Parental Bulletin – 10th January 2025
MESSAGE FROM THE HEADTEACHER
Dear Parents and Carers,
Happy New Year to all of you. I hope you all had a thoroughly enjoyable Christmas and New Year, and you are well rested and ready to take on the challenges that lie ahead in 2025.
Thank you to all parents/carers for working with us to ensure that students arrived back with renewed energy and enthusiasm and ready to give Spring term their absolute best shot. In the Parental Bulletin this term, I will once again share my highlights of the week, celebrate success across the school and communicate key events and dates for parents/carers to be aware of. I always write the parent bulletin with a great degree of pride as there is always so much wonderful activity to report on across the school.
It is always wonderful to welcome new members of staff to the Trinity family, and I have great pleasure in welcoming Mrs Hewston (Geography) and Mr Khawaja (Science) to the staff body. They are both highly experienced subject specialists and will be an incredible asset to our fantastic team.
This week, please can I ask parents/carers to support us in ensuring high levels of attendance. In order to guarantee strong academic performance, we would once again ask parents/carers to work with us and only allow their child to remain at home if they have a contagious illness or have significant exceptional circumstances. Every absence from school will disadvantage your child and be a barrier to academic success. We really appreciate your support and congratulate the many students with high levels of attendance in Autumn Term.
Please can I also remind parents/carers of our unceasingly high expectations around uniform. This term as the temperature drops, it is important that students are able to keep warm to focus on their learning. We encourage students to wear the Trinity v neck jumper at this time of year to stay cosy. This is optional and should be worn IN ADDITION to the blazer and not replace it. If students wish to wear a coat, then that is fine, but it must not be a hoodie or tracksuit top and it must be removed in lessons. In terms of appearance, students must wear black, formal polishable shoes and long nails and piercings are not allowed in school.
We appreciate parent/carer support to ensure our students adhere to our uniform and appearance policies.
I hope you all have a good weekend when it comes, and I look forward to sharing highlights of the first few weeks of Spring Term with you.
Mr Ford
CONTACTING SCHOOL
As many of you will have heard on the school answer phone message and to re-iterate Mr Ford’s comments, we receive an exceptionally high volume of calls on a daily basis. Unfortunately, we do not have the capacity either to answer a high percentage of these calls or to listen to all voice messages left. We would therefore urge you to email the relevant person/people you wish to contact. Not only does this ensure that we have a written trail of communication between you and school, but it also means that the person you wish to speak to is guaranteed to receive your message.
Please find below key contact email addresses: –
Attendance
Admissions / appeals
General Enquiries
Safeguarding
Designated Safeguarding Lead – Mrs L Chinn – chinnl@trinityhigh.net
Year 9
Head of Year – Miss M Rowley (teacher) – rowleym@trinityhigh.net
Pastoral Manager – Mrs L Lester – lesterl@trinityhigh.net
Year 10
Head of Year – Mr S Green (teacher) – greens@trinityhigh.net
Pastoral Manager – Mrs M Senior – seniorm@trinityhigh.net
Year 11
Head of Year – Mr D Kesterton (teacher) – kestertond@trinityhigh.net
Pastoral Manager – Mrs S Harvey – harveys@trinityhigh.net
Sixth Form
Head of Sixth Form – Mr K Brannan – brannank@trinityhigh.net
Assistant Head of Sixth Form – Mrs C Packet (teacher) – packettc@trinityhigh.net
Assistant Headteacher (teacher) – Mr J Petit – petitj@trinityhigh.net
All staff – https://www.trinity.worcs.sch.uk/uncategorised/staff-emails/
WHAT PARENTS, CARERS AND EDUCATORS NEED TO KNOW
10 Top Tips for Parents Carers and Educators – Supporting Children to Return to Routine
What Parents and Educators Need to Know About – JustTalk Kids – Please see attached.
For further guides, hints and tips please visit nationalcollege.com.
YEAR 13 CYPRUS TRIP
Year 13 Cyprus reminder to get GHIC cards sorted and final payment of £20 please, which is in a different tab to the original payments.
YEAR 12 / 13 FOOD STUDENTS
Nando’s Visit 16th January – Any outstanding permission forms to Mrs Kirk by tomorrow please, an email from parents is also fine.
BRONZE DofE
Bronze DofE – A reminder that the 2nd instalment is due on Friday 7th February.
CAREERS CORNER
Open Events January Open Event 2025 | Heart of Worcestershire College
29/01/2025 5-8pm
Events & Open Days – South and City College Birmingham
25/01/2025 10-2pm VIP tours available
Open Days | Cadbury Sixth Form College Birmingham
Tues 14/01/2025
Sat 18/01/2025
Open Events – WCG – Warwickshire College
Moreton Morrell College – Saturday 11 January, 10am to 1pm
Royal Leamington Spa College – Tuesday 14 January, 5:30 to 8pm
Warwick Trident College – Thursday 16 January, 5:30 to 8pm
Rugby College – Tuesday 21 January, 5:30 to 8pm
Evesham New College – Thursday 23 January, 5:30pm to 8pm
Pershore College – Saturday 25 January, 10am to 1pm
Years 11,12 and 13 Curious about a Career in Technology?
Young Professionals Free Online Zoom Event- Exploring the Tech Industry with Lloyds Banking Group to “discover how technology drives innovation” and learn about their career pathways in their tech sector.
To find out more, explore the link below:
Lloyds Banking Group: Tech Careers Live | Virtual Events | Apprenticeships.co.uk
EXTRA-CURRICULAR TIMETABLE
Please find the latest version attached.
WORD OF THE WEEK
Our New Word of the Week ‘addlepated’
An adjective to describe someone who is confused or mixed up.
DATES FOR YOUR DIARY
| 14 January | Parent information evening Paris Trip Year 10 |
| 16 January | Year 9 Parent information evening – Options |
| 13 February | Performing Arts Championship |
| 14 February | Break up for half-term |
| 24 February | School starts at 8.40am |
| 27 February | Year 11 Parents Evening |
