Parental Bulletin – 14th March 2025
MESSAGE FROM THE HEADTEACHER
Dear Parents and Carers,
I hope everyone in the Trinity family has had a successful and enjoyable week. As usual, I will start with my highlights of the week, or ‘peaks of the week’ as I call them in staff briefing. Firstly, it was a pleasure to hear some of the stories and memories shared by the students and staff who returned safe and sound from the Madrid trip earlier in the week. The party had an amazing cultural experience and some of the highlights are available for all to see on our social media channels.
Also, this week, it was a pleasure to welcome parents/carers of Year 12 students to their parents’ evening, to consult with teachers on their child’s performance and progress so far in their courses. Thank you to parents/carers for their lovely feedback and for supporting your child on the evening.
In typical Trinity fashion, this week has also seen plenty going on in the world of personal development, including the AMAZING news that the students in our first ever cadet unit have all passed their first assessment. We are all so super proud of them and I will be having breakfast with them next week to celebrate. There have also been lots of students thriving outside of the classroom in basketball fixtures, football tournaments and other such sporting events.
Every week we would remind parents/carers and politely ask that you work with us to ensure that your child is in school every day, unless they are extremely unwell or there are other exceptional circumstances. We would also ask that you work with us to ensure they arrive well ahead of 8.40am and that they present to school each day in immaculate school uniform. If you would like support or guidance with any of these things, please speak to the relevant Head of Year or Pastoral Manager and we will be happy to support you.
I am looking forward to sharing news from around the school next week.
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 – for planned absences and recording illness absences
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/
WHEN EMAILING SHOOL
If you email office@trinityhigh.net or attandance@trinityhigh.net please can you ensure you put your child’s full name and year group in the title, thank you.
ATTENDANCE FIGURES FOR LAST WEEK
YEAR 9 – 93.6%
YEAR 10 – 91.6%
YEAR 11 – 89.2%
YEAR 12 – 95.8%
YEAR 13 – 93.3%
OVERALL – 92.2%
Well done to Year 12 for being the Year group with the highest attendance for last week.
WHAT PARENTS, CARERS AND EDUCATORS NEED TO KNOW
What Parents and Educators Need to Know About – Roblox
Please see attached.
For further guides, hints and tips please visit nationalcollege.com.
CAREERS CORNER
Years 10 to 12 – Are you interested in finding out more about Life at University? Sign up and drop into the Unifrog “Meet the Student Fair” and attend live sessions hosted by University Staff and Students on 26th March 4-6:30pm Share the fair
MGTS Engineering Open Event in Redditch 19th March 3-6pm
Engineering Apprenticeship Open Events – Midland Group Training Services
Year 10 Summer School Opportunity Unifest 2025 – Opportunity to spend three days in a university and explore University Life. Eligibility criteria apply. Find out more through this link
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Careers Provision with Mrs Kenderdine will not be available for the next two weeks. Please use Unifrog to support you and other useful career websites sites include Skills 4 Worcestershire | Worcestershire County Council and Careers advice – job profiles, information and resources | National Careers Service
PROM DRESS POP UP SHOP
Prom dress loan, pop-up shop. Thursday 27.3.25 17:00-19:00 more details to follow.
EXTRA-CURRICULAR TIMETABLE
Please find the latest version attached.
WORD OF THE WEEK
Our New Word of the Week ‘disputatious’’
An adjective to describe someone who always disagrees or argues with you.
BRONZE DofE
Training sessions for Bronze DofE – Students must attend all sessions to qualify for the expedition.
| Route Planning | Music Rm | Thurs 13th Mar |
| Route Planning | Music Rm | Thurs 20th Mar |
| Menu Planning & Kit collection | Music Rm & DofE Cupboard | Thurs 27th Mar |
| Kit Inspection | Main Hall | Thurs 3rd Apr |
| Bronze Practice Expedition | Malvern | Sun 6th – Mon 7th Apr |
DATES FOR YOUR DIARY
| 8 April | Awards Ceremony morning |
| 10 April | Break up for Easter |
| 11 April | TED Day |
| 28 April | School starts at 8.40am |
| 1 May | Year 10 Parents Evening |
