The Semester 1 examinations for students in Years 8 - 12 have now been completed and I trust that students, having prepared adequately, have performed well and achieved results that are a true reflection of their abilities. In a similar way, students in Year 7 will have sat significant class-based subject tests as part of their ongoing assessment schedules. At times, students can often find this aspect of schooling quite stressful. However, gaining a familiarisation with examination techniques, understanding the style and length of respective assessment papers and appreciating the need to adopt a systematic and consistent approach to study and revision, all help to minimise the anxiety associated with this mode of assessment in the future. 

At Trinity College, our philosophy is to give students many opportunities to sit examinations as they journey through their time at school. With practice, students learn to better prepare for such formal assessments and reduce the anxieties that can sometimes be associated with them.  I am very grateful to the teachers who work hard to ensure that all our examinations, particularly those more formal examinations prepared for Years 10 to 12, replicate a similar format and length as that of the WACE examinations (ATAR Courses) and the WACE Externally Set Tasks (General Courses) that students are likely to complete as they progress through to graduation in Year 12. With regard to all forms of examinations, while ‘practice’ (study and revision) may not necessarily ‘make perfect’, practice certainly does make for better outcomes and, once again, demonstrates that reward comes through hard work and commitment.

The results of these examinations are significant and they will influence the student’s overall performance and grade in each respective course. More importantly, students should use their examination results as a catalyst to improve their standing for Semester 2. The addition of a consistently applied matrix for assessing Student Work Attributes and the associated calculation of a student’s Attribute Point Average (APA) will certainly help in such academic goal setting. The APA provides a general picture of how well a student is engaging in his schoolwork, behaving in class, contributing to the learning process, relating positively to peers and staff, managing their own learning and striving for personal excellence.  With the right attitude, a determined approach and consistent application to home studies, considerable improvement can be achieved in the coming semester. 

Year 10 Course Selection Process

Examination results and Semester 1 grades are of particular relevance to our current Year 10 students as they begin the process of selecting courses for their Senior School studies in 2022. Adequately meeting some set prerequisite subject grades will be required when considering choosing particular courses for next year. Our current Year 10 students have been examining such prerequisite benchmarks from early in Year 9 and are very familiar with the need to reach certain levels in order to maximise their possible course choices. Likewise, achieving particular OLNA benchmarks will influence the respective pathways that students can consider. Choosing suitable courses is an important process in the academic transition for students as they progress from Year 10 into their final years of schooling. Such courses prepare students for pathways beyond school at University, TAFE, apprenticeships or the workforce. 

An important Year 10 Course Information Evening is scheduled for Monday, 28 June commencing at 7.00pm in the College Sports Centre. It is very important that all Year 10 boys attend this evening accompanied by at least one parent. Vital information about WACE Graduation, course selection, respective pathways and the College course selection process will be presented on this evening. Respective Heads of Learning areas will also be present to answer any enquiries about particular courses and their content. A series of course counselling interviews for individual students and their families will then follow in early August (specific details will be provided to parents of Year 10 students closer to this time). Throughout this entire process, the College will endeavour to work closely with students and their families to explore choices that will maximise opportunities for success. 

Live Jesus in our hearts

Mr. Darren O’Neill 

Principal 

This week we came together for our annual NAIDOC Assembly that celebrated the culture, history and achievements of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. 

The Assembly commenced with a moving Welcome to County by Aunty Robyn Collard, followed by a musical performance of Wanjoo (The Welcome Song), performed by Gina Williams and Guy Ghouse with the support of our Junior School students. 

A inspirational and reflective speech from Brendan Bin Omar ('20) touched on the NAIDOC Week theme of Heal Country.

"There are many definitions of healing but the one that stands out to me is mending the troubles. To me this means working together, acknowledging the past and moving forward as one and seeing each other as brothers and sisters. By breaking the barriers between Indigenous and non-Indigenous, it will help to heal."

With amazing performances from our Indigenous Education Program students including a special musical performance from student Marcellus Bear, the assembly brought our whole community together to celebrate this important week on the national calendar.

Our thanks also extend to special guests, Aunty Robyn Collard, Filou Umbagai, Gina Williams, and Guy Ghouse.

Following the Assembly, the students were able experience some traditional Aboriginal food, cooked in the traditional way, including kangaroo tail, bush turkey and damper aswell as speak to Aboriginal peoples about the food and their culture.

NAIDOC Week is traditionally held in July. This years official celebrations will take place between 4-11 July. We encourage students and families over the holidays to get involved in community activities to celebrate and learn more about Indigenous culture.

Year 12 student, Rory Charles will be at the Art Gallery of WA during NAIDOC Week for a Painting Stories workshop where you can learn about Indigenous art traditions and develop your own artwork as well as a collaborative public art piece that will be installed as part of the East Perth redevelopment.  To find out more or to buy tickets to this workshop, visit here.

Please enjoy this special highlights video of the assembly, including the performance from Marcellus.

The College facilities and related opportunities that our boys enjoy today are the result of years of generous support and philanthropy from past and present community members. Donations to the Trinity College Building Fund play a major role in maintaining and planning for future educational facilities at our College. 

This is a voluntary donation and each family is respectfully asked to discern their ability to make a donation according to their particular circumstances.

All contributions to the Trinity College Building Fund are tax deductible and a deductible gift receipt will be issued by the College. As our Online Store is temporarily unavailable, donations can be made through the Trybooking website HERE.

We thank you for your ongoing support and we look forward to continuing to work with our families and our wider community in building a successful future for our College.

Term opening hours are as follows:

Tuesday 7.30am to 4.00pm

Friday 7.30am to 1.30pm

Closed during July School Holidays.

Online shop currently down.

For all uniform enquiries, please email uniform@trinity.wa.edu.au

Students can come into the shop before school, recess, lunch or after school to collect online orders. Parents/guardians are welcome during the specified uniform shop opening hours.

Blazer buttons

The uniform shop will sew blazer buttons on Blazers any Tuesday. If students bring their blazer to the shop before school or at recess, we sew the button for them to collect their blazers back by lunch. Blazer buttons cost $3.50 with the sewing cost done at no charge. We offer the button service on blazers only and it is done in Terms 2 and 3. 

Congratulations to our Year 4s who recently played their first Trinity musical performance with each student performing their best pieces on their chosen string instrument - violin, viola, cello or double bass.

It was certainly a strong start to their TC performance career. Well done boys!!

During the last week, we have seen the Junior School boys shining in performing arts. Last Friday the Junior School Music Night highlighted the bands and choral singing, and on Monday evening we saw the Boys in Groove do their first performance for the year. 

These events provide an excellent opportunity for the boys to perform in front of an appreciative audience and I feel they rose to the occasion. 

Thank you to the boys in Year 6 White for leading the Junior School in Mass today. The Junior School Masses are always a prayerful and joyous community occasion and it is wonderful to see many parents in attendance.

This term the Year 4 classes have completed a cross curricular mathematics and Italian program. The focus has been on measurements. They have learnt all about weight, length and volume in both of the subjects and to finish of this work in Italian on Monday 21 June all three classes enjoyed a cooking lesson with signora Knapman. This way they got to put what they had learnt into practice.

Two weeks ago they translated the recipe from English to Italian and this week they made the pesto from scratch using fresh ingredients. They worked in three groups in each class while the pasta was cooking and at the end of the lesson they shared a bowl of pasta with each other. They all had a great time and agree that the pesto was buonissimo! Many of them plan to make it again at home with their family.

This week was one of the most important weeks of the term as we celebrated NAIDOC week.

On Monday it was the Dance and Drama showcase with BIG performing on stage live and other dance and drama groups in the Senior School. It was great to see so many Junior School students showing us their skills that they have learned so far this year.

Tuesday was a big day with us having a NAIDOC Assembly fully celebrating and commemorating the Indigenous people with special guest speakers and singers. Our highlight was seeing all the Indigenous boys performing their cultural dances.

It was great to be playing sport against Christ Church on Thursday. There were very many great team performances, especially from the A Soccer Team which one 13 to 2.

By Ben Beros and Alphons Joseph

This morning the Year 7 students spent A Morning with their Mentor. The Senior Mentor Team (SMT) has a pivotal role to play in guiding the Year 7 transition process into Senior School and throughout their first years of Secondary School. The “mentorship” between a Senior student and a new Year 7 student, is to assist in reducing the overwhelming feeling when starting their new journey.

With the guidance from the SMT and on the banks of the Swan River, the boys spent the time reflecting on their first 90 days of Year 7. Together they set new goals for Semester 2 and discussed the importance of measuring progress, overcoming procrastination and visualising their dreams. Most importantly the boys took the time to reflect and appreciate how lucky they are. Gratitude cards were written and received as a gesture of appreciation. Gratitude means recognising the things that others have done for you, as well as what you have, rather than focusing on what you don’t. Its sure has been a long term but the Class of 2026 have embraced Secondary School with open arms and their future looks bright!

Cultural Pillar

It has been a busy few weeks within the Cultural Pillar here at Trinity. On Monday, the College held its annual Dance & Drama Showcase. The evening was an astounding success, allowing students in all year groups to perform their routines and monologues and display the hard work they have put into the Dance and Drama programs. Congratulations must also be given to the Junior School musicians who entertained their audience at last Friday’s Junior School Music Night. 

This Friday, we look to the Senior musicians and ensemble groups who will participate in the Senior Music Night, an annual concert that never fails to impress. Several boys across the College are also involved in productions outside of their usual Trinity performances, such as Annie The Musical at Mercedes College and Legally Blonde at St. Hilda’s. We wish these boys the best in their performances and hope their hard work at TC shines through. 

A big thanks must be given to the volunteers of the Friends of Performing Arts whose continued work behind the scenes, such as organising raffles or preparing tea and cake at performance nights, make the various College performance nights run so smoothly. The impressive work within the Cultural Pillar will hopefully continue to excite and inspire the College’s budding performers!

- Nathan Holland (12.5)

Congratulations to Xavier Adamos (12.4) who recently competed in the State Fencing competition and won gold in three weapons, Foil, Epee and Sabre in the cadet division.

Xavier is currently a student within the College's TEAM ((Trinity Elite Athlete Mentoring) program and has done well to manage his leadership responsibilities (Captain of Dance, Senior Minister) whilst also representing the College in badminton and volleyball on top of his pressing elite Fencing commitments. Well done Xavier.

Congratulations is also extended to Year 9 student Rocco Fowler (9.7) who has been busy balancing his elite Karate representation and school commitments through the College's TEAM  program. 

Recently winning gold for the Boys Cadet Age Kata and silver for Kumite at the Karate State Championships, Rocco will be competing in the WADO Open this Sunday, 27 June. We wish you the best Rocco! 

Student reflection

When we first arrived, we were given a tour of the local mosque by the Imaan, where we learnt about the Muslim life and how they pray five times per day including; Fajr (sunrise prayer), Dhuhr (noon prayer), Asr (afternoon prayer), Maghrib (sunset prayer), and Isha (night prayer). After a moment of prayer in the mosque, we listened to the singing of the Call to Prayer and we went to the soccer fields to play a match. 

Jo Monidios from Edmund Rice Centre kindly offered to coach us, so Mrs Stewart could watch from the side lines. We quickly had to put everyone in position, teach some people about the rules and have a warm-up, all in five minutes. After some serious debates of who should be Captain for four out of the five minutes it was time to play. 

Although we lost 4-0 we all gathered up after and talked about life and school over a hotdog. This was a very fun experience that we all enjoyed.  It was a great opportunity, and we would all definitely like to do it again (and hopefully win next time).

Alex Sowman (9.8)

Sunday, 18 July 2021 at Waterford Playing Fields from 9.30am
Badminton played prior, on Sunday, 11 July 2021 in the TC Sports Centre at 8am

TOBA teams are preparing to challenge TC teams in badminton, football, hockey, rugby, soccer and cross county at the TOBA Winter Sports Day.

If you’re interested in playing in a TOBA team, please contact the TOBA office on 9219 1132 or toba@trinity.wa.edu.au and we will put you in touch with team managers.

All welcome to come down and support this community event – we hope to see you there!

This program is particularly targeted to Year 12 students.

Students will be mentored by highly experienced ATAR teachers with insights into the examiners expectations to help them maximise their ATAR score.

Students get to study at UWA in the lecturettes and lecture theatres for real world, first-hand experience of university life. Uniquely they can also board with us at Trinity Residential College for the complete experience.

For more information, view the brochure here.