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December 2021

Parental Bulletin 3.12.21

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PARENTAL BULLETIN – 3 DECEMBER 2021

RETURN TO SCHOOL AFTER CHRISTMAS (SPRING TERM)
The government have advised that all students (aged between 12-18yrs) need to be tested upon their return to school in January 2022. Therefore, they have allowed for school to have a staggered return to facilitate this. We will give further details before the end of term.

If you have not previously given consent for your child to be tested using the LFT, and you wish you child to be tested, pls email the school signalling your consent to [email protected]

CHRISTMAS CONCERT
We are really pleased that the Christmas Concert will be going ahead this year, however, due to Covid – we have unfortunately be forced to make this an invite only event to families of the performers. Therefore, we ask that parents do not turn up on the day. Tickets are not available on the door. Thank you

CAREERS
Year 9 – In the next few weeks all of Year 9 will be having an induction session on how to use our online Careers resource: Unifrog. This programme can be used at school and at home and offers quizzes, information about a huge selection of Careers, including webinars, podcasts, CV templates and much more. Every possible pathway at 16 and 18 is catered for and this resource is available for all of the Year 9 students for the time they are at Trinity.

Year 11 – Over the next few weeks all of Year 11 will be having an assembly all about apprenticeships and a chance to do some research and start applications for their pathways next year. The presentation is on the school website and if there are any queries please email [email protected]

CHRISTMAS TREE RECYCLING
Please find poster attached.

PARKING ON SCHOOL SITE
Can we remind parents and carers that if you are coming into school to visit, visitor parking is through the Grove Street gates, round to the right and down the ramp. Please DO NOT park on the top car park as these are reserved to staff only. Thank you for your assistance in this.

MASKS
Please can we remind parents about the importance of wearing masks and for students to arrive at school with their own masks each day.

EXAM CERTIFICATES
GCSE and A Level Exam Certificates – Summer 2021 – Exam Certificates for Summer 2021 are now available for collection. For students who are no longer at Trinity High School, please email the Exam Officer at the address below to arrange an appointment to collect from our main Reception.

Students currently in our Sixth Form can collect their certificates from Mr Petit. If you are unable to collect in person, please send an email of authority to the Exams Officer to enable a family member or friend to collect on your behalf.

Email Miss Casey at [email protected]

COVID
As you will be aware track and trace of positive cases is now done by Public Health England. We have had positive COVID cases in all year groups and strongly advise you to keep a regular routine for LFT testing alerting [email protected] or [email protected] if you have a positive result and to go for a confirmatory PCR test.

In our drive to broaden our vocabulary, please find our new T2 Workable Word of the week – ‘PUBLISH’ – The word ‘publish’ means you have a) prepared something b) and now share it. It is a specific type of creation. It is something you have made. ‘Publish’ is a verb.

Here are some ways you could use the word:

“At Total Football magazine we pay £25 for every email or letter we publish.”

“I want to publish my brilliant idea for solving world hunger.”

The word ‘publish’ comes from a 14th century word ‘publishen’ which meant to make known or to reveal. This Old English word comes from an older French word ‘publier’ which meant to spread abroad. This French word comes from the Latin word ‘publicare’ which meant to make public.

Radical Reading /Listening Link of the Week:

Wondrous New Words: ‘roister’ – ROY-ster – (verb), to take part in noisy partying or celebrations.

Quote of the Week: ‘In three words I can sum up everything I have learned about life: it goes on.’ Robert Frost – American poet.

Thinker of the Week: Do you think you’ve ever seen the same wild animal more than once?

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY

9 Dec	Y12 Parents’ Evening 4.00pm-7.00pm
13 Dec	Y9 Reports to Parent/Carers
17 Dec	Break up for Christmas
4 Jan 2022	TED Day – School closed to students
5 Jan	Return to school at 08.45am

Christmas treecycle

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November 2021

Parental Bulletin 26.11.21

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PARENTAL BULLETIN – 26 NOVEMBER 2021

PLAY SAFE, A NEW NATIONAL SAFEGUARDING CAMPAIGN (FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION)
Over the weekend, the Football Association and the NSPCC launched ‘Play Safe’, a national campaign to focus attention on the vital importance of safeguarding in football. At the heart of the campaign are three short films to emphasise the importance of safeguarding for key groups of people, crucially children themselves.

One aspect of the campaign is prompting parents to ask questions:

Do you know your child’s club Welfare Officer?
If so, do you have their telephone number in your ‘phone, as well as that of the NSPCC?
Are you up to speed with your child’s club’s safeguarding policies and procedures?
Do you regularly check-in with your child to see what they are enjoying/not enjoying and why?

More information can be found here: https://www.thefa.com/PlaySafe

CHRISTMAS TREE RECYCLING
Please find poster attached.

MASKS
Please can we remind parents about the importance of wearing masks and for students to arrive at school with their own masks each day.

Email Miss Casey at [email protected]

In our drive to broaden our vocabulary, please find our new T2 Workable Word of the week – ‘INITIATE’ – The word ‘initiate’ means you make something begin. You might say start? Boring. You could say open? Boring! In terms of showing an examiner your vocabulary, the verb ‘initiate’ is much better!

Here are some ways you could use the word:

“The music producer suggested they initiate the discussion with Adele for her new album.” (verb)

“He said he would not initiate the search for the lost treasure.” (verb)

Wondrous New Words: ‘amity’ -AM-uh-tee – (noun), creating or re-establishing friendship, often between countries.

Quote of the Week: ‘We choose our joys and sorrows long before we experience them’ – Khalil Gibran, poet from Lebanon.

Thinker of the Week: Is there something totally normal from your childhood that future generations will think was really weird?

Radical Reading /Listening Link of the Week: It is perhaps a little bit early to start thinking about Christmas, and everyone knows this most famous of stories – but how many of you have actually listened to the whole thing? One chapter per week will take you right up the day itself!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p07l9vg7

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY

9 Dec	Y12 Parents’ Evening 4.00pm-7.00pm
13 Dec	Y9 Reports to Parent/Carers
17 Dec	Break up for Christmas
4 Jan 2022	TED Day – School closed to students
5 Jan	Return to school at 08.45am

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Parental Bulletin – 19/11/21

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PARENTAL BULLETIN – 18 NOVEMBER 2021

TIK TOK
Please find letter attached.

NHS COVID VACCINE
THS is facilitating the Covid vaccinations for the NHS, taking place on Wednesday 24th November, next week. If you wish your child to have this, pls ensure you fill out the electronic NHS form, no later than Saturday.

MASKS
Please can we remind parents about the importance of wearing masks and for students to arrive at school with their own masks each day.

Email Miss Casey at [email protected]

MFL LONDON TRIP
We have managed to get a week’s extension from the tour company for the languages trip. So, if any students are still interested, they need to get their permission slips to Miss Nicholson and the deposit paid on Bromcom by the morning of the Friday 26th November at the latest. Any questions please an email – [email protected]

In our drive to broaden our vocabulary, please find our new T2 Workable Word of the week – ‘DRAFT’ – (The word ‘draft’ can be a noun and a verb) Writing or planning something you know you will change to make it better is called a ‘draft’. It is a way of getting your ideas right.

Here are some ways you could use the word:

“The writer had completed their first draft of their new novel.” (noun)

“The footballer had drafted their transfer request to give to their manager.” (verb)

Wondrous New Words: ‘propitiate’ (verb) proh-PISH-ee-ayt – to try and make someone more pleased or less angry.

Quote of the Week: ‘If man does not treat the oceans and the rainforests with respect, man will become extinct’ – Peter Benchley, author of ‘Jaws’

Thinker of the Week: If two mind readers read each other’s minds at the same time, whose mind are they reading?

Radical Reading /Listening Link of the Week: Cop26 is a huge meeting of world leaders and scientists that just took place in the UK. Their goal was to try and slow down climate change and the disasters it will bring. But will they succeed? Here are some podcasts you might like to listen to and investigate? https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/p09z7cfj

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY

24 Nov	Covid Vaccinations
9 Dec	Y12 Parents’ Evening 4.00pm-7.00pm
13 Dec	Y9 Reports to Parent/Carers
17 Dec	Break up for Christmas
4 Jan 2022	TED Day – School shut to students
5 Jan	Return to school at 08.45am

Attachments
TikTok Letter

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