Practising Being A Community
The symbol of our life as a school is the Rublev icon of the Trinity. It shows us that God is a community of persons. We believe that building community is fundamental to our work as a school. One if the best ways we practise being a community is on residential trips.
Year 7
In the second half of their first term at Trinity Tear 7 travel to north Norfolk. We visit the Imperial War Museum at RAF Duxford on the way for workshops and refreshments. In Norfolk we stay at the beautiful Church of England Shrine: http://www.walsinghamanglican.org.uk/welcome/index.htm.
Children explore the stunning medieval village, experience a starlit walk, share in prayer stops to encourage their development as spiritual people and have fun getting to know one another.
On the way home we visit the beach at Wells-next-the-Sea see the lifeboat and enjoy a bracing walk.
Year 7 Trip to Walsingham
112 Year 7 Students accompanied by their Chaplain, the Headmaster and other staff from Trinity School in Lewisham went on retreat! It was a wonderful experience – one of the Year 7 has written their reflections for the Bridge:
Download: A Student's Reflection from our Year 7 Residential Retreat (pdf)
Years 8 and 9
Trinity has just entered into an agreement with the owners of a shall farm in Earl Soham in Suffolk to use the farm for camping trips in Years 8 and 9. The farm is home to rare breed pigs and sheep as well as cows, geese, hens, ducks, goats and a well stocked fishing pond. A former windmill on the site provides done indoor space. The village is a picturesque hamlet including a stunning fourteenth century church.
Year 10
Towards the end if Year 10 we travel to Burgundy in France to spend a week at the Taizé community.
This is a powerful experience of living in community with thousands of young people from all around the world.
See the Taizé film on our films page in which the first group of students who travelled to the community talk about their experience.
Year 11
This year is necessarily devoted to preparing for GCSE exams. A number of weekend study trips are provided for targeted groups of pupils.
Pupils who want to return to Taizé are able to do so at the end of Year 11 as group leaders o the Trinity trip or a participants on the Southwark Diocesan pilgrimage.
