summer issue - Trinity Skills for Life

Eastbourne Residential
Olympic Paint & Plate Competition
May 21st we all set off to the Congress
Hotel for 4 nights. What a glorious
sunny week we all enjoyed. Tuesday and
Wednesday we enjoyed visits to
Tunbridge Wells, Penhurst Manor
House, Battle of Hastings. Our evenings were spent dancing or playing
bingo which our student Dan assisted with.
Our holiday was made even better by the staff of the hotel, all of whom
went out of their way to make sure everything was perfect. Our coach
driver Gavin became one of us as did all the other guests who took the
students to their hearts and commented “they had made their holiday”.
Many photos were taken and they will be on display soon for all to enjoy.
Chris Burton
Traxx @ 2b 90s disco
The Art Group at
W2W have been
busy
designing
plates for a competition being run by
Wedgewood
Visitor Centre
As the winning entry will be painted onto
a plate by a Wedgewood artist the
students are keen to produce something
really special
The plates are to commemorate the
Olympic Games and the design has to
include the following items Olympic
Rings, Olympic Torch, an Olympic Sport,
an Olympic Medal and a London
landmark, results to be announced so
watch this space!
(Emma Edmunds)
Football
On Thursday at 3.00pm we have started
a football training club at Alleyne's High
School . The club is run by a lady called
Jasmine who is a qualified coach who is
very helpful and friendly. First we do
some warm-up exercises then we have a
game of football I was the goalkeeper for
one side and we won 4-0. Everybody had
a great time if you want to join speak to
Kelly.
On behalf of everybody on the 101
club committee we would like to say a
big thank you for making another disco
a successful and enjoyable night, also a
big thank you to our resident DJ Tim
Brady and to the co DJ’s James Hughes
and Chad, and to our dance music DJ
James O’Rourke for banging out some
classic unforgettable 90s dance tunes!!
We are currently planning our next
event and we would welcome any
requests or suggestions for future
events kind regards James O’Rourke
and Amy Barrett, chairpersons and all
of the 101 club committee. Thanks
again to all who came! See you again
on the dance floor!
(James Hughes)
Cricket
After 2 weeks of torrential rain we were at
last able to start our cricket. We met
Margaret our cricket coach who was
going to take the students for training this
term. We first went to the cricket pavilion
for introductions and talked about the
health and safety of playing cricket and
the basic rules of the game, as it was a
cold day we did some warm up exercises
such as running and stretching. We then
split up into two teams and tossed a coin
to see who would bowl first. The game
started with both teams scoring runs but
the winning team scored 20 runs before
bad light stopped play.
(James O’Rourke)
(James Hughes)
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August 2012 No. 11
Editors: Mike West and Brian Frankland
News from the Directors
It’s difficult to believe that we are coming to the end of our 9th year as a
project to help young people with learning disabilities, and looking back
it’s difficult to know where the time has gone. Back then we were treading
very carefully with little resources in staff or facilities, and very few
students. Now when I look at the list of activities just for the summer term,
it’s really amazing how things have changed.
We had a residential in May to Eastbourne, our signed choir performed at
Greenhill special school; Club 101 had their AGM to complete another
very successful year.
June started with a Jubilee day at the project, which was really enjoyable.
For the first time we had a stall at the Stone festival in Westbridge park.
This July we had the grand opening of the Friendship garden at
Summerfield Court, and even though the weather tried to spoil it, we had
a great time. Well done to all the staff and volunteers and students who
made it possible. Special mention for Janet Mason and the ladies who
made the cakes.
We said goodbye to Amy Jones our trainee social worker who has
returned to Uni.
Pleased to say that Alison Lloyd and Alison West are now associate
members of the Federation of Small Business and along with Mike West
are keeping up to date with all things pertaining to looking after our staff
with regards to employment law.
In June we completed 24 weeks of dancing for our students with Barbara
Litchfield who competed in the world ballroom championships. All the
students loved it, (and also the staff). We were pleased to be able to fund
this through the project initially to find out if it was successful. Hopefully
we can carry on in the future, if we can find other funding.
T S L
JUBILYMPICS
Performing Arts
Jubilympics Show
Aston Village Hall
Tuesday 14th August
7pm to 9.30pm
Entry and Raffle Ticket
includes Supper £6.00
On Tuesday 14th August we will be
performing our Jubilympics show at
Aston Village Hall. The show is a
celebration of the significant events
that have been happening this
year. The students and staff have
been rehearsing very hard to give
you an entertaining show and we
extend a hearty welcome to all.
Trinity Skills for Life
Jubilee Mug
In May some of us went to Amerton farm to take part in the opening
ceremony for the start of the Amerton Railway. We had a great time and
can recommend it for a good day out
Congratulations to all our award winners, thanks to our staff and
volunteers for another year of hard work and fun.
Notice to all Students
End of term finishes :- Friday 17th August 2012
The project opens :- Monday 10th September 2012
Performing Arts Jubilympics Show
Aston Village Hall
Tuesday 14th August 2012
£3.50
Trinity Jubilee mugs for sale on the
show night can be bought for just
£3.50, a momento and a collectors
item.
Celebrations with “Flame”
Flame choir were invited to sign and perform at
Greenhall Nursery Jubilee celebrations. The weather
was hot and sunny. After a toast to her majesty we all
had a wonderful buffet lunch. Items sung included,
The Music Man, Summer Holiday, Special and The
Flood. The children, guests and signing choir enjoyed
the celebrations immensely to commemorate the
Queens Diamond Jubilee.
(Alison Lloyd)
Clifford cards, student
workers hosted a
busy and exciting
morning. Visitors were
treated to a guided
session of making a
stunning
Diamond
Jubilee
celebration
card. Full instruction
was followed from a
guidance sheet and
each visitor was supported by very able and confident
members of the Clifford Cards Team. Visitor’s comments
were extremely complimentary they recognized the high
professional standards each student had reached. They
were amazed at all our efforts and impressed by the
number of outlets in the local community who sell our
exciting range of Clifford Cards. Sessions are available to
all students who attend at the Clifford Project and Trinity
Skills for Life.
(Chris Burton)
Jubilee Celebration Party
Dance Awards
Friendship Garden Summer Field Court
Clifford Cards Crafty Coffee Morning
Katie Hagemeijer
Working at Trinity
Skills makes me
smile! I have been
a volunteer for
around two years
now and those
hours were always
a highlight in my
week. Being on
staff has been like becoming part of a
family - sensing all the teamwork, hard
work, commitment and at times lots of
craziness! I feel I am learning so much
from students, and more experienced
staff. It’s good to be asking lots of
questions!. I am looking forward to the
fantastic Jubilimpics variety show
being worked so hard on by all the
wonderfully talented Performing Arts
students. And thanks to the special
hair and beauty girls for welcoming me
so kindly!
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Since January we have been very
privileged to have Barbara Litchfield
a former world finalist dancer of
Premier Dance Studio Longton
coming in every Thursday afternoon
to teach dance to our young people.
They have been learning ballroom,
latin, line dance and St Bernard Waltz
etc. The students have been having
great
fun
and
really
progressing...quite literally in the
barn dance. Three of our young
people on 25th March were entered
for two social dance exams (Alistair
Smith, Simon Lewis and AnnMarie
Hordell) which is quite a nerve
racking ordeal but all three were
tremendous and passed with flying
colours, they attended an awards
ceremony on May 19th to collect
their certificates and trophies. The
young people displayed some of
their dancing skills recently whilst on
holiday in Eastbourne and watch this
space as we would love to be able to
hold tea dances in the community.
The students held a Jubilee party on
Friday 1st June at the Clifford Project,
we decorated the car park with bunting
and flags and the students took part in
a variety of games and activities
including a treasure hunt, egg and
spoon race and obstacle course.
The day ended with a Jubilee buffet
and speeches from the students
overall a big success.
I
stack
the
shelves, having
cleaned them first and also tidy the
freezers, which is very nice on a
hot summer’s day. I finish work at
about 2.00pm and return to the
project.
(Alison West)
(Kelly Morton)
(By Dan Alcock)
(Katie Hagemeijer)
A Day at the Co op
We also had a visit from an Olympic
torch bearer and all the students were
able to have their photo taken holding
the Olympic torch.
I report to the
boss
called
Carol who is very
friendly. I travel
to work by bus.
Club 101’s Friendship Project is drawing to an end now. It has been a year-long project which was funded by the
Staffordshire County Council Community Wellbeing Fund. It has been an outstanding success and all of our
students should be congratulated for their hard work and creativity. The opening of the Friendship Garden at
Summer Field Court on July 4th was the culmination of many months work; and we had a successful open day
with many admiring visitors. (see photos).
On Wednesday August 1st there will be another open day when the Stone Library window made by the students
in their glasswork sessions over the year. This beautiful piece of work will be in permanent place in the library so
if you can’t make the event (between 11 and 1pm); then please pop into the library at any time (it’s open on
Saturdays and closed on Wednesday afternoons).
Our next project is imminent! We will be making 2 art installations for the town of Stone to celebrate the Queen’s
Jubilee year. Watch this space for more details!
Club 101 fundraising committee.