Parental Bulletin – 16th May 2025
MESSAGE FROM THE HEADTEACHER
Dear Parents and Carers,
As the first half of the summer term continues to fly by at quite an astounding pace, it is time to take a brief pause and reflect on the peaks of the week that have made this week at Trinity so special.
Some of my personal highlights have included receiving lots of positive feedback from Year 9 parents/carers at parents’ evening and witnessing so many parents/carers attend to receive detailed feedback regarding their child’s progress. Thank you to parents/carers and, of course, to our wonderful staff for working in partnership together.
Another highlight of mine this week was joining the staff for a short training session on ‘live marking’ and ‘in the moment feedback’ and hearing teachers feedback on the creative and innovative ways that they are applying ‘in the moment feedback’ or live marking in their classroom. I am always blown away by our teachers’ dedication to bettering themselves, even in the middle of exam season where meeting coursework deadlines and helping students make final preparations for their exams is a priority.
In terms of our Broadening Horizons curriculum, our Year 12 students enjoyed a careers experience to familiarise themselves with higher education at Worcester University. Our Health and Social Care students had an immersive experience at Wilson Stuart school whilst others enjoyed cricket fixtures, rounders fixtures and all manner of other exciting and enriching opportunities.
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. If we make any adjustments this summer term in our uniform due to hot weather conditions, we will let you know. However, for now, students should wear full school uniform, but they are welcome to remove their blazer in class.
I am looking forward to sharing news from around the school next week.
Mr Ford
HOT WEATHER
With the hot weather upon us, could we please ask that students come into school with water bottles that they can refill.
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.
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 – 91.7%
YEAR 10 – 91.8%
YEAR 11 – 90.3%
YEAR 12 – 90.0%
OVERALL – 91.2%
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 – Minecraft
Please see attached.
For further guides, hints and tips please visit nationalcollege.com.
CAREERS CORNER
Green Technology Centre Open Evening (for all Construction & Motor Vehicle Courses)
Where – Green Technology Centre, Kidderminster, DY11 7QL
When: Tuesday 20th May 2025
Time: 4.30 – 6.30pm
Book here: Green Technology Centre Open Evening
Kidderminster Harriers Academy Trial
Where: Centre of Sporting Excellence, Zortech Avenue, Brinton’s Field, The Old Chainwire Club, Kidderminster, DY11 7DY
When: Tuesday 27th May 2025
Time: 10:00am – 2:00pm
Please submit your application for one of our Kidderminster Harriers Academy courses to be invited to attend our next trial
Kidderminster Harriers Academy Girls Trial
Where: Centre of Sporting Excellence, Zortech Avenue, Brinton’s Field, The Old Chainwire Club, Kidderminster, DY11 7DY
When: Thursday 29th May 2025
Time: 11:00am – 1:15pm
Please submit your application for one of our Kidderminster Harriers Academy courses to be invited to attend our next trial
June Open Evening (all courses)
Where: Kidderminster College, Market Street Campus, DY10 1AB
When: Thursday 5th June 2025
Time: 4:30pm – 6:30pm
Book here: June Open Evening
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Work Experience – YEAR 10 Please update your Unifrog account with your chosen Work Experience Opportunity. Call into the Careers Room at break or lunchtime to consider your options and look at the WE Teams Chat for information and guidance.
Year 11 If you need support looking at your options for September, please drop into the careers room at break or lunchtime.
OPERATION SCEPTRE – YOUR SAFER NEIGHBOURHOOD TEAM
Your Safer Neighbourhood Team will be available at Church Hill Centre on Thursday 22nd May from 15:00hrs – 17:00hrs along with Pete Martin, to raise awareness about knife crime.
Please take this opportunity to raise any concerns you may have and to find out what we are doing to tackle the issues that matter to you.
Everyone is welcome and it would be great to see you there. See attached for directions.
CULTURE CAPITAL TRIP
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 payments is Monday 30th June. Thank you.
WATER BOTTLES
With the temperatures rising this week, please ensure your child brings a bottle of water or squash to school for their PE lessons.
MOROCCO 2026
Morocco 2026 Applications are open, so please sign up for Morocco 2026 here. The deadline for applications is, Friday 23rd May 2025.trip webpage
ADVICE FOR CHILDREN FEELING THE PRESSURE OF EXAMS/COURSEWORK
Some good advice on here for any parents/carers whose children are feeling the pressures of exams/coursework deadlines etc. Please encourage your children to seek support from our amazing Pastoral Teams in school if they need any further support.
Rise in calls to Childline about exam and revision stress during the exam period last year | NSPCC
EXTRA-CURRICULAR TIMETABLE
Please find the latest version attached.
WORD OF THE WEEK
Our New Word of the Week ‘exculpate’
A verb that means to prove that someone is not guilty.
DATES FOR YOUR DIARY
| 23 May | Break up for Whitsun Week |
| 2 June | School starts at 8.40am |
