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Category Archives: Trinity School
Big Bang judges give big hand to Trinity teenager’s bionic arm
Surya Vijayanand, a sixth-former at Trinity School in Shirley, has been named overall winner in this year’s Big Bang science and technology competition after he designed and developed a bionic arm and hand with only a limited budget and using … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Schools, Trinity School
Tagged EngineeringUK, Surya Vijayanand, The Big Bang Competition, Trinity School
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Trinity sixth-former lands role in Netflix’s latest teen series
Will Hardy, a sixth-former at Trinity School, has been cast in Heartstopper, an adaptation of Alice Oseman’s graphic novels which is to be screened by Netflix. Hardy was selected after an open audition in which 10,000 young actors took part, … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Cinema, Trinity School
Tagged Alice Oseman, Heartstopper, Netflix, Trinity School, Will Hardy
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Whitgift Foundation sows the seeds of a green revival
The Whitgift Foundation, Croydon’s biggest landowners and the operators of three large fee-paying schools, has launched an ambitious borough-wide gardening project to inspire residents to shrug off lockdown, dust off the trowels and get green-fingered as we spring into spring. … Continue reading
Trinity gets top marks for their pizza delivery to hospital
NHS key workers will be getting a special pizza delivery in time for Easter, thanks to a fund-raiser carried out among pupils, staff and parents at Trinity School. Trinity is always looking for ways to support the local community. In … Continue reading
Posted in Mayday Hospital, Schools, Trinity School
Tagged coronavirus, Covid-19, Croydon, Mayday Hospital, Trinity School
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Trinity music teacher ready to lead a big band at Abbey Road
For more than 30 years, the Len Phillips Big Band have been entertaining lovers of swing music across the country and around the world. Later this month, they are to perform the first big band live stream direct from Abbey … Continue reading
Posted in Music, Trinity School
Tagged Abbey Road Studios, Joe Pettitt, Len Phillips Big Band
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Trinity’s Christmas song raises thousands for the homeless
Richard Holdsworth, the music master at Trinity School, has written and performed, together with pupils, a special Christmas charity record which has raised thousands of pounds for the homeless. Almost Christmas, was released via crowdfunding sites and YouTube over the … Continue reading
Posted in Charity, Music, Schools, Trinity School
Tagged Crisis, Richard Holdsworth, Trinity School
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South London duo included in England’s World Cup final team
There will be two players in England’s team for Saturday’s Rugby World Cup final in Japan who learned the game on the playing fields of south London. But when Elliot Daly runs out at Yokohama alongside prop forward Kyle Sinkler … Continue reading
Butcher: England should put their ‘batting brute’ Roy in at No3
Surrey’s Jason Roy should be in the England Test team’s top order for the Ashes series and has a hugely important role in tomorrow’s World Cup semi-final against Australia. That’s the view of Mark Butcher, the former Surrey and England … Continue reading
Whitgift Foundation is going for a Burton at Old Palace
The Whitgift Foundation has named a new head for Old Palace School: Jane Burton, who will take over the independent girls’ school from September 1. Burton succeeds Carol Jewell, who has been head at the 900-pupil nursery, prep and secondary … Continue reading
Posted in History, Jane Burton, Old Palace, Trinity School, Whitgift Foundation, Whitgift School
Tagged Jane Burton, Old Palace School, Whitgift Foundation
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After 65 years, MidWives could deliver club with new name
There is a meeting tomorrow night at one of the area’s biggest rugby clubs, Old Mid-Whitgiftian RFC, to discuss changing the club’s name. The rugby club proposal comes a mere 65 years since the old boys’ school changed its name … Continue reading
Trinity is named in country’s top eight independent schools
Trinity School in Shirley Park has been shortlisted for the Independent School of the Year award by the Times Educational Supplement. The £17,500-a-year private school, part of the Whitgift Foundation, is one of eight named on the shortlist for the … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Schools, Shirley, Trinity School
Tagged Alasdair Kennedy, Shirley, Shirley Park, Trinity School, Whitgift Foundation
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Win a pair of free tickets to top-class Croydon Proms concert
Inside Croydon is delighted to announce another great prize competition, this time exclusively for the website’s growing band of supporters. The lucky winner will get two free tickets – worth £30 – to attend the Trinity Proms Concert at Trinity … Continue reading
Posted in Inside Croydon, Music, Trinity School
Tagged Trinity Boys' Choir, Trinity School
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Trinity Boys’ Choir plays starring part in West End opera
The Trinity Boys’ Choir has been receiving rave reviews again, this time on stage with the English National Opera. BELLA BARTOCK, our arts correspondent, used her freedom pass to go ‘up West’ It is a sign of Trinity School’s decades-long … Continue reading
Croydon school choir helps to make a Fantastic soundtrack
A school choir based in Shirley has provided their vocal skills for the soundtrack to Fantastic Beasts, the latest movie based on the work of JK Rowling. Opening in cinemas last weekend, the new box office hit Fantastic Beasts and … Continue reading
Posted in Music, Schools, Shirley, Trinity School
Tagged Fantastic Beasts, Shirley, Trinity Boys' Choir, Trinity School
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Croydon schoolboy is rewarded for his Peake performances
A pupil from a Croydon school has just had an out-of-this-world experience, meeting British astronaut Tim Peake at a reception in No 10 Downing Street. Michael Eagling, 15, was invited to the event, hosted by Prime Minister Theresa May, after … Continue reading
Posted in Athletics, Cycling, Sport, Swimming, Trinity School
Tagged Croydon, Shirley, Tim Peake, Trinity School
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Stellar season sees Trinity shortlisted for rugby award
RUGBY ROUND-UP: Trinity School has been shortlisted as the Rugby School of the Year at a set of awards which recognise outstanding contribution to the sport. The National Rugby Awards will take place at Twickenham on September 1 and the … Continue reading
Posted in John Fisher School, Rugby Union, Schools, Sport, Trinity School
Tagged John Fisher School, Trinity School
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