YEAR 9 HELPING THE HOMELESS Over the last 6 six months Year 9 students have volunteered their free time by helping members of the Sikh Temple to feed the homeless and needy in Middlesbrough.

The students, accompanied by Trinity staff, found this to be a very hum-bling and moving experience which enhanced their views of giving and understanding to those in need. Organisers of the event were very appreciative of the help and maturity shown by the pupils.

Families from the Sikh Temple who had provided hot food and drinks for the homeless were very grateful not only for the help, but also the kind donations of warm clothing from Trinity staff and students which were very welcome in the freezing weather conditions.

Mr McNicholas, Progress Leader, said “the students were outstanding and were a credit to their families and school. “

Students have made several subsequent visits to participate in the charity events with more donations of warm clothing and toiletries kindly donated by students, staff and the wider Trinity community.

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Trinity has had its most successful year to date in the UK Mathematics Challenges. In Novem-ber, the VI form mathematicians competed in the senior challenge with more than 50% of our students awarded gold or silver. This was followed in December, when our four female mathematicians competed in the Mathematics Olympiad for Girls with excellent results. In February, fifty of our KS4 students competed in the Intermediate maths challenge with more than 80% achieving Bronze, Silver or Gold. Huge congratulations must be given to Lydia Hastings and Josephine Jinu who ranked in the highest categories and have been awarded the prestigious mathematics Olympiad qualifica-tion. A further sixteen students qualified for the Intermediate Kangaroo competitions. Our Year 7 and Year 8 students participated in the Mathematics Challenge in April. Thirty-two students competed and all achieved at least a Bronze award, a new Trinity record. Liliemae Morgan, and Hoopad Yazdanfar scored almost perfect results and both qualified for the Junior Olympiad rounds. A further seven students qualified for the Junior Kangaroo round.

2018 saw Trinity enter more students than ever for the competitions, and our students have risen to this challenge. More than a hundred students participated which allowed Trinity to achieve a massive forty golds, thirty-one silvers and sixteen bronzes. We hope for similar success in 2019, and with the introduction of the team challenges, we will be sure to hear more from our incredibly talented mathematicians.

Year 7 students enjoyed a magical STEM Day when they made potions, wands, rollercoaster designs and teach-ers dressed up as characters from Harry Potter, creating a real buzz around College. Students had a series of challenges and aimed to collect wizard money. Skills we were looking for to reward with wizardry tokens were team work, creativity, communication, problem-solving, leadership, decision-making and innovation which are important skills across the STEM subjects. Students’ workshops on the day included…

Students followed instructions to make Burning Basilisk skin, Weasley’s fireworks, Skele-Gro and Secret Snitcher Potion.

Students planned and made wands and glasses using a variety of techniques and skills used in technology.

Students made a rollercoaster which was sturdy, had exciting loops and whirlpools and went at great speeds.

Students carried out a series of challenges to test their problem solving skills. Activities included map reading, exchange rates, converting money, reading train time-tables and cracking cryptic codes. Students found the tasks stimulating and showed great resilience, especial-ly when working in teams.

The day concluded with a wiz bang demonstration from a professor from Newcastle University. The two forms with the most tokens won a paid trip to Alnwick Castle and Gardens (where parts of Harry Potter were filmed) and for broomstick lessons among other workshops. This will take place in July.

YEAR 9 TACKLING PREJUDICE WORKSHOPS

A group of Year 9 students have recently been busy filming their short presentation on Tackling Prejudice. Working with the Anne Frank Foundation the students have written their own script and are directing and starring in the short film about social prejudice. 120 Year 9 pupils participated in a workshop before Easter and eight students are now taking part in the filming which they will be shortly presenting to Year 7 students and will also lead on a workshop.

A big well done to the most improved attenders at the end of the Spring half term! All members of the form groups were rewarded with Easter eggs for their collective hard work in improving attendance to school in February & March. There were lots of smiling faces when the eggs were delivered. A lovely way to end the term!

Massive congratulations to our two Young Enterprise groups who were very successful and have both made it through to the area finals in June. They did the school very proud and local businesses were so impressed with their attitude towards their company and how it had changed their complete outlook on their future.

Yours - Brian Ezinwoke, Kevin Shibu, Paul Varkey, Dani Simpson, Alex Beach, Ethan Stonehouse, Colleen Insuya, Eve Lynas.

Runner up – Burgundy - Aron Longworth, Nathan Mau-Mau, John Paul Smith, Mollie Knowles.

The teams also won trophies for Best Presentation and Best Company Report. Well done!!!

Ski Trip 2018 - Sugarloaf in Maine, USA with a stop-over

in New York!

International Junior Netball Festival Disneyland,

Paris

The Trinity Gold Netball team came third in the International Jun-ior Netball Festival and were the top placed school team in the competition, taking part against the highest level of both school and club teams..

This year’s Year 11 vs Staff Charity Football Match raised

money In aid of Teesside Hospice, in memory of a Y11 pupil’s

Mum who had been in the hospice but sadly passed away in

the early part of 2018. Pupils raised a staggering £874.43,

selling match tickets, blind cards, holding tuck shops and the

match players paying a match fee to take part. The game

was an exciting, topsy-turvy affair with staff scoring first with

Year 11 then scoring three goals before the staff managed to

draw level at 3-3. However, Man of the match and Year 11

captain, Levi Green stepped up to the plate and scored a last

minute goal, sealing a 4-3 victory for Year 11. The Mark

Dearlove Memorial Shield and Man of the Match award were

presented to Levi Green by Mark's mum, Coleen Dearlove.

ULSTER UNIVERSITY, BELFAST For the second year in succession Sixth Form students from Trinity Catholic College were invited to spend the day at Ulster University to discover what life would be like as a student in Belfast and the range of degree courses that Ulster have to offer.

Twenty-four students accompanied by Mrs Gargett and Mr Turver embarked on an early morning flight to Belfast and had a very busy, but informative day. Ulster were exceptional hosts to the Trinity students and made them feel very welcome. Students left Belfast with lots of information about life as a student and a whole range of freebies, but especially the hoodies, which were worn to College the next day!

“Amazing experience, beautiful landscape and architecture, great tour

and enjoyed learning about Irish culture.” - Carmen, Y12

LOURDES 2018 After a long journey to Lourdes, students arrived in Lourdes on Saturday afternoon, 26th May. Following a week of service to Our Lady helping the supported pilgrims, the thirty one students were left feeling very tired but fulfilled. During their time at Lourdes stu-dents also enjoyed an afternoon at Lac du Lourdes, playing football and relaxing by the lake enjoying the beautiful scenery. The highlight of the trip for many was time spent

with the supported pilgrims, at the Garden Party playing bingo, talking and singing ‘old time’ favourite songs. A very productive, enriching week, friendships and memories made that will last a lifetime.

SIXTH FORM HEROES – STUDENTS SIGN UP TO SAVE LIVES Sixth form students have signed up to be potential lifesavers as part of The Hero Project – an Anthony Nolan campaign that aims to educate 16-18 year olds about blood, organ, and stem cell donation. 27 students joined the Anthony Nolan stem cell donor register at a recruitment event held at the college following a presentation from The Hero Project. Anthony No-lan uses its register to match potential donors to blood cancer patients in desperate need of a lifesaving stem cell transplant. Several members of our college community have been affected by serious blood disorders and shared their experiences as part of the initial presentation. Since March 2017, 94 of our students have signed up to the register and we are extremely proud of them for registering as potential lifesavers – each and every one is a true hero! To find out more about the education programme and stem cell donation, please visit https://www.anthonynolan.org/how-we-help/education-hero-project.

LEGALLY BLONDE

The Musical

Thursday, 12th July & Friday, 13th July 2018

Tickets - £2 On sale now from Student Services/Miss Myers