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Maths Challenge Success
Two of our year 11 students, Niall Snowdon and Samantha O'Connell, scored in the top 5% of the country for the UK Maths Challenge Intermediate Competition. The competition is a National initiative and is open to Year 10 and 11 students only. There excellent results led to an invitation to participate in the European Competition (called the Kangaroo Paper). Samantha scored 59 marks, which put her well within reach of the other competitors. Niall scored 80 marks, putting him comfortably in the top 25% and thereby earning a MERIT certificate (for the top 25% the score had to be 72 and above).
The competition attracts the top 5-10% of students in the UK. This puts Samantha and Niall in the top in top 0.25-0.5% of the country. Niall came in the top quarter of that select group, putting him in the top 0.06-0.12% of the country. The same percentages apply to Europe, effectively putting Niall in the top 0.10% of Europe. This is an incredible achievement - Well Done to both!
Students experience the wow factor in display from BOC Gases
On Thursday 26th April students from year 7 and 8 and our AS Physics group were all wowed by a series of demonstration lectures given by BOC. The lectures set out the importance of gases in our everyday lives from the fact that nitrogen makes up 80% of the atmosphere to the importance of oxygen in combustion. Pupils were actively encouraged to take part in the lectures pushing inflated balloons or dropping bananas and flowers into liquid nitrogen at -200ºC, setting light to chocolate digestives using oxygen gas and, in the grand finale, seeing and feeling the power of a hydrogen balloon explosion! Wow!
Thank you to BOC for giving of their time and the Science team for the organisation of this event.
Sixth Formers Race and Raise Money at the Same Time
Ryan Cummins and Robbie Dance have been in training for the Reading Half Marathon which took place last Sunday in Reading. They completed the race in 1hour 40 minutes. They also raised £426 for the Newbury and District Cancer Care Trust. Well Done Boys!
C Wilson
Headteacher
Trinity School
CC4G Competition
Students from year 7 took part in a competition during the spring term for CC4G, ‘Computer Club 4 Girls’, run in partnership with HP, to devise a fundraising campaign for the designated house charity. During this competition students worked on developing their ICT skills and looked at how these could be utilised in the real world. Students were excellent on the day of the final, with all girls presenting their pitches to the heads of houses and Miss McCarthy from HP, the sponsor of the competition. Ashleigh West of 7D1 won the prize of a fabulous HP notebook, presented to her on the last day of term. Competition winner Ashleigh West said ‘I felt really happy that I won the laptop and I enjoy using it at home. I am very proud of myself and looking forward to the next competition.’ When asked how CC4G has helped them, students commented ‘I think CC4G Is fun because we get the experience of older people trying to sell their ideas to people and that we get to improve our ICT skills.’
Masterchef competition at Trinity School
On 26th/27th March 2012 Trinity School hosted the inter-school Masterchef competition with seven of its feeder primary schools. Students from Robert Sandilands, Fir Tree and Winchcombe, Whitelands Park, Welford and Wickham, St. Finians, and Parsons Down primary schools, along with Trinity school students, had been selected to prepare a three course meal with the theme of “Great British” food to be presented and judged in the style of Masterchef. The students had been preparing for a number of weeks, being lucky enough to attend a cookery workshop with Chef Ollie Gillas at Robert Sandilands community kitchen. Students then went away to work on and prepare dishes ready for the grand final.
The judges – Mr Ollie Gillas, Mrs Cat Shepperd, Mayor of Newbury Cllr Jeff Beck, Lady Mayoress Mrs Beck and Mrs Pam Hillier-Brook Chairman of Education at Newbury Showground – found judging very difficult as all eight schools designed signature menus that were well put together and executed. The competition was won by Winchcombe primary school on the 26th of March and St Finians took the title on the 27th of March 2012. The event was a resounding success and allowed the students to demonstrate very high skill levels in the kitchen. The food they prepared was of a very high quality and the event was thoroughly enjoyed by all.
Mrs C Wilson
Head Teacher
