T R I N I T YT I M E SISSUE No. 21 June 2014

A Bigger Splash: Year 7 ResidentialTuesday the 10th of June saw an animated Trinity Academy descend upon a sunbathed Walesby Activity Centre. The palpable excitement of students was largely unperturbed by some unwanted guests occupying the tents. Mr Liddle to the rescue

with some expert pest control and with Mr Chapman’s reassuring optimism of the weather forecast, we set off to the first set of activities.

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Students set about the challenges whole heartedly, encouraging each other and showing great determination to complete each of the activities. Later that evening everyone enjoyed singing and dancing around the campfire.

The next morning saw an energized Trinity awake at 5:30, champing at the bit to get stuck in to more activities. Students once again did the Academy proud. Kurtis Burnett (7Robson) was truly the protagonist of the day,

dismissing the wobble pole in a transient 37 seconds. Later that evening, whilst settling down for dinner, a matured Shaniece Brittan (7Lloyd) used the power of peer pressure for good by encouraging others to eat enough to give them energy for the following day.

Day three saw an assembly of well rested Year 7s tackle zip wires, crate stacking and team building exercises. Regardless of the searing heat, Joshua Rafferty (7Oakes) kept a cool head in leading his group through

the challenges. That evening brought the camp disco, with Mr Chapman, in his own words, “rippin’ up the dance floor”.

The final day was spent canoeing, raft building and body boarding on the camp lake, resulting in a rather saturated congregation of Year 7s. However all were showered and dried before the arrival of the coaches home. A week the staff and students will long remember.

Mr J Potts

Date: 6th May 2014Competition : Doncaster Schools Rounders Tournament

The girls were amazing from start to finish and an absolute pleasure to watch. They made me proud.

The tournament was split into two sections, with seven Doncaster schools in contention.

In our group we faced Hall Cross and Hayfield; we were aware that they would have strong sides and knew it was not going to be an easy route through to the semi finals.

Group Stage v Hall Cross WON 8½ - 5½ v Hayfield WON 6 - 5

A clean sweep for Trinity: group winners

Semi Final v Danum WON 12½ - 5

Final v Hayfield WON 9 - 2

For the second year running Trinity because Doncaster Schools VI Form Rounders Winners.

All of the girls demonstrated excellent determination and integrity from start to finish and showed terrific batting and fielding skills throughout, the other schools’ teachers commenting on how organised the in- and outfield play was. The batting was the best of all the schools as cumulatively we scored the most rounders.

Exceptional Batters were Tansy Clarke, Shannon Holland, Alicia Turner, Charlotte Clarkson. ALL SQUAD MEMBERS scored a half or a full rounder at some point in the tournament, which is amazing.

Exceptional Fielders were Lauren Breen, Ellie Bailey, Charley Thornton, Shannon Holland.

Player of the Tournament : Tansy Clarke - our faithful batswoman and captain. We will miss you next year!

A very proud Miss Kendrick.

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Here we go round-a-gain!

Back (l-r): Charlotte Clarkson (11McArthur), Rachel Mawdsley (11McArthur), Ellie Bailey (10Kennedy), Emily Garnham (10Garbutt), Lauren Breen (10Kennedy), Yasmin Mosby (10Beaman), Miss Kendrick

Front (l-r): Alicia Turner (12Derry), Tia Merrell (12Ramsden), Tansy Clark (13Armstrong), Sian Grierson-Randall (13Armstrong), Charley Thornton (12Nalty), Shannon Holland (12Derry)

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A Preview of Things to Come

Y12 Art : Self Portraits

The members of the Year 12 Art group were given a project where for the first few months they had to experiment with texture, both visual and tactile. During this time they were only allowed to use black and white and then had to lead the work towards self portraits. Eventually colour was incorporated into work. These portrait pieces by Katie Leech (12 Nalty) and Robyn Linley (12Hall) are some of the results from this project.

Y13 Art: Surfaces

The students began the year by researching into a wide variety of artists who use and depict surfaces in a variety of manners. From this starting point Jennifer Teasdale (13Boughey) began experimenting with the ‘Surface of Flesh’, by restricting, pulling and imprinting into hands and arms. A huge canvas is currently underway for the final piece of this project. Holly Lightburn (13Cutler) moved into the direction of depicting flower forms at various stages of unfurling. The ‘Surface of Materials’ and a curious method of using materials to depict lilies has made for a very interesting final piece which is also on a large scale.

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The day at CERN involved an informative tour of the main facility, including one of the main processing hubs for the GRID, which is the successor to the World Wide Web. Students were taken to see the Low Energy Ion Ring, which is part of the long string of accelerators which boost the speed of protons so they can be placed into the Large Hadron Collider. The LEIR is also used to produce

antiprotons which are used in cutting edge medical research for cancer treatments. Cameron Lees-Weir (13Potts): “It was incredibly interesting to see how what we’ve learned in physics can be applied to the real world.” Kieran Spruce (13Armstrong): “The physicists who conducted our tour really knew their stuff and were very informative.”

After lunch students visited the Universe of Particles, an interactive experience guiding them through the history of the early universe. Abbie Tomlinson (12Hall): “I loved the Universe of Particles. We had just learned about particle tracks and we got to see these in real life.”

Mr Dyson, Cameron Lees-Weir, Abbie Tomlinson and Kieran Spruce

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Teaching and CERNing

In February, Physics Students in Year 12 and Year 13 had the exciting opportunity to take part in Trinity Academy’s first trip to Switzerland to experience the European Centre for Nuclear Research, CERN, home of the Large Hadron Collider.

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It’s after the end of March and before the end of October, so the Duke of Edinburgh season is on us once more.

Please excuse the two-way radio interference: “Am I LOUD?”

Twelve sixth form Gold candidates had a hard time of it in the Lake District, with winds so high it was positively dangerous to set foot on the highest fells, which meant re-routing to lower walks. Unfortunately the rain was also appalling so everything got drenched, not least one of the teachers’ tents which simply collapsed on the second afternoon. Returning to the campsite at tea-time that day we found no fewer than six of the pole sections bent into two and unusable, obviously following one particularly strong gust of wind. “But notice all the tent pegs were still in.”

The expedition had to be abandoned and will take place again later in the year. See the year book for more news.

At the beginning of May thirty Bronze candidates were much more successful. “There are five groups, but no Group Four.”

In the Edale area of the Peak District, whilst temperatures were below freezing at night, we enjoyed bright sunshine in the day. “There’s a very nice young man, a community worker, I think, giving out water to walkers.” All students climbed the Mam Tor / Lose Hill ridge twice and some must have been in record time. “Group Two has been through. Group One is going the other way. Has anyone seen Group Three? Over.”

This was an assessed expedition and everyone was declared to have satisfied the requirements. Well done, everybody. “The golden package has been delivered. Out.”

Mr Mapletoft

Peaks and Lakes

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Ça Va?

On the first day, the day after we’d arrived and settled in, we did our first three of many fun activities. Firstly, we went to a French shopping centre, where we were allowed to roam around and buy things as we pleased - as long as we stayed in our groups of at least four. Then we went to some outdoor gardens, where we split up again to coo and caw at all the adorable animals in the little zoo. With animals from red pandas to black swans we were entertained for hours! Then it was off to the cheese farm to listen to our guide tell us about the farm and the animals - even more cute animals there!

On Saturday morning we went on a boat trip. The tour showed us many interesting sights and facts of the beautiful city of Paris! Then we were able to walk around the Eiffel Tower for a while, although unfortunately it rained. After that we were whisked off to a great viewing platform on top of the Montparnasse Tower, which game us a beautiful view of Paris from the sky - and the opportunity for lots

On the 22nd - 29th May, Forty-seven Year 8 students had the joy of going to France. We took part in plenty of exciting activities like shopping, a cheese farm visit, a boat trip and Disneyland, to name a few. The place we stayed at, Le Bois du Lys, had a football court and plenty of paths and routes to venture through woodland.

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of cheesy pictures! We then went to the Sacré Coeur Basilica in Montmartre, with oceans of souvenir shops leading up to it. After our dinner we were allowed free time where most of us all gathered together to play football and have fun - in the pouring rain.

By the time early Sunday crept around we were all oozing with excitement for the final day’s activity... all day at Disneyland Paris!! For the whole day we were allowed to stroll around the labyrinth of rides and games - with regular meet-ups, of course. Just as we were nearly packed and ready to leave at the end of the day, the Disney parade came along for us to all enjoy and clap along with. Then came Awards Night, where there were prizes given out such as the Seven Dwarfs prizes, Cinderella and Prince Charming, best dressed etc.

France was a great trip and I would highly recommend it to any Year 7s contemplating going.

Amelia Lindsay, 8Potts

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About The Trip

Those in Set 1 Science in Year 8 were lucky enough to be taken on a school trip to Teen Tech at Doncaster Racecourse that ran for one full day. The idea behind it was to show teenagers like us the wide range of career possibilities available for us in science, engineering and technology. It was founded by Maggie Philbin (the presenter of “Tomorrow’s World”) and Chris Dodson to help the ‘X-factor’ generation understand their true potential and realise the opportunities available in these three areas. All sorts of companies set up mini presentations to show us and involve us on the day:

Skanska Cementation, JVC Mobile Entertainment Solutions, The Armed Forces and many, many more.

On The Day

At the beginning, we were split into two groups, Jay Green the leader of group 1 and Ellie Brown of group 2. We spent the day engaging ourselves in all sorts of activities with a variety of different companies. Some of the activities were messy, others required a lot of logical thinking and skill to reach the goals we were striving to achieve.

Well done to group 1 for winning the overall City of the Future Building Competition (the prize is a trip to Diggerland) and well done to Sam Oxspring, who won the prize for the fastest time to re-build an oil seal!

The day was packed with fun and education. We owe a massive thanks to everyone who helped organise Teen Tech, giving us this wonderful insight into the world of science and engineering. Thank you, Mrs Boughey, for taking us on this trip and taking time out to help us prepare our projects. Finally, we thank every student who took part in Teen Tech. We had a brilliant time!

Jasmine Clarke (8McArthur)

Teentech South Yorkshire 2014

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T.A.T.V.

What is TATV?

TATV is a show that we watch in our tutor registration times on the last day of every term. It includes news, book reviews, Belly Laugh Central, Main Street and Live Lounge.

Where is TATV?

TATV is filmed around the school but the news is filmed with a green screen backdrop. This allows you to put any other background behind the presenters/actors.

How long does it take to film TATV?

TATV takes a lot of time and effort to fill. It normally takes the whole term to prepare. We usually film a couple of weeks before TATV shows as it allows the producers to edit and make changes.

When do you do TATV?

TATV is something that you have to put a lot of hard work and time into. This means working at break times, lunch times, after school and sometimes even the holidays!

Why do we do TATV?

We do TATV for several reasons, but the two main ones are probably to inform the school of what is going on and to create a happy end to the term.

Who do I go to see to get involved?

The best person to see is Mr McArthur in Room 106; he is the person in charge of TATV. There are many opportunities to be involved in TATV such as being part of Belly Laugh Central, Live Lounge and more.

Jess Elsey (7Hughes), Isabel Warren (7Hughes)

I feel it necessary to contact you regarding recent events, and how these impact autistic students and others. By understanding how these events affect those pupils, you can be more aware of them, in turn trying to help these effects be dampened.

When students tease and bully me, it is not just an instantaneous feeling: this lowered self-esteem lasts me throughout the day. It puts me off school work and also takes the enjoyment out of school. I feel defenceless to the taunting.

If teachers are aware of these affects, in turn they will lessen, and school will be more enjoyable as a whole, without having to cope with these unnecessary events. If you see any student being bullied, and/or affected by this, please try to comfort them, and also show that those taunts are unwelcome. Let the person affected tell their side of the story, so you can understand what has happened.

Bullies take note

At Trinity Academy we do not tolerate bullying in any form, but wherever you have hundreds of people in one place it is almost bound to crop up from time to time. It occurred to us on the Trinity Times that perhaps bullies do not always realise the effect their behaviour has on others, so when a student wrote to us about how it feels to be bullied we thought it might be useful to let you know. Here is what the student wrote:

Mrs Brown, Mr Dixey and a team of Sixth Form students will be visiting Zambia to support families and children who have very few material possessions, some owning nothing more than the clothes they stand up in and many having lost family members to AIDS.

When we go to Zambia we always aim to take small gifts that we can leave with families. These things will not sound much to you, but create huge excitement amongst African children. We will be taking frisbees, balloons, crayon sets, paper, whistles, bubble blowing sets, nail varnish and other small things for them to play with and would be happy to receive any contributions of small items that you would like to make. The Pound Shop has some fantastic items that Zambian children would love.

And the one thing that many of the children prize above anything else is a football shirt! So if you, your family or your friends have any spare shirts that you or they don’t wear any more but are still in reasonable condition, we would love to be able to take them to give to the African children. The children in Zambia will be so excited by your generosity.

If you would like to help with this, please bring your contribution of football shirts or crayons, colouring books etc to reception.

Mrs Brown and Mr Dixey

All contributions accepted!