The News at Trinity ARTICLES CONTRIBUTED by STAFF and STUDENTS

The News at Trinity ARTICLES CONTRIBUTED by STAFF and STUDENTS

ISSUE 10 2012 / 2013 Headlines Dear parents, carers and they had ever seen – and friends of the school I will not disagree. It was When Trinity School extraordinary. began in September 1968 If the year has been there does not seem to surprisingly full of big set- have been any opening pieces, it remains the ceremony and perhaps case that it is the ability of that was just the spirit of students to create the that age. However, as exceptional in the middle Most Rev Dr John our rebuilding project of the ordinary working Sentamu, Archbishop of neared its completion in day which has been a York, with us in January 2012 we determined to source of delight through 2013 as part of his visit to make up for that and the year. Whether it is a the Carlisle Diocese. He have a proper event. sports star of the future too gave much time to making an international It was with much delight individuals, and was debut, successes for that we were able to perhaps a little surprised singers, actors and welcome HRH The Duke to be signing so many musicians, a superb of Kent to the school on autographs! He made a project in an academic 2 October 2012 to lovely impression on study, the student who declare us rebuilt and everyone gathered for the takes her ‘cookery’ from well and truly open. He Q/A session in the Year 8 Food Technology gave much time to Margaret Sewell Hall, as lessons all the way to the individual staff and he shared his Christian national Future Chef students, particularly the faith, and how it had finals – and many more musicians who played for brought him through besides – it is the him on his tour round the persecutions and pleasure of working with school, and the whole difficulties. He closed his each of them in the school felt rightly proud of visit by saying for the first school the following day. belonging to something time in public the school significant in the city and prayer, written by the I hope that you enjoy in the lives of our young Chaplain (Jen Milligan) reading about our extra- people and wider and students. ordinary year, and can community. also gain a picture of the The school year ended day to day school which It was therefore a bit of a on another high point: the works busily, but never shock to welcome an Trinity Theatre Company quietly, for everyone. archbishop to the school production of ‘Les in the same academic Misérables’ which many year – but no less Alan Mottershead said was quite simply the delightful to have the best school production Headteacher The News at Trinity ARTICLES CONTRIBUTED BY STAFF AND STUDENTS Rebuild Update Phase 4, the final part of the Campbell building, the old this area, as well as upgrading school’s redevelopment project, Science block, and some overhead projectors and other was completed on time. During redundant classrooms under the equipment. The programme of the summer holidays of 2012, the former Carliol Dining Hall. With refurbishment work in English Department (comprising new dining facilities for the 11-16 classrooms has continued, with seven refurbished classrooms school in place from and Learning Resource Areas as Phase 2, the Carliol well as a House office and dining hall was totally meeting room) and the Creighton modernised to become Hall were made ready to open for an all day Bistro/social the autumn term. Thus, with the space for the sole use final piece in place, the jigsaw of Sixth Form students; was complete. Since May 2009 they greatly enjoy 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 redecoration and new became difficult to carpets making for a remember how it looked fresher and smarter look. before the process began! Over this summer we have also begun remedial works During the autumn, further to the Carliol building roof work then took place in the and stonework, which we Margaret Sewell Hall to anticipate being an ongoing create a high quality, project as time (and funds) professional standard allow. Border Construction have performance hall. The wooden having this dedicated space again been on site through the floor was reinforced and during morning and lunch breaks, summer renovating the ceiling of retractable seating installed, as well as after school. the Devonshire Hall, as well as along with professional lighting More about the Bistro on page 4 tidying up the area where their and sound systems, and new cabins were located. curtains fitted: a superb result Overall it’s been a very and a much different summer. Not appreciated having to set up asset for our departments in their new school and in areas has not meant life in particular the school has been quiet – Music and indeed much redecoration Drama work has taken place, Department. along with essential The retractable maintenance checks, deep seating, when cleaning and high level folded back, still allows the hall to cleaning of surfaces and Other works to the Sixth Form be used for exams as before. windows. Centre have included replacing With the redevelopment finished, windows with modern double Never a dull moment at Trinity! some demolition took place at glazed units to reduce traffic Ms J Macdonald the Sixth Form end of the school. noise from Georgian Way and Project Officer This included part of the installing some air conditioning in 2 Ellis cycles for Team GB in Holland I was picked to ride for broken collar been selected, along with two Team GB after having a bone and other people from all of Great successful season on the finished the Britain, to ride in Holland. We road. The criteria were: race in a lot gathered for a whole Team GB aggressive attacking of pain meeting at the Sherrington Hotel, riders and finishing high doubting Heathrow, the night before we in the National Series that I would flew to Holland. Races. One of the be able to The race was on an extremely selection races included start the hot day, an eighty kilometre road the North West next day. race, very flat, which suited our International Youth Tour I did team. We planned to lead out consisting of five stages. manage to our sprinter to the finish line to, The first was a prologue race the hopefully, get a podium. It went which I finished in third next day and well for the first half however, place, only one second behind secured a first place in the first towards the end, there were a lot Mark Cavendish’s course record race day and a second place in of crashes which brought two of which he set as a junior. the second race. This made me us down. We did manage to get However, I thought my chances feel more confident about being back into the race and to lead of being selected were all over selected to ride at the European out our sprinter to take eighth when I was brought down in a Youth Olympics for Great Britain. place. heavy crash in the second race. I received a letter through the Ellis Kirkbride 10NSE I had a lot of skin wounds and a post in June to say that I had Writers Develop their Craft On 22 October 2012 Trinity The competition is hosted a visit from Anne Pearson themed and is aimed at who was formerly the director of creative writers, so we The Brewery Arts Centre. The welcomed the chance to Anne Pearson Award for Young have Ms Pearson come Writers is an annual competition in and lead workshops in which Trinity have had with groups of students. students (such as Jenna Ms Pearson delivered Leathers and Heather Medley) sessions to two groups impress and be shortlisted in of Y12 students who previous years. were just starting members of Miss Seggie’s their AS English creative writing club. Language Original Writing All participants have had coursework. She significant benefit from also led a session Ms Pearson’s wisdom. for Gifted and Talented English Mr D Medley students in Year 8 Senior Project Leader and Year 9, plus for Literacy 3 John Fyfe is the Ogden Physicist of the year John Fyfe, 12AHY, has been temperature laboratory. Students A black hole is an object that is nominated as the Ogden Trust’s were fortunate enough to be so dense that the gravitational Physicist of the year. given a guided tour of the Physics field produced by it is so strong department and a chance that not even light can escape to witness some ultra cold from it. This means we have no physics demonstrations. idea of what, if anything lies beyond the event horizon. John is an exceptionally gifted student, yet exudes a It is one of the universe's greatest remarkable air of humility. mysteries, as everything is just His ability to assist others speculation. A speculative by himself having a mystery that I hope to one day profound depth of ‘shed some light on’. understanding, far exceeding my own and John Fyfe other teachers, has led me to believe that John, given the John, pictured above with a right support, representative of the Cumbrian will one day Ogden Trust, is one of twenty five take his place students from the greater amongst the Cumbrian area to be awarded the elite of the prestigious award which was scientific conferred on 2 July at Lancaster community.

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