From the Junior School

Creativity and Collaboration in the Owen Library

The Junior School boys have focused on creating book reviews to promote their favourite stories. They have demonstrated their ability to apply the PYP Learner Profile Attributes to their reading choices, including being knowledgeable about introducing new titles to our collection, being open-minded and risk-takers when they try new genres, and being principled in the way they care for the resources in the library. The boys continue to use the library space to collaborate with their peers, to read and to play games. The LEGO tables provide a wonderful resource for boys to share their creations and cooperate with each other. The Junior School students take great pride in their library and show appreciation for the wide range of resources available to them.

Making our actions count!

One of the inquiry units at Year 5 is concerned with how people’s actions may affect the lives of others. Students focus their efforts on learning about different charities and how they support the lives of either humans, animals or the environment. As part of the unit, different guest speakers are invited to share information about charities with which they are involved.

Learning from Movember’s Jeff Morgan

This year, we were privileged to welcome Jeff Morgan, program manager for Movember, who spoke to the boys about how the charity began, its ideals and mission, and how it aims to continue to bring about positive change in people’s lives.

Year 5 was also fortunate to hear from Archie Shaw and Matthew Clayton, Year 12 Co-Captains of Outreach, who discussed their involvement with Harambee, the school’s outreach program, and the amazing work it does with different charities. Many Junior School boys took part in Harambee Sundee and were particularly interested in how this will impact many lives in Africa.

The boys in Year 5 were inspired by these talks. They are currently working on creating their own charities and are developing mission statements, logos, advertisements and websites for their charity. It is fantastic to see our boys developing their ideas about care, respect and service.

William Cao, Marco French, Yuvin De Silva and Harvey Lie after swimming the 11 Years 4x50m freestyle relay at MSAC

Sport

A large number of students from the Junior School had the chance to compete in both the AGSV and SSV Cross Country competitions, producing strong individual and team performances. At the SSV South Yarra District event, Trinity won the boys’ school competition for that district. In swimming, a team from the Junior School competed at the SSV State Swimming Championships. AGSV and SSV carnivals provide another wonderful forum for our boys to test their skills against students from other schools and to gain a sense of perspective.

A Place for Everyone

The images on these pages illustrate the range of activities both curricular and co-curricular on offer in the Junior School. Students have the opportunity, and are encouraged to try everything from cross country running to chess, from crafting mission statements to constructing LEGO creations. We hope that each student will find something he loves, and that this can be nurtured and extended during his time at Trinity.