Lords meet every
Friday lunch time in LS5 to
Lanes, so he made this giant
cookie for us!
Mrs F Robson
Learning Support Assistant
watch classic Doctor
Who episodes and
chat about Doctor
Who and all things
Whovian, past and
present.
Sometimes members
give PowerPoint
Presentations.
My friend, James
Bainbridge, (also a big fan)
works at Millies Cookies in The
Author Jim Eldridge visits for World Book Day Day
students participating in
Spellbinding and Questers
reading groups.
We also had an enthusiastic
intake of Student Librarians,
various quizzes and other fun
activities throughout the year
and we have added nearly three
hundred new books to our stock
this year, many of which were
recommended by our student
borrowers. Displays on graphic
novels and James Bond books
have helped to keep the library
vibrant and dynamic.
Mrs J Spencer
Library Assistant
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Trinitys Grand Opening and Gala Dinner His Royal
Highness, The
Duke of Kent,
accompanied
by the Lord-
Lieutenant of
Cumbria and
Lady Cropper,
visited Trinity
School last
October.
Mr Armstrong,
Chair of Governors, and
Mr Mottershead welcomed
His Royal Highness who
spent an hour touring the
newly opened areas of the
school. The Duke met many
staff and students, some of
whom were providing
musical interludes
along the way,
as well as
representatives
from the Diocese
and Border
Construction and
their team of
subcontractors.
Students performed music
along the way. Before
leaving, His Royal Highness
performed the opening
ceremony for the completed
redevelopment and unveiled
a plaque naming the new
entrance hall as The Jubilee Hall
in celebration of Her Majesty the
Queens
Diamond
Jubilee.
A Gala Dinner
followed that
evening and
one hundred
and twenty
students and
guests enjoyed
a splendid
dinner.
A perfect ending to a very
exciting day.
Thanks to all involved in the
organisation; everything ran
like clockwork.
We had a fantastic run of three evening performances of Les Misrables in July. We also welcomed
some of our local Primary Schools to a matinee performance.
The performances
were all wonderful
and well attended.
Members of the
audiences said that
it was the best
production they had
seen.
Congratulations to
all involved.
Les Misrables
Cast members pictured at rehearsals
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Tenth Anniversary Celebrations for Chapman Library
Canon Rex
Chapman helped to
celebrate Chapman
Librarys Tenth
Birthday in July and
presented awards to
readers and writers.
These included two
new prizes in memory of our
long-serving school librarian
Mrs Val Turnbull: The
Student Librarian of the Year
Award was presented to
Luke Reid and the Reader
Award, for our most
dedicated reader, was
presented to Kira Peart.
The prize-winning short story
was written by Gavin Bell.
A lunchtime
party was
held for our
reading groups,
student librarians
and regular
borrowers with a
fabulous birthday
cake made by Mrs Stobart,
Design and
Technology Teacher.
There was a display
of world events from
the past decade, and
lots of pictures from
Chapmans history!
Kira with Canon Chapman
Luke
Gavin
We held our traditional
Year 11 Celebration
morning in June
starting with breakfast
in the new dining hall.
All our Year 11s looked
fabulous although, with
the size of some of
those high heels,
seriously sore feet was
the prediction! After
breakfast it was time to
say goodbye to the
form, take photos
galore, and then the
whole year group
gathered in the Jubilee
Hall for a last
photograph before
heading down to the
Creighton Hall for the final
assembly. This has traditionally
become a celebration of the last
five years of school with
embarrassing photos of both
staff and students from their
younger days, some Youve
been Framed style videos and
some funny stories from life at
Trinity School. It is certainly
never boring. The assembly
ended with a staff video of Ant
and Decs Leavers Assembly
Takeaway which included Im a
celebrity get out of my
ear, a guest
announcer, Little Ant
and Dec interviewing
Mr Mottershead and a
spectacular end of the
show. As students left
the assembly hall they
were given their year
book, said a last few
goodbyes, shed a few
tears and then made
their way away from
school. We welcomed
some of them back
into Sixth Form in
September but for
others an entirely
different chapter in life
begins.
We wish our class of 2013 every
success in whatever they may
do.
Class of 2013 Celebrate
Mr D McArdle
Assistant Head
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Sporting News
City Athletics
This group of students represented the school
at the City Athletics Competition taking part in
the 100m and 400m races, javelin, shot putt
and long jump. They were fantastic and made
us all proud with their enthusiasm and effort.
Georgie Hanks competed in the 100m
wheelchair race which is a tough challenge,
especially as her current wheelchair isn't
designed for sport; hopefully funding will be
secured so that she can get a wheelchair for
sport and fulfil her potential.
Cricket
Y7 Boys, who were runners up in the Bunbury
Cup Final played at Keswick CC in June, are
pictured below.
Having beaten Nelson Thomlinson, William
Howard and Keswick School in previous
rounds, the team played Millom School in the
Final.
Cumbria Schools Gymnastics
The competition was held at Richard Rose
Morton Academy in January 2013. Trinity
Under 19 Team and Trinity Under 14 A Team
came first. Trinity Under 14 B Team came
fourth, just missing out on third place by half a
point.
Didnt we do well?
These students played football at Netherhall
School in December in an event held by the
Cumbria Football Association and Disability
Sport UK. This was the first event of this kind
in Cumbria and was well attended by schools
throughout Cumbria. The Trinity team enjoyed
the day and received a certificate for
participating.
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Sporting News
Athletics
Success on the Athletics field. The team shown below
came second in a Sport for All meeting at the
Sheepmount. Outstanding performances were Jamie
Dixon, Lewis Murrel, Billy Hanlon and Ellis Solomons.
All four won each of their two races; the 50 m and the
200m. Well done to all who took part.
Steph Houghton, Team GB
Steph Houghton, who plays for Arsenal
womens football team and was a key player
for Team GB in the Olympics, visited school
on 8 February to coach our amazing Under
13 Girls Football team in a fantastic training
session.
The girls travelled to Doncaster to play in the
North of England Regional Finals of the
NPower Girls 6-a-side Tournament where
they played extremely well but unfortunately
lost 0 1 in the final. Congratulations to the
team for getting to this stage of the
tournament.
Under 16 Girls Hockey
The U16 Girls Hockey team travelled to
Casterton to play in the Cumbria Schools
Final having qualified for this event by
winning the North Cumbria Tournament.
Center Parcs National Schools Badminton
Finals
A record thirty one thousand children, six thousand
one hundred and forty school badminton teams
from over sixteen hundred secondary schools
entered the 2013 Center Parcs National Schools
Badminton Championships. Our Trinity KS4 Girls
Team made it through the local, county and
regional rounds only dropping two games on their
way to their well earned place in the National finals.
Georgina Lowe, Natalie Gorst, Emily Armstrong and
Kelly Pearson competed in the National finals in
April, playing exceptionally well. The girls won three
out of their four
matches, finishing
fourth out of the nine
teams in the KS4
Girls competition.
Thank you to Liz
Gorst for taking on
the team managers
role and
congratulations to all
four girls on such an
outstanding
achievement.
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News
Trampolining
Emma, Rosalind and Chloe are
pictured with the medals they
won at the Ashington Regional
Schools Competition in
December 2012.
Have a go day
GB Olympic Rowing Medal winner,
Matt Wells, was invited to Trinity in
December by Ms Hawkin, Assistant
Head, who previously taught Matt at
Keswick school. He spent the day in
school to inspire the students during a
have a go day organised by Jo
Atkinson, PE Teacher. Students
loved trying on his Olympic track suits
and seeing his medals. The day was
a great success and combined
learning and sport in a fun and
inspiring way.
Border Liners Carlisle Schools Orienteering League
Last Easter thirteen Trinity students took part in the twelfth
year of the Carlisle Schools Orienteering League coming
second in the Secondary Schools team section. There
were some excellent individual successes. Luke Stubbs
took fifth place in the individual boys competition and
Helen Moffatt was joint first in the individual girls
competition, winning for the second consecutive year.
Chloe Watson took third place and Imogen Clark fourth in
the individual girls competition.
Many thanks to John and Pam Roelich who, once again,
did a fantastic job of organising and running the league.
The local secondary schools provided leaders to help run
the events alongside Borderlines Orienteering Club
members. Trinity
assisted with two
events and the
students
undertook a
variety of roles
including
registration,
results download,
starters, course
marshals and
control collectors.
Sands Visit
The Y7
students
pictured
visited the
Sands
Centre in
May to
represent
Trinity at a
football
event.
They all thoroughly enjoyed themselves and behaved
impeccably; a credit to Trinity.
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Sporting News
Table Top Cricket
photo of the Trinity pupils representing Carlisle
and Table Top Cricket County Champions.
The team was Mark Smith, Jamie Dixon,
Leighon Glendinning, Crystal Kidd, Reece
Graham, Alfie Ullyhart, Lauren Mitchell,
Gary Matthews Memorial
Awards
Congratulations to the winners,
Phillippa Harmison and Michael
Reid Year 11, who were awarded
the trophies for their commitment
in sport.
National Cycling
Harry Craig, Kilimanjaro
Captain, qualified for the
National Cycling Time Trial
Championships in Leicestershire
by winning the Under 15 age
category at the regional qualifier
finishing second overall.
Harry is ninth in the British Cycling standings and
is training hard in preparation for 2014 when he
will be able to compete in road races.
Working out with the Royal Marines
Some of the Year 9 boys who were put through their paces by
the Royal Marines who came to Trinity to run fitness sessions on
7 February 2013.
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News
Football
Athletics
David Murray/Nathan Cuthbertson Memorial Match
The match was played in Sunderland in March 2013.
The teams who
represented
school in the
Regional Athletics
competitions last
Summer.
The Year 9, 10 and 11 Boys
Teams who took part in the
Brunton Park Finals last April.
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Sporting News
Cricket
The Under 15 County Cricket Team who were
runners up in the finals of the Cumbria Schools
U15 Cup played at Netherfield.
Gymnastics
The U16 Girls Gymnastics team, Rebecca
Dean (Y9), Katie McGarr (Y8), Abbey
O'Neill (Y7) and Molly Hughes (Y7), won
the North of England Schools Trio
competition. The girls qualified and
competed
in the
National
Finals
which were
held in
Stoke in
March.
Well done,
a great
result from
many hours
of hard
work!
Tennis Leaders
On Sunday 2 June twelve students from
Trinity completed their Tennis Leaders
course. Dave Wise, an LTA qualified
coach, lead the day and the students
looked at everything from holding a tennis
racket, to putting up a net and running a
tennis tournament. The students got the
opportunity to put this knowledge and
understanding into action on Wednesday
5 June at the Carlisle Primary Schools
Tennis Tournament in Bitts Park, where
they did a fantastic job of umpiring both
the small and large schools competitions.
North of England Trampolining
In Ashington in November 2012 a number of Trinity
students competed over two days as part of the
Carlisle Trampoline Club Squad. Excellent
performances saw many of the trampolinists in either
individual, team or synchronised pairs in medal
winning positions.
It was the first time at the Northern Championships
for Robert McSkeane and Charles Armstrong who
were fantastic; coming second in the Under 13 and
third in the Over 15 sections respectively. In the
Under 15 Girls category Lucy Jefferson and her
partner from RRMA finished in second position for the
third year running being beaten by a trampolinist who
trains with the GB Team and her partner. In the Over
15 Girls Synchro Sadie Brunskill and Alex Jefferson
gave a sterling performance and were delighted with
their podium finish; they came second to Olympian,
Kat Driscoll and her partner (Kat was third in the
recent World Championships for synchro). Alex
Jefferson came second in the Over 15 individual
category narrowly missing out on being North of
England Champion for her age group by only 0.7
points which separated first and second place.
Well done to all the students who took part: Robert
McSkeane, Laura Robinson, Imogen Clark, Lucy
Jefferson, Daisy Graham, Charles Armstrong, Alex
Jefferson, Sadie Brunskill, Jessie Andrews and Sam
Forster.
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On Thursday 13 June British
writer and former journalist,
Hunter Davies, well-known for
his work on The Beatles, Paul
Gascoigne and Wayne Rooney,
visited his old school, Trinity, to
give a talk to Y9 and Y10
students and staff. Mr Davies
was born in Carlisle, he grew up
on a council estate in St. Anns
Hill, and was a former student of
the Creighton School and the
Grammar School, now Trinity,
sixty years ago.
Mr Mottershead, Headteacher
introduced our special guest,
giving a brief summary of the
schools and called for a round of
applause to honour Mr Davies.
The audience included
members of the schools
enrichment scheme for the gifted
and talented students, Caf 26,
sports players, budding
journalists, historians, writers,
musicians, artists, scientists, a
future star of her own television
programme in October and even
one of Mr Hunters relatives, a
student in Y9.
Mr Davies said how honoured
he felt to be at Trinity because
he had such happy memories of
being here, many years ago, as
a pupil himself and how affluent
and clean the pupils today
looked. He jokingly asked if Mr
Mottershead had scrubbed them
up especially!
Mr Davies reminisced about his
life after Trinity. He attended
Durham University where his
room-mate, the advertising
manager of the university
newspaper, inspired him to take
journalism and Mr Davies
started to write for the paper at
the age of twenty; his first piece
was on a boat club party getting
drunk. He later
become the editor
of the university
paper with his
own column
entitled Life in
the Day of.
After university
Mr Davies went to
Manchester and
wrote a column
for the Sunday
Times and about
football. He gave
up journalism to write books
after they had started to sell
well. Mr Davies spoke about the
range of writing he had done in
the past and his most recent
publication, the Wayne Rooney
biography, for which he was the
ghost writer. He loved writing
about Rooney who, over the
eight
months, did
not swear or
use his
mobile
during their
three hour
sessions.
Mr Davies
discovered
how
different
footballers
today were compared to the
footballers he had worked with in
the past. Past footballers did not
have an accountant, lawyer,
bodyguard or agent, they lived in
a semi-detached house and
earned a salary of 200 a week.
Mr Davies told the intently
listening students that Rooney
liked to sleep with a noise - he
likes the sound of his mothers
hoover, how shy Rooney is and
how his Mum, a Dinner Lady at
Rooneys former comprehensive
school, keeps all his school
reports and letters from Everton
in chronological order since
Rooney was there from the age
of eight until sixteen as part of
the memorabilia. This was
important for Mr Davies who said
that Rooneys school days were
the best part of the biography, a
copy of which he donated to
Trinitys library.
After listening with all ears to
Mr Davies amusing, yet
interesting talk, students were
given the opportunity to ask
questions. Amongst his
responses, Mr Davies said he
enjoying writing the most in his
life and has not stopped since
he started at the age of
eighteen, writing fifty books in
total.
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Hunter Davies inspires our students
Mr Davies pictured
with Meghana and
Mrs Spencer
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Students who took part in the Spring Concert in March 2013.
Trinity won the choir category and many students won individual prizes at the Music and Drama Festival.
Mr Davies first book, Here We
Go Round the Mulberry Bush,
was made into a successful
Hollywood film. His advice for
writing was Dont get it right, get
it written. He said that
journalism and writing books are
totally different because work for
journalism is short and has an
instant reaction every day. He
has always written short stories
and said that to be a good writer
you must be able to get from the
top to the bottom of a page and
from the start to the end of the
book, which must be one that
cannot be put down because of
the tricks used to make it
readable and amusing.
Mr Davies would like to write
books on the Queen and
Nelson Mandela and he found
the most interesting person to
write about was John Lennon,
who had an unusual, although
always funny, outlook on
everything. The school showed their
gratitude to their highly regarded
guest by giving him a bottle of
wine as a gift, which he was very
happy to accept.
The students really enjoyed
Mr Davies visit and it had a very
powerful effect on their outlook
for the future when it came to
dreams and their ideas. Amber
Story, Y10, said meeting Hunter
Davies was a great experience.
I really enjoyed listening to his
past and he inspired me.
Jess Hanks, Y10, also thought it
was inspiring to hear about
Hunter Davies experiences, who
he has met and the thoughts he
had about these people, as well
as changing the opinion she had
on celebrities like Rooney.
Mrs Hodgson, Head of History,
said that even though she is a
greater fan of the books written
by Hunter Davies wife, she
found meeting her husband
really interesting. She especially
enjoyed hearing the story about
Rooneys Mum keeping all his
school reports and the
comparison between footballers
of the past and present.
Mrs Hodgson, like many others,
regarded Hunter Davies as
humble and respectable, a
perfect model to motivate the
younger generation.
Meghana Palipane 10PBA
Hunter Davies inspires our students continued
A celebration of music making
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The Great War Trip
Carlisle Grammar School
students and then spent time
looking at some trenches and
bunkers beside a hotel on Menin
Road. After lunch, at the Hooge
Crater Museum, some students
went to another memorial with
Mrs Lee Adamson so she could
lay down a cross for her
Granddads comrades who fell
there. After that we headed to
Tyne Cot Cemetery where seven
former students from the
Grammar School, now Trinity,
were commemorated. Tyne Cot
is one of the largest
Commonwealth cemeteries in the
world. Then we headed to
Langemark German Cemetery.
There are only a few German
cemeteries in Belgium, compared
to hundreds of Commonwealth
ones, because Belgium didnt
want the Germans to have
cemeteries in their country as
Germany had invaded Belgium.
This cemetery was not very well
looked after - the grave stones
were flat and up to six soldiers
were buried under each one.
After the German cemetery
we went to to the
Vancouver corner, which
was a Canadian war
memorial for their fallen
soldiers, and then we
headed back to Ypres but
stopped for Essex Farm.
This is a Commonwealth
cemetery where Major John
McCrae composed the
famous In Flanders Field
poem and a fifteen year old
British soldier is buried. We
had supper in Ypres before
returning to the Menin Gate for
the Last Post which has been
played at 8.00pm every day
since 1928. Five Trinity students
laid down a wreath on behalf of
the school.
On Wednesday we travelled in to
France to look at the war
memorials and cemeteries. We
visited Thiepval (a very important
position during the war) and the
Ulster Tower, an Irish memorial,
and one of the first built after the
war. We met one of the
curators, who looked after
Ulster Tower, for a tour
round the woods where they
have been rebuilding the
front line. After the Ulster
Tower we went to the
Thiepval Memorial on the
Somme which is one of the
biggest memorials in France
where both French and
Commonwealth soldiers are
buried. Ten Trinity students
names are listed there.
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A group of Y10 and Y11 students
made the Great War Trip last
July. It was a journey to Belgium
and France to visit some of the
World War I memorials that were
built after the War to remember
the fallen or missing soldiers.
Some of the students tell us
about their experiences.
Sophie James said: We
spent the first day travelling to
Belgium which took over eight
hours. At Dover, where we
were to cross over into France,
we met our guide, Simon, who
would show us around the
memorials and tell us about the
battles that took place across
Belgium and France. We
arrived, just before dinner, at our
accommodation, a hostel in a
village just outside Ypres. On
Tuesday we went into Ypres to
look around the Menin Gate, a
memorial for the missing soldiers
of the British Empire (now
Commonwealth) and some
students looked for the names of
soldiers from their families. We
then walked into the centre of
Ypres to go to the Flanders Field
Museum which was filled with
details of the Great War including
postcards and uniforms from the
German, British Empire, French
and USA forces.
The museum
was interactive
making it
interesting and
enjoyable. We
walked along the
Menin Road,
which allied
troops walked
along during the
war, stopping at
Hooge Crater
Cemetery to find
the graves of two
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After Thiepval we headed to
Lochnagar Crater which was
caused by the tactic to mine
under enemy lines and blow them
up, weakening the enemy. After
Lochnagar Crater we headed to
Newfoundland Park at
Beaumont-Hamel, where the
Canadian front line was, and a
Scottish memorial for when the
Scottish regiments broke the
German line in 1917. Vimy Ridge
was next which included more
trenches along the front lines and
a walk up to the huge monument
which has fantastic views of
Belgium.
On Thursday we went to
Zonnebeke to the Passchendaele
Memorial Museum, which
included a reconstruction of a
dugout, before heading into
Bruges for sightseeing and to buy
some Belgian chocolate!
Steven Barker was one of the
students who laid a wreath on our
behalf during the Menin Gate
Ceremony and he was keen to
express how memorable the
experience was.
Emma Clare reflected upon what
she and the other students had
learned: Walking along the
trenches at Hooge Crater and
Thiepval Wood gave a more
personal perspective and it was
particularly striking to see the
sheer size of the cemeteries and
memorials, including Tyne Cot,
Essex Farm, Vancouver Corner,
Vimy Ridge and Thiepval
Memorial, and to find the graves
of those who were not much older
than ourselves.
We also went to Langemark
German Cemetery to see the
contrast with the large, neat
commonwealth cemeteries we
had so far seen; a mass grave of
24,917 soldiers being
Langemarks most prominent
feature, and some students left
their crosses at German graves.
At Ulster Tower and
Newfoundland Park at
Beaumont-Hamel on the Somme
it is still possible to see the
original frontline and therefore
appreciate the scale on which the
battle was fought. The impact of
the war on French and Belgian
landscapes is also apparent and
we looked at how locals had
struggled to recover devastated
land in the years following the
war. We are very grateful to
Mrs Hodgson, Mr Snaith,
Mrs Lee-Adamson, Mrs Southwell
and Mr McLean for
making the trip
possible.
The visit inspired
another student,
Meghana Palipane
to continue her
interest even further
afield: The
students really
enjoyed the visit
and were inspired
after they saw how hundreds and
thousands of people had
sacrificed their lives for the sake
of their countries wellbeing. The
visit to Belgium led me on to
visiting a war cemetery in Sri
Lanka, where there were graves
for some British soldiers.
Ruth Cox reflects on her trip:
I never imagined that going on
the Great War trip would be so
moving. However, as I walked
through the war cemeteries of the
fallen in France and Belgium I
found myself both amazed and
saddened at the sheer amount of
names of the dead engraved on
the walls and headstones in these
memorials - and all these bodies
amassed within just four years! It
was when I saw the vast numbers
of fallen men that I realised how
lucky I am that my Great
Grandfather, Angus Edmund
Hargreaves, survived his wartime
experiences in the Battle of the
Somme. On the trip I was able to
understand more about life for my
Great Grandfather as I walked
through the Somme's trenches
and stood on the same ground
that Angus stood on whilst he
fought for King and country.
To be able to do all this whilst
with my friends is what really
completed the trip. Through
going with school I found that
despite the moving and upsetting
nature of the trip's itinerary I still
thoroughly
enjoyed
myself. It was
this that
cemented the
men's
experiences
in my head as
it reflected
what many
men felt:
going away to
France and Belgium with their
pals with a sense of adventure
then getting there and being
struck with tragedy - as I was in
the cemeteries - but then, like the
ones who survived, feeling happy
to return home.
The students behaviour at all the
sites and memorials was
exemplary; they were a credit to
themselves, their families, to
Trinity School and to Carlisle. It
was a most successful visit and I
am so pleased that so many
students found the visit so
interesting.
Mrs L Hodgson
Subject Leader History
The Great War Trip continued
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Year 9 students had an opportunity to learn about the
dangers of drug use when the Rising Sun Trust visited
school. Students heard first hand stories from ex drug
users of how the misuse of drugs had affected them.
The day finished with a highly moving talk by
Mr Dave Smith, a parent of a young man who died as a
result of prolonged drug use.
Rising Sun
Artist at Work
Jordan
Stranger is
pictured while
he worked on
the new
painting in the
subway into
town beside
the Sixth Form. Mr M Bowman
PDV/Citizenship
Tour of Britain
The S