Parental Bulletin – 20th June 2025
MESSAGE FROM THE HEADTEACHER
Dear Parents and Carers,
I hope you are enjoying this extended period of beautiful weather. This week has been really happy and a little sad in equal measure, as one of the first events this week was the Year 11 leavers’ celebrations and assembly. Thank you to parents/carers in other year groups for your support on the slightly shorter day, to allow all staff to celebrate the Year 11 students and their three years at the school. Many of the students will be staying on for sixth form and we are absolutely delighted about that, but we wish all our departing Year 11 students all the very best for their next chapter in further education, training or employment.
One of my absolute highlights of this week was the opportunity to sit down for lunch, which is a rare occasion in this job, but which was made extra special because it had been prepared in a professional kitchen by our very own HOW college students. The students were an absolute credit to themselves, and the school and the food was absolutely delicious. I’m already looking forward to next year.
Also this week there have been the usual range of in-and-out-of-class events and we are particularly proud of our Year 10 students, who are engaging with their Year 10 summer exams with a great deal of maturity and commitment. We hope that their results truly reflect their potential and their preparations.
Please can I also keep reminding parents/carers to save the date of the evening of TUESDAY 15TH JULY for our summer awards evening. Our governors and I cannot wait to welcome parents/carers of award winners to this prestigious end of year awards event.
Every week, we 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. On Wednesday-Friday this week, we introduced PE kit for three days and may do so again if the temperatures remain high.
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
STUDENT EQUIPMENT
Please ensure your child has pens, pencils and any equipment needed for their day. Please also ensure your child has a refillable water bottle to keep them hydrated throughout the summer term.
ATTENDANCE FIGURES FOR LAST WEEK
YEAR 9 – 89.4%
YEAR 10 – 92.4%
YEAR 12 – 90.2%
OVERALL – 90.7%
Well done to Year 10 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 – Youtube Kids
Please see attached.
For further guides, hints and tips please visit nationalcollege.com.
CAREERS CORNER
South and City College Open Day 21st June 2025 South and City College Birmingham – Part-Time, Full-Time & Apprenticeship Courses
Year 10 Work Experience – Please see Mrs Kenderdine if you have difficulties with putting placements on Unifrog. Available at break and lunchtimes.
Work Experience Support: How to get work experience | National Careers Service
Work experience | Worcestershire County Council
Work experience shows that you have a good understanding of working life and that you have developed transferable skills.
Summer Careers Support
HOW College will be hosting dedicated GCSE Advice Cafés at Bromsgrove, Redditch and Worcester campuses on the following dates:
Thursday 21st August 10am – 8pm
Friday 22nd August 10am – 1pm
Tuesday 26th August 10am – 1pm
Careers Worcestershire 26th August 10-1pm Summer Careers Clinic – Careers Worcestershire
Careers advice – job profiles, information and resources | National Careers Service
Are you a young person looking for your future career? | Worcestershire County Council
Careers Conversations available to all students – Please email kenderdiner@trinityhigh.net or drop in to the careers room at break or lunch time.
HOT WEATHER ALERT – WATER SAFETY
Please see attached information from Worcestershire County Council.
TIPS FOR WORKING IN HOT WEATHER
Please see attached information from the NHS.
PROM TICKETS
A reminder to purchase Year 11 Prom tickets if you have not already done so. Prom is Friday 4th July and tickets are purchased via MCAS app.
CULTURE CAPITAL TRIP – LICKEY HILLS
Parents of students in year 9 and 10 – Cultural Capital trip payments can be made via the MCAS app under the trips tab. Deadline for payment of £10 is Monday 30th June. Thank you for supporting us to provide educational visits for students at THS.
FOOTBALL CLUB SEEKING U17 PLAYERS
Please see two flyers attached.
SCHOOL TERM DATES 2025-2026
Please note a change to TED day from 19th December to 24th October. Please see attached.
EXTRA-CURRICULAR TIMETABLE
Please find the latest version attached.
WORD OF THE WEEK
Our New Word of the Week ‘abstruse’
An adjective used to describe something hard to understand.
DATES FOR YOUR DIARY
| 7 JULY | New Intake Evening |
| 9 JULY | Year 9 Culture Capital Trip – Lickey Hills |
| 10 JULY | Year 10 Culture Capital Trip – Lickey Hills |
| 15 July | Summer Rewards Evening |
| 18 JULY | End of Term |
CONTACTING SCHOOL
As many of you will have heard on the school answer phone message, 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. If your child is absent please only email attendance@trinityhigh.net and NOT office@trinityhigh.net thank you.
