The winner of the ‘Design the Front Cover of The School Planner’ Competition is Amia. Congratulations! 

Are you CREATIVE?  Do you enjoy reading?  WHY NOT COMBINE THE TWO and enter the Creative Carnegie Competition 2024.  You and a group of friends need to choose your favourite Carnegie nominated book (in the library now) and then get CREATIVE - Prizes to be won! See the attached for more information.

Year 7 - Subject Spotlight - Drama

Physical Theatre: Physical Theatre is anything that puts the human body at the centre of the storytelling process.  As a result it’s often abstract in style, using movement in a stylised and representational way.

With ideas usually expressed through movement and action, this usually means that performers use very little or no dialogue at all.

Aims for this term:

• Develop understanding of key skills for creating a piece of Physical theatre

• Create and perform a piece of physical theatre

• Evaluate your own work and the work of others. 

Shout Out to the students

From Ms Buckley to Lola, Carminho and Liv

I went to a dance competition on Saturday which my daughter was in and they were volunteering and spent all of Saturday and Sunday checking people in being at Trinity School.

From Ms Howfield : 

At the end of last term, Lorinc gave a presentation to the tutor group about his hobby which is collecting Roman and other ancient coins.  He had prepared a slide show and brought in coins to show the group.  They listened intently and he spoke so eloquently and intelligently - it was a true delight to witness his passion for it! The students had lots of questions at the end too.  I learned a lot as well!

So a big shout out to Lorinc for his effort and for all of 7LH for their respect!

Year 7 Exams

To help your child encourage the love for Reading

Assemblies, Student Reports and Envision Programme

Year 10 Drama Exam

Last week I had the privilege to watch some of the Year 10 Drama Exam performances.

So many stand out moments for me, including…

• Pink Mist by Lila, Ben, Jake, Hana and Latanielle was so emotional, each character made you feel you were there with them 

• Martha as Charlie

• Martha as the pathologist. 

• Layla, Anais and Roisin - convincing party scene  

Well done to everyone!  

Year 10 Mock Exams

Year 10 mock exams continue next week.

Year 10 have made a good start to the mock exams and have shown that they are taking this all very seriously.

• Please remember to check your timetables and have all your equipment ready for the exam.

• Drink plenty of water and make sure you have a least 8 hours sleep 

• Take time away from revision to look after your own wellbeing

Please find attached a Year 10 Examination Timetable which will provide you with full details of which exams are taking place and when. All exams will be taking place in classrooms during lesson time.  Please also find attached an Exam Preparation Booklet which provides details about each examination as well links to resources.

Year 10 Exams are taking place from Monday 29 April to Friday 10 May . Please find attached the Year 10 Exam Timetable and Exam Preparation Booklet to support students in preparing for exams.

Year 10 Exam Timetable

Year 10 Exam Preparation Booklet

Good luck Year 10 !

Year 10 Lovely Feedback from Mr Woodward

Year 11 Attendance

We are becoming increasingly concerned about the decline in Year 11 attendance since the start of the new term.  Most lessons now are focused on exam preparation with a particular focus on exam paper practice and exam technique. In addition, teachers will be revisiting content and doing revision of key aspects of the curriculum for their subjects which are likely to be the focus in exams.  When your child is not in school, they are missing out on this guidance.  Please ensure that your child attends school regularly until study leave starts on Friday 10 May.

Year 11 Revision Resources

I would like to take this opportunity to remind you of the resources that are available on google classroom to support your child's revision. They are also attached. The revision to do sheets provide your child with revision activities for each subject.  The Walking Talking Mocks provide your child with videos showing students how to answer exam-style questions.

We hope you find these useful. 

Term 2 Revision To Do Sheets

Term 4 revision To Do Sheets

October walking Talking Mocks

December Walking Talking Mocks

February Walking Talking Mocks

April Walking Talking Mocks

Student Wellbeing

It is really important that your child takes good care of their health and mental wellbeing in the run up to summer examinations.  Keeping your mind, body healthy and your environment positive while you prepare for your assessments is a vital component in achieving the best possible outcomes in your assessments.

Here is a link to our website on how to look after yourself in preparation for exams.

Year 11 Prom

Save the date - Wednesday 26 June for the Year 11 Prom taking place at

• Bristol Hotel, Prince Street, Bristol BS1 4QG.  Tickets are available on Wise Pay at £37.50 each.  There are 170 tickets available so first come first served.

• Any Prom Dress/Suit donations you could kindly donate for the Prom, please bring to the Year 11 Office or Main Reception marked for Year 11 please

• Please also donate any school uniform and PE kits once Year 11 have left.  Please deliver to Main Reception.

Many thanks for your help and support.

Year 11 Team

Attendance and Punctuality for Summer Exams

Please can you ensure that your child attends school on time every day.  Teachers are focusing on exam technique and past paper questions during revision lessons to ensure that all our students have the best possible chance of achieving their full potential. 

During the exam period, if your child is unwell or likely to be late due to unforeseen circumstances, please contact the school as early as possible on the day and leave a message for Mrs Khan or Mr Reed.

TESCO Retail Apprenticeship Programme

Y12 Mock Results

Students will start to receive their mock results from Monday 6 May.  Parents and carers will receive mock results along with predicted results shortly.  Any students who gained a U grade in a mock exam will have a resit opportunity, this will likely take place after the break but subject areas will confirm specific dates directly with students 

Foundation Celebration

Year 13 Leavers Assembly

Sparxs Reading Homework

Year 7 Language Preferences

Year 7 students are required to complete a google form to state their language preferences for Year 8 onwards.  1st and 2nd preference from the following: German, French and Spanish.

The google form has been posted on their Year 7 google classroom.  The deadline for this is Friday 10 May.  Please let me know if you have any questions regarding this. 

Danke, merci, gracias. Mrs Bingham

Linguist of the Month - April

Year 12 Visit to Auschwitz 

In February, Martha had the opportunity to go to Poland to visit the Auschwitz memorial and museum

with Lessons From Auschwitz, a project run by the Holocaust Educational Trust. This was an

incredible experience that was both deeply emotional and harrowing.  Please read to hear more about Martha's experience:

Year 10 Football

This remarkable group of footballers reached the Bristol finals after beating Bridge Learning Campus 1-0 in the semi-final.  In the final, the journey came to an end, losing 2-1 to a strong Fairfield side.

This season has seen some incredible achievements such as:

• 1st place in the North Bristol league

• Finalist of the Bristol league

• Reached quarter finals of the Woodcock shield cup

• 5 games undefeated

• Scored 27 goals in a short season

From everyone at Cotham, well done!

Western Storm vs South East Stars

Perpendicular

'Pur-puhn-dik-yuh-luh'

Meaning:

At an angle of 90° to a line or surface (noun).

Example:

The teacher asked the students to draw a perpendicular line.

Perpendicular lines intersect at a 90° angle.

Fleeting

'Fleet-ing'

Meaning:

Lasting for a very short time (adjective).

Example:

I saw the shadow for a fleeting moment.

His success was fleeting.

Synonyms:

Momentary, short lived, transitory...