Week ending 28 June 2013 - Trinity School

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Keeping Busy With a week of term to go, our students are keeping busy through a variety of activities. As well as those described below, we have also had a Drugs Education talk for Third Year boys, the A Level Biology Field Class setting out for Pembrokeshire, our Fourth Year geographers studying urban regeneration in the Docklands area and our Third Years setting off into the wilds on their Outdoor Pursuits expeditions. We have Lower Sixth students heading for a study day at the University of Cambridge and our Second Years will be investigating both the National Army Museum and the National Portrait Gallery, before rolling their sleeves up for a day of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) challenges. We still have cricket and tennis fixtures to complete including the annual visit of the MCC side, who take on our First XI next Tuesday. Matters of great pith and moment are yet to be resolved, such as the Second Year interform competition where 2J currently lead; that could change, though, in just one taxi-for-Federer moment, as we still have Lower School Sports Afternoon, the STEM competition and the Miller-Rama-Roo tournament to come. The latter refers to a sport unique to Trinity, devised by Mr Beresford-Miller, which combines elements of rugby, cricket and dodgeball. It is hoped that Miller-Rama-Roo may be an Olympic sport by 2018. Or possibly later. Colombian Day Last Thursday, the Spanish Departments at James Allen’s Girls’ School and Trinity joined forces to offer a Colombian Day to Fourth Year students. This included art, music and film workshops, allowing the students to gain insights into, and appreciation of, Colombian culture. The event was sponsored by Costa Coffee who ran some competitions and awarded prizes to the following winners and runners up on the day: Winners: Nathaniel Sewell (1 st ), Fred Willis (2 nd ), William Brady (3 rd ) Runners Up: Connor Simpson, Joshua Richardson, Ifedapo Agiri, and Janarth Duraisingham K’Nex Challenge Earlier this week, Trinity hosted one of its popular K’Nex Challenge events in the Concert Hall, whereby teams from local Primary Schools were invited first to design and then to construct models for a new, ‘green’ Trinity pavilion, with a working wind turbine to provide electricity. A morning of enthusiastic and imaginative work from all the teams taking part culminated in a narrow victory for the eight boys and girls from Hazelwood School, who were awarded prizes for their efforts by Mr Rod Edwards, Chief Executive of Young Engineers. Mr Rudi Oppenheimer Last week, I mentioned a number of superb speakers who came into Trinity and shared their wisdom with pupils of different age groups. This week, we were honoured by the visit of Mr Rudi Oppenheimer, who spoke to boys in the Second Year about his experiences as a survivor of the Holocaust. We are profoundly grateful to him for his time and help in ensuring that pupils understand why there are aspects of history that must never be forgotten. Summer Music This week, we enjoyed very successful recitals over two evenings for boys in the Junior to Third Years. Next Wednesday, 3 rd July at 7pm our Summer Gala concert will be held in the Trinity Concert Hall and this will be a further opportunity to see the full breadth of musical talent within our bands, ensembles and choir. This is an un-ticketed event and parents and friends are most welcome. This is always such a pleasant concert and a lovely way to enjoy a summer’s evening. A number of our younger singers have been performing in the opera “Hansel und Gretel” with Garsington Opera, over the past few weeks, and will be doing so again up to the very end of term. The pupils have won widespread critical acclaim with The Guardian newspaper describing their contribution as “simply terrific” while the reviewer from The Stage wrote “An energetic chorus of children from Old Palace School and Trinity Boys Choir provides an upbeat and touching conclusion to an overwhelmingly joyous experience.” All the boys involved have rehearsed and performed in this professional production whilst also
continuing with their other commitments in school. This, on its own, represents a huge achievement for which they should be congratulated. Two other marvellous musical developments this week to let you know about: William Gardner (Second Year) has been invited to sing the role of Miles in Britten’s “Turn Of The Screw” for Oper am Rhein, in Dusseldorf, this November, while Geoffrey Niu (Fourth Year) has just achieved Grade 8 with Distinction on the cello. Well done to both of you. Sports News Cricket Oops, they did it again. With the full-house against Reigate Grammar still fresh in the mind, our cricketers offered a reprise performance against Sutton Valence. A particular highlight was Jamie McCulloch’s imperious 121 for the 1 st XI, complemented by George Jackson and Chris Webster who both completed five wicket hauls. And again, without wishing to be triumphalist, given that the U14As have rightly been in the spotlight this week, I would like to salute their compadres in the U14Bs on that emphatic victory in what looks like it was very much a bowler’s match. Now, about those U14As. What a week it has been for them. On Monday, they played their Surrey semifinal and beat City of London School, scoring 166 and seeing off their opponents for 117. Jonty Logan put Trinity in the box seat by hitting 52 and then taking 5 for 19. The Surrey Final followed post-haste on Thursday and, sadly, it was not to be. Cranleigh, who beat Whitgift in their semi-final, scored 152 for 8 off their 35 overs. Trinity battled to within touching distance, but we were bowled out for 131. While that will be a little agonising for the boys, they must not have any doubts at all about how proud we all are of them for reaching this final, and of the commitment and team work they have shown which put them there. Cricket 6s Well done to our U13A 6s side, on finishing second in their group at Thursday’s Reigate 6s competition. It was a close run thing, though: with four needed off the last ball, Thomas McKinnon hit a good, straight shot which the bowler somehow managed to get a hand to, meaning we lost by just 3 runs. From there, they contested and won the Plate with a 58-50 result against Wallington. Good stuff, gentlemen – and I hope this gives you just the bounce you need to take you into your Surrey Cup final next Wednesday. Tennis New Trinity Sports Legends, the U12s, beat Ewell Castle 6-0 in the latest round of the Aegon Cup. That overall score doesn’t adequately reflect what a great match this was, and what a high standard of tennis each side offered: our number 1 pair found themselves 0-4 down at one stage and then turned it round completely. Well done, gentlemen, on another great team performance following on from last week’s Surrey title win. Athletics After Wednesday’s Croydon Primary Schools Athletics Championships, we have a winner to congratulate: Alex Zaborniak won the cricket ball throw with a rather impressive effort of just over 49 metres. FORTHCOMING EVENTS TPA Proms This annual event, run by the Trinity Parents’ Association (TPA), takes place next Saturday 6 th July and we can now confirm the full line up for the evening. Our special Guest Star will be Harry the Piano from Channel 4’s The Big Breakfast. Also appearing will be Opera Duo Ross Scanlon & Helen Bailey, Trumpet virtuoso Andrew Crowley, Harpist Amy Turk and our very own Concert Choir and Big Band. The proms will have a special guest compère - Tim Bentinck - aka David Archer from The Archers.
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