Parental Bulletin – 21st March 2025
MESSAGE FROM THE HEADTEACHER
Dear Parents and Carers,
I hope you are all enjoying the nicer weather. As I sit writing this week’s parent bulletin, the sun is bursting through my office window, which always results in everyone feeling a little better and definitely encourages the Happiness element of HEART.
This week has been another excellent week and there have been many highlights that have embodied our HEART values. It was lovely to receive some of the Level 2 and Level 3 BTEC unit grades this week and see the hard work of our students in Years 11 and 13 vocational subjects paying off. Students in Year 11 started their tutor time intervention groups this week and have been benefitting from additional supported revision, which will undoubtedly help them to feel more confident in weaker areas from the second mock examinations.
In the personal development world this week, two of the highlights must be the speak out workshops and the Year 9 House Dragons’ Den event. The speak out workshops ran on Thursday for which an external company came into school to work with our students on their oracy skills linked to being able to present publicly. This is a skill that is so crucial in many professions and therefore was such a worthwhile experience for our students. The Year 9 Dragons’ Den event was a massive whole year group event, where in their house teams, students had to design a brand of trainers and an associated marketing strategy. The students were brilliant and demonstrated some real business acumen alongside high levels of creativity. The house team and staff judges were extremely impressed.
Finally, it was also an honour to meet with our cadets and celebrate them passing their most recent assessments in drill, gun craft and first aid. Congratulations cadets, we are all very proud of you.
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. 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 – 91.2%
YEAR 10 – 92.8%
YEAR 11 – 89.0%
YEAR 12 – 90.8%
YEAR 13 – 87.8%
OVERALL – 90.6%
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 – Streamers
Please see attached.
For further guides, hints and tips please visit nationalcollege.com.
CAREERS CORNER
Choices Magazine – March Parents and Carers guide –
Helping your child make their Level 3 qualification choices –
Still looking for a college place? Upcoming Open Events below:
Pre-Register for Heart of Worcester College Taster Days – Worcester Bromsgrove and Redditch 5th April 2025
Book a place for the WCG Taster Day 2025 | Heart of Worcestershire College Various dates from 15th March to 1st April
Book a place for SCCB College 21st June Open Day 2025 – South and City College Birmingham
*The Guide For Parents on Apprenticeships – By Parents, For Parents : LLoyds Banking Group: The Guide For Parents on Apprenticeships – By Parents, For Parents – YouTube
*PwC Parent and Teacher Information Session –This event is open to parents, guardians, teachers and careers advisers to gain expert insights into PwC’s career pathways and recruitment process.
Date: Wednesday, 26th March Time: 3:30pm – 4:30pm Location: Virtual
Register : https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/PwC-Parent-Teacher
YMCA WORCESTERSHIRE EASTER HOLIDAY CLUB
Please see attached flyer.
FACE SPRING NEWSLETTER AND TIMETABLE
Please see attached flyers.
PROM DRESS POP UP SHOP
Prom dress loan, pop-up shop. Thursday 27.3.25 17:00-19:00 a Microsoft form has been emailed to all parents to confirm if attending.
EXTRA-CURRICULAR TIMETABLE
Please find the latest version attached.
SEND EVENT WITH AUTISM WEST MIDLANDS FOR PARENTS IN REDDITCH ON TUESDAY 25/03/25
Please see attached for further information.
BRONZE DofE
Training sessions for Bronze DofE – Students must attend all sessions to qualify for the expedition.
| 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 |
WORD OF THE WEEK
Our New Word of the Week ‘wend’
A verb to describe moving very slowly from one place to another, usually by an indirect course.
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 |
