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The School received its best ever public

examination results at GCSE level with its

highest ever percentage of A*- A grades

(84.6%) and a fantastic 99.5% A*-C grades.

The percentage of A* grades (51.3%) was also

well ahead of last year’s previous record results

(41%). Over 70 students achieved 5 or more A*s

with particular congratulations to Leo Benedict,

Seb Blount, Jamie Cox, Jaibir Dhanoa, Alastair

Dixon, Will Holmes, Oscar Lally and James

Lovering who all achieved 10 A* grades.

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Exam success for Trinity studentsTrinity School pupils had cause for celebration last August when they opened the brown envelopes containing their A-level and GCSE results.

At A level Trinity celebrated its first intake of Upper Sixth girls to graduateIt seems like yesterday that Trinity welcomed its first intake

of 30 girls in September 2011! They have done themselves

and the School proud with a superb set of A-level results

including 28% of A* grades. Overall this was a highly

creditable year with 88.5% A*-B grades and 98.4% A*-

C. The highest ever number of students (50) achieved 3A

grades or better, with particular congratulations to Lloyd

Abbott, Rachel Chatterjee, Alice Gallop, Kate Gardner,

Saptarshi Manna, Josh Meyer, Shan Pandya, Ed Tidball and

George Webb who achieved 3A*s, whilst Krishan Sareen

and Jess O’ Sullivan secured an outstanding 4A*s. The vast

majority of the U6 pupils secured a place at their university of

choice including all 14, the highest ever number, of those who

had been offered places at Oxbridge.

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Andrew Fanthorpe Head Boy “I feel extremely honoured to have

been appointed Head Boy at Trinity.

My subjects are Latin, History, RS and

Spanish, with a little bit of Ancient

Greek at GCSE thrown in on the side.

I have a passion for all things ancient

and wish to study Classics at Oxford. I

enjoy the feeling of reward from hard

work, competing on the hockey pitch

and playing the clarinet when time

allows. What I like most about Trinity

is the family atmosphere and the

amazing people I have had the pleasure

of working alongside since joining the

School seven years ago. Finally, I do

simply enjoy being in the company

of my peers both inside and outside

of school. I hope that I can really

represent the School well in my new

role and I look forward to contributing

to School life as best I can.”

Vanessa UptonHead Girl“Moving to Trinity for the Sixth Form

has been an excellent experience. I

study English, History, Economics and

Maths and I hope to pursue English

at Cambridge. Beyond academics

I’ve been a presenter on Trinity News,

debated for the School and played in

the rounders team. Outside of school

I’ve been in plays and volunteer at a

charity called ‘Waggy Tails’. What has

impressed me most about Trinity is

how much the teachers care about

each student. I know I will be very well

supported in my university application

later this year.

The Head Girl is still a relatively new

role and I am looking forward to

exploring its potential and hopefully

having a positive effect on students

throughout the School.”

James Larman Deputy Head Boy“I’ve been at Trinity for six years

now and still enjoy coming to

School every day. I consider myself

an all-rounder. Hockey is my main

sport, although I also play cricket,

and I am part of the orchestra too.

For A2 I’m studying Maths,

Economics, Geography and

Chemistry. I’m planning to read

Geography at university, though

whether in the UK or the USA

is still undecided. What I find

great about Trinity is the range of

options available to everyone and

the friendly interaction across the

year groups.

I’m looking forward to working

closely with Andy and Vanessa. It’s

hard to think of ways to improve

Trinity but the important thing to

me is that we promote the School,

not only as a great place to study,

but also as a place to develop the

skills needed for later life.”

Meet our new student senior team

Well done to Nick and Dan Thompson who played for England in the ISFA Tour of Spain last spring and achieved 17A*s and 3As between them!

Double joy for GCSE twins

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Academic Highlights

The History Department took the Third Year on a day

trip to the battlefields of the Somme and Arras. It was

the opportunity for pupils to stand on the ground where

some of the bloodiest battles of the Great War were

fought and experience the incredible atmosphere created

by the seemingly endless rows of crosses, in both allied

and German cemeteries. “It makes you think - that could

have been us...” said Rohan Redican.

Holocaust survivor, Rudi Openheimer, spoke to a captivated

Second Year audience about his experiences during World War II.

He prompted many thoughtful reactions: “It made me feel what

it would be like to live during the war” (Prem Woods); “People

had to go through so much suffering. It really made me think,

and made me sad too” (Qasim Bhamani); “I got the feeling

it could have been me” (Jay Ahuja). As Adarsh Shah rightly

concluded: “It was an honour to meet Mr Oppenheimer”.

Cambridge Essay FinalistVanessa Upton (L6) made the final shortlist of commended essayists in

a competition run by Peterhouse, the oldest of the Cambridge colleges.

Vanessa wrote on the subject of Virginia Woolf and Jack Kerouac. She

discussed the representation of labour in their writing and the judges

praised the “breadth and subtlety” of her argument.

UKMT Maths Challenges In the Junior Maths Challenge we had over double

the number of gold certificates from last year – our

best results since records began! Jack Cernoch (1R),

Toby Mills (1S), Charlie Broughton (2J) and Luke

Houlahan (2P) qualified for the Junior Mathematical

Olympiad (see picture). In the Senior Team Maths

Challenge, Robert Davidson (5P) won a medal for his

performance in the MacLaurin Olympiad – he was

within the top 60 in the country. Congratulations

go to L6 students Barney Wolstenholme and Karim

Bacchus (pictured left), Stephen Gower (L6) and

Henry Gale (3P) whose excellent performance has

resulted in them being invited to masterclasses at the

Royal Institution. Well done to all!

Fourth Year STEM ChallengeFourth Year boys had a week

to come up with ‘creative

uses for cargo containers

in social reconstruction

following natural disasters’.

They presented their final

projects to a panel of external judges led by Dr Sunday Popo-Ola,

Research and Teaching Fellow in Civil and Environmental Engineering

at Imperial College, who said: “I have really enjoyed spending time

with Trinity pupils and getting to hear how they arrived at their

proposals. This is exactly the kind of learning we like students to

have before coming to university”. Congratulations to the winners:

Benjamin Pearce, Victor Finn, Jarrod Nelson-Robb, Charles Fatoma,

Max Stockwell and Anton Poyntz.

History Remembered


Olympian Sean King returns to Trinity Team GB water polo player and

former pupil, Sean King (pictured with

members of our Senior Swimming

Team), paid us a visit to speak about

his experiences at the 2012 Olympics

and give an insight into life as a top

competitor. Sean donated a Team GB

shirt and signed autographs.

Trinity Triathlon 2013On Sunday 30th June, a record

number of 325 girls and boys aged

6-16 competed in the third Trinity

Triathlon, part of the Olympic legacy

and the biggest of its kind in the UK.

Well done to all participants and our

thanks to the 100 volunteers from the

School community and Crystal Palace

Triathlon Club, who ensured that the

Triathlon was another big success.

Full sports roundup in our dedicated newsletter On the Front Foot.

Our virtual share trading team Stochastic - made up of U6 students Ejaaz

Ahamadeen, Peter Chambers, Ed Tidball and George Webb (pictured L to R) -

was crowned best overall trader for 2012-13 and then went all the way to the last

stage of the ifs Student Investor Challenge.

In the national final our team performed exceptionally well and put together a

compelling presentation on how trust in LIBOR could be restored. The judges

were unanimous in declaring it the best presentation they had seen. They were

pipped to the post, however, by RGS Guildford and finished second overall.

The performance of Trinity pupils in this competition over the last few years has

been nothing less than magnificent. As Headmaster Mark Bishop said: “These

students, led by George, have shown a business flair which will stand them in very

good stead for the future”.

ifs Student Investor Final

Our next wave of entrepreneurs came

away from the Young Enterprise

Gala Finals with an array of prizes in

recognition of their work starting up

and running their own companies.

Congratulations go to L6 students

Harry Bailey, Ben Foreman and Alex

Nardiello nominated for the ‘Achiever

of the Year Award’ with Alex collecting

the runner-up prize. This means

he joins next year’s YE Area Board.

Kumaran Ragupathy (L6) was named

‘Best Financial Director’ while Harry

Bailey picked up the award for ‘Best

Teamwork’. Well done to all students

who took part. Involvement in this kind

of competition is an excellent way to

gain the kind of experience that helps

candidates stand out from the crowd

when looking for that first job.

Young Enterprise (YE)

Sport in brief

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The sun was shining for the Sixth Form

language trip to Valencia (unlike London!).

A walking tour of the old town and its

imposing architecture, visits of the bull ring

and the City of Arts & Science, shopping

in a market and relaxing on a sandy beach

were some of the highlights, with a tour of

an orange processing factory described as

‘oddly fascinating’ by one of the students!

The opening of a brand new scuba diving centre in Godstone called Diver’s Cove is an exciting development for our Trinity diving club. The centre is based in an old quarry reservoir leased from Surrey and Sutton water.

Some 46 CCF cadets took part in a water sport extravaganza at Aquasports in Merstham. They tackled dinghy sailing, wind surfing, kayaking and raft building. “Everyone got so wet no-one noticed the rain and it was great fun!” said Jason Bird, Commanding Officer.

Nearly 30 Third Year boys travelled to China with a touring

drama production performed in English and Chinese. A

highlight of the trip for many was learning martial arts from

the monks at the famous Shaolin Monastery.

China

Valencia

Trips and travels to remember

CCF water sports

TSSAC try out new local Dive Centre

TunisiaA group of enthusiastic geography students spent time in Tunisia studying desertification and had a good time in the process!

Biology Trip to Wales“Our Sixth Form Biology trip to the Orielton Field centre in Prembroke was an enjoyable, incredibly educational and hardworking course”, says Scott Morgan (U6). “The most enjoyable part was investigating small mammal populations. When three shrews were captured (then released) enthusiasm levels were high.”

The CCF (RAF) Section lived through an inspirational and exhausting week at RAF Shawbury Station, which trains helicopter pilots. The chance of flying a helicopter proved an absolute highlight!

CCF flying


Exciting ExhibitionsA wealth of talent was on display during end-of-year shows and projects.

The Private View of GCSE and A-level Art and

Photography work took place on Friday 7th

June, in the Shaw Gallery. In the Director of

Art, Alan Smith’s words: “Trinity’s artists and

photographers know how to concentrate on

their own vision, producing work that, even

where it acknowledges the practice of other

artists, tells its own stories with an individual,

confident and often very playful edge. I’m very

proud of what our students have achieved”.

Parents were equally enthusiastic. One mum

commented: “We are most impressed with

the show. Tomorrow we are off to the Summer

Exhibition Private View at The Royal Academy

but we are seriously wondering if there is any

point now!”

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Trinity pupils won four out the six awards

presented at the Rotary Club of South

Croydon’s Photography Competition

Awards Ceremony in the presence of the

Mayor of Croydon.

Congratulations to our four talented

photographers:

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Overall Winner: Elisha Wilson (L6) –

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People’s Choice Winner: Billy Searle (L6)

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People’s Choice Winner: Joe Clacher (4F)

• RunnerUpintheUnder17’sCategory-

Tommy Scopes (4L)

Rotary Club Photography Competition

Garden Design with Marshall MurrayMarshall Murray, exhibitors at Hampton Court Flower Show, set Trinity the

challenge of designing a garden to the show’s specifications - a 2.5m2 plot

– and to include a sculpture selected from the Marshall Murray collection.

Congratulations to winner Euan Baird (1R) and to runners up Max Finch

(1R) and Luke Yeulett (JD), whose ideas influenced Marshall Murray’s show

at Hampton Court.

Richard Day, Head of Design & Technology, said: “This has been an

excellent opportunity for young students to get a chance to work on a real

design-based project and get an insight into professional garden design. I

have been extremely impressed with the quality and creativity of the final

proposals that were put forward and am extremely grateful to Marshall

Murray for giving us this opportunity.”

On 25th April, A-level students in Design

and Electronics exhibited their work in

the Shaw Gallery. Deputy Headmaster

Joe McKee said their work displayed “a

blend of innovation, problem solving,

meticulous attention to detail and hard

work” which visitors commented on in

equal measure.

Design and Electronics

Art A2

U17 overall winner Elisha Wilson

Photography A2

Art A2

Photography GCSE


Trinity stars at Croydon Heritage Festival

Our Pirates cast performed their sell-out

show in Matthews Yard, Croydon’s

newest entertainment venue. On North

End’s main stage, our LAMDA Drama

students needed only a chair and a

microphone to open up different worlds

for the audience. Harry Cookson (1L),

Blake McKenzie (3S), Alex Kirk (3S),

Chris Sharrock (4F), Grace Liston,

Louis Lyle and Freddie Benedict (all

L6) presented their pieces with huge

The School was delighted to support the Croydon Heritage Festival, a celebration of the town’s rich and colourful past, organised by the Whitgift Foundation.

Trinity Big Band played a medley of jazz favourites to an appreciative public in the foyer of the Fairfield Halls (see photo) while jazz sextet London Red entertained with scintillating performances of Herbie Hancock-inspired classics, wowing the Mayor of Croydon in the process!

aplomb. Emeline Beroud accompanied

by Sophie Winter, Jess O’Sullivan (all

U6), Tristan Shone and Adarsh Shah (2J),

and Alex Kirk (3S) performed their Trinity

Eurovision songs in front of a highly

appreciative audience at Matthews Yard.

Boys from 1W participated in a session

entitled ‘Have I Got Views for You’, led

by RS teacher Hannah Whiteford, based

on the style of discussions they enjoy

in their RS classes. The session was

open to the public and produced a very

interesting debate on how the media

affects our opinions.

Finally, Josh Leigh (4M) was named

winner of Trinity’s Celebrating Croydon

in Writing competition. The Editor of

the Croydon Advertiser chose Pickles the

Curious Canine, a story based on the Jack

Russell who found the stolen World Cup

trophy in 1966, “because it was written

in a quirky and unique style, but covered

one of the most famous incidents in

recent Croydon history.” Thisura Silva

(4M) came second for The Tram - A Story

Set in Croydon and Neal Kesterton (1W)

third for The Airman Ghost of Addington.

Celebrating Croydon in Writing winners

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Trinity in the Community

Clean Up CroydonEnthusiastic volunteers from the Trinity community donned high visibility jackets

and rubber gloves for a clean-up operation in the local area as part of “Clean Up

Croydon”. Gavin Barwell, MP, whose initiative this is, said he was “delighted at the

response from Trinity and the willingness of so many to participate. It really shows

just how strong a connection there is between Trinity and the community.” Alex in

Second Year said: “It’s a good thing for school children like us to be involved because

that way we learn that you can make a difference to your environment by picking

up rubbish and not littering in the first place.” Amazingly 25 bags of rubbish were

collected in just under 2 hours with a new gardening rake and a lone ice-skating boot

among some of the more unusual finds!

Trinity is delighted that its Year 9

Engineering Masterclass programme

sponsored by Toyota enabled over fifty

students from around the Croydon area

to attend sessions delivered by practising

engineers, culminating in a Celebration

of Engineering morning held in May

at the prestigious venue of the Royal

Institution in London.

Bill Tucker, Head of Science, said

he was “very pleased that so many

local schools had benefited from this

exciting new initiative.”

Fundraising for a cause

First year students, Jack McCarthy and Tosan Wilkey (pictured), present a cheque to Mr James Hunt from Young Epilepsy, who spoke about the charity’s work during School Assembly. The £250 were raised by pupils during the Spring term Charity day.

Ms Abi Kegg receives a cheque from 2J. Their sponsored silence raised £650 for the Ben Kinsella Trust, which aims to tackle knife crime. Ms Kegg told the boys: “Our charity is very small and your donation will make a BIG difference to us.”

Toyota sponsors Trinity’s engineering masterclasses


For a full view of Trinity’s active music scene, please pick up your copy of Musical Notes.

Musical Moments

On Tuesday 2nd July, senior Trinity

musicians performed at St Martin in

the Fields in Central London. Matthew

Raven L6 (cello) – winner of the Trinity

Musician of the Year 2013 Competition

– and Joseph Brandon U6 (trumpet)

– the runner up in the competition –

showed off their accomplished level of

musicianship in front of an almost full

house in one of London’s most popular

concert venues. They were incredibly

well supported by Nigel Clayton, one of

the most sought-after pianists in Great

Britain, professor of piano at Royal

College of Music and piano teacher

at Trinity. He also happens to be an

old Mid-Whitgiftian and we are very

grateful to him for coming and sharing

his wealth of musical experience with

the new generation of Trinity musicians.

Trinity Boys Choir had a busy summer

with productions throughout the

holidays. Forty five boys were involved

in three different professional opera

productions: Hansel and Gretel for

Garsington Opera (see picture), Tosca

for the Royal Opera House and Billy

Budd for the Glyndebourne Festival.

Another Trinity chorister, Daniel Giffin

(1S) was acting in Glyndebourne’s

production of Falstaff.

The Choir also performed twice at

the BBC Proms. We are very proud of

our long association with this most

prestigious of festivals. Forty boys

joined Sir Mark Elder and his Halle

Orchestra in Wagner’s Parsifal on 25th

August and two days later the Billy

Budd boys performed their roles in the

Glyndebourne Albert Hall Prom.

A week’s holiday and then it was back

to preparations for Hansel and Gretel

on the Glyndebourne Tour, Parsifal for

the Royal Opera, a War Requiem, some

recording sessions and a visit to Italy!

David Swinson, Director of Music,

commented: “Our choir is always proud

to take part in major concerts. It does

involve a fair amount of work for the

boys but they get huge enjoyment from

singing at that level as well, which is

what making music is all about. The

sense of camaraderie is phenomenal.”

Musician of the Year Concert in St Martin’s in the Fields

Summer Productions

Stop PressAt the time of going

to press with this

newsletter, Head of

Piano, Richard Evans is

delighted to announce

a Trinity- Steinway Scholarship.

Unique to Trinity School and in

conjunction with the Royal College of

Music, the scholarship will support

a top pianist both financially and

musically. Please contact Richard

Evans for further details.


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Film FestivalCongratulations to Alex Howat (3J) whose zombie film Tape 261 was screened at the Leeds Film Festival. This enormously inventive, technically astute work was put together by a team of Trinity pupils under Alex’s direction. In addition, Early Morning Auto Pilot, one of Alex’s earlier films, was selected for screenings at film festivals in New York and Melbourne.

Dramatic Effects

A cast of over 30 boys from Junior to

Fourth Years served up a tall tale of low

cunning on the high seas, following the

misadventures of “Dangerous” Jimmy,

played with great comic timing by Archie

Pointing (2J). Head of Productions,

Andy Godfrey’s script offered plenty

of satisfying roles for boys to get their

teeth into: Harry Jackson (3S) played

the homicidal Spanish monarch,

George Fleming (3W) the enthusiastic

Hangman, Jack Crispin (2P) the bad

pirate, to mention but a few. The play

was co-directed by Ifedapo Agiri (4W)

and James Rodker (4C), who were ably

backed up by Zayd Ahmed (2S) on

lighting, Adam Cady (1M) on sound

and Thomas Kirkman-Wood (1A), who

handled the stage management. Luke

Houlahan (2P), part of the Spanish

army, said “It was my first ever play and

I had lots of fun. I thought the result

was amazing. I will definitely audition

for a play next year”.

A Starring RoleWell done to Ben Foreman (L6) on landing a lead role in a British film being shot at the legendary Ealing Studios. The film, All Good Things, concerns five teenagers taking a camping trip together and what happens after the death of one character’s father.

LAMDA Examination ResultsFor the fourth successive year Trinity students have excelled themselves in their LAMDA (London Academy of Music and Dance) Performance examinations, with 98% of candidates achieving the highest grades possible.

Plaudits go to the following students for achieving Distinctions: Francis Oben (JM), Harry Kohn (2J), Will Roberts (2C) , Adarsh Shah (2J), Harry Jackson (3S), James Slater ( 3S) and Alexander Kirk (3S). Louis Lyle (L6) said: “It was really exciting learning about directors and how a character is created. I’d recommend this course to anyone with a serious interest in acting!”

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Dates for your diaryNew Parents’ Evening – Thursday 19th September 2013 (7-8.30pm)

TPA AGM – Monday 2nd October 2013 (7.30-9pm) – Come and help choose your favourite charity.

Good-As-New Uniform Sale – Saturday 9th November 2013 (8.30-11am)

Trinity Snowball Dinner & Dance – Saturday 16th November 2013 (6.30pm-midnight)

TPA News

Trinity School is a leading independent day school

for boys aged 10 (Year 6) to 18 with a thriving

co-educational Sixth Form.

As a member of the Whitgift Foundation, the

School is able to offer scholarships and generous

income-related fee reductions.

Our annual Open Morning is on Saturday 12th

October 2013 (9am-12pm). You are also welcome

to book a place on a small group tour of the School

during a normal working day. Our Sixth Form

Open Evening in on Monday 14th October 2013 by

appointment only. For further details on admissions

and entrance examinations please visit our website

or contact the Admissions Registrar at admissions@

trinity.croydon.sch.uk or on 020 8656 9541.

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Get involved!If you are new to Trinity, why not get involved in the Trinity Parents’

Association. We organise three socials a year and raise money for charity. As

a parent you are automatically a member and taking part in the TPA is a great

way to get to know other people, which can be so much harder in secondary

school. Please get in touch with Amanda or Lisa if you would like to know

more at [email protected].

Trinity PromsOn Saturday 6th July more than 1,000 people came to the Trinity

Proms and picnicked in the glorious summer sun. They were

entertained in style by Trinity’s Big Band and Concert Choir, together

with some select professionals such as Harry The Piano from Channel

4’s Big Breakfast and Andrew Crowley (lead trumpet for all the 007

movies), all hosted by Tim Bentinck, aka David Archer from BBC Radio

4 The Archers.

One of the highlights of the evening was the moving presentation of

funds raised by the TPA in 2012-13 to the three charities chosen by

parents: £7,500 went to The Neuro Foundation, and £1,250 each was

given to the African Child Trust and the Zambezi Trust.

The evening was a great success ending with a fireworks finale fired to

the sound of Land of Hope and Glory accompanied by Opera Duo,

Ross Scanlon and Helen Bailey. One Trinity leaver commented: “It was a

fantastic evening - a perfect end to the year and to my time at Trinity!”

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