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- 23/11/22
Trinity Academy Upper Site Monumental Enrichment
Friday afternoon enrichment continued with a visit out into the local region to take in 2 iconic monuments. First stop, Penshaw Monument where local legend has it, the Lambton Worm wrapped itself around the hill before it was slain by John Lambton.Read Full Story - 21/11/22
Fresh Starts
What's Happening? This term's focus for our learners is fresh starts, and boy, have we hit the nail on the head with our phonics programme here at Trinity Academy Newcastle Upper Site!Read Full Story - 15/11/22
Respect
Respect is not something that you are born with or can be bought. Respect is something that has to be taught and within the Sanctuary we do this by showing our learners how we treat each other and how we respect each other, whether that be respecting personal space or beliefs.Read Full Story - 15/11/22
Retrieval Tasks
Retrieval of information is a key part of learning and using our prior knowledge as the building blocks to new understanding.Read Full Story - 11/11/22
Parents Evening 9.11.22
On Wednesday 9th November our Upper site hosted their KS4 parents evening allowing our KS4 parents to speak with members of the team regarding their learner’s progress and engagement in each subject.Read Full Story - 10/11/22
Finger licking good
Learners in the GCSE Art pathway have been studying different artists as part of their food project. Developing their skills in recording, painting and developing their ideas. Learners took part in a hands on photography session, placing sweet treats in interesting compositions and snapping awa...Read Full Story - 09/11/22
Poppies by Jane Weir
Three days before Armistice Sunday and poppies had already been places on individual war graves. Before you left, I pinned one onto your lapel, crimped petals, spasms of paper red, disrupting a blockade of yellow bias binding around your blazer.Read Full Story - 07/11/22
Your pizza- your way!
KS3 were set the challenge of creating an individualised pizza, to suit a specific age group. They had to consider the different dietary requirements of their selected age group and justify their choice of toppings.Read Full Story - 07/11/22
Reflecting on Maths
Finding individual skills gaps, the group of Year 11 learners today took charge of their lesson teaching each other the principles of Reflecting, Translation and Rotation using the Smart TV's.Read Full Story - 03/11/22
Flying off to a great half term
It has been great to see the Outdoor Education Pathway taking a new direction this academic year with a revised programme and more staff supporting the learners and giving them the experiences outside of the classroom.Read Full Story - 20/10/22
Healthy Maths Minds
The Upper Site continued the successful ‘Drop Down Days’ today when we collapsed the timetable to support and raise awareness of an important message of #WorldMentalHealthDay.Read Full Story - 13/10/22
#GetOutside
Getting back to nature has been proven to support the mental health and wellbeing of everyone – all it takes is a little bit of time to #GetOutside.Read Full Story