Dear parents, carers and

friends of the school

When Trinity School

began in September 1968

there does not seem to

have been any opening

ceremony and perhaps

that was just the spirit of

that age. However, as

our rebuilding project

neared its completion in

2012 we determined to

make up for that and

have a proper event.

It was with much delight

that we were able to

welcome HRH The Duke

of Kent to the school on

2 October 2012 to

declare us rebuilt and

well and truly open. He

gave much time to

individual staff and

students, particularly the

musicians who played for

him on his tour round the

school, and the whole

school felt rightly proud of

belonging to something

significant in the city and

in the lives of our young

people and wider

community.

It was therefore a bit of a

shock to welcome an

archbishop to the school

in the same academic

year but no less

delightful to have the

Most Rev Dr John

Sentamu, Archbishop of

York, with us in January

2013 as part of his visit to

the Carlisle Diocese. He

too gave much time to

individuals, and was

perhaps a little surprised

to be signing so many

autographs! He made a

lovely impression on

everyone gathered for the

Q/A session in the

Margaret Sewell Hall, as

he shared his Christian

faith, and how it had

brought him through

persecutions and

difficulties. He closed his

visit by saying for the first

time in public the school

prayer, written by the

Chaplain (Jen Milligan)

and students.

The school year ended

on another high point: the

Trinity Theatre Company

production of Les

Misrables which many

said was quite simply the

best school production

they had ever seen and

I will not disagree. It was

extraordinary.

If the year has been

surprisingly full of big set-

pieces, it remains the

case that it is the ability of

students to create the

exceptional in the middle

of the ordinary working

day which has been a

source of delight through

the year. Whether it is a

sports star of the future

making an international

debut, successes for

singers, actors and

musicians, a superb

project in an academic

study, the student who

takes her cookery from

Year 8 Food Technology

lessons all the way to the

national Future Chef

finals and many more

besides it is the

pleasure of working with

each of them in the

school the following day.

I hope that you enjoy

reading about our extra-

ordinary year, and can

also gain a picture of the

day to day school which

works busily, but never

quietly, for everyone.

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Alan Mottershead

Headteacher

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Rebuild Update

Phase 4, the final part of the

schools redevelopment project,

was completed on time. During

the summer holidays of 2012, the

English Department (comprising

seven refurbished classrooms

and Learning Resource Areas as

well as a House office and

meeting room) and the Creighton

Hall were made ready to open for

the autumn term. Thus, with the

final piece in place, the jigsaw

was complete. Since May 2009

areas of the school had

been in a permanent state

of transformation as each

phase of work took place,

and suddenly all the major

work was over. It rapidly

became difficult to

remember how it looked

before the process began!

During the autumn, further

work then took place in the

Margaret Sewell Hall to

create a high quality,

professional standard

performance hall. The wooden

floor was reinforced and

retractable seating installed,

along with professional lighting

and sound systems, and new

curtains fitted:

a superb result

and a much

appreciated

asset for our

school and in

particular the

Music and

Drama

Department.

The retractable

seating, when

folded back, still allows the hall to

be used for exams as before.

With the redevelopment finished,

some demolition took place at

the Sixth Form end of the school.

This included part of the

Campbell building, the old

Science block, and some

redundant classrooms under the

former Carliol Dining Hall. With

new dining facilities for the 11-16

school in place from

Phase 2, the Carliol

dining hall was totally

modernised to become

an all day Bistro/social

space for the sole use

of Sixth Form students;

they greatly enjoy

having this dedicated space

during morning and lunch breaks,

as well as after school.

More about the Bistro on page 4

Other works to the Sixth Form

Centre have included replacing

windows with modern double

glazed units to reduce traffic

noise from Georgian Way and

installing some air conditioning in

this area, as well as upgrading

overhead projectors and other

equipment. The programme of

refurbishment work in

classrooms has continued, with

redecoration and new

carpets making for a

fresher and smarter look.

Over this summer we have

also begun remedial works

to the Carliol building roof

and stonework, which we

anticipate being an ongoing

project as time (and funds)

allow. Border Construction have

again been on site through the

summer renovating the ceiling of

the Devonshire Hall, as well as

tidying up the area where their

cabins were located.

Overall its been a very

different summer. Not

having to set up

departments in their new

areas has not meant life in

school has been quiet

indeed much redecoration

work has taken place,

along with essential

maintenance checks, deep

cleaning and high level

cleaning of surfaces and

windows.

Never a dull moment at Trinity!

Ms J Macdonald

Project Officer

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The competition is

themed and is aimed at

creative writers, so we

welcomed the chance to

have Ms Pearson come

in and lead workshops

with groups of students.

Ms Pearson delivered

sessions to two groups

of Y12 students who

were just

starting

their AS English

Language

Original Writing

coursework. She

also led a session

for Gifted and

Talented English

students in Year 8

and Year 9, plus

members of Miss Seggies

creative writing club.

All participants have had

significant benefit from

Ms Pearsons wisdom.

Mr D Medley

Senior Project Leader

for Literacy

On 22 October 2012 Trinity

hosted a visit from Anne Pearson

who was formerly the director of

The Brewery Arts Centre. The

Anne Pearson Award for Young

Writers is an annual competition

in which Trinity have had

students (such as Jenna

Leathers and Heather Medley)

impress and be shortlisted in

previous years.

I was picked to ride for

Team GB after having a

successful season on the

road. The criteria were:

aggressive attacking

riders and finishing high

in the National Series

Races. One of the

selection races included

the North West

International Youth Tour

consisting of five stages.

The first was a prologue

which I finished in third

place, only one second behind

Mark Cavendishs course record

which he set as a junior.

However, I thought my chances

of being selected were all over

when I was brought down in a

heavy crash in the second race.

I had a lot of skin wounds and a

broken collar

bone and

finished the

race in a lot

of pain

doubting

that I would

be able to

start the

next day.

I did

manage to

race the

next day and

secured a first place in the first

race day and a second place in

the second race. This made me

feel more confident about being

selected to ride at the European

Youth Olympics for Great Britain.

I received a letter through the

post in June to say that I had

been selected, along with two

other people from all of Great

Britain, to ride in Holland. We

gathered for a whole Team GB

meeting at the Sherrington Hotel,

Heathrow, the night before we

flew to Holland.

The race was on an extremely

hot day, an eighty kilometre road

race, very flat, which suited our

team. We planned to lead out

our sprinter to the finish line to,

hopefully, get a podium. It went

well for the first half however,

towards the end, there were a lot

of crashes which brought two of

us down. We did manage to get

back into the race and to lead

out our sprinter to take eighth

place.

Ellis Kirkbride 10NSE

Writers Develop their Craft

Ellis cycles for Team GB in Holland

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John Fyfe is the Ogden Physicist of the year

John Fyfe, 12AHY, has been

nominated as the Ogden Trusts

Physicist of the year.

John, pictured above with a

representative of the Cumbrian

Ogden Trust, is one of twenty five

students from the greater

Cumbrian area to be awarded the

prestigious award which was

conferred on 2 July at Lancaster

University. The event

encompassed several lectures by

renowned Physicists working with

CERN and Lancasters ultra cold

temperature laboratory. Students

were fortunate enough to be

given a guided tour of the Physics

department and a chance

to witness some ultra cold

physics demonstrations.

John is an exceptionally

gifted student, yet exudes a

remarkable air of humility.

His ability to assist others

by himself having a

profound depth of

understanding, far

exceeding my own and

other teachers, has led me

to believe

that John,

given the

right support,

will one day

take his place

amongst the

elite of the

scientific

community.

Mr I Lindner

Physics

Teacher

A black hole is an object that is

so dense that the gravitational

field produced by it is so strong

that not even light can escape

from it. This means we have no

idea of what, if anything lies

beyond the event horizon.

It is one of the universe's greatest

mysteries, as everything is just

speculation. A speculative

mystery that I hope to one day

shed some light on.

John Fyfe

This year saw the grand

opening of the Carliol Bistro -

a new purpose built learning

and dining space exclusively

for Sixth Form students.

Olivia Hodgson and Andrew

Glendinning, Head Girl and

Boy, performed the opening

ceremony. This new area

combines a mix of flexible

seating, IT equipment and

bistro style dining. Sixth

Form students have been actively

involved throughout the project

and have helped to design the

space, choose the

furniture and

develop the catering

on offer. Students have all been

extremely positive about the

space and have been making

excellent use of the facilities.

Mr A Runciman

Assistant Head - Sixth Form

Carliol Bistro

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Health and Medicine in the First World War

Mr Stuart Eastwood of the Border

Regiment Museum at Carlisle

Castle came into school on 15

March to speak to the Year 10

History students about Health

and Medicine in the First World

War. He brought in slides to

illustrate his talk as well as a

variety of artefacts such as a

soldiers uniform, a rifle, hand

grenades, a gas mask, a

wash kit and tinned

provisions. The talk ranged

from information about

injuries and wounds caused

by shells and machine guns

to the effects of a gas attack

and shell shock.

Mr Eastwood also described

how casualties would be

dealt with at Field Dressing

Stations and Casualty

Clearing Stations before being

evacuated back to Blighty in

hospital trains and hospital boats.

The talk also covered the logistics

of keeping the men fed and clean

under the most trying

circumstances in

the trenches of

the Western

Front. Some of

the most

illuminating

photographs

were of the

bread ovens,

water carriers

and field kitchens that were used

to supply the needs of the troops.

Bobby Walker 10NFO wrote a

report on the talk on behalf of the

class: We found the talk

informative

and

interesting

regarding

World War

One

medicine and

about the

war in

general.

Especially

interesting was viewing the

remarkable memorabilia that he

brought as this helped us

visualise the things that we had

just heard about. It was a great

opportunity (that Im sure was

taken) to see the war in a broader

context, which will be of great

help in terms of broadening our

knowledge in preparation for our

GCSE exams.

We are very grateful to

Mr Eastwood for his most

interesting presentation.

A number of Year 13 Citizenship

groups were delighted to

welcome Lee Sherriff, a City

Councillor and

prospective Labour

candidate for

Carlisle, to Trinity

School on

19 February.

Ms Sherriff gave a

very honest and

enlightening

presentation to the

group ranging from

the need to vote, her role as a

councillor and the demands of

being a successful candidate.

The floor posed questions to

Ms Sherriff on a number of

issues regarding planning laws,

development, housing,

employment and devolution; her

confident responses helped

stimulate the awareness of our

young audience. We would like

to take this opportunity to again

thank Lee Sherriff for her time

and wish her well in the coming

elections.

Lee Sherriff meets Y13 Citizenship students

Mr S Quigley

Art Teacher

Linda Hodgson

Head of History

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On 1 July 2013, a unique event

took place at the Carlisle

Archives involving Year 8

students from all the local

schools including Newman

School, Richard Rose Central

Academy and Richard Rose

Morton, Caldew School in

Dalston, Nelson Thomlinson

School in Wigton and William

Howard School from Brampton

as well as Trinity School. The

students attended five

sessions, each led by an

Archivist, with representatives

from each school in each

group. Each pair of Trinity

students was asked to prepare a

report on one of the five sessions

and this is what they said.

Our first task was the Tudor

Handwriting task. This involved

attempting to read a Tudor will,

written by the late Thomas

Monke, and recreating the Tudor

style of writing. Thomas Monkes

will contained an inventory which

listed all the items he had in his

possession with the value of

each item too! After deducting

that his wife was dead and that

the wine shop that he owned is

now Francos Italian restaurant,

next to the Guild Hall, our

archivist, Mr Robson, showed us

how to write our names in the

Tudor style. He had great

enthusiasm for this era and

provided information on the

Tudors and on the history of the

building that we were in. Overall,

it was a great experience, and

one we will remember for a long

time. Kieran and Niall Burnie

We looked at conservation and

were given a fake document, a

replica of a real document,

covered in graffiti and smudged

with coal. Our challenge was to

clean it up, but how? Well, we

used the skills of a real preserver

which include: using a pipette to

see if the document is affected by

water; using a special sponge

made from a non-plastic material

with extremely close fibres to

scrub/remove the coal stain - our

hands got covered in coal!; using

a conservation salt which

honestly looked like the Italian

parmesan cheese!!! After this we

were able to ask questions about

what each tool did and why it was

used. There was even a

microwave to make a special

glue-like paste for repairing torn

and damaged documents and we

learned about the special

characteristics of Japanese

paper which has long fibres. We

had to remember that each and

every document is unique and is

the only copy in existence and to

be careful throughout the

experience when handling them.

Our experience taught us how to

recover and preserve historic

documents.

Imogen Dodd and Abbie Fleming

We looked at some Victorian

censuses from Cumbria. It was

interesting because they gave an

insight into peoples occupations

and lifestyle and we were able to

gather information about

common diseases, the average

age people died at and how

hygienic people were. One of the

good things about keeping a

record of peoples lives is you

can compare them to our lives

now; how big families were, how

much space there was per family

and social standards in the

Victorian era.

Imogen Clark and Jodi Leeson

The tour was great! We got to

see around the whole Archive

centre and there were so many

rooms! The 'strong room' is

where all the documents are

kept. There are about two

hundred and fifty thousand

boxes of books, wills and

censuses and thirty thousand

documents which are too big to fit

in boxes are on huge separate,

longer shelf units which are side

by side and can be moved out by

pressing a button. We went into

one to look at a few books. It was

great but very claustrophobic; the

space between is narrow so that

as many documents as possible

can fit! They have a lot of huge

models of famous historical

figures dotted around the place

which tower over you as you walk

by! Continued on page 7

History students visit Carlisle Archives

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Global Entrepreneurship Week

Global Entrepreneurship

Week was held in November

with a theme of Pass it on where

all of our Key Stage 3 students

took part in a range of

enterprising activities. Overall,

the whole week involved getting

several hundred young people

engaged and thinking about a

subject which they had no

concept of. They managed to

gain results way beyond their

own and our expectations,

reinforcing and supporting what

goes on in the classroom. Year 8

students participated in Spark it

and Eco Fish; a packed and

exciting workshop to raise

awareness about sustainable

fishing on a global scale. The

e-Stock Market Challenge was

undertaken by Year 7 students;

this brings the unique excitement

of live trading into

the classroom.

Students were able

to buy and sell items

according to market

conditions involving

problem solving, risk

management and team

building. Year 9 had the

opportunity to experience Make it

in Action; bringing manufacturing

to life. Teams of students had to

design, manufacture, cost and

market a prototype car from

scratch. A big thank you to our

judges, Jon Ashurst,

representative from Lloyd Land

Rover, and Claire Segwick,

STEM ambassador, who came to

listen to the presentations and

speak to the students about their

design ideas.

Mrs A Rothon Information,

Advice and Guidance Officer

Seventeen of these were taken to

the City Festival. The new part of

the building is attached to the old

house. It was great how much of

the old house was able to be

kept, such as the spiral staircases

and beautiful stained glass

windows! We also learned about

seals. Not the animal of course!

But the wax and tools that people

used to seal letters with to let

people know who was sending

them. We designed our

own seals too with musical

instruments and random shapes

and included our names and

where we lived. We really

enjoyed the trip; it was a great

thing to experience and we

thoroughly enjoyed it.

We learnt about Britains, and

particularly Cumbrias,

involvement in the slave trade.

We looked at sources such as

paintings and letters which taught

us that Whitehaven was the

biggest slave port in Cumbria.

Ships set off from there to trade in

Africa for slaves who were then

transported to the Americas to

work on plantations producing

sugar and rum. Overall the day

was good and very educational

and has encouraged us to take

history in higher education to

learn more.

We are very grateful to the staff at

the Archives Centre who worked

so hard to make

the day a success

and turned over

the whole of the

building to us. The

students were also

a credit to their

schools.

Carlisle Archives continued

Lucy Mellor and Chloe Watson

Tom Cox and Robbie Bell

Mrs L Hodgson

Head of History

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Last year I entered the school

heats for the Springboard Future

Chef competition as I enjoy

cooking, especially baking. The

heats were held one day after

school over a three week period.

I cooked a lamb dish, served

with cous cous and an apricot

and mint sauce, as well as a

fish dish. The judging panel,

headed by Chris Austin, Chef

and owner of Davids

Restaurant, selected me as the

winner. I was then mentored

by Chris and supported by

Miss Dinsdale as we prepared

for the County Final in January;

I had to cook a main course and

desert for two with a budget of

7.50.

I travelled to the Lakes College

in Workington with my Mum,

Chris and Miss Dinsdale where

I cooked pheasant two ways

with parsnip puree, wilted

spinach and red wine sauce,

followed by a whiskey

cranachan. The three other

finalists were older than me but I

won and gained a place in the

North West Final to be held in

Manchester.

Chris continued to mentor me,

giving up lots of his valuable time

and allowed me to cook in his

restaurant kitchen. We decided

to stick with the main course of

pheasant but changed the desert

to a warm chocolate fondant

infused with orange. Again I had

to prepare a meal for two but

with an increased budget of

10.00. This time my Dad

accompanied us as we headed

for Manchester Metropolitan

University. I did my best and

was crowned the North West

Regional Winner against eight

older competitors.

Two weeks before the final in

London we were given a list of

ingredients and had to come up

with a main course and desert to

serve three people. I decided to

cook pork in three different ways

with butternut squash puree,

wilted spinach, crushed potatoes

and a natural jus, followed by

chocolate fondant with Chantilly

cream and pistachios.

I practised nearly every night

until my family were sick of

eating pork! On Saturday 16

March we travelled by

train to London.

Springboard had

booked us into a

fabulous five star hotel

on Park Lane where I

was able to relax before

the final on the Monday.

On the Sunday evening

we were joined by Chris

and Miss Dinsdale and,

along with the other

eleven finalists, were

taken to the Hyatt

Grand Regency Hotel in

Portland Square. There

we had a drinks

reception followed by a three

course meal, prepared with the

ingredients we were to use in the

final, and then were presented

with our chefs whites for the

next day.

On the day of the final I had a

nervous breakfast before we

checked out of the hotel and

headed to the Kingsway College

in Westminster. After lots of

photographs and a brief from the

judges the competition got under

way. I did my very best, despite

burning my left palm just before

serving up my main course. The

standard of food was very high

and although I didnt win I am

very proud of my achievement. I

believe I was the youngest ever

finalist! I still won 100, a

Kenwood tri-blade, two

commemorative plates, chefs

whites and a set of knives.

I really must thank Chris Austin

for the time and effort he put into

being my mentor; I have learned

so much with his guidance. I

must also thank Miss Dinsdale,

Mrs Douglas and Mrs Walton for

all their support and my Mum,

Dad and brother for being my

guinea pigs!

Imogen Dodd 8BIR

Imogen makes it to the 2013 Future Chef Competition Finals

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Cumbria 2013 Junior Chess Championships

CoPE Students make the Macmillan Coffee Morning a success

On Friday 28 September

we had a fundraising

coffee morning for the

Macmillan Charity. We

all did different jobs in

order to have a

successful morning and

raise money. Some of

the jobs were selling

drinks and cakes,

another was having

someone on the raffle. We

all provided different things

for the raffle so that we had

good prizes for the team and

baked the cakes with help

from the cookery teachers.

We also had a coin

guessing game where

students paid ten pence to

guess how many coins

were in the pot. A lot of

companies helped us, for

example Morrisons gave

us free coffee.

The coffee morning lasted one

hour and during this time we all

got involved, worked very hard

and chipped in together. It went

really well and we raised a

fantastic 165.

We would like to send a massive

thank you to everyone

who got involved and

to everyone who

came to support us.

You all made the

Macmillan charity

morning a lovely

event.

This years instalment of the

Cumbria Junior Chess

Championship was held on

Sunday19 May in an excellent

venue provided by Trinity School

Carlisle, for which we were very

grateful. The grey skies and

threatening

drizzle held

no terrors as

we had

ample space

for parents

and players

indoors.

A flurry of

late arrivals

brought the number of entries

(seventy one in total) up to a

similar level to last years

competition, causing the

organisers a few headaches in

the process. This meant a later

start and, subsequently, a very

loose interpretation of the playing

schedule that we advertised. All

our timetables are generally to

be considered works of fiction

and this year was no exception.

However, we were able to run

sections for U13, U15 and U18s,

for the first time in a number of

years. Normally weve not had

the numbers

to avoid

combining at

least two of

these

competitions.

The U11s

was a highly

competitive

section; the

winner was James Rocca of

Hayton C of E School. Holden

Davis of Queen Elizabeth

Grammar School, took Gold in

the U13 section. Bronze medals

were awarded to Trinity students

Alex Raphael 8MBO, Jack Morris

7CCT and Adam Barker 8SSC.

Gold in the U15 section went to

Owen Ogden, Nelson

Thomlinson School, and Silver to

Trinitys Avran Millar 9JMY.

Bronze medals were awarded to

Lewis Jackson 9JMY and

Thomas Johnston 9TSN. The final results in the U18

competition left us with a bit of a

dilemma. As the winner, a ten

year old James Moreby, Royal

Grammar School, Newcastle,

lives and goes to school outside

of Cumbria we couldnt award

him the U18 Cumbria Trophy,

only the U18 Cumbria title. The

Trophy went instead to second

placed Jason Maxwell of Trinity

School. Jason 11TDO also took

the Silver Medal. Bronze medals

winners were Camus Millar

11EHU who managed to draw

against James in their game and

Chris Royle 11TDO.

Mr K Southernwood

Cumbria Junior

Chess Organiser

Year 11 CoPE

Students

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Sixth Form Art Trip to London

The galleries and museums

made quite an impression upon

our students with their

comprehensive exhibits and the

actual architecture of the

buildings themselves.

Student comments included:

The best long weekend

ever! My favourite gallery

was the Tate Britain,

especially the Pre-

Raphaelite exhibition. I

feel very inspired by

everything I have seen

over the last four days, I

really think my work will

improve, thank you so

much for such an

amazing experience.

The Photography exhibition

in the Sainsbury wing of the

National Gallery has helped

me understand how artists

are inspired by other artwork

from various genres.

I discovered a

photographer

who was working

in a way directly

linked to my own

ideas.

The accommodation

was very comfortable

and secure with

pleasant staff and

substantial

breakfasts. The

restaurants provided

a reliable service in fantastic

locations, the evening meals

were well presented and enjoyed

by all.

We did manage to include some

of Londons major tourist

attractions as

well, such as the

Houses of

Parliament,

Westminster

Abbey and

Downing Street.

St Pauls

Cathedral was

particularly

exciting with all

students climbing

to the Whispering

Gallery if not to

the Golden

Gallery on top of the Dome for

spectacular views across London

at sunset.

We were extremely impressed by

the enthusiasm, the curiosity and

the general humour of all those

we had the pleasure to share this

experience with.

Mr S Quigley

Art Teacher

Bikeability week, held in May,

was a success with most Y7

students taking part. Despite the

poor weather forecast the sun

shone for most of the time,

although it would have been nice

if it had been a few degrees

warmer. The students who took

part were given varied tasks to

complete in order to improve

their overall skills on a bike.

Bikeability

Lots of fun was had and the guys

from Bikeability delivered the

level one training with great skill

and enthusiasm and

were very

complimentary

about the

behaviour of

all our

students.

Badges and certificates for the

students were distributed via the

House system.

Our thanks go to Bikeability and

to parents for encouraging so

many students to take part .

Mrs A Parish

Pastoral Tutor

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The Archbishop of York visits Trinity

The Archbishop of York,

Dr John Sentamu,

accompanied by the

Bishop of Carlisle, the Rt

Revd James Newcome,

visited Trinity last

January. Greeted on

arrival by Mr Brian

Armstrong, Chair of

Governors, and the Very

Revd Mark Boyling, Dean

of Carlisle and Governor

of the school, Dr Sentamu

was then introduced to

Mr Alan Mottershead,

Headteacher,

Mrs Jen Milligan, the

School Chaplain, and

Mrs Andrea Shore, Head

of Religious Studies.

He then went on to meet

students from the Sixth

Form and House

Leadership teams of

the school who

accompanied him to

the Margaret Sewell

Hall, where one

hundred and fifty

Trinity students were

gathered for a short question

and answers session chaired

by Amy Walker, Deputy Head

Girl and Mr Mottershead.

A light lunch in the dining hall

followed, providing an

opportunity for Dr Sentamu to

chat informally with other

students from the

school. There was then a

short tour around the school

concluding in the Jubilee Hall,

the main entrance hall to the

school, where the Archbishop

addressed a

gathering of

students and

staff.

Dr Sentamu

then led

prayers,

including the

Trinity School

prayer written

by the Chaplain

and some

students of the

school, and gave thanks for the

successful and safe completion

of the rebuilding of the school

between 2009 and 2013. The

visit ended with the Archbishop

delivering a blessing for the

school and then signing the

Visitors Book.

All in all it was an

inspiring and

thoroughly enjoyable

visit that will live long

in the memories of all

who attended.

Ms J Macdonald

Project Officer

Trinity School Prayer

God of adventure,

You call us to follow your Son

In transforming the world.

Inspire our minds by your Spirit

And fill our hearts with your love,

That we may grow into the

people you intend, reflect your

life in the world and bring all

those we love to you, for the sake

of him who gave his all,

Jesus Christ our Lord.

Amen

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Aerie International

Aerie International, based in

Montana USA, was set up so

that students across the world

can share and showcase artistic

and literary talent. Once again

two of our students have been

chosen to have their artwork

published in the year

book. This is the sixth year our

students have had work

published internationally and we

are delighted. Year 12 student

Molly Wrights evocative

painting Hidden and Year 13

student Casey Dixons haunting

picture Truth both featured.

Molly also won the

prestigious Visual Arts

Award, the second time this

award has been won by a

Trinity School student.

Molly said I was really

pleased to win this award

and to have my work

recognised on an

international level. Most

importantly, winning the

award has provided me with

the confidence and belief in

my own ability to create art

in ways I may not feel

entirely comfortable

with. It was

overwhelming to have

my work recognised

by Aerie International,

and I can happily say

I am now a published

artist in an

international

magazine, something

I will keep with me

forever.

Mrs Reay, Subject Leader for Art

said Thanks to all the Art/

Photography staff and students

for creating such inspirational

work that again is being

celebrated internationally as well

as locally. Our recent Art and

Photography exhibition was a

great success and showcased

our students imagination.

Many congratulations to both

Molly and Casey and to our Art

Department for continuing to

encourage such high levels of

achievement.

Hidden by Molly Wright

Truth by Casey Dixon

Many hands make light work ...

Students helped to pack gift bags

which were given to the elderly at

the News and Star Christmas

Concert for the Community at

the Sands Centre. Well done to

all who took part.

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Trinity Languages Project

As part of the Trinity Primary

Languages Project, we ran an

after-school Latin club for Year 6

children in our partner primary

schools during the first half of

last Spring term on Tuesday

evenings 4.00pm to 5.00pm.

All Carlisle primary schools were

invited to nominate some Gifted

and Talented children who they

thought would enjoy it and

benefit from learning some basic

Latin and, perhaps more

importantly, from working

collaboratively with children from

other schools particularly those

who come from small schools.

There have been two sessions

so far with another three to

follow. Twenty-eight children

from six schools have been

attending and some of our Sixth

Form students have been

involved in meeting and greeting,

settling the younger students in

and helping during the session

itself. Our materials are based

on the Minimus course which is

about a mouse that lived at

Vindolanda with a Roman family,

so there is some useful local

history involved too. We learned

the Latin words for animals and

sang Old Macdonald had a farm

in Latin which was

fun!

One of the most

important objectives

is to learn how even

a basic knowledge

of Latin roots can

help improve

literacy in English,

particularly in

working out the

meaning of new

words; for example the children

have worked out meanings such

as feline, canine, equestrian

(from the animals) and the

adjective ubiquitous since the

word ubique (everywhere)

comes up in the chorus of Old

Macdonald.

Mrs H Kent

MFL Primary Project Leader

Fairtrade Go Further

Heidi and Joely Ostell, Year 9,

worked hard in completing an

art piece together which

formed part of an exhibition of

schools creations celebrating

the Fairtrade fortnight 25

February to 10 March 2013.

Heidi and Joely said:

This piece has been

developed by looking at the

impact of mass produced

products upon the

environment and wildlife. We

used a range of packaging and

items including newspaper,

magazines, pizza bases, plastic

and cardboard boxing.

We focused on the physicality of

the plastic wrapping deteriorating

and having an effect upon

nature, represented by the

innocence of the gazelle heads.

Twenty five heads mark the date;

the beginning of Fairtrade

fortnight.

We enjoyed the artistic

challenge and now

know a little more about

the Fairtrade ethos.

An evening hosted by

the Mayor, Councillor

David Wilson, at the

Civic Centre, was a

great opportunity for

businesses and schools

to meet and celebrate

the success of Carlisle

being granted Fairtrade

City status making this the fourth

time in total since 2005.

Mr S Quigley

Art Teacher

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Dr Peter Vardy Lecture

Following last years highly

successful conference, Trinity

School was delighted to welcome

back Dr Peter Vardy, former Vice

Principal of Heythrop College,

University of London and

renowned inspirational

speaker, who works with

schools and universities

around the world, as well as

being the author of some

fifteen books, including the

recently published Ethics

Matters.

Peter was welcomed by

Alan Mottershead,

Headteacher, and

Mrs Andrea Shore, Head of

Religious Studies. He then

delivered an evening lecture on

Thursday 31 January on Genetic

Engineering and the New

Reproductive Technologies in

the newly refurbished Margaret

Sewell Hall. Peter began his talk

with the subject of the Sanctity of

Life and the subject of

personhood which takes into

account aspects such as

consciousness and self-

awareness as well as the ability

to reason and relate to others.

In relation to new reproductive

technologies he then went on to

consider the ethical issues raised

by IVF/IVM (In Vitro fertilisation

or In Vitro Maturation, ICSI

(Intracytoplasmic Sperm

Injection) and PIGD (Pre

Implantation Genetic Diagnosis).

He raised awareness of the lack

of data being gathered on the

monitoring of babies born

through IVF/IVM/ICSI or PIGD.

The audience included senior

Trinity students, their parents

and Trinity staff as well as staff

and students from other local

schools and representatives from

the diocese.

Peter was both engaging and

thought provoking, keeping the

audience rapt, with his passion

and ability to entertain without

oversimplifying complex material.

There was plenty of opportunity

for heated debate and discussion

around such issues as when life

begins, where choice or

selection becomes eugenics

and whether we should be

interfering with nature.

Many expressed their delight at

the opportunity to raise and

discuss such issues with such an

eminent Scholar in Carlisle.

Mrs A Shore

Subject Leader for RS

Rebecca Woodbridge, a Year

11GCSE student said Hearing

Dr Peter Vardys lecture on the

ethical issues of genetic

engineering was both enjoyable

and thought-provoking. His aim

was to share ethical views with

the younger generation in order

for us to be aware of current

ideas and able to influence them

positively as we become part of

adult society. He involved

parents and students in

discussion, while exploring a

range of subjects involving

IVF treatment, sanctify of life

and the rights of human

beings, making it a very

captivating talk that made

me think deeper about

matters that could affect me

in the near future.

Yasmin Zaremba, currently

studying GCSE Philosophy and

Ethics, said Peter opened our

eyes to the possibilities available

in the area of reproductive

technology for future

generations. He taught us that

technology is not only advancing

in the computing industry, but

also in stem cell research to

include germ-line genetic

technologies. These will

probably allow us to select

specific embryos according to

their genetic make-up, therefore

reducing the risk of the embryo

developing cancer. I enjoyed the

discussions that arose from

Peters lecture; should the

discarded embryos not also be

given a chance to live? After all,

they were potential lives...or

were they? At what stage does

an embryo become a human

being and are we not altering the

gene pool what are the

implications for us all here?

Reminders

Autumn term ends Wednesday 18 December 2013 Spring term begins Monday 6 January 2014

Half term Monday 28 Oct to Friday 1 Nov 2013 Half term Monday 17 to Friday 24 Feb 2014

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Gold Duke of Edinburgh Canadian Canoeing

Last September two new Gold

Canadian canoe groups

embarked on their ten month

training programme designed to

prepare them for a four day

expedition on Loch Lomond at

the end of June 2013. Their

weekly training sessions

commenced on 22 September

and, following some challenging

team building and problem

solving exercises, they had their

first practical introduction to

Canadian canoeing on Thirlmere

in October.

Here they

learned the

basic strokes

and

techniques

needed to

control the

craft as

tandem

paddlers as well as how to safely

carry, launch and land their

canoes. The technique of tying

the canoes securely onto the

trailer was also introduced and

the importance of teamwork

emphasized. The session was

a great success with the

weather quite favourable

despite a southerly breeze

strong enough to challenge

them and make them realise the

size of the task ahead of them.

With the first practice

accomplished the groups set

about working their way through

the training syllabus, beginning

with clothing and equipment,

before spending three weeks

covering First Aid. The

remaining six weeks of the

autumn term were spent

planning their four day expedition

using memory map then finally,

in teams, producing their route

cards which were then sent off to

the Award and their Assessor.

A vital part of the training is

learning how to deal with

emergencies, especially

capsizes, and the group spent

the first eight weeks of the spring

term in the Trinity Pool learning

various rescue techniques

leading up to the vital

All in rescue

procedure which they

honed to perfection.

Other safety

procedures practiced

included how to use throw lines

and safety knives effectively .

The next practical session was in

April with the groups staying at

our old Residential Centre now

leased to DEWODE. The groups

spent Friday night covering

various weather injuries including

Hypothermia and the next day

had their first real journey on

Ullswater. Launching from the

lay-by near Dobbin Wood on the

West shore of Ullswater, they

paddled south into a stiff breeze.

It had been six months since

they were last on the water but,

despite the challenging wind,

they quickly mastered control of

their canoes and paddled for

almost an hour before taking a

short break.

Due to the wind it was decided to

cross the Lake at a narrow point

and gain some shelter before

paddling further down to Silver

Bay, which took almost two and

a half hours, to have lunch and

then do some map and compass

work. The groups then ferry

glided across to Norfolk Island

where, in the sheltered water at

the Northern end of the island,

they rafted up and prepared to

sail back.

Saturday evening was spent

covering water safety and

emergency procedures then the

following day, in very wet and

windy conditions, the group were

on Bassenthwaite honing

their paddling strokes as

well as learning the art of

Poling.

Back at the Centre the

two groups successfully

cooked a three course

practice meal that they

had planned before the

trip on the Trangia

stoves.

Finally, at the end of a

very successful weekend the

groups returned to Trinity late

that afternoon to unload the

minibus and trailer and store

everything away.

The groups undertook a final four

day practice on Loch Ken at half

term in preparation for their

qualifying expedition on Loch

Lomond at the end of June.

Mr R Wright

All in rescue

with all hands

needed!

All in rescue

righting the

second canoe

Taking advantage of a following wind

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Adult Education

Golden Awards

The Adult Education office has

been taking bookings for courses

which started in September 2013.

These offer the opportunity to

study part-time for pleasure, to

gain new skills and confidence, or

to improve career prospects.

We offer qualification and

non-qualification courses based

at a number of venues across

Carlisle and Brampton. Subjects

include Languages, IT and

Business, Arts and Crafts, Health

and Fitness and General Interest.

Short courses and one-off

workshops are available.

Concessions are also available -

conditions apply.

For further information and to

make a booking please contact

the Centre on 01228 403555 or

visit the website:

www.aecarlisle.com where

course information sheets can be

downloaded.

The daytime office, which is

located in the Chapman Library,

Trinity School, is open all year

round Monday to Friday, 9.00am

to 4.00pm (3.00pm during school

holidays) and the evening

reception is located at the main

school entrance and is open

term-time only Monday to

Thursday, 5.30pm to 8.30pm.

A student with Jah Powell, tutor of

the Asian Cuisine Class.

Georgia

Hubberstey and

Alex Rose are

pictured in the

gardens of the

Palace of

Holyrood. They

were presented

with Gold Duke

of Edinburgh

Awards by the

Duke of

Wessex on

3 July 2013.

Many congratulations to them both.

Stephen Baldwin,

the Hollywood actor

who played Barney

Rubble in the

Flintstones film Viva

Rock Vegas, visited

Trinity last

September. He was

appearing in the

show Mysterious? at

the Sands Centre,

which is based on

the true story of Michael Knighton, a

former Trinity student, who died three

years ago. The story looks at the

issues of loss, the questions it raises

and how it can inspire hope.

Mysterious?

The Palace of Holyrood

from Arthurs Seat

Pro-skateboarder, Wes

Luke, and international

illusionists, Dan and

Suzie Potter, joined

Stephen Baldwin.

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World Book Day 2013 was

celebrated in the Chapman

Library with the help of local

writer Jim Eldridge. Jim is an

acclaimed and prolific author of

many TV scripts, radio plays and

children's titles, including the

Disgusting Dave books and the

My Story series, which features

ordinary people caught up in

events from history.

Jim spent the morning

conducting a group writing

session with some

enthusiastic students

from Years 7 and 8

who came up with

some great characters

and imaginative ideas

for driving the plot

forward.

During break many

more students took the

opportunity to chat to

Jim about his work and have

copies of his books signed; the

Disgusting Dave series was

particularly popular!

We had a fantastic selection of

free World Book Day books for

students to choose from,

including titles by Anthony

Horowitz, Cathy Cassidy and

Tony Robinson. We also had an

enthusiastic uptake of our World

Book Day Quiz, which was won

by Ryley McDowall.

Look out for more exciting

events which are planned for

next years World Book Day on

6 March 2014 .

It has been another busy year in

the library, which began with our

Year 7 classes receiving library

induction lessons and many

Trinity Time Lords

Trinity Time Lords meet every

Friday lunch time in LS5 to

Lanes, so he made this giant

cookie for us!

Mrs F Robson

Learning Support Assistant

watch classic Doctor

Who episodes and

chat about Doctor

Who and all things

Whovian, past and

present.

Sometimes members

give PowerPoint

Presentations.

My friend, James

Bainbridge, (also a big fan)

works at Millies Cookies in The

Author Jim Eldridge visits for World Book Day Day

students participating in

Spellbinding and Questers

reading groups.

We also had an enthusiastic

intake of Student Librarians,

various quizzes and other fun

activities throughout the year

and we have added nearly three

hundred new books to our stock

this year, many of which were

recommended by our student

borrowers. Displays on graphic

novels and James Bond books

have helped to keep the library

vibrant and dynamic.

Mrs J Spencer

Library Assistant

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Trinitys Grand Opening and Gala Dinner His Royal

Highness, The

Duke of Kent,

accompanied

by the Lord-

Lieutenant of

Cumbria and

Lady Cropper,

visited Trinity

School last

October.

Mr Armstrong,

Chair of Governors, and

Mr Mottershead welcomed

His Royal Highness who

spent an hour touring the

newly opened areas of the

school. The Duke met many

staff and students, some of

whom were providing

musical interludes

along the way,

as well as

representatives

from the Diocese

and Border

Construction and

their team of

subcontractors.

Students performed music

along the way. Before

leaving, His Royal Highness

performed the opening

ceremony for the completed

redevelopment and unveiled

a plaque naming the new

entrance hall as The Jubilee Hall

in celebration of Her Majesty the

Queens

Diamond

Jubilee.

A Gala Dinner

followed that

evening and

one hundred

and twenty

students and

guests enjoyed

a splendid

dinner.

A perfect ending to a very

exciting day.

Thanks to all involved in the

organisation; everything ran

like clockwork.

We had a fantastic run of three evening performances of Les Misrables in July. We also welcomed

some of our local Primary Schools to a matinee performance.

The performances

were all wonderful

and well attended.

Members of the

audiences said that

it was the best

production they had

seen.

Congratulations to

all involved.

Les Misrables

Cast members pictured at rehearsals

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Tenth Anniversary Celebrations for Chapman Library

Canon Rex

Chapman helped to

celebrate Chapman

Librarys Tenth

Birthday in July and

presented awards to

readers and writers.

These included two

new prizes in memory of our

long-serving school librarian

Mrs Val Turnbull: The

Student Librarian of the Year

Award was presented to

Luke Reid and the Reader

Award, for our most

dedicated reader, was

presented to Kira Peart.

The prize-winning short story

was written by Gavin Bell.

A lunchtime

party was

held for our

reading groups,

student librarians

and regular

borrowers with a

fabulous birthday

cake made by Mrs Stobart,

Design and

Technology Teacher.

There was a display

of world events from

the past decade, and

lots of pictures from

Chapmans history!

Kira with Canon Chapman

Luke

Gavin

We held our traditional

Year 11 Celebration

morning in June

starting with breakfast

in the new dining hall.

All our Year 11s looked

fabulous although, with

the size of some of

those high heels,

seriously sore feet was

the prediction! After

breakfast it was time to

say goodbye to the

form, take photos

galore, and then the

whole year group

gathered in the Jubilee

Hall for a last

photograph before

heading down to the

Creighton Hall for the final

assembly. This has traditionally

become a celebration of the last

five years of school with

embarrassing photos of both

staff and students from their

younger days, some Youve

been Framed style videos and

some funny stories from life at

Trinity School. It is certainly

never boring. The assembly

ended with a staff video of Ant

and Decs Leavers Assembly

Takeaway which included Im a

celebrity get out of my

ear, a guest

announcer, Little Ant

and Dec interviewing

Mr Mottershead and a

spectacular end of the

show. As students left

the assembly hall they

were given their year

book, said a last few

goodbyes, shed a few

tears and then made

their way away from

school. We welcomed

some of them back

into Sixth Form in

September but for

others an entirely

different chapter in life

begins.

We wish our class of 2013 every

success in whatever they may

do.

Class of 2013 Celebrate

Mr D McArdle

Assistant Head

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Sporting News

City Athletics

This group of students represented the school

at the City Athletics Competition taking part in

the 100m and 400m races, javelin, shot putt

and long jump. They were fantastic and made

us all proud with their enthusiasm and effort.

Georgie Hanks competed in the 100m

wheelchair race which is a tough challenge,

especially as her current wheelchair isn't

designed for sport; hopefully funding will be

secured so that she can get a wheelchair for

sport and fulfil her potential.

Cricket

Y7 Boys, who were runners up in the Bunbury

Cup Final played at Keswick CC in June, are

pictured below.

Having beaten Nelson Thomlinson, William

Howard and Keswick School in previous

rounds, the team played Millom School in the

Final.

Cumbria Schools Gymnastics

The competition was held at Richard Rose

Morton Academy in January 2013. Trinity

Under 19 Team and Trinity Under 14 A Team

came first. Trinity Under 14 B Team came

fourth, just missing out on third place by half a

point.

Didnt we do well?

These students played football at Netherhall

School in December in an event held by the

Cumbria Football Association and Disability

Sport UK. This was the first event of this kind

in Cumbria and was well attended by schools

throughout Cumbria. The Trinity team enjoyed

the day and received a certificate for

participating.

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Sporting News

Athletics

Success on the Athletics field. The team shown below

came second in a Sport for All meeting at the

Sheepmount. Outstanding performances were Jamie

Dixon, Lewis Murrel, Billy Hanlon and Ellis Solomons.

All four won each of their two races; the 50 m and the

200m. Well done to all who took part.

Steph Houghton, Team GB

Steph Houghton, who plays for Arsenal

womens football team and was a key player

for Team GB in the Olympics, visited school

on 8 February to coach our amazing Under

13 Girls Football team in a fantastic training

session.

The girls travelled to Doncaster to play in the

North of England Regional Finals of the

NPower Girls 6-a-side Tournament where

they played extremely well but unfortunately

lost 0 1 in the final. Congratulations to the

team for getting to this stage of the

tournament.

Under 16 Girls Hockey

The U16 Girls Hockey team travelled to

Casterton to play in the Cumbria Schools

Final having qualified for this event by

winning the North Cumbria Tournament.

Center Parcs National Schools Badminton

Finals

A record thirty one thousand children, six thousand

one hundred and forty school badminton teams

from over sixteen hundred secondary schools

entered the 2013 Center Parcs National Schools

Badminton Championships. Our Trinity KS4 Girls

Team made it through the local, county and

regional rounds only dropping two games on their

way to their well earned place in the National finals.

Georgina Lowe, Natalie Gorst, Emily Armstrong and

Kelly Pearson competed in the National finals in

April, playing exceptionally well. The girls won three

out of their four

matches, finishing

fourth out of the nine

teams in the KS4

Girls competition.

Thank you to Liz

Gorst for taking on

the team managers

role and

congratulations to all

four girls on such an

outstanding

achievement.

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News

Trampolining

Emma, Rosalind and Chloe are

pictured with the medals they

won at the Ashington Regional

Schools Competition in

December 2012.

Have a go day

GB Olympic Rowing Medal winner,

Matt Wells, was invited to Trinity in

December by Ms Hawkin, Assistant

Head, who previously taught Matt at

Keswick school. He spent the day in

school to inspire the students during a

have a go day organised by Jo

Atkinson, PE Teacher. Students

loved trying on his Olympic track suits

and seeing his medals. The day was

a great success and combined

learning and sport in a fun and

inspiring way.

Border Liners Carlisle Schools Orienteering League

Last Easter thirteen Trinity students took part in the twelfth

year of the Carlisle Schools Orienteering League coming

second in the Secondary Schools team section. There

were some excellent individual successes. Luke Stubbs

took fifth place in the individual boys competition and

Helen Moffatt was joint first in the individual girls

competition, winning for the second consecutive year.

Chloe Watson took third place and Imogen Clark fourth in

the individual girls competition.

Many thanks to John and Pam Roelich who, once again,

did a fantastic job of organising and running the league.

The local secondary schools provided leaders to help run

the events alongside Borderlines Orienteering Club

members. Trinity

assisted with two

events and the

students

undertook a

variety of roles

including

registration,

results download,

starters, course

marshals and

control collectors.

Sands Visit

The Y7

students

pictured

visited the

Sands

Centre in

May to

represent

Trinity at a

football

event.

They all thoroughly enjoyed themselves and behaved

impeccably; a credit to Trinity.

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Sporting News

Table Top Cricket

photo of the Trinity pupils representing Carlisle

and Table Top Cricket County Champions.

The team was Mark Smith, Jamie Dixon,

Leighon Glendinning, Crystal Kidd, Reece

Graham, Alfie Ullyhart, Lauren Mitchell,

Gary Matthews Memorial

Awards

Congratulations to the winners,

Phillippa Harmison and Michael

Reid Year 11, who were awarded

the trophies for their commitment

in sport.

National Cycling

Harry Craig, Kilimanjaro

Captain, qualified for the

National Cycling Time Trial

Championships in Leicestershire

by winning the Under 15 age

category at the regional qualifier

finishing second overall.

Harry is ninth in the British Cycling standings and

is training hard in preparation for 2014 when he

will be able to compete in road races.

Working out with the Royal Marines

Some of the Year 9 boys who were put through their paces by

the Royal Marines who came to Trinity to run fitness sessions on

7 February 2013.

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News

Football

Athletics

David Murray/Nathan Cuthbertson Memorial Match

The match was played in Sunderland in March 2013.

The teams who

represented

school in the

Regional Athletics

competitions last

Summer.

The Year 9, 10 and 11 Boys

Teams who took part in the

Brunton Park Finals last April.

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Sporting News

Cricket

The Under 15 County Cricket Team who were

runners up in the finals of the Cumbria Schools

U15 Cup played at Netherfield.

Gymnastics

The U16 Girls Gymnastics team, Rebecca

Dean (Y9), Katie McGarr (Y8), Abbey

O'Neill (Y7) and Molly Hughes (Y7), won

the North of England Schools Trio

competition. The girls qualified and

competed

in the

National

Finals

which were

held in

Stoke in

March.

Well done,

a great

result from

many hours

of hard

work!

Tennis Leaders

On Sunday 2 June twelve students from

Trinity completed their Tennis Leaders

course. Dave Wise, an LTA qualified

coach, lead the day and the students

looked at everything from holding a tennis

racket, to putting up a net and running a

tennis tournament. The students got the

opportunity to put this knowledge and

understanding into action on Wednesday

5 June at the Carlisle Primary Schools

Tennis Tournament in Bitts Park, where

they did a fantastic job of umpiring both

the small and large schools competitions.

North of England Trampolining

In Ashington in November 2012 a number of Trinity

students competed over two days as part of the

Carlisle Trampoline Club Squad. Excellent

performances saw many of the trampolinists in either

individual, team or synchronised pairs in medal

winning positions.

It was the first time at the Northern Championships

for Robert McSkeane and Charles Armstrong who

were fantastic; coming second in the Under 13 and

third in the Over 15 sections respectively. In the

Under 15 Girls category Lucy Jefferson and her

partner from RRMA finished in second position for the

third year running being beaten by a trampolinist who

trains with the GB Team and her partner. In the Over

15 Girls Synchro Sadie Brunskill and Alex Jefferson

gave a sterling performance and were delighted with

their podium finish; they came second to Olympian,

Kat Driscoll and her partner (Kat was third in the

recent World Championships for synchro). Alex

Jefferson came second in the Over 15 individual

category narrowly missing out on being North of

England Champion for her age group by only 0.7

points which separated first and second place.

Well done to all the students who took part: Robert

McSkeane, Laura Robinson, Imogen Clark, Lucy

Jefferson, Daisy Graham, Charles Armstrong, Alex

Jefferson, Sadie Brunskill, Jessie Andrews and Sam

Forster.

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On Thursday 13 June British

writer and former journalist,

Hunter Davies, well-known for

his work on The Beatles, Paul

Gascoigne and Wayne Rooney,

visited his old school, Trinity, to

give a talk to Y9 and Y10

students and staff. Mr Davies

was born in Carlisle, he grew up

on a council estate in St. Anns

Hill, and was a former student of

the Creighton School and the

Grammar School, now Trinity,

sixty years ago.

Mr Mottershead, Headteacher

introduced our special guest,

giving a brief summary of the

schools and called for a round of

applause to honour Mr Davies.

The audience included

members of the schools

enrichment scheme for the gifted

and talented students, Caf 26,

sports players, budding

journalists, historians, writers,

musicians, artists, scientists, a

future star of her own television

programme in October and even

one of Mr Hunters relatives, a

student in Y9.

Mr Davies said how honoured

he felt to be at Trinity because

he had such happy memories of

being here, many years ago, as

a pupil himself and how affluent

and clean the pupils today

looked. He jokingly asked if Mr

Mottershead had scrubbed them

up especially!

Mr Davies reminisced about his

life after Trinity. He attended

Durham University where his

room-mate, the advertising

manager of the university

newspaper, inspired him to take

journalism and Mr Davies

started to write for the paper at

the age of twenty; his first piece

was on a boat club party getting

drunk. He later

become the editor

of the university

paper with his

own column

entitled Life in

the Day of.

After university

Mr Davies went to

Manchester and

wrote a column

for the Sunday

Times and about

football. He gave

up journalism to write books

after they had started to sell

well. Mr Davies spoke about the

range of writing he had done in

the past and his most recent

publication, the Wayne Rooney

biography, for which he was the

ghost writer. He loved writing

about Rooney who, over the

eight

months, did

not swear or

use his

mobile

during their

three hour

sessions.

Mr Davies

discovered

how

different

footballers

today were compared to the

footballers he had worked with in

the past. Past footballers did not

have an accountant, lawyer,

bodyguard or agent, they lived in

a semi-detached house and

earned a salary of 200 a week.

Mr Davies told the intently

listening students that Rooney

liked to sleep with a noise - he

likes the sound of his mothers

hoover, how shy Rooney is and

how his Mum, a Dinner Lady at

Rooneys former comprehensive

school, keeps all his school

reports and letters from Everton

in chronological order since

Rooney was there from the age

of eight until sixteen as part of

the memorabilia. This was

important for Mr Davies who said

that Rooneys school days were

the best part of the biography, a

copy of which he donated to

Trinitys library.

After listening with all ears to

Mr Davies amusing, yet

interesting talk, students were

given the opportunity to ask

questions. Amongst his

responses, Mr Davies said he

enjoying writing the most in his

life and has not stopped since

he started at the age of

eighteen, writing fifty books in

total.

Continued on page 27

Hunter Davies inspires our students

Mr Davies pictured

with Meghana and

Mrs Spencer

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Students who took part in the Spring Concert in March 2013.

Trinity won the choir category and many students won individual prizes at the Music and Drama Festival.

Mr Davies first book, Here We

Go Round the Mulberry Bush,

was made into a successful

Hollywood film. His advice for

writing was Dont get it right, get

it written. He said that

journalism and writing books are

totally different because work for

journalism is short and has an

instant reaction every day. He

has always written short stories

and said that to be a good writer

you must be able to get from the

top to the bottom of a page and

from the start to the end of the

book, which must be one that

cannot be put down because of

the tricks used to make it

readable and amusing.

Mr Davies would like to write

books on the Queen and

Nelson Mandela and he found

the most interesting person to

write about was John Lennon,

who had an unusual, although

always funny, outlook on

everything. The school showed their

gratitude to their highly regarded

guest by giving him a bottle of

wine as a gift, which he was very

happy to accept.

The students really enjoyed

Mr Davies visit and it had a very

powerful effect on their outlook

for the future when it came to

dreams and their ideas. Amber

Story, Y10, said meeting Hunter

Davies was a great experience.

I really enjoyed listening to his

past and he inspired me.

Jess Hanks, Y10, also thought it

was inspiring to hear about

Hunter Davies experiences, who

he has met and the thoughts he

had about these people, as well

as changing the opinion she had

on celebrities like Rooney.

Mrs Hodgson, Head of History,

said that even though she is a

greater fan of the books written

by Hunter Davies wife, she

found meeting her husband

really interesting. She especially

enjoyed hearing the story about

Rooneys Mum keeping all his

school reports and the

comparison between footballers

of the past and present.

Mrs Hodgson, like many others,

regarded Hunter Davies as

humble and respectable, a

perfect model to motivate the

younger generation.

Meghana Palipane 10PBA

Hunter Davies inspires our students continued

A celebration of music making

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The Great War Trip

Carlisle Grammar School

students and then spent time

looking at some trenches and

bunkers beside a hotel on Menin

Road. After lunch, at the Hooge

Crater Museum, some students

went to another memorial with

Mrs Lee Adamson so she could

lay down a cross for her

Granddads comrades who fell

there. After that we headed to

Tyne Cot Cemetery where seven

former students from the

Grammar School, now Trinity,

were commemorated. Tyne Cot

is one of the largest

Commonwealth cemeteries in the

world. Then we headed to

Langemark German Cemetery.

There are only a few German

cemeteries in Belgium, compared

to hundreds of Commonwealth

ones, because Belgium didnt

want the Germans to have

cemeteries in their country as

Germany had invaded Belgium.

This cemetery was not very well

looked after - the grave stones

were flat and up to six soldiers

were buried under each one.

After the German cemetery

we went to to the

Vancouver corner, which

was a Canadian war

memorial for their fallen

soldiers, and then we

headed back to Ypres but

stopped for Essex Farm.

This is a Commonwealth

cemetery where Major John

McCrae composed the

famous In Flanders Field

poem and a fifteen year old

British soldier is buried. We

had supper in Ypres before

returning to the Menin Gate for

the Last Post which has been

played at 8.00pm every day

since 1928. Five Trinity students

laid down a wreath on behalf of

the school.

On Wednesday we travelled in to

France to look at the war

memorials and cemeteries. We

visited Thiepval (a very important

position during the war) and the

Ulster Tower, an Irish memorial,

and one of the first built after the

war. We met one of the

curators, who looked after

Ulster Tower, for a tour

round the woods where they

have been rebuilding the

front line. After the Ulster

Tower we went to the

Thiepval Memorial on the

Somme which is one of the

biggest memorials in France

where both French and

Commonwealth soldiers are

buried. Ten Trinity students

names are listed there.

Continued on page 29

A group of Y10 and Y11 students

made the Great War Trip last

July. It was a journey to Belgium

and France to visit some of the

World War I memorials that were

built after the War to remember

the fallen or missing soldiers.

Some of the students tell us

about their experiences.

Sophie James said: We

spent the first day travelling to

Belgium which took over eight

hours. At Dover, where we

were to cross over into France,

we met our guide, Simon, who

would show us around the

memorials and tell us about the

battles that took place across

Belgium and France. We

arrived, just before dinner, at our

accommodation, a hostel in a

village just outside Ypres. On

Tuesday we went into Ypres to

look around the Menin Gate, a

memorial for the missing soldiers

of the British Empire (now

Commonwealth) and some

students looked for the names of

soldiers from their families. We

then walked into the centre of

Ypres to go to the Flanders Field

Museum which was filled with

details of the Great War including

postcards and uniforms from the

German, British Empire, French

and USA forces.

The museum

was interactive

making it

interesting and

enjoyable. We

walked along the

Menin Road,

which allied

troops walked

along during the

war, stopping at

Hooge Crater

Cemetery to find

the graves of two

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After Thiepval we headed to

Lochnagar Crater which was

caused by the tactic to mine

under enemy lines and blow them

up, weakening the enemy. After

Lochnagar Crater we headed to

Newfoundland Park at

Beaumont-Hamel, where the

Canadian front line was, and a

Scottish memorial for when the

Scottish regiments broke the

German line in 1917. Vimy Ridge

was next which included more

trenches along the front lines and

a walk up to the huge monument

which has fantastic views of

Belgium.

On Thursday we went to

Zonnebeke to the Passchendaele

Memorial Museum, which

included a reconstruction of a

dugout, before heading into

Bruges for sightseeing and to buy

some Belgian chocolate!

Steven Barker was one of the

students who laid a wreath on our

behalf during the Menin Gate

Ceremony and he was keen to

express how memorable the

experience was.

Emma Clare reflected upon what

she and the other students had

learned: Walking along the

trenches at Hooge Crater and

Thiepval Wood gave a more

personal perspective and it was

particularly striking to see the

sheer size of the cemeteries and

memorials, including Tyne Cot,

Essex Farm, Vancouver Corner,

Vimy Ridge and Thiepval

Memorial, and to find the graves

of those who were not much older

than ourselves.

We also went to Langemark

German Cemetery to see the

contrast with the large, neat

commonwealth cemeteries we

had so far seen; a mass grave of

24,917 soldiers being

Langemarks most prominent

feature, and some students left

their crosses at German graves.

At Ulster Tower and

Newfoundland Park at

Beaumont-Hamel on the Somme

it is still possible to see the

original frontline and therefore

appreciate the scale on which the

battle was fought. The impact of

the war on French and Belgian

landscapes is also apparent and

we looked at how locals had

struggled to recover devastated

land in the years following the

war. We are very grateful to

Mrs Hodgson, Mr Snaith,

Mrs Lee-Adamson, Mrs Southwell

and Mr McLean for

making the trip

possible.

The visit inspired

another student,

Meghana Palipane

to continue her

interest even further

afield: The

students really

enjoyed the visit

and were inspired

after they saw how hundreds and

thousands of people had

sacrificed their lives for the sake

of their countries wellbeing. The

visit to Belgium led me on to

visiting a war cemetery in Sri

Lanka, where there were graves

for some British soldiers.

Ruth Cox reflects on her trip:

I never imagined that going on

the Great War trip would be so

moving. However, as I walked

through the war cemeteries of the

fallen in France and Belgium I

found myself both amazed and

saddened at the sheer amount of

names of the dead engraved on

the walls and headstones in these

memorials - and all these bodies

amassed within just four years! It

was when I saw the vast numbers

of fallen men that I realised how

lucky I am that my Great

Grandfather, Angus Edmund

Hargreaves, survived his wartime

experiences in the Battle of the

Somme. On the trip I was able to

understand more about life for my

Great Grandfather as I walked

through the Somme's trenches

and stood on the same ground

that Angus stood on whilst he

fought for King and country.

To be able to do all this whilst

with my friends is what really

completed the trip. Through

going with school I found that

despite the moving and upsetting

nature of the trip's itinerary I still

thoroughly

enjoyed

myself. It was

this that

cemented the

men's

experiences

in my head as

it reflected

what many

men felt:

going away to

France and Belgium with their

pals with a sense of adventure

then getting there and being

struck with tragedy - as I was in

the cemeteries - but then, like the

ones who survived, feeling happy

to return home.

The students behaviour at all the

sites and memorials was

exemplary; they were a credit to

themselves, their families, to

Trinity School and to Carlisle. It

was a most successful visit and I

am so pleased that so many

students found the visit so

interesting.

Mrs L Hodgson

Subject Leader History

The Great War Trip continued

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Year 9 students had an opportunity to learn about the

dangers of drug use when the Rising Sun Trust visited

school. Students heard first hand stories from ex drug

users of how the misuse of drugs had affected them.

The day finished with a highly moving talk by

Mr Dave Smith, a parent of a young man who died as a

result of prolonged drug use.

Rising Sun

Artist at Work

Jordan

Stranger is

pictured while

he worked on

the new

painting in the

subway into

town beside

the Sixth Form. Mr M Bowman

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