A NEWSLETTER FROM DURHAM TRINITY SCHOOL & SPORTS COLLEGE

Feb 2017 Issue 4

The Trinity Times

I hope you are all well, keeping warm and dry from the winter weather

Rachel Grimwood, Acting Headteacher

APPOINTMENTS

Please can parents/carers please

try to make appointments before

or after school to minimise the

distruption of the school day for

your child.

A BIG thank you to everyone involved in the zip

wire from the Tyne Bridge last October who raised

£5573.43p

Lord’s Taverners Minibus Presentation.

We have a new minibus from the Lord’s Taverners charity and it was

presented to school in January by Councillor Edward Bell. The

presentation was also attended by fundraisers who supported the

funding of this bus.

Durham Trinity Scouts have been awarded

recognition for their ‘Outstanding Work within the Community’. The scout members

created and maintained a wildflower meadow whilst carrying out a survey to record what

is growing there.

FIRE FIGHTERS CHARITY BAGS. The next collection takes place on Tuesday 28th February. An empty plastic bag is attached with this newsletter to fill with unwanted items described on the bag and send into school no later than Tuesday 28th February. School and the Fire Fighters Charity benefit from money raised by this charity.

OTHER FORTHCOMING EVENTS: February half term holidays – School closes Friday 17th February and reopens

Monday 27th February 2017.

Mother’s Day Assembly – Friday 24th March 2017

Easter holidays – School closes Friday 7th April and reopens Monday 24th April 2017

Updated ILP’s sent home 31st March 2017

Primary Parents Evening – Monday 3rd April 2017

KS3 Parents Evening – Monday 24th April 2017

KS4 and Post 16 Parents Evening Monday 8th May 2017.

ONLINE SAFETY UPDATE: Musical.ly (Karaoke Video App) Potential Risks Warning: The minimum age for the use of the app is 13 years old however 16+ is recommended. About the app: - The app was launched in 2014. - The app has over 70 million users. - Users create videos singing along to music or recording their own songs. Risks associated with the app: - 18+ content may be included in some of the songs available to the children and young people. - Bullying or negative comments could be noted through the comments sections on each video. - Location of the user is present. - Some accounts have been hacked and on occasions fake accounts have been set up using personal information. - Graphic or explicit content may be present in the songs. - There is currently no option to completely delete an account once it has been set up. For further information, please see www.internetmatters.org/hub/expert-opinion/musical-ly-app-parents-need-know

Reminder - FASHION SHOW – 19th February

6pm – 9pm

FUNDRAISING WEEKEND 5th- 7th May

Durham Trinity Staff and Friends of Durham

Trinity are involved in this fundraising event

at Sainsburys (Arnison Centre)

– more information to follow

David Mortemore

raised over £4000 last year for our school,

running The Great North Run, The Lochness

Marathon, and organising a Fun Day. This year he

has set himself a challenge for 10 events ‘Ten for

Trinity’. Please visit his website for more

information or to donate.

https://tenfortrinity.wixsite.com/mysite

A NEWSLETTER FROM DURHAM TRINITY SCHOOL & SPORTS COLLEGE

Feb 2017 Issue 4

The Trinity Times

Charity DUCK race returns! – 12th March 2017

The Annual Durham Duck Race, organised by Durham University Charities Kommittee (DUCK).

Ten thousand rubber ducks will be tipped into the River Wear from the bridge above and the race

finishes downstream at Kingsgate Bridge

This event is one of both the committee's and the university's biggest fundraising events of the year and

will be raising funds for DUCK's Local Charities' Fund and Veterans At Ease. Veterans At Ease is a

voluntary group from Durham City which works in the community to help veterans overcome the traumas

of war after serving their country.

On the day itself the university, and our officiator the mayor, will be tipping 10,000 rubber ducks into

the River Wear. Each duck will have been sold for £1.00 and will have an identifying number on it. The

first duck to cross the finish line at Kingsgate Bridge will win and be awarded a prize.

While in previous years the DUCK race has been mostly targeted at university students, this year they

are hoping to get more local schools and youth groups involved as well, and have tailored some of our

prizes to this group. Prizes this year include ‘Go Ape’ vouchers, a family ticket to Kirkley Zoo, a family

season ticket to Crook Hall and Gardens, a family pass for 4 for Adventure Valley, a Durham Climbing

Centre induction pass, and vouchers for Infinite Air; prizes the whole family can enjoy. It promises to be

a very fun and enjoyable day out for families, and is completely free to attend!

Three university students visited Durham Trinity Primary and Secondary assembly this week to share

information about this event and left some DUCK race tickets at Reception. If you would like to buy a

ticket for a duck, for the race please write in your child’s home-school diary with £1. Durham Trinity

School have previously received funding from this charity so we are very happy to support this event.

This is a project involving European schools working together.

The current project is ‘Are You Ready for Life and Work?’ Please see additional

newsletter attached.

Part of the current project is creating an international cookbook. If you would like to

contribute to the cookbook with your favourite recipes please send them to Ms Madden

(KS2) and photos of some delicious food would be welcome with the recipes too!

N E W S L E T T E R January

2017

The “Are You Ready for Life and Work” partnership consists of schools from Estonia,

Portugal, Latvia, Romania and the UK whose sole aim is to enhance the lives of those

citizens with special needs. We hope you enjoy finding out about the activities each

institution has been paricipating in as part of the project.

Voru Jave Kool Estonia Preparations for Christmas Market. As part of one of Erasmus+ activities, we decided to arrange a Christmas Market at our school. We donate the profit to charity. The preparations started already in the autumn. In September, all of the students went mushrooming in the forest. Different preserves were canned from those mushrooms. Besides wild mushrooms, fruits and vegetables from the garden were preserved as well. Christmas Market takes place on December 16th at Võru Järve School. We expect guests from neighbourhood organisations and Võru Town Government.

Durham Trinity School and Sports College UK. Our Christmas Fayre

Each year our Post 16 pupils organise a Christmas Fayre to raise money for

charity. This year our Fayre formed part of our Erasmus+ project. We

created a range of different crafts to sell including homemade wrapping

paper, candle holders and personalised mugs. Parents, friends and pupils

visited our fayre and we made a fantastic £620. Our students have identified

the charities to donate the money to: Heel and Toe, Trinity Scouts, Trinity

School and Hug in a Bag.

Scoala iomnazială Specială – Centru de Resurse şi Dezvoltare

privind Educaţia Incluzivă/Integrată, Romania

Social Inclusion through our Erasmus+ Project

Last week, a group of 20 students from our school went to a

church in our town where they advertised our project and sold

small Christmas Ornaments they’ve made in school.

People were impressed by their presence and products and

asked many questions about the project. Some money was

raised (the impressive amount of 1500 RON, approx. 300

euros).

Riga Special Primary Boarding

School No. 1 – Development Centre, Latvia

We continue cooperation with the company “Juglas paper”

Company “Juglas paper” collects and recycles paper. We have collected and

handed over already 720 kg of paper. For this we have received 17 parcels

A4 paper and in this way students learn to treat the environment and save it.

Career days

For the third year in Latvia, in autumn is held a career week events. Career

week in our school is very busy, students learn about different careers and

locations. Students get acquainted with different professions in career days,

going on excursion to working places, discuss, play games, etc.

We visited the Ministry of defence

We visited a ministry of defence on open

door day, made a picture with minister of

defence Raimonds Bergmanis. Students had the chance to

meet soldiers and see the military equipment.

A.P.P.C.D.M., Portugal Sport’s Activities

Innovative project: nautical adapted sports are

now possible with a partnership between

APPACDM and the local authority.

Some sports activities have been carried out

in the sports and leisure centre inaugurated in

may the 13th

.

The Minister of social affairs visited APPACDM for the second time

this year. He spent a day with the institution. .