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Collectively, as a Trinity Community, we look to nurture dreams Holden closing does not need to define this region. With the fabulous talent in the room we are going to play our part in stimulating minds and hearts. Our community can form economic partnerships, generate ideas and keep moving this great region forward. As we move into the next phase of the life of Trinity College it is certain things will keep changing. Change these days is more data driven and we’ve embraced that. Concepts of sustainability, wellbeing, growth mindsets, facilitation and partnerships are more embedded in the curriculum now than ever before. Creative education, entrepreneurial skills, heightened digital communication and collaboration will be greater features of the future Trinity education.
Extract from the Head’s address during Open Day 2017 “Students of Trinity College, special guests, staff, parents and friends. Today is a day to celebrate and a day to say thank you. A day to reflect on where we have been, and glimpse where we might go. Trinity students you have arrived in this hall as a regular student but will leave as a world record holder!
sitting on your left and right because they, like you, are unique and special…
We have an all-time high enrolment. All time high retention rates to Year 12. In 2010 an impressive 50% of our Year 12 grades were A’s or B’s. Last year 78% of our final Year 12 grades were A’s or B’s. Trinity is the largest supplier of University students in the state with our SES well below the national average. …I am honoured to be part of this wonderful We continue to provide the largest percentage discount of fees for school community whose dominant features are so aligned with my own view of education; card eligible families in South Australia. Our quality, opportunities and standards a caring Christian environment, enrolment openness and unashamed pursuit of doing attract families from all economic backgrounds and our commitment to this things well. Trinity College is committed region and social justice ensures we do all to individual care and compassion via the we can to support the financially vulnerable. example of Jesus Christ. Our Anglican Our scale delivers unparalleled opportunities tradition, permeates what we do. within financial reach of most families. I am delighted our Education Minister, …Trinity looks to take our skills and Senator Birmingham has joined us today… values to the National and International A Trinity education seeks to inspire; to stage through our students and Old equip you with academic and life skills, Scholars. Our fabulous band competes to embed values to guide you through in the National band Championships right and wrong; to develop your head but in Tasmania in the April holidays, our more importantly to grow your heart, and Cambodia service team is gearing up for help you find your passion. Society needs a return visit in December and the amazing clever minds but more importantly it needs Trinity Robotics team are in the final stage warmer hearts and passionate people. of preparation for their competition in The person sitting next to you has character Houston, Texas. This is the third time in strengths, dreams and talents. Collectively, five years Trinity has been the Australian as a Trinity Community, we look to nurture representative to compete with some of the dreams. Students, support the people finest student STEM minds in the world…
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Throughout these changes parents, friends and volunteers at the College will continue to be generous and supportive. Staff will still be incredibly talented, passionate and engaged. Our commitment to openness and excellence will be unwavering. And our world record holding students will remain the core of the College, questioning, taking-risks, making mistakes, supporting one another, giving to their community and collectively thriving…” Mr Nick Hately
Head of Trinity College
Trinity College SACE Results 2016 Trinity College wishes to congratulate all Year 12 students on their results for 2016, 287 students achieved their SACE, the highest number ever from Trinity College. The top 13 students achieved an ATAR above 97, placing them in the top 3% of Australia. 56 students received an ATAR above 90, placing them in the top 10% of Australia, this is the equal highest number in the history of the College. Amazingly another 10 students scored between 89.0 and 89.9! 446 ‘A’ grades were achieved, comfortably a College record! Four learning support students achieved their Modified SACE, an outstanding achievement!
World Record Attempt
ABOVE Class of 2016 Merit Certificate winners being presented at Government House.
29 Merit Certificates Perfect scores were recorded in the following subjects: Research Project 14, Health 3, Workplace Practices 3, Child Studies 2, Specialist Maths 1, English Communications 1, English Studies 1, Legal Studies 1, Psychology 1, Visual Arts 1 and Physics 1.
ABOVE The largest game of ‘Heads and Tails’ played was attempted during the Open Day 2017 service. Steward, Georgette Newcombe-Hobby (2016) places a wristband on a participant.
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Club 90 We would like to acknowledge the following 56 students who have been inducted into Club 90 by attaining an ATAR above 90, placing them in the top 10% in Australia. Jakob Alchin
Emily Lee
Madeleine Oakes
Carissa Arthur
Jordan Lewis
Courtney Payne
Carmella Bell
Ana Liarakos Carrera
Cameron Sanders
James Boland Dylan Crouch John Davey Rebecca Diamond Bethany Dittmar Eleanor Esau Callum Fielke Jaimee Francis Brianna Fuller Elaine Garrett Rhys Hankinson Kate Jacobs
Min Zhong Lim Natalie Lowes Zachary Luck Erin Marasco Rachel Marsden Liam Mathew Bradley Matters Kaylee Matthews Elizabeth McDonald Sarah Mitchell Selena Moller
ABOVE Chase Adams (Early Years Gawler River) after four coin tosses, is in the last four students playing ‘Heads and Tails’.
Lachlan Smith Maddison Stevens Rachel Tearle Danielle Thompson Ainsley Van Houten Brielle Vannucci Holly Verdon Erin Welford Emily Whenan Taylor White Ella-Maude Wilson Nicholas Wing
Nathalie Johnstone
Mitchell Newcombe-Hobby
Jessica Judd
Mel-Lisa Nguyen
Hannah Woollatt
Hanna Kingsmill
Johann Nielsen
Zainab Zirapuri
Alexandra Kittle
Kyle O’Rielly
Bailey Zobel
Cameron Woods
ABOVE Over 2,000 students from across our five schools stand to break the Guinness World Record of the largest game of ‘Heads and Tails’ ever played – the current record is 561 set in America. FRONT COVER The Trinity BaCoNeers will represent Australia at
the FIRST World Championships in Houston, Texas this April. L-R: Nathan Axford, Leo Keane, Luke Voigt, Sam Moloney, Joel Goodwins, Kane Voigt, Michael Brady, John Bures and Adam Watson.
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Success Award Winners
FIRST Global is a new robotics program established “to inspire science and technology leadership...”
Gawler River French Success
ABOVE Alix Mosey (Year 12) with her
Young Women’s Award presented by the Mayor of Gawler Karen Redman.
On Monday 27th March, Gawler River celebrated the teaching and learning of French in a fun Cultural Day. It was exciting to see many students wear something French, dressing up to have their photos taken at the Photo Booth, enjoying their croissants for lunch, playing pétanque in the creek or building an Eiffel Tower out of Duplo in the Library! Late in 2016 two student groups won the SA Alliance Française Film Competition. Year 10-11 category were Jennifer Trang, Jacob Stevens, James Nottle, Abby Hossack and Leoni Dunne. In the Year 7-9 category were Connor Moore, Conor Reid, Leo Stevens and Dylan Baker. Well done to them for their creative French film masterpieces. ABOVE L-R: Receiving the Certificate of
Recognition at the KESAB Sustainability Community Awards were Amalie Dawes and Karen McMahon from Blakeview School on behalf of all Trinity College Junior Schools for the important work undertaken as part of the NRM showcase.
Madame Monica Daju French Teacher
Pétanque Tournament On Thursday 6th April, Trinity College, represented by two teams apiece from South and Gawler River played in the annual SAFTA Pétanque Tournament at Unley Park. All teams played well, winning many of their matches, as proudly witnessed by parents and accompanying teachers Kathy Hatzimanolis (South) and Deb Davidson (Gawler River).
ABOVE Mr Judd Kitson with Gawler River
students Mia Caire, Olivia Reardon and Holly Flack (Year 4) who were three of 50 Trinity students who graduated at the Children’s University ceremony in November 2016.
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ABOVE Front L-R: Daniel O’Handley, Lachlan
Yates (Gawler River 2), Back L-R: Makanaka Nyanhemwa, Blake Del Medico, Lawson MacDonald, Anthony Kolaroff (Gawler River 1), Cohen Alderson (Gawler River 2).
Trinity Gawler River 1, comprising Blake Del Medico, Anthony Kolaroff, Lawson MacDonald and new time competitor, Makanaka Nyanhemwa, went on to play finals and ultimately win the Tournament for the second year in a row. The shield has returned to Gawler River where it is on proud display in the JS French room.
ABOVE Left: Representatives from the Playford Rotary Club present the Team BaCoNeers with a cheque for $1000 towards their USA trip.
Right: Member for Light, Tony Piccolo visits the robotics laboratory at Trinity College to learn more about the teams trip to Houston, Texas, USA as they represent Australia.
Trinity’s Global Connections Continue to Grow The Trinity Engineering and Robotics Program continues to expand with the formation of a new group of students to support the Trinity BaCoNeers in their international outreach. The Trinity FIRST Global Translation Corps formed a few weeks ago with the mission to translate the FIRST Global robotics training manuals, websites and videos into as many languages as possible, and they are certainly making an impact on the World stage. So far we have created translations into 10 languages and we are so grateful for the generosity of our translators; Kathy Hatzimanolis (French - South School), Rebecca Pearson (French - Old Scholar), Philip Ong (Chinese - North School), Upendra Patil (Hindi – IT Dept), Michaela Tkac (Czech - Year 12), Minh VuCong (Vietnamese - Year 12), Ilia Artsybachev (Russian – Neighbour), Jim Cardella (Spanish – California), Lisandra Oliviera (Portugese – Brazil), Team Shatterdome (Korean - FTC Team from Korea) and Olivia O’Malley (Indonesian – Family).
The Translation team has several students who are not ‘BaCoNeers’ but want careers in International Studies, Graphic Design and Environmental Engineering, so it has really expanded through the school and is providing real world opportunities for our students. We are mentoring Kazakhstan and Vanuatu in FIRST Global utilising the language skills of Year 12 language students as well as translating the training videos into 9 languages so far. All on line now. Trinity is acknowledged every week on the International newsletter.
The process is being coordinated by our Year 12 Translation group of Jack Gill (Environmental Engineering), Michaela Tkac, Esther Fechner, Charlotte Brown, Lydia Jones (Graphic Design) and Hunter Jessop.
The Trinity BaCoNeers are the current Australian FIRST Tech Challenge Champions, having won the INSPIRE Award at the National Championships at Macquarie University, Sydney, late last year. They will be traveling to Houston, Texas for the World Championships in April.
FIRST Global is a new robotics program established “to inspire science and technology leadership and innovation in young people from all nations in order to increase understanding, impress the importance of cooperation, address the world’s most pressing issues, and improve quality of life for all.” FIRST Global is an Olympic style competition with a representative team from each country and continent of the world coming together to solve real world problems and develop skills in Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths through the vehicle of robotics. The Trinity BaCoNeers have been working as consultants to the organising committee since January and have been highly regarded for their work to ensure every nation in the world can access robotics. The formation of the Trinity FIRST Global Translation Team allowed them to further expand the impact they are having on the world stage and in recognition, the Trinity BaCoNeers have been invited to represent the continent of Oceania in the inaugural FIRST Global Challenge to be held in Washington DC, in July.
The FIRST Global Challenge is an annual robotics game that will address one of the 14 Grand Challenges identified by the national engineering academies of the United States, United Kingdom, and China. Each year, a different issue of global importance will take centre stage as the theme of that year’s FIRST Global Challenge, which will be held in a different nation across the world.
The Global STEM Corps (GSC) is FIRST Global’s 21st century answer to a world in need of an inspired generation of young adults ready to tackle global challenges. These communitybased volunteers range from civic minded high school and college students, to entire university robotics and engineering departments. The STEM Corps brings the universal elements of science, cooperation, and competition to the world stage by connecting mentors and FIRST Global competitors online and over the phone – making it possible to stay in touch anytime, anywhere. Six Year 11 students will travel to Washington, along with teams from 146 other nations around the world to compete in an Olympic style event. It is an incredible opportunity to be part of this historic, and potentially world shaping event. Mrs Sue O’Malley
Head of ICT and Academic Extension
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I love to encourage and empower kids to achieve their goals
A Day in the Life We know anecdotally and from research that our students benefit considerably from the opportunity to speak to someone who works in a career similar to that which students are contemplating. Researching careers via the Internet leaves students wanting more about; What is the most satisfying aspect of your job? What have you found challenging or unexpected? What have you learnt or how has your job evolved over the years? How often do you undertake further training? Do you have a mentor? When do your pay rates change and how?
ABOVE Year 10 Trinity College students enjoy a personal discussion about “A Day in the Life”
of a Fitter & Turner/Diesel Mechanic from the ASC project during their Careers Day. L-R Back: Zane Ions-Richards and Mikayla Milner. Front: William Smith, Dave Schumacher (ASC) and Jayden Hillman.
A Day in the Life is a career event hosted here at the College where Year 10 students are able to ask over 45 occupations these personal questions. The insights gained from this personal interaction allows students to clarify their thinking as they embark upon decisions about a future career pathway. The number of students who leave this day with a sense of “I didn’t know what I wanted to do but now I think I do” is very affirming. In addition, given the enormous range of subject choices available to students at Senior school this empowers students to commence Year 11 with confidence. Mr Mark Simpson
PLP Co-Ordinator FAR LEFT Mr Luke Deboer (2004) a Carpenter
demonstrates the tools he uses in his trade during the Careers Event. LEFT Mrs Lisa Blandford from Elisa Systems
who specialise in food allergy test kits, explains her focus on microbiology.
Library Fun The Blakeview library has recently taken possession of a new reading chair, carpet mats along with some outdoor chairs for lunchtimes and library lessons for small groups. The library is a very busy space within the school with over 1,500 people entering the space each week. The library provides a safe and welcoming environment for all students offering activities each day including blocks for building/construction, chess playing, computer use, colouring and drawing, Lego and of course reading.
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Peer Tutoring Students in Year 6 at South have been actively engaged in a peer tutoring model.
French Exchange Visit In the first part of the 2017 French Exchange, Trinity College welcomed 36 students from our French partner school, Centre Scolaire Notre Dame / Ozanam, from February 18th to March 3rd. The students, aged between 15 and 18, all attend the Catholic School in Mâcon, in the Burgundy region.
In order to become a tutor you must first have mastered the topic, set a lesson, develop a learning intention, discuss success criteria, set questions for your group to check for understanding, assist with self-assessment and develop a small certificate for students who master the concept. A specific A-E grading rubric has been developed by the students and anyone who scores themselves at ‘A’ level, then must become a tutor of that particular topic.
The generosity of the Australian hosts made the French guests feel very much at home, and many close friendships were formed in a short time. The Australian students who are travelling to France in April are guaranteed a warm welcome, with everyone looking forward to renewing their international friendships. In the time they were here, as well as experiencing Australian family life, the French students took part in a number of activities in our beautiful region. From surfing in Middleton, to shopping in Rundle Mall, holding koalas at Gorge Wildlife Park and swimming with dolphins at Glenelg, the young visitors formed a host of memories to take back to France with them. We are sure that our students will have an equally rewarding time when they visit France in April. As well as two weeks with families in Mâcon, they will be spending a week in Paris exploring the sights of the world’s most popular city. Mr Ian Ward
First 100 Days Mid Year Reception students across the College marked their first 100 days at school with a special cake and activities based around counting to 100.
French Trip Organiser
New Chaplain Faces Sasha Roullier (below right) is a new Youth Chaplain at Gawler River and Blakeview. She tells us a bit about herself here. “I am looking forward to becoming a positive influence and contributor to the Trinity College community. I am also a massage therapist at a chiropractic clinic where I have worked for 10 years. I felt it was time for a change to do something that made a difference in the world. And there’s no better place to start than with the next generation of potential leaders, politicians, doctors, and world-changers. I love to encourage and empower kids to achieve their goals. It’s been pretty hectic since I started with getting the Breakfast Club going, visiting and assisting in classes, putting together assembly presentations, and starting the Mindful Prayer Group.”
lived there for about 14 years. I moved here to Adelaide about three years ago to join my family. I am an ordained priest, and I have been serving in the Anglican Church. I hold a Bachelor Degree of Theology. Counselling, emotional and spiritual welfare are part of my role. I have a lot of experience in working with youth and their families within the Church. It is my hope that this experience coupled with my passion for helping young people, will be of great benefit to the school community.”
July Ayuen (left) is a new School Chaplain. Fr Ayuen says “I bring on board a lot of experience from a diverse cultural background. I was born and brought up in Africa, then immigrated to Canada and
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Trinity2Cambodia Mission The third Trinity2Cambodia Mission Trip left Adelaide in December last year. A total of 17 students from Years 10 to 12 were accompanied by staff members Michelle Heath, Vickie Lester and Rev’d David MacGillivray to work with The 2h Project, a not-for-profit, South Australian grassroots development and advocacy organisation. Two aims of the trip are to foster for the students, an understanding of what it means to think globally and act locally, as well as to support others in an ongoing and sustainable way. As The 2h Project operate with a limited budget and do not receive government funding, our students became advocates for the organisation by spreading the word about what The 2h Project is doing and why. The trip proved to be an excellent way for students to learn about how non-government organisations operate and their endeavour to leave a small footprint in Cambodia by empowering the local people to become self-sufficient and to ultimately support themselves and their families. Participants were required to cover all their own personal expenses, including travel, accommodation and food costs ($3,150). In addition, each student was asked to fundraise a minimum of $1,000 to support the projects they visited. The experience helped to reinforce the PERMA model (Positive emotion, Engagement, Relationships, Meaning and Accomplishment) that has been a focus of the College Positive Education Program. It is hoped this experience will give participants a sense of purpose and direction for how they can contribute and help others in a variety of ways. While in Cambodia, the team visited and supported a range of poverty alleviating projects established by The 2h Project. They visited Angkor Wat, the Killing Fields and the Toul Sleng Genocide Museum where they learnt about the incredible history and social justice issues of this developing country. The main project the team were involved in was the 2h Sight to Life Project based at the Battambang Ophthalmic Clinic (BOC). In a few hours up to 60 people had their eye sight tested, the health of their eyes checked and an assessment made for their
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suitability for treatment of cataracts or pterygium eye conditions. The team was trained to help the BOC staff screen locals from rural and remote villages. They then followed these people back to Battambang to follow their admission to the clinic and watch a surgical procedure that takes only 15 minutes but adds years of quality living. Currently 300 eye surgeries are being performed every month and the team are on target to clear the cataract backlog in Battambang. A highlight of the trip was a visit to a local water park funded by College staff via a Go Fund Me campaign that raised $1,200. The team took a group of 60 children and their families on this outing and the money donated paid for entry costs, lunch, bathers and transportation. Another highlight was a visit to the local school, where links had been established on the last trip, enabling the team to see a playground that had been funded by Trinity College as well as deliver school supplies and five laptop computers. Students also taught health and hygiene lessons to the local children and gave out over 700 tooth brushes donated by the Montessori Preschool. The way our students moved out of their comfort zone with no common language connection, yet interacted, entertained, cared for, taught and connected with the local children was a joy to see and clearly made a major impact on the student participants; “I learnt that despite language barriers, human communication is very possible through compassion and kindness.” Jaimee Hern, Year 10 “After meeting a survivor of the Khmer Rouge, who was able to forgive the person who caused him so much pain, I realised that forgiveness is not a sign of weakness but it really shows how strong a person you are and it is the only way you can fulfill a joyful and peaceful life.” Abbie Dunleavy, Year 11 “I take home from Cambodia a new perspective on how to treat people and world problems. I will no longer be so quick to accept and disconnect myself from world issues but will listen and become more educated.” Emily Otterspoor, Year 10 Mrs Michelle Heath
Trinity2Cambodia Organiser
Foundation
Pavilion Donors We thank those members of the Trinity Community who have made a contribution to the Pavilion Project: Corporate Member $5,000+ Williams Refrigeration & Airconditioning
Sagel Constructions
Zorich Group
Kent Civil
Forwood Family
TCOS Cricket Club
Walsh Family
TCOS Football Club
Thomas & John Gordon
Haynes Signs
Pavilion Member $2,000+ Hately Family
Bednall Family
Michael Burdelof & Family
Russell Family Robin & Lesley Trevilyn
Kay Fyfe
Christopher Maiolo
Siciliano Family
Battersby Family
Kennedy-Scheer Family
David & Kendra Matters
Cavalier Carpet Cleaning Skeen Family
Howard Family Stimson Family
Pavilion Partner $500+ Barreau Family Statton Family Jarman Family Kym & Suzanne Reynolds Bruce Hobby & Family S.P. & D.M. O’Hara Mark & Velia Dearing Johnstone Collins Family Hannes & Gerhard Smit Kevin & Diane Fischer Collings Family Jason & Karine Bettridge
David & Julie Washington Viner Smith Family Gavin & Nicole Wray Mark & Clarissa Russo
ABOVE L-R: Dr Rupert Thorne, Chair of the Trinity College Foundation presents
Head of the College, Mr Nick Hately with a $100,000 cheque towards the Pavilion Building project.
Pavilion Building The Foundation Board were pleased to contribute $100,000 from it’s tax deductible Building fund to the new Pavilion project. The Foundation Board look forward to hosting a Melbourne Cup luncheon in the venue on Tuesday 7th November to raise monies for College scholarships. We thank those members of the Trinity Community who have made a contribution to the Pavilion project. Since May last year 71 donors have made a tax deductible donation, raising approximately $100,000. We appreciate everyones generosity.
Ben, Josh & Tony Hall Kate Walsh T & J Williams
Scholarship Winners
Dale & Jeanie Martin
Foundation General Excellence Scholarship 2017/2018 (1) Kiernan Hammond (Year 10 South)
Cameron Family Barraclough Family Christine Murray Mark & Kathy Luxton (Luxy)
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Atkinson Academic Support Scholarship 2017 (3) Olivia Wilson (Year 11)
M & K Belcher, B Bonifant, J & K Chappell, B Eastick, K & R Girdham, J Gordon, H & Q Ho, M & N Launer, K & U Nagel, D Reid, M & L Riddle, J & C Robinson, T Ryan, J & M Searle, J Shinkfield, R & R Smedley, A Stimson, G & L Voigt, S & M Voigt, K & D Walker, S Woolfitt
If you would like to make a donation to the Pavilion building please telephone the Foundation Office on 8523 8754.
Trinity College Indigenous Scholarship 2017 (2) Kailah Hannaford (Year 10 Blakeview)
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AON Scholarship 2017/2018 (4) Luke Voigt (Year 10 Blakeview)
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Year 8 Academic Scholarship 2018 (5) Bailey Hoare (Year 7 North) Bansari Patel (external)
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Hospital Mural
William Branson (Year 12) clarinettist, performed in an elite Concert Band to a sell-out audience in Carnegie Hall, New York, as part of the Honours Performance Series. William was one of 750 students selected from more than 18,000 international applicants after sending in an audition recording. Nathan Stafford (Year 8) performed overseas in the USA, during December and January of 2017. Nathan was fortunate to travel with the Australian Youth Performing Arts Team (AYPAT) which included exclusive workshops with Disney World in Florida. Our longest serving instrumental music teacher Pat Fischer celebrated her 80th Birthday with her beloved music students. She has been teaching piano at Trinity for 30 years. ABOVE A partially completed wall panel for
the Women’s and Children’s hospital.
Grease is Coming Trinity College Musicals have, over the last 8 years, developed a reputation for excellence in the performing arts and have established a strong community following. Each year our audience numbers have continued to increase with many of our shows selling out. Not only have our audience numbers grown exponentially but also have our cast and crew numbers. This year we have an all-time high of
over 100 students committing to this wonderful opportunity – Grease the Musical. The students are able to either be a part of our onstage or backstage teams. Already students have spent an intensive weekend at music camp, rehearsing and choreographing the show. We aim to provide an experience in which all can thrive. The performance dates are August 16th-19th in the STARplex Hewitson Theatre.
BELOW During the 2017 Open Day service a sneak peek from the ‘Grease’ musical
was enjoyed by the audience.
Late in 2016, Gawler River was approached by a parent who works at the Women’s and Children’s Hospital and asked if we would be interested in painting a mural for their DOSA (Day of Surgery Admissions) ward. Since then, the mural has been designed and received permission to go ahead and be painted on boards. These boards will then be hung in the DOSA ward. The theme of our mural is SEASONS. There are four boards (1 board per season) approximately 60cm x 90cm each in size. When finished they will be hung alternately landscape/ portrait to make a larger mural. The DOSA ward is where babies to 18 years old go for day surgery and wait in this room. The brief for the design had to appeal to all ages, including parents. No reference to food or drinks were to be painted. In Term 4 the Year 9 and 10 students decided on the theme of 4 seasons and then designed it. We also have incorporated a teddy bear in each season to act as a visual guessing game for little children, while still being aesthetically pleasing for all ages to view. The painting of the mural begun in Term 1 this year on Mondays, as an afterschool workshop for Years 8-10 students who have volunteered their time and hopefully will be finished by the end of Term.
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The Visual Arts provides students with a multitude of cross-curricular learning opportunities, as well as the chance to heighten their understanding of both historical and current social and political happenings.
The Senior Band have been crowned the Open C Grade Champions at the National Band Championships in Launceston, Tasmania over Easter. Performing against bands who were twice their age, with more stage experience, this was an excellent result.
In our on-going bid to move towards an Australia which is free from the marginalisation of minority groups, it is important for our students to look at and reflect upon processes of reconciliation, and to develop an understanding and appreciation of Aboriginal culture. In Semester 2 of 2016, Year 10 North Art students and Year 10 North Student Leaders met with local Aboriginal artist Scott Rathman to discuss reconciliation. The aim was to find out how they could personally contribute towards creating unity and respect between Aboriginal and non-Indigenous Australians, through art.
The artwork speaks of the cyclic passage of time and our contemporary perspectives regarding reconciliation, and through its solid presence it also conveys a sense of commitment to the overarching theme of the piece. The shape, which is also reflective of the traditional Aboriginal symbol for place, serves to further connect the student’s ideas for cultural inclusivity with the aims of the College. The artwork truly is, in both material and concept, the building blocks of reconciliation.
Prior to their departure they performed at the Trinity College Senior Music Night. Held in the Hewitson Theatre, the evening featured the Senior Concert Band, Senior Choir, Senior Clarinet Ensemble and a range of student soloists, small ensembles and dancers. They left the audience mesmerised with their expressive, confident and extremely well prepared items. It is always a pleasure to be able to help to give these budding young artists opportunities like this to refine their performance skills. The students were very appreciative of the support they received from the delighted audience. Congratulations to all students involved on a spectacular evening.
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Local award winning sculptor and North parent, Alexandra Devitt-Lansom, was then brought in as an Artist in Residence to assist in turning what was a very challenging concept into reality. The resulting sculpture is a testament to the hard work and commitment of all concerned in this project. Standing close to 2m in both height and width, this imposing circular sculpture is made from 25 individually carved Hebel blocks. Its colour was carefully chosen to reflect those of the earth, but also to contrast with the bold greens of the surrounding landscape.
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Retro Show During the 2017 Open Day in the Space Gallery the art faculty organised a Retro Show exhibition. This comprised of works by past and present students including photography, sculpture, drawings (pencil, charcoal and ink) pottery, mixed media, digital designs and paintings. With such diverse mediums on display it was very popular with our Open Day visitors.
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Sports
Trinity College Athletics Team has won all three trophies at the SSSSA A1 Grade Championships
Interschool Gymkhana
ABOVE The SAAS Swim team who competed every Wednesday during Term 1 did very well to sneak
into second position with a record breaking swim in the final relay of the night. The SAAS team were; Myles Brown, Harliai Curthoys-Davies, Gemma Desmond, Jacob Desmond, Hannah Foster, Clarise Fourie, Kate Giersch, Bradley Grimes, Jade Hancock, Riley Hayford, Josh Highet, Nathan Highet, Rachel Hosking, Connie Jackson, Madalin Kelly, Tom Kelly, Monty Kemsley, Jasmine Kilyen-Coles, Mack Leighton, Benjamin Li, Erica McGiffert, Nikita McRostie, Kate Moffett, Leigha Nguyen, Kyrene O’Neill, Tyla O’Neill, Nedene Paciola, Luke Quinlan, Joshua Ryan, Matthew Ryan and Greenland Yu.
Sports Shorts The Trinity College Girls Swim Team have been crowned State champions - the fourth time in five years - and several state records were also broken by Trinity swimmers in the SSSSA A-Grade Swimming Championships. Trinity College are the State Open Girls Cricket Champions. Despite an excellent pedigree in producing fine Cricketers this is the first State title in Cricket for the College. A number of the team are in Years 8 and 9 so this positions us well for the future.
On Friday 24th February 2017, Trinity College hosted the annual Interschool Gymkhana at our grounds on Bentley Road. Over 140 riders from 40 schools throughout the state participated in events including the Novelty, Topsy, Encourage, Open and Show Jumping rings. The prestigious Iris Stephenson Memorial Trophy was won by Xavier College and the winning school for the day was Cornerstone College with Trinity College placing a pleasing 6th. Congratulations to our riders on the day; Jenisha Carter, Taya and Indiana Webber, Kayla Healey, Jessica Pascoe, Kelsie Wing, Sage Boyle, Giselle Coulter-Cox, Sophie Tylor, Summer DeBoer-Tylor, Ava and Matilda Wilkin, Brooke Sparkes, Zoe Zekov and to our Trinity ponies who competed in their very first Trinity College Interschool Gymkhana. Mrs Leanne Tripa
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For the first time since 2005, the Trinity College Athletics Team has won all three State Championship trophies at the SSSSA A1 Grade event – A1 Girls, A1 Boys and A1 Combined. Over 70 athletes represented the College at SANTOS stadium. Congratulations to National Athletics Title winners Jett Carlin (Year 8) who won the U15 Hammer Throw with a distance of 51.21m, over 5m in front of the silver medallist. Lauren Smith (Year 8) won the U14 Hammer Throw with a distance of 42.31m setting a new meet record by over 3m! Congratulations to our recent Australian team representatives. Jackson Hately (Year 11) played in the Australian under 17 AFL Football team who defeated the New Zealand Men’s team in Wellington, NZ. Natalie Ayris (Year 12) had the honour of representing Australia in Europe in Ice-Hockey. Hannah Hank (Year 11) recently returned from the National U18 Basketball Championships with a well-earned silver medal. Alex Roberts (Year 12), Jackson Walsh (Year 11) and Hudson Walsh (Year 11) all played in these championships. Katarina Chung-Orr (Year 9) won a gold medal at the SSSA Cycling Individual Time trials and she was part of the SA team who won the Teams Pursuit National title at the Junior Track Championships.
Open Day Student v Old Scholar Matches ABOVE Joshua Southwell (Year 12)
Man of the Match.
Tennis Updates A grand slam tennis challenge was held at Wesley College in Melbourne, from January 14th 2017, in which three players from Trinity College competed against schools from Qld, NSW, Victoria and the ACT. Brayden Doherty (Year 11), Daniel Wormald (Year 12), Austin Pike (2016) were coached by Harry Dawes (2009) a past Trinity College student. This inspiring inaugural tennis experience comprised of high performance tennis training and was hosted by Sports Down Under. Challenge matches were staged against International Junior Development players during the Australian Open. Nine Trinity College teams will be entering the NETA Winter competition as a stand-alone club for the first time in 2017.
The annual Trinity versus Old Scholars netball game was played in beautiful conditions at the South outdoor courts in front of a large Open Day crowd. With a mix of Open A and Year 10A’s playing for the College team in one of the first games of the season for the girls against a mixed group of Old Scholars, the pressure was on the current students to retain the “shield” after their win at the 2016 Open Day. The Old Scholars went into the game with an advantage, winning the toss and taking the first centre pass of the game. It was an even start to the game with both teams taking a while to get the first score on the board – inaccuracy on goals and tough defence saw the ball travel the court on numerous occasions before the first score went to the Old Scholars. At the end of the first quarter the score was 5 goals a-piece. The second two quarters were dominated by the Old Scholars team who warmed up and played some good netball against their younger opponents. The Old Scholars went into the final quarter with a healthy 13 goal lead. The warm weather meant that by the 4th quarter the Old Scholars started to tire, this, coupled with a great comeback by the students, the final score line was reduced to a more healthy margin with the Old Scholars taking the honours, winning by 9 goals and a score of 35–26. The First XI players took on the Old Scholars Cricket Club in the annual Headmaster’s Cup contest, with the Old Scholars winning the toss and elected to bowl on a flat wicket. The First XI were keen to pick up where they left off last year. It was Joshua Southwell who took the game on early and Jayden Wilson also peppered the new Pavilion building site with crunching strokes through the offside. Old Scholar Tom Jones decimated the First XI middle order with a Hat Trick. Fortunately a partnership blossomed between the elder statesman of the First XI side and promising new rookie Cameron Laird, who took the score to 120 from the allotted 20 overs. A closely contested affair with the game played in great spirits once again. Joshua Southwell was named man of the match with an unbeaten 59 the difference in a bowler dominated display. A special mention also to the newly incepted Tim Viner-Smith Perpetual Trophy that the Old Scholars will contest annually with the First XI. Tim was a former First XI and Old Scholar captain and stalwart, who is more than fitting to have such a prize named after. Open Day also saw a Student v Old Scholar Hockey match added to the program. The match was a fantastic contest with the wily experience of the Old Scholars well matched with the fitness and enthusiasm of the student side. The match was played in excellent spirit and will likely become part of the regular fixtures on Open day.
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STARplex
You become the music in this exhilarating full-body workout
New Staff at STARplex
ABOVE Top Left: Steven Schmidt, Top Right: Nathan Kennedy, Above: Leonie Leopold.
We are thrilled to officially welcome Steven Schmidt to the Wellness & Rehabilitation Clinic team as an Accredited Exercise Physiologist. Steven spent much of 2016 with us as part of his work experience as he completed his Bachelor of Applied Science (Human Movement) and Graduate Diploma in Clinical Exercise Science. As an Accredited Exercise Physiologist Steven will prescribe appropriate physical activity as treatment for people with various chronic conditions, illnesses and injuries.
Strong Swimmers Drowning is the greatest cause of accidental death in children under five in Australia. Each week, on average, one child drowns. STARplex Swim Centre is helping to put an end to childhood drowning for good. We are pleased to report that our swim school numbers have increased by 179 children from 2016 to 2017. This means over 1,500 children learn to swim a week with us. We teach swimming from 4 months of age and are delighted to see many Dad’s taking the lead in the pool.
Fitness with Sticks
Leonie Leopold is an experienced Exercise Physiologist who will join the existing team of Steven, Amy Teasdale and Melanie Boschen, Dietitians. Leonie has recently returned from the Sunshine Coast in Queensland where she played a key role in the establishment and implementation of exercise physiology services as part of a new rehabilitation program with Ramsey Health Care. Leonie has spent most of her working life in South Australia with SA Health, the ECH Group and at the Hampstead Rehabilitation Centre, as a result she has established networks across the SA health sector.
POUND® is the world’s first cardio jam session inspired by the infectious, energising and sweat-dripping fun of playing the drums. It’s part of our group fitness timetable on Monday and Tuesdays.
Whilst some of our clients have known Nathan Kennedy as a Personal Trainer at STARplex over the past 9 months we welcome Nathan on board as the STARplex Membership Coordinator. Nathan is very excited to bring his 7 years retail and 4 years management knowledge to this role.
Using Ripstix®, which are lightly weighted drumsticks engineered specifically for exercising, POUND® transforms drumming into an incredibly effective way of working out. Instead of listening to music, you become the music in this exhilarating full-body workout that combines cardio, conditioning, and strength training with yoga and pilatesinspired movements. Designed for all fitness levels you can burn up to 900+ calories per hour, strengthen and sculpt infrequently used muscles, and drum your way to a leaner, slimmer physique.
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She is currently serving as Australian Representative to the Palestinian Authority Weddings
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Engagements
Madeline Peters (2007) and Shane Brown (2007) have been together since Year 11 at Trinity and were engaged in New York in September 2016.
Kayla Duncis (2012) married Rob Rath with a traditional two day Cambodian wedding ceremony in March 2016.
Tanya Bainbridge (2006) became engaged to partner Matthew Waugh in November, 2016 on-board a Royal Caribbean cruise ship. The wedding will be held in Canberra during August 2018, where Tanya works for Airservices Australia, the organisation in charge of Air Traffic Control as their Business Analytics and Report Specialist.
Alannah de Wit (2008) married Aaron Heyman in January at Hentley Farm Wines. Both are teachers at Trinity College.
Nicholas Bolton (2012) and Kate Hogan (2012) were married in February 2016 in Koh Samui, Thailand. Kate is working as a SSO in a school and Nicholas is following in his fathers’ footsteps, studying law.
Jessica Beattie (2014) and Evan Wolfendale (2014) were engaged on Valentine’s Day this year and will marry in October at St George’s Anglican Church in Gawler. Jamie-Lee Popynick (2007) said yes when her partner of five years, Laurie Matthewman, proposed whilst strolling around the dam at Maggie Beer’s Farm Shop in the Barossa Valley in February 2017.
Births
Belinda Wellington (nee Burdelof 1999) and Alan welcomed their son Eli Hunter in April 2016. A baby brother for Carter Jay.
Sarah Liddemore (2008) and Joshua Ferguson (2008) welcomed the birth of their first child, Ariana Audrey in November 2016. They were engaged in November 2014 and look forward to their wedding in 2018.
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Births
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Andrea Oermann (nee Rothwell 1998) and Andrew Oermann (2003) welcomed their first child Jade into their lives, July 2016.
Alison Draca (nee Oermann 2000) and Marco welcomed their second child, Henry, in September 2016. A little brother for 2 year old Victoria.
Melanie Ayles (2007) celebrates the arrival of her son Parker Leonard George, born in August 2016. A brother to Mercedes.
Angus Simpson (2006) married Sarah Button in October 2014. Their daughter Chloe was born in January, 2016. Chloe is enrolled at Trinity College.
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(1) Marcia Pius (nee French 1994) is an officer of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. She is currently serving as Australian Representative to the Palestinian Authority in Ramallah. Marcia previously served overseas as Second Secretary in the Australian Embassy in Beirut (2008-2011) after studying Arabic at the University of Jordan (2007-2008). Marcia was a teacher of adult migrants and refugees prior to joining the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade in 2005, and was an Australian Youth Ambassador for Development to Thailand in 2000. Born in South Australia, a graduate of the Flinders University and the University of South Australia, Adelaide, she has also studied in China and Indonesia, and speaks Arabic, Polish and Mandarin. She is married and has two sons.
(4) Jessica Axford (2016) has been swimming competitively for more than 11 years. She has represented the state for eight years and last year was named Captain of the team. After receiving many offers she has accepted a scholarship to the highly ranked Union College in Kentucky, USA starting in August. She will study human performance hoping to have a career in sports testing.
(2) Nicole Kelly (1999) in December 2016 Nicole was announced as the SA Health “Young Professional of the Year” winner. Nicole is the NALHN (Northern Adelaide Local Health Network) Trauma Clinical Services Coordinator. Considered an expert practitioner she is responsible for coordinating and directing the trauma service delivery of care. Extremely well respected by her multi-disciplinary colleagues within NALHN and SA, Nicole is an exceptional advocate for the northern community, consistently striving to ensure patients receive the right care.
Samuel Branson (2016), Wade Hogg (2016) and Jackson Potter (2016) recently graduated from Regional Skills Training with their parchment.
(3) Sarah Schubert (2009) who started catering in Year 9, attained her traineeship at Jacobs Creek whilst doing Year 12. Sarah went on to start her apprenticeship at Jacobs Creek. In the 4th year of her apprenticeship she moved to the Lakes Resort at West Lakes, where she has now been given the Head Chef role at Crusoe’s Restaurant at the age of 25.
Chloe Sargeant (2008) was awarded the coveted LGBTI Journalist of the Year in March at the Inaugural LGBTI Awards held at the Opera House in Sydney. Chloe garnered a cult-like following with those who enjoy her sense of humour and dedication to causes worth fighting for. Chloe has a new role at SBS.
Melissa Thiele (2002) started umpiring Australian Rules football eight years ago. Melissa was a goal umpire for two Melbourne games and one in Darwin during the inaugural AFL Women’s competition this year. Abaigh Curry (2016) delighted visitors to The Lyndoch German Bakery & Restaurant on Adelaide Cup Day with a wonderful interpretation of classic songs from The Great American Song Book recently returned from the United States, having been invited to audition for a place at the internationally renowned Juilliard School. Though not advancing on this occasion, she has deferred her law degree at Flinders University to focus on further developing her performing skills.
Trinity OS Football Club Upcoming Home Fixtures DATE TIME 20/05/17
TEAMS
2.15pm Mawson Lakes
03/06/17 12.15pm
Pulteney
17/06/17 12.15pm
Elizabeth
08/07/17 12.15pm Fitzroy The NOSE Day to collect 2016 Yearbook
ABOVE Presentation of the TOSFC donation of $5,000 to the Trinity Pavilion building by project.
Come and support the Trinity Old Scholars Football Teams from the viewing area of the new Pavilion Building plus purchase refreshments.
L-R: Ryan Clarke (2009), Nathaniel Eldridge (2004), Ben Johnson (2006) and Dylan Winning (2012).
TOS Football 2016 ended in finals losses at TOSFC for A and B Grade with C Grade failing to make the finals. We bid farewell to coaches Chris Eaton, Ben Hall and Matt Young. The club thanks them for their input on and off the field. We also would like to thank Carl Teusner (2006) who is stepping down from the role of President of the club after five years at the helm. This season the club will still be in Division 6. The club have appointed Steve Couzner (1993) as A Grade coach, Steve comes
to the club coming from a successful playing and coaching career at Salisbury and Salisbury North Football clubs. Stepping back into the coaching arena to take the B Grade coaching job will be Ben Johnson (2006), Ben has been an integral part of the club. He previously had a successful stint with our C Grade side. Taking the reins of the C Grade side will be David Crocker. David has been a player of the club for the last few years and has now taken on the role of player coach.
Off-field the club will have two new Presidents with Nathaniel Eldridge and Ben Johnson taking over from Carl. TOSFC are excited for the 2017 and accessing the Pavilion building. Even though the season is about to start we encourage new players, umpires and volunteers to come and join the club.
led the competition and finished Minor Premiers but could not go on with the goal of a flag, falling 20 runs short in their Semi-Final.
The club also enjoyed fantastic events off field, including our annual Backyard Cricket Competition, Poker Night and iPod Shuffle night which was shared with the Trinity Old Scholars Netball Club. Despite the finals losses, these events, on-field success and excitement around the new Trinity Pavilion will lead to a very exciting and successful 2017/18.
Mr Nathaniel Eldridge (2004)
Co-President, Mobile: 0488 067 670
TOS Cricket For the first time both A Grade and C Grade made finals, with the A Grade finishing 3rd and the C Grade as minor Premiers while the B Grade just missed out on a finals birth, coming home in 6th. Unfortunately, neither A or C Grade were able to go on and lost their respective Semi-Finals after terrific seasons. The A Grade was led again by Alex Cotter (2009) and only lost three games for the season, a marked improvement from 2015/16. Mitchell Dearing (2012) led the runs and tied in the wickets column with new recruit Austin Smith in another impressive year. The B Grade came close to a fifth consecutive finals birth, however with a few late season losses the boys could not get into the four. Dylan Winning (2012) seemed to be the big improver out of the season, clearly leading the runs and taking a few handy wickets, while Captain Sam Lee (2010) topped the leading wicket takers. As for the C Grade, the mix of young and old proved almost perfect as the boys
Our 10th Birthday celebration were held in March. Club legends Adrian Zorich and Ben Johnson ran us through the club’s history and the team of the first decade was announced. The team included: Ali Forwood, Eythan Barraclough, Alex Mr Adrian Zorich (2006) Cotter, Keith Hooker, Jace O’Hara, Adrian President, Mobile: 0422 729 911 Zorich, Brad Cameron, Mitchell Dearing, Stefan Lainas, Tom Krieg, Tim Viner-Smith BELOW Team of the Decade. (captain) and Ben Johnson (12th man). It was a fantastic night, and it was great to see some people from the club’s foundations in attendance. The Association Medal Count was held on March 22 at the Arkaba Hotel. Congratulations to Mitchell Dearing (2012) who won the A3 Player of the Year Award (a first for our club) and to Matt Knox (2000) who was awarded the LO6 Bowler of the Year.
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2017 Reunions
TOS Netball The summer 2016/17 was the introductory season for the rejuvenated TOSNC with three teams nominated in two associations. Two of the three teams made Preliminary Finals which is a huge feat in itself however were unlucky to make it through to the Grand Final. We welcomed 26 Old Scholars into the club and congratulate them on a huge effort first season back. Coming into the winter season 2017 we have 20 new registrations allowing us to enter four teams. Three will be playing in the SADNA competition and one at the local STARplex competition. We have enjoyed having social events with the TCOS Cricket Club and look forward to more with TCOS Football Club this winter.
We have completed our first fundraiser which was the Krispy Kreme Donuts and this will lead into our first major hosting event being our Mixed Netball Tournament where we invite all Old Scholars to participate on the 30th of April 2017, 12pm start. All details our on our Facebook page: “TOSNC” where you can register your team. For interest in playing in any of our teams or tournaments please email tosnetballclub@gmail.com Miss Alanah Rowe (2012) Mobile: 0428 211 969
Miss Carly Lethborg (2012) Mobile: 0411 830 405
TOS Hockey The Trinity Hockey Club has enjoyed the off-season with some social summer hockey matches to keep the skills up for an early start to the winter season in the Barossa. Once again we will be competing in the B Grade Men and Women’s competitions commencing on the 1st of April. The men are hoping to take out back to back B Grade premierships whilst the women hope to take the season one step further to make the grand final. The club also enjoyed a light spirited yet hotly contested game against the open students
at Open Day 2017 to strengthen the ties between the College and the Old Scholars team. The game was enjoyed by all who played and those who watched from the sidelines. As always we are eager to recruit new players of any and all skill levels to the club, if you are interested in playing please email TrinityHC@barossahockey.com or call myself. Mr Thomas Gregory (2009)
President, Mobile: 0431 861 165
Trinity College Alexander Avenue Evanston South SA 5116 tel: (08) 8522 0666 email: enquiry@trinity.sa.edu.au
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Class of 2007 The 10 year reunion for the Class of 2007 will be held on June 3, 2017 at the Trinity College Pavilion.
Bookings: www.trybooking.com/PHBP Class of 1997 The 20 year reunion for the Class of 1997 will be held on October 28, 2017 at the Trinity College Pavilion.
Bookings: www.trybooking.com/PHGZ Class of 2016
The New Old Scholars Event (NOSE) for the Class of 2016 to collect their 2016 Yearbook will be held on July 8 at the Trinity College Pavilion between 12-1pm. Class of 2012
The 5 year reunion for the Class of 2012 will be held on August 11, 2017 at the Trinity College Pavilion. Bookings will open soon. BELOW Left and Middle: Class of 1997
Right: Class of 2007.