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WELCOME TO YEAR 7
Secondary school offers a wide variety of activities for you to explore. This year, you have the challenge of participating fully in all the opportunities on offer and achieving the Trinity Belonging Award. Our ethos is ‘Personal Excellence and Collective Responsibility’. This means that as a Trinity School student, you should be doing everything you can to be the very best you can. You should also be doing everything you can to encourage each other and to celebrate everyone’s achievements.
WHAT IS THIS AWARD?
The Trinity Belonging Award is made of seven challenges. The seven challenges are:
• HOUSE
Over the next few pages of this passport, you will see what you have to do to meet each challenge. If you think you have passed a challenge, then record in this passport what evidence you have to support your claim. Then have a staff member sign it.
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The more often you come to school, the more you learn! The more you learn, the more chance you have of being able to choose your course or career when you leave school when you’re older. Research shows that people who attend school for 95% of the time or more gain significantly better grades in their exams than those who do not. School is also a great place to make new friends, to develop new skills and find out more about what you enjoy doing. |
You must have 95% attendance from September 3rd 2025 to June 25th 2026. This stamp can only be redeemed after June 25th 2026. |
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Every week in Year 7, the English Faculty will set you some homework to improve your English vocabulary using a computer programme called Bedrock. You earn points by completing this homework and have an expectation that you earn 30 points per week. This is important because if you have a stronger vocabulary it allows you to understand so much more about the world around you. |
You must earn 1000 points in Year 7. |
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At Trinity School, we pride ourselves on how much we try to help others. It’s part of our efforts towards Collective Responsibility. There are so many opportunities to get involved with our charitable work. These include cake sales, house charity events, food and clothing bank donations and non uniform days. |
You must participate in one charitable event in Year 7. |
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You already have an allegiance to a House at Trinity School. We are exceptionally competitive about this! We have House events ranging from Sport to Performing Arts to Maths and ADT and many more. You also contribute to your House every day with all the House Points that you earn. The House system is a key part of our school and you are strongly encouraged to come and join in. |
You must participate in at least 2 House events in Year 7 and earn 400 House Points. |
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There are loads of clubs and companies on offer at Trinity School. Almost every Faculty in the school offers a club or company. At the back of this booklet there is a list of clubs that you could get involved in. Clubs or companies are a brilliant way of making new friends and learning new skills that you don’t always get to learn in the classroom. |
You must commit to a club for at least 1 half term. In order to earn the Skill stamp, this club or company cannot be one used to achieve the Sport stamp. You can see a list of eligible clubs and companies on the back page of this passport. Alternatively, you can earn this stamp by performing in the Whole School Show, the Christmas Concert, the Summer Concert or Dance Fest. |
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Every week in Year 7, the Maths Faculty will set you some homework to improve your Maths skills using a computer programme called Sparx. Completing this is important because having strong Maths skills allows you to tackle so many real world problems that you will experience when you leave school. |
You must complete 90% of all Sparx homework tasks set in Year 7. This stamp can only be redeemed after June 25th 2026. |
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Physical activity is just as important as all of the activities you do in the classroom. Physical activity makes you feel good, improves your concentration and helps you with your school work. Trinity School offers a range of opportunities for you to get involved in PE. Getting involved is a great way to build new friendships and enjoy your time at school. |
You must commit to attending weekly training or rehearsals in PE for at least half a term. |
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C H A R I T Y E V E N T S Y O U C O U L D G E T I N V O L V E D I N T O E A R N T H E C H A R I T Y S T A M P |
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Christmas card to a Care home Christmas Fayre Food bank |
Griffin Community Service visiting a care home Odd socks for anti-bullying Ragbag scheme |
Raise money for a house charity Rough Sleep |
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H O U S E E V E N T S Y O U C O U L D G E T I N V O L V E D I N T O E A R N T H E H O U S E S T A M P |
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House ADT House Badminton House Basketball House Chess House Dodgeball House Fitness |
House Football House Handball House Humanities House Maths House MFL House Netball |
House PA House Rounders House Rugby House Softball House Speeches Sports Day |
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C L U B S A N D C O M P A N I E S Y O U C O U L D G E T I N V O L V E D I N T O E A R N T H E S K I L L S T A M P |
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Book Award Club Chess Club Christmas Concert Choir Collide dance company Company 21 Computer Science Club Dance Fest |
Dungeons & Dragons Eco Committee Explosive dance company Games Club Hestia School Magazine Homework Club Italian Club Library Club |
Maker Club MFL - GeoGuessr Club Science Club School Show SPARKS Creative Writing Club Summer Concert The Big Questions Club |
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C L U B S Y O U C O U L D G E T I N V O L V E D I N T O E A R N T H E S P O R T S S T A M P |
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Athletics Badminton Basketball Boys Football Cricket Darts Dodgeball Fitness |
Hockey Netball Represent the school in a sporting fixture Rounders Softball Rugby Table Tennis |
Take part in a sports taster day Teen Gym Tennis Trampoline Xfit |
