Trinity Grammar School

2020

THE TRIANGLE

T H E M A G A Z I N E OF T R I N I T Y G R A M M A R S C HO OL

TRINITY GRAMMAR SCHOOL

THE TRIANGLE

SUMMER HILL SENIOR, MIDDLE AND JUNIOR SCHOOLS

STRATHFIELD PREPARATORY SCHOOL

WOOLLAMIA FIELD STUDIES CENTRE

2020

FOUNDERTHE RT. REV. G. A. CHAMBERS, O. B. E., D. D.


SCHOOL PRAYER

Heavenly Father,

We ask your blessing

upon all who work

in and for this School.

Grant us faith to grow spiritually,

Strength to grow bodily,

And wisdom to grow intellectually,

Through Jesus Christ our Lord, Amen.

MISSION STATEMENT

Trinity provides boys with a thoroughly Christian education in mind, body, and spirit.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Editor in chief Mr. Kell Daniels

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Editorial Support Mrs. Deborah Xuereb

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JUNIOR SCHOOL

CONTENTS

SENIOR AND MIDDLE SCHOOLS PREPARATORY SCHOOL

AFL 224

Basketball 273

Chapel / Cru Group 245

Chess 258

Chinese Chess Club 258

Cricket 225

Cross Country 285

Debating 258

Director of Curriculum 252

Drama Club 259

Football 278

Games Club 260

Gardening Club 260

Hip Hop Club 260

House Reports 254

Intra Sport 228

K - 2 Swimming 282

Kindergarten to Year 2 245

Lego Club 260

Library 248

Mandarin Drama Club 261

Mandarin Immersion 261

Minimites 232

Music 262

Prize Giving Address 2020 240

Prize List 2019 242

Public Speaking Competition

253

Rugby 234

School Captain Report 244

School Captains 250

School Leaders 251

School Officers 250

Softball 282

Sportsmaster's Report 272

STEAM 251

STEM Club Year 3 to 4 267

STEM Club Year 5 to 6 267

Stick Insect Club 268

Stretch and Still 268

Studio-T 269

Swimming and Diving 283

Tennis 284

Touch Football 284

Track and Field 285

Visual Arts 270

Writing Competition 253

AFL 224

Basketball 215

Captain's Report 195

Chapel Report 196

Chess 204

Cricket 225

Cross Country 223

Debating 205

Director of Primary Curriculum Report

198

Football 217

House Reports 200

Intra Sport 228

Library 197

Minimites 232

Music 206

Poetry Recitation Competition

212

Prize Giving Address 2020 190

Prize List 2019 192

Rugby 234

School Captains 199

School Office Bearers 199

Softball 219

Sportsmaster 214

STEAM 212

Swimming 220

Tennis 221

Touch Football 222

Track and Field 223

Visual Arts 213

Writing Competition 212

3rd Summer Hill Scout Group

111

Academic Dean Report 18

Activities Master Report 74

AFL 122

Archaeology Society 76

Archives 34

Basketball 124

Berea 77

Big Band 99

Cadets 78

Cartesian Society 81

Cello Ensemble 100

Chapel Choir 101

Chaplain's Report 38

Chess 82

Competitions 103

Concert Band 102

Cricket 132

Cross Country 136

Cuberider 83

Debating 84

Director of IB Report 24

Director of Music 95

Diving 138

Drama, Film and TV Production

86

Duke of Edinburgh 88

Economics Q&A 89

Fencing 139

Field Studies Centre 39

Fishing Club 90

Football 140

Foundation 30

Golf 148

Head Master's Report 4

House Reports 42

Intermediate Concert Band 105

Intermediate Strings 104

Lawn Bowls 149

Makers Club 90

Mathematics Club 91

Media Crew 92

Middle School Report 7

Mock Trial 93

Movie Society 94

Music Academy 98

Music Captains' Report 97

Music Groups 106

Old Trinitarians' Union 32

Parents' and Friends' Association

33

Peer Support 110

PK / K to Year 12 29

Prize List 2020 10

RAW Challenge 151

Rugby 152

School Captain's Report 25

School Council Notes 30

School Officers 28

Science Investigators 113

Senators 29

Serenata Strings 108

Sinfonietta 108

Society of the Arts 40

Sports Academy 157

Sports Experience 112

Sportsmaster's Report 120

Staff Directory 286

Swimming - CAS 158

Swimming - Summer 162

Swimming - Winter 164

Symphonic Wind Band 109

Table Tennis 166

Technology Club 114

Tennis 167

The Arthur Holt Library 36

The Trinity Connection 34

Touch Football 173

Track and Field 176

Visual Arts 116

Vocational Education and Training

41

Volleyball 181

Water Polo 185

Year 10 Charity Committee 119

Year 12 Committee 28

Year 12 Valete 296

Year 9 Community Service 118

2020 Year 12 Prize Giving Award Ceremony

2020SENIOR SCHOOL | SPEECH DAY

In the normal course of events, with the passage of time, School years tend to blend into one another. Underlying the incidents and moments of any one year, there is a steady and predictable rhythm to School life. For those who have been around for a while, it can become difficult to remember whether a certain thing happened in a specific year, or perhaps it was the prior year, or the subsequent year. Hence the value of an archival publication such as the Triangle.

However, I suspect that, even with the passage of time, much of 2020 will remain distinct in our memories. As has been remarked ad nauseam, it has been a year like no other, both outside and inside the School gates. The COVID-19 pandemic, which first rose to our consciousness as we emerged from the smoky haze of the summer fires, became the defining feature of 2020 around the world and it shaped the life of the School in myriad ways.

One minor detail makes this point. Since the 1950s, this section of the Triangle has consisted of an Annual Report in the form of the Address provided by the Head Master at Speech Day. In 2020, there was no Speech Day. Consequently, this Report has a different form from that to which we have been accustomed.

Ethos

In my Address to the community at the Middle and Senior School Speech Day events last year, I noted that the School Council had revised the School’s Mission Statement, such that it read:

Trinity provides boys with a thoroughly Christian education in mind, body and spirit.

At the same time, I noted that the pithy and concise nature of this statement needed to be unpacked, so that the distinctive ethos of the School may be seen and mutually understood. Earlier this year, the School Council adopted the following text as our School’s ethos statement

First and foremost, Trinity Grammar School is Christian in its foundation and in its orientation. The School is built on the convictions that this is God’s world, that we are wonderfully made in

his image, and tragically broken in sin. Sustained by him and loved

by him, all people are called to look to Jesus Christ as both Lord

and Saviour. This Christian faith is reflected in the life of the School,

and shapes our understanding of ultimate meaning, purpose and

identity.

Reflecting the meaning, purpose and identity found in relationship

with God, Trinity is a school that prioritises relationships and

community. Relationships shaped by respect and humility build a

community in which people belong and to which they will contribute.

More and more, we want to be a community that considers,

includes, and cares for others.

Educating boys in mind, body and spirit requires us to value breadth

in educational experiences. In these formative years of schooling,

boys benefit from their participation in, and exposure to, a wide

variety of curricular and co-curricular activities and experiences.

School should be a time for expanding horizons and exploring new

possibilities. We are convinced that our boys are better equipped

for the years to come if they have a broad base of interests,

capabilities, experiences and memories by the end of their school

years.

This breadth of our educational offering necessarily challenges

our students. We believe that there is more in them than they

know. Therefore, we require and encourage them to lean into the

challenges that they face, and to seek to overcome obstacles.

In academics, in co-curricular, and in their participation in our

community, we have high expectations of them. Their experience of

these challenges is preparing them for the road ahead.

However, at the same time that we challenge our students, we also

support them. The journey from childhood through adolescence

to adulthood is not easy, and each of our boys has unique

needs and circumstances. In partnership with families, we aim to

ensure that they are adequately and appropriately supported, at

whatever stage of their development, to give them every chance

of experiencing success. They do not face their battles alone; their

School is for them.4

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HEAD MASTER’S REPORT

2021 Year 12 School Leaders retreat

In challenging and supporting our students across the breadth of our education, our focus is on growth. The School celebrates excellence in performance, and many of our boys rise to the highest of standards in the various spheres of their endeavour, but growth is the more important lens through which we look. Every student can learn, every skill can be developed, and every boy can make progress.

Ultimately, our goal is the formation of character. Our world needs men who are decent and trustworthy, and our School aims to play our role in shaping them. Through a Trinity education, we want boys to develop their moral compass, to act in service to others, to take responsibility for those things that are within their power, and perhaps even to form a personal faith in Christ. The true value of a Trinity education is seen in the character of our men in the years long after their graduation.

This articulation of our ethos emerged from an extended period of consideration. It is both descriptive and aspirational; that is, it is true to the School as we know it now, and it reminds us of the School that we wish to be. I trust that the ethos described above resonates with your experience of the School.

Pandemic

A quick survey of the 2020 calendar provides a reminder of the impact of the pandemic. The School was thrust into a remote learning mode at the end of Term 1, not returning to full-time face to face learning until the middle of Term 2. While the summer sport season was completed, the winter season was truncated and the CAS Track and Field Championship was cancelled. Representative channels for sport have mostly been curtailed, traditional co-curricular highlights such as the Cadet Unit’s Annual Field Training and the Gala Concert could not take place, and camps and excursions have been limited. Chapel services and assemblies have been delivered online, and stripped of some of the usual features such as singing.

One particular constraint that has been deeply felt has been the School’s inability to gather groups of parents, and to welcome parents to School events. Our youngest boys have not had the opportunity to

be supported in reading groups, and our oldest boys were not able to have their parents come to their Valedictory Assembly. The annual Fiesta was cancelled, the Parents and Friends and the Auxiliaries met online, and many events in the life of the School were watched via streamed or recorded video. The Speech Days in the Middle and Senior Schools were translated into student-only, year-based Prizegiving Assemblies, and the end of year celebratory events in the Preparatory and Junior Schools have likewise been modified.

Nonetheless, listing the losses of the year is an inadequate way to reflect on 2020. Amongst the disappointments were many bright spots and silver linings. Most remarkable among these was the demonstrated resilience and agility of both teachers and students as the School pivoted to teaching and learning in a remote mode. It is difficult to overstate the magnitude of this challenge, which had to be undertaken during a time of heightened anxiety and pressure for our wider community. The School has long ascribed to the assertion of Kurt Hahn that ‘There is more in us than we know, if we could be made to see it.’ The shift to remote learning and all of its associated demands showed us what we could do when compelled.

School initiatives

It follows that we have learned and discovered some new and better ways for the life of the School to proceed. Increased use of the School’s Learning Management System enables students to access and engage in their learning. Parent-teacher meetings via video conference have been widely welcomed as more convenient, focussed and audible. Overall, our attendance rates for staff and students have risen markedly, because the whole community is much more conscious of hand hygiene, physical distancing, and staying away when unwell; we are not sick as often as we used to be.

One particular initiative that has emerged from our 2020 experiences is that of Year 12 Focus Days, which will roll out in the 2021 Academic year. Following the period of remote learning, the School surveyed students, staff and parents to capture the experience so that we can learn from it. Among the outcomes, we discovered that there had been a number of significant benefits for our senior boys. They appreciated the extra time they had in the day when they worked from home

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Reverse Quad2020 Shave for a Cure promise - Headmaster joined the bald once the target of $50,000 was reached!

without the commute to School and the incidental activities of School life. They found benefit in having the freedom to organise their own time and to have larger chunks of time to do some of the deeper, more sustained work needed in Year 12. The boys also commented on improvements in mental health that came from being less busy. This feedback, combined with our reflections about the need for our boys to develop self-management capacities, led us to the Year 12 Focus Days initiative, whereby the boys will have one day per fortnight free of School-organised lessons and activities.

In light of the pandemic, the School has had to adjust the timing of some major initiatives. The extended Field Studies Programme, which entails Year 9 boys spending a full term at the Field Studies Centre in Woollamia, was due to commence in Term 4 2020 for the new Year 9 cohort. A further initiative associated with this change is a redesign of the curriculum for Years 9 and 10. In light of the pandemic-associated disruption, the decision was taken to push the implementation of these initiatives back to the start of Term 4 2021.

While we have had to be flexible in the timings of some initiatives, the School has been able to make good progress in others. The Renewal Project, which is the major building initiative planned for the Summer Hill campus, has continued through a planning process. At the time of writing, a State Significant Development Application has been lodged with the NSW Department of Planning. This follows an extended period of consultation within and external to the School, as we have sought to understand the needs of the School as we look to renew the Summer Hill site. We anticipate receiving the results of our Application in the first half of 2022, although the School Council is yet to decide on the appropriate time frame to move forward with this project.

The School has also progressed with the development of other facilities. In preparation for the extended Field Studies Programme, the School has commenced further development of the Woollamia campus, including the construction of classrooms for teaching and learning, and two residences for staff. During the time in which our programmes were unable to run, the Outdoor Education team also developed other facilities on the site, including a mountain bike track and other outdoor education resources.

The School has also continued to work towards the development of

open-plan learning spaces in the Llandilo building at the Preparatory School. The creation of these facilities in the southern and western areas of the campus will provide spaces for Year 5 and Year 6 students to pursue learning with a focus on both rigour and flexibility. Associated landscaping will also improve the outdoor and play areas for the boys. These building works will commence over the summer break and should be completed within twelve months.

Acknowledgements

There are a number of groups of people to whom particular acknowledgement should be made in this annual publication.

The senior leaders of the School have done an outstanding job of leading the community through the challenges of the year. Their competence, commitment and reliability have been a great asset in enabling the School to weather this tumultuous season. This acknowledgement extends to all the staff, both those who teach and those who advance the work of the School in other ways.

I have particularly appreciated the leadership of the student body that has been demonstrated by the School Officers this year. While many of the experiences associated with their roles did not unfold as expected, their resilience and willingness to make the best of the circumstances has been greatly encouraging. In these matters, the School Captain - Spiro Christopoulos - and the three Vice-Captains - Lewis Dobbin, Ethan Bateman and Joshua Yeoh - have been particularly noteworthy.

The School Council, led by the Chair, Mr. Richard Pegg, have been a steady and supportive source of wisdom for me as they have exercised their responsibilities in governance. The School is well-served by these tireless volunteers whose commitment to the School extends over decades and through countless hours.

I also want to acknowledge the parents of the School community. At various points this year we have all experienced heightened anxiety in the uncertainties and challenges that we have faced. However, in all those difficult times, I have appreciated the support of the parents and the trust that they have continued to show in the School.

Detur gloria soli deo.6

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HEAD MASTER’S REPORT 2020 | CONTINUED

Quad in the middle of Remote Learning Term 1

The following represents the basis of the Addresses given by Year 9 Monitors at the Year 7, 8 and 9 Prize Giving Assemblies, Monday 12th October 2020. The Year 9 Monitors who authored and delivered the speeches included Luca Ratnavadivel, Sam Newton, Alexander Jacob, Christopher Kong, Ryan Geddes, Kyle Tran, Hamish Gray, Cody Lambert and Liam Wingrave.

Head Master, Mr. Bowden, distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen, here and watching online, and young men of the Middle School,

As we close on an incredibly different academic year, each student has completed another chapter of their life at Trinity, hopefully adding to their perspective on life as a whole, despite the many difficulties which Trinitarians faced during a year which was not particularly easy. Today, in this address, we highlight the perseverance and drive for success which many young men displayed, through times that we have never experienced before.

Through the hardship and adversity, at Trinity we have always sought to develop students in all aspects of school. Whether they be academic, sport, or co-curricular activities, Trinity has continued to assist us to develop individually and to shape the young men of the Middle School, focusing on our strengthening and guidance under our Heavenly Father, in Mind, Body and Spirit.

This address will be covered in three sections. Academic and remote learning, Sports and House sports, and a report on this year’s co-curricular achievements.

This year, 2020, could not have come more differently, more unexpectedly; a COVID-19 pandemic rising completely out of the blue was the last thing anybody would have foreseen. Remote learning for nearly seven weeks provided several academic, intellectual and resilience challenges for us, not only for assessments and studying, but also for everyday learning.

Our normal perception of the classroom was completely changed. The school was able to create a learning environment which was aimed at simulating school-life from the comfort of your home. From pre-recorded Quad, Middle School Assemblies and Microsoft Teams meetings, many efforts were made to have the seamless experience

we all had. I would personally like to thank the teachers for their efforts and to congratulate every student for pushing through the challenges in the way you have. It takes persistence, self-control and resilience to be able to strive through a year like this, so for every boy in the school, well done.

Despite the obstacles, there have been some outstanding academic results and achievements in the Middle School. Of course, as most boys will know, the GPA (Grade Point Average) is a key indicator of achievement. Many boys have earned an impressive GPA of 14.0 or above, therefore an average grade of A or higher. Others have displayed significant improvement in their GPA. More importantly, many students have earned high EPA, or Engagement Point Average, and others have made significant improvements in this area. These boys, and the Dux of the Year, will be acknowledged either in today’s prize giving or during Quad Assemblies in the coming weeks. Congratulations to all.

These young men deserve great commendation and recognition for the incredible work they have put into academic excellence this year, and their teachers and mentors deserve a further thanks, for all the work put into making these achievements come true. Remember that these boys have worked hard and made a very great effort to have those honours and you too can achieve greatness if you set your mind to overcome the challenge you may face.

A significant part of a Trinitarian’s life is sport-orientated. As American Football coach and former player Mike Singletary once said “Do you know what my favourite part of the game is? It's the opportunity to play.” Even though the Trinity Sport Programme was altered this year, boys were still fortunate enough to train with their peers and coaches and participate in the new and improved Middle School House Competition.

First, I would like to commend the young men of the Middle School for their fine efforts of participating in their chosen sports. No doubt it has been very difficult with COVID-19 and the restrictions that were placed upon us. Thank you to the coaching staff and officials for the time and expertise they gave every week. Without them, Trinity sport would not have been the same.

First team sport is the pinnacle of any boy’s sporting career at Trinity,

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as it is the highest sporting team a boy can play in at the school. Congratulations to the following boys: James Moore who played in the first team in cricket; Joel Hieswanto being part of the winning CAS Winter Tennis team; and finally, Lucas Young and Harper Stewart who played in the Water Polo 1sts team.

Due to the COVID-19 restrictions, the attendance at the CAS swimming championships was significantly restricted. Unfortunately, Trinity came in second place, losing to Knox by 31 points. although the boys still performed exceptionally well. Grayson Doig won the 13 Years 50 metre Freestyle Championship, Hayden Hoang won the 14 Years 50 metre Backstroke Championship, along with coming 3rd in the 13-14 Years 400IM in the NSW State Age Championships, and finally, Zachariah Nguyen came first in the 14 Years 50 metre Freestyle Championship.

The Trinity Diving team had a tremendous night at SOPAC. Once again, Trinity brought home the CAS diving trophy, scoring 54 points over the course of the night. Trinity won all three divisions, these being the Junior, Intermediate and Opens. The Junior Diving team consisted of Peter Galanos, Jonny Orr, Hamish Turner, Rory Flanagan and Joshua Leverton. Both Rory and Josh won medals for their individual diving events. Lachlan Nguyen was also a part of the Intermediate Diving team, where he placed third in his individual diving event.

The Trinity Track and Field programme had huge success this year and there were a number of podium finishes for both individual and team achievements. The Australian Nitro Schools Junior Track and Field team achieved a Gold Medal in the Final. Joshua O’Connell ran in the Australian Junior Championships along with Matthew McLachlan. A huge congratulations must go to Luca Gillard who broke the 14years 3000 metre School record, running 9:01:00 minutes. Luca also won Gold at the NSW All Schools Championships for both the 800m and 1500m event. Benjamin Stevens was crowned the NSW Junior Champion for shot put and discus and claimed the podium for his outstanding performance in the hammer throw.

This year was another great year for the Trinity Cross Country team. Both the U14 and U16 teams won their divisions. Luca Gillard was the fastest and went on to win the U14 age group. The boys in the U14 Cross Country team consisted of Luca Gillard, Matthew McLachlan, Josh O’Connell and Alex Christian. Both Angus Royal and Ben Moloney ran at the Championships and were also part of the CIS Cross Country team. Joseph Cantlon also played a significant role in the winning U16 team.

The 8A Cricket team went through their season as CAS Premiers and James Moore, who played in the 1sts this year, was selected in the CIS U15 squad.

The 9A Winter Tennis team were undefeated. The team consisted of James Kim, Alex Runciman, George Nicholas and Jayden Higgins. The

8A team was also undefeated and the team consisted of Sam Kang, Mitchell Reid-Queeney, Angelo Shi and Finn Taylor. Overall, a fantastic season for Tennis.

In Water Polo, the 16B team were undefeated in both the CAS and GPS Water Polo competitions. And a special mention and congratulations to Johnathan Manikis, who played exceptionally throughout the season.

The Volleyball U16 team were CAS Premiers. Both Kyle Tran and Scott Feng were part of the 3rd VI CAS Premiership team. And Jonathan Reissis was a part of the 2nd VI team who were premiers for both the Winter and Summer seasons.

The yearly Middle School House Competition has played a large role in the school’s House Tournaments this year. The Middle School boys have all participated in a large number of varying sports including basketball, dodgeball and touch football, just to name a few. All the boys played valiantly.

This year the House competition had many amended features. The main goal was to get everybody to be actively playing sports for their House among their friends and to significantly reduce waiting times. This year the House competition really heated up as it soon became a 5-horse race for the House Cup, which was really exciting. At the end of the two-week competition, School House took victory with 197 points, which is a fantastic effort from all the boys.

Trinity has had an amazing year of competitive sport, both pre and during COVID-19. All boys should be proud of their own sporting achievements. Let's hold our heads high, support one another, train hard, preserve and prepare ourselves for the sports season that is ahead of us.

If there’s one word that sums up the Middle School in co-curricular activities and the Field Studies Programme this year, it would be resilience. Throughout this year, resilience has been a trait that each student needed to develop, and in a year filled with doubt and uncertainty, this was demonstrated by students in the way they adapted to lockdown and the closing and re-opening of different activities at different times. I think that all students, whether recognised or not, should be proud of this achievement.

The Field Studies Programme is definitely one of the highlights of the Middle School, and this year has been no exception. The second camp group was, for a short moment, interrupted by the bushfire warnings but days later the students were able to continue. The fourth camp group was near the end of the Programme when the COVID-19 lockdown came into effect and was shortened by a few days. The fifth group experienced the Programme at the start of Term 3. Despite all the fears and unknowns, the students showed resilience as they embraced the challenges. They engaged enthusiastically in activities

Track and Field heat onsiteDiver - Lachlan Nguyen (9WH)

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such as roping, mountain biking, marine activities, hiking and much more. The programme challenged students to push themselves and learn many life skills, and also make new friends along the way. The sixth camp group was unfortunately delayed, but they hope to depart this term. To students who haven’t been on camp yet, the prospect might seem a little daunting, but if you go into it with an open mind and embrace all the activities, you will gain a lot and have a great experience, one you will never forget. The award recipients will be acknowledged later in the Assembly. Congratulations to those boys.

Cadets has been one of the many co-curricular activities heavily affected by the pandemic, and by the corresponding restrictions that have been put in place to combat the virus. However, even through this, the unit would always find a way to march on. In lockdown, with credit to the co-ordinators of the programme, MS Teams meetings were run and the Canvas page was consistently updated. At the resumption of face-to-face Cadets, many boys proved their resilience, by applying for Promotion Courses in Year 9, and committing to Wednesday afternoon meetings and preparation work. Congratulations to all 30 boys who applied for promotions, but especially Sam Newton (9WJ) and Ty Garaci (9Ho) for receiving awards for their excellence in Cadets. Prior to lockdown, Year 8 students attended an extremely damp BIVOUAC as an introduction to Cadets. For anyone who has been camping, you will surely know that rain, a millimetre-thick hoochie and only a mat separating you and the ground, do not necessarily go well together. For these Year 8 boys thrust into this environment on their first Cadet experience and to come out willing to make a stronger commitment to the course, reveals their character and resilience. Congratulations to the students who have received the Cadets Prize. They will be acknowledged in the prize giving later in this assembly.

Two Middle School students also had achievements in the Scouts and Venturers programme. Aristides Sdrolias (8Hi) became a Patrol Leader and Gerard Shalala (7Sc) became an Assistant Patrol Leader. Congratulations to both students.

There have been multiple successes in Chess. Middle School students represented Trinity in the NSW JCL Intermediate Chess Competition. These students included James Kim (9Ar), Emanuel Rizkalla (9Sc), James Contouras (9Mu) and Aman Shaw (9Ar)

Students Jeffrey Huang (8St), Elton Huang (8Ar), Maxwell Anderson (8Hi), Nathan Chun (7Ho) and Luca Gillard (8St) represented us in the NSW JCL Junior division of the competition.

Each year, some of the best students across six schools are selected to represent CAS in co-curricular and sporting competitions. It is an incredible achievement to be selected, and multiple Middle School students did. These include; James Kim (9Ar), Emmanuel Rizkalla (9Sc), James Kountouris 9(Mu), Jeffery Huang (8St), Elton Huang (8Ar),

Maxwell Anderson (8Hi), Andrew Hoskinson (7He), Nathan Chun (7Ho).

Debating this year has also been quite different. The ISDA and FED season had just about ended when things started to change. But the Middle School students remained resilient, engaging in remote training and social debates online. Students needed to adapt as they were not even in the same room as other team speakers.

During Term 3, selected students engaged in the CAS debating season, which started face-face, but had to move online.

Congratulations to the students who have received the Debating Prize, which is awarded for outstanding performance in Debating for their Year group. They will be acknowledged in this assembly.

The music department has had a bit of an extended diminuendo since COVID-19 which has restricted a lot of practice and performances. However, the Middle School music students have been working hard this year. Congratulations to Nathan Pham (7WH) and Andy Lin (7WJ) for winning the Year 7 Most Promising Instrumentalist Prize, George Stavrakis (7WH) for the Year 7 Most Promising Vocalist Prize, William Chang (8Ar) for the Year 8 Most Promising Instrumentalist Prize and the Middle School Concerto Competition Winner, Nicholas Ayoub (8Fo) for the Year 8 Most Promising Vocalist Prize, Toby Biernoff-Giles (9La) for the Year 9 Most Promising Instrumentalist Prize and Jack Hartzenberg (9Yo) for the Year 9 Most Promising Vocalist Prize.

There have been two performances this year that have been able to occur despite these circumstances, the first of which was the Symphonic Wind Band's performance of Back in Black on Quad in Week 3 of Term 3. Students lined up on the balcony of the Founder’s Building and put on a stunning performance. Another performance was the online competition "Strike a Chord" by Musical Viva, Australia's Premier International Chamber Music Organisation. Middle School boys involved in this include William Chang (8Ar), Brendan Geddes (8Mu), Stefano Furlan (8Du) and Toby Biernoff-Giles (9La).

On a closing note, this year has definitely been different. Schools all over the world had to change rapidly. But Trinity Middle School students have remained resilient, and although many activities this year were limited, students still found ways to exceed expectations. Thank you to staff, parents and students for everything you put into this year. Thank you also to the Head Master and the School Council for your ongoing support of the Middle School.

To all the students in the Middle School, the end of the academic year is also the start of a new one. Try something new and give it your best shot. Whether it be in academics, sport, or co-curricular pursuits, there is something this school offers you, and it's up to you to find it.

Detur Gloria Soli Deo

Music Awards presented on QuadYear 9 Field Studies Programme

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Year 7 / 2020 Prizes and Awards

Mrs Christian R. Thornett’s Prize for Honest Endeavour

Ignatius Cesarano St


Reuben Chong Hi


Enrico Ciarroni WJ


Harry Clegg Du


Marcus Cupac He


Samuel Gimenez-McAlpine Ke


Marcus Kekatos Ar


Isaac Latt WH


Jonathan Ly Sc


Harry McLean Yo


Callum Padman Hi


Maxwell Padmore Mu


Jacob Pham WH


Angus Royal Ar


Nicholas Tagkalidis Hi


Max Vojvodic He


Liam Wu Sc

The Ray Wiseman Memo-rial Trophy for Best Junior Cricketer

Thomas Bermingham Mu

The Year 7 Christian Studies Prize

Toby Chan Fo

The Year 7 Mathematics Prize

Nathan Chun Ho


Under Age Outstanding Performance at CAS

Grayson Doig He

A Year 7 Prize for Growth in Engagement

Tom Evans St


Hugo Favelle Mu

The Year 7 Geography Prize Banjo Hannaford Du


Toby Ji Ta

A Year 7 Proficiency Prize Ethan La La

The Year 7 Technology Prize Ethan La La

The Stephen and Ian Cray Memorial Prize for the most improved boy in Year 7

Ethan Marten-Coney Ho

A Year 7 Proficiency Prize Matthew McLachlan WJ

The Year 7 English Prize Matthew McLachlan WJ

The Year 7 Visual Arts Prize Matthew McLachlan WJ


Jacob Michail Hi


Andy Nguyen Mu

The Year 7 Debating Prize Maxwell Padmore Mu

The Year 7 Music Prize Nathan Pham WH

The Grossman Cup Best Under-Age Rugby Team - 13A

Logan Toohey Ke

The Year 7 PD Health PE Prize

Logan Toohey Ke

A Year 7 Proficiency Prize Leo Vo WH

A Year 7 Proficiency Prize Ethan Wong Du

The Year 7 Science Prize Albert Zhou WJ

The Dux of Year 7 2020 Christian Ciarroni WJ

Christian Ciarroni The Dux of Year 7 2020

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SENIOR AND MIDDLE SCHOOLSPRIZE LIST 2020



Dane Barns WH


James Chan Yo


Alexander Chu Sc


Lochlan Demark Sc


Domenic Furfaro Ar


Hayden Hoang Ta


Max Millgate Fo


Beau Moller Yo


Aryan Nair Yo


Levi Shin He

The Year 8 History Prize Nicholas Ayoub Fo


Luca Bazdaric St

The Year 8 German Prize Lucas Blum Ar

The Major (AAC) Aikman Trophy for Best Recruit Cadet

Joseph Britton He

The Year 8 Debating Prize Joseph Britton He

The Middle School Concerto Competition Prize

William Chang Ar

A Year 8 Proficiency Prize Chris Chin He

The Year 8 Mathematics Prize Chris Chin He

The Year 8 Science Prize Chris Chin He

The Year 8 Chinese Prize Daniel Doueihi Fo

The Dean McDowell Award for Outstanding Junior Basketballer

Jesse Edwards WH


A Year 8 Proficiency Prize Ashton Frazer Mu

The Year 8 English Prize Ashton Frazer Mu

A Year 8 Proficiency Prize Jaden Fung Ke

The Billie Wallace Year 8 Visual Arts Prize

Jaden Fung Ke

The Coup Cheval for Football Team scoring the most goals in a season - 8F

Numair Hassan Sc

The Year 8 Latin Prize Toby Henry La

The Year 8 Mathematics (Acceler-ated) Prize

Elton Huang Ar

A Year 8 Proficiency Prize Kevin Ma Fo

The Year 8 Chinese Advanced Prize

Kevin Ma Fo

The Year 8 Christian Studies Prize Kevin Ma Fo

The Friends of Rugby Most Spir-ited Rugby Team - 14A

Max Meagher Hi

The Horan Trophy for the Best Under-Age Football Team - 8B

Chase Quach Du


Luke Savage La

The Year 8 Music Prize Charlie Scott-Shires Mu


Tom Studdert Ta

The Year 8 French Prize William Tran Ho


Blake Whitaker La


Luca Gillard St

The Year 8 PD Health PE Prize Luca Gillard St

The Year 8 Technology Prize Luca Gillard St

The Dux of Year 8 2020 Luca Gillard St

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Miles Angus WH


Ty Garaci Ho


Hamish Gray Ho


Christopher Kong La


Aneesh Nagaratnam Yo

The Year 9 Photographic and Digital Media Prize

Timothy Chin Hi

Field Studies Centre Award - Camp 3

Lucian Duggins La

The Major (AAC) Aikman Trophy for Best Trained Cadet

Ty Garaci Ho


Alex Gavrilovic Yo

The Year 9 Drama Prize Alex Gavrilovic Yo


Peter Georgelos WH


Kian Guildea Du

The Year 9 Television Production Prize

Alexander Jacob Fo

The Year 9 Information and Software Technology Prize

Oliver Jessup Ke

The Year 9 Visual Design Prize Oliver Jessup Ke


James Kim Ar

The Year 9 Mathematics Prize James Kim Ar

The Year 9 Design & Technology Prize

Caleb Kwan Ta


Cody Lambert He

The Year 9 Music Prize Ryan Lim Mu


Jonathon Liu La

The Year 9 English Prize Marcus Lorenzato Fo

The Major (AAC) Aikman Trophy for Best Trained Cadet

Sam Newton WJ


The Year 9 Debating Prize Sam Newton WJ


Lachlan Nguyen WH


Will Nice Ke

The Year 9 Industrial Technology Wood Prize

Sam Payne WJ

The Year 9 Mathematics (Accelerated) Prize

Chris Qiu Du

A Year 9 Proficiency Prize Luca Ratnavadivel Du

The Year 9 Chinese Prize Luca Ratnavadivel Du

The Middle School Chess Champion Prize

Emmanuel Rizkalla Sc

The Year 9 Latin Prize Ashwin Sivapirabu Hi


Oliver Smith Ar

The Year 9 Visual Arts Prize Benjamin Stevens We

The Year 9 PD Health PE Prize Harper Stewart St

The Reg Marsh Award for an Outstanding Performance at the Field Studies Centre

James Valiozis Yo


Jack Waide Ke

The Year 9 German Prize MaxWende-Dunstan

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A Year 9 Proficiency Prize Liam Wingrave Ar

The Year 9 Commerce Prize Liam Wingrave Ar

The Year 9 Geography Prize Liam Wingrave Ar

The Year 9 Science Prize Liam Wingrave Ar

The Year 9 Food Technology Prize

Andy Wu We

The Year 9 French Prize Ryan Gupta WJ

The Year 9 History Prize Ryan Gupta WJ

The Dux of Year 9 2020 Ryan Gupta WJ

Ryan Gupta The Dux of Year 9 2020

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Emmanuel Abdel-Nour Ta


James Andrianakos Yo

The Classical Greek Prize for Years 8-10

Marcus Anstey St

The Year 10 Visual Design Prize Alexander Berg Fo

The Ogier Cup for CAS Debating - 10B CAS

Rory Briscoe Du

The Year 10 Debating Prize Rory Briscoe Du

The Year 10 French Prize Younghoo Cho La

The Year 10 Global Studies Prize Ben Cook St

A Year 10 Proficiency Prize George Dedousis Mu

The Year 10 Latin Prize George Dedousis Mu

The Year 10 PD Health PE Prize (aeq)

George Dedousis Mu

The Year 10 Television Production Prize

Rupert Dobbin Du

The Sydney Smith Memorial Prize Jack Greaves We


Kieran Grech WJ

The Year 10 Drama Prize Thomas Jenkins Fo


Elliott Kim Ta

The Year 10 Science Prize Zachary Lin La


Tom Mackie La

The Year 10 Mathematics Extension 1 (Accelerated) Prize

Oscar Martin Sc

The Year 10 Accelerated Business Studies Prize

Riley Martin We


John Nakhoul Mu


Max Nguyen Yo

The Year 10 Mathematics Advanced (Accelerated) Prize

Max Nguyen Yo

A Year 10 Proficiency Prize Nicholas Nguyen Ar

The Year 10 PD Health PE Prize (aeq)

Nicholas Nguyen Ar

The Year 10 Photographic and Digital Media Prize

Benjamin Orr Ho


The Taff’s Visual Arts Prize Lewis Potter Fo

The G.M. White Memorial History Essay Prize

Matthew Raymond Ar

The Year 10 Food Technology Prize Sebastian Sara Du

The Year 10 Information and Software Technology Prize

Aaron Siew Ta


Jonah Sowmi We

The Year 10 Industrial Technology Metal Prize

Keelan Stephandellis Hi

A Year 10 Proficiency Prize Andrew Tanous Du

The George and Bess Chambers Memorial Music Prize

Andrew Tanous Du

The Year 10 German Prize Andrew Tanous Du

The Year 10 Music Prize (aeq) Andrew Tanous Du

The Year 10 Chinese Prize Keagan Tran WH

The Year 10 Commerce Prize Keagan Tran WH

The Year 10 Graphics Technology Prize

David Tsai Ho

The Year 10 Industrial Technology Wood Prize

Jack Vine Mu

A Year 10 Proficiency Prize Justin Wang WJ


Justin Wang WJ

The Year 10 Mathematics Prize Brandon Wong Hi

The Year 10 Geography Prize Timothy Woodyatt Du


Joshua Yeon Ar

The Advanced Soloist Competition Prize

John Dedousis Mu

The George and Bess Chambers Memorial Music Prize

John Dedousis Mu

The Reg Marsh History Prize John Dedousis Mu


John Dedousis Mu

The Year 10 English Prize John Dedousis Mu

The Year 10 History Prize John Dedousis Mu

The Year 10 Music Prize (aeq) John Dedousis Mu

The Dux of Year 10 2020 John Dedousis Mu

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The Year 11 HSC Industrial Technology Timber and Furniture Technologies Prize

Hamish Agnew Ta

The Year 11 IB Diploma Mathematics SL (Anticipated) Prize

Christian Becvarovski Ar

A Year 11 Proficiency Prize Tom Buvac WJ

The Andrew Haslam Memorial Trophy for Outstanding Performance in Basketball

Tom Buvac WJ

The Year 11 IB Diploma Mathematics Applications & Interpretation SL

Tom Buvac WJ

The Senior School Chess Champion Prize

Matthew Chen He

The Year 11 HSC Music 2 Prize Brendan Chew Ke

A Year 11 Proficiency Prize Elias Christodoulou Mu

The Year 11 HSC Business Studies (Accelerated) Prize

Elias Christodoulou Mu

The Year 11 HSC Mathematics Extension 1 Prize


The Year 11 HSC Mathematics Prize


The Year 11 HSC Physics Prize Elias Christodoulou Mu

The Year 11 HSC Drama Prize Jack Fahd La

The Year 11 IB Diploma Business Management Prize

Euan Germanos He

The Year 11 Ab initio Languages Prize

Emmanuel Grogan Fo

The Year 11 IB Diploma Economics (Anticipated) Prize

Ali Issmail Ta

The Peter Grant Memorial Prize for the best Year 11 HSC Geography Student

Nicholas Kaleel Mu

The Year 11 HSC Studies of Religion Prize

Lewis Kanellos He

The Year 11 HSC Construction Prize

James Khoury We


The Year 11 IB Diploma Design and Technology Prize

Ziheng Lao Mu

The Year 11 Preliminary Theological Certificate Prize

Zac Lau Sc

The Year 11 IB Diploma Mathematics Analysis & Approaches SL

Caleb Leung Du

The Year 11 HSC Music 1 Prize Phillip Manuli Ta

The Year 11 IB Diploma German Prize

Joel Matthei La

The Year 11 IB Diploma Visual Arts Prize

Tim McRae Mu

The Year 11 IB Diploma English (Language and Literature) Prize

Thomas Miller Ho

The Year 11 IB Diploma Film Prize Thomas Miller Ho

The Year 11 Electrotechnology Prize

Jim O’Brien WJ

The Year 11 HSC Design and Technology Prize

Cameron Ong St

A Year 11 Proficiency Prize Joshua Perera La

A Year 11 Proficiency Prize James Petrakis Hi

The Year 11 HSC Business Studies Prize

James Petrakis Hi

The Year 11 HSC PD Health PE Prize

James Petrakis Hi

The CAS Summer Volleyball Premiers

Benjamin Powell Ho

The CAS Winter Volleyball Premiers

Benjamin Powell Ho

The Year 11 HSC Visual Arts Prize Benjamin Powell Ho

Volleyball Player of the Year Benjamin Powell Ho

The Year 11 HSC Mathematics Standard Prize

Kai Roberts La

The Year 11 HSC Hospitality Prize Alistair Roseworn WJ

The Year 11 IB Diploma Music Prize

Leo Tarbox Du

The Year 11 IB Diploma Psychology Prize

Daniel Tran Ta

Fynn Ferdinands | The Dux of Year 11 Higher School Certificate

Candidature 2020 (aeq)

Alexander Paterson | The Dux of Year 11 Higher School Certificate


Keith Kwok | The Dux of Year 11 International Baccalaureate Diploma


William Martin | The Dux of Year 11 International Baccalaureate Diploma


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The Year 11 IB Diploma Mandarin Prize

Eric Tsai Ho

The Year 11 IB Diploma Biology Prize

Oscar Van Hal Mu

The Bishop Hilliard Memorial Prize

Sam Vickery WJ

The Drum Major Prize Sam Vickery WJ

The Year 11 HSC Legal Studies Prize

Sam Vickery WJ

The Roderick and Janet West Scholarship for Languages

Dylan Wang La

The Year 11 IB Diploma French Prize

Dylan Wang La

The Australian Archaeological Institute in Athens Prize

Michael Wierum He

The Year 11 HSC Ancient History Prize

Michael Wierum He

The Year 11 HSC Biology Prize Michael Wierum He

The Year 11 HSC Classics Prize Michael Wierum He

The Year 11 IB Diploma English (Literature) Prize

Nathan Xie St

A Year 11 Proficiency Prize Juno Yim Ho

The Year 11 IB Diploma Geography Prize

Juno Yim Ho

The Year 11 HSC Economics Prize

Antony Zafiropoulos Yo

The Ron Coghlan Memorial Prize for the best Year 11 HSC English Student

Fynn Ferdinands WJ

The Year 11 HSC English Extension Prize

Fynn Ferdinands WJ

The Year 11 HSC History Extension Prize

Fynn Ferdinands WJ

The Year 11 HSC Modern History Prize

Fynn Ferdinands WJ

The Dux of Year 11 Higher School Certificate Candidature 2020 (aeq)

Fynn Ferdinands WJ


The Year 11 HSC Chemistry Prize

Alexander Paterson Ta

The Year 11 HSC Engineering Studies Prize


The Year 11 HSC Software Design and Development Prize


The Dux of Year 11 Higher School Certificate Candidature 2020 (aeq)


The Year 11 IB Diploma Chemistry Prize

Keith Kwok WH

The Year 11 IB Diploma Mathematics Analysis & Approaches HL

Keith Kwok WH

The Year 11 IB Diploma Physics Prize

Keith Kwok WH

The Dux of Year 11 International Baccalaureate Diploma Candidature 2020 (aeq)

Keith Kwok WH


William Martin WH

The Year 11 Debating Prize William Martin WH

The Year 11 IB Diploma Classics Prize

William Martin WH

The Year 11 IB Diploma Economics Prize

William Martin WH

The Year 11 IB Diploma History Prize

William Martin WH

The Year 11 IB Diploma Sports Science Prize

William Martin WH

The Year 11 IB Diploma Theory of Knowledge Prize

William Martin WH

The Dux of Year 11 International Baccalaureate Diploma Candidature 2020 (aeq)

William Martin WH

Sport First Name Surname Year House

Medal for Water Polo Harper Stewart 9 St

Medal for Water Polo Lucas Young 9 We

Medal for Water Polo Thomas Rathbone 10 Ke

Medal for Football Thomas Stobierski 11 WJ

Medal for Diving Samuel Fricker 12 Fo

Medal for Water Polo Tristan Glanznig 12 Ta

Medal for Tennis James McCabe 12 St

Medal for Water Polo Kai Young 12 We

Australian Representative Medallions

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A Duke of Edinburgh’s Gold Award Jamie Adams St

The Year 12 HSC Music Prize Jamie Adams St

The Year 12 IB Diploma Design and Tech-nology Prize

Will Barlow Ar

A Year 12 Proficiency Prize Ethan Bateman WJ

The Parents and Friends’ Medallion | Vice-Captain

Ethan Bateman WJ

The Sir Asher Joel Prize for Services to the School

Ethan Bateman WJ

The Year 12 IB Diploma English (Language & Literature) HL Prize

Ethan Bateman WJ

The Year 12 IB Diploma Mathematical Stud-ies SL Prize

Ethan Bateman WJ

A Duke of Edinburgh’s Gold Award William Beretov-Millar Ho

A Year 12 Proficiency Prize William Beretov-Millar Ho

The George and Bess Chambers Memorial HSC Chemistry Prize

William Beretov-Millar Ho

The Laing-Peach HSC Science Prize for Biology

William Beretov-Millar Ho

The Year 12 HSC Science Extension Prize William Beretov-Millar Ho

The Year 12 IB Diploma Business Manage-ment Prize

Joseph Booth Ar

The Shirley Mills Medal Matthew Boyce WJ

The CAS Cross Country Premiers (Neil Logan Team Shield)

Ethan Brouw Ta

The CAS Cross Country Champions (The Michael Spratt Trophy)

Ethan Brouw Ta

The Keith Dobbs Trophy for an Outstanding Contribution to Trinity Cross Country

Ethan Brouw Ta

The Luke Adams Cup for Track and Field Athlete of the Season

Ethan Brouw Ta

The Ray Walker HSC PD Health PE Prize Alister Buchanan Ta

The Brad Royall Trophy for the player who has achieved the highest Rugby represen-tative selection

Sebastian Buchanan Sc

The Year 12 HSC English Extension 1 Prize Leo Bui He

The Year 12 Christian Studies Preliminary Theological Certificate Prize

Selwyn Chang Ar

The Orchestra Prize John Choi He

The Senior School Concerto Competition Prize

John Choi He

The Garner Challands Prize Spiro Christopoulos Ar

The Jubilee Cup for Competition between The OTU and the School - Won by The School

Spiro Christopoulos Ar

The Parents and Friends’ Medallion | School Captain

Spiro Christopoulos Ar

The Year 12 IB Diploma English (Literature & Performance) SL Prize

Anton Demark Sc

The Year 12 IB Diploma Mathematics HL Prize

Anton Demark Sc

Most Outstanding Performance at CAS Brendan Ding He

The Overall Swimming Champion Brendan Ding He

The Swimming Open Age Champion Brendan Ding He

A Year 12 Proficiency Prize Lewis Dobbin Du


Lewis Dobbin Du


Lewis Dobbin Du

The Year 12 IB Diploma Geography Prize Lewis Dobbin Du

The Year 12 IB Diploma Sports Science Prize

Lewis Dobbin Du


The Mark Farrow Memorial Trophy for the Highest Football representation

Owen Duke La

The Jutta Boettger Memorial German Prize Nicholas Earls Ar

The Year 12 HSC Drama Prize Aston Forster Yo

The Year 12 HSC English Extension 2 Prize Aston Forster Yo


Patrick Fouracre WH

The Dr Gibson Trophy for Diving Samuel Fricker Fo

The Lance Chessell Trophy for a Signal Achievement in Sport

Samuel Fricker Fo

The Sword of Honour Commemorative Plaque

Leo Garaci Ho

The Year 12 IB Diploma Biology Prize Leo Garaci Ho

The Grant Simms Memorial Trophy for the Best and Fairest Player in the 1st VII

Tristan Glanznig Ta

The Year 12 HSC Design and Technology Prize

Tristan Glanznig Ta

The OTU Trophy for the Best All-Round Athlete

Harry Goldsmith La

The Ray Wiseman Memorial Trophy for the Best Senior Cricketer

Harry Goldsmith La

The Trinity Connection HSC Hospitality Prize

Cormac Gossling Ar


Dimitri Gremos Fo

The Year 12 IB Diploma Mandarin Prize James Guo Yo

The Peter Dart Musical Composition Prize Shawn Guo Ke

The Year 12 IB Diploma Music Prize Shawn Guo Ke


Malachi Hawkes WJ

The Year 12 IB Diploma English (Language & Literature) SL Prize

Ethan Hu Ke

The Year 12 Ab initio Languages Prize Sacha Jensen Ke

The Year 12 IB Diploma Classical Greek Prize

Sacha Jensen Ke

The Brian Lyle Prize Adam Kasanczuk WH

The Year 12 HSC English Standard Prize Doug Kelly St

The Year 12 HSC Entertainment Prize Doug Kelly St

A Duke of Edinburgh’s Gold Award Justin Kim Ar

The Old Trinitarians’ Union HSC Modern History Prize

Steven Kountouris Mu

A Duke of Edinburgh’s Gold Award Lachlan Lee WH

The Year 12 IB Diploma Mathematics SL Prize

Lachlan Lee WH

The Year 12 HSC Industrial Technology Multimedia Technologies Prize

Alexander Mallis Sc

The Year 12 HSC Mathematics Standard 2 Prize

Euan Marshall We

A Year 12 Proficiency Prize Rory Martin Du

The Old Trinitarians’ Union HSC Ancient History Prize

Rory Martin Du

The Old Trinitarians’ Union HSC Mathemat-ics Prize

Rory Martin Du

Tennis Player of the Year James McCabe St


Luke Nichol He


Luke Nichol He

The Year 12 IB Diploma English SL Prize Alan Paradzik We

The Dorrough HSC Visual Arts Prize James Park Yo

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Jaymes Gourlas The Dux of Year 12 Higher School Certificate Candidature 2020

Michael Lin The Dux of Year 12 International Baccalaureate Diploma Candidature 2020


The Year 12 HSC Industrial Technology Timber Products and Furniture Technolo-gies Prize

Joel Passerini Hi

The Christopher Sandars Prize Alexander Pavic La

The John Conroy HSC Information Pro-cesses and Technology Prize

Tuan Hung Pham WJ

The John Conroy HSC Software Design and Development Prize

Tuan Hung Pham WJ

The Year 12 HSC EAL/D English Prize Tuan Hung Pham WJ

The Cassen Cup for the Outstanding Open Football Team - 1st XI

Yanni Plataniotis Sc

The Kenneth Jones Trophy - Outstanding Contribution to Football 2020

Yanni Plataniotis Sc

A Year 12 Proficiency Prize Steve Poulos Ta

The Parents and Friends’ HSC Economics Prize

Steve Poulos Ta

The Year 12 HSC Legal Studies Prize Steve Poulos Ta

The Joseph Sword Commemorative Plaque Lochlan Prentice Mu

The Year 12 IB Diploma History Prize Derek Qu Du

The Year 12 IB Diploma Film Prize Ritvik Sharma Mu

The Year 12 School Based Traineeship Prize Isaac Soldatos Hi

A Year 12 Proficiency Prize Christopher Stelzer St

The Year 12 IB Diploma Visual Arts Prize Christopher Stelzer St

The Year 12 HSC Business Studies Prize Ethan Su He

The Year 12 HSC Construction Prize Corey Theoharous WH

A Year 12 Proficiency Prize Thomas Thorpe Sc

The Donna Chan HSC Engineering Studies Prize

Thomas Thorpe Sc

A Year 12 Proficiency Prize Jonathan Titmarsh Du

The Collins Cup for Track and Field Jonathan Titmarsh Du

The Old Trinitarians’ Union HSC Geography Prize

Jonathan Titmarsh Du

The Year 11 (2019) Studies of Religion Prize Jonathan Titmarsh Du

The Year 12 IB Diploma Economics Prize Aditya Verma Sc

The Ogier Ceremonial and Drill Trophy James Wang WJ


A Year 12 Proficiency Prize Oscar Warne Ta

A Year 12 Proficiency Prize Evan Williams We

The Year 12 IB Diploma French Prize Evan Williams We

The Year 12 IB Diploma Psychology Prize Evan Williams We

The Year 12 IB Diploma Theory of Knowl-edge Prize

Evan Williams We


Ky Willoughby WH

A Year 12 Proficiency Prize Jonathan Wong St

A Year 12 Proficiency Prize Samuel Xu WH

A Year 12 Proficiency Prize Justin Yang Ke

The Year 12 HSC History Extension Prize Alexander Yee Ta

A Year 12 Proficiency Prize Joshua Yeoh Sc


Joshua Yeoh Sc


Joshua Yeoh Sc

The Year 12 IB Diploma Latin Prize Joshua Zecchini Ho

The Laing-Peach HSC Science Prize for Physics

Jaymes Gourlas La

The McClelland HSC English Literature Prize

Jaymes Gourlas La

The Dux of Year 12 Higher School Certifi-cate Candidature 2020

Jaymes Gourlas La

The Greg Williams Memorial Prize for Sci-ence

Michael Lin Fo

The Old Trinitarians’ Union Debating Prize Michael Lin Fo

The Senior School Concerto Competition Prize

Michael Lin Fo

The Year 12 IB Diploma Chemistry Prize Michael Lin Fo

The Year 12 IB Diploma English HL Prize Michael Lin Fo

The Year 12 IB Diploma Physics Prize Michael Lin Fo

The Dux of Year 12 International Bacca-laureate Diploma Candidature 2020

Michael Lin Fo

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2019 SCHOLARS

Back Row Isaac Wilkins, Joshua Borgnolo, Connor Murphy, Lin Pham, Bill Zhu, Ben Quek, Ethan Grimmond, Blaise McKee, Elliott Earnshaw, Allyn Wu, Justin Teh

Second Row Mr. Chris Barnes, Ethan Li, Eddy Alcock, Richard Ziade, Ronan Maddox, Dillon Srikumar, Fergus McCrory, Ritvik Dinesh, Christyon Hayek, Nabeel Hatoum, Isaac Sharwood, Mr. Tim Bowden (Head Master)

First Row Mr. Andrew Scott, Dr. Heath De Lany, Oscar Jones, Andrew Gabriel, Daniel Feng, Kevin Cloke, Sebastian Devine-Poulos, Lachlan Schreuder, Dominic Jia, Nicholas Liadinata, Vir Suri, Aidan Tharmarajah, Martin Xu, Mrs. Deborah Williams

Seated Nick Bouletos, Daniel Chu, Adam Chang, Ben Bishop, Peter Geronikos, Justin McNamara, Jonathan Karagiannis, Rene Noble, Nathan Roberts, Tharen Candi, Alexander Williams, John Ewida

Trinity Grammar School prides itself on strategic planning to deliver targeted improvements in the way we design student-centred learning experiences, and thereby continue to improve both learning and wellbeing outcomes for each and every Trinity boy. However, 2020 presented a range of unexpected and previously unencountered challenges for all of us – staff, boys, parents, families - reminding us that while strategy is important, it is really a culture of collegiality, mutual support and agile innovation that is central to the way a school navigates these challenges and ensures we all learn. This Report will therefore, in addition to curating the academic achievements over the past twelve months and documenting progress in relation to our annual Teaching and Learning Priorities, attempt to reflect on some of the ways we have come together as a genuine and authentic learning community to do just what that phrase demands: learn our way through the most surprising of years in the educational landscape.

Teaching and Learning Priorities

In 2020 the School retained the four strategic priorities it had set in 2019:

Priority 1: Promote student motivation and engagement

The secondary school continued to provide feedback to boys about their engagement in all aspects of the Trinity programme, Academic, House, Sport and Co-curricular, via the Semester EPAs (Engagement Point Averages), using this measure to make engagement growth visible. A project to track student engagement growth and draw inferences about the ways in which boys’ engagement varies across their school journeys is underway and will continue throughout 2021. The Primary Schools’ development of the GROWTH programme continued as a critical strategy in the fostering of positive wellbeing and learning approaches central to the PYP.

The notion of student voice as an essential avenue for promoting student motivation and engagement was deepened with the inclusion of students’ own voice on Semester Reports in the Primary schools at the end of 2019. This is a robust expression of personal motivation and engagement, as well as developing skills of self-assessment, amongst some of our youngest learners. The Secondary School established a Student Senate as a forum for student debate, feedback to school leaders and development of student-led initiatives. The maturity and insight of this group of students inspired staff to more frequently take ideas to the student body for feedback and refinement. One notable contribution of student voice to innovation was that provided by all Year 7 tutor groups in relation to the Stage 5 Curriculum innovation (see below) they will be the first to experience in 2022, as well as the thoughtful contributions of Year 9 Monitors to this project.

Of course, the most significant challenge to student motivation and engagement, at both the Primary and secondary campuses, came in the form of Remote Learning: how do you pivot, in just two days, the delivery of face to face learning that motivates and engages (both students and teachers!) through shared physical space, close proximity, face to face collaboration and immediate feedback, to an online mode where every learner is visible only through a computer? It was undoubtedly the insight from students at the whole school

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ACADEMIC DEAN REPORT

1 Promote student motivation and engagement

2Advance growth focused teaching and learning practices

3Implement student centred assessment and reporting practices

4Develop a professional learning culture responsive to improving student outcomes

survey level as well as individual class level that allowed us to modify and refine the way learning was delivered in remote mode. Students became agile assessors of the kinds of activities most beneficial in this landscape, the relative balances between videoconferencing and independent work most effective for different stages of learners, and the kind of feedback most useful to them. Particularly, they encouraged their teachers to keep on doing their best – survey feedback, Canvas posts, Teams chat and emails reflected a familiar refrain: you are doing fine and we are going well! While by no means the preferred mode of all students, and most certainly a profound exercise in learning to value something by omission, at the end of remote learning, many students had demonstrated significant insight into their own sources of motivation and engagement. They were able to reflect on both their emerging strengths, sometimes quite surprising, as well as their priority goals, and were able to articulate these in ways that will continue to inform teachers’ practice for several years. Remote Learning reminded all of us that with shared commitment to improvement through feedback and listening to all stakeholders in the learning process, we can achieve amazing outcomes and meet challenges we would never have dared to put before ourselves by choice. Motivation and engagement are indeed the ‘gatekeepers to learning’ and discovering more about ourselves in this sphere is the key to deeper and more fulfilling learning journeys.

Priority 2: Advance growth-focused teaching and learning practices

In the Primary context, continuation of STEM specialists and focus upon transdisciplinary design principles has promoted student thinking from diverse perspectives and supported problem-solving growth that draws strategies from multiple disciplines. The PYP Units of Inquiry continue to be fertile ground for this kind of innovative thinking, fuelled by the expertise of subject specialists working closely with classroom teachers.

In the secondary context, the Stage 5 Curriculum Innovation was set as the central strategic priority for 2020 in relation to opportunities for student growth. This innovation involved a restructuring of the way in which mandatory and elective curriculum could be delivered to boys in Years 9 and 10, with the aims of incorporating greater choice, more explicit opportunities for student-led and inquiry-based learning linked to particular areas of personal interest or passion, and a term-long residential experience at the Woollamia Field Studies Centre during Year 9. Growth about oneself as a learner and deepening of positive traits such as self-belief, confidence to embrace challenge and valuing of learning opportunities are some of the focuses of this Stage 5 programme While these plans have been delayed, the opportunity for detailed planning, curriculum design and professional development has been seized with enthusiasm by the secondary staff. We will be ready, in 2022, with a world-class Field Studies Residential Programme, embedding high level academic outcomes focussed upon Mathematics, Geography, Science and PDHPE, alongside outstanding opportunities for socio-emotional growth and outdoor education.

Priority 3: Implement student centred assessment and reporting practices

A three-year programme of assessment and reporting reform was brought close to completion during 2020. Following significant redesign of learning progress Reports for students from Pre-Kindergarten to Year 10 throughout 2019, parents of students in Years 11 and 12 received the first newly designed Semester Reports for our most senior students in April this year. A renewed focus on transparency of achieved results, descriptive feedback on relative performance in key subject criteria and evidence-based academic engagement behaviours appropriate to students pursuing their secondary school credential are the main features of these Reports. The explicit focus on concrete, personalised priority steps for further improvement – the now familiar ‘next steps for learning’ provided to students of all ages in the Trinity landscape – are also included in the new Reports.

One of the final pieces in this programme of reform is that of so-called ‘continuous reporting’: the sharing with parents of learning evidence

and assessment feedback in a timelier fashion than that offered by the formal Semester Reports. While the roll out of this initiative was again delayed due to COVID demands, during Term 3 the ‘Trinity Assessment Parent Portal’, or TAPP, was piloted with Year 7 parents who, throughout the term, received an online window into both the upcoming assessment opportunities set for their sons, as well as teacher feedback on tasks completed in Mathematics, Geography and English. The purpose of this kind of real time reporting is the promotion of positive, productive conversation, both between parents and sons, as well as parents and teachers. A roadmap to offer this online application for all subjects in all secondary Year groups is under construction, while work with the external provider to design a Primary version has also commenced. It is the expectation that TAPP – a parent portal offering a ‘window’ into a student’s feedback and learning progress – will be promoting informed conversation, and celebration, amongst all Trinity families early in 2021.

Priority 4: Develop a professional learning culture responsive to improving student outcomes

Investing in our staff is investing in our students. With the Head Master’s clear articulation of the power of a culture of continuous improvement for both professional fulfillment and increasingly powerful student outcomes, Trinity Grammar School continues to develop its reputation for both innovation and improvement. The School has been pleased over the course of 2020 to share our work in the professional learning sphere with several other schools and professional bodies. This year, despite COVID interruptions, we continued all teacher involvement in Professional Learning Teams as the principal source of embedded, regular, strategic, practice based and self-selected teacher professional development. Completing the second full year of this kind of collaborative professional inquiry deepened its value as the means by which the school advances the three student-focussed priorities discussed above. During second semester the structure was adapted to host online team sessions, and used to hone and share skills in remote learning. Teachers in the secondary context engaged with a purposefully designed course titled ‘Pedagogy in a changing landscape’ and the experience became another way in which a culture of adaptation and shared experience served our community well.

Extending this principle of providing all staff with access to excellent and sustained sources of professional learning that is proven to deepen expertise and practice, and under the leadership of the Director of Research, Mrs. Deborah de Ridder, Trinity has embarked upon a partnership with the University of Newcastle to support a cohort of teachers to complete a Masters of Educational Leadership. Trinity staff from the Preparatory, Junior School and Summer Hill campuses will be supported to engage with the demands of this kind of post-graduate qualification. The Director of Research will work closely with both Trinity participants and staff from the University of Newcastle to promote a positive, collegial and relevant learning experience for our teachers stepping into the demands of this level of learning. Currently in its planning phases, we are likely to present a first cohort of around a dozen Trinity teachers to begin the course at the commencement of the 2021 University calendar.

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Academic Results

Results from the Class of 2019

On several measures these results are arguably amongst the School’s best; what is abundantly clear and beyond argument is that this set of achievements reflects the strong desire of Trinity students to challenge themselves and achieve at their personal best, and the tremendous capacity of Trinity staff to support the boys in their journeys.

A comparison of median ATARs in NSW represent the School’s continuing strength in credentialling results:

The School maintained its impressive record of high performance in the students’ credential of choice. Forty-five students gained either a Higher School Certificate All Round Achievement Award or an International Baccalaureate Distinction Certificate. Analysis of the ATAR ranges reveals the class of 2019 were very well represented in the higher echelons and that the mean ATAR continues to rise over time:

Æ 13% achieved an ATAR at or above 99



Æ 57% achieved at ATAR at or above 85

Higher School Certificate

The New South Wales Higher School Certificate is an internationally recognised and rigorous credential that demands sustained commitment and disciplined endeavour. We are extremely proud of the 97 students who have achieved this formal qualification in recognition of their diligence throughout their years at Trinity. The following lists highlight some of the accolades through which the New South Wales

TGS MEDIAN 89.08

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Education and Standards Authority (NESA) acknowledges outstanding effort and achievement.

All Round Achievement

To qualify as an All-round Achiever, a student must achieve the top band in a minimum of ten units. Congratulations to the following students. This is a thoroughly deserved acknowledgement for them.

Æ Elliott Earnshaw (Sc)

Æ Zijie (Jackie) Gan (Fo)

Top Achievers in Course

This merit list acknowledges the students who achieved one of the top places, and a result in the highest band possible, in one or more HSC courses. Congratulations to:

Æ Tharen Candi (We) Information and Processes Technology

HSC Showcases and Exhibitions

In 2019, seven students had their work nominated for one of the prestigious showcases or exhibitions; two students were successful in bringing their major works to Shape 2019:

Æ Joshua Abbott (Ho)

Æ Harrison Layton (du)

School Based Traineeships

To complete a School-Based Traineeship while simultaneously preparing for the HSC credential demands both commitment and agility. The following students achieved the traineeship in Construction:

Æ Tim Bradfield (Ar)

Æ Zane Chesterfield (He)

Æ Tom Griffin (Yo)

Æ Taylor Miller (Yo)

Distinguished Achievement

In addition, there were 77 Band 6 or E4 results from the Class of 2019, resulting in 42 boys appearing on the Distinguished Achievers list. This is a wonderful reflection of the breadth of high achievement from our students.

Looking at the broader picture of strong performances, we find the results continue to be robust. For two-unit subjects, 45 percent of results were in the top two performance bands. Trinity presented a total of 70 candidatures for Extension courses and 76 percent of these results fell in the top two Extension bands, with 23 individual top band results.

International Baccalaureate Diploma

With 102 candidates registered for the IB Diploma Programme, and a further 39 presenting for Anticipated subjects, 2019 once again exceeded the previous record for Trinity students electing to pursue this credential. Of the presented candidates, 100 students achieved the credential, averaging an IB Diploma score of 37.00, significantly exceeding the world average of 28.50 and that of the Australian landscape (32.90). The International Baccalaureate acknowledges outstanding performance via the two accolades that follow.

First in the World

Four Trinity students achieved the maximum score of 45, laying claim to the prestigious title of ‘Equal first in the World’ (ATAR equivalent of 99.95):

Æ Nicholas Bouletos (Mu)

Æ Christyon Hayek (Ke)

Æ Connor Murphy (Ta)

Æ Richard Ziade (Mu)

Distinction Performances

The equivalent of an HSC All Round Achiever, 42 Trinity students achieved the IB Diploma Certificate of Distinction by achieving an IB score of 40 or more. The names of these students are listed here:

Name Surname IB Score ATAR

Nick Bouletos 45 99.95

Christyon Hayek 45 99.95

Connor Murphy 45 99.95

Richard Ziade 45 99.95

Nabeel Hatoum 44 99.85

Nicholas Liadinata 44 99.85

Fergus McCrory 44 99.85

Nathan Roberts 44 99.85

Justin Teh 44 99.85

Aidan Tharmarajah 44 99.85

Isaac Wilkins 44 99.85

Joshua Borgnolo 43 99.6

John Ewida 43 99.6

Benjamin Quek 43 99.6

Dillon Srikumar 43 99.6

Martin Xu 43 99.6

Ben Bishop 42 99.25

Daniel Chu 42 99.25

Ritvik Dinesh 42 99.25

Peter Geronikos 42 99.25

Sam Gorman 42 99.25

Jonathan Karagiannis 42 99.25

Lachlan Schreuder 42 99.25

Alexander Williams 42 99.25

Eddy Alcock 41 98.7

Adam Chang 41 98.7

Kevin Cloke 41 98.7

Daniel Fang 41 98.7

Ethan Grimmond 41 98.7

Dominic Jia 41 98.7

Oscar Jones 41 98.7

Ethan Li 41 98.7

Linh Pham 41 98.7

Zain Rasool 41 98.7

Sebastian Devine-Poulos 40 98.05

Andrew Gabriel 40 98.05

Ronan Maddox 40 98.05

Blaise McKee 40 98.05

Justin McNamara 40 98.05

Isaac Sharwood 40 98.05

Vir Suri 40 98.05

Bill Zhu 40 98.05

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2019 Scholars

Each year the School curates the achievements of its outstanding Scholars. The 2019 Scholars are presented here:

JOSHUA ABBOTT

Major work selected for Art Express 2020

EDDY ALCOCK

International Baccalaureate Distinction Certificate

BEN BISHOP

ATAR 99.25International Baccalaureate Distinction Certificate

JOSHUA BORGNOLO


NICK BOULETOS

ATAR 99.95International Baccalaureate Distinction CertificateUniversity of NSW Academic Achievement Award Scholarship

THAREN CANDI

6th in Information Processes and Technology

ADAM CHANG

International Baccalaureate Distinction CertificateUniversity of Sydney Dalyell Scholar

DANIEL CHU


KEVIN CLOKE


SEBASTIAN DEVINE-POULOS


RITVIK DINESH

ATAR 99.25International Baccalaureate Distinction CertificateThe University of Sydney Sydney Scholars AwardThe University of Sydney Faculty of Engineering Leadership Scholarship

ELLIOTT EARNSHAW

ATAR 99.15NSW All Round Achiever

JOHN EWIDA


DANIEL FANG


ANDREW GABRIEL


JACKIE (ZIJIE) GAN

ATAR 99.4NSW All Round Achiever

PETER GERONIKOS

ATAR 99.25International Baccalaureate Distinction CertificateUTS Vice-Chancellor’s Outstanding Achievement Scholarship

SAM GORMAN


ETHAN GRIMMOND


NABEEL HATOUM

ATAR 99.85International Baccalaureate Distinction CertificateUTS Vice-Chancellor’s Outstanding Achievement Scholarship

CHRISTYON HAYEK


DOMINIC JIA


OSCAR JONES


JONATHAN KARAGIANNIS


ETHAN LI


NICHOLAS LIADINATA


RONAN MADDOX


FERGUS MCCRORY


BLAISE MCKEE


JUSTIN MCNAMARA


CONNOR MURPHY

ATAR 99.95International Baccalaureate Distinction CertificateUniversity of Sydney Sydney Scholar Chancellor’s Award

RENE NOBLE

Major work selected for Art Express 2020

LINH PHAM


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NAPLAN Tests 2020

Due to COVID-19 restrictions, the NAPLAN was not conducted by the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority in 2020. It is expected to resume in 2021 for students in Years 3, 5, 7 and 9.

Final Remarks

While the task of composing this annual report is always somewhat daunting in the need to identify such a select few initiatives and achievements for inclusion from the rich and deep pattern of experiences that make up a year in the life of a school like ours, this year the task has afforded a welcome opportunity to look back and reflect on the year we planned … and the year we lived. While there are many planned actions and tasks on documents carefully designed at the end of 2019 that I and other academic leaders in the school did not complete, or did not even begin, I am quite proud of those that we did achieve. Principally, these achievements were in spite of or in response to the closure, or partial closure, of our school for more than eight weeks, and the ongoing disruption to the privileges of connection and relational learning we have over many years taken for granted as the core of our community. I am proud of the remote learning approaches and systems we developed and delivered for our youngest learners as well as our final year students, and delighted by the myriad expressions of online learning environments we have created. I am impressed with the energy brought to the ongoing desire to continue refining these new ways of working with students and parents, and I am humbled by the infinite responses of care, compassion and adjustment we have made for many, many families. In short, I am immensely proud of the way in which the learning community we call Trinity achieved these outcomes. I would like to conclude my 2020 Report with deep and sincere thanks to our team of dedicated Support Staff who have been called upon to just ‘make happen’ so many adaptations we have put in place and solved so many problems encountered on the way; deep and sincere thanks to each member of the teaching staff who have propped up colleagues, shared ideas, mastered new skills and found a way for every student to learn; and finally, deep and sincere thanks to families … to boys and parents who have offered encouragement, gratitude, kindness and appreciation along the way: your thoughtfulness and willingness to discover the best way forward with us, has made all the difference.

Deborah Williams | Academic Dean

BENJAMIN QUEK


ZAIN RASOOL


NATHAN ROBERTS


LACHLAN SCHREUDER


ISAAC SHARWOOD


DILLON SRIKUMAR


VIR SURI

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JUSTIN TEH


AIDAN THARMARAJAH


BILL (HOAI) TRAN

NSW All Round Achiever

ISAAC WILKINS


ALEXANDER WILLIAMS


ALLYN WU

Royal Academy of Music London Scholarship

MARTIN XU


BILL ZHU


RICHARD ZIADE

ATAR 99.95International Baccalaureate Distinction CertificateThe University of NSW Scientia Scholarship

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As our IB students gather their final notes together and prepare their essay plans for November exams, one would be forgiven for calculating the Diploma’s worth in terms of predicted grades, IB grade boundaries and scholarship offers. This would be doing these students a grave disservice. The Core of IBDP is its Extended Essay, Theory of Knowledge and CAS programmes (Creativity, Activity and Service). The three elements not only contribute the final 3 grade points out of 45, but ensure all IBDP students have learned the importance of taking the time to explore creative pursuits, keep a healthy body and make a positive difference to those around them less fortunate.

When COVID hit, one the IB’s major concerns was how IB students would complete their CAS portfolio when sport and co-curricular were cancelled, and usual avenues for service were denied to our students. This was seen by the cohort of 2020 not as an impediment to service but a call to arms. Never before was community service more relevant and in many ways more accessible.

Under COVID, our IB students brought food to those at-risk and isolated in our community. They raised funds to support our most vulnerable and when this was not possible, they raised awareness of their plight. They connected their most everyday activities to issues of global significance because in the first time in their lives, they were directly connected to global issues.

Whist our Year 11 cohort were denied the opportunity to explore their own community needs in our annual CAS Service Immersion week, we hold out hope they will be granted the opportunity sometime soon.

Another area that will not be seen on their reports is their incredible effort in producing their 4,000-word extended essays. This was the culmination of a year-long process, working alongside dedicated Trinity Extended Essay supervisors who helped guide the question formation, research process, and reflection sessions so crucial in constructing work of this magnitude and standard. Trinity has a proud reputation in this area with a world-wide average of 13% receiving an A grade, far exceeded by our regular Trinity average of over 20%.

As students were given free rein to choose their subject and topic, the themes that emerged in their work reflects a growing appreciation of, and desire to understand, the forces that shape our modern world. Given that they will soon be major players in this world, this is a comforting thought.

These themes included a growing appreciation of how social media affects our society as seen in the following questions:

How did the language used by Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton on Twitter during the 2016 presidential election campaign, as representative of their political branding, affect the overall campaign outcome?

In what ways can a professional basketball player’s social media posts contribute to poor shooting performance in their succeeding matches?

How has social media contributed to the aetiologies of body image disorders in both males and females?

What rhetorical and visual strategies did each candidate use in the 2016 American election to appeal to their targeted audience?

Mental Health/Psychology

To what extent does culture influence the symptomatology, treatment, and social attitudes towards individuals diagnosed with schizophrenia?

How and why does being an elite road cyclist impact mental health?

To what extent is music intervention a viable treatment for Alzheimer’s-type dementia and what factors affect its efficacy?

Is there any valid, empirical psychological evidence for supporting the maternal custody preference in child custody allocation post-divorce in terms of the wellbeing outcomes for the child?

To what extent does the developing understanding of Mirror Neurons conflict with the traditional Socio-Cognitive and Genetic theories when explaining the Nature vs Nurture causes of Violence?

The link between Art and Society:

How are Musical Theatre Practitioners able to provide a new perspective to known historical events?

To what extent did Lu and his "Call to Arms" influenced modern Chinese literature and ideology?

How does Stevenson use Hyde’s gratification in moral degradation to explore criminality as a product of escapism from social suppression of Victorian England.

To what extent does Christopher Nolan's body of work use elements of film noir to explore the contemporary fears of Modern America?

How does Australian Aboriginal poetry reflect Indigenous Australian concerns with cultural loss?

Through these essays our IB students have not only learned the valuable insights that such depth of research can bring, they also were forced to reflect on their process through regular interactions with their supervisor, leading to such insightful comments as:

“The evident confessional nature of Plath’s poetry, while at times confronting, encouraged me to ponder upon my own ability to reflect upon and express my emotions. The emotionally reflective disposition of Plath’s poetry also satisfied my interest in psychological disorder, a curiosity which allowed me to successfully extend beyond detailed analysis and exemplify critical thinking. Thus, I discovered a clear and interesting relationship between poetic form and the author’s emotional disturbances, contrary to my initial direction which simply involved comparing the nature of her poetry.”

“In redrafting my final essay, I realised that my research was largely descriptive which meant that it was difficult to maintain a succinct argument. This meant that I had to be more evaluative in analysing Nolan’s use of film noir techniques. Therefore, I had to eliminate large descriptive chunks of my essay that I personally found engaging, but ultimately detracted from my overall argument.”

“Through writing my EE, I have greater appreciated the research process of the historian. Throughout the research process, I increasingly understood my need for a clearer and more consistent thesis. Therefore, this required my scrutinising other historical perspectives, such as historian, Pelz, and also primary sources, including the Twelve Articles and Luther's writings. Resultantly, I was not only able to form a clearer, yet more nuanced thesis, but I also engaged with existing historical interpretations of the Peasants' War.”

As with so much in the IBDP, it is in the process of learning and the not the end result that often makes the difference. I hope the cohort of 2020 are proud of these achievements in the Core of the IB. They will continue to make a difference to their lives well beyond the impact of an ATAR or an IB score.

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Vote Of Thanks - Valedictory Assembly 24/09/20

Good Afternoon Chairman of School Council, Mr Pegg, Head Master, Mr Bowden, Staff, Parents watching on live stream and the Class of 2020.

Our time as students at Trinity Grammar School is now numbered by the minutes. As we gather here this afternoon for the final time as an entire cohort, it is appropriate to thank a number of people before we walk out the gates for the final time in a short while.

This afternoon, as I move a vote of thanks to the Parents and the School, I note that at Quad Assembly this morning, I was able to reflect on the contribution of the staff to help develop us as young men, moving a vote of thanks to honour them.

Before thanking the School I wish to mention our parents. For some watching, today marks the conclusion of an astounding 30-year association with Trinity, whilst for others, the end of a 6-year association with the School. In what has been a challenging year for parents across the country, particularly those of the Class of 2020, it is important to note our gratitude towards you. Mr Barr put it superbly in our English Class earlier this week. Parents who have sent their sons to Trinity since Year 7 have invested a Ferrari in their child, and parents who have sent their sons to Trinity since Pre Kindergarten have invested an Aston Martin in their sons, and that is indeed true. The enormous financial sacrifice which parents have undertaken to ensure that we have been able to stay at the School cannot be understated, and it would be unfair not to acknowledge and understand what our parents have sacrificed for us to be here. On top of this, the countless hours spent waiting for us in the car park after training or co-curricular activities, driving us around all corners of Sydney, making our lunches, ironing the uniforms, providing emotional support through words of wisdom, whilst keeping us on track during a year of much adversity and uncertainty, will never be forgotten. We sincerely thank our parents for the contributions, sacrifices and actions which have allowed us to not only come to this School, but to do well, and succeed under their watch whilst here. The investment our parents have made in our education will begin to pay dividends in the years to come. What means more to me and many of the men of the cohort, is that because of the Trinity experience, we ought to be better men. Thank you for all that you have done to enable us to come to this fine school. At this time, I would also like to thank the grandparents, godparents, aunties, uncles, and extended family who may be tuning in. Your contributions

to the making of us as fine young men must not go unnoticed, and we appreciate the way you have helped us along the journey.

Over its 108-year existence, the School has faced enormous challenges of which the current COVID pandemic would be just one. Despite this, we have navigated through the year and find ourselves here today, in good stead. Throughout our time at Trinity, we have been blessed with the constant support of the School. The ongoing dedication of the staff and of the School council ensure Trinity remains the fine institution it is today. I would like to acknowledge specifically some senior staff. Mr Heanly, we’ll never forget your work to make the Trinity Fiesta such a success. Mr Allen, we admired your transition from one of our 13s Rugby Coaches, to our Master of the Middle School; you always had our support. Dr De Lany, we thank you for allowing us to explore new ground with our Farewell Events in a year like no other, Zing On. To Reverend Webster, thank you for your constant words of strength and guidance through the remote Chapel Sermons you gave. Mr Yarad, thank you for always keeping us in line and our haircuts in check. We will never forget that feeling when we get a knock on the door and see your face. Mr Sandwell, whenever we pull our socks up, we’ll think of you. Mr Barr, where do we start? The fashion tips, the life lessons, or the anecdotes. More than a mouthful, and unforgettable. Two years ago, we had a changing of the guard with a new Head Master starting at Trinity. It was a change which brought much uncertainty, but soon after your arrival, Mr Bowden, we could see your commitment to making Trinity a better place, and we knew we were in good hands. You stamped your mark on the School, with your tireless efforts, whether it be driving around Sydney to catch a glimpse of a variety of team sports, or making sure that everyone in the School received a personally delivered birthday card. We’ll always remember to prioritise consistency over intensity, and how to handle difficult situations with the measured, calm and thoughtful manner that you have used to navigate through difficult situations. It is not always an easy job to take on such a large responsibility and burden that they all do, but without their contributions, particularly after a year of much difficulty, are significant in their own way.

In reflecting on the foundation of this School, it is important to acknowledge that it is the original values and ethics of this School upon which we still reflect to this day. Back in 1913 when Trinity was founded by Bishop Chambers, it was the Christian values by which this institution was bound, and to this day, they are the values to which we look for guidance. We have benefited from the unique way in which the

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Passing the badge onto Jamie Christopoulos (School Captain 2021)Receiving the Captain's badge from Nick Bouletos (School Captain 2019)

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leaders of the School continued to educate us on the importance of upholding these Christian values, to love God, to love your neighbour and to serve others. Today, as we leave, my hope is that as the Class of 2020 have, those that future years shall bring will benefit from the significance of these morals which we have been instilled with during our time at the School. Although Trinity’s ethos and mission was here before any of us were born, the way in which the School has been governed and maintained has been constant throughout the generations. It is something which other Schools around Australia have not maintained as well as we have, and this is a large part of the success of Trinity.

As my final words as the School Captain are upon me, I would like to conclude with the following remarks. The ATAR or IB Score which appears on our certificate at the end of journey is certainly important, but being given the opportunities we have across sport and co-curricular, as well as the outstanding young men we have become, is the true mark that we will carry with us for the rest of our lives. The lessons that we’ve learned, the confidence and resilience that

Trinity has instilled in us, will be the key in whatever paths we all choose to take in our future.

This is now off script, but I wanted to acknowledge the Class of 2020 as a cohort, just a special acknowledgement which needs to be made. You are a very special group of boys. Watching that video brought back a lot of memories and emotions, and I have managed to hold it back—which I am surprised by—but we are a very special cohort. Many of you will go on to achieve amazing things, whether it be in Sport, Business, Politics or the Media, whatever you choose to do, you will achieve well. It's been fantastic and it’s been an honour to serve you all as Captain this year, and my hope is that as a cohort, we can remain stronger than

ever, because of the year of adversity that we’ve shared as a group.


Thank You

Vote Of Thanks - Quad 24/09/20

Good Morning Head Master, students, fellow Year 12 peers, and valued staff members of the School.

The time has finally come for the Class of 2020 to bid farewell to Trinity Grammar School. For some, a 6-year association with the School comes to a close this afternoon, and for others, a 14-year affiliation with the School formally concludes today. This is a very significant day in the life of each young man in Year 12. Each will deal with this experience differently. Some will be more excited about what lies ahead, whilst others more emotional towards the prospect of moving on from a place which means so much to them.

This morning is a chance for me to offer a vote of thanks to the staff of the School on behalf of the Class of 2020 in place of the typical address which is given at the Valedictory Dinner. To begin with, I would like to ask all staff members who are standing around the Quad this morning to come forward to take their place at the front of their respective House group.

In Australia, it is often said that teachers start the day at 9am and finish at the afternoon bell, sometime around 3 to 3:30 in the afternoon. They simply do the bare minimum to get by, and see being a school teacher as merely an employment opportunity, or a way to earn their

#zingon Year 12 Farewell celebrationsPre K / K to Year 12 Dinner

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keep. They do what they are required to do in their job, and regardless of the results or extra time put in, they will receive the same amount of pay at the end of the week. At Trinity, we are blessed to have staff members who view their job as a passion and something which they are wholeheartedly committed to.

The dedication of staff members in our School is phenomenal, with the commitment to Trinity stretching beyond the regular five school days and hours. The commitment at Trinity extends to various sporting and co-curricular activities which start at as early as 6am in the morning and conclude at as late as 10pm at night, as well as attending Saturday sport at various locations across Sydney. Despite the highly demanding extracurricular activities which staff members are involved in, night after night, they mark essays, provide feedback, plan lessons, and reply to endless emails from students. I would like to acknowledge and thank each and every staff member who exemplifies this indefatigable commitment to us as students, committing wholeheartedly to our development as young men. We sincerely appreciate your commitment and willingness to go above and beyond to make our Trinity experience unforgettable and successful in whatever way you can.

What makes Trinity staff members even more unique is the support which is provided beyond the classroom through the intense pastoral system. Being able to confide in a Housemaster, or House Tutors, are examples of the role staff members play in our formation as young people, in stature and wisdom with God and man. The relationship which we as Year 12 students have with our House Staff is more significant than meets the eye. The House System has been like a family for us all, one of the constants in our time here at Trinity which adds value and enhances our experience. So to all of our House Staff, we thank you for your efforts in supporting us throughout our six years at the Summer Hill Campus.

In speaking specifically to Year 12 Staff Members, your ongoing mentorship, guidance, feedback and advice has been invaluable, especially during a year of such challenge. Having you by our side every step of the way has been fundamental to our success throughout the year. Your enormous commitment throughout the Remote Learning phase allowed us to feel supported and cared for so well during a time of much uncertainty. We will never forget the contributions each and every one of you have made to our Schooling lives during such a memorable year. In the future when reminiscing on our time at the School, our Peers may be one of the first things that comes to mind, yet beloved staff will never be forgotten. Although not all of you will physically be able to be with us in person later on this afternoon when we gather as a cohort for the final time, we know that we carry your best wishes and hopes for our future with us.

I would like to leave each student around this Quad with a parting thought and piece of advice. Be appreciative for the staff who put their heart and soul into making you a better student tomorrow than you are today. They have become a part of your life and you will miss them, but they will always be there for you as you embark on the next chapter in your life. Teachers, you’ve left more than an academic footprint on all of us. From the way we conduct ourselves in public, to the manners, etiquette, empathy, and grooming, your fingerprint is an indelible one that will be with us every day for the rest of our lives.

Staff of Trinity Grammar School - we say thank you.


Thank You

Spiro Christopoulos | School Captain

National Simultaneous StorytimeDiscussing Easter during Remote Learning

Captain's CornerReverse Quad, presenting the Awards in place of the Head Master

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Back Row Jack Nichol, Ethan Brouw, Angus Mooney

Second Row Joel Passerini, Harry Goldsmith, Christopher Stelzer, Ben Blades, Earvin Dizon, Harry Driessen, Matthew Boyce, Samuel Xu, Patrick Webb

First Row Caleb Nazareth, Daniel Hayes, Selwyn Chang, Alessio Razza, Alexander Yee, Zack Zuccolotto, Dimitri Gremos, Joseph Booth, Ky Willoughby, Basil Georgas

Seated Doug Kelly, Dr. Heath De Lany (Head of the Senior School), Ethan Bateman, Mr. Craig Sandwell (Deputy Head Master - Policy & Strategy), Spiro Christopoulos, Mr. Tim Bowden (Head Master), Lewis Dobbin, Mr. Bradley Barr (Deputy Head Master - Summer Hill), Joshua Yeoh, Mr. Andrew Yarad (Deputy Head of the Senior School), Lochlan Prentice

Absent James Browning, Leo Garaci, Alex Reddel, Luke Selim

YEAR 12 COMMITTEE

Standing Luca Dimeglio, Will Barlow, Lewis Dobbin, Dr. De Lany (Head of the Senior School), Ethan Bateman, Jonah Clark, William Beretov-Millar

Absent Michael Eid, Aditya Verma

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Back Row Daniel Gergis, Thomas Foung, Nicholas Earls, Finn Murphy, Thomas Thorpe, Alex Jones, Samuel Xu, Justin Kim

Third Row Nicholas Nikiforidis, Joseph Nassif, James Farah, Connor Debs, Patrick Webb, George Andary, Jordan Filippoff, Alexander Yee

Second Row Alan Kurien, Alexander Pavic, Derek Qu, Ryan Whitford, Jayden Ayad, Gene Marantos, Justin Lin, Edison Tran, Lachlan Chan

First Row Pierce Foley, Jonah Clark, Massimo Ianni, Thomas Bozionelos, Marco Murania, Jonathan Wong, Ronald Tam, Luke Sheppard, Joseph Booth, John Varvaris

Seated Aston Forster, Arvind Kumaraguru, Christopher Papaioannou, Selwyn Chang, Mr. Tim Bowden (Head Master), Tom Jin, Philip Pignataro, Ethan Huynh, Spiro Christopoulos

Absent Daniel Skarzynski

SENATORS

Back Row Ty Garaci, Kevin Ma, Rory Briscoe, Fynn Ferdinands, Andrew Cavallaro, Luca Gillard

Seated Christopher Papaioannou, Jack Nichol, Dr. Heath De Lany (Head of the Senior School), Lochlan Prentice, Jonathan Titmarsh

Absent Jonah Sowmi, Kyle Tran

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Consistent with COVID-19 restrictions, the October Speech Day was very different this year, taking the form of a Valedictory Assembly at the School with reduced numbers, and accessible on-line for interested parties. As with most things this year, the School has adapted in an agile and responsive way to the challenges of running a School in this extraordinary environment. This has been done whilst endeavouring to keep students, staff and all stakeholders as safe as is reasonably possible. The School Council would especially like to thank the Head Master, Bursar and School Executive for the way they have led the School throughout these challenging times, providing compassionate leadership to the School whilst continuing to emphasise the development of our students in mind, body and spirit.

Notwithstanding the pandemic-associated challenges the School has continued to provide excellence in education. The following achievements in 2019 are worth noting:

Æ 97 students completed the Higher School Certificate. Of the 34 subjects offered, the mean mark gained by Trinity students exceeded the State mean in 24 subjects.

Æ In total, 99% of Trinity HSC candidates achieved marks of 50 or above (Band 2 or higher) in 2-unit subjects.

Æ In 2-unit subjects, 11% of all results were Band 6 (90 – 100 marks) and 46% were in Bands 5 or 6 (80 – 100 marks). Three students were recognized on the All-Round Achievers list.

Æ The 2019 Trinity International Baccalaureate Diploma average score of 37 points, significantly exceeded the Australasian average (32.9) and 89% percent of our candidates obtained scores higher than the IB world average. Four Trinity students achieved a perfect IB score of 45 (ATAR equivalent 99.95) while 42 students were awarded IB distinction certificates (the equivalent of HSC All-Rounders) for achieving scores of 40 or more (an ATAR of 98.50+).

The Head Master, Mr. Tim Bowden, continues to work well with the School Council and to lead the School in an exemplary way in an ever-changing and challenging environment.

During the past year, the Council has continued with the development of a Renewal Project for the Summer Hill campus. The State Significant Development Application was lodged with the Department of Planning and Environment in mid-2020 with an expectation of an approval in the first quarter of 2021. Planning for a staged redevelopment and renewal is well underway with a forecast timeline of works extending out over the next five years. Renewal works at the Strathfield Preparatory School were approved and will commence in late 2020 and take approximately one year to complete. Additional accommodation and residential quarters are also planned for the Woollamia Campus over the next year to cater for the enhanced offering at this campus.

The Council remains ever mindful that parents make a significant decision which often involves sacrifices to give their sons a Trinity education and see them progress through the School towards responsible adulthood.

The past year has seen The Reverend Chris Braga retire from School Council and the appointment of Mr. Simon Miller to Council in late 2019 and recently, The Reverend Brian Tung. The School Council would like to thank Reverend Braga for his dedicated service to the School over many years and we look forward to the continued valuable input into the governance of the School, from the new members of Council.

The Council remains appreciative of the many people who contribute in such a real way to the successful running of Trinity, especially through this challenging COVID-19 year. We thank:

Æ The Head Master and his Executive together with all the academic and support staff.

Æ The Parents and Friends’ Association and the Auxiliaries at both Strathfield and Summer Hill.

Æ The Old Trinitarians’ Union, which has a passion to assist and support the School as it seeks to educate future generations of Trinitarians.

Martin Cook | Honorary Secretary

It is a great pleasure to welcome everybody to the Thirty-Fifth Annual General Meeting of the Trinity Grammar School Foundation Limited.

Despite many economic and political concerns, 2019 was a good year for investors. Notwithstanding the slowdown in global growth in 2019 and numerous issues such as the ongoing US-China trade dispute and Brexit, markets delivered significant returns to investors. Share investors were particularly well-rewarded with most developed markets recording double digit returns, although these returns were measured off a low base as markets lost considerable ground in the December quarter 2018. Despite modest earnings growth, markets were underpinned by more monetary easing with very low interest rates (or negative rates as in Japan and part of Europe), plus widespread stimulus by central banks. This was especially the case in Australia as the Reserve Bank of Australia cut the cash interest rate on three occasions to an historic low of 0.75%. Monetary policy in the US did a U-turn with the Federal Reserve also cutting rates three times, after raising rates in recent years. Low inflation remains the norm across the developed world as central banks struggle to get inflation back up to their respective targets, leading to calls for more government spending to improve economic growth. The strength of investment returns in 2019 contrasted sharply with the considerable complexity in the global environment.

The support of the School through the Foundation continues to be solid with total revenue for the year for the three Trusts of $657,441 and the comprehensive results as follows:

Æ Building Trust Surplus $2,339

Æ Education Trust Surplus $606,336

Æ Library Trust Surplus $48,766

The Balance Sheet Assets and Liabilities are as follows:

2019 2020

BUILDING TRUST

Total Assets 755,969 767,622

Total Liabilities 6,342 19,902

Net Assets 749,627 747,720

EDUCATION TRUST

Total Assets 11,541,575 10,014,738

Total Liabilities 236,027 255,183

Net Assets 11,305,548 9,759,555

During the year, the School Council informed the Board of proposed developments of its three campuses:

Summer Hill

A concept master plan for the Summer Hill campus that speaks to the built environment on the site over a twenty plus year horizon has been prepared and a development application for Stage 1 of the works has been lodged with the NSW Department of Planning. The development has been named the Renewal Project and will provide a framework for the future development of the School, ensure the implementation of modern teaching and learning facilities and the ongoing evolution of the School.

Strathfield

A development application has been lodged with Strathfield Council for the creation of a new Year 5 and Year 6 learning precinct in the western end of the Llandilo building. Incorporating open plan learning areas, STEM facilities and tiered auditorium-styled spaces, the development is expected to take nine months and will be a significant enhancement to the learning facilities on the campus. The cost of the works is expected to be in the vicinity of $9M.

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SCHOOL COUNCIL NOTES FOUNDATION

Field Studies Centre

The School is planning to extend the Field Studies Centre Year 9

program from a four to an eight-week experience. This is a major

initiative that will have implications for a very wide range of the

School’s activities and require more building infrastructure at the

Centre, including a classroom block, two staff residences and some

reconfiguration of internal spaces.

With these works costing in excess of $150M, the School Council will

be looking to the Foundation for significant financial assistance in the

years ahead.

Board Membership

During the year Mr. Peter Bakunowicz retired from the Board and his

vacancy is expected to be filled at the next Annual General Meeting.

Office Bearers

Following last year’s Annual General Meeting the Board met and the

following office bearers were duly elected:

Æ President: Mr. Craig Moore

Æ Vice President: Mr. Richard Horwood

Community Support

The Board would like to convey its appreciation to the Trinity and wider

School community for their philanthropic support by way of donations

totalling $246K for the year ($253K in 2018).

Gifts / Grants to the School

A donation of $218.5K was made to the School from the Building Trust

towards the costs incurred by the School for refurbishing student

bathrooms at both the Strathfield and Summer Hill campuses.

School prizes and awards to the value of $694 were funded from

endowed gifts to the Education Trust.

A subsidy of $215.7K was paid to the School to go towards its overall

scholarship programme and I am pleased to report that the Foundation

has now passed to the School the amount of $15.8M for buildings,

scholarships, prizes and library resources.

Investment Portfolios

As a general observation, the portfolios in the past year have enjoyed very strong performance, driven by the stimulus of low and falling interest rates, high dividend payouts and buybacks, and satisfactory corporate profits. The portfolio returns before expenses for the Education Trust and Library Trust were 18% and 22% respectively. It is pleasing to be able to report such good numbers, but I caution that such favourable returns are very unusual, and I don’t expect anywhere near this performance in the year ahead. The Board is very appreciative of the expertise and advice offered by its investment advisers Joseph Palmer & Sons.

Trinity Grammar School Foundation Ltd Library Trust

In 2011, the School was informed by the Australian Taxation Office that for a charitable Library Trust to be endorsed as a deductible gift recipient and receive tax deductible donations, that Trust must be the owner or controller of the library it is being gifted money for. As the School is considered to be the owner of its libraries, it established a Library Trust into which the tax-deductible gifts have since been received. Given that the Foundation’s Library Trust can no longer exist for the purposes for which it was created, the Board will be giving consideration to winding up the Trust and, in accordance with the Trust Deed, transferring all Trust assets to the School’s Library Fund, thereby ensuring the perpetuation of the reason why the Trust was created which was for the advancement of education by providing the School with library facilities for use by the School’s pupils from time to time and by the School’s staff from time to time.

The Year Ahead

As I reflect on this year, my thoughts and prayers are with those for whom 2020 has been a year of heartache, despair, and uncertainty. The Australian year started with the country ablaze, as bushfires ravished townships and communities across the nation. We were then beset by the coronavirus pandemic, which has rattled economies around the world, sending some into lockdown for months. Australia has been spared the worst, though I fear it will take much longer than authorities are admitting, to get back to pre-pandemic conditions. I commend the Head Master and his staff for their efforts in keeping the School open, albeit in ‘remote-learning’ mode for several weeks during the restrictions, and for facilitating the continued education of the boys and safety for all. I also wish to thank the Secretary, and his staff, for their professional and excellent support of the Foundation.

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The events of the past six months have had a significant impact on the way we work, live and play. The COVID-19 Pandemic and the requirement to social distancing has resulted in significant disruption to the OTU calendar. The OTU committee last met in March 2020, just prior to the pandemic being announced, and back then we were planning our AGM for May 2020. This did not eventuate, and we sought an extension to delay the AGM until later in the year when we could do an “in person” meeting instead of using online video conferencing. The new date for the AGM is now tentatively booked for 20 October 2020.

COVID-19 restrictions have led to a many notable OTU events being cancelled this year. This included the 2020 Sportsmen’s and Old Boys’ Day; The OTU Generations Breakfast; and The OTU / Trinity Careers Expo, to name a few. In addition, many of the Old Boy reunions have been cancelled or postponed, including my own 30-year reunion (‘90). It is unfortunate, as many of these events are the highlight of my calendar, but we must remember that safety and wellbeing of the boys and everyone is our main priority. So we hope to see all these events return next year, bigger and better than ever.

During the year, the OTU has been finalising the setup of the investment program and accounts for the OTU Education Trust. We should be in a position to start investing by October 2020. This will provide a good financial base to invest in the future generations to come. I would like to thank everyone involved from the OTU and the School who has assisted in getting this program in place. It is a significant change that required both legal and financial input from various OTU members and without them it would have not been possible.

Last year, the OTU awarded two scholarships for Year 7 boys entering in 2020, to Isaac Latt and Noah Ming. These scholarships are funded directly by the OTU and not through the school. For the last five years the OTU has awarded two scholarships per year for boys entering Year 7. Considering the current circumstances with COVID-19, we are also contemplating the addition of a third scholarship for 2021 to provide some assistance to families. This will be subject to budget and financial approvals (TBC).

For the boys entering Year 7 in 2021, the OTU Scholarship interviews were held on 23 September 2020. The interviews were organised via Zoom and not in person, which was a new experience for the OTU committee members who conducted the interviews. The successful candidates will be informed in October 2020 and we also hope to announce if a third scholarship will also be awarded.

On behalf of the OTU, I congratulate the School on their victory in the CAS Swimming and Diving Champions where Trinity again won the Diving Championship and finished a commendable second in the swimming. Well done to the boys, considering the School pools were closed for an extended period due to flooding, prior to the championships.

The CAS Athletics were also cancelled this year, to the great disappointment of the boys. Trinity has been dominant in recent years, winning by record margins. But I understand that the School still organised a day where the team still went to Sydney Olympic Park and competed against themselves. I was lucky to see some of the photos that Des Chu (Class of 1988) took of the day and they were fantastic. It looked like the boys were actually competing at the championships. It made me think how lucky we are to have Old Boys like Des still giving back to the School and taking time out of his busy schedule to provide great photos. These are memories of school life that will live forever and I am sure they will be cherished by the Year 12 boys who were meant to compete in their last championships.

Our thoughts go out to the Year 12 boys who have had to endure a year of disruption. Also to their parents, who could not attend many events this year, such as the Valedictory Assembly or Dinner. These are supposed to be special times for both boys and parents, full of great memories of the final year of school. For Old Boys this is even more special if you have a son Year 12. I know myself, as my son went through Year 12 last year and it was full of wonderful experiences. So

I can understand the disappointment that many may be feeling, that they cannot fully experience the final year as the School had planned. Unfortunately, this is what life has dealt us and it is at times like this that we need to pull together as a community and help out and offer support to each other. We are grateful that we have a strong School and Old Boy community who care about each other and can help out. So please keep in contact, touch bases, and look out for each other.

In September, I was saddened to hear the news of the passing of Pamela Collins, wife of Barry Collins (Patron of the OTU) and mother to Peter Collins (OTU Committee and School Council Member). Both Barry and Peter have contributed so much to the OTU and the School and our thoughts and prayers go out to them as they try get through these tough times.

The OTU Mentoring Scheme is still ongoing. Any Old Boy, 18 years or over, interested in participating in the scheme, whether as mentor or mentee, are encouraged to contact Richard Bishop or Stephen Pardy. Old Boys in all professions, trades and vocations are also encouraged to participate. The scheme provides additional benefits such as finding a new job or employee, networking opportunities and gaining recognition of your business, professional or academic achievements.

Finally, I would like to thank all the members of the OTU Committee: John Williams, Scott Miller, Phil Logan, Stephen Pardy, Andrew Connolly, Ric Otton, John Helby, David Ford, Alick Waschall, Peter Collins and Craig Moore, for their hard work and dedication throughout the year. They are all volunteers, who dedicate their own time in support of the OTU and the School and for that I am grateful.

Special thanks to Mr. Richard Bishop, who is our Alumni and Old Boy Representative within the School, and his hard work in keeping us informed of all School / OTU related matters.

On behalf of the OTU I would also like to thank:

Æ The Head Master, Tim Bowden, for his ongoing support of the OTU and its events.

Æ Mr. Richard Pegg, the Chairman of the School Council, for his support and advice.

Æ Our Patron, Mr. Barry Collins, for his continuing support of the OTU.

Æ Richard Bishop and Susanne Trunk, for their assisting the OTU in all matters and events, and for also being the conduit into the School.

Æ Phil Logan, for organising Old Boy coaches and liaising with the sports support groups within the school regarding the OTU coaching initiative.

Chris Paras ('90) | President, Old Trinitarians’ Union

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The Trinity Grammar School Parents and Friends’ Association is setup specifically to allow parents of the school to hear directly from the school’s executive on the events and happenings of the school. At our meetings, parents are encouraged to ask questions and raise general issues that they feel are impacting their boys’ education at Trinity and their own participation in that.

The P&F is also a body that tries to raise funds for the benefit of all boys across Trinity’s campuses. The desire to add something extra to the boys’ experiences, through our fundraising activities while also promoting volunteerism and community values at the same time are large parts of our mission.

At each of our meetings we aim to welcome parents into an informal and friendly environment designed to foster a sense of belonging to our school community. Meetings are held generally once a month during term time. In 2020 there have been fewer opportunities to hold meetings because of the disruption of the COVID-19 virus. We have though, still managed a few electronic meetings and hopefully this newfound flexibility will enable more busy parents to attend meetings online going forward.

From time to time we invite members of the school’s staff along to present at meetings, to provide parents with more information on the various areas of the school, so that they are more in tune with what their boys are experiencing and are better informed to help their sons when needed. We also facilitate a number of presentations during the year where parents can hear about parenting skills, career opportunities and general welfare assistance for the boys.

All parents are members of the P&F and are encouraged to attend these meetings.

As President for the last three years I have been fortunate to see, first-hand, how useful it is to attend and participate in P&F meetings. Many parents have taken opportunities to ask the Head Master questions about the direction of the school and recently about the stress that the restrictions have had on students and staff. The need for parents to have easy access to the management of the school is something I feel very strongly about and going forward I would encourage all those who would either like more information, or just want to have their say, to come along to meetings.

Our major community and fundraising activity during the year is the Trinity Fiesta held on the last Saturday before school ends for the year. The 2019 Fiesta was again a great day. It is always a terrific spectacle to see the school community come together with so many parents and boys putting in a day of hard work.

We were very fortunate that the 2019 Fiesta was blessed with a beautiful sunny day. We were fortunate to have the involvement of the Delmar Art Gallery with opportunities during the day to participate in drawing classes amongst other things.

The most significant goal of the Fiesta is for it to maintain a “whole of Trinity Community” feel. Parents and boys from the Prep, the Junior School and the main Summer Hill campus all join together to make it a great day. A major highlight remains the camaraderie between all those parents who come along on the day to put in some time to help out and raise some funds for the boys. In 2019 we had more parent volunteers than ever before.

The funds raised at the Fiesta go towards a number of good causes designed to benefit the boys.

In this past year we have either funded or contributed funding toward the following.

Æ Year 7 Welcome BBQ

Æ Ice Block Days for the JS and Prep Boys

Æ Requests for extra equipment

Æ We pledged a large amount of funds to add to facilities at the Woollamia Field Studies Centre.

One of the greatest challenges of the P&F is to stay relevant to the boys and parents.

Our goal is to become more visible in funding and organising worthwhile activities and encouraging parents to show their boys the importance and value of being involved in their community. Obviously the COVID-19 virus has slowed us down in these aims, but like all things, this will pass and our fellowship will be stronger for having lived through it.

The P&F second hand uniform page on Facebook continues to be well patronised. There are now 750 contributors. I would encourage all parents to join this amenity and offer any uniforms that your boys no longer need to the rest of the community.

I would very much like to recognise the great support and contributions of the Summer Hill Auxiliary, the Junior School Auxiliary, and the Strathfield Auxiliary, who host events on their respective campuses and who also do an amazing amount for the school community. This year these bodies have been ably led by Petty Heather, Michelle Reed, and Wasfieh Nwiran. I would also like to acknowledge the long-term resilience and stellar contribution to the school community of Kay White during the past ten plus years. She has been tireless in her hard work for parent bodies within the school and she will be sorely missed and impossible to replace.

I would like to thank the 2019/20 P&F Committee office bearers, Sarah Vaughan, Kay Stephandellis, Stephan Greaves, Mike Miller and Bob Fozzard for their excellent efforts in making the P&F operate. Your work has been valuable and appreciated.

I would like to thank our Head Master for his attendance, involvement and support of the P&F. A special thanks also to Mr. Stephen Heanly and Mr. Richard Bishop who work hard to ensure the success of all school and P&F efforts.

Good luck to all in the coming year. Welcome to our excellent and very able incoming committee with Jinan Amoura as our new President.

I hope to soon see you around the school joining in with other members of our vibrant and invested community.

Drue Prentice | President of the Parents’ and Friends’ Association

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Abdul, the School House Boarders’ mascot

The Trinity Connection Group are mothers of former Trinity Boys.

The Association was formed in 1987 by group of Year 12 mothers who wished to stay connected with the School and continue the friendships they formed during their boys’ schooling.

Our meetings are held four times a year during School Terms. They are held twice on a Tuesday afternoon and twice on a Saturday afternoon. Generally, attendances at these meetings range between 10 and 14 members followed by an afternoon tea kindly provided by the School.

The Head Master and/or Mr. Richard Bishop attend the meetings and keep us up to date with what is happening in the school.

The Committee are very pleased to announce that we have been welcoming new members to the group recently. The work of both Mrs. Yolla Yarad and Mrs. Liisa Chappelow has been at the very forefront of this effort.

The Trinity Connection is a not for profit group; we raise our money through our Annual or Life membership fees. Money that is accumulated is donated to various departments in the School or to a charity nominated by our members.

At the 2019 AGM the members voted to donate $1000 to CWA NSW for Drought Aid as well as $270 donated to the NSW Cancer Council.

David Braga (Class of 1987) was our Guest Speaker at the 2019 Annual Christmas Party. David is CEO of BNP Paribas Securities Services for Australia and New Zealand. David shared with us his life journey since he left Trinity and some stories of his time at the School.

The Head Master attended our February 2020 meeting where he updated the members on the outstanding HSC and IB results of the class 2019.

Due to the COVID pandemic we have been unable to hold any meetings or outings this year.

The School issues annually invitations to the President or a Representative to attend annual events such as The Gala Music Concert, The Cadet Ceremonial Parade, The School Speech Day, The Auxiliaries’ Mother’s Day Dinner and the Year 12 Mothers’ Farewell Dinner.

Please consider joining Trinity Connection when your son leaves the School.

2020 OFFICE BEARERS

President Yolla Yarad 0416 272 666

Vice Presidents Cona Jones, Wendy Stead

Secretary Liisa Chappelow 9581 6024

Hon Treasurer School Accountant

School Contact Richard Bishop 9581 6111

If you wish to join the Trinity Connection, please contact the Secretary, Liisa Chappelow, at the School.

Yolla Yarad | President

The Trinity Archives exists to both document the history of the School and maintain records for accountability purposes. The preservation of history the value of archives has been evident in 2020 as people worldwide have sought wisdom from the records of responses to past pandemics.

In 1919, Trinity’s response to the Influenza pandemic was largely dictated by the government in terms of school opening and closure, apart from their own decision to relocate most of the boarders to Austinmer for six weeks. Similarly, in 2020, the School has responded to the government and health department directives – though without the challenge of managing boarders. In 1919, Trinity was a small concern – less than 150 students occupying one campus. The disruption of the ‘flu epidemic was real, but the resilience of the Trinity community prevailed – as it continues to do today.

Work in the archives has continued largely uninterrupted on campus during this year. The Records and Archives Management project mentioned in last year’s report was somewhat delayed but is still ongoing. Enquiries directed to the Archives number in the hundreds, with three quarters of them being internal to the school.

A number of interesting donations have been received in the Archives this year, in addition to the usual transfer of School administrative records, and they include:

Æ Official school photos which fill in some gaps in the 1940s and 1970s.

Æ A copy of Mrs. Violet Kops’ (nee Auldjo) manuscript recollections of the Hurlstone Practice School c 1904-1905 – connected with the Ladies Teachers College which occupied the Trinity Summer Hill campus from 1883-1905.

Æ A bovine skull affectionately known as Abdul – mascot of the School House Boarders.

Æ Photographs and member lists of the Trinity Singers from 1980 – 2010, as well as an audio cassette recording of their first performance.

Æ Examples of the Prep and Junior School’s grey straw hat which has now been phased out.

The School’s survey of staff, students and parents following the remote teaching period at the end of term 1 and beginning of term 2 will form an important element of the record of Trinity’s experience during the pandemic. It will provide greater detail of the personal impact of the altered school calendar and the online teaching and learning changes.

2020 marks several anniversaries. The oldest structure on the Summer Hill site turns 150 – the main gateway – stone pillars and wrought iron were first erected in 1870 – though like Trinity itself, they did not start life located at Summer Hill. Designed by one-time Colonial Architect Edmund Blackett, they originally stood at the George St entrance

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Gates in situ in front of St Andrew’s Cathedral (City of Sydney Archives SRC15619)

The earliest Trinity Singers photo in the archives is from 1981.

TGS Junior School Foundation pupils and staffBlackett Gates at Trinity Grammar School 1930s.

Jubilee Gates 1962 – with the wrought iron from the Cathedral pedestrian gates

to St Andrew’s Cathedral and were one of five pairs of gates in the fence surrounding the building. Those on the George St side were taken down around 1927 to allow for the construction of Town Hall underground railway station and never returned. In 1934 they were given by the Cathedral Chapter as an entrance gate for Trinity.

An interesting twist to the story of the Blackett Gates is the wrought iron of the Jubilee Gates – the plainer sandstone pillars at the entrance to Chapel Way constructed in 1962 – the School’s Jubilee year. The wrought iron hanging on these pillars matches the Blackett Gates as they were once four pedestrian gates to the Cathedral fence. Later they were joined in pairs to create two larger gates for Chapel Way. Most curious perhaps is where they were located between the 1930s and 1962 when they were erected at Trinity – any information about this would be most welcome.

The auditions for the first members of the Prep School choir founded

by Mr. James Southwood OAM and known as the Trinity Singers

occurred on the 19th of March 1980, and five weeks later they made

their debut at the Barker College Junior School Festival of Music. A

recording of this performance is held in the TGS Archives.

The Junior School has also passed a milestone this year, ending its

second decade. Initially planned as a southern campus of Trinity to be

located at Oatley, the Junior school was established at Summer Hill at

the beginning of Term 1, 2000 with seventy Year 4 to 6 pupils and five

staff in temporary accommodation. Since then it has expanded to cater

for 300 Kindergarten to Year 6 pupils in purpose-built classrooms.

Thanks and acknowledgment are due this year to Meagan Lacoba – part time Archives Assistant since May 2017. She has worked on various re-boxing projects, as well as the detailed cataloguing of the school photograph collection which comprises thousands of images, greatly improving their accessibility. At the end of Term 3 she departed to take up full time employment. Thanks also are due to Paul Queeney for his support and enthusiasm for the Archives.

It is fitting to pay tribute here to Mrs. Pamela Collins who passed away this year at the age of 88. Pam had served as a volunteer in the Archives from more than 20 years. Pam was married to Barry Collins (TGS Captain 1946) whom she had first met when she was a student at Meriden. Married in 1954, her two sons also attended Trinity. Her contribution to the preservation of the School Archive collection is greatly valued.

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‘This Book Changed My Life’ promoted by Jamie Christopoulos and Liam Sandilant National Simultaneous Storytime

And so we come to the end of another year – and what a year it has been! All school years are memorable for one reason or another, but rarely can we say with such certainty that one will go down in history. 2020 has undoubtedly been a year unlike any other, so it is with some degree of pride that we say not only has The Arthur Holt Library survived, in many ways it has thrived.

Without doubt, the pandemic threw up a number of challenges, but in meeting them we have transformed the library into a more widely accessible service and reimagined how we might work with students in the future. Remote learning forced us to consider how we might bring more of what we offer online, while the ongoing COVID restrictions mean we have had to get creative with our events and the way we use our space.

Change has been inevitable, but who we are and what we do remain the same. We are just as committed to promoting a culture of reading here at Trinity and we continue to find new and innovative ways to support inquiry-based learning and research tasks in our quest to create a new generation of lifelong learners.

Reading culture

Everyone knows by now that we love reading, but just in case they forget we’ve made it a tradition to host a morning tea every February 14th for Library Lovers’ Day. Staff and students are encouraged to visit the library and enjoy a blind date with a book. They each choose a gift-wrapped book from the displays and agree to read it regardless of its contents. The aim is to get everyone reading outside of their comfort zone, to broaden their tastes and to open them up to an element of surprise. It always starts a lot of conversations.

Another one of our key messages is that reading is fun, and rarely do we get an opportunity to demonstrate that quite like National Simultaneous Storytime (NSS). Now in its 20th year, the event falls in the middle of Library and Information Week in May. The idea is that children, parents, grandparents and teachers read a picture book by an Australian author at exactly the same time throughout the country. This year was the event’s most successful year to date, with over 1,297,000 people taking part at over 14,469 locations.

The book ‘Whitney and Britney Chicken Divas’ by Lucinda Gifford certainly provided ample opportunities for dressing up. The Head Master and the School Captain filmed a reading of it for Year 1 in the Junior School that was broadcast to the rest of school, while the

Director of the IB Diploma Programme, Mr. Barnes, joined in a reading in Compass Court, complete with feather boa and beak.

Sadly, the school wasn’t able to gather together on NSS day as it has in previous years because COVID restrictions were in full effect. Continuing restrictions also meant we were unable to go ahead with our planned author talks for the much-loved books@breakfast in May and October. But these challenges provided scope for us to start planning our ‘new normal’ events for 2021 #watchthisspace!

Remote learning also posed a challenge around how we might make books available to the boys when they are unable to visit the library. In an attempt to keep them reading, we introduced a Click and Collect service. Boys could reserve books via the Library catalogue and we would then notify them when they were available for collection. The pandemic also prompted an overhaul of our collection of e- and audiobooks. We expanded the collection and threw out a series of reading challenges to the boys to download and/or listen to as many books as they could.

Fortunately, once face to face teaching resumed, we were able to go ahead with the Year 7 Wide Reading Program — a sequence of lessons that introduce the boys to the library space, encourages them to share their reading habits through a series of rapid recommends, and, finally, each boy borrows a book to read and review. We later publish their reviews in the library catalogue so that they can see what each other have read and enjoyed. Then when the boys return towards the end of Trinity Term, to further explore the library collection, they work with our graphic novels to find connections between modern-day comic books and the Greek Myths.

This year also saw the relaunch of our ‘This Book Changed My Life’ campaign. Students, teachers, parents, alumni and extended members of the Trinity community are invited to film a short clip of themselves introducing the book of their choice. Some examples include George Orwell’s Animal Farm, Commonwealth by Ann Patchett and the complete works of PG Wodehouse. The new website is well worth a visit. It offers a fascinating snapshot of the books that have helped shape our lives.

Academic scholarship

Creating a life-long learner is one of the Holy Grails of teaching. If you can instil a genuine, self-motivated love of knowledge in a student, he will continue to grow and develop throughout his life. The Library

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Alessio Razza (12Mu) receiving the award for the most consistent borrowerThe Research Wheel

Services team is committed to helping every boy gain the skills necessary to achieve this goal and we are always here to help – especially in these unusual times.

To this end, we developed the Research Wheel, a visual scaffold for research and inquiry learning based on the work of Carol Kuhlthau. It has proved invaluable in honing the boys’ research skills and offering them a framework that they can work with on large-scale independent research tasks that might otherwise overwhelm them. It was a discussion feature of the Senior School Professional Learning Teams ‘Pedagogy in a Changing Landscape’ over the course of Semester 1 as teaching staff explored the ins and outs of inquiry-based learning. Teaching and Learning Librarian, Ms. Courtenay, was also invited to present on the design and development of our Research Wheel at this year’s EduTECH Asia conference where it received a rapturous response.

The Research Wheel has been used across the school, most notably to help the HSC boys to prepare for their Science Depth Studies and the IB boys to start work on their Extended Essays. But it’s not just the Senior boys who stand to benefit. The wheel is introduced to students as early as Year 7 as a means of introducing the kinds of skills they will need to develop in order to succeed in the later years. Library staff were on hand to help the boys learn how to paraphrase and how to discern the best web sites to use in their research.

Each year the library also helps to transition Year 9 into the Senior School through the All My Own Work program. The boys are introduced to the principles and practices of academic scholarship, including how to avoid plagiarism, how to reference their work and where to go to find trustworthy source material. It’s an excellent introduction to the new set of expectations and responsibilities that await them in Year 10.

Given that remote learning made it more difficult for the boys and staff to simply pop into the library with any questions they might have, we needed to be innovative in delivering academic support. This prompted the creation of our Library Minute videos, a collection of short film clips designed to answer some of the students’ most pressing questions. We also assembled a Canvas module that could be added to any class page so that we could support inquiry learning from afar, and a series of instructional videos for staff on how to incorporate our resources into their remote lessons.

The Library - Senior Canvas course also had a revamp to update our online repository of digital resources, reading lists and referencing

tools. It means students and staff can now search for books, access certain encyclopedias and academic databases, as well as view films and television programs from anywhere at any time.

But despite all this innovation, one of the great delights of the second half of the year was the gradual return to some kind of normality. This included the return of our after-hours Study+ program, which offers students in Years 10, 11 and 12 the opportunity to share a meal and access academic mentoring under the supervision of specialist teaching staff.

In 2020 we welcomed six new Academic Mentors to the Study+ team, all either pre-service teachers or Trinity Scholars with a breadth of experience across HSC and DP subjects such as English, Maths, Chemistry, Physics, Sports Science, Economics, Business, Psychology, as well as Latin, French and Italian languages.

Head Master’s Reading Commendation Awards

If there’s one thing we know how to do well in The Arthur Holt Library it’s celebrate — “ain’t no party like a book club party” — so the saying goes! And, despite the challenges of COVID, we were excited to see borrowing stats rise across all Year levels (and staff borrowing) over the course of 2020. We like to think it is a result of the targeted reading support strategies that form part of our ongoing reading culture project. However, we also acknowledge the reality that one of the few things you can still do in a pandemic is read, and so the inaugural Head Master’s Reading Commendation awards were born.

A book prize was given to the top borrowers in each Year group. The Year 12 awards included a prize for most consistent borrowing, which was won by Alessio Razza (12Mu) who has borrowed an impressive 238 books over the course of his time at Trinity. There was also an award for the student who has introduced new authors and books to The Arthur Holt Library’s collection, which was won by Daniel Doueihi (8Fo). The Staff award was won by Mr. Matthew Driscoll who was by far our most avid adult reader and borrower in 2020.

Welcome to the team!

2020 also saw two new additions to The Arthur Holt Library Team. In Whitsun term we welcomed our new Library Services Manager Mrs. Courtney Nolan, who came to us from the Preparatory School Library in Strathfield, while Michaelmas term saw the arrival of our new Teaching and Learning Librarian, Ms. Danielle Raffaele.

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“From everlasting to everlasting you are God”

- Psalm 90:2

Every year the Macquarie Dictionary comes up with its Word of the Year. I think this year the word will be ‘unprecedented’. To be honest, I’m pretty tired of the word, though it is a good one, especially when you look back over a year where seemingly everything was derailed. House services – nope. Easter Mission – nope. Fuel camp – nope. Face to face chapel – not really and not much. Unprecedented. It’s a funny word really. It means that life was unpredictable – maybe even unstable. You couldn’t count on anything being the same from one day to the next.

So what did we do? Well, in chapel, before the disruption, we were in Luke’s Gospel on a road trip with Jesus. Jesus is on the road to Jerusalem – and if you know how the story ends, you know what he is heading towards. I guess, if the Son of God has something to say on that road trip, it would be pretty important to listen to. It was important, and that’s what we tackled in chapel. At the same time, Year 7 were having chapel in the Dining Hall and Mr. Lee was unpacking maybe the greatest short story ever told, from Luke Chapter 15, the story of the lost son.

Then lockdown. No sport and no NRL – I got to like the change. No aircraft noise – I live under the flightpath – so I liked that too. No concerts. No Theatre. That was sad. Jigsaw puzzles and socially distant walks. People went to Uni by remote, people went to work by remote. We went to school by remote. Even Chapel went remote. It fascinates me the way the word of God, the Bible, not only sets our agenda but also reacts to our predicament. So, in online chapel we heard about God’s take on anxiety and freedom and rest, on contentment and resilience. We figured that a lot of people were watching a lot of Netflix – so Mr. Lee came up with a short series based on the last dance – the Chigago Bulls story. As I write this, we are planning a staged return to face to face chapel and planning a hybrid between real-life and online. It’s all about ‘Songs’ and the Bible is full of them. Will it happen? By the time you read this, you will know – but I don’t know.

Unprecedented!

But unprecedented can also be thrilling. If you get tired of the ‘same old, same old’. If you get bored with ‘ground hog day’. If you feel like your life is just a bit too predictable, then ‘unprecedented’ is a very cool change. It’s a breath of fresh air. It’s excitingly unpredicatble. It gives us all a chance to grow, to adapt and develop. This year we discovered what it was like to slow down, to ‘smell the roses’. We learnt new skills. We got the chance to spend time with our families – and mostly found that was pretty good. Unprecedented can be exceptionally good – and if nothing else, you can tell your children and grandchildren that you lived through unprecedented times.

As I’m writing this, I realise that I have two very persistent ear-worms in my head*. The first is a line in a prayer from the old Anglican Prayer book that goes like this:

‘…that we who are who are wearied by the changes and chances of this fleeting world may rest on your eternal changlessness’.

It’s a really great line. It goes to the heart of good Bible sense and the God who is there. He hasn’t toppled off his throne. He is the rock that doesn’t change. The second line comes from my car stereo, in the days when my car was full of free-range, feral kids. It’s the voice of Colin Buchanan, who some of you know, and it goes like this:

‘Nothing takes God by surprise, oh no. He is sovereign. He’s in control.’

Whatever ‘curve-balls’ might have come your way this year and however suprising they might have been. They are not a surprise to God – He is all over it.

* defn: a song or melody that keeps repeating in one’s mind – Webster’s dictionary.

Greg Webster | Chaplain

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Year 9 boys engage in a truly immersive experience during the Field Studies Centre (FSC) Residential Programme, at the Woollamia Campus. Each student is challenged and encouraged to extend themselves in each of the domains of Mind, Body and Spirit. Increasing the students’ understanding of the cultural significance of the Shoalhaven Region to the local Aboriginal people is a key aim, as it provides a valuable lens through which each boy can view their extended time away from home. Local Aboriginal elders now perform a Welcome to Country ceremony on the day the boys arrive, introduce Dharawal seasons, and explain the significance of the landscapes in the Yuin Nation. The students also experience a Land, Fire and Water Ceremony, and receive an insight into the extensive cultural knowledge held by local elders in the nearby Wreck Bay Community.

In 2020, we began using the traditional aboriginal names for three local landmarks to identify each of the activity groups at the FSC: Cambewarra, a mountain given its name by the traditional custodians of the land, the Dharawal people, meaning ‘mountain of fire’, as it was believed to have once been a volcano; Booderee, which in in the Dhurga language of the region means ‘bay of plenty’, and is the name chosen by the Wreck Bay Aboriginal Community following the return of the area to its aboriginal traditional owners; and finally, Cullunghutti, another notable landscape feature in the Shoalhaven, which is a local Aboriginal word meaning ‘splendid view’.

This year, a series of building works commenced at the FSC in preparation for the extended term-long programme that is planned to commence in October 2021. Internal renovations of many of the existing spaces have resulted in improved functionality and amenity for both staff and students. The campus clinic and reception office have been centrally located; there are new infills positioned over the accommodation wings that have created additional all-weather spaces; the two living rooms have been fitted with reverse cycle air conditioners and carpet tiles, making them far more homely; we now have dedicated peripatetic music rooms; and our library resources have been upgraded. The 110-acre Woollamia property now has an extensive network of mountain bike trails; a cross-country running track; a range of initiative challenge activities; an upgraded orienteering course; and an outdoor basketball court, which has been very well used by the students to date.

Building resilience and encouraging a ‘Growth Mindset’ are key themes that run through the Field Studies Programme. We began the year redesigning much of the FSC experience, after Morton National Park and much of the surrounding areas in the Shoalhaven were ravaged by the worst bushfire season ever recorded, last summer. This was followed by flooding and associated high water levels in Currambene Creek and St George’s Basin, and waterlogged campsites, necessitating a change to planned activities on numerous occasions in 2020. Then along came COVID, which saw a multitude of restrictions placed on facilitating camps and overnight experiences by

the NSW Government, resulting in the shortening and postponing of planned residential programmes.

Both the boys and the Field Studies Centre Staff demonstrated great resilience and adaptability as the programme changes came into effect throughout the year. One of the upshots of the many roadblocks that had to be negotiated in order to facilitate the Year 9 residential experiences was that most of the outdoor education activities were re-programmed and brought closer to the FSC base at Woollamia. This has meant that the boys now have the opportunity to hike along a number of the gorgeous local beaches and coastal headlands, and spend time exploring the pristine waters of Jervis Bay and St George’s Basin in canoes, sea kayaks and stand-up paddle boards. We are now making even better use of the incredible topography and diverse environments that are within twenty kilometres of the campus.

The middle Sunday of the four-week experience is traditionally marked by the parent visit. The boys look forward to the day which provides a chance to see their family, reconnect and share the highs and lows of their time away to date. The parent visiting day also provides an opportunity to showcase the Woollamia campus to School families and allows for an insight into the operations of the indoor and outdoor spaces, that the boys call home during their stay. For Programme 5 this year, this experience needed to be facilitated differently. Like so many of the aspects of life that have been considered in the past to be ‘normal’, or ‘just what we do’, due to COVID, parent visiting day needed to be re-imagined. The solution: a virtual parent visiting afternoon. The new Surface Go devices that were deployed to support the FSC Academic Programme, were configured by our IT staff to allow the boys to initiate a Microsoft Teams video conference with their loved ones, on the Sunday evening. The boys enthusiastically logged into their devices, connected with home, then set about finding a place to chat and connect. As the light faded, the staff enjoyed watching the glowing screens move around the grass area outside the classrooms, as the boys tested the range of the Schools Wi-Fi and provided their family with a snapshot of life at the FSC. For a couple of lucky families, this also included having a kangaroo or two photo-bomb their video chat!

Delaying gratification isn’t always popular, or even required in our fast-paced, always on, always accessible, digitally stimulated world. Being immersed in and exploring God’s Creation does, though, provide some excellent opportunities to push through challenges, extend oneself and be curious about what is coming next. The climb to the top of Mt Stromlo on a mountain bike rewards the rider when a hit of dopamine and endorphins are released as the rider flows down the beautifully crafted trails on the other side; the rock climber who pushes to the apex of the crag on that tough route at Thompson’s Point turns around to survey what they just achieved as they are lowered back to ground level; the beginning surfer who bounces back from several wipe-outs, then rides a wave all the way to the beach. Each of these outdoor education experiences provides an opportunity for the boys to appreciate the benefits of delaying gratification, persisting through challenges and demonstrating grit and determination.

Outdoor Education is much more than the physical activity that one engages in outdoors. Outdoor Education, in its truest form, incorporates elements of challenge, positive risk-taking, reflection, and opportunities for the creation of strong metaphors. The teachers and leaders at the FSC guide students through a process of transferring lessons learnt and experienced in the natural world, to their broader life both in, and out of school. To conclude the month-long rite of passage, the FSC staff form a guard of honour that the students pass through, after ringing the camp bell which marks the end of the residential experience. In the moments following each programme, I reflect with a deep sense of appreciation for the opportunity that the staff at the FSC have, to journey alongside Trinity’s young men during their time on the Woollamia Campus. We are very fortunate indeed to have a diverse and committed team of staff at the Woollamia Campus, who are dedicated to sharing this valuable experience with the boys and guiding them through this valuable journey.

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The Cooked & The Raw, installation view

Virtual exhibition, Clothes for Death by Anna Bedynska

Year 3 art class in the gallery, visiting Where Clouds are Spirit Parrots: Art of the Ömie Women

Emily Granger and Jonathan Henderson in concert

A vibrant exhibition of contemporary ceramic sculpture and installation launched the Society of the Arts’ 2020 program at Delmar Gallery in February. It was followed by a succession of art from across the country and around the world, including painting from the Kimberley, photography from Poland, printmaking from Cairns and textiles from Sydney and Papua New Guinea. Our curated exhibitions and events provide an opportunity for Trinity students to experience first-hand a wide array of contemporary art and meet professional artists. This year, we had planned to complement the program with a series of classroom and gallery workshops conducted by a visiting artist from Northern Cape York Peninsula. Instead, the abrupt changes brought about by the pandemic propelled the development and launch of a 3D-modelled, virtual Delmar Gallery in which our Term Two exhibitions could be visited while the bricks-and-mortar gallery was closed.

The Cooked and the Raw was the latest in Delmar Gallery’s series of exhibitions surveying recent graduate work from Sydney’s three principal art schools. Over the last decade, ceramics has enjoyed a resurgence in contemporary art and it is also a strong area of visual arts education at Trinity. This exhibition explored new directions in ceramics that are emerging at a tertiary level. Seven artists were selected from the 2019 university graduate exhibitions, whose distinctive works ranged from highly refined forms, to immersive environments and to sculpture and installation that embraced clay’s expressive potential and tactile qualities. The exhibition was opened in February by Ramesh Nithiyendran, associate lecturer at UNSW Art & Design and an artist renowned for pushing the boundaries of ceramic sculpture.

Our March exhibition was a rare chance in Sydney to see paintings by three significant Indigenous artists from the Kimberley region of Western Australia: Wakartu Cory Surprise, Ngarralja Tommy May and Jananggoo Butcher Cherel. Fitzroy Crossing | Hassall Collection was launched by Luke Scholes, Curator of Aboriginal Art at the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory. The exhibition of 35 paintings spanned 1989 – 2019, including an early work on cardboard by Jananggoo and Wakartu’s final painting made in 2011. It also included a suite of recent works by Ngarralja, who, now in his eighties, is at his creative peak. The paintings were on loan from the Hassall Collection, a private collection of 20th century and contemporary art, distinguished by the depth in which individual artists are represented. During the exhibition, music and art came together with a live performance in the gallery by harpist Emily Granger and flautist Jonathan Henderson. With the sudden escalation of COVID-19, the physical exhibition had to close early but it was adeptly photographed and transformed into a state-of-the-art online exhibition.

The next step down the digital path was taken with our Term Two exhibitions. With international and interstate travel suspended, it was not possible to physically install these exhibitions, which were due to arrive with the artists from Tokyo and Cairns respectively. Instead, a new version of Delmar Gallery was built – an accurately modelled, 3D gallery space, into which virtual exhibitions could be ‘installed’ and visited. To deepen the virtual exhibition experience, we conducted video interviews with the artists about the concept, process and presentation of their work and embedded extracts in the exhibition. These were conceived as additional educational resources with senior students in mind.

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Bailey Harding in Construction, Douglas Kelly in Entertainment and Alexander Shannon in Hospitality

Students who choose a VET course learn skills that are recognised and valued in the world of work. The teaching of these practical and more general employability skills encourages creativity and logical thinking processes – in addition to achieving an ATAR, students will be recognised for the achievement of classroom and real-time work experiences as part of their HSC credential.

This year we have students in Year 11 and 12 Construction, Year 11 and 12 Hospitality, Year 12 Entertainment and Year 11 Electrotechnology.

Our Year 12 students completed work placement at the end of last year, going to a variety of workplaces such as The Hard Rock Café, City Tattersalls Club, Novotel Sydney Darling Harbour, Kaymet Construction P/L, Zandor Constructions and Bankstown Sports Club.

Employers have hundreds of students undertake work placement at their organisation every year. We had three students who impressed their employers with their reliability, enthusiasm and work ethic: Douglas Kelly in Entertainment, Bailey Harding in Construction, and Alexander Shannon in Hospitality. Their employers nominated them for MWLP workplace awards. Based on the feedback from their employers, the students were asked to attend interviews in Term 1 2020, and they all progressed to the next stage and were finalists in their categories. Doug won his category and was chosen as the winner of the Student Work placement for Entertainment. Doug also received the Student of the Year award. The awards committee were impressed with his passion and eagerness to learn about the Entertainment Industry, his communication skills and what he achieved at work placement. Unfortunately, due to COVID restrictions the award night had to be cancelled and the students were given recognition for their achievements at a presentation on Quad.

Jennifer Nixon | Head of Vocational Education and Training

The first of these exhibitions was presented as part of Head On Photo Festival in May. Clothes for Death is an ongoing portrait series by Polish photographer Anna Bedyńska. Her work as a whole engages with societal changes, documenting customs as they wane or new norms as they emerge. This exhibition stemmed from her travels through rural Poland as a press photographer, where she had the opportunity to meet elderly people who still observed the traditional practice of carefully selecting and setting aside clothes that they wished to be buried in. They invited her into their homes, laid out the clothes for her to photograph and explained the significance of the items they had chosen. Rather than being morbid discussions, she discovered that these conversations about death were full of life, and how this vanishing custom had the effect of ‘taming’ death for those who practised it. In Delmar Gallery’s virtual space, the portraits from this project Clothes for Death were installed with excerpts from our video interview, where Bedyńska shared her subjects’ stories and reflected on the responsibility she carries as a documentary photographer to record them for posterity.

A similar impulse to preserve stories for future generations lay behind our exhibition in June by Teho Ropeyarn, Ulada Ikya Ami (Listening to Beforetime Stories). Ropeyarn is an artist and curator from the Injinoo community of Northern Cape York Peninsula, and his exhibition involved three years’ research, accompanying Elders on Country and recording oral history and traditional stories. We were looking forward to welcoming him as artist-in-residence, where he would have given linocut workshops to middle and senior school students in Term One, followed by an exhibition, demonstrations and talks in Delmar Gallery in Term Two. The pandemic intensified just as he was due to leave Cairns and all travel plans had to be cancelled. The virtual version of Ropeyarn’s exhibition includes images of his large-scale vinylcut prints, and visitors can navigate through its three sections and hear him speak about significant aspects of the project. The exhibition recounts the history of the four clans that came together at Injinoo – the Gudang, Angkamuthi, Yadhaykana and Atambaya nations – and traces their history in three chapters: Ulada (Beforetime), Umany (European Colonisation) and Uta (Later On).

While virtual exhibitions were an exciting development, it was wonderful to be able to re-open the gallery’s doors in July and August with two exceptional exhibitions that struck a chord with all visitors. Where Clouds are Spirit Parrots: Art of the Ömie Women featured barkcloth paintings by senior women artists from the remote mountains of south-eastern Papua New Guinea. It included twenty paintings based on ancestral clan and tattoo designs by Duvahe (Chiefs), elders and leading artists. Central to their creation stories and art is the sacred volcano Huvaimo (Mount Lamington), around which the Ömie villages are located in the interior of Oro Province. The exhibition was presented in association with the artists’ co-operative, Ömie Artists Inc. Concurrently, emerging Sydney artist Sairi Yoshizawa presented Lithe, a series of eight textile installations. Yoshizawa organically dyes her handwoven textiles, with natural dyes extracted from foraged materials such as leaves and roots as well as spices and Japanese indigo. She uses traditional methods such as ikat, along with knotting, twisting and weaving. The subtle tonal palette, refined geometry and translucency of her compositions created a pervasive sense of weightlessness and serenity, a salve to these anxious times.

With the Year 12 Visual Arts, and Technology and Applied Studies exhibitions postponed to September, an opportunity arose to bring to Trinity paintings by two giants of Indigenous art from the 1980s, Jarinyanu David Downs and Anatjari Tjakamarra. They were briefly exhibited at Delmar Gallery where Indigenous studies and visual arts students had privileged access to paintings of great potency and significance.

This most unusual of years will conclude with the Year 7 to 11 Visual Arts and TAS students, whose 2020 projects will be exhibited in either the real or virtual Delmar Gallery in November.

Catherine Benz | Convenor, Society of the Arts and Curator, Delmar Gallery

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‘Persistence’ has been the recurrent idea that has permeated throughout the Archer House meetings in 2020. In a year that has required all Archer boys to adapt to evolving situations and a changing environment, such a theme is only fitting. As the academic year comes to a close, it is appropriate to reflect on the year that has been for Archer House.

2020 saw a switch in Archer’s charity towards the R U OK Day Foundation. Through selling merchandise and holding a school-wide BBQ, Archer was able to raise a record $2,500 for mental health. This incredible result would not have been possible if it weren’t for the help of each and every single Archer House member, and everyone should be proud of their tremendous effort in contributing towards such a beneficial cause.

Like always, the Inter-House competitions provided a fun and competitive means by which Archer boys could demonstrate their physical dominance. Throughout the year we participated in Cricket and Fitness Challenges and managed to come out on top of Dulwich in the tug-of-war. Moreover, Archer was able to show their high mental strength, placing 2nd overall in the Chess, and were led by our courageous Captain of Chess, Selwyn Chang. Special commendation must also go to the Year 7 boys who, led by their Year 11 peer support leaders, demonstrated great courage in the dodgeball competition.

House meetings saw a fun and interesting transition into the virtual world in 2020. Led by Mr. Folli, Ms. Liu, and the leadership team, Microsoft Teams was employed to ensure we still maintained some normality in the weekly routine. Kahoots and online presentations allowed everyone to connect with each other whilst we were at home, and recognition of the ‘most courageous Archer man of the week’ through the Fletcher Award managed to continue in an online capacity. The seemingly increasing quantity of votes for the Fletcher Award every week is a testament to the positive impact that Archer men have upon each other and upon the wider school community.

The new Year 7 boys must also be commended on their persistence and resilience in what can only be described as a tough introduction to their secondary-school life. I would like to congratulate their capacity in overcoming the challenges faced throughout their first term at secondary-school and seemingly embrace the values and beliefs of Archer House with ease. Of course, such transition would not have been possible without the help of their Year 11 Peer Support Leaders, Jamie Christopoulos and Christian Becvarovski, and our Year 9 Monitor, Liam Wingrave, who must be thanked for their outstanding work throughout 2020.

Congratulations must go to the incoming leadership team for 2021. Led by House Captain Christian Becvarovski and Vice-Captains Thomas Calabro and Rohan John, the House will continue to prosper over the upcoming year. Acknowledgement must also go to our newly elected School Captain, Jamie Christopoulos, who will lead Archer in a wider school context. To have such a large incoming leadership group is a testament to all the Archer men who have been, and will continue to be, strong role models within the house.

On behalf of everyone in the House, I’d like to sincerely thank the Archer tutors, Mrs. Courtenay, Mrs. O’Driscoll, Mrs. Purkis, Mr. Driscoll, Mrs. Wood, Mr. Parle Mrs. Spratt and Mr. Van Tol. Their week-on-week pastoral support and guidance for all the boys in the House is unmatched and cannot go unnoticed. I would like to also thank our Middle School Housemaster, Ms. Liu. Her consistent dedication to the younger Archer members is felt throughout the House and I would like to wish her the best of luck as she begins a new chapter in her life with her fiancé over the coming months. Last, but certainly not least, I would like to thank our Housemaster, Mr. Folli. I cannot begin to explain the enthusiasm and passion that Mr. Folli has for Archer House. Whether it be his weekly dedication to House meetings or his sub-par dad jokes, Mr. Folli has been a constant sign of positivity that all Archer boys look up to and are motivated by.

Finally, and most importantly, I would like to thank my two House vice-Captains, William Barlow and Nicholas Earls. I can sincerely say that their dedication to Archer throughout the academic year in both a pastoral and sporting capacity has been unparalleled. They have been astonishing role models for all the Archer boys and without their support to lean on, I am positive that Archer would not have been able to achieve what it has been able to over 2020. The leadership team was also assisted by our Prefects, Selwyn Chang and Zack Zuccolotto, as well as School Captain, Spiro Christopoulos, and I additionally thank them for their support within a broader school capacity.

It has been an honour and privilege leading Archer House in 2020. Archer has become a home away from home and I will never forget the Archer Spirit that has guided me over the past 13 years whilst at Trinity Grammar School. I cannot wait to hear about what Archer will certainly continue to achieve in the future and I encourage boys to make the most of the opportunities they receive whilst at school.

Nihil Sine Labore

Joseph Booth | House Captain

Housemaster

Mr. Andrea Folli

Middle School Housemaster

Miss. Ami Liu

House Tutors

Mr. David Van Tol

Mrs. Jessica Spratt

Ms. Alexandra Wood / Mr. David Parle

Mr. Matthew Driscoll

Mrs. Carlie Purkis

Mrs. Vicki Courtenay / Mrs. Andrea O’Driscoll

House Captain

Joseph Booth

House Vice-Captains

William Barlow

Nicholas Earls

House Colour

Red

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2020 has been a been an interesting year for Dulwich House. The COVID-19 pandemic has placed unparalleled stress and challenges upon both the young men and staff of Dulwich House. However, despite this adversity, each and every member of our House has worked to overcome these challenges. As House Captain, I want to formally commend all members of our House on getting through what has been an extraordinarily strange and challenging year.

Despite these challenges, we have overcome this adversity. Dulwich currently occupies a high-ranking position in the inter-House competition, serving as a reminder of our present strength in overcoming challenges. The boys have actively participated in all House activities, including the House swimming and athletics championships. In light of this, I would like to thank all the boys for their diligent and active participation.

Moreover, the men of Dulwich have continued to excel in their respective disciplines. Notable examples include Jonathan Titmarsh (Year 12), who has represented Australia at an international level, competing in the high jump. Furthermore, I would like to recognise the work of both House Vice Captains; Lewis Dobbin and Derek Qu (Year 12). Both students have worked each week to ensure that House meetings run smoothly and have assisted me with all administrative matters.

Despite the challenges of the pandemic, Dulwich House has continued its traditional support of the Cancer Council’s Daffodil Day Appeal. Those who volunteered to support this initiative helped raise significant funds towards cancer research. I would like to commend all those boys and staff involved in this initiative. Furthermore, due to safety concerns, Dulwich House transitioned away from the traditional ‘Gladiator’ stall at the annual Trinity Fiesta. Instead, the boys served up fresh cheese toasties. This proved a huge success and is a promising sign for the stall’s future success.

I would like to acknowledge the resilience shown by the boys of the House over the past twelve months. Firstly, it is important to recognise the hardship faced by the younger members of our community, specifically the Year 7 students. These boys, who I first met on their orientation day, spent only a few months at Trinity before entering a prolonged lock-down. However, despite this huge challenge, the boys appear unscathed. As House Captain, I have been so impressed by the resilience showcased by these young men and I would like to commend their ongoing commitment to the House and to each other. Additionally, I want to recognise the challenges faced by the Year 9 members of our community, many of whom were unable to attend the Field Studies Centre.

Leading on from this, it is important to recognise the struggles faced by my fellow Year 12 peers. Each and every Year 12 member has persistently engaged in all House activities. Additionally, they have frequently assisted me with organisational issues, such as swimming rosters etc. I could not have asked for a better Year 12 group, and I’d like to thank all of them for making my role, as House Captain, so much smoother. In light of this, I would like to recognise Jonah Clarke (Year 12) for his active role in the Daffodil Day Appeal. Jonah has persistently assisted in this initiative over the entirety of his high school career.

Furthermore, I would like to thank former Dulwich House Master, Mr. Chris Aschman, for his persistent dedication to the House. Mr. Aschman, along with Mr. Humphries, has developed the Dulwich culture from one of passivity to one of active participation. I have personally noticed this significant culture shift within the House, and I thank Mr. Aschman for his ongoing support. I have been so pleased by the abundance of enthusiasm within our community and the willingness of the boys to participate and excel in all activities. This has not only made my role as House Captain easier, but it has also solidified Dulwich’s culture as one of enthusiasm and persistent participation.

I have thoroughly enjoyed my role as House Captain over the past twelve months. This position has enabled me to witness the hard work of staff, such as Mr. Aschman, Mr. Humphries and all Dulwich tutors, which goes on behind the scenes. Without the dedication of these individuals, our House would not be such a positive, success-driven environment. I have developed personal relationships and friendships with many of the Dulwich staff and I am grateful for all the support which they have provided to me and my peers over the years. In closing, I would like to recognise the work of Mr. Foran, who, in his short tenure as House Master, has already gained the respect of all members of the House. His desire to provide support for all Dulwich members and actively involve himself in all house activities has been made extremely evident. I cannot think of any individual who is better equipped to lead Dulwich House into the new decade.

James Browning | House Captain

Housemaster

Mr. Chris Aschman


Ms. Emma Loftus

House Tutors

Mr. Bill Pratt

Mr. Mark Worsfold

Mr. Elliot Taylor

Mr. Chris Knight

Mr. Bradley Woods

House Captain

James Browning

House Vice-Captains

Lewis Dobbin

Derek Qu

House Colour

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In a year filled with uncertainty and chaos, the young men of Founder’s have shown a tremendous degree of perseverance and focus to take the unfavourable circumstances brought along by COVID-19 into their stride in order to make the most of 2020.

The year began with an incoming group of new Year 7s being welcomed into the House. With a relatively even mix of new faces as well as some graduates from the Junior and Preparatory schools, the new Year 7 boys instantly demonstrated a high degree of enthusiasm and eagerness which fit nicely with our pre-established culture within the House. Credit must go to the Middle School Housemaster, Mr. Smallfield, the Year 7 Tutor, Ms. Vanden Hengel, as well as the Peer Support Leaders, Tyson Jackson and Alexi Little, for their contributions in helping the boys assimilate to the busy Trinitarian lifestyle.

Every year, the inter-House sporting competition is a big highlight for all members of the House as it allows the boys to break away from the classroom and put on the Orange of Founder’s in a series of competitions against other Houses within the school. This year was no different, with Founder’s producing extremely strong performances across the board, with particular mention to the Indoor Football and Cricket teams for their successes. The Year 7s were also triumphant in their Dodgeball competition, dominating the majority of the opposing teams in a way which was often extremely entertaining for all spectators. Some of the more creative and strategic thinkers of the House were also able to demonstrate their prowess in a series of intense Chess matches with the other Houses who despite providing many challenges, were often outclassed by the boys in Orange.

Despite the Athletics carnival being deemed unable to go ahead, Founder’s still put up a very strong fight in the inter-House Swimming championships at SOPAC. Although it wasn’t the most successful of carnivals in recent history, the Founder’s boys were all extremely eager to participate in many races, often covering for boys injured or unavailable where necessary. With numerous stellar performances, particularly in the relays, the boys really embodied the spirit of the occasion and even started some chants from the stands periodically throughout the day which really demonstrated the strong sense of camaraderie which exists amongst the boys.

For the annual Trinity Fiesta last year, Founder’s continued with the football “shootout” competition. Yet again this stall proved to be extremely popular with hundreds of people throughout the day coming down to see if they could hit the targets hung at different heights in the goal to win a prize. I would like to thank the boys of the House for contributing to the success of the stall throughout the day, turning up to their scheduled duties on time and making the event as enjoyable as possible. I would like to also extend my thanks to Ms. Vanden Hengel for her help in organising the targets for the goal and sacrificing her own time to do so.

During weekly House meetings this year, the leadership group and myself aimed to create a consistent and sustained focus towards study tips, goal setting and motivational engagement with learning. The majority of the themes we covered were designed to build skills aimed not only to benefit academic performance, but also instil values and principles applicable to other facets of life, whether they be sport, co-curricular or those which extend beyond the Trinity gates. The consistent emphasis placed on the importance of creating good habits, utilising effective methods of goal setting and organisation, as well as shaping a positive outlook on learning as an essential ingredient within personal development, has created an environment within the House that has provided boys with some of the framework necessary to achieve their potential.

I would like to take this opportunity to express my gratitude to the tutors of the House; Ms. Vanden Hengel, Mrs. Ottoway, Mr. Hatton-Ward, Ms. Smith-Sergi, Mrs. Wonders and Mr. Malyusz. Thank you for your care and dedication to all of the boys in the House and for making Founder’s such a great House of which to be a part. Moreover, with our high school journey coming to an end, I would like to extend my thanks and best wishes to my fellow departing Founder’s Year 12 cohort. To Dean Al Muderis, Lachlan Chan, Pierce Foley, Sam Fricker, Basil Georgas, Daniel Gergis, Michael Lin, Timothy Nguyen, Ryan Tischenko and Louis White, thank you all for the memories over the years, I couldn’t have asked for a better group of boys to be departing with and I wish each and every one of you all the very best in the future.

Special thanks must also go to Founder’s House Monitor, Alexander Jacob, as well as the two Vice Captains, Lachlan Chan and Basil Georgas, whose service and dedication often went unseen to many but was a critical ingredient in making the year as enjoyable as it was. A further thank you must also be given to Founder’s Middle School Housemaster, Mr. Smallfield, and Housemaster, Ms. Dunbar, whose guidance and commitment were instrumental in not only my own personal development as an individual, but also in the development of the House as a whole and I cannot thank them enough for their tireless contributions.

Furthermore, it would be inappropriate to not thank the most important people of all, the young men of Founder’s House, without whom there would be no House! I can’t express my gratitude enough for the trust you have all put in me to represent you as your House Captain for 2020 and I hope, despite the difficult circumstances, it has been an enjoyable year for you all during which you have been able to further your growth in mind, body and spirit.

I would like to also take this opportunity congratulate Lucas Pezzano for his appointment as Founder’s House Captain for 2021 as well as the two Vice Captains, Owen Peck and Olly White. I have no doubt that they will do a tremendous job in providing Founder’s with strong leadership and valuable service next year.

I would like to finish by saying it has been an absolute honour and privilege to be a member of Founder’s House over the last six years. The young men of Founder’s both past and present, have, and continue to, dedicate themselves wholeheartedly to the House and to each other in being kind and caring individuals. It is this culture of mateship and commitment to one another which I feel has made my experience as House Captain so fulfilling.

“Temporary setbacks are overshadowed by persistence” – Quentin L. Cook

Dimitri Gremos | House Captain

Housemaster

Ms. Marian Dunbar


Mr. Neil Smallfield

House Tutors

Mr. Gergely Malyusz

Mrs. Janet Wonders

Ms. Katherine Smith Sergi

Mr. Mark Hatton-Ward

Mrs. Maryellen Ottaway

Ms. Christina Vanden Hengel

House Captain

Dimitri Gremos

House Vice-Captains

Lachlan Chan

Basil Georgas

House Colour

Orange

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It goes without saying that 2020 is a year that will never be forgotten and it has been an honour to share the ups and downs with the men of Henderson House. It has been incredible to watch the young men confront and overcome challenging circumstances, whether they be online learning, being separated from friends at school, or the individual challenges that have arisen from the pandemic. I would like to congratulate each and every member of the House for their unwavering commitment to Henderson and the school, and for continuing to turn up every day with a positive attitude to learn and support others.

As school life returns to some normality and the academic year draws to a close it has been fantastic for me to witness the success of the Inter Seasonal House Sports Competition; both on the scoreboard and in the joy of playing sport in tutor groups. In 2020 the Henderson Herald continued into its second year of publication and despite interruptions it has been a wonderful success. My hope is that it will continue for many years to come. This year, tutor groups played a much larger role with more regular meetings as assemblies and chapel moved online. Tutor groups are one of the most integral parts of Henderson and the House system. They are a core support network and the significance of these close groups can never be underestimated. In my own experience and in conversation with all Year levels, it is clear that everyone has grown closer in these groups; forming deep friendships to comfort and guide each other through the difficult times. The restarting of weekly House meetings has been instrumental in solidifying Henderson as a single unit once again. In these final weeks it has been rewarding to once again have the Year 12s impart their wisdom to the House. It gives every member of Year 12 an opportunity to speak to the boys and hopefully give inspiration and guidance from real experiences, which I think is much appreciated by the House.

Online learning was a challenging time for all, students and teachers alike. The separation from friends and the comforting routine of school placed a heavy toll on everyone. I’m in the minority by saying I didn’t mind the Teams meetings and additional freedom to study but I definitely speak for the majority when I say physically being at school is a much better learning environment.

Thinking back to a time of no social distancing or limits on gatherings, the annual Fiesta was again a huge success for the House. The milkshakes were delicious as always and large queues once again signalled its popularity. Thank you to the young men and the teachers who tirelessly worked on the stall and contributed to a brilliant day. I would also like to thank everyone for the House Swimming Carnival; the score line did not reflect the incredible effort and I’m sure there will be a day soon when Henderson can lift the Shield on quad.

I would like to take the time to both personally and on behalf of the House thank the staff that are the backbone of the House. The unwavering leadership of Mr. Chilton and Mr. Hunt have provided endless support to the young men, always being on hand to chat and guide us in our high school journey. Thank you to the tutors, Mrs. Fiona Daniels, Dr. Anthony Hood, Mr. Sam Jackson, Mr. Michael Di Paola, Mr. Rowley Moore, Mrs. Kareena Totonjian, Dr. Timothy Barden and Mr. Steven Vazouras for their incredible effort throughout the year. Thank you for preparing lessons, teaching life skills and promoting discussions that bring the tutor group close together like a family.

I would like to thank the Vice Captains of the House, Adrian McManus and Jayden Ayad. Your hard work for the House has not gone unnoticed. Thank you for supporting me and helping to lead the House; it has been a privilege to work alongside you. To the Year 12s, it saddens me that this year was disrupted and the Year 12s have not been able to do the traditional farewell ceremonies enjoyed in previous years. However, I encourage everyone to look towards the future and the many positives ahead, and remember that the bond that we share will last a lifetime. I would like to wish you the best of luck in your final exams and I am certain that your diligence and hard work will provide you the best results possible. Finally to the men of the House, thank you for having me as your Captain and thank you for being the life blood of this Henderson family that has been fundamental in forming our identity at the school and on behalf of the leadership I would like to wish you all the best and every opportunity life has to offer.

Daniel Hayes | House Captain

Housemaster

Mr. David Chilton


Mr. Alastair Hunt

House Tutors

Mrs. Fiona Daniels

Dr. Anthony Hood

Mr. Sam Jackson

Mr. Michael Di Paola

Mr. Rowley Moore

Mrs. Kareena Totonjian

Dr. Timothy Barden

Mr. Steven Vazouras

House Captain

Daniel Hayes

House Vice-Captains

Jayden Ayad

Adrian McManus

House Colour

Gold

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Attempting to summarise my six years in Hilliard within a 1200 word limit is the equivalent of having to sum up the year 2020. It’s impossible. From my first memory of lining up on Quad with total strangers, to when I finally stand there with my family, I always knew there was something special about donning the purple. Reflecting on my time here at Trinity, it is only now that I realise how the community and culture of Hilliard House has shaped me into the man I am today. It is through this culture and mentality of ‘business as usual’ that has made 2020 another successful year for the men in purple.

Though being a year filled with multiple restrictions and high amounts of uncertainty, Hilliard’s ‘give it a go’ attitude toward participation in House events did not change. Beginning with the annual swimming carnival, Hilliard saw a chance to improve on last year’s efforts and start 2020 off the right way, improving our position to 12th place. Participation of the Hilliard boys continued within the internal House challenges and events. However, this was short-lived as the recent outbreak of COVID-19 sent all the boys into a mania of online learning. After four long weeks of zoom calls and working from home, Hilliard’s patience and resilience was in full display; the boys were finally back at school and ready to pick up where they left off. Through the various school events, Hilliard’s position near the bottom of the ladder was short lived, as the men of the middle school catapulted the House up the ladder. It is this willingness to compete and motivation to “beat the man in front” that separates Hilliard from all the other Houses.

Individually, the boys have achieved enormous feats this year. Several boys have represented 1sts and 2nds in a range of sports, with some coming away with the coveted premierships. Flynn Meagher was again selected in the CAS Rugby side, whilst Will Cooper continued his domination of the Triathlon world at both State and National levels. Will Moir has again impressed with Track & Field at both the NSW and National All Schools, whilst Ashwin Sivapirabu and Michael McPartland represented well at the CAS Swimming Championship. Leon Mulcahy was a leader among many Hilliard boys in Cadets as a CUO with the posting of HQ Commander. Ryan Kesby continued to blow us away with his flautist skills whilst Chris Chin concocted concise Chess moves and composed beautiful piano pieces. I could of course continue, but that would not fit in with the “1200 words”. It is easy to see that we are a House of many talents.

However, the success within the House resides in the many leaders that provide guidance and inspiration to all the boys as “the strength of the group is the strength of the leaders”. If this is the case, Hilliard is the strongest House of all, as we are led by a man whose love for the House is only rivalled by his love for the Cronulla Sharks. Arriving in 2017 to fill the boots left by friend and mentor Mr. Foran (who many still believe root for the men in purple), Mr. Pay embraced the challenge of filling in such large shoes and will no doubt agree that he now bleeds purple, just like the rest of us. Throughout the last three years, he has been an excellent role model and mentor, not only for me, but all the boys in the House.

The same can be said for Hilliard’s own Mr. Zhang. Though both his footy tipping ability and dodgeball tactics are questionable, his passion for the House is not. Adored for his kindness and friendly nature, it is no surprise that Zhangy is beloved by all the boys in both the Middle and Senior School.

Alongside Mr. Pay and Mr. Zhang, I would like to say a huge thanks to the tutors who have helped to ensure that Hilliard House continues to run smoothly. To Mrs. Geddes, Mr. Steinwede, Mr. Duhigg, Mr. Mugridge, Ms. Aykiran, and Mrs. Graetz; thank you for continuing to influence the boys in a positive manner and constantly working to bring each Year group closer together.

To the men of Hilliard House. As this year has been nothing short of surprises and unexpected outcomes, I want to congratulate you all for continuing to represent the purple in such a commendable fashion. I have enjoyed every moment of leading you guys and am immensely thankful that you presented me with this opportunity. For those who still wear the purple, I ask that you maintain the Hilliard spirit and continue to lead the House in a positive direction.

Finally, to the departing Year 12s of Hilliard House. I believe I can speak for everyone when I say that this has not been anywhere close to what we had expected our final school year to look like. I would like to thank each one of you for your resilience and unquestionable commitment to the House throughout the highs and lows. To Ethan Huynh, Alan Kurien, Finn McCann, Flynn Meagher, Leon Mulcahy, Amish Patel, Isaac Soldatos, Oliver Sun, Jason Tung and Anthony Xegas; I wish you all the best with your future endeavours outside of school and know that I will miss spending time with each and every one of you. I could not have asked for a better group with which to finish Year 12.

I would also like to congratulate the incoming House Captain, David Gabriel, and his vice-captains, Christopher Chin and Nicholas Enno. I know that you will thrive in your new leadership roles. You have a great responsibility ahead of you and know that you carry our trust and support to maintain the Hilliard values.

Looking back at the past six years and realising how we have almost come full circle, back to our original position on the Quadrangle, it is obvious that Hilliard is more than a group of boys. It is a team. And in the words of the greatest basketball coach of all time, “the strength of the team is each individual member. The strength of each member is the team.”

Therefore, to all of you who represent and bleed the purple, I ask that you take pride and never give up on your team.

Joel Passerini | House Captain

Housemaster

Mr. Nick Pay


Mr. David Zhang

House Tutors

Mrs. Carol Geddes

Mr. Brett Steinwede

Mr. Brendan Duhigg

Mr. Phillip Mugridge

Ms. Bea Aykiran

Mrs. Julie Graetz

House Captain

Joel Passerini

House Vice-Captains

Leon Mulcahy

Anthony Xegas

House Colour

Bishop Purple

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In a contemporary society whose discourse is ever increasingly shifting towards the individual and the material, perhaps most lost within the human experience is the intrinsic fulfilment elicited through collectivism. Whilst you can attribute what I write henceforth to the proverbial brown-tinted glasses I wear, I wholeheartedly believe that the ideals of having a collective identity, shared goals and common values are no more manifested than in the young men and staff of Holwood House in 2020.

If 2020 were to have a slogan, it might be something similar to the adage posited by Murphy’s Law - ‘Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong .’ With the Australian Bushfires, the coronavirus pandemic, the Black Lives Matter riots and many more ongoing socioeconomic disruptions, perhaps it is rather easy to adopt this pessimistic outlook. However, I personally am delighted and optimistic at the way Holwood has risen to the challenge of this year which has called for the House to adapt to the tumult of and the mass changes made to the school year. For the young men of Holwood, the sense of community and togetherness of Holwood House became emblematic of the solidarity of the Trinity experience, and a pillar of consistency and calm on a daily basis that kept the men steadfast through all challenges and hardships. The men of Holwood House must be congratulated for the resilience, grace and humility (qualities synonymous with the Holwood name and reflected in our House prayer) they have demonstrated throughout the year in facing these challenges, whether it be during our prolonged absence facilitated by online learning, or at school in person. It is these very qualities that have enabled Holwood House to enjoy one of its most successful and positive years in recent memory.

Foremost, both thanks and congratulations must be given to the staff of Holwood House for their cornerstone role in Holwood’s success year after year, and especially in 2020. Holwood would not be the same (and frankly I’m not sure it would function) without the tireless and constant support of our Housemasters, Mr. Joe Vaccarella (Senior School) and Mr. Robert Currer (Middle School), and of our tutors, Mr. Bobby Dimitrievski, Mrs. Valeria Korjenevski, Ms. Rachel Jensen, Mr. Ian Moore, Mr. Anthony Bosco and Mr. Andrew Murphy. On behalf of the men of Holwood, I’d like to thank you for your continued efforts not only to support the House, but to support every single Holwood member individually. Over the course of 2020, the staff have provided recognition and appreciation for less publicised achievements, a pastoral support system, and a platform for personal, academic and spiritual growth facilitated by conversations about profound topics such as mental health and the development of life skills. This invaluable advice will assist the men of Holwood in understanding and fulfilling their roles as members of the House, of the school, and of a wider societal community, for years to come.

Moreover, I feel it is imperative to acknowledge Holwood’s graduating class of 2020; William Beretov-Miller, Zac Brown, Bailey Harding, Marco Murania, Christian Nguyen Seamus O’Connor, Luke Selim, Edison Tran, Nikola Vasic, and Ryan Whitford. From Orientation Day in 2014 and our very first day in 2015, all the way to our final day and our Valedictory Assembly and last day in 2020, it has truly been an honour and privilege to experience high school with you.

Undoubtedly, some of our most memorable adolescent experiences have been undergone together, as a united cohort since the very beginning. On one hand, I am sad to acknowledge that 2020 marks the end of our time together. On the other, I am thankful for all the memories created and couldn’t ask for a better group of men to graduate with. I am sure we will continue to catch up and stay in contact, and I wish you all the best of luck in your future endeavours. I must also thank my leadership team for 2020, consisting of House Vice Captains Marco and Seamus, and Luke as a Prefect. The three of you have continued year-round to exemplify the very leadership qualities that your peers and staff recognised in you when appointing you in these positions. Your assistance and companionship has made me cherish the unique opportunity we have had to stay together as close friends in a formative environment, and given me a greater appreciation of special moments such as House Carnivals or Chapel Services, which I endorse all younger students to enjoy before they graduate and these opportunities are no longer available. Whilst 2020 perhaps hasn’t been the most ideal and traditional send off, it stands as a testament that this class of Holwood men will be able to face any challenge in the future with courage, dignity and integrity.

This year, Holwood founded a newfound culture of family, with the long-term goal of deconstructing the oppositionary thinking between Year groups, and the establishment of “brotherly” relationships. This included the vertical integration of relationships between Year groups, mentoring programmes, and more open foruMs. for conversation. I believe this fostered Holwood’s idiosyncratic House spirit, which prides itself on initiative and proactiveness. This also means that the men of Holwood House are quick to volunteer for events and mirror the feisty and competitive nature of our Housemaster. Whilst Holwood has some stellar standout athletes, we are by no means the most athletic or naturally sporty house; rather Holwood practices a philosophy of putting our best foot forward and all our dedication and effort towards events. Every Holwood man has pride in the coloured shirt he wears and puts 110% in every competition. It has been exciting to see more Holwood men step outside their comfort zone and participate in more events to test their own confidence, endurance and abilities. A successful team is not necessarily a group of men that are exceptionally talented; rather a group of men that are determined to do the best for each other, and this is what I believe that Holwood men have grown to be. This has been proven in our success and record attendances at the Swimming and Track and Field Championships, and our exceptional results in House cricket, beep-test, fitness challenge and the pinnacle of the school year; House chess.

Whilst 2020 has been a challenging year for all, it has been an honour and privilege to serve Holwood House. From weekly House meetings to House events, this year has been one of the most memorable and enjoyable of my Trinity experience. Undoubtedly, I will continue to treasure the experience of being a Holwood man and I will carry its values well into life beyond school. Finally, I’d like to congratulate my successor, Adam Stavros, and wish him luck in his future endeavours. May God guide him in his leadership of this great house.

Vincamus Aut Gratia Vincamur: “Strive for victory, be gracious in defeat.” – Holwood Motto

Leo Garaci | House Captain

Housemaster

Mr. Joe Vaccarella


Mr. Rob Currer

House Tutors

Mr. Andrew Murphy

Mr. Anthony Bosco

Mr. Ian Moore

Ms. Rachel Jensen

Mrs. Valeria Korjenevski

Mr. Bobby Dimitrievski

House Captain

Leo Garaci

House Vice-Captains

Marco Murania

Seamus O’Connor

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2020 has been an unusual year for us all, difficult for many. Despite the many changes that the School's structures have experienced in this short period of time, Kerrigan has continued on a positive trajectory. Once a ‘top 16 House’, Kerrigan is now proudly one of the more competitive and compassionate Houses in the school, and full credit must go to the young men of Kerrigan whose attitude and commitment towards the House has affected this positive change.

The impact of COVID-19 has been very evident in the school. It has resulted in many changes, both in and outside of school. Namely, the reduction of school sport, lack of school-based events and for a period of time, remote learning. This time presented the young men of Kerrigan with the opportunity to learn how to adapt to adversity. This opportunity has been taken by both hands by the boys in this House who maintained their commitment to the range of subjects, sports and co-curriculars without the need for oversight. I am certain that the skills that have been developed as a result of this year’s events will be utilised in later life by all of the young men of Kerrigan.

Dedication to education from the young men of Kerrigan has been reflected through the number of academic awards presented throughout the year. Earlier this year, numerous Kerrigan boys were recognised for these awards for academic excellence and effort. For academic excellence the following boys achieved awards: Jayden Fung (8); Kye Graziano (9); Elias Chahine (11); Michael Lindsey (11); Arya Thakur (12); Akash Tiwari (12); and Lucas Kapatanellis (12). Matthew Nicolas (10) was awarded an engagement award. A special mention goes to Massimo Ianni (12) who was recognised for both of these awards. While it is important to recognise those who have been presented with these citations, it is also vital to note how well all the young men have been working with regards to their education.

While many of the sports and co-curricular activities have been hamstrung, the young men of Kerrigan have nonetheless continued to represent both the House and the school at the highest levels. Both Jack Waide (9) and Finn Ramanauskas (9) competed on behalf of Trinity and NSW in the National Athletics Championships, with Jack breaking his own national record to take gold in the Under 15 3000m. Thomas Rathbone (10), Sam Fernley (7) and Lachlan Rathbone (7) all represented their respective clubs in Brisbane for the age group National Waterpolo championships. Thomas was also selected to represent the school in the Under 17 CAS Waterpolo team as well as the Under 16 national squad. Sam Hohne (11) had a strong presence in the pool at the state championships and Kerrigan was also represented on the diving boards through the efforts of Zach Gindy (11) and Josh Leverton (8).

As much as it is important to recognise the boys that have been representing the House at the most elite levels of their respective sports, there is an even larger number of boys within the House who have been working hard to perform within school sport. The commitment I have observed from these boys is something that I have taken great pride in, watching many of them achieve results that they at first thought was out of reach. These young men are the unsung heroes of Trinity sport and are the true backbone of Kerrigan. The cricketers were led by our Housemaster, Mr. Moran, with Shivam Whadera (10), excelling in the 2nd XI, and Advaith Sundhar (8) consistent in his second season for Trinity. Miles Parker (12), Patrick Mansfield (10), Ari Tashtan (9), Jake Matthews (7) and Charlie Nice (7) were some of the most active members of the Trinity Basketball fraternity.

Along with the many sporting achievements, the men of Kerrigan have been excelling in the co-curricular activities that Trinity has to offer. One notable achievement is Giancarlo Vari (9) who has been committed to the Cadet Unit and is on his way to becoming one of the future leaders of the TGSACU. Brendan Chew (11), has also demonstrated tremendous commitment throughout the year with his musical pursuits. With young men like these two, reflecting the overall character of those in Kerrigan, it is safe to say that the House will be in good hands for the coming years.

I sincerely thank those who have been a part of leading Kerrigan throughout the year. Firstly, my fellow House Captain and Vice Captain, Alex Reddel (12) and Micheal Eid (12). Additionally, the Peer Support leaders Adam Pascale (11) and Sam Hohne (11) and the Middle School Monitor, Jack Waide (9). The dedication of these boys has been a key driving force in the upward trajectory Kerrigan has seen. Further thanks must be given to the staff who have been instrumental in the development of the character of every single young man in this House. The Tutors of the house are; Mr. Latimer, Mr. Weber, Mr. Connolly, Mr. Lammiman, Mrs. Cummins and Mrs. Bertoia, with Mr. McKay as the Middle School Housemaster and Mr. Moran as the Senior School Housemaster.

It has been an honour to be a member of Kerrigan for the last six years and a privilege to have the opportunity to lead these boys. Next year the House will be in just as, if not more, capable hands of the incoming leadership team. Adam Pascale (11) will be the next House Captain, Elias Chahine (11) and Michael Lindsey (11) the new Vice Captains, and additional support from Same Hohne (11) as a Prefect. I am sure a number of other boys in the House will achieve leadership roles throughout the next 12 months, in both sport and co-curricular, which will be further testimony to the character of the boys of this House. I know the boys will honorably and confidently represent the lime green of Kerrigan and bottle green of Trinity in years to come. I encourage you all to embrace the House and the School as you influence its future. I further encourage the outgoing cohort to grab every opportunity by both hands, in a similar way you have been pushed to do during your years at Trinity, in order to get the most out of life.

William Kirkham | Acting House Captain

Housemaster

Mr. Ian Moran


Mr. Philip McKay

House Tutors

Mr. David Latimer

Mr. Fin Webber

Mr. Padraig Connolly

Mr. Brett Lammiman

Mrs. Vikki Cummins

Mrs. Cecilia Bertoia

House Captain

Alex Reddel

House Vice-Captains

Micheal Eid

William Kirkham

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Being a member of Latham House over my six years has been an honour, and to be gifted with the role of House Captain for 2020 has been a privilege. Over my six years, I have been a witness to the continual development of all aspects of the House. I remember through my Years 7 to 9 experiences in the House, Latham was always struggling to evade the bottom end of the House Championships. However, we’re currently the reigning House Champions, and a substantial amount of credit must be given to previous Housemaster, Mr. Kai Ikeuchi. Mr. Ikeuchi infused the House Motto, “Vires, Decus, Concordia,” which translates to “Strength, Pride, Unity,” and I can safely say that the young men within Latham House have successfully exercised these characteristics, which has subsequently led to the accomplishments that all the Lathamites have achieved. A particular change that I have observed is the camaraderie that has grown within the group. There seem to be increased amounts of conversations that occur between different Year groups which is exceptionally encouraging for future years, as the brotherhood culture grows.

The young men of Latham House have been a pleasure to work alongside, in what has been a challenging year. I am proud of the dedication, courage, and commitment consistently present. Although some of the inter-House competition results have not gone our way. I have been most impressed by the leadership and encouragement of the senior men of Latham. This has been instrumental in growing House culture. Notably, in the House Swimming Carnival, where the Year 7s were newly transitioning into the high school and were challenged by the Inner-Tube relay event, with special mention going to the House Vice-Captain, Luca Dimeglio (12), who voluntarily passed down his self-proclaimed ‘expertise’ to the Year 7s. A fine example of the leadership and camaraderie that exists today.

One program that is significantly beneficial within the school is the peer support program. Latham was lucky enough to have both Joel Matthei (11) and Kai Roberts (11) direct and lead the young Year 7s. Speaking from experience, it can be quite daunting making the transition from Year 6 to Year 7, but all reports indicate that the boys were well looked after at the Myuna Bay Camp and throughout the year, through various activities conducted by the boys. Also, credit must be given to Mrs. Murphy (Year 7 tutor) who guided the boys through the beginning of their Trinitarian life.

There has been a multitude of individual performances that have been achieved by Lathamites through 2020. Notably, Toby Biernoff-Giles (9) won the most promising instrumentalist award, which is a remarkable achievement, for his persistent dedication to his musical endeavours, and he should be highly commended for his efforts. Yorke Bodecott (11) was awarded with the Commanding Officer’s Commendation for his consistent efforts in the Cadet Unit. Kai Roberts (11) exceeded on the Rugby field, which resulted in his selection in the NSW team. Also, he received the prestigious school award ‘Best player in their first year of 1st XV’ which is a considerably impressive achievement, as Kai is underage within his playing group. Another achievement by a Lathamite was by Hamzeh Abutaa (12) who earned the Basketball Award for most improved Sportsman. James Gourlas’ (12) commitment to his academic programme saw him awarded with the Prestigious HSC Dux of 2020.

Latham was also lucky enough to have multiple individuals compete at the Firsts level of their respective sports. In cricket, Angus Mooney (12) and Luca Dimeglio (12); in Basketball, James Andrews (10); in Football, Owen Duke (12), who received best and fairiest for the First XI, and Christian Sinclair (11). However, Rugby was the biggest contributor by the Latham men, with Noah Ta’ale (12), Angus Mooney (12), Asher Wilson (12), and Kai Robers (11), all representing the First XV at some point over the course of the CAS Winter season.

Particular appraisal must be given to Cooper Virgo (11) and Thomas Ea (10) for their participation and efforts in the CAS Swimming Team, demonstrating their hard work and commitment in the pool. I would also like to commend Christopher Kong (9) who was the Year 9 monitor for this year. He displayed constant devotion to this role and provided a platform of a role model for his younger years.

I would like to thank the tutors within Latham House for 2020: Mrs. Murphy, Ms. Masson, Mrs. Bootle, Mr. Mikulandra, Mr. Lucas, and Mr. Bishop. All of these staff members have offered their advice and guidance through various life skills which I am sure the boys have enjoyed. I am forever grateful for the efforts of the staff members who are instrumental to the boys’ progression over their Trinity life. Also, special mention to the Middle School Housemaster, Mr. Davies, who consistently guides the boys through their endeavours in the Middle School. In particular, I would like to mention Mr. Bishop in the role of Year 12 tutor. We are eternally grateful for the contribution that he has made to the House this year. Finally, I would like to commend the newly introduced Housemaster, Ms. Nero, on her contribution to the House so far. It has been a pleasure working alongside ma’am who constantly guarantees that House meetings are dynamic to prevent repetition, as well as ensuring all the boys in the House are well taken care of. I am confident that the House will continue to grow and prosper under Ms. Nero’s leadership and hard work.

I commend my appreciation towards the House Vice-Captains for this year, Luca Dimgelio (12) and Asher Wilson (12), who demonstrated admirable leadership and effectively guided the House in every aspect of school life, and my role would not have been fulfilled without their propitious leadership throughout 2020. I am additionally grateful and thankful for the rest of the Year 12 group for creating a brotherhood-like culture and creating friendships and bonds that will be forever cherished.

Finally, I would like to congratulate the incoming leadership team of 2021, with Joel Matthei (11) being the future House Captain and the future Vice-Captains, Kai Roberts (11) and Joshua Perera (11) on their roles in leading next year’s Latham House. I am confident that the camaraderie between the boys of Latham House will continue to grow in 2021 and there will be a significant amount of success that is experienced by the Lathamites in 2021. I am also confident that along with other Year 12 boys, Latham will continue to achieve, “Vires, Decus, Concordia.”

Harry Goldsmith | House Captain

Housemaster

Mrs. Nadia Nero


Mr. David Davies

House Tutors

Mr. Richard Bishop

Mr. Ashley Lucas

Mr. Mark Mikulandra

Mrs. Heather Bootle

Ms. Sophie Masson

Mrs. Elizabeth Murphy

House Captain

Harry Goldsmith

House Vice-Captains

Luca Dimeglio

Asher Wilson

House Colour

Black

From the Housemaster -

A special commendation must go to the House Captain of

Latham, Harry Goldsmith, for his exceptional contributions

to Cricket. Captaining the 1st XI with passion and decisiveness and being named CAS Cricket

Player of the Year 2020. Culminating in the award of

Senior Cricketer of the Year. Congratulations to a fine

Lathamite!

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The iconic khaki Murphy logo comprising a torch and a Bible encompasses what Murphy House stands for - the torch symbolising exploration into new places and the Bible reflecting spirituality and connection back to God’s word. Together, they represent Murphy House as a team navigating the way through 2020 and finding hope and connection through God’s word.

Our involvement in the 2019 Trinity Grammar School Fiesta broke House records as we introduced a wider menu and the “iconic” steak sandwich and hamburger allowed us to gain a competitive edge and raise a substantial amount of money. Thanks also to the young men of the House who turned up punctually and gave generously of their time. Particular thanks must also go to the parents who sacrificed some of their Saturday to cook for the House - we are ever grateful for their hard work. Setting up the stall was also not an easy job and Charlie Scott-Shires offered his afternoon to assist, which is just one example of the many leaders that led during the Fiesta. It is events like these that the Murphy spirit is ever present and shows how teamwork really does makes the dream work!

The newest boys of Murphy House impressed with their wide range of skills, talents and confidence on Year 7 Orientation Day, and certainly gave us the confidence that 2020 would be another exciting year. For the first time in the history of Murphy House we welcomed nine younger brothers: Zain Bachir, Thomas Bermingham, Tyson Burden Matteo Cordaro, Hugo Favelle, Michael Nasr, Hadi Saab, Rami Tamerji and Harry Vine. They were joined in Year 7 by Isaac Charbel, James Glastras, Michael Hatzistergos, Marcus Mastro, Andy Nguyen, Maxwell Padmore, Declan Tan and Marcus Yang. With the guidance and hard work of both peer support leaders, Maxwell Richards and Suraj Nellore, the group of 18 boys soon became a part of the Murphy family.

After a finishing runner-up in the 2019 House Competition, Murphy House used this frustration, not as a time to whine, but a time to shine. It was important to ensure 2020 was an even better year. The 2020 House Swimming Championships was an opportunity for us to work together and gain House points, finishing 2nd overall in the championship. It was the highest the House has reached in the past five years and all credit must go to the boys who willingly swam their hearts out to fill every race and push themselves to their limits. Boys like Jatan Singh, Hayden Curtis and Cristian Farr left their comfort zones and swam for the House — admirable traits that should be commended.

2020 was interrupted due to COVID-19, but we continued to stay connected. Although the House was not able to participate in the Red Shield Appeal, an event that is widely looked forward to, we were still able to raise money for Sheila Akniyi Olouch, a 17 year old Kenyan girl that the House sponsors. The House should be commended for its ongoing generous donations every month.

During remote learning, the boys of Murphy House were not only informed but entertained every Tuesday during tutor period as Mrs. Wieczorek and Mr. Rodden created witty and enjoyable House meetings, uploading them for us to watch. They covered issues from determining if you’re an introvert or extrovert to fitness workouts and interviews with the school cleaners. We are grateful for all the hard work that went in behind the scenes.

As the logo suggests, Murphy is a House connected through God’s word, taking His guidance and wisdom to implement in our own lives. All of the credit for the teaching of the Word and various Bible studies during House meetings is due to Mrs. Wieczorek’s experiences, allowing us to learn from the Bible. The subject of Jesus is commonly discussed in many House meetings throughout the year, allowing us to examine His servant leadership, and who is a mentor and role model for all of us. I can say that it is Mrs. Wieczorek’s servant leadership throughout the year, sacrificing time, and making room in her heart for all of us that are also qualities that have helped us all grow.

Just when you thought 2020 was finished, the House challenge period between the winter and summer sport season proved to be highly successful for Murphy to gain points and climb the leader board motivating us to work harder. Years 7, 8, 9 and 10 all participated in indoor soccer, dodgeball, basketball and touch football to claim points for the House. It was also a time for the boys to come closer as Year groups and work relentlessly to win. Particular mention must go to boys who led during these events, Tyson Burden and Thomas Bermingham, in Year 7, Caleb Leao in Year 8, Adam Taleb and James Kountouris in Year 9 as well as Sam Waddington in Year 10 who all contributed to Murphy coming first on the leader board for one week.

This was definitely a year to remember, and something that should not go unnoticed is the hard work of the tutors, Mrs. Nixon, Ms. Cho, Mr. Nguyen, Mr. Ikeuchi, Mr. Fraser, Mr. St Julian (who left the school early this year), and Mrs. Whitten. Alongside the two Housemasters, they have helped us grow in maturity and guided us down right paths, making them almost second parents to all the boys. So, thank you tutors for the challenging job and sacrifices you make for the House.

I would also like to thank Ryan Geddes for his service as Year 9 monitor this year — he has been an amazing role model for the Middle School boys leading by example.

To all my Year 12 peers, Nicholas Bakopoulos, Mitchell Butler, Shaun Chan, Hayden Curtis, Vasili Eliades, Garry Koshnitsky, Steven Kountouris, Arvind Kumaraguru, Lochlan Prentice, Aryan Rawal, Ritvik Sharma and Samuel Swadling, thank you for all the memories we have formed as a Year group: they will never be forgotten. Thank you for who you are and for everything that you have shared.

It is with sadness and excitement that I leave the House and bid you all farewell. I thank Murphy House for giving me the opportunity to lead them. It has been an honour.

Adieu.

Alessio Razza | House Captain

Housemaster

Ms. Sabine Wieczorek


Mr. Seamus Rodden

House Tutors

Mrs. Denise Whitten

Mr. Benjamin Fraser

Mr. Kai IKeuchi

Mr. Danny Nguyen

Miss. Hyun Mi Cho

Ms. Jennifer Nixon

House Captain

Alessio Razza

House Vice-Captains

Arvind Kumaraguru

Ritvik Sharma

House Colour

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2020 has been a year far from what many of us desired, but I am proud to say the young men of School House continued to commit and dedicate themselves to their schooling days, whether their excellence lay out in the sporting fields or inside the classroom. It has been both a pleasure and an inspiration to watch every single one of them achieve their goals throughout the year.

Whilst the global pandemic stripped away a large portion of inter-House competitions, the efforts made by School House before the COVID-19 outbreak must not be sidelined. Our persistence and skill were displayed at the House Swimming Championships as the men of the House managed to retain our spot in the top three placings, ranking an overall 3rd. Each individual's presence at all races ensured our success at these championships. Having said that, our position could not have been achieved without our star swimmers, Oscar Sealey (8Sc), Samuel Foung (9Sc) and Caleb Dryer (11Sc) who have all contributed to Trinity’s swimming efforts at CAS over the years.

Joshua Yeoh (12Sc) and Jack Martin (9Sc) impressed the House with their exceptional skills in the House cricket competition, managing to rank the House in 7th place. As for touch football, the Captain of Football himself, Yanni Plataniotis (12Sc) alongside Dominic Ticic (10Sc) and Spyridon Konidaris (10Sc) fought exceptionally well against their opponents, helping us to a solid 3rd place. In chess, the efforts of Anton Demark (12Sc), Emmanuel Rizkalla (9Sc) and Ryan Lu (8Sc) solidified our endeavours for the year. Unfortunately, our success and persistence here was forced to stop as the pandemic spread throughout NSW, affecting Trinity Grammar and sending us into online learning.

Needless to say, the efforts made by School House this year extends beyond the inter-House competition. A special mention must be given to Caleb Dryer (11Sc) who went on to win 2nd place in the 16 years 7.5km Open Water in the Australian Age Championships. Tim Hosken (11Sc) must be noted for his National representation in dragon boat racing, as well as Anton Markovic (12Sc) in his boxing. It has also been a pleasure to see many School House men represent Trinity in the top level for their respective sports: Lochlan Demark (8Sc) winning a team premiership for the 8As in cricket alongside Thomas Thorpe (12Sc) and Joshua Yeoh’s (12Sc) commitment to the 1st XI Cricket, Gabriel Peixeiro-Simoes’ (9Sc) premiership for the 9As in tennis, Kevin Lin’s (11Sc) representation in the 1st IV Tennis, Anton Demark’s (12Sc) position for the 1st XVIII AFL and Sebastian Buchanan’s crucial role in the field for the 1st XV Rugby.

I would also like to present a mention of Zachary Van Der Plaat (12Sc). Unlike his peers who spent their December-January break studying and enjoying the holiday, Zac directed his time to fighting the Australian bushfires that were threatening the lives of thousands. His heroics and humble attitude upon his return to school is something I am proud to see, and particularly, part of a culture I am happy to leave the House with.

Nevertheless, School House as a family would not be able to run as efficiently as it has without the help of our Middle School Housemaster, Mr. Miller, and Senior School Housemaster, Mrs. Broadbent. Their guidance, leadership and parental nature have provided an impeccable role model for the young men of the House to admire. I’d like to personally thank them for their effort in ensuring each boy is acknowledged and not left behind. Furthermore, the efforts of our Peer Support Leaders, Theodore Hatton-Ward (11Sc) and Abhi Popuri (11Sc) must be acknowledged in supporting the Year 7 cohort’s first experiences of the House and the School. I’d also like to thank our Charity Committee members, Cooper Hollis (10Sc) and Spyridon Konidaris (10Sc), for providing the opportunity for the House to support various organisations, alongside Ioannis Giannakopoulous (9Sc), our Year 9 monitor who has been an excellent role model to Years 7, 8 and 9 of School House.

I would also like to thank the Tutors of the House: Mr. Kesby, Ms. Tsaknis, Mr. Wood, Mr. Simos, Mrs. Stewart and Ms. Taylor. Thank you for continually supporting the boys of School House every Monday and Friday afternoon, during House meetings and throughout 2020. You have enlightened the mindset of each boy in your respective tutor groups and taught them invaluable mannerisms they will hold for many years to come. Whilst it may not seem like it, you have undoubtedly influenced several boys in ways you cannot fathom, and that is something I believe to be truly special. I wish you success in your future endeavours.

Sebastian Buchanan, Anton Demark, Thomas Foung, Ethan Lambert, Adam Li, Alexander Mallis, Anton Markovic, Yanni Plataniotis, Adam Raiti, Thomas Thorpe, Zac Van Der Plaat, Aditya Verma and Joshua Yeoh. It’s been a wild ride with you. I have kept memories with each and every one of you that still come to mind when I think of our first year in 2015 and the years gone by. Thank you for being the first group of boys I could call friends. Thank you for being an uncanny and disparate yet delightful group of men I am proud to be part of. The path you decide to take and the person you choose to be, I hope it is true to your heart and in the best benefit not only for yourself, but for the people who have always supported you. It is easy to get caught up in pursuing what we want and there is nothing wrong with this. But do not forget to look outwards; give back to your family and the people who supported the ladder you’ve climbed for the past six years, just to graduate. Having said that, it’s been a pleasure to have spent my time in School House with all of you. I wish you all the best for the future.

I’d also like to wish the incoming House Captain, Theo Hatton-Ward and the Vice-Captains Zac Lau and Abhi Popuri the best of luck! The House is now in your hands and I have faith it will continue to thrive under your leadership.

School House, it has been a delight to be a member of this House for eight years, (including Preparatory)! It has been an even greater honour to be your Captain and I am proud of how far each student and teacher has grown over this strange year. Thank you, and farewell.

Agamus Pro Viribus - ‘In everything you do, give of your best’

Caleb Nazareth | House Captain

Housemaster

Mrs. Heidi Broadbent


Mr. Matthew Miller

House Tutors

Mrs. Kirsten Taylor

Ms. Rosey Stewart

Mr. Andrew Simos

Mr. Adam Wood

Ms. Emelia Tsaknis

Mr. Don Kesby

House Captain

Caleb Nazareth

House Vice-Captains

Yanni Plataniotis

Thomas Foung

House Colour

Royal Blue

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As far as House point success goes, 2020 has been a tough year for Stephenson House. Our performance at the swimming carnival was mid field – quite decent, but as I write this entry, our overall placement is 16th of 16. Maybe we could have fared better if the track and field carnival had not been cancelled, because I know Stephenson has several strong athletes. But as I walk around the school, the digital screens displaying Stephenson at the bottom of the House ladder have been alarming and a real thorn in my side. In 2021, there is no alternative but to improve. On that note, I wish all the best to the incoming leadership team for 2021 who could hopefully spark a competitive re-build for the Stephenson boys. The team consists of Captain, Thomas Butler, Vice Captains, Ricardo Delgado and Cameron Ong, and Prefect, Will Lenard. They’ve certainly got their work cut out for them though. Sorry, boys.

However, being the best at dodgeball and touch football is certainly not what Stephenson House is all about. It was still a pleasure to watch how the inter-House competitions inspired some teamwork amongst the Stephenson boys. The enthusiasm to participate made my role as House Captain a lot easier. I’d like to give a shoutout particularly to the new bunch of Year 7s whom we welcomed to Stephenson in 2020. Whenever I visited their tutor room to ask for participants, almost every hand shot up, eager to join in and help the House. I also trust that their peer support leaders – Will Lenard and Thomas Butler – made their first year in the green and white a positive memory. Unfortunately, there were many COVID-19 restrictions in 2020 which meant that these Year 7s could not enjoy the same experiences as usual. For example, CAS Swimming and Diving, CAS Track and Field and Saturday compulsory games. You have these events to look forward to in 2021. In spite of these disappointments, Mr. Spratt and Mr. Henry tried valiantly to keep the Stephenson community united during the quarantine break. Everyone in Stephenson House had the pleasure of tuning into their weekly instalments of ‘Stephenson Housemaster Banter’. You may not believe me, but their vodcasts actually had some funny moments, like episode two when Mr. Spratt tried to convince us how ‘cool’ he was by showing off his vinyl collection and ‘fully sick turntable’. However, my personal favourite episode was the ‘I don’t get its’ special, in which Mr. Spratt lists some things which he believes are just ridiculous ideas: hoodies, wearing caps at night, walking whilst on your phone just to name a few. This quarantine period also saw the advent of a Stephenson House shared Spotify ‘Stephenson House Isolation Nation’ playlist which unfortunately never really took off. I suppose the boys assumed that their tutors wouldn’t be very interested in the grime, rap, house etc. that they enjoy day-to-day. The songs that most teenagers listen to would undoubtedly become fuel for more of Spratty’s ‘I don’t get it’ episodes.

Over the course of the year, there have been many examples of individual excellence in the House. James McCabe has earnt himself an Australian Open Men’s Tennis ranking and has been playing the flute beautifully. Daniel Cattana, Thomas Virgona and Luca Gillard are all running like the wind. Numerous boys received academic accolades, but possibly more importantly, many boys exhibited pleasing academic growth and commendation for academic effort.

I’d like to especially thank all the staff of Stephenson House, many of whom have been enduring figures of support for as long as I have donned the turquoise. Mr. Stenhouse, Mr. Spratt and Mr. Henry are ‘part of the furniture’ of Stephenson House and I can’t imagine House meetings without them. In recent years, there have been some new additions to this fine team, and I know that they all will continue to instil good character traits into every Stephenson boy through the Life Skills programme. Indeed, this is the ultimate purpose of the House system – developing integrity is, naturally, much more important than our performance in competitions. Our motto, Vires in Fraternitate, translates to ‘Strength in Brotherhood’, not ‘Strength in House points’ nor ‘Strength in Accolades’. This notion of brotherhood inspires decency and community. So, to the boys of Stephenson, I hope you heed the message that your teachers, tutors, and House have been championing for my last six years here: grow to be respectful and respectable Trinitarians first and foremost.

Christopher Stelzer | House Captain

Housemaster

Mr. Michael Spratt


Mr. Will Henry

House Tutors

Mrs. Leanne Heanly

Ms. Carrie Wang

Ms. Maxine Whelan

Mr. Michael Snowdon

Mr. Paul Stenhouse

Mr. Timothy Warren

House Captain

Christopher Stelzer

House Vice-Captains

Ali Sheerazi

Thomas Virgona

House Colour

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The life of a Trinitarian is significantly shaped by the House community. Our distinctive House environment acts as a crucible for the transformation of each boy into a man. It has been an indescribable privilege to be a member of Taubman House, which has helped me develop into the individual I am today. Taubman House embodies a community of dedicated staff and students who offer a supportive and nurturing environment to foster diligence, altruism and camaraderie, in the pursuit of individual and common goals. In this sense, it acts as a family.

2020 has certainly presented challenges. The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic conspired to interrupt the academic, athletic and co-curricular pursuits of all students. Despite these challenges, Taubman lads found ways to grow personally, and to stay united, taking to the internet during isolation to express ourselves and ‘reach out’ in new creative ways. Though many events were postponed or cancelled, for me it is important to reflect on such events that we were fortunate to experience, and moreover, the memories we were able to capture within this episode of our lives, that will help us to grow into the future.

Irrespective of challenges, the 2020 calendar year encapsulated some of the greatest triumphs accomplished within the House competition in recent memory, with the boys in white having great individual and collective successes. Throughout the year, Taubman was able frequently secure Top 8 places in the highly contested events. One such achievement was our winning of the House Swimming Championships, setting a precedent for biggest winning margin, in addition to retaining the shield from the 2019. While evidently there were a few standout performances from Taubmanians on the day, I believe this result is a testament to every single boy who gave their ‘all,’ in whatever event they competed. This victory, along with other outstanding performances across the board—with particular highlights being the Chess and Year 7 Tug-O-War Competition—are underpinned by the planning and preparation which goes unseen in the background from Year representatives, who help with the organisation for each event. I believe this reflects the opportunities to develop moral character, sportsmanship and teamwork that friendly House competitions can foster.

2020 also saw the commencement of a new group of Year 7 students, who added their own flavour to the House. I have been most impressed with how these new students were eager to participate in every competition possible, striving to give their best in unfamiliar challenges, regardless of whether it was their first time in the pool, playing in the gym or the chess board battlefield. I extend my thanks to the Peer Support Leaders, Daniel Tran and Lachlan Dock, for the amazing work and support in which they provided the Year 7 students in such a crucial time of their high school journey.

The incredible effort by all our House Tutors never goes unnoticed. I would like to personally thank Mr. Adrian Shipp, Dr. Rachel O’Brien, Mr. Andreas Mickler, Mrs. Christine Daniel, Mrs. Nina Seeto and Mr. Simon Bootle, on behalf of all the boys in the House. We are indebted to you for everything that you do for the House, on top of your other duties, and what you do to assist every boy. Your continued support and making the tutor group a fun and safe space for all the boys is inspiring. I cannot imagine Taubman House without your unique mentorship.

Taubman House would be unable to function without the decisive leadership and role modelling in which every boy receives from our titular Housemasters. I would like to express my unequivocal appreciation and gratitude to both the Housemasters, Mr. Ben Treloar and Mr. Andrew Pierce, for your continual support and approaches to strengthening the House. You both represent vital figureheads in the Taubman culture, who work tirelessly behind the scenes to underpin all the successes we have, and to facilitate the mental, physical and spiritual growth of every Taubman boy. The wisdom and experiences which you have imparted not only on not me, but the entire House, will always be inexplicably linked with my fondest memories of Trinity. I will remember you both of you as energetic and charismatic individuals, and I am honoured to have been able to come under your mentorship and be a part of this amazing community. Thank you.

As I have heard remarked by many teachers in the past, the way in which the Year 12 students of the House act, sets the precedent for the entire Taubman community. I could not be prouder to stand alongside a group of illustrious and dedicated individuals, who are always great models to not only the younger boys of the House, but to myself as well. Therefore, to the men of Year 12; Thomas Bozionelos, Alister Buchanan, Connor Debs, Earvin Dizon, Aiden Forrester, Tristan Glanznig, James Haitidis, Finn Murphy, Steve Poulos, Oscar Warne and Alex Yee, I thank you for being a part of every experience, and the amazing anecdotal memories and adventures we shall cherish for the rest of our lives. I will forever reflect on the brotherhood we formed over the past six years, the mighty legacy we leave, and how we have all witnessed each other grow in strength beyond our individual endeavours, and as a group. I wish you all the very best in the upcoming HSC and IB examinations and as you go on from school to lead the rest of your lives. This truly is the end of an era, and I look forward to seeing you all again in the future.

Finally, to all the boys of Taubman House, thank you for being a part of this exceptional chapter and Trinity Grammar experience of all the graduating class of 2020. I retire my duties as House Captain to Lachlan Dock and his incoming leadership team of Daniel Tran and Laud Codjoe, who I commend for their exceptional House spirit and willingness to lead Taubman into 2021. I wish every boy all the very best as you continue to grow in wisdom and stature, and in favour with God and man.

I would like sign off with an excerpt from Mark Twain, which I believe epitomises the ‘have a go’ spirit Taubman House has fostered within me.

“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do”

Ethan Brouw | House Captain

Housemaster

Mr. Andrew Pierce


Mr. Ben Treloar

House Tutors

Mr. Simon Bootle

Mrs. Chris Daniel

Ms. Nina Seeto

Mr. Andreas Mickler

Dr. Rachel O’Brien

Mr. Adrian Shipp

House Captain

Ethan Brouw

House Vice-Captains

Finn Murphy

Oscar Warne

House Colour

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2020 has been a year that can only be described as truly unique and challenging for the boys representing the mid blue. Our characters have been formed through the many triumphs, achievements, great moments and hardships which we have faced.

The year began with the introduction of the new Year 7 group to the House. On an induction day filled with a number of emotions varying from anxious to excited, many great relationships and memories were formed between the boys which I am sure will be shared for many years to come whilst at school and in the years ahead. They were welcomed to a new school but most importantly their new Weeks House family. Not long after their introduction to life at the Summer Hill campus, the Year 7s were packed and headed to the Sydney Academy of Sport and Recreation at Narrabeen to begin a three-day camp with a focus on building relationships between the boys and subsequently easing the transition into life at Trinity. The Year 7s were guided by their peer support leaders Tony Georges and Nixon Milner who should be congratulated for their efforts both on the camp and in guiding the boys through their Year 7. From all accounts, the camp was a major success and will be remembered by those in attendance for a long time.

Throughout the year the House participated in a number of events to gain points towards the annual House trophy. In the later part of the year, the House found itself in a battle at the wrong end of the table, fighting not to be the first name read out by Mr. Bowden at the very last quad. The competitions began this year with the House Swimming Championships, which has become a strong event on the House calendar for Weeks. We placed 5th with only a couple points separating us and 3rd. Amazing efforts were put in across the board but special mention must go to Jason Yeou (11), Lucas Young (9) and Alan Paradzik (12) who all swam brilliantly on the day with Jason winning the title of 16s age champion. Another solid performance came from our House Cricket teams, overall placing 8th, with gutsy efforts from Thomas Ferguson (9), Kyron Thapa (8), and Riley Martin (10) who led the team to a draw, a win, and a loss, all coming down to the last ball to decide the results. Unfortunately for Weeks, some of our strong competitions were ruled out due to the pandemic, including the Athletics Championships where we claimed 5th last year. With a shortened winter season, boys in years 7-10 have recently been competing in a range of inter-seasonal sports, which has seen mixed results for the boys in blue, ranging from a third-place performance in touch football and a 4th place performance in dodgeball, to a wooden spoon performance in the basketball tournament. Despite a battle to climb the ladder, I believe the reason we have ranked highly in many events this year is our attitude and desire to compete and give it our all for our mates in the House.

Throughout the year, there have been some major individual successes which are deserving of our recognition. Both Benjamin Stevens (9) and Jack Greaves (10) have dominated the Athletics field events at a number of levels throughout a disrupted season. Jack won Gold at the NSW Junior Track and Field Championships in the U16s Javelin, throwing 66.19m. He was also looking to repeat his efforts from 2019 at the CAS Track and Field Championships this year, which were, unfortunately, cancelled. Ben also won gold at the NSW Junior Track and Field Championships in two events, the shotput and discus, whilst placing 3rd in hammer throw. Both young men were selected in the state teams that were due to compete at nationals. We also had another strong year in the pool in both Water Polo and Swimming. Kai Young (12) again captained the 1st VII Water Polo team, which consisted of two other Weeks members: Riley Martin (10) and Lucas Young (9). Kai was again selected in the U18 Australian Men’s team that was due to compete in Turkey at the world champs in August. Following in his brother’s footsteps, Lucas was also selected in his age group’s Australian Water Polo side. Despite the cancellation of the majority of the swimming season, the annual CAS Swimming and Diving Championship was completed. Jason Yeou (11) swam in a multitude of events and claimed victory in the 16yrs 50m Freestyle. Alan Paradzik (12) and Lucas Young (9) also swam incredibly close races against a very stacked Knox outfit coming a close second in most of their events. In the Rugby and Football fraternities, Weeks saw a number of representatives playing in the School’s highest teams. In the 1st XI Football, James Khoury (11) scored a magnificent goal against Cranbrook to help the team on to its first victory. In the 1st XV Rugby team Weeks claimed an uncommon three starting positions: Euan Marshall (12) backed up from his equally amazing season from last year to become one of the key players with his freakish work rate; Kai Young (12) continued his amazing sporting form making his return from a two year hiatus from the game only to score the second try of the season and become a damaging ball carrier for the 1st XV: I had the honour of leading the team. In Drama, Max Trigg (9) was set to play a pivotal role in the School’s (cancelled) play School of Rock, and Euan Marshall (12) and Christopher Papaioannou (12) played major roles in the schools successful re-enactment of The Tempest which sold out weeks prior to its performance, with Chris playing Boatswain and Euan being a part of the ensemble.

I would also like to congratulate and thank the other House leaders and staff. A massive thanks must be given to Vice-Captains Euan Marshall and Christopher Papaioannou for all the work they have put in during this year in supporting myself and the House, whilst also battling busy schedules. I would also like to extend my thanks to the House Tutors - Mrs. Chan, Ms. Malley, Mr. Gray, Mr. Foran, Mr. Smith, and Mrs. Hronopoulos - on the fantastic work they have done in supporting and caring for the young men of the House. The Middle School Housemaster, Miss. Robins, has also worked tirelessly ensuring the boys’ wellbeing, whilst keeping them on track through this disruptive year. My final thank you goes to the Housemaster, Mr. Hirst who, throughout all my years at Trinity, has worked incredibly hard to ensure that every boy is looked after, House lunches are organised, fundraisers are consistently run and House Meetings are dynamic and engaging.

Finally, I wish the incoming Weeks House leadership team, Captain Kosta Theodorou and Vice-Captains Tony Georges and Nixon Milner, the best of luck for the year ahead. I trust they will continue to build on what has been a great year and lead well in these unique times. Congratulations to everyone for making it through what has been a challenging yet extraordinary 2020.

Ben Blades | House Captain

Housemaster

Mr. Matthew Hirst


Miss. Sofia Robins

House Tutors

Mrs. Shirley Chan

Ms. Julia Malley

Mr. Luke Gray

Mr. Bill Foran

Mr. Timothy Smith

Mrs. Katherine Hronopoulos

House Captain

Ben Blades

House Vice-Captains

Euan Marshall

Christopher Papaioannou

House Colour

Mid Blue

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Over the past six years of Schooling it has been a pleasure of mine to be a part of Wilson Hogg House, which culminated with my appointment as House Captain. I would like to firstly extend my gratitude to the entire House and those involved in making the House as successful as it was throughout this unprecedented year.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic there have been cancellations of House events, which were usually a key time in the year for the entirety of the House to come together and support each other. Although the virus halted certain events, we were still able to compete in the House swimming carnival, where the Wilson Hogg spirit was perpetuated through the support of the boys. With some members on the day being absent, boys stepped up without hesitation to fill in their spots. Special mention must go to Christopher Webb (8WH) and Will Martin (11WH) who completed a large number of events that weren’t in their schedule. Unfortunately, the Track and Field carnival was unable to go ahead.

Furthermore, the determination and enthusiasm of the boys were notable within the inter-House competitions, which consisted of Cricket, Indoor Soccer, Chess and the Fitness Challenge. Wilson Hogg proved to be dominant in all competitions, especially in Cricket with Patrick Fouracre (12WH) leading the House to several come-from-behind wins with his excellent batting performances. This allowed Wilson Hogg to place within the top half of all 16 Houses in the House competition.

In addition to the plethora of sporting achievements this year, there was seen to be a significant improvement in the academic performance of the House. This was seen with the significant increase of GPA awards from last year, this being specifically noted in the performance of Will Martin (11WH), who achieved the Dux award for Year 11, an outstanding achievement. In addition, the co-curricular contribution of Wilson Hogg over the year has been outstanding, particular in the TGSACU with George Kalimeris (12WH) achieving the highest possible rank, CUO. The musical facet of Wilson Hogg has also been continuing in its way with several students of the House being chosen in the various prestigious bands and orchestras throughout the school.

I give my sincere thanks to Kegan Tran (9WH), our Year 9 Monitor for his solid work and support of the Middle Years. The Year 11 Peer Support leaders, as well as the peer mediator, have done an exceptional job of helping the Year 7s settle into school life during such an unprecedented time. I would also like to thank the leadership team of 2020, Vice Captains of Dylan Offord (12WH) and Patrick Fouracre (12WH), who were instrumental to the running of the House.

I would like to congratulate Owen Hoffman (11WH) on his appointment as Wilson Hogg House Captain for the 2021 year, the Vice Captains of Christopher Kapaniris (11WH) and Jack Casmir (11WH), as well as the House Prefects. I am extremely confident that these boys will lead the House to another year of all-round success.

I would like to sincerely thank the tutors of Wilson Hogg House: Middle School Housemaster, Mr. Ribola and Housemaster, Mr. Dennis, for their endless work and pastoral support for the boys especially throughout this difficult year.

Finally, I would like to thank the young men of Wilson Hogg House for your commitment, enthusiasm and friendship which made 2020 such an enjoyable and successful year. I wish you all the best for your days at Trinity and have no doubt that all of you will grow in mind, body and spirit to become better men who contribute greatly in all facets of life.

Patrick Webb | House Captain

Housemaster

Mr. Guy Dennis


Mr. Jean-Baptiste Ribola

House Tutors

Mr. Mark Oakley

Ms. Lisa Gossling

Ms. Daphne Kao

Ms. Maria Thanos

Ms. Kareena Totonjian

Mr. Daniel Chu

House Captain

Patrick Webb

House Vice-Captains

Dylan Offord

Patrick Fouracre

House Colour

Grey

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During my six years in Wynn Jones, I have been constantly reminded of the strength which our House community exhibits through our commitment to one another. The tumultuous year of 2020 was no exception, as the men of Wynn Jones continued to rise to the challenges set before them, all the while encouraging and supporting each other in one of the most disruptive and difficult years in the school’s history.

Having placed equal last in 2019’s overall House Competition, the men in pink were more than ready for the challenge of making their way back up the ranks. The year began with the House Swimming Championships down at SOPAC. The lads were giving it their all the whole day, filling race after race with pink caps. However, having dodged a fourth consecutive wooden spoon, our placing at 15th really failed to capture the sheer effort that the men in pink were putting in, race after race. Despite the day being a whole-House event, kudos goes to Brendan Holden (7), Andy Lin (7), Matthew Newton (8) and Edward Newton (10), who performed superbly in the Championship Events.

The men in pink continued their valiant efforts in the House Competition throughout the remainder of 2020. We had notable performances all across the board, mopping up points in the Dodgeball, Touch Football, House Fitness and Chess, among other events. Wynn Jones’ highlight of the 2020 House Competition so far was undeniably our 1st place in the House Cricket, through which we broke a 3-year drought of not having placed first in any House events. Nevertheless, what makes me most happy about our performance in the House Competition is not so much the points we put on the board, rather the determination of the men in pink to put their hand up and to fight for one another on the sporting field.

Wynn Jones is undoubtedly a House of many talents, as evidenced by the number of the men of the House who have been selected on CAS Merit Teams this year. In the Summer Season, both Tom Buvac (11) and Theo Kidd (11) were selected to be in the CAS Basketball 1st V. For the Winter Season, Malachi Hawkes (12) was selected in the 1st XV CAS Rugby side, and both James Kern (11) and Sam Vickery (11) were chosen to play in the 1st VI CAS Volleyball team.

My thanks go to my House Vice-Captains, James Wang and Edward Lu (12), whose ardent leadership for the House throughout this uncertain year has set a fine standard for the men in pink. Furthermore, I want to thank Sam Newton (9) for his vivacious service to Wynn Jones through his leadership as Year Nine Monitor. Additionally, this year’s Peer Support Leaders Fynn Ferdinands (11) and Sam Vickery (11) played an essential role in the shaping of our newest members of Wynn Jones, the Year 7s.

The positive growth of the men in pink was greatly catalysed by the staff of Wynn Jones. I want to thank the tutors, Mr. Tkacz, Ms. Venkat, Mr. Collins, Mr. Finch, Mr. Arambasic and Mr. Zhang - it is your day in, day out support of these fine young men which helps them feel part of the family which is Wynn Jones. I also want to extend this thanks to Ms. Brett, our Middle School Housemaster, who has continued to positively impact our growing young men through her inspiring new initiatives within Wynn Jones.

Finally, I want to express my sincerest gratitude to Mr. Waters, our House Master. Your conviction of Christ’s love for all manifests itself in your proclamation of the Gospel in House Meetings. The outworking of your faith is also present in your warm nature, the encouragement and wisdom you impart to the men of Wynn Jones, and your continued support of all of the men in pink.

Going into the uncertain future of 2021, the men of Wynn Jones are in good hands. I want to congratulate the incoming House Captain, Fynn Ferdinands (11), on his appointment – your enthusiastic and hardworking attitude will greatly benefit the men in pink. I further want to congratulate Tom Buvac (11) and Theo Kidd (11), both of whom have been elected as Prefects and House-Vice Captains, as well as Sam Vickery (11), who will take up office as School Vice-Captain in 2021. You are the fine young men whose leadership will ensure the best for the men in pink, and there is no doubt in my mind that the House will flourish under your care.

I also want to recognise my fellow Year 12s: Ethan Bateman, Finn Dawson, Malachi Hawkes, Diego Hernandez-Castellanos, Jake Keogh, Jeffrey Li, Joshua Louttit, Edward Lu, Tuan Hung Pham, Nicholas Schutte, Steven Stobierski, Isaac Vink, and James Wang (12). We’ve been through a lot together, and I daresay we won’t soon forget the memories we have made. I wish you all the best of luck for our impending exams and life after school. Although I look forward to what the future holds for us beyond the gates of school, I have no doubt that it will be fantastic.

Men of Wynn Jones, it has been an absolute privilege to lead you this year. Although I’ve always had this understanding of the strong community that is Wynn Jones, our spirit, passion, and devotion to one another has been made abundantly clear throughout this difficult year. I have seen the way we encourage and build up each other, and the brotherhood from which our loyalty stems. More than anything, you have all shown me that you truly can do anything if you do it together. I want to encourage you all to relish the friendships you have with the men in pink you stand next to at Quad each morning. It is my prayer that you grow as men who love as Christ first loved, and that you encourage, support, and build upon each other throughout your time at school. I cannot wait to see what the future brings for all of you fine young men. Allow me to leave you with this proverb:

“As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another.” - Proverbs 27:17

Farewell, and all the best.

Matthew Boyce | House Captain

Housemaster

Mr. Mark Waters


Ms. Katie Brett

House Tutors

Mr. James Zhang

Mr. Zlatko Arambasic

Mr. Benjamin Finch

Mr. Stephen Collins

Ms. Lakshmi Venkat

Mr. Dan Tkacz (Term 1 - 2)

Mr. Robert Kirk (Term 3)

Mr. Michael Leadbeater (Term 3)

House Captain

Matthew Boyce

House Vice-Captains

Edward Lu

James Wang

House Colour

Bishop Pink

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Throughout the eventful year that was 2020, Young House has displayed incredible perseverance and strength, prevailing through the ups and downs that the year provided. The House has focussed throughout 2020 on creating a cross-year community to make Young House feel more like a family. To help this community develop, we have incorporated small Young House Challenge groups within our House meetings. These consist of a couple of boys per Year that sit with each other for House meetings and compete as a group through various games and activities every fortnight. These games and competitions contribute to a points tally where the winning Young House Challenge team at the end of each term wins a pizza day. This initiative has encouraged the young men of the House to work collaboratively with boys within the House from other Years whom they may not know. I believe this has been incredibly successful and has helped Young House become a close family.

As we all know, the coronavirus has had a large impact on the year of 2020, unfortunately cancelling many major House events and moving education online for a portion of the year. As a House, we were able to adapt well to this change, providing online video House meetings as an attempt to maintain a sense of community through the difficult time. Boys were treated to segments including Mrs. Bookluck’s coastal walks and Mr. Bamford’s, at times questionable cooking abilities. I hope for the younger boys that the coming years provide more opportunities to compete together as a House. This year has shown that life can be very uncertain and unpredictable. Thus I strongly urge all those with time remaining at the school to take the opportunities which are presented, making the most of them while you can, as circumstances can easily change.

In 2020, Young House continued our longstanding tradition of Kebab days in the attempt to raise money for a Plan International sponsor child. During 2020, we were given a new sponsor child, Xuan Luu Thanh, a young Vietnamese girl who is living in a very impoverished area of Vietnam with only a limited amount of human necessities. Through the Kebab day initiative, we are able to raise money for a very important cause while allowing the boys of the House to enjoy some quality food together. We also focussed on ensuring that the men of the House were made aware of the support they are giving by sharing Xuan Luu Thanh’s story.

The Trinity Fiesta was quite the successful endeavour for Young House this year although it came with a few mishaps. We once again took on the task of running the gelato stall. Although we ran into various technical issues throughout the day relating to electricity causing some melted gelato, the stall was still an immense success. This success was mainly due to the great work of the Young House boys who helped out at the stand all day, serving ice cream and gelato. Thanks must also go to Mr. Bamford for using his artistic prowess to create a variety of signs and banners to advertise the stall.

Managing the challenges of 2020 would not have been possible without the continued support and expertise of Mr. Bamford and Mrs. Bookluck, the Senior and Middle School Housemasters. Both Housemasters have tirelessly worked to ensure that Young House runs smoothly and efficiently, providing many opportunities for boys to find community at Trinity. When I was in the younger Years of the school, I did not appreciate the amount of effort the staff put into running Young House. After being a House Captain and seeing behind the scenes, Mr. Bamford and Mrs. Bookluck must be applauded for their efforts they put in every day to make Young House run as well as it has this past year.

Thanks also need to be extended to the Young House tutors. Ms. Kamhieh (Yr 7), Ms. Ovens (Yr 8), Ms. Miller-Bok (Yr 9), Mr. McGrath (Yr 10), Ms. Jones (Yr 11) and Mr. Habkouk (Yr 12). From leading life skills sessions to helping organise House activities, these tutors are an integral part of what makes Young House efficient. On behalf of all the young boys, we would like to express our great appreciation and gratitude towards your continued support of our Trinity education.

Big thanks also go out to the 2020 Young House Vice-Captains James Park and Ben Weeks who supported me and the House throughout the year. These boys both displayed incredible leadership skills and made House meetings and events function with ease. I couldn’t have asked for a better support system for my turn as House Captain.

I also want to acknowledge the Year 12 men of this House with whom I have spent the last six years getting to know and respect: Aston Forster, James Guo, Tom Jin, Gene Marantos, Ben Newall, James Park, Philip Pignataro, Ronald Tam and Ben Weeks. It has been a long road and I am so glad we have had the chance to walk it together even if we have lost a few on the way. Our final year at Trinity may have been far from perfect, with many interruptions due to COVID, but I would like to commend you all on keeping a good attitude throughout these inconveniences. I wish all of you the best of luck for your final exams and future endeavours.

Looking to the future, Young House will be in incredibly capable hands moving into 2021 as the new leadership team takes over. Congratulations go out to Dylan Tai, the incoming House Captain, who no doubt will lead the House to great success. He will be supported by the Vice-Captains, Liam Filby and Sebastian Boffa, in whom I have full faith. This incoming leadership team is a group of incredibly diligent and dedicated young men, I have confidence that these boys will lead the House to another successful year in 2021.

Finally, to the young men of Young House, it has been an absolute privilege to be your House Captain for 2020. My six years of Trinity education would not be the same without this House and the culture it provided, so I’d like to thank each and every one of you for making my Trinity experience so memorable.

Harry Driessen | House Captain

Housemaster

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Ms. Lynette Ovens

Ms. Kat Miller-Bock

Mr. Justin McGrath

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Ben Weeks

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What a challenging year 2020 has been! It is important to stop briefly and reflect upon why it is so important to encourage our boys to experience a broad range of Co-curricular activities as they develop and move through both the Middle and Senior Schools.

Students are challenged mentally on many levels as they navigate through an increasingly complex world of education. Author Howard Gardner (2005) points out that we expect students to be experts in various subjects, to have the ability to integrate concepts from a variety of disciplines to solve problems, creatively think, and have an appreciation for diversity in individuals, as well as fulfil one’s duties and responsibilities in society as a citizen.

It is clear that 21st century education and learning needs to surpass the four walls of a classroom. Essentially, the core aim of education should be to foster holistic development, and at Trinity our mission is to develop each boy’s Mind, Body and Spirit, as part of a holistic approach to education.

Co-curricular activities aid holistic development, fostering and developing critical skills and abilities to be successful and happy in 21st century life and workplaces. When curriculum and co-curricular activities are integrated, there is greater opportunity to explore one’s strengths, interests and abilities. Therein lies the importance of co-curricular activities, which are supplementary to a theory-based curriculum.

It is true to say that most of a student’s intellectual development takes place in the classroom, but various other aspects of a child’s emotional and social development happen through co-curricular activities as part of holistic development. Needless to say, participation in a wide variety of co-curricular activities benefits the student by improving analytical, critical and creative thinking; social, emotional and problem-solving skills; and leadership, communication and technology skills; all of which contribute to positive social and ethical values that are so important in character development.

Ultimately though, does such a holistic approach to education with numerous co-curricular involvements also have a significant and positive impact on academic achievement? Robert Freeman (2017) states that it is clear that a positive relationship does exist between participation in co-curricular activities, regardless of type such as sports, fine art or other and a student’s academic success.

COVID-19, NSW Health advice regulations and on-line learning during most of Term 2 have certainly curtailed activities in 2020. It would be fair to say that we have had to unfortunately cancel or re-schedule more than we would like. It has certainly been an unprecedented year. Numerous events have been re-modelled or moved on the calendar, but the reality for the Class of 2020 is that many events after much deliberation had to be cancelled. I feel for the boys in Year 12, particularly, and I must thank them for their flexibility, resilience, enthusiasm and positiveness throughout a difficult year.

The Music Department has seen the end of an era in 2020, with Mr. Phil Pratt who has been Head of Music at Trinity for 22 years calling it time. He has driven the Music Programme at Trinity to giddy heights during his tenure. It was a pity we were unable to give him a fitting send-off with one last almighty Gala Concert. Mr. Pratt and his love of music will be sorely missed.

Music continued to operate as best it could during COVID-19 lockdowns and restrictions. The Academy Chamber Ensembles entered a new online competition “Strike a Chord”, run by Musica Viva, Australia’s Premier International Chamber Music organisation.

Public performances and rehearsals were disrupted due to COVID, but despite such challenges three groups won Gold Awards and the fourth a Bronze Award in the Australia-wide competition. The following boys were involved:

Æ Senior Piano Trio, John Choi (12He), John Dedousis (10Mu), Michael Lin (12Fo)

Æ String Sextet, Joseph Lin (10St), William Chang (8Ar), Asher Tarbox 74

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Teachers vs Students Chess match Mr. Phil Pratt's farewell on Quad

Technology Club Best of the Best Visual Art Exhibition

11Du, George Dedousis (10Mu), John Dedousis (10Mu) and Andrew Tanous (10Du)

Æ Middle School String Quarter, William Chang (8Ar), Brendan Geddes (8Mu), Stefano Furlan (8Du) and Toby Biernoff-Giles (9La)

Æ Piano Quartet, Joseph Lin (10St), Asher Tarbox (11Du), Brendan Chew (11Ke) and Alfred Han (8St).

Congratulations to all students involved in the national competition.

For Cadets, unfortunately Annual Field Training had to be cancelled and the Promotions Course was re-scheduled and run during Term 3 as part of the regular training year. The student leaders within the Unit provided a strong hand and clear guidance to the younger boys where possible throughout the year. Congratulations to SUO Leo Garaci (12Ho), RSM James Wang (12Ar) and EXO (2IC) Adrian McManus (12He) for their strong leadership.

Chess enjoyed some strong performances across the Year groups in the Friday night Junior Chess League Competition. A big thankyou to Mr. Nguyen, who almost seamlessly ran the Chess programme in an on-line capacity throughout Term 2. He switched the focus to on-line very quickly and helped the boys stay connected and engaged through chess whilst COVID-19 interrupted our normal face to face routine during Term 2. Mr. Nguyen continues to lead a strong programme which is popular amongst the boys. Congratulations to all those boys who represented Trinity in the CAS competition; Selwyn Chen (12Ar), Tom Jin (12Yo), Yoshua Yeoh (12Sc), Matthew Chen (11He), Liam Ling (11La), Michael Park (10Yo), Kevin Zhang (10Ho), James Kim (9Ar), Emmanuel Rizkalla (9Sc), James Kountouris (9Mu), Jeffery Huang (8St), Elton Huang (8Ar), Maxwell Anderson (8Hi), Andrew Hoskinson (7He) and Nathan Chun (7Ho).

Debating had its usual social debating, Friday Evening Debating (FED) competition and Independent Debating Schools Association (ISDA) fixtures and competitions severely curtailed or cancelled this year. Colours Debating and regular training for debating continued

throughout the year and the CAS Debating Competition was held in Term 3. A big thankyou to our new MIC of Debating, Mr. Christopher Taplin, who has taken on the role in what can only be described as a difficult year. He has proved to be an enthusiastic new addition to the Co-curricular team. Congratulations this year to the 10B team who were undefeated in the CAS Competition. Well done, Rory Briscoe (10Du), Jonah Sowmi (10We) and Max Nguyen (10Yo).

The Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme continues to grow in numbers and has again been enthusiastically led by Ms. Vanden Hengel. Expedition hikes were conducted on the Great North Walk last spring and on the Three Capes Track, Tasmania, last December. Congratulations to the following Senior Students who completed their Gold Duke of Edinburgh Award in 2020: Jamie Adams (12St), William Beretov-Millar (12Ho), Matthew Ng (13Ke), Justin Kim (12Ar) and Lachlan Lee (12WH).

There are several smaller Co-curricular activities that go along quietly in the background here at Trinity, and Scouts is one of those activities. Similar to the Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme, Scouts develop skills in a host of areas over time and also challenge themselves in an outdoor environment by camping, hiking and leading others. The Charity and Community Committee also raised significant funds for worthy organisations such as the Kids’ Help line and Bushfire relief programmes.

2020 has certainly thrown enormous logistical challenges at all involved in the Co-Curricular programme. I would like to take the opportunity to thank Staff for their tireless work and for being so adaptable during unprecedented times. I would also like to thank the boys in all Year groups for rolling with the punches, showing significant resilience and continually displaying a positive attitude towards their participation in Co-Curricular Activities this year. I think we are all looking forward to a far less disrupted 2021.

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Trinity’s Archaeological Society provides an opportunity for prehistory enthusiasts in Years 10, 11 and 12 to explore the techniques and methods employed by archaeologists in the modern world. Initially, students attended weekly presentations held every Friday after school, each with a focus on a different period in the past.

We discussed the initial colonisation of Australia by our indigenous explorers, which involved several extraordinary sea journeys and a continuous process of colonisation and discovery, beginning from around 65,000 years ago. More recent seafaring adventures were explored, including the discovery of African coins found in the Wessel Islands, Northern Territory, that originate from the Ancient Sultanate of Kilwa, and a bronze swivel gun from a Portuguese ship that dates to around 350 years ago, also found in the Northern Territory. These ‘hot off the press’ discoveries shed light on Australia’s connection with the maritime world prior to English colonisation.

We examined the gruesome archaeology of Europe’s ‘bog body’ discoveries and Mexico’s Mayan and Aztec rituals of human sacrifice, the highlight being the opportunity to examine a replica of an obsidian Aztec sacrificial dagger.

Closer to home, the students were informed of the career opportunities open to archaeologists working in Australia and overseas. Little known to many, is the fact that archaeology is a growth area, with most archaeologists working in planning and development compliance. Drawing on my own 25 years’ experience as an archaeologist, I thought it best to engage the students in an archaeological excavation that applies professional standards, to get a small taste of what archaeologists do.

As cultural heritage is a regulated industry, we were limited by what we could investigate, particularly as we only have one hour every week to carry out a genuine archaeological excavation. Fortunately, we can conduct our own archaeological excavation in the backyard of Trinity’s old boarding house, a location that is likely to provide ample interesting finds such as old pottery, nails and other knick-knacks that remain from that site’s previous occupations over the last 150 years. Historical aerial photographs reveal that an old shed previously stood in the place where we are digging. In just a short time we have uncovered several artefacts. As our dig progresses, we are looking forward to finding lots of interesting finds that we will subject to a thorough analysis.

Jacqueline Duncan | MIC Archaeological Society

Left to right: Archer Guest, Spiro Christopoulos, Alessio RazzaLeft to right: James Pau, Archer Guest, William Blanchfield, Michael Wierum, Archer Jeremy

Left to right: Archer Jeremy and Michael Wierum

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Back Row Zac Lau, Matheson Harricks, Jim O’Brien, Hamish Bryan, Sam Vickery, Samuel Thanopoulos, Ned O’Brien, William Lenard

Third Row Cooper Hollis, Joshua Yeon, James Perkin, Joel Matthei, Wilson Russell, Benjamin Powell, Fynn Ferdinands, Mr. Phillip Mugridge

Second Row Mr. Matthew Miller, Darcy Burge, Zachary Lin, Solomon Khoury, Andrew Cavallaro, Jonathan Lim, Michael Park, Joshua Chu, Mr. Adam Wood

First Row Mr. Matthew Driscoll, Brendan Chew, Jayden Chan, Isaac Vink, Leon Mulcahy, Nicholas Earls, Matthew Boyce, Cameron Ong, Daniel Prodigalidad, Mr. Nathan Lee

Seated Joshua Liaw, Luke Sheppard, Michael Lin, Sacha Jensen, Dr. Chris Thanopoulos, Alexander Yee, Oscar Warne, Selwyn Chang, James Park

Absent Marcus Anstey, Younghoo Cho, Zac Gajus, Joel Grimmond, Joshua Lai, Oliver Moffatt, Ben Orr, Jiang Tian Xia, Oscar Ballantine-Jones, Nicholas Enno, Daniel Soldatos

2020 saw Trinity’s Christian leadership group, Berea, grow further in faith and fellowship. The skills and knowledge that we developed from our Wednesday morning sessions culminated in our five-day Mission.

A highlight for every Berean, our annual Mission saw us teaching the Bible in primary school classrooms, high-school Bible-studies, and local youth groups in four schools and churches in South-West Sydney. We were greatly encouraged by the spiritual growth of our freshmen Year 10 Bereans, who began the Mission perhaps nervous and hesitant, and emerged enthusiastic and effective in communicating the Gospel. From an outgoing Year 12 perspective, we can definitely see the growing work of Christ through the local communities that we were so privileged to work with over the past three years.

Our fellow Bereans also organised and promoted lunchtime Bible Study sessions on the Summer Hill campus. Under the leadership of Mr. Driscoll, Josiah has continued to become the staple of lunchtime Christian inquiry and exploration with standout talks delivered by Sam Vickery, Ben Powell, and Joel Matthei. We also saw Samuel Thanopoulos and the O’Brien twins serve in Years 7 and 8 Bible Study respectively, and others delivering Senior School assembly Bible talks and prayers, in addition to us participating in special Christmas and Easter events and activities.

Unfortunately, due to the restrictions of the pandemic, we were unable to partake in our usual activities such as the Meriden-Trinity Fuel Camp, and the Inter-Cru afternoon teas. Thankfully, through the wonders of technology and the perseverance of our amazing Christian Studies staff and leaders, we engaged in online meetings to continue our intellectual and spiritual growth in our faith.

Since our return, we have continued our focus on Bible study and the practicalities of living as Christians. Lessons run by our staff and numerous guest speakers ranged from the Holy Spirit to the nature of the times we live in, illuminating God’s teachings and their applications today. Without the work of these great teachers, Berea would not be what it is today, and to them we give our thanks for their generosity and wisdom as older brothers in Christ.

This year’s outgoing Year-12 cohort played host to a range of quirky personalities contributing to the spread of the Gospel. Spearheading our Mission trip, leaders including Isaac Vink, Leon Mulcahy, and Oscar Warne inspired and encouraged us in teaching the Bible. We also saw Chapel talks delivered through the lovable antics of Matthew Boyce, the theological insights of Sacha Jensen, and the vibrancy of Alexander Yee, and leadership in Year 9 and 10 Bible Studies with the dedication of Selwyn Chang and Joshua Liaw.

While 2020 has played host to many unique challenges, it has given us opportunities to delve deeper into our faith and appreciate those around us. Recognising that few schools have a program like this, Berea has truly blessed us by being instrumental in reminding us of the saving grace of Jesus Christ and equipping us to stand firm in our faith in school and beyond. It is our prayer that as the torch is passed, this ministry will continue to nurture the generations of servant leaders to come.

Selwyn Chang (12Ar), Sacha Jensen (12Ke), Alexander Yee (12Ta)

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Commanding Officer MAJ Richard Bishop

Executive Officer MAJ David Poirier

Adjutant LT Sue Draysey

Training LT David Zhang

Logistics Officer MAJ Guy Dennis

Signals Officer MAJ Tim Barden

CTL A Company LT Brett Lammiman

OIC B Company LT Mark Waters

OIC C Company LT Daniel Chu

OIC D Company LT Marian Dunbar

Student Leadership Cadets

Senior Cadet Unit Officer (SUO) Leo Garaci

XO Adrian McManus

RSM James Wang

Adjutant Spiro Christopoulos

RQMS Daniel Hayes

A Company Commander Lochlan Prentice

B Company Commander Basil Georgas

C Company Commander Zack Zucculotto

D Company Commander Alessio Razza

CSM A Company Hamish Agnew

CSM B Company Juno Yim

CSM C Company Jack Henderson

CSM D Company William Lenard

The Trinity Grammar School Army Cadet Unit teaches that the idea of service is no more manifested than in the young men and women who participate and involve themselves in cadets. Earlier this year, the Head Master remarked that “If you can’t get out of it, get into it” with reference to embracing the myriad of challenges synonymous with life at the School. By this same token, I surmise that whilst this quote has permeated and is relevant to all facets of school life, no other co-curricular offered at Trinity or Meriden better epitomises the Head Master’s iconic piece of advice than Cadets. I challenge anyone to find a co-curricular or curricular activity at Trinity Grammar School (and indeed at Meriden School) where boys and girls carry two 20-kilogram jerry cans full of water to their cadets in the pouring rain with a smile on their face, or face the Australian bush with unparalleled enthusiasm. My theory is this is not possible for one simple reason: Australian Army Cadets as a programme remains at the forefront of the formative high schooling experience as undeniably unique and idiosyncratic in the way that it fosters men and women of character, leadership and respect.

If 2020 were to have a slogan, it might be something similar to the adage posited by Murphy’s Law - ‘Anything that can go wrong will go wrong…’ This year has been one marked with tumult, mass change and unpredictability - from the Australian bushfires, which affected where cadet camps would usually be held, to the coronavirus/COVID-19 pandemic which halted all cadet activities. 2020 has called for the Trinity Grammar School Army Cadet Unit (TGSACU) to be flexible and

adapt to a number of unprecedented challenges in order to sustain its longstanding success. In spite of these hardships, the immense pride I have for the Unit and what we have achieved this year cannot be justified by any set of words, no matter how long and how vivid.

Foremost, my appreciation and thanks must be extended to the cadet staff whose leadership inspires both myself and all of the members of the TGSACU, and whose tireless effort has played a cornerstone role in the Unit’s function, conduct and success. In particular, appreciation must be shown to our Commanding Officer, MAJ Richard Bishop, for his ceaseless guidance and work towards all aspects of the Unit, and the manner in which he inspires and leads the cadet executive team every day in our leadership of the Unit. Moreover, appreciation must be shown towards the staff executive team – LT(AAC) Sue Draysey, MAJ David Poirier, LT(AAC) Fiona Brennan, LT(AAC) David Zhang, 2LT(AAC) Kirsten Taylor, and Mr. Alex Reynders. These staff members have played a foundational role in the Unit’s functioning over the course of the year. The student executive team would like to express our gratitude for the way in which they have facilitated our leadership and constantly demanded the best and a higher standard at all times for our and the Unit’s benefit. The lessons gained from co-ordinating with and having the privilege to witness the work of the Commanding Officer and his team will continue to stay with me for years to come and have undeniably shaped the person and leader I am today.

Concurrently, it would be unjust to speak upon the success of the Unit without mentioning the invaluable contribution of our Company team leaders – LT(AAC) Lammiman, LT(AAC) Waters, 2LT(AAC) Chu, LT(AAC) Dunbar, MAJ(AAC) Dennis and LT(AAC) Folli. The aforementioned Company leaders have provided constant guidance for our Company Commanders and ensured that the Companies performed to a high standard. Finally, I speak on behalf of all cadets in expressing my thanks for the directing cadet staff, who work to better the Unit in a Platoon, Administration and/or Logistics role. More often than not, their work can go unnoticed and yet they play some of the most important roles in our unit - such is the nature of the job. I hope these words serve as some thanks for their efforts to ensure the Unit has functioned over the course of 2020.

The next group of people I must congratulate are the graduating class of TGSACU members for 2020. Whilst this year has not been exactly the year we envisioned in which we pass out of the unit, this class of cadets has risen to the unique challenges of the cadet year in a way which has demonstrated the very values that they have gained and exemplified over the course of their time in the Unit. I understand there may be some lingering disappointment given the cancellation of our final Annual Field Training Exercise, and our Ceremonial Parade. Please be reassured, graduating class, that your impact and importance to the Unit has not gone unnoticed, or any less valued due to the circumstances surrounding this year. If anything, this year has given a greater opportunity for the Unit to reflect upon the legacy of this graduating class, and recognise the commitment, dedication and resilience they have shown in remaining in the Unit till their final years of schooling. In fact, many of us never were destined to be passing out on the parade on the Quadrangle for the last time. For many of the members of this graduating class, including myself, the cadet programme has become an unforgettable highlight of our formative and adolescent years, and the memories and relationships forged will remain with us well into the future. This year’s trials and tribulations should stand testament to the fact that we as a cohort can endure any challenge, and that we are men and women of true character who embody the phrase, Improvise. Adapt. Overcome.

Finally, my personal thanks must be given to a few special individuals who have certainly made my job as Senior Under Officer much easier, and who have especially contributed and paved the way for the Unit in 2020. To the Operations Officer, CUO Adrian McManus, for his ceaseless support and advice to me as my Second in Command, and for his unparalleled cadet knowledge and organisational, administrative and logistical planning skills. To the Unit’s Adjutant, CUO Spiro Christopoulos, for his boundless motivational energy and his precise and effective communicative skills; thank you for being a light for the executive team and always perfectly articulating the right

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Back Row 2LT (AAC) D. Chu, 2LT (AAC) D. Van Tol, 2LT (AAC) B. Fraser, 2LT (AAC) Reynders, 2LT (AAC) K. Taylor

Third Row 2LT (AAC) A. Hunt, 2LT (AAC) B. Finch, CUO W. Barlow, CUO C. Stelzer, CUO L. Mulcahy, CUO A. Brockel, CUO T. Thorpe, CUO L. Prentice, CUO Z. Zuccolotto, LT (AAC) D. Zhang

Second Row 2LT (AAC) K. Hronopoulos, 2LT M. Oakley, CUO G. Kalimeris, WO2 W. Lenard, WO2 (AAC) J. Siganos, CUO A. Razza, WO2 (AAC) A. Paterson, WO2 (AAC) H. Agnew, CUO E. Tran, 2LT (AAC) A. Bosco, 2LT (AAC) E. Tsaknis

First Row 2LT (AAC) R. Jensen, CUO A. Forster, CUO W. Kirkham, WO2 (AAC) J. Yim, WO1 (AAC) D. Hayes, WO2 S. Papadapoulos, CUO C. Papaioannou, CUO B. Georgas, 2LT (AAC) H. Broadbent

Seated LT (AAC) M. Waters, MAJ (AAC) T. Barden, CUO A. McManus, 2LT (AAC) S. Draysey, CUO L. Garaci, MAJ (AAC) R. Bishop, WO1 (AAC) J. Wang, MAJ (AAC) D. Poirier, CUO S. Christopoulus, MAJ (AAC) G. Dennis, LT (AAC) B. Lammiman

words at the right time. To our Regimental Sergeant Major, Warrant Officer Class 1 James Wang, for his unbreakable discipline, focus, and standards which set the tone and precedent for an outstanding year for the Unit. To the RQSM, Warrant Officer Class 1 Daniel Hayes, for his enthusiasm and perseverance, even with the most unenviable task of organising, coordinating and distributing uniforms to over 600 cadets. To the Company Commanders, CUO Lochlan Prentice, who must be commended for being honoured with the award of the Joseph Sword, which undoubtedly reflected his outstanding pastoral leadership of his company and his undying commitment to ensuring every member of his company was well looked after. To CUO Basil Georgas, for the smile that never left his face throughout the cadet year and for being a great source of humour that uplifted not only his entire company, but the entire Unit. To CUO Zack Zuccolotto, for his never-ending commitment to ensuring every member of his Company was rewarded for their effort throughout the year. To CUO Alessio Razza, the most caring and compassionate leader, and one who inspired those around him with the level of empathy with which he ran his company. To all these people, my thanks for assisting me in the leadership of the Unit.

Unofficially, the Cadet year begins with the Annual Promotions Course, and perhaps that is where our yearly recap should begin. The Promotions course ran across four days and three nights in the wintry July of 2019, held at the well-equipped Field Studies Centre based in Woollamia in the Shoalhaven area. Over 130 of the Unit’s most promising young leaders, both from Trinity and Meriden, nominated to attend the Promotions Course with the primary goal of fostering the leadership and relational skills of the Unit’s next generation of leaders. The JNCO Course focussed on core leadership values, skills necessary

to lead a section, delivering lessons, and instilling the abilities and principles necessary for cadets to transition into our youngest and newest generation of cadet rank leaders. The SNCO Course looks to further develop those leadership skills, with management of drill and discipline with advanced lesson delivery and instruction skills. The CUO course has a clear focus on the future leadership of the Unit. The Promotions Course celebrates the concept of coursemanship and challenges them to work together to achieve the common goal of promotion, mimicking the interdependent nature of leadership in cadets.

Following this, the newly appointed and incumbent executive pioneered a change never seen before in the history of the Unit - an interim training period solely dedicated for the training of the new rank team(s). This interim training period included revisionary lessons on core topics such as navigation and first aid, weekly meetings and consultations with the executive team, and a re-establishment of the chain of command.

During this period the Unit continued its significant involvement in Remembrance Day services while also providing support in services conducted by the National Servicemen’s Association. Remembrance Day Services included those services conducted at the Senior, Junior and Preparatory Schools, and for the second consecutive year at Meriden. The Unit continued to fulfil its role as the bridge between local community and our military history, mounting Catafalque Parties in Balmain and Ashfield as well. This year also marked the first time in which Meriden Cadets were involved in all Catafalque parties, demonstrating further integration between the two schools. It has

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been a pleasure to see Meriden cadets relish increased opportunities for them to undergo positive, new experiences and further their cadet development. The CO and the Unit does take pride in this alliance and the service we provide to the local RSL clubs, as well as the outstanding efforts of the Catafalque parties who attend these moving events. Recognition is in order for the time and effort spent by these men and women to polish their drill and dress in order to appropriately represent their Unit and their respective schools.

Another highlight of the year was the outstanding victory at the Annual CAS Military Skills Competition. For many weeks the team trained under the CUO McManus’ supervision, attending lessons catered towards the multi-station structure of the competition. The competition features numerous challenges at multiple stations that tested the team’s first aid, situational responses, leadership, physical fitness, navigation and many other aspects of their fieldcraft. In the first year that Meriden cadets participated in this event, the TGSACU achieved its first win in many years; a moment that was acutely recognised by the Commander of the Brigade, COL Michael Miller, who remarked “It must’ve been those Meriden girls”.

The training year generally comprises three camps, the previously mentioned Promotions Course, the Recruit Bivouac, and the Annual Field Training Exercise. The Recruit Bivouac took place in late November and was a short camp with the intention of introducing our recruit companies, Charlie and Delta, to the challenges and also the fun of living in the bush for a period of time. Foundational lessons such as hygiene in the field, how to eat from a ration pack and how to erect a hutchie were provided to cadets in a bullring format, with platoons rotating through a cycle of these lessons taught by none other than the executive team of the Unit. The Recruits must be congratulated for the way in which they braved trying conditions, with torrential, flooding rain and storms which inhibited any activity. Everyone in attendance must be congratulated for the level of flexibility, sacrifice and perseverance shown in the face of true hardship in the bush.

Following this, on the 12th of January, a small party of our cadets took part in the Gemas Day Service, hosted by 2/17 Battalion at the Royal NSW Regiment Depot (Suakin Barracks) in Pymble. The solemn service was an opportunity to remember and commemorate the efforts and sacrifice of the 2/30th Battalion in World War II. On Gemas Day in 1942 in Malaysia, the 2/30th Battalion, led by LTCOL Frederick Galleghan, mounted an ambush at the town of Tampin on Japanese forces.

The Squad were able to display the pristine drill, dress, respect and

discipline synonymous with the Trinity Grammar School Army Cadet

Unit. The service was a time to honour and pay our respects to those

who did not return, those who did come home, those who waited at

home, the children, relatives and the widows of the men who served.

In the first Gemas Day celebration where there were no surviving

members of the original 2/30th to be in attendance, the importance of

commemorating and keeping alive in our memories the sacrifice made

was ever more profound on those cadets who attended.

Unfortunately, this year the Annual Field Training Exercise and the

Ceremonial Parade were cancelled due to the suspension of all Cadet

activities, government restrictions, transitions to online learning and

above all, concerns regarding the COVID pandemic. Whilst this put a

halt on cadet activities for a small time, the Unit must be congratulated

for its transition to virtual learning.

The year was formally concluded with a solemn and scaled down

Ceremony on the Quadrangle at Trinity and an Assembly at Meriden,

with all Year 12 cadets being presented with their medallions and

awards.

In closing, my thanks go to the Staff, my Cadet Executive, and the

Company Commanders. My thanks must also go to all cadets and rank

who have made the Unit what it has been this year. I would also like to

congratulate the incumbent new team for the new training year.

As my report draws to a close, I would like to speak to anyone reading

who is considering joining the Unit or has joined recently. In Year 8, I

was not sold on the ideal image of cadets, nor was I sure it was for me.

And yet I leave now cherishing every single memory and friendship

made. I even hope that I am given an opportunity to return in the future

such that in some way I can give back the many things the Unit has

given me.

In closing, one thing I would like to leave all readers is that you will

never know how good cadets can be if you never give it a good crack.

It has been an honour and privilege to be a part of the rich history and

legacy of this fine Unit.


SUO Leo Garaci

Graduating Year 12 Cadets

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Back Row Joshua Liaw, Sacha Jensen, William Blanchfield, Nikola Vasic

Seated Daksh Chuchra, Mr. Phillip Mugridge, Sebastian Papadopoulos

MIC Mr. Phillip Mugridge

Envision a scenario at Trinity, in which there was a secretive society frequently meeting to discuss some of the world’s toughest questions: What is the meaning of life? Are we living in a simulated universe? And will I catch the 406 on time? Fortunately, this is a reality - and this society is none other than Trinity’s most illustrious cocurricular: Cartesian Society. Held every term in N0.4, Trinity’s most prominent students and teachers come together to engage in fruitful and lively discussions. While these ‘discussions’ do sometimes turn into heated arguments, the group always respects one another. And where is the enjoyment without a bit of quarrelling?

Led by the remarkable Mr. Mugridge, the Cartesians explored a variety of topics this year, ranging from the issues of Climate Change as well as Gun Laws within the United States. We dived into the responsibility of the government as well as the role of Greta Thunberg in being the leading figure for taking a stand against climate change. The Cartesians also examined political figures and parties, both here, domestically, in Australia as well as internationally.

However, the majority of our Cartesian sessions would consist of disputing about noteworthy current affairs and issues that were taking place in the weeks of our discussions. Each individual undoubtedly brought a unique and prominent perspective to our conversations. The Cartesians most definitely stay updated!

Aside from delving into the news, the Cartesians also engaged in philosophical and theological debates such as the significant role of religion and the existence of complete free-will in today’s society.

Unfortunately, this year some of the Cartesian Society meetings had to be postponed or even cancelled due to COVID-19, consequently causing disappointment from most of the Cartesians. Some were saddened since we could not engage in debates, whilst others were upset simply because they missed out on a free supper. However, all in

all, this led to our last few meetings being successful and enjoyable as each boy truly cherished what they had missed out. It will be extremely disheartening to see some of our fellow Year 12 Cartesians depart from our group - and we hope that they can continue to cogitate and engage in meaningful discussions in their future. Your thoughts and viewpoints will forever be present in the Cartesian Society.

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Back Row Tuan Hung Pham, Ivan Fang, Brian Tran, Calum Ferguson, Nick Hubbard, Jacob Nasser, Ali Sheerazi, Oscar Van Hal, Rohan John, Dylan Wang

Third Row Kirollos Faragallah, Noah Jung, Nikhil Kapoor, Ricardo Delgado, Joshua Perera, Zachary Terzopoulos, Dev Jaidka, Perry Chan, Adam Stavros, Christopher Chin

Second Row Matthew Chan, Aaron Chung, Kevin Zhang, Jye Lawrence, James Kountouris, Chris Qiu, James Kim, Maxwell Padmore, Matthew Chen, Liam Ling, Arvind Kumaraguru

First Row Luca Gillard, Harry Groth, Timothy Chin, Kevin Ma, Aidan Chin, Aman Shaw, Elton Huang, Callum Robinson, Max Anderson, Farzan Yaseen

Seated Ishanth Mukesh, Albert Zhou, Jonathan Ly, Maria Thanos (Coach), Selwyn Chang, Danny Nguyen (Coach), Anton Demark, Cecilia Bertoia (Coach), Jeffrey Huang, Emmanuel Rizkalla, Nathan Chun

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Captain Selwyn Chang (12Ar)

The 2019-20 Chess Season at Trinity was kick-started with the annual School Chess Championships in Term 4. When most people think of chess, they think of a boring board game. But one doesn’t need to watch an intense and closely contested competition for very long to realise it is exciting, highly underrated, and I dare say, possibly a sport. The championship usually brings a wide variety of players making it so attractive to both veterans and complete beginners. With over 60 boys battling it out over seven rounds, many regarded this year’s tournament the most competitive yet. Well done to Matthew Chen(11He) for winning his second consecutive championship and Joshua Yeoh (12Sc) and Michael Lin (12Fo) for coming second and third places respectively.

Term 1’s CAS Chess competition as usual was fiercely contested with defending champions, Knox, as the favourites. In the first two rounds, as ‘underdogs’ we surprised our opponents Cranbrook and St Aloysius’ (as well as ourselves!) by defeating them both, 11-1. Despite our initial success, we lost to Knox 9-3. Winning nine boards in the final round against Barker unfortunately was not enough to catch up to Knox’s lead. While we weren’t able to reclaim the CJS Purdy Cup this year, we achieved 2nd place on the CAS ladder for the third year in a row (by a close 3 points!). Commendations to Matthew Chen who vanquished the Board 1 of every school except for Cranbrook. It was a tremendous effort by all the boys, especially our Junior division who showed great promise considering it was their CAS debut. These results show that the future of Trinity Chess is bright.

As usual, Trinity participated in the NSW Junior Chess League inter-school competition occurring on Friday afternoons in Term 3. For the three rounds we competed, our Senior, Intermediate (Captain James Kim (9Ar)) and Junior teams (Captain Jeffrey Huang (8St)) scored strong wins against Newington, Meriden, Homebush Boys and Sydney Tech.

Finally, the Year 12 vs Staff match in the Compass Courtyard in the second last week of term was a highlight and saw some very entertaining matches and banter, one of very few occasions when students can best the teachers in an intellectual activity!! Despite having piece material and time handicaps, Year 12 won 5 boards to 0.

I want to thank MIC Mr. Nguyen for his dedication to Chess Club and his passion for chess, especially his organisation of an online chess club on Chess.com during Term 2 amidst quarantine. My Vice-Captains Anton Demark (12Sc) and Michael Lin, as well as coaches Remo Pascale and Calvin Fong (Class of ‘16) have also provided invaluable support.

During this unusual year, I have noticed a very large increase in the numbers of boys showing interest in chess, including many of my friends who I would never have expected to pick up such a ‘nerdy’ hobby. It seems that amidst the stress of exams in Year 12, engaging in an intellectually stimulating activity is a particularly appealing way to have some fun while keeping the brain active. The surge in popularity for chess at Trinity extends far beyond the official walls of Chess Club, with many boys playing in library free periods. I am very pleased that as Thursday lunch and Friday afternoon Chess Club attendance continues to increase, more and more boys are able to appreciate the beauty and excitement of the game.

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2020 provided students with an opportunity to work on extending their grasp of a broad variety of technologies. Students were free to work on a mini project of their choosing and encouraged to plan the project from beginning to end, before acquiring the necessary items required to complete the task at hand. Finally, the boys were able to create, explore and build their chosen endeavour.

Throughout the year, students engaged in a variety of pursuits including, but not limited to, learning the basics of Python coding, scripting simple websites using HTML and CSS, setting up a wireless RF receiver, building a portable media player and utilising Raspberry Pi devices to control motors and sensors on a remote controlled robot. These pursuits have challenged the boys and encouraged them to learn the art of perseverance while honing their troubleshooting techniques, expanding their grasp of electronics, computing, and all-round technical capability. The boys have welcomed the opportunity to investigate both current and emerging technologies and many lengthy discussions were had with their peers during our lunchtime meetings.

We look forward to continuing our work in the coming year and it will be incredibly exciting to see which topics and ideas we explore next.

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Back Row Daksh Chuchra, Alexander Berg, Christopher Kapaniris, Ronald Tam, George Kalimeris, Adrian McManus, Spiro Christopoulos, Joseph Booth, Euan Germanos, Jamie Christopoulos, Rory Briscoe

Forth Row Edward Yu, Kosta Theodorou Farhan Tamboli, Solomon Khoury, Christian Becvarovski, Joshua Perera, Keith Kwok, Max Nguyen, Justin Yang, Jack Bettar, Hassan Mourad, Josiah May

Third Row Younghoo Cho, Jonah Sowmi, William Martin, Jaden Fung, Aryan Nair, James Kim, Christopher Kong, Sam Newton, Imran Parker, Joshua Ming, Duncan Feng, Aiden Lee

Second Row Benjamin Chau, Trenton La, Alexander Jacob, Max Lau, Joseph Britton, Ashton Frazer, Alfred Han, Andrew Stone, Maxwell Padmore, Marcus Yang, William Taplin

First Row Harry Clegg, Nicholas Ayoub, Kavi Suri, Aryan Nair, Jared Kong, Enrico Ciarroni, Albert Zhou, Priyann Thanujan Daniel Lok, Lucas Dinh

Seated Jacob Pham, Ms. Carrie Wang, Alessio Razza, Mr. Christopher Taplin (MIC), Zack Zuccolotto, Mr. Jean-Baptiste Ribola, Michael Lin, Mrs. Vikki Cummins, Lucas Bruckner, Ishanth Mukesh

MIC Mr. Christopher Taplin

Captain Zack Zuccolotto (12Ar)

Vice-Captain Michael Lin (12Fo)

Vice-Captain Alessio Razza (12Mu)

Debating had yet another great couple of seasons in the year of

2020. Not only have results been on the up, but socially, debating has

continued to both create and strengthen new and existing friendships

respectively for those who volunteered to give up their precious Friday

evenings in order to engage in heated arguments with other students

their age. Those who competed this year have learnt invaluable

lessons about today’s changing society through the vast amount

of general knowledge they had to call upon during their debates.

Additionally, their ability to speak in public as well as think critically

on the spot will undoubtedly aid them in the future - both in and out

of the classroom. The year was full of highs and lows, and those who

took part would only have grown stronger as a result of the latter. Such

growth was evident in increasingly improving results in both the FED

and ISDA seasons, and naturally the much-anticipated CAS debating season. However, there was so very much that happened in what was a very different, and very eventful year.

2020 was an interesting year for all, to say the very least. Starting with the Australian bushfires and the unfortunate death of NBA legend Kobe Bryant, the COVID-19 pandemic came not long after. With the cancellation of Winter Sports and the move to online classes, it truly was a year like no other. Such a thing could be said for this overall season of debating, as twists and turns in the COVID-19 saga ensured there was perpetual change going on in the Debating Society, which I guess meant that affairs were kept intriguing. Initially, the ISDA and FED seasons went ahead as scheduled, with successful home and away trips in both competitions. But within weeks of both competitions’ commencement, we debaters found ourselves facing the possibility of season cancellation, a misfortune which eventually took fruition with the escalation of the pandemic. If there was one word to describe what happened in the following months to circumvent the COVID problem, it would be a neck-on-neck foot race between perseverance and determination - two very similar nouns which are nevertheless separated by certain peculiarities and nuances which render them distinguishable.

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Year 12 Debaters Michael Lin, Zack Zuccolotto, Spiro Christopoulos with MIC Debating Mr. Chris Taplin

Whilst the ISDA and FED competitions were unfortunately cancelled after a few rounds, schools around Sydney found ways to get over the COVID-19 problem and continue with their debating competitions. During the lockdown period, classes at Trinity migrated online, with Microsoft Teams acting as the final destination of these classes. Owing to the fact that the software allows for organised video chat, it was quickly seen as a possible alternative to what had become impossible face-to-face debating, and the first online debate took place in a friendly between ourselves and Cranbrook. The night was certainly something different and, on the whole, it was definitely a success.

With this success in mind, the Trinity Debating Society quickly took advantage of this new form of debating. Training sessions and internal debates were held online, keeping Trinity debaters fresh and practiced, whilst also ensuring that all in the society were able to have their turn as a speaker. On the whole, the internal online debating program was a huge success and stands as a testament to the undeniable benefits of gritty determination from those who organised the logistics for the program, who I thank deeply.

Online debates continued until the delayed start of the anticipated CAS debating season, which saw a long-awaited return to face-to-face competition. Whilst this did not last the whole CAS season, given the fears of a second coronavirus spike it was nevertheless nice to experience some degree of pre-COVID normality, and those who were fortunate enough to experience it were beyond thankful for the efforts of the CAS schools who took the effort to ensure such was possible and more importantly, safe. Online debates made a brief return via Zoom in the last week of the CAS season, before debating ended for the year on this note.

Online debating was undoubtedly challenging and was certainly not ideal. However, the whole saga, at least I believe, only made those within the society stronger. For one, it taught us the importance of adaptability. In an ever-changing world, so volatile to trends, advances in technology and more, it is necessary to be able to adapt to these circumstances in order to thrive in both the workplace and at home. In short, adaptability is important, and this online debating season helped teach us this important skill that we can now use both in and out of the classroom. Following in this vein, the saga taught us the importance of thinking innovatively. Without such innovative thinking, debating would

have been almost completely impossible for around 90% of the year, however, such was not the case as a result of some intelligent thinking and also organised planning - another skill which we saw was very important after this year. Finally, our collaborative skills will only have benefitted from the pandemic, as we were forced to be able to interact effectively online - something that will only serve us well in the future both in school and in the outside world.

Another aspect of this different year was the society’s focus on general knowledge. For years, Trinity has struggled in their breadth and depth of knowledge in areas appropriate to debating such as politics, health, education and more. With the knowledge of this weakness, it was necessary that something be done about it. Starting with a few fact sheets produced by MIC Mr. Taplin, the general knowledge programme quickly evolved into a face-to-face affair, with debating vice-captain Alessio Razza (12Mu) at the forefront of this initiative. Taking place on a Friday afternoon before debates, the programme was a huge success and for that, Alessio should be commended on his efforts. That night saw Trinity possess their most detailed and more wide general knowledge, manifest in improved results among the junior Years who were in attendance. Overall, a huge success.

In terms of a standout team for this year, one can look no further than the mighty 10Bs and their famous, undefeated CAS season which saw them clinch their respective title with overwhelming ease. Consisting of Rory Briscoe (10Du), Max Nguyen (10Yo) and Jonah Sowmi (10We), as well as others on days in which there were vacancies, the team steam rolled their competition in their ruthless and clinical march to the title. I would like to wish this team a huge congratulations on what is an amazing achievement, and I look forward to seeing this team grow and mature further in the future, hopefully with even more success.

I want to take this opportunity to thank those who made this season possible, made this season as enjoyable as it was, and more. To the coaches, thank you for giving up your time on Thursdays and Fridays in order to work with us and improve our skills in debating. An example of such commitment can be seen in the work of my own team’s coach - Michael Pahos. Mr. Pahos has coached our team since 2017, continuing to do so through triumphs and failures, and for that, I and others are thankful. Such can be extended to all the other coaches as well. Thank you. Former School Captain and current Head Debating Coach, Saachin Simpson, was instrumental in the functioning of the society, playing his hand in the work of the coaches as well as providing assistance with the online debating procedures. His work has been invaluable to the society and it is thus necessary to thank him here. To my fellow Year 12 students for keeping such a positive attitude during what was an unfortunate yet unforgettable year in which to finish their debating journey, thank you. Particular mention should go to School Captain Spiro Christopoulos (12Ar), George Kalimeris (12WH), and Adrian McManus (12He), all of whom lit up the room with their positivity and optimism. I want to thank my vice-captains, Michael Lin (12Fo) and Alessio Razza (12Mu), for their hard work and dedication to the society - without you, none of this would have been possible, and I am beyond thankful for everything you have done. Whilst I quickly want to thank the since-departed Mr. St. Julian for his efforts in debating in the previous years, the work done by the new MIC Mr. Chris Taplin was truly transformative, and I am beyond grateful for his efforts. Coming into a society which was used to certain traditions and norms, Mr. Taplin came in with confidence and ideas, and was able to leave his own mark on the society, teaching us the importance of adaptability, innovation and determination. I cannot wait to see the society continue to flourish under his leadership in future years.

In all, this year was a different, challenging one, but still we found a way to make it successful. We were taught important life lessons this year, something for which all of us are extremely grateful. I would like to end the season with some famous words by physicist Albert Einstein, which I believe truly sum up the lessons we learnt this year: “The measure of intelligence is the ability to change.”

Detur Gloria Soli Deo.

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This was the year that promised much in the field of the performing arts:

Æ “School of Rock”- the first “whole school musical” with two casts featuring the Prep and Junior schools. The casts were primed in March to begin whole run-throughs prior to an April opening. Then we all know what happened…

Æ “One Man, Two Guvnors”. The formidably-talented Year 9 Drama class rehearsed this modern Commedia adaptation during all of Term 1. They had it ready not just to tickle but fracture the funny bone of audiences for an April opening. Then we all know what happened…

Æ Ms. Smith-Sergi had the Shakespeare Festival in hand and was conceiving a highly anticipated production of “Macbeth” to be done outdoors on the Quad and its environs in November. Well, you know…

So rather than the record of 2020 being a lamentation of what could have been, it will be a reaffirmation of the ingenuity your sons have shown in class and in remote learning. It will show how the arts of Drama, Film and Television build creativity and resilience. Some examples are:

Year 12 Drama students, due to COVID, were denied a featured component of their study: the Group Performance. In consequence, many surpassed their understanding and skill set with the Individual Project. Among the standouts were:

Æ Doug Kelly’s imaginative lighting design for Lachlan Philpott’s “Silent Disco”.

Æ The tackling of big issues like the death of God and the meaning of life (Ryan Tischenko), toxic masculinity (Alex Shannon), the fragility of inter-generational relationships (Anthony Xegas) and the mindset of Nazism (Mitchell Butler) through inventive exploration and manipulation of scriptwriting techniques and conventions.

Æ Some engaging research papers into the role of technology in theatre (Sam Fricker), the use of pause in Harold Pinter’s plays (Aston Forster) and the pursuit of ever-elusive truth in performance (Basil Georgas).

Æ Ryan Whitford’s blending of Expressionism and other dramatic forms in a Director’s Folio for Debra Oswald’s haunting “Stories in the Dark”.

Æ David Lim’s disturbing horror film set in, of all places, a childcare centre. Even though David could only submit two minutes under the revised COVID HSC rules, his full screenplay was filmed by Finn McCann, Luca Di Meglio, Will Barlow and Garry Koshnitsky in a welcome collaboration with IB Film.

Year 12 IB Film embraced a range of film forms and styles in making engaging and often confronting short films.

Æ Zack Zuccolotto, James Browning, Alex Pavic and Joshua Zecchini paid filmic homage to film auteur, Wes Anderson about the importance of the “small things” in life, especially in the remembrance of the past.

Æ Vasili Eliades, Christopher Papaioannou and Ritvik Sharma completed a complex film where a young girl unwittingly triggers a father’s memory of suppressed trauma.

Most impressively, Drama classes worked well to bridge the gap and ensure the continuum of learning between the remote experience and the return to the classroom.

Æ Year 9 Drama had the experience of performing as a Greek chorus over Microsoft Teams and then translated that idea to the stage when looking at the endings of “Oedipus Rex”, “the Bacchae” as well as the comedies of Aristophanes.

Æ Year 10 Drama, as part of the study of Non-Naturalism and Expressionism, was involved in an in-class production of “When the Rain Stops Falling”. This is an award-winning play about family, secret legacies, betrayal and forgiveness seen across

DRAMA CLUB

Back Row James Brockie, Ryan Kesbie, Hugo Nguyen, Jack Fahd

Second Row Joseph Britton, Blake Hui, Noah Blomfield, Thomas Jenkins, Lochlan Demark, Toby Henry

First Row Mrs. K Smith-Sergi, Aiden Lee, Ionnis Giannakopoulos, William Tran, Miles Angus, Nicholas Ayoub

Seated Gerard Shalala, Alexander Yee, Aston Forster, Basil Georgas, Alexander Mallis, Hamish Gray, Alex Ward

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four generations and spanning two continents. The poignance and beauty in the play were captured through transformational acting choices, chorus work, multiple characters and seamless transitions. The boys worked tirelessly to weave together elements of the text that was studied and workshopped during the Remote Learning Phase at the beginning of term, to bring together the Performance component in the last four weeks.

Æ Year 11 Drama began a study of Verbatim Theatre in class by focusing on the authentic Trinity Community stories on the experience of the disastrous summer of bushfires. Year 12’s Zack van der Platt’s unheralded bravery and stoicism as a Rural Fire Service volunteer was one of the most moving narratives. Zack was actually called out of class in the last few weeks of Term 4 to fight fires, spent most of his holiday tag-teaming with his father in fighting fires and then arrived for Rugby training in his time off. A story well worth putting on stage. The Year 11 class did him the honour of finishing his, and other stories in the remote phase of learning.

The same engagement in telling stories with integrity and emotional maturity was evident in Years 9 and 10 TV Production.

Æ The best music videos in Year 10 used the codes and conventions of this genre to explore issues relating to young men — including

environmental destruction as well as emotional and physical

bullying. Many of the “Kick That Goal” reality television segments

used the tropes of this convention to tell stories of male body

image and familial relationships with unflinching honesty and

visual flair.

Æ Year 9 TV Production classes explored and exploited the

reporting and reaction to the pandemic through using the codes

and conventions of current affairs shows. Alex Jacob and Liam

Wingrave did some inventive work, notable for their collaborative

skills.

So, while COVID may have turned expectations and normality

upside down, it provided deep and varied learning opportunities in

the performing and creative arts for your sons to show remarkable

creativity and resourcefulness. In the Drama Department 2020 was

resilience made flesh.

My heartfelt thanks for the dedication and creativity of colleagues Ms.

Smith-Sergi and Mr. Bradburn and the unstinting support of Mr. Blois,

Mr. Cotton and Mr. Daniels.

Brendan Duhigg

THEATRE SPORTS

Back Row Alexander Mallis, Sam Waddington, James Mallios, Thomas Jenkins

First Row Mrs. K Smith-Sergi, Ryan Tischenko, Jackson Greck, Kian Guildea, Aston Forster, Max Velten

Seated Max Trigg, Johnathan Manikis, Alex Runciman, Basil Georgas, Luka Cukeric, James Chan, Charlie Naffah

SCHOOL OF ROCK

Back Row Toby Henry, Will Gray, Noah Blomfield, Jack Fahd, Hamish Gray

Seated Kenneth Rathore, Alexander Yee, Mr. B Duhigg, Max Trigg, Ben Hanna

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Top, bottom left - Gold and Silver expedition at the Tasman Peninsula Field Studies Camp 5

MIC Christina Vanden Hengel

2020 has been a year of firsts for the Duke of Edinburgh Scheme (DEAS) Awardees and Leaders at Trinity Grammar School. It was our first year of offering the Duke of Edinburgh Award to Year 9 as an official co-curricular option, meeting fortnightly on Friday afternoons under the guidance of Award Leaders, Mrs. Janet Wonders and Ms. Emma Loftus. It has also been the first year in which every single one of our planned Trinity Adventurous Journeys has had to be cancelled due to either the bushfires or COVID-19. Thank goodness for the Field Studies team who battled to get most of our Year 9 Bronze cohort through their Practice expeditions whilst down at Woollamia!

Before the whole world turned upside down, Mr. Matthew Hirst and I did get the chance to accompany a stellar group of Trinitarians to Tasmania at the very start of the 2019 summer break. The expedition party was met with a ‘frosty’ reception on Day 1 in Hobart at the top of Mt Wellington, where we all were shocked to be experiencing snow in early December! After spending a day sorting gear and provisions for the hike, we met our guides Sam and Nick and headed off to start our exploration of the Tasman Peninsula. For five days we experienced spectacular coastal cliff views, fresh non-smoky air, Tasmanian bush tucker and multiple night-time pack-pantry thefts by crafty possums… perhaps the Silver boys brought a few too many lollies? Next time, we’ll make sure the zappos are all eaten before sunset.

With our plans for a December 2020 New Zealand Adventurous Journey postponed for the time-being, we are encouraging all our Gold awardees to undertake their expeditions in smaller groups with external providers. A Kosciusko hike is being offered by Land’s Edge in September for our Gold boys, and a Silver group is also taking on a trek in Barrington Tops National Park.

Credit must be given to our DEAS students who have gone above and beyond to secure service opportunities and find creative solutions to achieving their awards in a year where very little has gone to plan, and many charitable centres have had to close their doors to volunteers for health reasons. Our Gold, Silver and Bronze awardees have discovered that serving their local communities can range from reaching out to the elderly couple next door, maintaining online databases for local museums or packing toiletries for COVID and bushfire-affected families around Sydney.

A hearty congratulations to the following Year 12 students who have tackled the obstacles of 2020 to complete their Gold Awards in style (and before their exams!): Jamie Adams (12St), William Beretov-Millar (12Ho), Justin Kim (12Ar) and Lachlan Lee (12WH). To those Gold awardees who are close to finishing, don’t lose heart and keep logging those hours!

My utmost gratitude goes out to our tireless team of DEAS staff who are the champions and chasers of paperwork for the 135 participants in the programme: Sabine Wieczorek, Matthew Hirst, Mark Hatton-Ward, Alistair Hunt, Mark Worsfold, Emma Loftus, Janet Wonders, David Davies, Cheryl Bawhey, Guy Dennis, Jonathan Wallace, Charlton Kent and Wayne Pitts.

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Two Economics Q and A guests at the Russian Ambassador’s farewell in Canberra. Ian Moore, Ambassador Grigory Logvinov and Lex Gow (Executive

Director of Macquarie Bank

2020 has certainly been a year like no other, and impacted everyone's lives in some way, shape, or form. This year looked like one where the Economics Q&A Society would go from strength to strength, with some of Australia's most influential CEOs, Politicians, and Media Personalities on the cards to make appearances at Trinity’s ever-growing Society. Regardless of the significant impacts of the Pandemic, Trinity Grammar School's Economics Q&A Society was still able to welcome several guests through the gates before the turn of events changed rapidly.

In Term 1 of 2020, we were lucky enough to welcome CEO and Managing Director of ASX Listed Company, Think Childcare (TNK), Mr. Matthew Edwards, to answer the questions of budding young Entrepreneurs and Economists from Year 11 and 12 about the growing nature of the Australian childcare sector, and the innovative Italian origins of his unique Child Care Centres. Mr. Edwards had an extremely interesting upbringing and journey to the top in the Business World, with his love for the Child Care Industry interestingly starting in a Civic Video Store in Newtown. It was fascinating to gain insight as to the sacrifices Mr. Edwards made to pursue this innovative Child Care Project to get him to where he is today. Being able to ask questions skewed to the Year 12 Business Studies Syllabus has been instrumental in allowing students to gain a better understanding of the influences by which Businesses can be impacted, and the suitable strategies used to combat these issues in a real-life context. On behalf of the society, I would like to thank Mr. and Mrs. Edwards for their contributions at this initial Q&A of 2020, a truly fantastic way to kick things off.

One week later, we were blessed to welcome back to the School, CEO of ASX Listed Company, Bingo Industries (BIN), Mr. Daniel Tartak, who was a member of the Class of 2004. For many years, we have all heard about the success story of this former Trinitarian and were extremely excited to hear more about his company's journey to becoming one of the largest Waste Management and Recycling Organisations in Australia. Welcoming Mr. Tartak back was an honour, and being able to sit down for a recorded interview with him beforehand, which has been published on the Trinity Grammar School YouTube Page, was extremely insightful and beneficial for myself, but also many other students who were able to hear more about his time at the School, and how Trinity helped him achieve his goals. Having done our in-depth research on this growing industry leader beforehand, this was set to be an interesting and hard hitting Q&A. Questions about Bingo's acquisitions, the controversial ACCC ruling on the purchase of Dial a Dump, as well as the future of Recycling and Waste Management were fired from left, right, and centre, with Mr. Tartak remaining composed, despite the difficult and long-winded nature of our questions. Learning that there is more to waste management companies than just Skip Bins and removing rubbish from houses was fascinating, with Mr. Tartak going into detail as to the many elements of his Business, spanning from contracts with McDonalds, to some of the biggest shopping centres

in the country, as well as influential Construction companies, was extremely insightful. Hearing his unique story, and gaining insight as to how the business started with five waste management trucks driving around Sydney at the early hours of the morning, to the empire he heads up today, was inspirational and moving for each and all. He is a fine example of a former Trinitarian who has gone on to make his mark and become an industry leader, showing great resilience, sacrifice and determination to reach his goals.

It is also important to highlight the star-studded line up which had been arranged, but restricted as a result of the closure of Schools and transition to Remote Learning in 2020. Australian television presenter and leading 60 Minutes Reporter, Ms. Tara Brown, was scheduled to visit only a week after Mr. Tartak's appearance. CEO of leading online retailer, The Iconic, Ms. Erica Berchtold, was another guest lined up for early in Term 2, as was Mr. John Williamson Nobel, partner in Gilbert and Tobin Corporate Advisory Group, advising on some of the largest transactions in Australia, including the IPO of Qantas, the merger of Westpac and St George, as well as a private equity deal with KKR’s Brambles. Mr. Arthur Moses SC, President of the Law Council of Australia, who has been practising at the NSW Bar for in excess of 25 years was scheduled to visit, which would have been another insightful guest for us, particularly the Year 11 and 12 Legal Studies students. Influential women in our country were also set to visit the society, including the first female CEO of one of Australia’s big four banks, Ms. Gail Kelly, as well as Australian mining magnate, Ms. Gina Rinehart who would have been able to give us some insight as to how she became the richest person in Australia, and the 85th richest person in the world. Former Prime Minister of Australia, Mr. Kevin Rudd, was another guest who would have visited in 2020, a notable leader in our country's history at a very difficult time, during the Global Financial Crisis . An example of cold calling at its finest, is through the example of the highly successful NSW Premier, Ms. Gladys Berejiklian, whom I was able to get in touch with, organising an in-person Q&A, which would have been fascinating for us to be a part of, but due to the restrictions of the Pandemic, this Q&A will be taking place later in the year, or via video conferencing at some point in Term 3.

Despite the hurdles we have had to overcome in 2020, the Economics Q&A Society has remained as strong and productive as ever, with ground work by several individuals who make up our community proving instrumental in scheduling one of the most star-studded line ups Trinity’s Q&A Society has ever seen. We continued to meet on Friday lunchtimes throughout the year, being optimistic about our chances of welcoming new guests throughout this unpredictable start to the decade, as well as hearing stories from Mr. Moore about past Q&A guests and experiences, in the classroom which many of us have called home for the past three years. I would like to thank not only Mr. Edwards and Mr. Tartak who generously gave up their time to speak to the Society this year, but also Ms. Tara Brown, Ms. Erica Berchtold, Mr. John Williamson Nobel, Mr. Arthur Moses, Ms. Gail Kelly, Ms. Gina Rineheart, Mr. Kevin Rudd, and Ms. Gladys Berejiklian, who had found time out of their busy schedules to be a part of this program, but with the strict restrictions in place surrounding visitors to Schools were not able to visit.

Finally, the hard work, dedication, determination and positivity which Mr. Moore puts into this Society must not go unnoticed. This is an activity which he has run for many years, and has been a program which I have thoroughly enjoyed being a part of throughout my time at Trinity. Although we were not able to go out with a bang and welcome our desired guests throughout 2020, the experiences which I have had as a part of this program will go down as one of the most enjoyable events during my time at the School. None of this would be possible without Mr. Moore's dedication, and persistent attitude towards prospective invitees.

I look forward to seeing the Society grow in numbers as the years progress, and will continue to take a keen interest in the politicians, economists, media personalities, and Chief Executive Officers who walk through the gates at Trinity in the coming years.

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This year the Fishing Club has had to try to condense four terms of work into three. This has put a lot of pressure on the members to complete their major project, which was the construction of a carbon fibre rod. Twenty members embarked on this task, and some learned the skills quickly and were able to complete their jobs with time to spare. Most members had to rush the cotton binding over the line guides, meaning the quality was not what it could have been. The finest work was seen from the following students: Dylan Tai (11WJ), Tim Nguyen (12Fo), Rhys Williams. (11Yo), George Krambousanos (11WJ). The finished items. will a pleasure to use on our local waterways.

Mark Hatton-Ward | MIC Fishing Club

This year saw the expansion of Makers Club and the inclusion of a number of new projects. The Club encourages participants to be creative in their approach to the use of technology. During the year, Students designed and constructed track for a Sphero robot to navigate, made a door alarm using Makey Makeys, assembled electronic circuits using both Arduino and Raspberry Pi that perform a variety of functions, including a counter using blinking LED lights and the application of various sensors, and generally tinkered with technology or electronic-related activities.

We farewell our graduating Year 12 Students and we wish them many rewarding technology related adventures in the future.

Jennifer Nixon | MIC Makers Club

Oscar Warne (12Ta) Electronics

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Back Row Chris Qiu, Daksh Chuchra, Tuan Hung Pham, Max Lau

First Row Mrs. Lisa Gossling (Coach), Toby Henry, Maxwell Padmore, Kevin Ma, Miss. Sofia Robins (Coach), Ms. Carrie Wang (Coach)

Seated Christian Ciarroni, Harry Clegg, Enrico Ciarroni, Ms. Hyun Mi Cho (Coach), Nicholas Ayoub, Harry Vine, Maxi Tsai

MIC Hyun Mi Cho

Maths Club kick-started with a new recruit, Ms. Katay, who is a Mathematics Enrichment teacher for the Preparatory and Junior Schools. She’s been leading the students in the Preparatory School which enables us to run Maths club on both Summer Hill and Strathfield campuses! She has been an amazing asset to the team – Welcome Ms. Katay!

As we all know, this year had impacted all of us which meant most of the planned activities, especially collaboration activities between and across all different Year groups, had to be on hold indefinitely. To spoil one of the ideas here, we had planned to do dominos!

Small group activities in the same Year group still occurred. The students had experiences in the usual Australian Mathematics and Olympiad past competition questions and explored other mathematical concepts using various technology resources. Just to name a few, a probability activity from Maths 300, called Greedy Pig, allowed students to investigate situations that involve elements of chance by comparing experimental distribution with expectation from models of the possible outcomes.

The Laser challenge, a social and creative Desmos activity, asked students to use angles to adjust lasers and mirrors as they seek to hit all three targets in a series of challenges. This offered a chance to think critically about the properties of angles, lines, and reflections. For the last part of the challenge, students created their own laser challenges and solved laser challenges from other Maths Club members. At the end of the session, students looked at unique challenges and solutions and expanded their understanding of Mathematics. Of course, it ended with them reflecting on what they learned from the experience – one of our core values for Maths Club!

Now that the academic year for 2020 is over, it is time to farewell our Year 12 students. They have shown resilience in all activities and even led some group sessions with younger students during their times at Trinity. I wish them all the best with their future.

The boys have been working very hard in Maths Club this year. They are enthusiastic about their learning and continue to persist to solve challenging tasks. They truly demonstrate their passions and interest in Mathematics.

I am so proud of their individual efforts and resilience over this year and how cohesively they work with other like-minded peers. I would like to thank the Maths Club teachers: Mr. Habkouk, Miss. Robins, Miss. Wang, Mrs. Gosling and Ms. Katay for their creative ideas and hard work for every session!

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Back Row Mr. B Cotton, Johnathan Harb, James Mallios, Josh van der Goot, Nixon Milner, Jake Paraskevopoulos, Mr. J Blois

Seated Theo Murphy, Max Velton, Gerard Shalala, Zachariah Gindy, Peter Michalos

Theodore Murphy filming the Quad Parade for the CAS Swimming and Diving Team

MIC John Blois

Media Crew was preparing for a big year with many of the team looking forward to being involved with the school production of School of Rock, but like everyone else we were forced to change our plans in Term 1 due to COVID-related cancellations.

Normally we have so many boys involved that we split into two teams - Production and Content. Production would handle the backstage technical aspects of school productions in the areas of audio, lighting and video projection, whereas the Content team would be involved in the video capture of events – namely sport and music concerts. With school events being brought to a halt in mid-March, we realised we had to change our approach.

CAS Swimming and Diving was the first event we encountered where we were only allowed limited crew, so Theo and Jake took the opportunity to support the team in filming the Diving.

Fast forward to Term 3 when we were finally able to meet again face-to-face, and the opportunity came up to support the AV department for Chapel in the Assembly Hall. This was timely as there was a recently installed system to record using remote cameras, so most the boys were able to be involved in live mixing either Video, Audio or Lighting as we captured Mr. Lee’s sermon series based on the hit Netflix documentary, ‘The Last Dance’.

As restrictions allowed for certain events to run, we also were able to assist the music department in the recording of their Strings Concert, so Dylan, Matt, Zach, Jonathan and Josh assisted the AV department

with the live mixing and recording. With the Track & Field warm-up meet being held at the school, Gerard and Brendan were able to put their camera skills to good use in the capturing of that event.

In a year of change it was great to see the boys adapt and support the school in different ways, and we look forward to expanding on their skills to support more school events over the next year.

John Blois | MIC Media Crew

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MOCK TRIAL

Back Row Mr. Bill Pratt, Daksh Chuchra, Joshua Perera, Dylan Wang, Josiah May, Mr. Adrian Shipp

Seated Nicholas Nguyen, Daniel Tran, Suraj Nellore, Keith Kwok, William Martin

MIC Bill Pratt

Mock Trial for 2020 was interesting, to say the least! We began well, thinking the season would pan out as usual. It wouldn’t be much different to 2019 apart from, perhaps, Trinity being crowned champions for 2020 of the NSW Law Society Mock Trial Competition. Little did we realise that COVID would change things. We were ready for Round 1, believing we were in with a chance of winning. However, it was not to be. Lockdown saw to that. Mock Trial went into enforced hibernation. For several weeks there was nothing. But then there was light, the possibility of the resumption of the season, albeit a shorter one. To resume we would need to go online via ZOOM. But that was not to be as Trinity used the Microsoft Teams platform. Sadly, we had to withdraw from the 2020 inter school competition. Nonetheless, we continued in intra school mode. In this format, participants formed Prosecution and Defence teams who engaged in lunch time mock trial scenarios. Our current intra school participants are Harrison Brown (11Du), Daksh Chuchra (11He), Keith Kwok (11WH), William Martin (11WH), Josiah May (10Yo), Suraj Nellore (11Mu), Nicholas Nguyen (10Ar), Joshua Perera (11La), Daniel Tran (11Ta) and Dylan Wang (11La). It is hoped that, if and when restrictions are lifted, we might yet engage in a friendly inter school trial with a school in our local area.

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A reflection on films, friendship and feature-writing.

Movie Society is a student-led co-curricular whereby senior students have the opportunity to immerse themselves in the cinematic world. Each week students watch, discuss and review a movie.

We interviewed Year 12 students, Lachlan Lee and Ethan Lambert, about their experience in Movie Society in 2020:

What kind of society is Movie Society?

Lachlan: The best kind! It converges every Monday after school, where we watch a movie (selected at the start of term by the students of Movie Society). We watch all different kinds of movies, from action to comedy to biography and even foreign films.

Ethan: And during remote learning we used Canvas to meet online. It was optional, but many of us have still been watching the movies at home and rating/reviewing them.

Why did you join this co-curricular?

Lachlan: I joined with friends, as we all share the same passion for movies, and I wanted to learn about the development of films.

Ethan: For the enjoyment of watching a film with friends.

Tell us about your experience in Movie Society:

Lachlan: I feel fortunate to have been a part of Movie Society as it pushed me out of my comfort zone to watch movies from genres I would not previously have watched, and to write creatively for the blog. But the movie portion is only a small segment of the society — the bonds formed, and the friendships built with other students, have been the highlight of my experience.

Ethan: I have identified that one of my weaknesses is misunderstanding films. I used to think movies were about enjoyment with friends. However, I have come to understand that films often have deeper and more meaningful messages, which, in my eyes, is a strength.

Is there a movie you would recommend?

Ethan: 127 Hours

Lachlan: When talking to all the boys involved with this co-curricular, the highlight was when we watched the movie “127 hours” — this movie built up a lot of stress amongst the group and we all remember sitting on the edge of our seats wondering whether or not the protagonist would be able to get out of the situation he was in! Watch it!

Students involved in Movie Society have the added opportunity to develop their creative and critical writing skills. Movie reviews are published on the Student Voice section of The Arthur Holt Library blog.

Ms. Stefanie Gaspari | MIC Movie Society

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Director of Music Phil Pratt

Co-Music Captain Ryan Whitford

Co-Music Captain John Choi

Co-Vice Captain Harry Driessen

Co-Vice Captain Alex Yee

Co-Vice Captain Matthew Boyce

Captain of Orchestra John Choi

Vice-Captain of Orchestra Harry Driessen

Captain of Bands John Varvaris

Co-Vice-Captain of Bands Shaun Chan

Co-Vice-Captain of Bands Ronald Tam

Senior Chorister Ryan Whitford

Captain of Choirs Matthew Boyce

Co-Vice- Captain of Choirs Basil Georges

Co-Vice- Captain of Choirs Alex Yee

SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

Back Row Toby Biernoff-Giles, John Dedousis, Asher Tarbox, Michael Wierum, Leo Tarbox, George Dedousis, Eric Tsai, Joseph Lin

Third Row Jack Hartzenberg, Julian Chin, Daniel Koothoor, Garry Koshnitsky, Jeffrey Li, Andy Lin, Jim Gong, James Chan, Keith Kwok, Alex Zou, Christian Pulley, Chris Chin, Micah Abdel Sayed, Ari Guan

Second Row Edmund Baker, Benjamin Chau, Aaron Byeun, Simon Bakunowicz, Hugo Miller, Caleb Mears, Alexander Ko, Alfred Han, Ryan Geddes, Joshua Chu, Brendan Chew, Andrew Tanous, Caius Leung, Dylan Lay, Jack Casimir

First Row Zachariah Nguyen, Keagan Tran, Isaac Latt, Brendan Geddes, James Chan, Stefano Furlan, James Ko, Nicholas Ayoub, Lachlan Hovilai, Bo Hai Xie, Ryan Lim, Daniel Lok, Christopher Lowe, Nathan Pham, Liam Filby, William Chang

Seated James McCabe, Jamie Adams, Justin Lin, Mr. Will Henry, Michael Lin, Ms. Kate Morgan, John Choi, Mr. Phil Pratt (Director), Ryan Whitford, Ms. Valeria Korjenevski, Shaun Chan, Mr. Chris Aschman, Matthew Boyce, Selwyn Chang, Samuel Xu

As we come to the end of the academic year for 2020 it’s time to look back on a year like no other in Trinity music. When we commenced the 2020 academic year in the calendar Term 4 of 2019 with a year full of musical events to excite and enrich our community, I don’t believe anyone would have had an inkling of what was to occur in the new year and the impact it would create in our lives and music-making at Trinity.

At the start of our new academic year, the Symphony Orchestra and the Trinity Choir performed with great aplomb at the respective Middle and Senior School Speech Days in the Sydney Town Hall. The orchestra, under the direction of Mr. Chris Aschman, performed the March from Carmen by Bizet, and the Trinity Choir, under the direction of Mrs. Carlie Purkis, performed Sing a Song of Sixpence by John Rutter.

The Symphonic Wind Band and Big Band performed in a favourite yearly engagement for the Infants of the Preparatory and Junior Schools. Some of the boys in the band became super-heroes in the eyes of these young men, and hopefully planted the seed of participation and enjoyment that we foster in music at Trinity.

The Band programme’s end of year performances on the Quadrangle at the Trinity Fiesta were warmly received. The Preparatory School and Junior School Concert bands performed as individual groups and combined under the able baton of Mr. Gergely Malyusz. Thanks need

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to be given to the respective heads of the Preparatory School and Junior School music, Mrs. Geraldine Campbell and Mr. Trevor Adams, for their support and development of the boys in the primary school music programmes. The Middle School wind ensembles consisting of the Intermediate and Concert bands under the direction respectively of Mr. Bobby Dimitrievski and Mr. William Henry also showed their performing prowess, and both conductors have developed quite a following. To finish the ‘bandstravaganza’ Mr. Chris Aschman conducted the Symphonic Wind Band with a light-hearted programme of easy listening hits, and the Trinity Big Band under the direction of Mr. Henry swung and funked away at what was a truly enjoyable community event.

The two Nine Lessons and Carols services were a stunning spiritual and musical triumph of the Trinity Choir and Trinity Brass Ensemble under the direction of Mr. Philip Pratt, and ably assisted by Mrs. Carlie Purkis and Mr. Gergely Malyusz. What a beautiful and fitting way to end our school’s calendar year. If you have not experienced this service, and I would encourage you to be present in the future, as it is a truly uplifting end to a school year and a wonderful experience of the gospel and the true meaning of Christmas.

Our 2020 calendar year began with the usual expectation of building towards our major musical events of the year. Our musical ‘season’, and all the events of the year preceding are a carefully sequenced programme of performances. As a department we could not know what was about to befall us around the world that would put a halt to our programme of events.

The Soloist Competition in Term 1 2020 was a stunning example of the level of music-making at Trinity. The winners in each section were: Adam Jeroncic (4Hi) (Junior), Cayden Tsang (2He) (Intermediate), Clancy Liu-Tan (3Yo) (Senior) and John Dedousis (10Mu) (Advanced). The standard of the competitors each year is truly humbling. Thank you to Mr. Greg Kinda who accompanied a majority of the entrants on this evening and who continues to tirelessly support our boys in so many different musical events and examinations.

Our premiere ensemble events were unable to take place this year in Term 2. The Anzac Day March, The Middle School Winter Concert and our highly anticipated Gala Concert, our night of nights, where the skills, teamwork, camaraderie, and creativity of the young men in the music department are displayed to the acclaim of our community, did not eventuate.

However, Music-making at Trinity did not stop. The practice, the commitment, the energy and the love of what we do, did not stop. During the remote learning period, music at Trinity went online. Instrumental lessons were given via Microsoft teams, curriculum lessons were adapted to meet the needs of our students, Year 12 students were supported with the development of backing tracks for their changed HSC performance conditions, with support for this being provided by Mr. Jeremy Cook and Mr. Nick Southcott. Compositions were refined in the expectation of coming submissions, and thanks must go to Dr. Anthony Hood and Ms. Simone East for their expertise and knowledge in this area, and in their homes, our boys practised, waiting for the opportunity to meet as ensembles again.

The primary instrumental class programmes continued under changed conditions and the staff involved across the Junior and Preparatory Schools adapted quickly. Thanks to the following staff for their continued support of these programmes across the School: Mrs. Geraldine Campbell, Mr. Trevor Adams, Mr. Gergely Malyusz, Ms. Aeree Kim, Mrs. Sarah Ash, Mr. James Zhang, Mr. Will Henry, Mrs. Lisa Malyusz, Ms. Kellie Grennan, Mr. Jonathan Ryan, Mr. Rowley Moore, Ms. Kate Morgan, Mrs. Nicole Smeulders, Mrs. Lorraine Jayasinghe and Mrs. Valeria Korjenevski. These classes are part of the essential building blocks for all that transpires in a boy’s journey through music at Trinity P – 12.

As restrictions eased, music ensembles were faced with social distancing protocols, and staff needed to be agile and disciplined in rehearsals. The Sinfonietta and other Chamber groups began to rehearse under the direction of Ms. Kate Morgan. The Symphonic Wind

Band began rehearsing in late Term 2 with the desire to perform for the school before the holidays. Music is an integral thread in the fabric of Trinity Grammar School, and as a symbol of normality in contrast to the constant changes around us, the department wanted to get out and perform again for our community.

The Symphonic Wind Band was unable to rehearse as a full ensemble unless outdoors and appropriately socially distanced. The balcony levels of the Founder’s building and the Quad itself became a rehearsal space. The energy and spirit of the boys produced a performance of an 80s Rock anthem ‘Wanted Dead or Alive’ by Bon Jovi, which was proclaimed across the quadrangle on a crisp and still morning to announce that music was back at Trinity.

Term 3 began with the resumption of rehearsals across the School, and we were ready to make up for lost time. All Co-curricular performing ensembles re-commenced. The Choir began to sing again, and the Symphony Orchestra under Mr. Philip Pratt’s direction continued to work on Dvorak’s 9th Symphony (New World) and Beethoven’s 5th Symphony. However, as new protocols were introduced the department smoothly shifted our plans and focus.

Orchestral Strings throughout the department continued under the direction of Mr. James Zhang, Mrs. Valeria Korjenevski and Ms. Kate Morgan. The indomitable Cello Ensemble directed by Mrs. Ludmilla Palmer continued to rehearse with their beautiful tones in the music studios.

In Wind and Brass the story was different. The Symphonic Wind Band was one rehearsal away from recording an arrangement of the ex-Trinity metalcore band Polaris’ ‘The Remedy’, deftly arranged by Ryan Whitford 12WH. The Primary School and Middle School Bands were rehearsing hopefully for the Fiesta.

A light in the darkness was provided by the Academy chamber ensemble who entered a new online competition by Musica Viva and achieved stunning results. The Senior Piano Trio, The String Sextet, The Middle School String Quartet and The Piano Quartet represented the School with the first three winning first-round prizes and the fourth a Bronze Award in this Australia-wide competition. Congratulations must be given to the boys who competed: John Choi (12He), John Dedousis (10Mu), George Dedousis (10Mu), Michael Lin (12Fo), Joseph Lin (10St), William Chang (8Ar), Brendan Geddes (8Mu), Stefano Furlan (8Du), Toby Biernoff-Giles (9La), Asher tarbox (11Du), Brendan Chu (11Ke), and Alfred Han (8St).

These groups, and the Serenata and Sinfonietta, performed in an online concert late this term, and the Orchestral Strings also successfully recorded Barber’s renowned Adagio for Strings. Thanks to Ms. Kate Morgan for her direction of these outstanding events.

Our esteemed Director of Music, Mr. Philip Pratt announced his retirement in Week 3 of Term 3. I would like to pay tribute on behalf of staff and students, present and past for his leadership, creativity, vision, spirit, friendship, resilience, humour, and love above all of music which has inspired us and enriched us all. I would need a completely separate Triangle report to be able to fully pay justice to his enduring legacy and influence on the lives of all who have been a part of Trinity music over the last 22 years. As a Department we wish him and his wife Ronnie all the blessings in retirement that they deserve, and our thanks for his presence amongst us, his service to us, and to the Trinity community.

To every staff member in the Music Department, full time and part time, and to the boys of Trinity Music, thank you for your resilience and dedication this year in the face of constant challenges. However, special thanks must go to our tireless administration staff of Ms. Dinora Marquez, Ms. Lisa Thrift and Mrs. Barbara Fox who have provided such welcome and comprehensive support during the year. Their contributions have been immense.

We will see you all in 2021. You can’t stop the Music!

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Socially distanced performance on Quad

Music at Trinity is undoubtedly an invaluable part of its holistic education, building a strong, inclusive community and fostering an environment for creative expression for any willing student. Reflecting on the achievements of the Trinity Music Programme this year, despite the clear challenges, many Trinity musicians not only demonstrated musical finesse and accomplished highly, but the unfaltering devotion from all our student musicians and staff must also be acknowledged. Despite being students, their dedication and endless passion for music is held to professional standards and must be commended.

This year has brought an onslaught of challenges to the Music Department due to cancellations of rehearsals and significantly reduced performance opportunities. However, in the face of these challenges, it seems that the love for music is unwavering, as demonstrated by our musicians in their resilience and ability to adapt to these unforeseen circumstances. As a result of the COVID restrictions, the choir and wind ensembles had a three-month down period, in which the boys were unable to attend group rehearsals and music was restricted to individual practice. This time was used effectively by the dedicated musicians of each ensemble, made evident by the return to rehearsals in the last term.

The various ensembles were given the opportunity to rehearse as an ensemble, with various changes to the rehearsal process. These included masks and sectional choir rehearsals, dividing the various bands and orchestras into smaller groups to rehearse various instrument groups, an increased focus on hygiene for woodwind and brass instruments, and an increased capability for the string and percussive instruments of the school.

As the large musical events typically showcased during the Trinity Arts Festival were cancelled, the ensembles sought to record to provide goals for rehearsals, and to provide the Year 12 cohort with a form of farewell. While a smaller repertoire was required, this allowed for more nuanced development from the ensembles.

Perhaps the most noticeable improvement with the reintroduction of rehearsals was on the mental and emotional wellbeing of the students, who all appeared to take great pride and comfort in being able to congregate with their friends and fellow musicians. These rehearsals, though, were short-lived, as the school was forced back into a musical lull. In particular, an alternative perspective to the benefits of the COVID lockdown was that it provided more time for individual practice and creative exploration. In this period, musicians not only were able to continually develop their technical skills but were able to become more experimental or explore other avenues of music, fostering a greater passion for music and deeper interest. Thus, although it was

unfortunate that structured group rehearsals and school-wide projects were restricted, these circumstances have only enabled musicians to adopt an alternative approach to music and incited greater personal passion for music as a creative outlet.

Among all the disruptions to the music department over the course of the year, perhaps the greatest loss took the form of the retirement of Music Director, Phillip Pratt. Selflessly serving the department since 1998, he has transformed the ensembles, students and significance of music within the school. Upon commencing in the department, there was a lesser appreciation and focus on the development of the musical ability of students. As a result, the band, orchestra and choirs benefitted from a innovative rehearsal process with unforgettable anecdotes and stories of countless hours spent researching the most recent and experimental techniques. Coming from a choral background, perhaps his greatest legacy took the form of the Trinity Chapel Choir. Utilising the unbroken voices of the Year 7s and 8s, in conjunction with the developed bass voices of the senior students, Mr. Pratt unlocked the full potential of an SATB choir. He has had an immeasurable impact on the Trinity Music Department, and his legacy will continue through both the students and the musicians that he has inspired throughout his time at Trinity.

In his absence, the rest of the staff in the department have done a profound job in keeping music at Trinity running smoothly, and have done everything they can to ensure that the music students at Trinity are provided with a growing and substantial community of musicians, repertoire, rehearsals and resources. Staff such as Ms. Morgan, Mrs. Purkis, Mr. Aschman, Mr. Henry, Mr. Malyusz, Mr. Dimitrievski and Mr. Zhang have maintained ensemble rehearsals, and have been tasked with adapting to the restrictions and creating continuous rehearsals and repertoire in an unpredictable environment. On behalf of the student musicians who have the privilege to learn from and be assisted by such dedicated staff, we would like to express our gratitude towards all members of the music faculty for their tireless efforts in providing a nurturing environment despite the evident challenges.

2020 has been a challenging year for music at Trinity, and yet our extensive Music program seems to have developed even further, due to the continuous dedication from both students and staff. Despite the inevitable changes and new faces which are sure to approach in the coming months, we as Music Captains have no doubt that the standards of Music at Trinity will continue to flourish for many years to come.

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Back Row Toby Biernoff-Giles, George Dedousis, Asher Tarbox, Eric Tsai, Leo Tarbox, John Dedousis, Zachariah Nguyen

First Row Stefano Furlan, Alfred Han, Jack Fahd, William Chang, Andy Lin, Andrew Tanous, Brendan Chew, Ryan Lim

Seated Nathan Pham, Matthew Boyce, John Choi, Ms. Kate Morgan, Mr. Phil Pratt, Mr. Will Henry, Ryan Whitford, Jeffrey Li, Brendan Geddes

MIC Mr. William Henry

During COVID-19, the Academy of Music has taken on a slightly different look, but one no less active. Though we are no longer able to enjoy interacting with live audiences, many ensembles are adapting to the new normal by recording performances and sharing them through the School’s social media.

In Week 9 of Term 3, the Brahms Piano Quartet, Brahms String Sextet, Brahms Piano Trio, Middle School Quartet, Sinfonietta Strings and Serenata Strings recorded their breathtaking repertoire. All these groups played challenging professional-level works: truly a feat of skill, dedication and, of course, a growth mindset. By the end of Term 3, four of these groups, the String Sextet, Piano Trio, Piano Quartet and Middle School Quartet, had won prizes in the Musica Viva nation-wide competition – a fantastic achievement.

Due to COVID-19 safety protocols, ensembles with brass and woodwind instruments were not able to rehearse. However, under the leadership of Mr. Henry, rehearsals and performances will recommence after restrictions are lifted. The Academy Vocal Ensemble have also not been able to rehearse. In the meantime, the boys will work individually to improve their skills with individual practice and solo performances.

During Term 3, our Head of Music, Mr. Phillip Pratt, retired. He has served our music department since 1998, in that time creating the Academy of Music and always providing charismatic leadership and expertise in all things musical. He played a personal role in each of the boys’ journeys as a musician and as a person. I can still remember him singing Nessun Dorma a fourth above the written pitch (the highest note an Eb over an octave above middle C) and immensely enjoying

our shocked faces! Though Mr. Pratt has departed, the proud tradition of devotion and dedication of the staff and students in the Academy will not abate.

Though the Music Department has had to adapt to the changing conditions over the last year, this has only served to tighten the bonds between students and staff.

Leo and Asher Tarbox (11DU)

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BIG BAND

Back Row Caleb Mears, David Gabriel, Oscar Favelle, Martin Wong, Sam Vickery, Jack Casimir, Eric Tsai, Toby Biernoff-Giles, Kevin Zhong

Seated Simon Bakunowicz, Zack Zuccolotto, Alexander Yee, Mr. Will Henry, Ronald Tam, Mr. Chris Aschman, Ryan Whitford, Jonathan Shih, Hugo Miller

MIC William Henry

It has been said that jazz music has seen widespread appeal due to it being centred

around joy. Without a doubt, the Trinity Big Band fully fulfilled this statement in 2020,

providing one of the few vestibules of happiness in a year full of disappointment.

Though we were unable to perform in any official performances such as the Gala

concert, the Big Band Night of Jazz, or the Manly Jazz Festival, our frivolous

ensemble was privileged enough to be able to make a rare performance to our

senior school assembly, a warmly received one at that. However, performance is

merely one facet of the musical craft. During our time away from the stage, we

honed our skills and grew as musicians, especially so with the sizeable number of

new recruits who took this year to becoming comfortable with and beginning to truly

enjoy and appreciate this kind of music.

What makes the Big Band so special is the meticulous interaction needed between

its members. Whether be the thunderous funk of Zack Zuccolotto, the virtuosic skill

of Eric Tsai, the rhythmically talented Ryan Whitford, the smooth-operating Ronald

Tam and Alexander Reddel, the always whimsical John Varvaris, the dedication of

Sam Vickery, or the boldness of Simon Bakunowicz, this year was the epitome of jazz

talent and character.

The quality of the band is, of course, due to Mr. Henry and Mr. Aschman, who not only

lent their talents in directing and teaching us, but also performed alongside with us.

Both teachers are an inspiration to me and all of us as musicians and people, their

integrity and dedication have truly been an encouragement and an aspiration.

This year was not the year that any of us wanted, but it made us truly appreciate the

value of music and collaboration, and perhaps no other activity better epitomises the

benefits of ensemble musical playing, than the Big Band.

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Back Row Ryan Lim, Andy Lin, Jaden Fung, Aiden Ngo

Seated Timothy Woodyatt, Brendan Chew, Andrew Tanous

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2020 has been without a doubt an interesting and unique year. Though it has been challenging, COVID-19 has in fact helped the group to not take things for granted and has taught us to appreciate what we have, and what we had. Additionally, under the auspicious guidance and leadership of Mrs. Palmer, the Cello Ensemble has sought to continue practising and rehearsing with one another and will soon perform later in Term 4 which is a fantastic experience for us this year.

Andrew Tanous (10DU) has been a superb leader, looking after the other members and demonstrating the difficult techniques of cello effortlessly, especially in his solo in the “Theme from Schindler’s List” composed by the famous movie composer, John Williams. Andy Lin (7WJ) and Aiden Ngo (7HI) both show exhilarating skill, especially with their beautiful vibrato, proving that they have great potential and are the future of this ensemble. Ryan Lim (9MU) has also provided the tenor and bass lines with great enthusiasm, alongside Timothy Woodyatt (10MU), Zac Lau (11SC) and Jayden Fung (8KE) who all experienced their first year of the cello ensemble and have done really well for their first year. Without them, the pieces would sound incomplete, as it would have no harmony. All these boys together have blended in as an ensemble, each demonstrating their musicality and communicational skills.

The boys have been executing these difficult cello techniques in the famous oratorio from Solomon, “The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba” by Handel. Overall, this year has been a challenging but enjoyable experience for the boys as they prepare for the many performances next year and the years ahead.

Brendan Chew (11KE)

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CHAPEL CHOIR

Back Row Jeremy Chia, Jack Hartzenberg, Varun Iyer, Asher Tarbox, James McCabe, Shawn Guo, Jamie Adams, Mercurius Yousif, Leo Tarbox, Toby Biernoff-Giles, Max Lau, Oscar Hartzenberg

Second Row Jack Fahd, Toby Henry, Phillip Manuli, Will Carvosso, Hugo Nguyen, Andy Lin, William Wang, Dhruv Bharadwaj, Adrian McManus, Andrew Tanous, Brendan Chew, Brendan Chew, James Chan, Jaden Fung

First Row Ronald Ye, Domenic Furfaro, Marcus Yang, Keegan Van, Luke Niulala, Nicholas Ayoub, William Tran, Stefano Furlan, Alexander Heather, John Dalla-Camina, Charlie Scott-Shires, Rohit Dixit

Seated Elliot Russell, Christopher Spencer, Mr. Rowley Moore, Alexander Yee, Ms Phyllis Bookluck, Matthew Boyce, Mr. Phil Pratt (Director of Music), Ryan Whitford, Ms Carlie Purkis, Basil Georgas, Mr Greg Kinda, Christian Ciarroni, George Stavrakis

Despite an undeniably tough year for our choristers, the men of the Chapel Choir repeatedly rose to the arduous tasks laid before them with amiable poise.

Before the onset of COVID-19, the Choir ardently provided the bookend to Term 4 through the Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols. The young men performed spectacularly, with favourites such as Torches and Ding Dong! Merrily on High sounding throughout the Chapel. The Carols are always a test of the fortitude of the choristers, as humid conditions and stifling robes seldom constitute unpleasant conditions. Regardless, the men of the Choir rose to the occasion.

Throughout Term One, the Choir rehearsed God Be in my Head and Go Down, Moses! for the upcoming Easter Chapel Service at St Andrew’s Cathedral, as well as Water Night and Handel’s famous Hallelujah Chorus for the Gala Concert. Nevertheless, to our disappointment, the service was cancelled. Though Choir resumed briefly at Term Three’s commencement, the government soon ordered the ceasing of singing altogether, to our disappointment.

In a disappointing year, I have constantly been impressed by the can-do attitude of the men of the Choir. I have truly seen this attitude embodied through my fellow leaders, Basil Georgas, Alexander Yee and Ryan Whitford - I am immeasurably thankful I could work with you through such tough times. I would like to thank Mr. Moore, Mr. Kinda and Ms. Bookluck for their participation in Choir and encouraging our young men. I also want to thank Mrs. Purkis for the countless hours she has put into the Choir this year.

Finally, I extend my sincerest thanks to Mr. Pratt, whose direction of the choir has changed our lives. You have invested years upon years of effort into this Choir and always brought to life the music set before us. We are eternally grateful for the jokes, tales, and wisdom you have taught us, and the inspiration and motivation your leadership blessed us with. From the bottom of our hearts, we wish you the very best for this new chapter of your life.

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CONCERT BAND

Back Row Solomon Khoury, Bryce Mansfield, Liam Sandilant, Jonathan Lim, Nicholas Papadopoulos

Second Row Adam Gill, Chris Qiu, Ari Guan, Samuel Niulala, Henry Mansfield, Pete Mitrokas, Ian Zhang, Lloyd Williams, James Kim, Matthew Vickery, Jaden Leung

First Row Miles Angus, Andy Zheng, Alexander Ko, Callum Cox, Ethan Hudson, James Boulougouris, Andrew Worsfold, Travis Ng, Kevin Ma, Brandon Lieu, Jayden Skuse, Jack Zhang

Seated Toby Chan, Ollie Stocks, Freddie Clunas, James Styles, Lachlan Davis, Allen Zheng, Mr. Will Henry, Luke Niulala, Kevin Lin, Hannan Manche, Caleb Kwan, Reuben Chong, Aneesh Nagaratnam

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Every Thursday, a group of talented musicians enters the Orchestra Room, set up music stands, take out seats and sit with their instruments. They play a variety of pieces and bask in the wonders of music and the entertainment and gratification that it offers to both the musician and the audience. Overall, the Concert Band of 2020 has had a great year, characterised by fellowship between the musicians and their wonderful leader - Mr. Henry.

The band has a large variety of students from Years 7 to 10 and the coalescence of the grades to a united goal creates a holistic experience that truly makes attendance worthwhile. Furthermore, the musical items played are always enjoyable, both for performers and the audience.

The Concert Band’s nostalgic rendition of Eighties Flashback performed at the Trinity Fiesta was a particular highlight, including excerpts from Eye of The Tiger by Survivor and Thriller by Michael Jackson. The jubilant audience response amongst parents and friends was an exemplification of the success of this piece. While Concert Band showcased its Eighties style at the Fiesta, it also played a number of more contemporary and religious pieces, including the Theme from The Greatest Showman (which I particularly enjoyed as I blasted away from the opening of the piece on my trumpet!), and the contrasting Chorale Vigiles Et Sancti.

Following lockdown, band resumed with some restrictions until, unfortunately, suspending rehearsals during the final weeks of the

academic year. We look forward to resuming practice soon when the situation is resolved. The concert band has proved an invaluable experience for its members, who have had the opportunity to hone their technical skills and experience in being part of a broader musical community. I would like to thank Mr. Henry for being such a supportive and encouraging teacher of the Concert Band and would encourage all other Trinity boys to give it a go.

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The String Sextet performanceThe String Sextet performers

2020 String Concert Senior Piano Trio Performance

In light of the cancellation of what would have been the main annual competition for Trinity’s Music Department, the Sydney Eisteddfod, an alternative was found in Musica Viva’s national Strike a Chord online competition.

Despite disruptions to rehearsals and opportunities for public performance as a result of COVID-19, our devoted musicians were nonetheless able to win three 1st Round Prizes and a Bronze Award. These achievements are particularly outstanding, considering their formidable opponents from schools across Australia, and is a testament to the devotion of the music students, as, despite the circumstances, their consistent practice has led to major success.

Our Senior Piano Trio, consisting of John Choi (12He), Michael Lin (12Fo) and John Dedousis (10Ke), played the first movement of Brahms’ Piano Trio in C Minor, Op. 101, with a high standard of both technical prowess and emotional maturity which are required to play such a work.

This was followed by Joseph Lin (10St), William Chang (8Ar), Asher Tarbox (11Du), George Dedousis (10Mu), John Dedousis (10Mu), and Andrew Tanous (10Du), performing Brahms’ String Sextet in B-flat Major, Op. 18 and demonstrating their virtuosic musical expression through the challenging yet lyrical work.

In addition, the Middle School Quartet, consisting of William Chang, Brendan Geddes (8Mu), Stefano Furlan (8Du) and Toby Biernoff-Giles (9La), despite their relatively young ages, were able to deliver a performance of Haydn’s String Quartet No. 2, Op. 76 comparable to professional ensembles.

Finally, there was our Piano Quartet, Joseph Lin, Asher Tarbox, Brendan Chew (11Ke) and Alfred Han (8St), who performed the fourth movement of Brahms’ Piano Quartet No. 1, Op. 25. Congratulations to all these players for their achievements.

However, the tireless efforts and contributions from Ms. Kate Morgan towards these ensembles must be acknowledged, as, without this dedication, the professional standards seen within these groups nor the passion for music would be present within each and every one of these chamber musicians. She has been crucial in moulding us into the musicians we are today, and for it, we are very grateful.

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INTERMEDIATE STRINGS

Back Row Varun Iyer, Timothy Woodyatt, Max Lusty, Elias Sidiropoulos, Dean Paraskevopoulos, Evan Tong

Second Row Max Wende-Dunstan, Zachary Lin, Aaron Siew, Christopher Kong, Jack Hartzenberg, Sam Guan, Oscar Hartzenberg

First Row Alex Ward, Dane Barns, Jaden Fung, Joel Hieswanto, Ryan Geddes, Mitchell Reid-Queeney, Lachlan Hovilai, Albert Zhou

Seated Dylan Yee, Zac Lau, Matthew Chen, Dr. Anthony Hood, Mr. James Zhang, Ms. Valeria Korjenevski, Joshua Perera, Daniel Tran, Rayden Soo

MIC Mr. James Zhang

2020 has been a very disjointed year for the Intermediate String Orchestra. Despite this, under the guidance of Mr. Zhang, Dr. Hood and Mrs. Korjenevski, the students continued to develop and improve their individual skills and ensemble skills through weekly practice, both at school and home. This allowed us to be able to improve our playing ability of pieces, up to a performance standard. Although last year saw the departure of numerous of our more talented musicians, the large influx of young and passionate musicians allowed Intermediate String to continue striving for success.

Throughout the year, the Orchestra learned pieces arranged by Mr. Zhang - a testament to his commitment to the Orchestra. This includes Pokémon (‘Littleroot Town’ and the ‘Red and Blue’ Battle Theme), two pieces which were of a high pitch and tempo, Canon in D, a classic piece composed by Johann Pachelbel as well as the theme from Beauty and the Beast, a timeless tune known to all. The Orchestra thoroughly enjoyed performing these pieces as they were fun and upbeat, but also challenging, allowing us to develop our playing skills. Despite COVID-19 restrictions limiting our ability to practice as a group, students continued to practice pieces at home, showing their commitment to the Orchestra.

Having been in the Intermediate String Orchestra since my first term of Year 7, it has been amazing to see the continued growth and development of the Orchestra over the past few years. I would like to thank our diligent orchestra leaders, Matthew Chen (11HE) and Joshua Perera (11LA), for their continued excellent leadership of the orchestra

from the first violin section, as well as Zac Lau (11SC) for the assistance he has provided me in leading the cello section.

I would also like to thank Dr. Hood and Mrs. Korjenevski for the continued support and guidance which they have shown over the past year. Finally, special thanks must go to Mr. Zhang, for his dedication and hard work towards both the student and the Orchestra. His arrangement of timeless pieces such as Canon in D and Littleroot Town has been integral to allowing the Orchestra to flourish. Mr. Zhang has gone above and beyond in nurturing an environment of sustained musical growth and development. All members of this prestigious Orchestra are thankful for all the work he has done. I look forward to being able to enjoy my last year at Trinity playing in Intermediate Strings.

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INTERMEDIATE STRINGS

INTERMEDIATE CONCERT BAND

Back Row Isaac Nazha, Hari Kangatharan, Adrian Barrett, Daniel Doueihi, Ken Takei, Hugo Van Hal, Ian Hong, Aidan Kuoch

First Row Lachlan Tang, Toby Henry, James Chan, Leonard Yoon, James Perkin, Jason Yeou, Felix Leckie, Liam Conlan, Kavi Suri, George Stavrakis

Seated Luc Brown, Christopher Spencer, Nicholas Musumeci, Jenson Otto, Mr. Bobby Dimitrievski, Matthew McLennan, Peter Khoury-Harb, Christian Beke, Owen Street

MIC Mr. Bobby Dimitrievski

Intermediate Band in 2020 has proven to be a challenging task, with the COVID-19 pandemic prohibiting rehearsal for a significant sector of the term. Nevertheless, the boys who participated in Intermediate Band this term stepped up to the challenge.

The boys journeyed into South American culture, playing pieces such as “Brazil” and “Sway”, all the while practising social distancing. Furthermore, they displayed good skills of teamwork and resilience whilst practising long hours in order to achieve congruity.

The Senior Schoolboys in the Intermediate Band stepped up to the challenge in a didactic fashion, exhibiting leadership skills as well as initiative, whilst helping their peers in rehearsal through rectification as well as encouragement.

The bandmaster, Mr. Dimitrievski, also demonstrated good jurisdiction, reinforcing disciplinary measures this term in order to ensure the utmost participation of boys in band rehearsal as possible. The boys will use this challenge of COVID-19 as an opportunity to further develop as individuals and as a cohort.

Hari Kangatharan (10HI)

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BRASS ENSEMBLE

Back Row Andrew Stone, Hugo Miller, Caleb Mears, Simon Bakunowicz, Jackson Dumesich

Seated Jack Casimir, Mr Chris Aschman, Michael Wierum

GUITAR ENSEMBLE

Standing Jacob Pham, Aryan Nair, Mr. Stefano Rocco, Samuel Eastwood, Jonah de Groot

DRUM LINE

Standing Chris Chin, Ryan Whitford, Sam Vickery, Shaun Chan, Joel Matthei, Jayden Chan

Absent Angus Mooney

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PIANO QUARTET

Seated Ms. Kate Morgan, Joseph Lin, Asher Tarbox, Brendan Chew, Alfred Han

STRING SEXTET

Standing Ms. Kate Morgan, Joseph Lin, William Chang, Asher Tarbox, George Dedousis, John Dedousis, Andrew Tanous

SENIOR PIANO TRIO

Seated Ms. Kate Morgan, John Choi, John Dedousis, Michael Lin

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Back Row Julian Chin, Toby Biernoff-Giles, Zachariah Nguyen

First Row Elton Huang, Andy Lin, Daniel Koothoor, Ari Guan, Benjamin Chau, Stefano Furlan

Seated Nathan Pham, Christopher Lowe, Brendan Geddes, Ms. Kate Morgan, William Chang, Ryan Lim, Isaac Latt

Serenata Strings, comprised of the top players of the Middle School, and some excelling players from the Junior and Preparatory Schools, lead by Ms. Kate Morgan, Head of Strings, has continued to persevere despite the COVID-19 lockdown, emerging out the other side sounding even better than before.

Serenata Strings provides a wonderful bridge to Trinity's senior string ensemble, Sinfonietta, also lead by Ms. Morgan. Although we have been unable to do traditional concerts with a live audience this year, we have still performed, using various social media platforms such as Trinity's YouTube channel, to showcase the hard work that has been put into our repertoire. This digital concert happened on 15 September, giving the boys the closest thing to the experience of a live performance without the risk of spreading the virus.

We look forward to reaching new heights next year, many of the younger boys getting to step up in the place of those of us moving on into the Senior School.

Toby Biernoff-Giles (9La)

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SINFONIETTA

Back Row Eric Tsai, John Dedousis, George Dedousis, Asher Tarbox, Leo Tarbox, Joseph Lin

Seated Andrew Tanous, Brendan Chew, John Choi, Ms. Kate Morgan, Jeffrey Li, Samuel Xu, William Chang

Sinfonietta has a proud tradition of being the flagship string ensemble of Trinity’s Music Programme. Although these troubling times have interrupted this programme, Sinfonietta’s tradition has been continued in splendour and glory. Due to COVID restrictions, the prospect of having a live audience was removed. This, and the cancellation of the highlight concerts for the year, the Sydney Eisteddfod and the Gala Concert, had the potential to sap from the group the motivation to succeed. But under the guiding hand of the amazing Ms. Morgan, Sinfonietta successfully prepared Elgar’s Elegy for Strings and Sinfonietta No. 1 - Movement 2, both very challenging works. Although there is a stigma that composers ought not to write unisons among the budding composers in this ensemble, Penderecki wrote multiple. Only through the patience and knowledge of Ms. Morgan were these passages navigated successfully. These works were performed in Term 3’s only concert, which was recorded and posted on social media. This situation might have marred the departing Year 12’s final time in Sinfonietta, but I think not. The camaraderie experienced during rehearsals and the close bond that the music naturally builds have only intensified in these unique circumstances, perhaps making this final year more special. This camaraderie shows itself especially through the music we make together. Under the instruction of Ms. Morgan, each musician works to communicate with those around them, accomplishing the gelled sound Sinfonietta is proud to present, this year, online. I would like to thank this year’s Year 12s for exemplifying this proud tradition of Sinfonietta, providing a role model to all those who aspire to this ensemble. But most of all to thank Ms. Morgan, the lifeblood of the Trinity Strings. I’m sure everyone would join me in thanking you.

SYMPHONIC WIND BAND

Back Row Ryan Kesby, Oscar Favelle, Joel Matthei, David Gabriel, Sam Vickery, Jack Casimir, Samuel Thanopoulos, Michael Wierum, Martin Wong, Mike Lin

Second Row Jayden Chan, Lleyton Woo, Alfred Han, Keagan Tran, Ziheng Lao, James Chan, Matthew Nicolas, Hamish Davidson-McLeod, Dylan Wang, Keith Kwok, Chris Chin, Kevin Zhong, Alex Zou, Bo Hai Xie

First Row Caleb Leung, Jonathan Shih, Andrew Stone, Joshua Ming, Alexander Jacob, Hugo Miller, Joshua Liaw, James Kountouris, Caleb Mears, Simon Bakunowicz, Thomas Huynh, Caleb Broadbent, Callum Robinson

Seated Jason Tung, David Kim, Shaun Chan, Alexander Yee, Angus Mooney, Mr Bobby Dimitrievski, Mr Chris Aschman, Mr Will Henry, Steven Kountouris, Alexander Pavic, Sacha Jensen, Ryan Whitford, Ronald Tam

MIC Chris Aschman

2020 for the Symphonic Wind Band was thankfully a year of performance and growth. Still able to perform for our CAS sports teams and becoming one of the only musical ensembles to have had a school performance under restrictions from the pandemic, we can safely say that the music has not died.

Though uneventful this year panned out to be, the last term of 2019 saw the band perform at the Fiesta, struggling to keep the music on their stands and instruments in their hands. While that was the first and last performance of the Symphonic Wind Band, action in rehearsal was ever-present, as the band received a variety of works to prepare for the 2020 Gala Concert, ranging from iconic movie themes to heavy metal cover arrangements. While these pieces weren’t performed, the repertoire for the following years will continue to grow in size and complexity.

This year, we musically sent off our fellow students competing in the CAS Swimming, Diving, and Athletics competitions which always created a sense of unity amongst us students. That, in addition to our final performance in front of the school at quad assembly, acted as the symbolic send-off for this year’s outgoing Year 12 band members. Of course, this year was not what it was without the Year 12 leaders of the ensemble, some of whom have tenured for five years. Without the unrelenting quality of Angus Mooney’s percussion leadership, John Varvaris’ bold trumpet sound, Ronald Tam’s skill on the saxophone, and James McCabe’s virtuosic flute playing, the band would lack

leadership, direction, and talent. This, of course, is also due to the instruction and direction of Mr. Aschman, Mr. Henry, Mr. Cook, Mr. Malyusz, and Mr. Dimitrievski, whose dedication and experience inspire and encourage us all.

Looking back on this closing year, we can appreciate the levels of adaptation that our school possesses considering the COVID pandemic, and we are both extremely excited and hopeful towards how the music department will continue to change in the future.

Alex Yee (12Ta)

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Trinity’s Peer Support program seeks to aid Year 7 students in the

challenging transition between primary and secondary school. Over

the course of 2020, this year’s Peer Support team had the privilege of

getting to know the Year 7s in their House groups on a personal level

and the opportunity to orient them in their new school environment.

Throughout 2020 the Peer Support leaders engaged in a range of

activities. The first of these was a training day where all 32 Year 11

leaders learnt how to best conduct themselves in their new roles from

experienced leaders. It was a great opportunity for the team to bond

and learn about crucial conflict resolution, leadership and teamwork

skills. Following this, in January, the Peer Support leaders joined the

new Year 7 boys in a camp which commenced their time at Trinity. Over

three action-packed days, the Peer Support leaders partook in various

outdoor activities and conducted several Peer Support sessions within

their House groups. These sessions were designed to familiarise the

boys with their new group of peers and build positive relationships.

After getting to know each other on camp, we were given the

opportunity to join the boys on a weekly basis in their scheduled

tutor period. In these time slots, we were given the responsibility to

work with the Year 7 tutors to plan peer support sessions ranging

from various group bonding activities to thoughtful group discussions.

Throughout the year, it has been a pleasure to regularly catch up with

the boys both inside and outside of the tutor period and seeing how

they’ve been journeying through their big first year at Trinity.

Each week, the Peer Support leaders met up at lunchtime with Mr.

Mickler and Mr. McKay to discuss the successes and challenges they

have encountered. These meetings were a great source of inspiration,

motivation and problem-solving.

The largest obstacle that both the Peer Support leaders and the Year 7s faced this year was undoubtedly remote learning. Suddenly, we all found ourselves isolating at home and in-person tutor groups were no longer a possibility. However, with the help of Mr. Mickler, Mr. McKay and our House tutors, remote Peer Support sessions were, fortunately, able to be conducted via Microsoft Teams. Despite various technical difficulties, these sessions were, for the most part, a success. It swiftly became clear that connecting through screens did not quite compare to real-life interactions, but everybody was successful in adapting and overcoming such challenges. After all, if there’s one skill we have learnt from this year, that would be it! We were able to organise various virtual activities such as online trivia and group discussions.

Overall, it has been a privilege for the Year 11 Peer Support leaders to spend the course of the year getting to know and bond with Trinity’s newest cohort of students. A myriad of friendships has been formed and both the Year 11 and the Year 7 boys have learnt a lot from the experience. We all look forward to continuing our newfound relationships with the younger boys next year, outside of the Peer Support program.

Sam Vickery (11WJ) and Fynn Ferdinands (11WJ) | Wynn Jones Peer Support Leaders

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MIC Mr. David Snowsill

The purpose of the Scout movement is to contribute to the development of young people in achieving their full physical, intellectual, emotional, social and spiritual potentials as individuals, as responsible citizens and as members of their local, national and international communities.

Scouting aims to assist with the development of the whole person. This is further supported by the mission of Scouting which is to contribute to the education of young people, through a value system based on the Scout Promise and Law; to help build a better world where people are self-fulfilled as individuals and who play a constructive role in society.

Community involvement is a core part of scouting and the World Organisation of the Scout movement says that one of the most important parts of being a Scout is helping to create a better world. There are forty-seven million Scouts across the globe actively working to achieve this, and the Trinity Scouts contributed in the 2020 school year through volunteering for Clean Up Australia Day in Drummoyne.

Scouting activities are youth-led and adult-supported. Events and activities are developed by the Scouts through a process of planning, doing, and reviewing. The Trinity Scouts activities this year included SkyZone at Alexandria, indoor rock climbing at St Peters and a gelato race to the Tram Sheds!

Training nights include activities and games that encourage and develop leadership, collaboration, communication, and technical skills and knowledge. Night themes included first aid, fire safety, map reading and navigation, bushwalking and camp cooking skills.

With the continued growth of the 3rd Summer Hill Scout Group, we had the pleasure to promote our next level of youth leaders with Ari Sdrolias (8Hi) and Gerard Shalala (7Sc) to the role of Patrol Leader and

Assistant Patrol Leader respectively. We are very confident that Ari and Gerard will continue to lead the Group from strength to strength.

After 12 years of being involved initially involved as a parent helper and then moving into the role as Scout Leader and then Leader in Charge, we are sad to say goodbye to David Hull (Chil) from the 3rd Summer Hill Scout Group. David has been an enthusiastic ambassador of the Scouting Movement and has helped mentor many young men who have attended the Group over the last 12 years. From all the Trinity Cubs and Scouts, we would like to say a final B-R-A-V-O!

The group would like to thank the volunteer Leaders and Helpers who shared their time and knowledge to help and guide the Scouts, particularly David (Chil) Hull, Ryan Snowsill (11Ho), Assistant Cub Leader), Aiden Murphy (11Du) Assistant Scout Leader), parent helpers Diane Cowin and Mike Miller and our Treasurer Mike McManus.

David (Smokey) Snowsill | Cub Leader, Leader-in-Charge

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SPORTS EXPERIENCE

Back Row William Maistry, John Nakhoul, James Petrakis, Steven Yarad, Paulo Tauiliili-Pelesasa, Ben Robinson, Ben Cook

First Row Jacob Chan, Nicholas Keogh, Aidan Daher, Elias Chahine, Dylan Guler, Rupert Dobbin, Joshua Hanna, Thomas Calabro, Zachary Pliatsikas, Lachlan McGrath, Ricardo Luca Donato

Seated Jeremy Pogrebizhsky, Mr. Matthew Driscoll, Justin Zhou, Mr. Michael Di Paola, Thomas Foung, Dr. Rachel O’Brien, Ben Newall, Mr. Samuel Jackson, Arion Valiotis, Mr. Brett Steinwede, Joey Coorey

MIC Dr. Rachel O’Brien

Sports Experience has continued to be a popular co-curricular activity for boys in Year 10-12; for the first time the group has grown to a bigger capacity and has a waitlist for entry. Sports Experience is an opportunity for Senior School students to interact with each other in a friendly environment as they enjoy a broad range of sports and games, including touch football, hockey, table tennis, basketball, badminton, dodgeball, futsal and OzTag. The focus this year has been on developing a culture of ‘playful competitiveness’ where students feel safe and eager to take risks, try new things, and play with enthusiasm. This culture has been exemplified by our senior students, led by Captain Thomas Foung.

Incoming Captain Elias Chahine reflected, “You might think that Sports Experience would be annoying because it’s at the end of the week, but we all look forward to it. It is the best way to end a school week”. I thank the boys for their energy and enthusiasm each week. It is their positive attitude that makes Sports Experience a special place to be every Friday afternoon. Unfortunately, our usual termly excursions have been put on hold this year, but we look forward eagerly to experiencing less-common sports and leisure activities beyond the walls of Trinity in the year ahead. It has been an exciting year, even given the challenges we have faced, and I have been encouraged by seeing the boys experience the joy of movement while developing skills of teamwork and communication. Thank you also to the incredible staff; Mr. Matthew Driscoll, Mr. Brett Steinwede, Mr. Michael Di Paola, and Mr. Samuel Jackson, who have led and participated with energy and enthusiasm each week.

Dr. Rachel O’Brien | MIC Sports Experience

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SCIENCE INVESTIGATORS

Back Row Antony Borodin, Dante Boyd, Eden Taouk, Daniel Doueihi, Wilson Russell, Oliver Moffatt, Daniel Prodigalidad

Seated Benjamin Chau, Oliver Kreis, Christine Daniel, Nina Seeto, Fin Webber, Cheryl Bawhey, Priyann Thanujan

MIC Nina Seeto

Science Investigators meets to design, experiment, explain and explore phenomena in the world. The purpose of Science Investigators is not to look at Science as an isolated and insular activity, but to show how Science is a practical part of many other aspects of life around us.

We started the year off by working our way through a variety of forensic investigations. This included chromatography, fingerprinting, fibre analysis, joint dissections, bone analysis, blood spatter and blood grouping. These activities gave our students a window into the work of forensic scientists.

Our second focus this year was to enter the University of Queensland Sunflower competition. This annual competition encouraged students to explore variables that affect sunflower growth, especially yield. Students tried different types and amounts of fertilisers, varying light conditions and water levels. Unfortunately, the experiments were interrupted and remain inconclusive.

This year Science Investigators celebrated Science Week by decorating the Science Building using informational posters, origami sea creatures and recycled plastic bottles. They also worked through an interactive Escape Room where they solved a variety of puzzle types.

2020 has been a challenging year for the group. However, Science Investigators started off strongly, due to the eagerness of the students and the patience of the staff. It bodes well for Science Investigators in the future, and for Science in general at Trinity.

Nina Seeto | MIC Trinity Science Club

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MIC Mr Dan Tkacz

The Technology Club caters for Year 11 and 12 students who are interested in expanding and refining their skills across all disciplines associated with Technology. The club meets on Wednesday afternoon, and will often be taken up by students who use the time for additional skills and techniques in the production of their HSC Major Projects.

“...the imagination is unleashed by constraints. You break out of the box by stepping into shackles”. Jonah Lehrer, Imagine: How Creativity Works

The 2020 Academic Year was an exceptional one, due to the COVID-19 Pandemic disrupting regular production routines. Technology Club was able to assist in opening up resources and expertise to the boys who required the additional time to make adjustments to their Major Projects. In this way the focus and quality of their work was maintained, with some interesting and complex designs being made. The boys adapted well, pivoting to the circumstances, learning that it is the constraints in life that unleash the imagination.

Skilled technique, fine joinery, beautiful inlay, and designed responses to innovations in furniture design were demonstrated by all the boys. Joel Passerini’s skeletal sculptural table, Gene Marantos’ rhythm in

proportion in a convertible table and Sum Chan’s functional elegance in a desk are examples of all the projects, where the expression and manipulation of materials challenges our preconceptions of what is possible.

Teachers, Mr. Ben Treloar and Mr. Michael Spratt, put in the extra time and effort to ensure the boys were skilled and able to achieve their vision. Quick thinking and a collegial atmosphere ensued, as technical problems were solved on the fly in the final countdown to submission. Special thanks must go to Mr. Robert Angeloni for supporting individual boys and Mr. David Davies who was there to lend his assistance in the crucial moments in finishing.

The completed Industrial Technology projects and their makers, combined with the Design and Technology projects, were given a reception on the Quad on a sunny Spring day. Colleague teachers and students were able to view the work and congratulate the creators on their success. The Head Master remarked that creativity and the capacity to make, is one of the things that distinguishes us from other organisms. He used the students’ projects to kindle a flame of interest in all of us, explaining that it is creativity, skill, design, and making that helps us strive for our betterment, in shaping the world we live in.

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The Head Master’s speech is as follows:

“On the quad before us this morning are the handiworks of our Year 12 students. The young men studying Industrial Technology: Timber; Industrial Technology: Multimedia; and both HSC and IB Diploma Design and Technology, have made these.

It is no small achievement to make something. To conceive an idea, to refine it, to craft it and to complete it, is a significant achievement. Our young men have demonstrated ingenuity, craftsmanship, technological expertise and creativity. They have engaged in an iterative process, where a prototype is made, and then improved, and then improved again, showing patience and commitment and skill. Their work is the outcome of both head and hands and is the culmination of their endeavours to this point of their education and growth.

Take a look around the quad. Everything that you see here has been designed and built. The chapel. Your blazer. The microphone into which I speak, the phone in your pocket and the books that you will carry to class. All these have been designed and made.

In the Bible, the very first thing that we learn about God is that he

is the Creator. The first verse of the Bible says, ‘In the beginning, God made the heavens and the earth.’ Some Christian thinkers see an allusion to creativity when we think about people being made in the image of God. I think this may be a bit of a stretch, but there is no getting around the fact that our creativity and capacity to make stuff is one of the things that distinguishes us from the animals.

One of the dangers for many of us in our technologically-rich society is that we become less and less makers, and more and more consumers. It might be worth reflecting on whether this is true of you.

To those of you who have made the products in front of us, congratulations. My hope and prayer for you was that this process was not just one of satisfying the curriculum, but also of kindling a flame of interest in creativity, in skill, in design and in making.

At the end of quad today, if any of you would like to look more closely at the work of our Year 12 students, you will be welcome to step up on the quad.”

Tim Warren | Head of Technological & Applied Studies

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MIC Mr. Steve Collins

The reporting year started very positively with an excellent Best of the

Best Art Exhibition held in October 2019. Some great news followed

with five students being pre-selected for ArtExpress consideration,

then the wheels started to fall off with the 11VA Art Camp at Woollamia

being cancelled one day in, due to the threat of bushfires in mid-

November, then at the beginning of 2020 we entered the remote

learning phase due to COVID-19 and plans for Festival-related activities

were put on hold.

Let us review the good news from 2019/2020 :

Best of the Best Exhibition

The 7-11 Best of the Best Art Exhibition was opened on Friday the 25

October, 2019, in the Delmar Gallery.

This show highlighted the best work from each Year group and course,

therefore to make it into the exhibition was an achievement in itself.

There were several hundred artworks displayed and awards were

presented to the Best in each Year and School. Visual Art staff

awarded High Distinctions to outstanding examples of the material

practice in the different courses.

Congratulations to the following students who received Best in Year

and School:-

Æ Year 7 – Caleb Broadbent (8St)

Æ Year 8 – Jack Hartzenberg (9Yo)

Æ Year 9 – Antonio Murania (10Ho)

Æ Year 10 – Thomas Seeto (11Ta)

Æ Year 11 – James Wang (12 WJ)

Æ David Hogan (Old Boy ‘63) Drawing Prize – Oliver Sun (12Hi)

Æ People’s Choice Award – Chris Stelzer (12St)

Æ Middle School – Tyrone Ponggun (10WH)

Æ Senior School – Jamie Pritchard-Davies (11Ar)

Congratulations to all who exhibited and thank you to the Visual Arts staff for their work over the year.

11VA Aart Camp to Woollamia

The 35 Visual Arts students left with high expectations for this inaugural art camp at the Field Studies Centre. There was much planning and preparation put into this camp by the Visual Arts staff, as we had to take all our own equipment to the camp for the 7-8 activities planned for the three days, including 34 easels, a printer for a photographic work, spot lights for night time photography, and endless paper, drawing materials, paint and materials for environmental sculpture. We managed to complete three activities (foam plate printing, environmental sculpture and night-time photography).

Unfortunately, our visit coincided with the catastrophic fire warning and we were evacuated as a precaution on Tuesday morning, 18 hours after arriving. This led to a reshuffle and improvisation to accommodate the new venue for the planned activities at the Summer Hill campus for Tuesday afternoon, where we were able to complete two more activities (inverted charcoal sketch and photo-joiner).

We managed to book a bus to take us to Clovelly Beach on Wednesday to do the en plein air painting of a beach scene, and the sepia ink sketches of the natural environment.

I was very impressed with the students’ response to the disrupted programme, as they managed to create some excellent results during the three days. The art staff managed the changes and challenges well and we are applying what we learnt in preparation for next year’s annual camp.

I want to thank all the staff involved in the precautionary evacuation for the work they did to assist us in rearranging our activities at very short notice, particularly the School Executive and their assistants, in allowing us to continue our camp, albeit in a truncated version, and providing us with all the support necessary.

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ArtExpress nominations, we can see the importance of these early art-making experiences that provide the students with vital information to take into their Year 12 work. The preliminary experience in a variety of material practices, and the response to different places and situations, all provide essential material to be evaluated and used by the students in their future work in Year 12.

Once again, well done to the 11VA students and staff for coping so well under very difficult circumstances, and for making the most of the opportunity, and a big thank you to the Field Studies Centre for their professional management of the situation, the School Executive in allowing us to continue with our camp, and the support staff for their immediate assistance with rearranging the schedules and activities.

ArtExpress success

5 artworks from the HSC submission were selected for ArtExpress consideration. This means they gained a mark in the High A range. An outstanding result; congratulations to the students and teachers :

Æ Joshua Abbott – The angel in the marble (ceramics)

Æ Marko Karanfilovski – Silence of the idle moment episode (painting)

Æ Logan Kaye – Memona est praetenterum (time based)

Æ Rene Noble – Firing Line (ceramics)

Æ Luke Powell – Ephemeral beauty (drawing)

Congratulations go to the teachers of these students; Christina Vanden Hengel (Ceramics/Sculpture), Peter Bamford (Painting/Drawing) and Alex Wood (Time Based and Photomedia). We later learned that two students gaining full marks for their practical work.

Congratulations go to Rene Noble and Joshua Abbott who were selected for ArtExpress. Joshua’s work was exhibited online and Rene was exhibited at the Armory Exhibition Centre at Homebush Bay.

COVID hit in February/March and this resulted in the postponement then cancellation of the remaining activities –

We missed the talk to 8VA students by animator Andrew Silke who has

worked on many international blockbusters (Happy Feet, Gravity, and

more..) scheduled for May.

We missed the Festival of Arts Artist in Residence programme of

printmaker Teoh Ropeyarn (an indigenous artist working in relief

printmaking techniques, from Cairns). This was scheduled for May and

June with student participation.

We missed the Trinity Arts Festival Artshow (combining the works from

Prep, Junior and Senior school), scheduled for June.

We missed the HSC Art Exhibition with guest speaker in late August.

We missed the IB Visual Arts Documentation Exhibition in mid

-September.

The art staff have adapted to the changes and we now find ourselves

the markers of the artworks for the HSC examination, the HSC art

students were granted two extra weeks to work on their body of work

whereas due to the cancellation of the Term 4 Speech Day and the

Year 12 Prize Giving being brought forward to Term 3, meant the IB art

students lost a week of making from their programme.

Nevertheless, the IB students can stand tall and be proud of their

achievements over the last interrupted 12 months by producing the

strongest IB marking exhibition so far. The work on exhibition with

appropriate lighting and explanations made the work more powerful

and poignant, particularly the artworks based on the bushfires of last

summer.

The year in review started well but it has become a year of misses. I

feel so sorry for the Year 12 students who missed these final School

opportunities.

Let’s look forward to a more complete 2021.

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Back Row Jack Hartzenberg, Mark Gadalla, Jonathan Reissis, Kyle Tran, Finley Ross

First Row Mrs. Rosey Stewart, Kael Bowditch, Alex Gavrilovic, Paris Karakikes, Xavier Hatcher, Harry Santhiran, Zac Weeks, Mrs. Judy Martin

Seated William Taplin, Oliver Highett-Smith, Lachlan Jeffery, Ethan Harricks, Marcus Jutrisa, Jonathon Lenard, Andy Wu

MIC Mr. David Chilton

The Year 9 Community Service group is a new co-curricular activity where boys have learned a range of new skills to benefit others. Our aim is to serve the needy in response to Christ’s great service to us.

Our principal activity has been making sandwiches and chocolate crackles that are distributed in the evening by St Vincent de Paul Society volunteers to people who otherwise would go without a meal. The boys took to this with great gusto, gradually improving both the quality and variety of sandwiches through the year.

Boys have also been visiting the BUPA Aged Care home in Ashbury. This has pushed boys outside their comfort zone as they’ve chatted or played games with the residents. For the residents, this interaction is a highlight of the week.

To adapt to changing circumstance this year, the boys have taken on the project of knitting squares which will be donated to Wrap With Love, a not for profit organisation that provides blankets and wraps for people suffering from the cold.

Each of these activities has challenged boys to step outside their comfort in the service of others.

This year would not have been possible without the energy and enthusiasm of Mrs. Rosey Stewart and Mrs. Judy Martin. Thank you!

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YEAR 10 CHARITY COMMITTEE REPORT

Back Row Max Nguyen, Cooper Hollis, Sam Waddington, Logan Ng, James Mallios, Lewis Potter

First Row Simon Helidoniotis, Justin Wang, Thomas Jenkins, Spyridon Konidaris, Matthew Nicolas, Tyrone Ponggun, Riley Martin, Keagan Tran, Jeremy Chia, Marcus Anstey

Seated Jack Better, Farhan Tamboli, Josiah May, Hugh Browning (Vice- President) Mr. Simon Bootle (MIC), Rupert Dobbin (President), Zachary Pliatsikas (Vice-President), Jack Greaves, Solomon Khoury, Nicholas Keogh, James Kaye

MIC Mr. Simon Bootle

President Rupert Dobbin (10Du)

Vice-President Hugh Browning (10Du)

Vice-President Zac Pliatsikas (10Ho)

“Helping one person might not change the whole world, but it could change the whole world for one person.”

We as students of Trinity Grammar are so privileged and lucky to be able to learn in a safe and positive environment rich with opportunities. Due to this, we seldom take the time to reflect on this, and we become lost in the ever-busy schedule of our day-to-day lives. After joining The Charity and Community Committee, my eyes were truly opened to many issues others not so fortunate as us face, and throughout the year, our goal was to bring about positive change for those who need it.

During our first term, we were handed the reins and metaphorically thrown in the deep end. With no experience and not long to plan, the members of the Charity Committee came together and showed a true sense of camaraderie, to plan out our first-ever fundraising event in support of the Exodus Foundation. We planned to utilise the annual Trinity Fiesta but due to unforeseen circumstances out of our control, we, unfortunately, had to pull out and cancel the fundraiser. On the back of this, the boys were more passionate than ever and came back from the Summer holidays full of great ideas and charities we could help.

In our second term, the Charity Committee worked in conjunction with the Year 12 School Officers to help St Peter's Anglican College in Broulee. Their school and community had recently been affected by the tragic fires that ravaged much of the South Coast of Australia. The boys all came together to produce posters, speak to their Houses,

and present in front of the whole school to bring awareness to our fundraising day. On the day of the fundraiser, the Year 12 Officers sold Zooper Doopers while the Charity Committee representatives were in charge of the Mufti-Day and all the money related components. Overall, we raised over $5000 for a very worthwhile cause and it wouldn’t have been possible without the effort of our members and the Year 12 Officers.

Term 3 was unfortunately written off due to COVID-19. During this time, the men of the Charity Committee were challenged to reflect on our situation as well as that of others in our community. While many of us acknowledged the challenges we faced, we all realised that there were many others doing it much tougher than us. This provided us with a newfound sense of purpose and the boys returned to school from lockdown ready to work hard for our last term as members of the Charity Committee.

Term 4 of our Academic Year was arguably the most challenging for the Committee. With the looming pressure of yearly exams, we were stretched thin between study, and organising our fundraiser. After careful consideration, we collectively decided to support the Kids Helpline, a service dedicated to providing care and counselling for any kid that needs help. With very limited time to plan, we all came together to organise the day and it was a huge success! We raised over $2000 that would directly help a very valuable cause.

None of this would have been possible without the efforts of Mr. Bootle, Mr. Humphries, and Mr. Chilton. They worked tirelessly to ensure the smooth running of the group. I’d also like to acknowledge Vice-Presidents, Hugh Browning (10 Du), and Zac Pliatsikas (10 Ho). Their efforts throughout the year made my job much easier and their effort and ideas were beneficial to all. Finally, I’d like to thank all the members of the Year 10 Charity Committee for all the time and effort they sacrificed in order to help those less fortunate.

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2020….what a year. Where do I start? No one would argue that this year has been a difficult one on all fronts. From a sporting point of view, the cancellation of fixtures, Championships, and seasons in some cases, has been particularly hard to swallow for our Year 12 students. We have not had the opportunity to create as many memories, break as many records, compete for as many trophies or celebrate as many achievements, but we are safe, have taken the field, we have won Championships, and we have done it together as a community.

Just as this year has forced us all to adjust and reassess how we live, our sporting programmes have had to adapt, or have the ability to adapt, frequently. The transferring of sport to an online format during the lockdown period forced us to rethink how we deliver a programme that engages the students physically and competitively while confined to our own homes. To that end, I would like to thank the Directors of Sport and the MICs for their work in producing content and monitoring the progress of the students in their sports.

What this period did reinforce is how connected our sporting programmes are to the learning and education of the classroom. Sport is not an add-on to the school day, rather it is a complement to the learning that takes place in the classroom and, as is often the case, provides an avenue for learning to take place that cannot occur in the classroom. I would like to thank the students for their willingness to be flexible and accept change as we strived to continue to provide this avenue to learn.

It does seem a lifetime ago, but the 2019/2020 Summer Season was not without its challenges. The bushfires across NSW saw us monitoring the air quality hourly and making adjustments to keep the boys safe. A major storm in Sydney also brought about the closure of both school pools, causing major disruptions to the swimming, Diving and Water Polo programmes. As a result, these programmes had to shift offsite. The generosity and flexibility of many Councils and neighbouring schools enabled us to book and share facilities to keep these programmes running and enabled us to see out a complete Summer Season. I cannot thank these organisations enough for affording us the opportunity to use their facilities, in particular both Newington and St Patrick’s Colleges, whose generosity is very much appreciated. Likewise, the Trinity staff involved, while frustrated and disappointed, were more than willing to solve problems, find solutions and keep our programmes running. Your hard work meant the effect on the boys’ participation throughout the summer was minimal. Thank you.

While each sport will report specifically on the many achievements of the boys and staff within their activity, there were a number of highlights from the 2019/2020 Summer Season:

Æ The 1st V Basketball finished runners up in the CAS competition, a mere point away from a premiership, while the 2nd V finished as premiers

Æ The 1st IV Tennis also finished as runner-up, losing the premiership on number of sets won

Æ The 1st VII Water Polo finished runners-up in the CAS competition, with the 2nd VII victorious CAS premiers

Æ Both 1st and 2nd VI Volleyball were undefeated CAS Premiers

Æ 1st XI cricket finished as runner-up in their quest to win back the Archer Shield

Æ The CAS swimming squad were runners-up in the CAS Championships, with 38 boys being selected in the CAS Merit team.

Æ The Diving Team won back the Steven Barnett Shield at the CAS Championships

Æ Our Junior, Intermediate and Senior Track & Field Teams all took out Gold at the Australian Nitro Schools Final

Outside of our traditional summer teams, there were also some outstanding performances:

Æ William Cooper won the NSW All Schools Individual Triathlon Championships in the Intermediate category

Æ Zac Brown, William Kirkham and Dylan Offord won silver in the NSW All Schools Team Triathlon Championships in the senior category

Æ James McCabe won the Australian U16 Tennis Championships, was ranked the Number 1 Schoolboy tennis player in the country, and then went on the play in the 2020 Australian Open Junior Draw

Æ Sam Fricker was selected in the Australian Men’s Diving Team to compete internationally, including the FINA Grand Prix in Spain. He was on track for Olympic selection and will be vying for a spot on the team next year. Hid Diving achievements throughout 2019 also led to Sam being awarded the Michael Punch award for most outstanding male athlete in the Combined Independent Schools – a first for a Trinity Grammar student.

Æ Both Kai Young (U18) and Tristan Glanznig (U17) were selected in the Australian Water Polo teams for their respective age groups.

Æ Harry Goldsmith won the John Boyd Medal for CAS representative cricketer of the year.

Æ Ethan Brouw, Jack Greaves, Sebastian Ghisso and Daniel Cattana were all crowned Australian All Schools Champions in their respective Track & Field events

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Æ Matthew Robertson, Andy Lee, Liam Filby and Sam Hohne combined to break the CAS record in the 17 years 4x50m Freestyle Relay.

At the commencement of this year, the school made the decision to restructure the staffing of the Fitness Centre and employ an Athlete Performance and Development Specialist. After an extensive search and interview process, Mr. Elliot Taylor was appointed to this role, bringing a wealth of experience in schools, adolescent development and elite athlete programmes. This appointment has not only seen a physical restructure of the Fitness Centre but also a greater emphasis placed on student physical preparation, well-being and rehabilitation across all sports. We have seen his work, in conjunction with that of Mr. Woods, Mr. Knight and Mr. Murphy, assist boys in having confidence in visiting the gym, but also confidence in their own bodies.

As we moved from the summer into the lockdown period, where we would ordinarily be preparing for the winter season and engaging in pre-season fixtures, the sports and fitness departments worked hard to provide the students with avenues to remain physically active and engaged with school sport in some capacity. It did look at many points as though we would not see a summer season in 2020, but with the improving state of health in NSW, we were able to recommence sporting programmes in limited capacities. As we all worked to adjust our practices to provide a safe environment for all within the Government’s guidelines, it was great to see the boys back and engaged with their peers on the field and court following a lengthy period of uncertainty. The fact we were able to see a CAS season play out for the competitive sports, especially for our Year 12 students, was extraordinary. The joy in competing was clearly evident and, despite limited game time, the standard was high. Again, more detail descriptions may be found in each MIC’s report, though highlights from the Winter season include:

Æ The 1st IV Tennis playing out an undefeated season to take out the CAS Championship

Æ The 1st VI Volleyball dominated again to be undefeated CAS Premiers, while the 2nds, 3rds and 16A were also premiers

Æ The Cross Country Squad won the CAS Championship Trophy, winning all three divisions in the process

Æ The 1st XI Football finishing runners-up to Knox

Æ The 1st XV Rugby taking out Knox away from home and finishing 3rd in the competition

Æ 18 boys were selected in the various CAS merit teams, in the absence of any representative games.

With sport across the state still operating in a limited capacity, the decision was handed down to cancel the CAS Track & Field season, including all invitational carnivals. Despite this, our team continued to train relentlessly and participated in two Trinity-only carnivals, one being our School Championships. Participation and performances at these carnivals were outstanding, with our School Championships, held at SOPAC, seeing four school records broken. Congratulations to Ethan Brouw, Luca Gillard, Sebastian Ghizzo, and Jack Greaves on their outstanding performances on the day, as well as the entire squad for their dedication to Athletics in the face of adversity.

In summing up the season and sport for Year 12 students at the elite level, two awards are presented each year to recognize the best all-round athlete and the greatest achievement in sport for the year. The OTU Trophy for the Best All Round Athlete goes to a student who played in the 1st XV Rugby and 1st XI Cricket sides, played in the CAS cricket side, was named CAS Representative cricketer of the year and who has been a key athlete in the Track & Field team for many years. Well done, Harrison Goldsmith.

The Lance Chessell Trophy for a Signal Achievement in Sport was this year split between two outstanding student-athletes. Earlier in the year, Sam Fricker, as outlined above, rose to the top of the Diving ranks in Australia, being selected on the Australian Men’s team, and was in line for Olympic selection. James McCabe, also as previously mentioned, won the U16 Australian Tennis title, receiving a wild card into the Australian Junior Open where he reached the 2nd round. Both outstanding achievements which may not conceivably be achieved again by a Trinity student. Well done!

Sport could not operate effectively in a place as large and as busy as Trinity if it weren’t for the dedicated staff who plan and operate our many and varied programmes. The MICs and Directors of Sport, in particular, deserve as special vote of thanks, especially in light of the year it has been. We welcomed Mr. Michael Snowden (Rugby) to the team this year and it does an outstanding job supporting and collaborating with each other to benefit the students. Thanks must also go to Mr. Lachlan White and Ms. Lauren Metcalf for their operation of the Sport and Co-curricular office and their constant support of me in my role and the boys in our care. As a team, the sport department is supportive, caring and dedicated. Thank you.

Looking ahead to 2021, we are all hoping to return to some normality on the sporting field. Regardless, we will continue to promote and offer sport as part of the holistic development of the young men of Trinity Grammar School.

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Back Row Anton Demark, Ritvik Sharma, Matthew Robertson, Mitchell Butler, Seamus O'Connor

First Row Thomas McCrory, Matheson Harricks, Joel Passerini, Nicholas Enno, Jamie Pritchard-Davies, James Park

Seated Spiro Christopoulos, Daniel Hayes, Matthew Uglow, Mr. Sam Jackson (Coach), Lochlan Prentice, Caleb Nazareth, Gabriel Willis

MIC Mr. Chris Barnes

2020 was different in so many ways: shorter season, holiday training sessions, and on top of all of this we had a brand new Director of Coaching, Mr. Tadhg Kennelly, and debut firsts coach, Mr. Sam Jackson. This infusion of new blood was tempered by the continued presence of Mr. Andrew Murphy and Mr. Andrew Stelzer. The combination was another wonderfully positive season for AFL in relation to immediate on-field success and behind the scenes programme development.

Trinity AFL is beginning to develop a true DNA as it attempts to instil a team-first, run and carry style of football that is a joy to watch, whilst also emphasizing accountability in defence. Whilst our Firsts fought valiantly all season the attention was quickly drawn to our Year 7/8 squad who, all agree, represent our best chance for Firsts-level premiership success in the years to come. Led by Luca Blum and Ryan Webb, this team dominated their opposition and will form the basis of long-term success for this programme.

Under trying times and extraordinary expectations the leadership group of the Firsts AFL must be commended. Not only for maintaining the usual high standards expected of a Trinity programme, but maintaining morale from week to week, developing a strong work ethic at training and a game day performance that improved from week to week. Captain, Matthew Uglow, and Standard Bearer, Lochlan Prentice, did a wonderful job at the helm this season.

Chris Barnes | MIC AFL

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AFL 09/10

Back Row Mr. Andrew Murphy (Coach), Benjamin Orr, Howard White, Cristian Farr, Ethan Hunter, Rhys Williams, Ben Cook, Liam Wingrave, Jude Robinson

First Row Ben Wilkinson, Harrison Ryan, Benjamin Stevens, Sebastian Sara, Lucas Blythe, Jai Sharma, Blake Hui, Regan Chapman

Seated Rowan O'Connor, Jack Gully, James Robertson, Cooper Hollis, Sam Waddington, Sam Darling, Nicholas Adland, Billy Parsonage, David Haselhurst

AFL 07/08 TEAM A

Back Row Lucas Blum, Ryan Lu, William Constanti, Callum Campbell, Dhruv Bharadwaj, Lochlan Demark

First Row Mr. Andrew Murphy (Coach), Max Anderson, Andrew Stone, Samuel Eastwood, Callum Cox, Ben Moloney, Ryan Webb, Josh O'Connell

Seated Levi Gray, Callum Padman, Max Millgate, Indiana Murphy (Captain), Timothy Squires, David Simmons, Angus Royal

AFL 07/08 TEAM B

Back Row Andrew Hoskinson, Grayson Doig, Will Carvosso

Second Row James Craigie, James Cicuta, Liam Conlan, Maxwell Padmore, Louis Lusty, Josh Hauschild, Austin Wang

First Row Mr. Andrew Murphy (Coach), Luke Simpson, Oliver Iwanicki, Charles Allison, Adam Tennant, Finlay Hanning, Harry Vine

Seated Noah Ming, Toby Chan, Harrison Lyttle, Lachlan Johnson, Tom Huber, Rory Flanagan, John Mills

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Back Row Mr. Aaron Bruce (Assistant Coach), Bailey Chambers, Tom Buvac, Theo Kidd, Hayden Johnson, Jamie Christopoulos, Deonte Williams, James Andrews

Seated Mr. Ben Morrissey (Coach), Earvin Dizon, Jack Nichol, Luke Nichol (Captain of Basketball), Finn McCann, Joel Passerini, Ethan Bateman

Absent Jayden Woods

What a memorable season for Trinity Basketball! The Seconds, on the back of an incredible last second shot in the final game of the season, were able to capture their first Premiership since 2008. Another 12 teams (Year 10A, 10B, 9B, 9D, 9E, 9F, 8A, 8F, 7D, 7G, 7H, 7I) achieved glory, winning unofficial CAS Premierships in their particular divisions, which demonstrates the Greens’ great depth. Overall, the 46 teams that represented the School finished with a very creditable success rate of 53% over the 396 games in which they competed.

A big thank-you to all the young men that pull on the Green jersey each Saturday. The improvement the boys have shown in their individual skills and willingness to compete hard every possession is apparent in the overall score lines, with 22 teams having 60% or better win percentages.

One of the keys to Trinity’s success is the quality and enthusiasm of the Coaching Staff. They are passionate about coaching Basketball at Trinity and this attitude rubs off on our boys. An important ingredient to be a good coach, is that the boys have to want to play for you, and this is evident within our teams and the great results the boys achieved.

1st V Season

“Trinity dominate but fall agonisingly short of the ultimate prize.”

If you look at the overall results on paper, the Firsts had by far the best offensive and defensive record in the CAS; they dominated all of their eight victories, and the two losses were by a single point and a basket, but still fell short of obtaining the A.V Smith Shield. Once again, this demonstrates that capturing the top prize in the CAS requires all

tangibles to be aligned at all the important moments within a season. Heading into the opening game, Trinity were confident of beginning the season well at Waverley College and this looked the case early in the third period, before the Greens stagnated, allowing Waverley back into the contest and to steal the match (67-68). From this point, Trinity went on a tear, defeating last season’s Premiers, Knox (77-55), with Luke Nichol (12He) and Tom Buvac (11WJ) leading the way defensively. The annual Friday night hoops began at home where the Greens, after a slow start, put Cranbrook to the sword (95-69). Jack Nichol (12He) owned the paint with some great footwork and Joel Passerini (12Hi) inspired off the bench. A historic performance up at Barker followed, where Trinity scored an incredible 52 points in the first quarter to completely monster Barker (119-38), with Deonte Williams (11Yo) playing a leading role. Trinity finished off the opening round with another relentless performance in their comprehensive defeat of St. Aloysius’ (87-42) in front of a big Friday night crowd. Earvin Dizon (12Ta) and Bailey Chambers (10Ta) combined beautifully to provide many highlights at both ends of the court as the Firsts went to the summer break 4-1 on top of the table with Knox and Waverley.

Returning in 2020, Trinity were focused on exacting revenge at home against Waverley, and the Firsts did that in spades, thumping the Eastern Suburbs School by 64 points (97-33). Hayden Johnson (11WH), in his first season, made the most of his opportunities, playing his best game. Heading to Knox for the season-defining game, Trinity had to overcome numerous challenges as a team, which included the loss of two key players through serious injury. The resilience this group has built up over time and the rapid development of Tom Buvac was evident in this game, as he and his teammates continually made huge plays to see the Greens come back from a 14-point deficit in the third period and tie the game up with two minutes remaining. Unfortunately, one of the only parts of the Greens game that hasn’t been great is free-throw shooting, and it came back to haunt the Greens in this game, to fall agonisingly short (67-69) to the Black and Blues. For the second time this season, Trinity scored in the triple figures, and this time on the

MIC Ben Morrissey

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2ND V BASKETBALL

Back Row Mr. B Sarraf (Coach), Daniel Jackson, Seamus O’Connor, Lachlan So, Mr. T Tsangarliotis (Assistant Coach)

Seated James Kern, Hamzeh Abutaa, Daniel Gergis, Bailey Plummer, George Andary, Laud Codjoe, Ethan Su

receiving end were Cranbrook (102-76) on their home floor. Theo Kidd

(11WJ) put on a highlight show with his incredible athleticism, which

had not only the Trinity supporters in awe, but Cranbrook’s as well.

Earvin Dizon also was impressive and Jamie Christopoulos (11Ar) made

a welcome return, making his presence felt late in the game with some

strong moves. Bailey Chambers (10Ta) led the way in another rout of

Barker (84-45), as his solid season continued. Finn McCann (12Hi) was

at his sharpest with some solid shooting from deep. The final game is

always an emotional time, in particular the Seniors’, and it was great to

see Jack Nichol return from another frustrating injury for a small stint

and pick up a basket as well. But in front of a packed Alo’s gym this

game belonged to Trinity’s leader, Luke Nichol (12He), who was on fire

from all parts of the court, nailing four big ‘3s’ in the second half, to see

Trinity finish with another well-orchestrated victory (64-47) and a 8-2

record in a quality season for the Greens.

I would like to thank this season’s leadership group, consisting of

Luke Nichol (Captain of Basketball), Jack Nichol (Co-Captain), and

Earvin Dizon (Co-Captain) for their positive and selfless approach and

willingness to make many sacrifices for the betterment of the Team.

They have always put Trinity Basketball as their priority since being

selected in the Firsts in 2016. Like all the Year 12s across many teams

in the Opens, they have been great servants to the Basketball program

since their arrival at Summer Hill. After two tough seasons, this 2020

team will be remembered for putting Trinity back up the top and a

feared School in the CAS once again.

In the Coaching ranks, I would like to also acknowledge the great

support and welcomed arrival of Mr. Aaron Bruce to the Trinity

Basketball programme and in particular the Firsts. Along with his

outstanding playing experiences, Coach Bruce brings fresh enthusiasm

and passion to the Firsts. I look forward to building a long and

successful Coaching combination that will inspire our boys to greater

heights in the future.

Most Valuable Player – Tom Buvac

Best Defensive Player – Luke Nichol

Players’ Player – Bailey Chambers

Dave Kermode Coach’s Award – Luke Nichol

1STS LEADING SCORERS

CAS GAMESTOTAL

POINTSAVERAGE PER GAME

Bailey Chambers 10 141 14.1

Earvin Dizon 10 126 12.6

Luke Nichol 10 119 11.9

Tom Buvac 8 104 13.0

20th Annual Trinity Basketball Challenge

The Firsts began the Challenge with a comfortable win over Moriah College (81-38), before going down in a tough, intense battle with 2020 winners of the tournament High (63-69). A dominant win over Barker (80-34) in the last pool game ensured Trinity a spot in the Championship top eight.

A quarter-final match-up came in the form of current GPS premiers, Riverview, and in a physical contest Trinity were able to hold on and make some big plays down the stretch to secure a gutsy three-point win (58-55). With a number of injuries and fatigue setting in, Trinity were down on troops heading into the semi-final clash with CAS rival, Knox. As the final period unfolded, Trinity managed to gain the upper-hand with four minutes remaining, before Knox were able to take back the advantage and hold on to knock Trinity out of the Challenge by just four points (63-67). In the other Championship division semi-final, perennial ISA powerhouse, St. Augustine’s, disposed of last year’s winners, Sydney Boys High (77-67), before outlasting a determined

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Back Row Mr. K Daniels (Coach), Jack Casimir, Brodie Fortescue, Christopher Stelzer, Miles Parker

Seated Jack Gonzi, Joshua Louttit, Adam Li, John Siganos, Aiden Murphy

Absent Suraj Nellore

Knox team (59-48) in the Grand Final. In the Plate Division, The King’s School defeated Cranbrook (88-80) in a deciding match to capture their second Plate Division title.

Representative Honours

CAS 1sts – Luke Nichol, Earvin Dizon, Tom Buvac, Theo Kidd, Bailey Chambers

CAS 2nds – Deonte Williams

NSW Metro under 18 Men’s Team – Tom Buvac

Speech Day Awards

Andrew Haslam Memorial Trophy “Outstanding Performance in Basketball” Tom Buvac (11WJ)

Dean McDowell Award for “Outstanding Junior Basketball Player” Jesse Edwards (8WH)

2nd V Season

Heading into the season, the Seconds were confident they could challenge for top honours in the CAS and this group had plenty of talent and the needed toughness to be successful. The boys did not disappoint in what proved to be a season to be remembered for many years to come, with so many unforgettable moments right down to the final second and final shot.

Trinity began well with a strong win over Waverley (59-45) where in his first game for the Seconds, Hamzeh Abutaa (12Du) was strong around the basket. Another strong performance by rival Knox (33-24) followed, then in the first of the Friday night hoops games, Trinity dominated Cranbrook (58-38) with James Kern (11Ke) scoring a season-high 18 points. A heart-breaking loss followed at Barker (39-40) with the Greens having a wide-open last gasp shot to win the game bounce out. Trinity’s responded quickly with a strong victory over Alo’s (53-33),

with Lachlan So (12Ke) and Seamus O’Connor (12Ho) providing the punch to see the Seconds finish as joint leaders after round one.

The Seconds’ title hopes took a big boost with a hard-fought victory (41-33) in a crucial match-up against fellow leaders, Waverley, to begin Round 2. Ethan Su (12He) played an important role, while a big play from Daniel Gergis (12Fo) in the closing stages sealed the match. A disappointing loss followed up at Knox (24-52) with only Daniel Jackson showing any resilience to top score. Once again, Trinity bounced back in the Friday night cauldron of Cranbrook Gym, with George Andary (12Du) dominating Cranbrook (49-30) with his trademark shooting. With two games remaining, Trinity put their best performance of the season over fellow leaders, Barker. Resilience and toughness were at the forefront of this come-from-behind victory (43-29). Needing to win the last game of the season at St. Aloysius’ to capture the School’s second-ever CAS 2nd V Premiership, with the last being in 2008, the script couldn’t have been better set. In an eventful night where the game was shortened due to unforeseen circumstances, Trinity showed plenty of grit in front of a huge Alo’s crowd on a hot Friday night to tie the game with 6.8 seconds remaining. Needing to get at the ball, Trinity quickly forced an Alo’s turnover and the ball was shuffled to captain, Bailey Plummer (12Du), who launched a last-second shot from inside halfway to see it sizzle through the net as the buzzer sounded to give the mighty Seconds a victory (29-26) and the CAS Premiership. An incredible turn of events.

I would like to thank Seconds leaders in Captain, Bailey Plummer, and his Co-Vice Captains, George Andary and Daniel Gergis, for their leadership throughout the season. Also, to each player for the effort and selfless attitude they have put into this outstanding Premiership season, but more importantly the Trinity Basketball program over many years. The Coaching duo of Head Coach, Mr. Billy Sarraf and his Assistant, Terry Tsangarliotis, have been exceptional and their understanding of each boy’s personality, their excellent Basketball IQ, and ability to get the best out of each player have been keys to the success of this year’s TEAM.

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Most Valuable Player – Bailey Plummer

Best Defensive Player – Daniel Gergis

Players’ Player – George Andary

Most Improved Year 12 Player Award – Hamzeh Abutaa (7G, 8E, 9B)

2NDS LEADING SCORERS

CAS GAMES TOTAL POINTSAVERAGE PER

GAME

James Kern 10 92 9.2

George Andary 10 89 8.9

Bailey Plummer 9 74 8.2

Daniel Gergis 10 42 4.2

Opens

Outside the Firsts and Seconds, it was a tough season for the Opens. Trinity’s usual strong depth was lessened due to a number of key players not returning from the previous season, which seems to be a trend in Opens sporting groups, as boys focus on their one preferred sport. Although wins were hard to come by each week, the passion and genuine love for the game was always present. Coach Daniel’s Thirds (5-5) were unlucky not to have finished higher on the ladder, suffering some close losses. In the final home game against Barker, the Sevenths and Eighths adjusted their teams to have all Year 12s playing for the Sevenths, which resulted in a memorable four-point victory for the Greens.

Year 10

The Year 10s performed at a high level as group over two CAS rounds winning 63% of their games and the 10A (8-1-12) and 10Bs (8-2) both capturing Premierships. Highlights were in rounds four against Barker and six versus Waverley where the Year 10s didn’t lose a game. The 10Es played a great season, winning seven of their games, and were unlucky not to finish on top. Special mention also to the 10D, 10F teams who were consistent recording six victories. if a big core of this group can continue to play moving into the Opens, Trinity will have exceptional depth across all teams.

Year 9

It is hard to believe that with plenty of movement amongst the teams due to the Field Studies Programme, the Year 9s were able secure four CAS Premierships, with the 9B and 9Ds both winning eight games and the 9E and 9F teams successful in seven of their ten games. It could have been one more, with the 9Cs only just falling short and unable to topple Cranbrook, as they also won seven games. Unfortunately for the 9As it was a tough season (1-9) with key personnel missing through injury, but the experience many players received from playing at a higher level will serve the programme well in the future.

Year 8

For the Year 8s it was a solid season with both the 8As and 8Fs finishing on top of their respective tables and the 8G and 8Hs finishing a close second. The highlight of the season came in the final game where the 8As had to turn around a devastating defeat against a huge St. Aloysius’ team in Round One on their home floor to tie the Premiership. The young men in Green accomplished that in style with a great team-defensive effort. A pleasing aspect was the strong level of play from the 8I & 8Js teams who often played GPS Schools or higher-level teams due to Schools we match up not having as many teams. The boys may have not secured as many wins as they would have hoped, but the results showed they held their own in most matches.

Year 7

Results from the Year 7s were outstanding with the group winning 33, drawing two of the 44 games they played. The 7D, 7G, 7H and 7I teams didn’t lose a game and captured unofficial Premierships, while the 7A and 7Cs only dropped one game. I look forward to seeing this group develop over the coming seasons, and the future definitely looks bright for the Greens.

Ben Morrissey | MIC Basketball

MOST VALUABLE PLAYERS

3rd V Joshua Louttit (12WJ)

4th V Leo Bui (12He)

5th V Harry Driessen (12Yo)

6th V Adam Pascale (11Ke)

7th V Jason Rudd (12WH)

8th V Zack Zuccolotto (12Ar)

9th V Daniel Hayes (12He)

10th V James Luo (11Ho)

Year 10A James Arthur (WH)

Year 10B Dean Paraskevopoulos (Fo)

Year 10C Felix Leckie (La)

Year 10D Jude Robinson (St)

Year 10E Lachlan Wolfe (St)

Year 10F Adam Makki (La)

Year 10G Andrew Tanous (Du)

Year 10H Jesse Ring (He)

Year 9A Oliver Smith (Ar)

Year 9B Brendon-Omar Moses (Yo)

Year 9C Davide Eboli (WH)

Year 9D Giancarlo Vari (Ke)

Year 9E George Karabatsos (Ta)

Year 9F John Mitrothanasis WH)

Year 9G Nicholas Adlan (Ke)

Year 9H Sunny Li (Ta)

Year 8A Jesse Edwards (WH)

Year 8B William Vaughan (Sc)

Year 8C George Louizos (Ke)

Year 8D Jack Fresta (Ke)

Year 8E Dawson Williams (WJ)

Year 8F Kevin Ma (Fo)

Year 8G James Day (Fo)

Year 8H Marcus Dawson (Ke)

Year 8I Neo White (Ta)

Year 8J William Deller (Ho)

Year 7A Myles Buvac (WJ)

Year 7B Vasili Armenis (He)

Year 7C Thomas Kanaan (Fo)

Year 7D Adam Tennant (Ta)

Year 7E Logan Toohey (Ke)

Year 7F Joshua Falato (Sc)

Year 7G Luke Niulala (St)

Year 7H Lachlan Jeney (Du)

Year 7I Cameron Mock (Yo)

Year 7J Freddie Ball (WJ)

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Back Row Mr. Kell Daniels (Coach), Jacob Stark, Nicholas Earls, Daniel Morris

Seated Zac van der Plaat, Adrian Lagana, Christopher Esposito, Leo Bui

Absent Noah Da Silva, Leo Garaci, Oliver Sun

5TH V BASKETBALL

Back Row Matthew Chen, Nicholas Kaleel, Adam Kasanczuk, Mitchell Butler, Joshua Perera, Mr. Peter Bamford (Coach)

Seated Nicholas Magoulas, John Lynch, Brian Tran, Anthony Xegas, Tony Georges, Joel Matthei, Alistair Roseworn

6TH V BASKETBALL

Back Row Thomas Seeto, Vangeli Tsintominas, Mitchell Butler, James Pau, Mr. Peter Bamford (Coach)

Seated Hashy Hamade, Adam Pascale, Elias Chahine, Daniel Tran, Aaron Phan

Absent Matthew Chen, Justin Lee, Nicholas Kaleel

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7TH BASKETBALL

Back Row Diego Hernandez-Castellanos, Connor Debs, Samuel Thanopoulos, Daniel Mircevski, Maxwell Richards

Seated Dylan Wang, Ben Liggins, Perry Chan, Mr. Daniel Chu (Coach), Patrick Webb, Patrick Webb, Sean Yasseen, Phillip Manuli

Absent Jason Rudd

8TH BASKETBALL

Back Row Mr. Daniel Chu (Coach), Zac Lau, Shawn Guo, Matthew Boyce, Alan Kurien

Seated Deen Rasool, Spiro Christopoulos, Zack Zuccolotto, Marco Murania, William Martin

Absent James Browning, Kosta Theodorou, Andrew Cavallaro

9TH BASKETBALL

Back Row Daniel Soldatos, Ben Shoukry, Hamish Kidd, Ali Sheerazi, Peter Roser, Mr. Anthony Bosco (Coach)

Seated Anton Wu, Deon Kontonis, Joey Coorey, Liam Filby, Daniel Hayes

Absent Hamish Agnew, Tim McRae, Brendan Chew

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Back Row Edison Tran, James Luo, Harrison Brown, Shaun Chan, Mr. Anthony Bosco (Coach)

Seated Ethan Huynh, David Lim, Rhys Williams, Nixon Milner, Edward Yu

Absent Peter Roser, Aden Forrester, Victor Fang

10A BASKETBALL

Back Row Ethan Hunter, Matthew de Belle, James Arthur, Elias Sidiropoulos, Cristian Farr, James Andrews, Mr. Chris Barnes (Coach)

Seated Nelson McEnallay-Mino, Alisi Leao, Marc Tennant, Sami Hatoum, Matthew Nicolas

Absent Jayden Woods

9A BASKETBALL

Back Row Lachlan Chung, Kyle Tran, Nicholas Protopsaltis, Oliver Smith, Noah De Barros, Mr. Ben Treloar (Coach)

Seated Joel Maher, Michael Assaf, Sam Payne, Hugo Reed, Benjamin Phelps

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Back Row Noah Herden, Jamison Urch, Zachariah Alshehabi, William Constanti, Hayden Hoang, Mr. Terry Tsangarliotis (Coach)

Seated Peter Tanevski, Caleb Leao, Jesse Edwards, Henry Mansfield, Ollie Orr

7A BASKETBALL

Back Row Harry Pliatsikas, Leon Livingstone, Nathan Tsang, Ethan Marten-Coney, Zack Rice, Miss. Sam Orchard (Coach)

Seated Noah Ming, Khaled Malass, Myles Buvac, Aveer Shah, Jacob Pham

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Back Row Mr. Andrew Payne (Coach), Thomas Thorpe, Matthew Uglow, Emmanuel Grogan, Mr. Ian Moran (Director of Cricket)

Seated Sanjay Anandarajah, James Moore, Rafael MacMillan, Harry Goldsmith (Captain), Patrick Fouracre, Angus Mooney, Luca Dimeglio

Director Mr. Ian Moran

Trinity Cricket had a season of mixed fortunes in 2019/2020. There

were a number of teams that produced some outstanding results across

the various age groups, and others that found the going very difficult.

Trinity managed to register two premierships, those being the 8A and

7B teams. The 8A team, despite losing its captain, Ashton Frazer (8Mu),

for the second half of the season to the 2nd XI, performed exceptionally

well across all three disciplines. The 7B team were very classy and

accounted for most of their opposition quite comfortably. The 1st and

2nd XI sides came agonisingly close to winning premierships, both

finishing second in their respective competitions. At the other end of

the spectrum, the bottom team in each age group at Trinity found the

going tough. This highlights the challenges the School faces in terms

of the overall depth of the programme and the number of boys we

have playing who are very new to the game. Quite often the boys in

these lower end teams find themselves up against sides who have

boys playing regular Cricket outside of School and have a lot more

experience in game situations. A great deal of time and coaching

resources is being put into the lower-end teams and we will continue

to strive for improvement in this area.

Cricket, as most sports are, is process-based when it comes to

achieving results. The boys need to continue to pay close attention to

the way they are training, and the intensity they are training at if they

wish to achieve better results on the field. The School is blessed with

top-class training facilities, enthusiastic team coaches, as well as the

use of specialist coaches, and playing fields that are second to none

in the CAS, perhaps even all of Sydney. There are a number of Grade

Cricket clubs that would like to call TGS Number 1 home. Scott Muller

and his team of hard-working grounds staff do a tremendous job and

deserve a lot of credit for the attacking brand of Cricket that can be

played on the Number 1 and Number 3 ovals.

Year 7 Teams

In a good sign for the future, the Year 7 age group performed very well. The 7As have shown they are capable of mixing it with the rest of the competition. They won two out of their three games. Undoubtedly, the highlight was Thomas Bermingham’s (7Mu) innings of 135 in their victory against St Aloysius’. This is most likely the highest score ever recorded by a Year 7 boy at Trinity. He backed this up with 92 in a victory against Barker. The 7B team also enjoyed great success and were able to claim a joint premiership. The 7C and the Colours sides enjoyed their initiation to Trinity Cricket and it is hoped that these boys back up and play Cricket again in Year 8 and beyond.

Year 8 Teams

The Year 8 teams had a very successful season with the 8As taking out the premiership. There were a number of standout performers for the team. Charles Williams (8La) was a class above with the ball. His pace and accuracy were often too much to handle for opposition batsmen. He was well supported by his new ball counterpart, Jasper Scott (8WH), as well as first-change bowler, Thomas Huynh (8Ke). Both of these boys’ left arm swing was devastating at times. With the bat, Aryan Nair (8Yo) and Hugo Van Hal (8Mu) both produced match-winning innings during the course of the season. The 8Bs also had a successful season, winning six out of nine matches. Cooper Shepherd (8Hi) was a standout performer all season. The boys finished the season exceptionally well, winning their last three matches. The 8C team struggled, but it was great for the boys in the side to record a victory over St Aloysius’. They worked hard during the week at training and improved markedly during the course of the season.

Year 9 Teams

The 9As were very inconsistent, especially with the bat in hand. With the team’s two most successful batsmen from the season before moving up to play in the Opens, this put a lot of extra responsibility on the remaining members of the side. Although they came up short a

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Back Row Mr. Neil Smallfield (Coach), Shivam Wadhera, Sam Vickery, Anton Demark, Thomas McCrory

Seated Ashton Frazer, Nikhil Kapoor, Will Barlow, Oscar Ballantine-Jones, Nicholas Enno

number of times, the boys will no doubt learn from this. Sam Newton (9WJ) and Ryan Gupta (9WJ) enjoyed successful seasons with the ball and big things are hoped for these two boys next season. The 9Bs and 9Cs had a similar season, both recording three victories. Particularly pleasing was the way boys from both these teams would put their hand up to play an extra game in the case of a bye or being short due to Field Studies unavailability. This is always a challenge for our Year 9 teams and the way that this group handled it was much appreciated.

Year 10 teams

The Year 10 age group dropped down to only one team this season, which presented some challenges in terms of the rotation of players. I must commend the boys whose turn it was to rotate out of the side as they were very willing to put their hand up and play for other teams in the School where we were short on numbers. This often meant playing in teams with other boys that they did not know very well, but nevertheless were prepared to do so. During the course of the season, the 10A coach, Mr. Gray, highlighted the fact that fielding, and catching in particular, was a real issue for this group of boys. As a result, often training sessions lasting 90 minutes would be devoted solely to this aspect of the game. I don’t think these boys would have ever caught so many balls in their life as they did over a period of about four weeks’ training. The catching in matches improved as a result of this, but a lot more work is needed to be done. Zac Pliatsikas (10Ho) began the season in fine form, dispatching opposition attacks all over the park, and Hari Kangatharan (10Hi) finished the season well. Tom Mackie (10La) showed glimpses of potential, but unfortunately the side continues to find ways to lose matches. One positive was the fact that a number of the boys stepped up and played for the 2nd XI and were able to taste victory in that side.

Opens Teams

The 3rd XI began the season with a bang with a victory over Waverley, but the season was tough going from then on. Despite the results, the boys played their matches in the right spirit, and always with a

smile on their faces. Hayden Curtis (12Mu) was a fantastic leader and a great role model for the younger members of the team. As mentioned previously, the seconds finished in second place, with their only defeats coming at the hands of a strong Barker side. At the start of the season the 2nd XI had not lost a match for 28 games. They were unable to keep this streak going, but the side managed to field players from every Year group in Years 8-12, which is a good sign for the seasons to come. Early in the season it was the batsmen carving out huge scores. James Moore (9Ta) scored a century in Round One off only 55 balls; Joshua Yeoh (12Sc) scored 121 in Round Two; and Ritvik Sharma (12Mu) showed his class on numerous occasions, including 103 against Cranbrook in Round Three. With the ball in hand, Captain, Will Barlow (12Ar), led the way. His spell against Barker of 6-26, including a rarely seen hat-trick, kept the side in the match and was a prime example of what rewards bowling full and straight can bring. Anton Demark (12Sc) was consistent with the bat during the course of the season, often getting the side off to solid starts. I was impressed with the way he batted selflessly, especially in the pursuit of big targets.

The 1st XI had some memorable victories during the course of the season. Nail-biting victories over Barker early in the season and Cranbrook in Round Eight saw the side sitting pretty in 1st place on the CAS table with only two Rounds remaining. The victory over a very strong Cranbrook side, in particular, had set up the side for what seemed an unlikely premiership. Unfortunately, the second-last match of the season against a lowly-placed Barker was one in which the side failed to fire, and a disappointing loss was the result. The side had to rely on Cranbrook losing the final match of the season, and us winning. The boys won their final match, but so did Cranbrook and as a result a 2nd place finish was achieved. Harry Goldsmith (12La) led from the front all season, often taking it upon himself to provide much-needed energy to the team. Whether it be with bat or ball, Harry showed a huge amount of desire and pride, and a willingness to never give up. James Moore (9Ta) continues to impress. His score of 125 against Knox was the first time he had batted in the 1st XI. He hits the ball as hard as I have seen for someone so young and is willing to take on the bowlers, given any opportunity. Rafael Macmillan (10Ho) was one of a

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Back Row Tom Mackie, Ashwin Ali, Jay Campbell

First Row Mr. Luke Gray (Coach), Omkar Pednekar, Lachlan Stubbs, Hari Kangatharan, Jack Trinder, Will Gray

Seated Harry Ford, James Hawkins, Zachary Pliatsikas, James Schroder, Ben Wilkinson, Hugh MacMaster, Oscar Martin

3RD XI CRICKET

Back Row Abhi Popuri, Sacha Jensen, Hayden Curtis, Roberto Paterson, George Kalimeris, Mr. Bill Pratt (Coach)

Seated Gabriel Willis, Adrian McManus, Aryan Rawal, Daksh Chuchra, Arvind Kumaraguru

potent spin trio. His off-spin bowling has come on in leaps and bounds.

He now possesses the rare ability to be able to attack as well as

defend with his bowling, depending on the circumstances in which he

finds himself bowling. The fact that he understands when to do this is a

testament to his knowledge of the game. The end of the season saw

eight out of the 11 players finish up their time as a Trinity Cricket player.

I wish to thank all those boys for the amount of dedication they have

given to Trinity Cricket and the School in general. They have been a

very successful cohort all the way through their secondary schooling.

The 1st XI side was successful in winning back the Henderson Shield

against Trinity Kew. The boys won both the 2-day and 1-day game in

very convincing fashion. The two highlights were the twin centuries of

Patrick Fouracre (12WH) and Emmanuel Grogan (11Fo). The centuries

were completely different in their composition, which highlights the

beauty of batsmanship and working as a team. Pat was methodical and

circumspect against some high-quality new ball bowling, which paved

the way for Emmanuel to blast his way to 106 against some tiring

opposition. The shield is now ours to hold and hopefully we can do so

for quite some time.

A huge thanks to coach of the side, Mr. Andrew Payne, for the

countless hours he put into the side during the course of the season.

His dedication and passion have been inspirational for all involved.

Representative Players

Congratulations to Harry Goldsmith (12La) who was selected to play for the CAS against various other associations. From these games he was awarded the John Boyd medal for the most valuable player in the CAS team. This is the first time a Trinity player has received this award. As a result of his outstanding performances for the CAS, Harry was then selected in the CIS team. A very fine achievement.

Rafael Macmillan (10Ho), and James Moore (9Ta) were selected in the Under 15 CAS team and have also been selected in NSW Academy squads to train over the off season and compete at the age championships early in the coming season. Having these young players in high performance programmes bodes well for the future of Trinity Cricket.

I would personally like to thank all coaches for their tireless efforts with their respective teams. Cricket is a very time consuming and energy sapping sport. The dedication and enthusiasm that the coaches have shown throughout the season has been very much appreciated.

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9A CRICKET

Back Row Mr. T Edmed (Coach), Tom Powell, Jai Sharma, Christopher Kong, Isaac Wyatt, Jackson Greck, Harry Groth

Seated Thomas Ferguson, Harry Hindle, Jack Martin, Sam Newton, Aman Shaw, Ryan Gupta, Maanav Bhandari

8A CRICKET

Back Row Mr. M Di Paola (Coach), Jasper Scott, Hugo Van Hal, Charles Williams, Sean Turner

Seated Freddie Clunas, Kyron Thapa, Thomas Huynh, Lochlan Demark, Aryan Nair, Owen Lang, Manav Rindani

7A CRICKET

Back Row Mr. D Kesby (Coach), Alex Christian, Hugo Favelle, Thomas Bermingham, Callum Padman, Kiran Siva

Seated Patrick Thomson, Tom Bishop, Daniel Clough, Nathan Chun, Angus Royal, Rory Flanagan, Akash Shaw

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Back Row Tom Buvac, Patrick Cantlon, Zac Lau, Timothy Woodyatt, Alexander Berg, Rory Briscoe, Michael Wierum, Yadavan Thanujan, Lachlan Devlin, Jay Campbell, Lewis Potter, Archer Jeremy, Lachlan Stubbs

Second Row Theo Christian, Edward Yu, Malik Ali Beck, Fynn Ferdinands, Callum Carmichael, Marcus Anstey, Oliver Walker, Owen Peck, James Schroder, Oscar Martin, Keelan Stephandellis, Zachary Pliatsikas, Matthew Lubke, Darcy Burge, Danny Kawtarani

First Row Elias Christodoulou, Neo White, Andy Lin, Jaden Leung, Edward Simonds, Sam Newton, Jack Waide, Dylan Krsnik, Joseph Cantlon, Oliver Jessup, Harry Zhu, Lachlan Hovilai, Luca Gillard, Josh O'Connell

Seated Felix Reddel, Matthew McLachlan, Myles Buvac, Zac Brown, Christopher Papaioannou Mr. Robert Currer, Ethan Brouw (Captain), Mr. Michael Spratt (MIC), Thomas Virgona, Mr. Phillip Mugridge, Samuel Xu, Alex Christian, Abe Vink, Gerald Ong, Angus Royal

MIC Mr. Michael Spratt

2020 proved to be the strangest of Cross Country seasons, certainly

in the last 25 years! The COVID-19 pandemic wreaked havoc on the

regular lengthy season which always afforded us the opportunity

to build throughout. This truncated season resulted in an intense

brief outing for the lads in the ‘Green and White!’ I personally can’t

remember the Trinity Cross Country team being stronger than this

year. It was ‘chock-a-block’ with Cross Country superstars and depth.

Unfortunately, the reciprocal was not the case with the rest of our CAS

brother Schools, and they were the weakest ‘on deck’ for many years!

There were only two lead-up invitations heading into the CAS

Championships. Unfortunately, the third scheduled meet, the only

opportunity we had to gauge our form against our brother and

stronger, GPS Schools, was washed out the week preceding the CAS

Championships. However, we were dominant in the two invitations that

did take place, as we snavelled a double Trifecta on both occasions;

we won all three age groups’ team events, and the individual winner in

each race was resplendent in Green and White!

CAS Cross Country Championships, North Ryde Common, 14/8/2020

Heavy rain in the preceding weeks of the Championships at North Ryde resulted in very muddy sections, thick grass making it exceedingly heavy underfoot and giving the event a very Northern Hemisphere vibe. Dylan Offord (12WH) suggested, following his race, that it was close to the toughest 8km in which he had competed.

A wave of Green and White surged to the front of the 14s race from the gun, with Luca Gillard (8St) leading the way. Not far adrift were Matthew McLachlan (7WJ) and Joshua O’Connell (7Ar) in 2nd and 3rd. Luca maintained a solid lead and recorded a fine win, to be undefeated throughout this short 2020 season. Matthew finished not far behind Luca for another fine 2nd. Incredibly, an athlete from Barker somehow managed to pass Joshua and finished 3rd, with Josh not too far behind in a very creditable 4th. Alex Christian (7He) completed our Trinity 14s team result, and win, with a fine 7th place. Angus Royal (7Ar) was the 5th Trinitarian in the Top Ten, placing 9th. Super impressive also was Ben Moloney (8Yo), finishing a solid 14th.

The 16s race was much anticipated, since the closest threat to complete domination in terms of individual Trinity victories was expected to come from a fine young athlete from Knox, Hamish Hart, who almost stole line honours from our Theo Christian (11He) a few

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CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONS

Back Row Theo Christian, Tom Buvac, Lewis Potter, Joseph Cantlon

First Row Mr. Robert Currer, Mr. Michael Spratt (MIC), Josh O'Connell, Zachary Pliatsikas, Matthew Lubke, Luca Gillard, Mr. Phillip Mugridge, Mr. Mitch Kearsley

Seated Angus Royal, Alex Christian, Thomas Virgona, Ethan Brouw (Captain), Zac Brown, Samuel Xu, Matthew McLachlan

weeks back. Once again, they got away early from the field. The fact that Theo was unwell did not help him, but the contest was riveting. They raced shoulder to shoulder for 2½ of the gazetted 3 laps, at which point Hamish surged to the lead, putting a good 20m on Theo. Wow, we were thinking, it may not be Theo’s day! However, he found something, certainly pride in his performance, and with only 600 or so metres remaining he worked hard to ‘get on terms’ with Hamish and with 300m from the finish regained the lead. Incredible! There he stayed for the finest and most tenacious of wins! Joey Cantlon (9Du) had a superb run, placing 4th. Then Zac Pliatsikas (10Ho) finished 5th, with Lewis Potter (10Fo) hot on Zac’s heels in 6th. That proved to be what was required to secure our second team victory on the day. Other noteworthy performances included: Matthew Lubke (10Ta) 8th, William Cooper (11Hi) 11th, Oscar Martin (10Sc) 12th, Keelan Stephandellis (10Hi) 13th, Zac Lau (11Sc) 15th, Lachlan Stubbs (10Ho) 18th, Sam Newton (9WJ) 19th, and Oliver Walker (10Fo) 20th. This resulted, incredibly, in 12 Trinitarians in the Top Twenty!!!

Our Opens team looked to cement a Trinity Trifecta if they could secure another victory. Things were well and truly in Trinity’s favour quickly after the start of the race as Dylan Offord, Captain Ethan Brouw (12Ta) and Thomas Virgona (12St) all formed a tight group at the front of the race. Dylan kept trotting out a determined and classy rhythm despite the heavy course and slowly worked his way into a commanding lead. Ethan did his best to hang on and maintain a very comfortable 2nd position. Thus, it remained for the duration, with Dylan securing a fine win and Ethan an emphatic 2nd. Thomas had a battle going on with a young runner from St Aloysius’, who in the end prevailed, but Thomas still captured a solid 4th place. Zac Brown (12Ho) had a fine run to be

6th, securing the Neil Logan Shield for the winning Opens Team. With three straight team victories, there was no countback required for the overall title, Trinity securing the CAS Cross Country Championship for the 7th year in a row! Samuel Xu (12WH) was 12th with Tom Buvac (11WJ) a further position back in 13th.

Thus drew to an end a most unusual Trinity, CAS, Cross Country season. We had much to be thankful for, certainly our health! Also, the opportunity to enjoy some sort of competition in these difficult times was a privilege, especially considering that the Championships themselves were seriously hanging in the balance. We can also be thankful for the fine coaches we have at Trinity: Mr. Raptis did a great job stepping in for Mr. Woods, and we appreciate Mr. Mugridge and Mr. Currer’s sage advice, coaching and support, along with Old Boys, Ben Bishop, Nathaniel Davies, and Thomas Spratt. Support from the Sports Master, Mr. Kearsley, and Mr. White, was also excellent. Thanks, too, to the parents, who complied with all limitations imposed on us this year; it was far from ideal, but your compliance with ‘what had to occur’ was tremendous. Ethan did a great job as Captain and was ably supported by the other senior athletes in Dylan, Thomas and Zac, and I’d particularly like to mention Christopher Papaioannou (12We), who role models for us every training session and year what is our most important goal in Cross Country at Trinity, that is, to love going for a run! We hopefully look forward to a full calendar next year, but time will tell…

Good running,

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Back Row Mr. Bradley Woods (Coach), Henry Ward, Benjamin Orr, Aiden Murphy, Sebastian Matesic, Aston Forster

Seated Lachlan Nguyen, Rory Flanagan, Cooper Vimpany, Sam Fricker (Captain), Jonny Orr, Hamish Turner, Peter Galanos

Acting MIC Lachlan White

Captain Sam Fricker

The end of 2019 was the climactic event for Diving where the School Sport Australia event was held at Melbourne's Ringwood Diving Pool. This was an amazing event for the boys, where Zachariah Gindy, Cooper Vimpany, Henry Ward And Sam Fricker (12Fo) were elected to represent the school as NSW athletes at this event. In fields of strong competition, Sam Fricker (12Fo)was privileged to be captain of the NSW team and performed outstandingly well, winning all five events in which he competed.

The major event in the calendar for the Trinity team was the build-up to the CAS Diving Championships, held on 12 March 2020 at SOPAC. This year was an especially challenging year for the diving squad. The group have been in a rebuilding phase after losing the Steven Barnett Shield to Barker the previous year. Suffering adversity leading into the Championships due to our damaged pool, the team bonded together and made alternative arrangements. Through this adversity, the boys have forged a bond of support and help which was unbreakable. They showed this in how they prepared, with excellent attitudes at training in a variety of pools or in the Fitness Centre. Our thanks must go to MLC School for helping the school and team out by letting us use their pool for some early morning sessions.

Led by our Captain, Sam Fricker, the team performed exceptionally well in the rematch to win the Steven Barnett Shield, something the boys have wanted to do for 12 months. Sam showed those that were there on the night, how much of a talent he is, scoring a Tokyo

Olympics qualifying score on more than one occasion. Lachlan Nguyen (9WH) was exceptional, diving across two age groups and performing exceptionally well, executing a two and a half twist dive with tuck exceptionally well. Henry Ward and Zac Gindy showed maturity that has been developing over the years, highlighted by their calm diving within the Intermediate division. Rory Flanagan (7FO) was a strong performer in the Intermediate division performing a one and half dive with tuck very well.

On the night it was the strength of the Trinity team that shone through, possibly though bonds developed over recent months, to win the Steven Barnett Shield back for a 20th time, aptly in 2020. Congratulations to all the team on winning this event.

Trinity Diving has been thoroughly supported behind the scenes and on the night by the School and the Head Master, and perhaps as importantly, the Sports Office, through Mr. Lachlan White, Mr. Mitch Kearsley and Mrs. Lauren Metcalf. The continued support of Mr. and Mrs. Lang over this last year has been very touching for the boys and Mr. Woods who was the MIC of Diving. Mr. Woods was a huge asset to our team, his experience with elite athletes played a great roll in leading our team through the tough times in the lead up to the CAS Championships. His support at every training session, bringing a positive attitude to each training session, keeping the boys motivated and in the right mindset to succeed, and he will be greatly missed by the Trinity staff and boys. Every boy in the team went above and beyond, exceeding expectations, which ultimately brought home the Shield.

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Back Row Ms. Sabine Wieczorek, Ziheng Lao, Michael Bachir, Mercurius Yousif, William Orr, Ned O’Brien, Ivan Fang, Kurtin Tsang, Dr. Jess Brooks (Coach)

Seated James Chan, Liam Ling, Asher Tarbox, Leo Tarbox, Justin Yang, Patrick Edmonds, Alex Zou

FENCING | WINTER

Back Row James Guo, Alexander Paterson, Harrison Brown, William Orr, Shawn Guo, Justin Yang, Ethan Hu

First Row Joshua Liaw, Nixon Milner, Ivan Fang, Dylan Wang, Caleb Leung, Ziheng Lao

Seated Tim McRae, Caius Leung, Leo Tarbox, Mr. David Latimer, Asher Tarbox, Kurtin Tsang, Arvind Kumaraguru

MIC Summer Ms. Sabine Wieczorek

MIC Winter Mr. David Latimer

Captain Leo Tarbox

Over the Summer and Winter seasons of 2019–2020, the Trinity Fencing Team entered a new stage of growth. Since Fencing is usually only made available as an option from Year 11 onwards, all of this year’s Year 11s, including myself, were starting from scratch. Over the Summer season, the boys worked incredibly hard to gain the necessary skills, under the expert guidance of our coach, Dr. Jess Brooks, who has represented Australia in fencing, and of our Summer MIC, Ms. Wieczorek. The two Year 12 fencers who were present in the Summer Season, Joshua Liaw (12He) and Ryan Whitford (12Ho), were an incredible asset to the new members, sharing their wealth of knowledge. A key member of the team was Toby Biernoff-Giles (9La), a veteran fencer, who has competed at state level.

At the end of the Summer season, we were eagerly looking forward to entering the competition, which is the highlight of the Winter season. However, with COVID-19 restrictions, the competition was cancelled, and even training itself for a time. When training recommenced early

in Term 3, we came back with renewed vigour and dedication. Even

though the competition was cancelled, we saw this as a blessing in

disguise, as it allowed us to improve our skills and knowledge in order

to be well prepared for the next year’s competition. This was helped

along by the tireless support and drive from Dr. Brooks and our Winter

MIC, Mr. Latimer. This extra time to train also helped the team to get

to know each other better. This season has allowed us to work as a

team more effectively and efficiently, creating a unique camaraderie.

Now, at the end of a season of great progress and a year of setbacks

successfully overcome, we all look forward to the coming seasons and

competitions with excitement.

Congratulations are due to Asher Tarbox (11Du—Vice Captain) and

Arvind Kumaraguru (12Mu), recipients of the Best and Fairest award for

Summer and Winter respectively.

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Back Row Jordan Mikhael, Lewis Dobbin, Daniel Gergis, Jayden Ayad

First Row Nicholas Bakopoulos, Joshua Yeoh, Fenn Hodgson-Yu, Sebastian Boffa, James Khoury, Christian Sinclair

Seated Patrick Fouracre, Mr. Wally Savor (Assistant Coach), Yanni Plataniotis (Captain), Mr. Luke Gray (Coach), Dimitri Gremos, Mr. Mark Mikulandra (Assistant Coach), Owen Duke

MIC Mr. Luke Gray

Captain Yanni Plataniotis (12Sc)

In the 46th season of Trinity Football, the 738 students from Years 4-12 who elected to play the world game adapted to the global pandemic of COVID-19. The adaptation included remote learning, a period of no Football, socially distanced (ten person maximum per group) optional Football training, July holiday training to prepare for a reduced season in early Term III, two East Coast Lows that brought about numerous wash outs, and last but not least, having the last round of Winter Sport cancelled due to a potential second wave of COVID-19. Through all of the above, many routines, practices and traditions were reviewed and or changed in the 2020 Football season. To no one’s surprise, a huge opportunity was presented to all to develop skills in adapting to change and to do so with a positive approach.

Through Sport and Football, it has been uplifting to see this year students using personal practice during isolation and remote learning to develop Football skills and maintain health of the mind. It has also been uplifting to see how Sport has a newfound appreciation for the way in which it connects us, challenges us and balances our Triangle of ‘mind, body and spirit’.

Year 7-12 Football Overview

The number of players selecting Football in Years 7-12 rose from 502 in 2019 to 512 in 2020. The retention of Football players for 2020 improved as evidenced by there being an additional team (32 in total) in the programme in 2020.

After a terrific year of improvement in competitiveness in 2019, it was going to be interesting to see how competitive Trinity would be on the back of some students not choosing to do optional Sport during the

back end of Term II, not all students completing July holiday training, and it being uneven in how many games were played between Schools in Term III. In a normal season for 32 teams, there would have been 320 CAS games. This season, there were only 74 games played with Trinity achieving a win/draw percentage of 64.8%. In 1st/2nd/A/B CAS results, Trinity maintained its 2nd position in CAS, but as noted above, the season was uneven and not all teams played a full five rounds (except in 1st/2nd XI).

Engagement for the Years 7-12 Football programme is measured through an ‘Athlete Engagement Survey’ which has been conducted since 2017. It was going to be interesting to see how students viewed the season that was as described in the introduction. 354 students participated in the survey and the overall score dipped 2.4% in comparison to 2019, but it was higher than 2017 and 2018.

Community Events, Clinics, Competitions & Tours

Unfortunately, the following events and competitions that are normally reported on were cancelled this year due to COVID-19:

Æ Opens XI Vs Ashfield Police.

Æ April, July and October holiday Football Clinics.

Æ U15 Bill Turner Cup.

Æ 1st XI Independent Schools Cup (ISC).

Æ Representative: U16 & Opens CIS Championships and NSW All Schools Championships.

Æ 2020 Overseas Football Tour to Qatar, UK & France.

Challenge Club

During the COVID-19 imposed isolation and remote learning, the School’s learning platform ‘Canvas’ was set up for Football students to enter a competition titled ‘Challenge Club’. This involved students

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Back Row Owen Peck, Fenn Hodgson-Yu, James Andrianakos, Daniel Bosnich, Matthew Jerkovic, Thomas Stobierski

Seated Adam Pascale, Lucas Pezzano, Mr. Wally Savour (Coach), James Haitidis, Mr. Mark Mikulandra (Assistant Coach), Steve Poulos, Owen Hoffman

filming themselves completing juggling, volley and cross bar challenges in their backyard and submitting to Canvas as they would a School assignment. Their attempts were marked, and at the end of remote learning, a winner was declared. Amassing 1410 points in completed challenges was winner Oliver Peric (7Hi).

1st XI

The team played their first game in February with a 5-1 win over St Spyridon College in the Independent Schools Cup. This competition was later cancelled due to COVID-19 and it was not until July 1 that the team recommenced full contact training, which was two and a half weeks before the season started on the last week of the holidays. The 1st XI team finished second in CAS with an equal best defensive record where only three goals were conceded in five games.

In the first CAS game away to Knox, there were minutes to spare when Trinity missed a point-blank shot at goal to break the 0-0 deadlock. Play then went to the other end where Knox had a long throw in that reached the six-yard box on the full. The Trinity player going up for the header was bumped off balance by the player in front of him and the ball skimmed off his head past everyone and into the back of the net to give the opposition a 1-0 win. Lessons learnt, to finish your chances and to be organised on defensive long throw-ins! Note that Knox went on to win the Premiership, conceding the same amount of goals as Trinity. CAS Football returned to Trinity for the next two rounds where the 1st XI had convincing wins over Cranbrook (2-0) and defending premiers Barker (3-0). Trinity were clinical and it was disappointing that a compulsory crowd was not able to see the tremendous Football on display. For CAS Round 4 and for the first time in a very long time, Trinity played at 1:30pm (rather than 10:15am or 11:15am) at St Aloysius’ to assist their tradition of playing their 1st XI/XV back to back. This caused many changes to the 1st XI due to Premier League Club clashes, and on the back of this, Trinity lost 2-0. In the final game at Queens Park, Trinity back at almost full strength, was back to its defensive dominance not conceding a goal. However, the season finished as it started where the numerous chances were not converted, with the game finishing 0-0.

Some notable mentions to our 1st XI Year 12’s:

Jayden Ayad (12He) loves to dribble and take on players. When the Cranbrook central defender tried to take him on at half way in CAS Round 2, he saw it coming, won the tackle and then unleashed his sixth sense of knowing that the goalkeeper was off his line and subsequently chipped in a 35-metre goal. Daniel Gergis (12Fo) was 2nd XI Captain and backed up for the 1sts on three occasions and started in the game against St Aloysius’. His time and support for the team was appreciated. Nicholas Bakopoulos (12Mu) played the majority of the season as an attacking midfielder. He improved his left foot shooting during remote learning. During the season, he continued to display his outstanding ball control that we have come to know during his time at Trinity. Joshua Yeoh (12Sc) played the season as a defensive midfield player. He put his body on the line in countless situations and loved to make barnstorming forward runs that included wall passes and overlapping. He played the back half of the season with a niggling injury. Lewis Dobbin (12Du) was one of the biggest improvers between Years 11 and 12 and was a person who went about his business by doing his job without seeking any glory. As right side defender, he gave the opposition no time on the ball in defence and he communicated with those around him to make sure they were organised. It was no surprise he was part of an equal best CAS defensive line.

Dimitri Gremos (12Fo) had his fair share of injuries between Years 8-11 and it was great that he was able to play out the full season. Dimitri set up the first goal against Cranbrook with a beautiful diagonal cross, and this combined with his aggression in tackles and control on the ball led him to be awarded by the opposition as man of the match in CAS Round 2. Patrick Fouracre (12WH) is the glue guy. He brings the group together through his chat and enthusiasm for a laugh. He was one of the hardest workers in the gym and did this with a no fuss approach. As Goalkeeper he was brave, as typified by his one on one save against Waverley. He caught many a defence out with his long goal kick, played with emotional control, and one of his best attributes was his ability to implement feedback. Side note: thank you to Patrick Williams (10La) for being there as back up Goalkeeper. He didn’t get

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Back Row Ethan Lambert, Lewis Kanellos, Nicholas Schutte, Steven Stobierski, Mr. Joe Vaccarella (Coach)

Seated Brendan Chew, Aaron Phan, Hashy Hamade, Zack Zuccolotto, Ben Shoukry, David Gabriel, Arion Valiotis

any minutes in 1st XI, but was there should anything have happened to Patrick Fouracre.

Owen Duke (12La) was arguably the best player in CAS this year, being voted by the opposition as man of the match in three of five games. On one occasion where Yanni Plataniotis was voted man of the match, Yanni handed the award to Owen. Owen was a defender that made ‘State of Origin’ type tackles, had aerial capabilities that would match the new RAAF F-35s and he knew where the back of the net was (scoring three against Barker). His ability to anticipate an intercept was unmatched and his ability to make recovery runs on opposition counter attacks made it appear that he was in goals as the second goal keeper. This appearance was because he was often there on the goal-line with Patrick Fouracre. A terrific team player who implements feedback and handles adversity with a smile.

The 46th and 2020 Captain of Football was Yanni Plataniotis. He led from the front with the best attendance on and off the field, held peers accountable for actions, collaborated with peers on set play design and proposed ideas on training, team building and formations. This whilst also maintaining emotional control in heated CAS contests, striving for team excellence and achieving high personal performance. In the statistical analysis of games, Yanni was best at implementing the feedback and improving between Rounds 1-5. Yanni could have played in any position on the field and for Club plays midfield. For the Trinity 1st XI, the team needed Yanni at the centre of defence where he could marshal the team in attack and defence. Yanni did this without fuss, sacrificing personal preference. More evidence of Yanni’s selflessness was him passing on his man of the match award against Barker to Owen Duke. Yanni actions demonstrate a passion for Trinity Football and a pursuit of improvement and performance. In case you were wondering, Yanni also maintained his classroom behaviour and performance. A model for future 1st XI players and Captains.

Thanks to Mr. Wally Savor, Mr. Mark Mikulandra, Mr. Elliot Taylor and Mr. Thomas Manos for their coaching support. Mr. Taylor made huge inroads into developing the strength and fitness of the 1st/2nd XI and Mr. Manos provided precision-like technical and tactical improvement for our Goalkeepers in 1st/2nd XI. Thank you to Mr. Joe Martinez for his gear and game day organisation; thank you to Mr. Mitchell Kearsley for organisation of fixtures; and final thanks go to the Deputy Head Master, Mr. Bradley Barr, for his continual support of Football through his attendance at training/games.

Opens Football

The 2nd XI team dominated all five games but could only come home with two wins, a draw and two heartbreaking 1-0 defeats. James Haitidis (12Ta) returning from a season-ending injury from last year was the “Most Improved” player while Adam Pascale (11Ke) was the defender of the year. The 3rd XI team started the shortened season enthusiastically with a 1-0 win at home from a last-minute goal from Jason Rudd (12WH). Had all fixtures been played out this year, our defensive formation of Nicholas Schutte (12WJ), Lewis Kanellos (11He), Steven Stobierski (12WJ) and David Gabriel (11Hi) would have been instrumental to our success. For the 4th XI, William Martin (11WH) scored a magical left footer from an impossible angle in our narrow loss to Barker in our first game, but our man of the match was Adam Stavros (11Ho) who was our captain and central defender. Our second and final game was played out in challenging conditions at Queens Park against Waverley. Zac Gindy (11Ke) produced a hat trick of goals, Tony Georges (11We) dominated in defence and Arion Valiotis (11Hi) in attack. Over the course of the 2020 season, the 5ths played with enthusiasm and commitment. Special mention to Elias Chahine (11Ke) and Jack Gozi (11Yo) who both scored excellent goals in the final game of the season. The 6th XI played only two games during the shortened season and lost both games 0-3 to Barker College (home) and Waverley College (away), but they fought to the end in both games and showed very good improvement. The best and fairest was the team Captain Hayden Curtis (12Mu), while Noah Sinozic (11Ar), Cameron Ong (11St), Ethan Webb (11WH), Callum Mcleod (11He) (while playing Goalkeeper) and Miles Parker (12Ke) showed great form. The 7th XI Football team had a tough couple of games in this shortened season, going down in both games. The players were starting to build as a team and did well at supporting and encouraging each other, with particular thanks to energetic defence from Nicholas Kaleel (11Mu) and encouragement from Adrian McManus (12He).

Year 10 Football

The 10A team enjoyed a short though memorable CAS Football season. After a hard-fought 2-1 victory versus Barker, the boys expressed their offensive capacities with an enthralling 4-0 win vs St Aloysius’ and a determined come from behind 1-1 draw vs a dogged Waverley College. Goals flowed across the team with Christian Bieri (10Yo), James Andrianakos (10Yo), Isaac Cunnigham (10He), Jonathan

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Gremos (10Fo) and Louis Agosti (10Yo) all scoring. Goal scorers were well supported by a strong defence, with Patrick Williams (10La) leading the way in goals. The 10B team had two excellent games, winning both, and only conceding one goal. Captain Rupert Dobbin (10Du) led from the back and Abbas Zahr led the scoring with two goals in two games. The 10C team had two strong performances drawing one and winning one. Joseph Lin (10St) was the leading scorer at the front and Wilson Russell (10Ar) dictated play in the middle of the park. The 10D and 10E teams only played one game due to wet weather, with both teams each having two games washed out. Luke Wang (10Ho) of the 10D team and Hugo Miller (10Ar) of the 10E team were awarded Best & Fairest for their short seasons.

Year 9

The 9A team had a strong season, performing consistently across the shortened season. The season was disrupted with unprecedented numbers being at camp, however this provided opportunities for many others. The team was undefeated in their three-game season, scoring eight goals and conceding only one goal. Shivam Wadhera (9Ke) scored three goals whilst Liam Rippon (9La) in his first year at Trinity won the Best & Fairest award. The 9B team were very resolute and did extremely well to stay undefeated after being heavily affected by players at Year 9 camp. The team won one and drew two which epitomised a strong team ethos and character. The Best and Fairest award was shared between James Boulgouris (9Sc) and Harry Parsonage (9Ta). The 9C team had an enjoyable season working extremely hard in all fixtures. Special mention to Zac Weeks (9Yo), Finley Ross (9WH) and Oscar Favelle (9Mu) who were great in all fixtures. The 9D team grew from strength to strength each week and were very well organised by Ryan Lim (9Mu) and Mike Lin (9Sc) at the back. This organisation gave the team every chance to succeed.

Year 8

The 8A team had a brilliant season, playing some wonderful attacking football whereby they successfully implemented a new 1-3-5-2 system, winning two out of their three games. Elliot Sellers (8St) was awarded Best & Fairest in his first year at Trinity whilst Adriano Lemme (8Fo) scored the most goals with three. The 8B team were undefeated in their three-game season, scoring eight goals and conceding only one goal. As a group, this collective were consistent performers, culminating in great teamwork which was characterised by some fluid football. Ryan Mahoney (8Sc) and Ryan Geddes (8Mu) scored two goals each whilst Chase Quach (8Du) was Best and Fairest. It was a great season for the 8C team in which all the boys worked very hard. It was very good to see players like Aryan Nair (8Yo) and Advaith Sundhar (8Ke) push for minutes in the Bs. It was an excellent team effort from the 8Ds. There were great performances by all and it was great to see Joshua Boyle (8Du) and Jon Mavraidis (8Ke) pushing for game time in the Cs. Although much shorter than anticipated, the 8Es finished the season with a win in their only game (vs Barker, 4-1). Standout players over the course of the season included Matthew McLennan (8Yo), and Ollie Orr (8Ho) for their technical ability and commitment in training. Unfortunately, the 8Fs only got to play one game this season as the rest of their matches were rained out. They won the game convincingly, devastating the opposition thirteen goals to nil. The 8Gs worked really hard throughout the short season and demonstrated commitment to the game and each other as a united team front. Special mention to Aman Saeed (8WH) for his numerous headers and great defence and Nicholas Musumeci (8Ke) for his camaraderie and commitment to being a good teammate. Although the 8H team only played one game this season, they fought fiercely, coming back to score two goals in the second half, almost catching up to the three scored by the opposition in the first ten minutes of the game. Their training sessions have been spent focussing on communication, passing and positioning. This training will stand them in good stead for games played in the future.

Year 7

The 7A Football team played a very positive brand of possession-based football, which was highlighted by an impressive 4-2 win over Waverley. Despite each player demonstrating great skill and effort at both training and Saturday games, it was Lucas Kotevich (7We) who claimed this season’s Best and Fairest Award. The 7B team played well in their games, creating chances and pressing with intensity in all their games. Their understanding of their defensive duties improved greatly. Harry Pliatsikas (7Ho), showed great determination and was outstanding in defence. The 7C team won all their games, combining good decision making and hard work. Harrison McLean (7Yo), showed great leadership through his performance and attitude. All the players recognised the value of defending as a team. The 7D team were consistent at training all season, which allowed for great improvement of the team dynamics. In particular, Liam Wu (7Sc) demonstrated individual excellence and was able to finish his goal opportunities with class. The Year 7E team had a great short lived season, demonstrating large improvement both individually as well as a team. Joshua Kirk (7Fo), had a particularly good season posing as a great threat to other teams. Although the season was short, the boys should be proud of their continual effort in training and games. Due to too the shortened season, the 7Fs only managed to play two games, both resulting in losses. Even so, the boys demonstrated great commitment and improvement at training and during the games. The 7Gs enjoyed a valuable and productive season despite the limitations placed on their first year of football in the Middle School. Each member of

the team developed their technical and

cognitive football skills. Edward Layson (7Ke)

exemplified teamwork and sportsmanship

and was awarded the Best and Fairest,

while leading goal scorer Jacob Girgis (7St),

was continually ambitious and determined

throughout and always looking to improve

and learn. For our one and only game, the

7H team achieved its goals of scoring a goal

and showing good sportsmanship. Aidan

Russell (7WJ) was our man of the match for

his focused play and care of other players.

Best & Fairest Awards

TEAM RECIPIENT

1st XI Owen Duke (12La)

2nd XI

Owen Hoffman (11WH)

3rd XI Nicholas Schutte (12WJ)

4th XI Zac Gindy (11Ke)

5th XI Zachary Terzopoulos (11Hi)

6th XI Hayden Curtis (12Mu)

7th XI Adrian McManus (12He)

10A Louis Agosti (10Yo)

10B Rupert Dobbin (10 Du)

10C Wilson Russell (10 Ar)

10D Luke Wang (10Ho)

10E Hugo Miller (10Ar)

9A Liam Rippon (9La)

9BHarry Parsonage (9Ta) and James Boulougouris (9Sc)

9C Oscar Favelle (9Mu)

9D Mike Lin (9Sc)

8A Elliot Sellers (8St)

8B Chase Quach (8Du)

8C Advaith Sundhar (8Ke)

8D Joshua Boyle (8Du)

8E Ollie Orr (8Ho)

8F Numair Hassan (8Sc)

8G Dane Barns (8WH)

8H Alson Zhou (8Hi)

7A Lucas Kotevich (7We)

7B Aamir Salim (7Ar)

7C Harrison McLean (7Yo)

7D Liam Wu (7Sc)

7E Joshua Kirk (7Fo)

7F Christian Ciarroni (7WJ)

7G Edward Layson (7Ke)

7H Adrian Rasica (7Hi)

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Standing Dimitri Gremos, Patrick Fouracre, Owen Duke

Representative Football

Congratulations to the following boys who made the CAS Opens Merit Football Team.

Æ Owen Duke

Æ Dimitri Gremos

Æ Patrick Fouracre

Old Boys in Action

Jason Madonis (Class of 2013) continued to Captain Sydney Olympic FC 1st Grade in the National Premier League (NPL) 1 competition. Connor O’Toole (Class of 2014) made an A-League mid season transfer from Brisbane Roar to Newcastle Jets. Connor has now played in 36 A-League games, 32 of which he has started in. After several stints overseas, Nicholas Sullivan (Class of 2016) signed a one-year A-League contract with Western Sydney Wanderers for the 2019/20 season. He played in 15 games including the derby against Sydney FC in the newly opened Parramatta Stadium. Due to COVID-19, William Todd (Class of 2017, School Vice-Captain & Captain of Football) returned to Australia from New York where he is attending Columbia University and playing in their 1st Football team. In his freshman year, William started in 13 of 14 games and played all 17 games in his sophomore year. William is remote learning from Sydney whilst waiting to see what happens next with the global pandemic.

Coaches & Officials

Thank you to the new and returning Coaches and Officials for their effort and commitment to facilitating the world game for our students. It was great to have teachers Mr. Michael Di Paola, Mrs. Heidi Broadbent, Mrs. Christina Vanden Hengel, and Ms. Kat Miller Bock join the Football Coaching team. Similarly, it was tremendous to have Mr. Ragesh Nambiar, Mr. Blake Tuxford, Mr. Chris Screnci, Mr. Paul Kapaniris and Mr. John Gibson join ‘Team Green’ as External Football Coaches.

Class of 2020

To the Year 12 students and families, thank you for your effort and commitment to Trinity Football. For some, this started at the Preparatory or Junior School whilst for others, this started in 2015 or upon arrival to the Middle School. We hope in the years to come that you are able to apply to be a Referee/Coach, that you can come back to support during an Old Boys’ day, and last but not least, stay involved in the world game as a life-long participant, be it coaching, officiating, playing or supporting.

1st and 2nd XI Awards

TEAM AWARD RECIPIENT

1st XIOutstanding Contribution in Attack

Owen Duke

1st XIOutstanding Contribution in Defence

Patrick Fouracre

1st XI Most Improved Player Yanni Plataniotis

1st XIThe Mark Farrow Trophy for the player who has Achieved the high-est representative selection

Owen Duke/Patrick Fouracre/Dimitri Gremos

1st XI Players’ Player Owen Duke

1st XI Best and Fairest Owen Duke

1st XIKenneth Jones Trophy Outstanding Contribution to Football

Yanni Plataniotis

2nd XIOutstanding Contribution in Attack

James Andrianakos

2nd XIOutstanding Contribution in De-fence

Adam Pascale

2nd XISydney Olympic (Open Age Football) Most Valuable Player Not in 1st XI

Adam Pascale

2nd XI Most Improved Player James Haitidis

2nd XI Players’ Player Daniel Gergis

2nd XI Best and Fairest Owen Hoffman

Other Awards

AWARD RECIPIENT

Golden Boot Kevin Lin - six goals

The Horan Trophy for the Best Under-Age Football Team.

8B

The Kenneth Jones Trophy for the Most Promising Year 7 Football Player.

Oliver Peric

The Cassen Cup for the Outstanding Open Football Team.

1st XI

The Coup Cheval for Football Team scoring the most goals in a season.

8F - 15 Goals

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Back Row Hashy Hamade, Sebastian Matesic, Tony Georges, Mr. Joe Vaccarella (Coach)

Seated Zachariah Gindy, Ryan Tamerji, Adam Stavros, Jonathan Matta, Keith Kwok

5TH XI FOOTBALL

Back Row Gabriel Willis, Sean Yasseen, James Luo, Christopher Kapaniris, Zachary Terzopoulos, Mr. Mark Waters

Seated Liam Filby, Jack Gonzi, Haidar Saab, Elias Chahine, Phillip Manuli

6TH XI FOOTBALL

Back Row Christopher Esposito, Callum McLeod, Miles Parker

First Row Ethan Webb, Luka Saxena, Diego Hernandez-Castellanos, Noah Sinozic, Ben Liggins, Mr. Paul Stenhouse (Coach)

Seated Deen Rasool, Cameron Ong, Aaron Chung, Hayden Curtis, Thomas Calabro, Ben Prsa, Jacob Chan

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Back Row David Lim, Noah Jung, Suraj Nellore, Shaun Chan, Justin Lee, Ian Hong, Mr. David Davies

Seated Doug Kelly, Perry Chan, Alex Zou, Nicholas Kaleel, Micah Abdel Sayed, Adrian McManus, Ethan Huynh

10A FOOTBALL

Back Row Mr. Zlatko Arambasic (Coach), Louis Agosti, Isaac Cunningham, Patrick Williams, James Andrianakos, Sebastien Portolesi, Christian Bieri

Seated Jonathan Gremos, Spyridon Konidaris, Thomas Guirguis, James Andrews, Joshua Yeon, Aidis Exarhos, James Schroder

9A FOOTBALL

Back Row Dylan Krsnik, Zethan Zaiter, Isaac Wyatt, Kian Guildea, Christian Falato, Alex Delgado, Benjamin Phelps

Seated Jacob Christou, Mac Liversidge, Liam Rippon, Mr. John Gibson (Coach), Oscar Fryer, Harrison Hayward, Chinmay Gaikaiwari

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Back Row Adriano Lemme, Luca Bazdaric, Dominic Peric

First Row Luca Gillard, James Day, Euan Potter, George Kotronakis, Elliot Sellers, Cristiano Savoca

Seated Reece Mihas, Owen Lang, Freddie Clunas, Mr. John Gibson (Coach), Jeremy Frecker, Kosta Skouteris, Alex Nero

8F FOOTBALL

Back Row Max Lau, Christopher Saravanos, Sebastian Green

First Row Elliott Vilner, Imran Parker, Isaac Nazha, Alfred Han, Alec Brigham, Numair Hassan

Seated Yiannis Karantanis, Kevin Lin, Benjamin Chau, Mr. Chris Screnci (Coach), Bo Hai Xie, Reece Hartnett, Ollie Stocks

7A FOOTBALL

Back Row Oliver Peric, Nass Awad, Joshua Falato, Joshua Awad, Harris Kotronakis, Taj Wardle

Seated Marcus Kekatos, Tom Bishop, Noah Pernic, Mr. Michael Di Paola (Coach), Lucas Kotevich, Max Vojvodic, Matteo Portolesi

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Back Row Mr. Michael Spratt (MIC), Alexander Jacob, Oliver Huynh, Jack Barter, Sebastian Sara

MIC Mr. Michael Spratt

If anyone is in doubt as to whether or not the Trinity Golf Team is a little spoilt, well I can assure you that this is in fact categorically the case! The roster of courses the Trinity Golf Team is privileged to play upon each year is incredible and we even had Bonnie Doon added to the roster for the Independent Golf Series this past season. We are still fortunate to have two talented ‘single figure’ players in the team and they continue to lead the team each week. Sebastian Sara (10Du) is consistently improving his game and we looked to him each week for inspiration and competitive clout! Oliver Huynh (8Ke) competed well, not that being on ‘single figures’ always helps in Match Play on Handicap…

Tyler Beverley-Smith (11Ta), Jack Barter (10St) and Alexander Jacob (9Fo) all played tenaciously throughout the season, which we managed to finish just before being struck by the Covid-19 pandemic! The same couldn’t be said for any Schoolboy representative pathways for Golf this past year: they were all cancelled. We finished 4th in the 2019/2020 iteration of the Independent Golf Series with Riverview hoisting the silverware, again. The final scoreboard looked as follows:

St Ignatius’ College, Riverview 76

Barker College 73

St Joseph’s College 70

Trinity Grammar School 56

Knox Grammar School 45

Newington College 27

Despite competing well and enthusiastically each week, we failed to really grab the competition ‘by the scruff of the neck’. We didn’t have the few needed ‘clean sweeps’ of a Saturday, when we dominated the

other schools. Had this occurred the result may well have been much better. On reflection, inconsistency was our ‘Achilles heel’ and this is something to work on in the future and certainly as we look forward to next summer. However, the positives outweighed the negatives by far, throughout the season. The boys’ etiquette was always superb and arguably the best amongst the schools competing… well, I am a little biased. They grew in so many other ways: at times it is the struggle and even the defeat in sport which are more transformative and possibly essential, and the ultimate goal is not so much sporting success, but rather growth in character. I couldn’t be more proud of the boys. They are fully aware that the old cliché, ‘It’s not whether you win or lose but it is how you play the game’ is what we in the Trinity Golf Team ‘hang our hat on’, and they have made every effort to do so. The added bonus is that Schoolboy Golf is a fabulous way to spend a Saturday afternoon, on lovely golf courses in sublime surroundings, with supportive and friendly parents who all have the requisite perspective surrounding the competition and the ‘bigger picture!’ Long may it continue.

Good golfing,

Michael Spratt | MIC Golf

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LAWN BOWLS | SUMMER

Back Row Noah Sinozic, Anek Banik, George Krambousanos, Sebastian Matesic, Ben Newall, Jonah Clark, Thomas Miller

First Row Juno Yim, Ian Hong, Luke Mears, Akash Tiwari, Dev Jaidka, Euan Marshall, Edward Lu, Thomas Bozionelos, Rhys Bowditch

Seated Ms. E Tsaknis, Thomas Foung, Mr. Guy Dennis (MIC), Joseph Metlege (Captain), Mrs. V Cummins, Christopher Papaioannou, Dean Al Muderis

MIC Mr. Guy Dennis

Captain (Summer) Joseph Metlege

Summer

This 2019-2020 Lawn Bowls summer season was filled with many laughs, challenges, heartbreaks and outstanding plays. All these things have contributed significantly to make up this season the most memorable of Lawn Bowls that I've ever personally experienced. This summer Lawn Bowls period took off with a great start. The team was faced with minimal to naught competition for the first term of the season. However, after a large eight-week Christmas break, Lawn Bowls continued back with full swing. From my personal and professional opinion, the team was quite rusty. No need to worry, as the MIC, Mr. Guy Dennis, came back from his long service leave, which he most definitely deserved, and helped the team with their form, throwing techniques and scoring ability and skill. After his fantastic expertise was taught, the team was better than ever. It brings me hurt to say this but on the 3rd of February 2020, Trinity's glorious outsourced “Ashbury Bowling Club” was top-dressed and our team, Mr. Dennis and Mrs. Cummins put our heads together and compromised. We used the artificial turf on Number 2 Oval as our temporary green. The following week we were scheduled to compete against our very first CAS school, Waverley College. Our team trained very hard in that week. Trinity went head to head in a gruelling match against Waverley but lost.

Thanks to Mrs. Cummins and Miss. Tsaknis for looking after the sport in Term 4 and to Mr. Dennis for his work and dedication as the MIC of Lawn Bowls.

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LAWN BOWLS | WINTER

Back Row Joey Coorey, Jayden Chan, Steven Kountouris, Jaymes Gourlas, Mr. Guy Dennis (MIC)

Seated Alessio Razza (Vice-Captain), George Kalimeris (Captain), Roberto Paterson (Vice-Captain)

Winter

The 2020 Lawn Bowls Winter Season has been one of the most difficult and challenging seasons yet, in particular facing the challenge of COVID-19, which cut off a large portion of the season. However, with Mr. Dennis’ leadership the lawn bowls team was able to have a very productive, relaxed and enjoyable season despite the challenges of COVID-19.

There were many memories the squad made over our short period of time. Some highlights of the season included the HDMI Cable negotiations with Stelios from Budget Electrics, thanks to Alessio Razza (12Mu) and Steven Kountouris (12Mu), trips to the local Cafe, and dealing with the on-site bird attacks.

This group is among one of the most dedicated and spirited that I have encountered in all my time at Trinity, and consists of a few veteran Lawn Bowlers from 2019 (The Flaming Balls, named after our logo), though the majority were new to the sport this year and eager to get into action. With internal competitions organised regularly between the Year 12 and 11 players (and even the teachers joining in) there was certainly a lot of competition to go around, giving the relaxing yet competitive vibe to lawn bowls.

Among the myriad of sports at Trinity, Lawn Bowls is often perceived as a more relaxed and less physically demanding sport, but the team was quick to make it a competitive sport, to make up for the lack of sessions this season. Highlights included James Green (11He) and Joey Coorey (11St) being some of the team's most accurate players during each session. A special shoutout should also go towards my two Vice-Captains, Roberto Paterson (12WH) and Alessio Razza (12Mu), who

have been instrumental in helping me manage this excellent team. It would also be a disservice to not mention the MIC of Lawn Bowls, Mr. Dennis, and assistant coach, Ms. Masson, who have been organising this sport for us and ensuring that all present are COVID-safe.

Towards the end of the season, Lawn Bowls offered a much more relaxed and laid back atmosphere with coffee breaks as a reward for our position as an “undefeated” team, which was due to our lack of outside competition. These breaks offered the boys a slower pace and allowed the Year 12s to take a break from their studies. Overall, it was another successful, if not delayed, Lawn Bowls season for all the boys involved.

And before I go, always remember: “Anyone can deal with victory. Only the mighty can bear defeat.”

George Kalimeris (12WH) | Captain of Winter Lawn Bowls

MIC Mr. Guy Dennis

Captain (Winter) George Kalimeris

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RAW CHALLENGE

Back Row Jack Henderson, Jamie Pritchard-Davies, Joshua Butler, Harry Protopsaltis, Christopher Kapaniris, Fenn Hodgson-Yu, Thomas Calabro, Joshua Muir

Seated Mr. Guy Dennis (Coach), Jacob Chan, Mr. Ian Moore (MIC), Joshua Zecchini, Ms. Norma Kamhieh (Administrator), Arion Valiotis, Mr. Bill Foran (Coach)

MIC Mr. Ian Moore

Captain (Summer) Aston Forster (12Yo)

Captain (Winter) Luke Nichol (12He)

Summer

The 2020 Summer season of the RAW Challenge has introduced new faces from Years 11 and 12, and they have been quickly met with the mysterious yet effective ways that Mr. Moore drives his young men to evolve physically and mentally. One of his tactics relies on thunderous chanting and numbering our reps to distract ourselves from the exercise we’re doing through mateship. Mr. Moore often does ‘Storytime’ where he grants us a reward for working hard to relax in our sweat and deep breathing on the Trinity triangle in the gym as we receive life skills, business studies and an economics lecture all in one!

The RAW challenge consists of four main exercises:

Æ “Where are you” which includes a burst of sprinting, push-ups and other exercises determined by Mr. Moore as he leads us.

Æ “This is why I’m hot” which is played when the RAW boys are too slow to get their boxing gloves and line up for uppercuts, eye-level punches and high-stance punching which will surely strain even Mr. Dennis’ shoulders.

Æ “Rock and Roll” named after the Led Zeppelin song, is where a circle is formed around Mr. Moore boxing with either Mr. Foran (AKA Wild Bill) or Mr. Dennis (AKA Disco Dennis) where he weaves around in concentric circles catching out anyone with poor boxing form or physical tiredness. Last boxing partners standing, win, or until the song finishes.

Æ “Rounds” which involves sparring with our partners, working on our techniques such as protecting our jaws, and not dropping our fists after contact. This offers the RAW boys an opportunity to invent combinations such as “left, right, slip, uppercut” Combinations which you get to show off if you are selected to ‘present’ for Mr. Moore.

Even if you don’t walk away from RAW with improved confidence in your physical appearance, a clear mental state, slimmer body weight and heavier muscle count (which RAW successfully achieves all year round) you will walk away with a healthier taste in music that the RAW

boys box to, including Electric Light Orchestra, Led Zeppelin, Arctic Monkeys, The Beatles, The Clash and of course, Bon Jovi. A special mention to Andy Nguyen for shredding over 7Kg throughout his time at RAW for one season.

Aston Forster (12Yo) | RAW Summer Captain

Winter

The 2020 winter RAW season has been full of inconsistencies and uncertainty but, regardless, all the boys persevered. Due to the climate of this year, winter sport has been disrupted immensely. We started the season off with several RAW sessions, but remote learning and health restrictions made RAW indefinitely cancelled. RAW consists of three main exercises or activities; “where are you”, consisting of running, pushups, sit-ups, star jumps, planks and many more; “this is why I’m hot”, which is a sprinting exercise split into two groups competing against each other for less “rewards” i.e. pushups and sit-ups; and finally “the green men” which was boxing against the green padded wall. The first several sessions of RAW this winter season were like any other RAW season. There was nothing special about this year’s cohort. We ran, we boxed, we did pushups and sit-ups, just like every other season of RAW. In the absence of school and frequent sport I knew I was eager to get back into the RAW season.

At the commencement of winter sport, RAW was back on. But there would have to be some changes to maintain health regulations. Instead of partner boxing, it would be individual, us vs the wall (green man). The cohort that started the RAW season before restrictions was completely different to the social and physically starved athletes that came back after lockdown. Everything we now did was with purpose; everyone gave it their 100%, whether it was chanting, boxing to countless plays of ‘rock n roll’ or listening to Mr. Moore’s wisdom that he would constantly feed us. The fitness of everyone after coming out of lockdown was lower than it was before, but after several weeks of dedication this would all change. We started slowly, running was hard, sit ups were difficult, and boxing felt impossible. Everyone stayed persistent, giving it their all, and in the short span of several weeks we would improve our sit-ups by 100, our boxing by another play of ‘rock n roll’, mental health and general wellbeing. Overall, despite the disturbances throughout the semester, this RAW season was my favourite. The determination and comradery that was developed over only a short period of time verifies Mr. Moore’s claim of “you are capable of much more than you think. You just have to put in the work”.

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RUGBY SQUAD

Back Row Kai Young, Tyson Jackson, Sebastian Buchanan, Theo Kidd, Olly White, Sam Dennis

First Row Hamzeh Abutaa, James Coall, Ronan Hennessy, Sanjay Anandarajah, Angus Mooney, Noah Taíale, Flynn Meagher, Pierce Foley, Ben Newall, Euan Marshall

Seated Kai Roberts, Hunter Hannaford, Malachi Hawkes, Mr. Nick Pay (Coach), Ky Willoughby (Captain), Mr. Michael Snowden (Coach), Ben Blades, Albert Alcock, Asher Wilson

Director Mr. Michael Snowden

Captain Ky Willoughby

When planning for a rugby season you endeavour to have contingencies in place for any possible disruption or scenario that will inevitably arise throughout the season. However, I do not think anybody predicted the hurdles that we would be faced with for the 2020 rugby season. To the credit of coaching staff and students alike, we channelled our inner Bear Grylls and took on the mantra of Improvise, Adapt, Overcome.

Coaching staff were fantastic in accommodating COVID-19 restrictions and finding a way to get the most out of each training session. The enthusiasm displayed by students by turning up in swathes to the optional portions of training was something to behold. Finally, the ability of all concerned to overcome these obstacles and put their best effort onto the playing field each week was truly heartening.

2020 Friends of Rugby Committee.

President – Mr. Cameron Buchanan

Secretary – Mr. Paul Mulcahy

Treasurer – Mr. Mike Miller

General Committee – Mr. Ashley Dunn, Mr. Gary Chapman, Mr. Paul Mooney, Mr. Alisi Leao

While the shortened season prevented the Friends of Rugby committee from putting on their famous game day BBQs it did not diminish the incredible work they do behind the scenes helping the Trinity rugby program. This year alone they have contributed new GPS Units to assist tracking player performance, new rugby balls and lifting blocks for lineout practice. Their invaluable contribution is not confined to just the rugby program as they also donated brand new dumbbells to the Trinity gym, an asset and training tool for all Trinity students, regardless of their sport.

Valuable Contributions.

Elliot Taylor (Strength and Conditioning) and Tom Lombardo (Physio) worked tirelessly behind the scenes to ensure the boys were in peak condition for all of their fixtures and their willingness to go above and beyond was greatly appreciated by all the coaching staff and players.

Dr. Desmond Chu and ‘Old Boy’, Kai Brand, once again volunteered their time and effort every Saturday to capture action shots of the boys in action, which were featured in the weekly Head Master’s Bulletin. The players certainly enjoyed seeing their effort and skill captured in such impressive detail.

Finally, the contribution of our student-referees, Luca Dimeglio, Lochlan Prentice, Will Barlow, Amish Patel, Joseph Booth, and Ben Blades, is greatly appreciated. These young men gave up significant portions of their Saturdays to officiate a variety of fixtures from prep through to 15s fixtures, and these games would not have been able to go ahead without their selfless actions. A special thank you must also go to Mr. Smallfield for all the work he does training and co-ordinating these young men.

CAS Fixtures.

Opens.

Our 1st and 2nd XV sides were the only teams compete in a full CAS season in 2020 and both teams gave a good account of themselves in every fixture, while our 3rd and 4th XV sides were able to play in three fixtures and gave a good account of themselves in each one.

Trinity’s flagship side started their season with a hard-fought victory, travelling up the Pacific Highway to defeat Knox on their home ground 40-30. Two heartbreaking back-to-back losses to Cranbrook and Barker would see our hopes of a premiership come to an end, however a 50-10 victory over St. Aloysius’ and a narrow 31-38 loss to eventual premiers Waverley would see our 1st XV claim 3rd place in the CAS competition. Malachi Hawkes, Sebastian Buchanan, Ky Willoughby,

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1ST XV RUGBY

Back Row Kai Young, Harry Goldsmith, Tyson Jackson, Sebastian Buchanan, Theo Kidd, Olly White, Sam Dennis

First Row Kai Roberts, Ronan Hennessy, Angus Mooney, Noah Taíale, Flynn Meagher, Euan Marshall, Asher Wilson

Seated Hunter Hannaford, Malachi Hawkes, Mr. Nick Pay (Coach), Ky Willoughby (Captain), Mr. Michael Snowden (Coach), Ben Blades, Albert Alcock

Tyson Jackson, and Flynn Meagher were all rewarded for their efforts with selection in the CAS Merit side.

The standout players in the Opens this season were:

Æ 1st XV – Malachi Hawkes and Ky Willoughby

Æ 2nd XV – Ben Newall and Jack Casimir

Æ 3rd XV – Luca Dimeglio and Tom Yarrow

Æ 4th XV – Aden Forrester and Will Barlow

Under 16s.

This 16s’ dedicated attitude at training was translated into resilient match performances, regardless of the result. Unfortunately, both COVID-19 and rainfall restricted our 16s to just two fixtures against Barker and Waverley, both of which were losses. Despite the losses there were several promising performances from players and the team has a whole showed great resilience with Riley Burden and Theo Hatton-Ward the standouts.

Under 15s.

Arguably the strongest age group in Trinity rugby continued to display their impressive natural talent and rugby understanding throughout their 2020 season. The ‘A’ side enjoyed victories over Barker and St. Aloysius’ before falling to a very physical Waverley side. The B and C sides were competitive in all their fixtures which several impressive individual performances highlighting the talent depth present within this age group.

The standout players in the 15s this season were:

Æ As – Lucas Young and Sam Niulala

Æ Bs – Ari Tashtan and Hugo Reed

Æ Cs – Giancarlo Vari and Angus Jenkins

Under 14s.

In their second year of Trinity Rugby the 14s took significant steps forward with both their approach to training and their on-field performance. The ‘A’ side enjoyed victories over Barker and St.

Aloysius’ before succumbing to a strong Waverley side, with several players showing they have bright futures at Trinity. Both the Bs and Cs had victories over Barker, before closing out the season with hard fought losses to St. Aloysius’ and Waverley.

The standout players in the 14s this season were:

Æ As – Max Meagher and Ashton Frazer

Æ Bs – Zac Alshehabi and Jonathan Bassily

Æ Cs – Joshua Otto and Marcus Ticic

Under 13s.

Inclement weather further shortened the CAS season for the under 13s, with only two fixtures played for the A, C and D sides, while the Bs played an additional game against St. Augustine’s. While a truncated season, it was fantastic to see the enthusiasm and spirit these young men brought to training and games.

There were several players who were standouts in their first season in the Green and White, including:

Æ As – Logan Toohey and Ben Keogh

Æ Bs – Banjo Hannaford and Darren Ho

Æ Cs – Hunter Knight and Austin Daher

Æ Ds – Isaac Abdennour and Matthew Barter

School Awards

AWARD RECIPIENT

The Most Promising Underage Player Max Meagher

The Briars Trophy for the Opens Player who epitomises the spirit of Trinity Rugby

Ben Blades

The Friends of Rugby Persistence Cup for the Most Improved P layer over his six years at the school

Sam Dennis

The Brad Royal Trophy for the player who has achieved the high-est representative selection

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Back Row Zac Van der Plaat, Jack Casimir, Finn McCann, Thomas Thorpe, Angus Mooney, Leo Byfield, Adrian Lagana

First Row Ronan Hennessy, James Coall, Blake Toohey, Sanjay Anandarajah, Olly White, Jack Hauschild, Michael Lindsey, Jordan Filippoff

Seated Theo Fatseas, Luca Dimeglio, Ben Newall (Vice Captain), Mr. Mitchell Kearsley (Coach), Hamzeh Abutaa (Captain), Mr. Kai Ikeuchi (Coach), Pierce Foley (Vice Captain), Dean Al Muderis, Ed Lu

Best & Fairest Awards

TEAM RECIPIENT

13D Matthew Barter 15B Ari Tashtan

13C Austin Daher 15A Lucas Young

13B Banjo Hannaford 16A Riley Burden

13A Logan Toohey 4TH XV Aden Forrester

14C Joshua Otto 3RD XV Luca Dimeglio

14B Zac Alshehabi 2nd XV Ben Newall

14A Max Meagher 1st XV Malachi Hawkes

15C Giancarlo Vari

1st and 2nd XI Awards

TEAM AWARD RECIPIENT

1st XVThe Selectors Trophy for the Best Forward in the 1st XV

Sebastian Buchanan

1st XVThe Mark Crossingham Trophy for the Best Back in the 1st XV

Hunter Hannaford

1st XVThe Pillinger Trophy for the Best Player in his first year of the 1st XV

Kai Roberts

1st XV The 1st XV Players’ Player Award Ky Willoughby

1st XVThe Ray Wiseman Award for the Best and Fairest Player in the 1st XV

Malachi Hawkes

1st XVThe Most Improved Player in the 2nd XV

Sanjay Anandarajah

2nd XV Best Back Jack Casimir

2nd XVBest Forward Pierce Foley and

Hamzeh Abutaa

2nd XV Players’ Player Award Ben Newall

2nd XV Best and Fairest Ben Newall

Representative Accomplishments.

CAS 1st XV Merit Side

Æ Malachi Hawkes

Æ Sebastian Buchanan

Æ Ky Willoughby

Æ Tyson Jackson

Æ Flynn Meagher

NSW Generation Blue Under 18 Squad

Æ Malachi Hawkes

Æ Sebastian Buchanan

Æ Ky Willoughby

Æ Noah Ta’ale


Æ Kai Roberts

Æ Asher Wilson


Æ Alisi Leao

Æ Kiann Edmed

Æ Sam Niulala

Æ Jaiden Timperi

Æ Paulo Tuailiili-Pelesasa

Old Boys in Action.

Super Rugby

Æ Scott Sio (2010) – ACT Brumbies

Æ Cameron Orr (2012) – Melbourne Rebels

Japanese Top League

Æ Jack Debreczeni - 2011 (HINO Red Dolphins)

NRL

Æ Lachlan Illias – 2018 (South Sydney)

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3RD XV RUGBY

Back Row Nat Pearson, Leon Mulcahy, Thomas Thorpe, William Blanchfield, Jon-Luc Shalala

First Row Joshua Zecchini, Matthew Boyce, Lachlan Dock, Jacob Stark, Maxwell Richards, Michael Nguyen

Seated David Nguyen, Thomas Foung, Mr. Ben Finch (Coach), Luca Dimeglio, Mr. David Zhang (Coach), Theo Fatseas, Juno Yim

4TH XV RUGBY

Back Row Lachlan Lee, Thomas Yarrow, Max Ryan, John Lynch, Ahmad Hijazi

First Row Daniel Soldatos, Aden Forrester, Samuel Swadling, Will Jones, Tim Hosken, Louis White

Seated James Browning, Mr. Ben Finch (Coach), Matthew Boyce, Dr. Tim Barden (Coach), Will Barlow, Mr. David Zhang (Coach), Vangeli Tsintominas

16A RUGBY

Back Row Jake Varone, Curtis Sioulas, Josh Van Der Goot, Mercurius Yousif

First Row Ari Nikolakopoulos, Rory Clunas, Mackenzie Stewart, Hugh Browning, Riley Martin, Nicholas Keogh

Seated Zachary Gajus, Thomas Jenkins, Riley Burden (Captain), Mr. Andrea Folli (Coach), Theo Hatton-Ward, Lachlan McGrath, Alex Donavan

Absent Mr. Tom McLean (Coach), William Blanchfield, Dominic Feros, Nicholas Hubbard, Euan Kenny, Sam Wade

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Back Row William Rule, Alisi Leao, Paulo Tauiliili-Pelesasa, Davide Eboli, Samuel Niulala

First Row Jaiden Timperi, Bede Dunn, Mitchell Chen, Kian Edmed, Rafael Antunes, Jye Lawrence

Seated Hunter Goldsbrough, Kelvin Kong, Mr. Matthew Miller (Coach) Lucas Young, Mr. David Chilton (Coach), Malik Amine, George Sarandos

14A RUGBY

Back Row Hayden Hoang, Jesse Edwards, Jamison Urch

First Row Mr. Michael Snowden (Coach), Oliver Askew, Noah Herden, Hugo Van Hal, Harry Santhiran, Thomas Kosmas

Seated Luke Leckie, Luke Raptis, Caleb Leao, Max Meagher, Ashton Frazer, Charles Williams, Akira Chapman

13A RUGBY

Back Row Cameron van der Goot, Ethan Marten-Coney, Tyson Burden

First Row Mr. John Allen (Coach), Zac Rice, Marcus Mastro, Jaden Fung, Thomas Bermingham, Lachlan Rathbone

Seated Vasili Armenis, Patrick Thomson, Zac Amine, Logan Toohey, Luke Niulala, Benjamin Keogh, Brock Prideaux

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MIC Mr. Chris Knight

The Trinity Sports Academy again saw some wonderful achievements from its members during the year. Although many events were cancelled later in the year, the members of the Academy still managed to get some competitions in earlier in the year with some fantastic outcomes.

Sam Hohne (swimming, 11Ke) was a state medallist in the 100m freestyle (long course) as well as making the CAS merit team of 2020. Tristan Glanznig (water polo, 12Ta) debuted in the OVO Australian water polo league, the highest water polo league in Australia, for the Cronulla club. He also made the ‘Launch to LA Squad’ which includes players targeted for Los Angeles Olympics training. He also made the born in 2003 U18 Australian Water Polo squad.

Will Cooper (11Hi) continued his outstanding success in the sport of Triathlon. In March of this year he won the NSW All Schools Triathlon Championship (Intermediate) and came first in the NSW CIS Championships, qualifying for Nationals which were unfortunately cancelled.

Will Moir (10Hi) and Theo Christian (11He) both had great years in the field and on the track. Will finished second in the Australian All schools Championships in the High Jump, and in doing so broke 2 metres, jumping 2.03m beating the old school record by 6cm. Theo finished 2019 strongly by finishing 2nd in the 3000m in the same meet.

Patrick Cantlon (11 Du) also had a very strong year in middle distance events. Following on from CAS wins (2019) and NSW All Schools medals, he managed to finish 11th in the 1500m and 6th in the 3000m at Nationals in the U18 age group.

Jono Titmarsh (12 Du) had an incredible year in the high jump. As well as jumping a World Junior qualifier (2.16m) he also won the Open NSW Championship for the event. Jono looks set for higher things and we wish him well in his career post-school. Laud Codjoe (11Ta) also performed well in the field, finishing 2nd in his age group at Nationals for the Long Jump. Well done, Laud!

For the Sports Academy it was all about Strength and Conditioning in 2020. With so many events being cancelled, skill training and Strength and Conditioning was of the utmost importance and focus for the year to get the body right for when competitions start again. With the help of new staff member Elliott Taylor (Athlete Performance Specialist) and Trinity’s wonderfully equipped Fitness Centre and Strength and Conditioning staff, the Sports Academy members trained long and hard through the winter months on their bespoke programs.

At this time of year, it is always a goodbye to our Year 12 members as we wish them well for their sporting careers outside of Trinity. May they be long, successful and injury-free! Next term will see and influx of Year 10s to the Academy and I look forward to helping them achieve their sporting goals over their years in the Senior School.

Chris Knight | Trinity Sports Academy Director

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Director Mr. Benjamin Tuxford

Senior Coach Mr. Andrew Aebi

Swimming Coach Mr. Callum Timms

Captain Garry Koshnitsky (12Mu)

Vice-Captain Alan Paradzik (12We)

Vice-Captain Brendan Ding (12He)

MIC Mrs. Janet Wonders

Assistant MIC Mrs. Georgina Gunner

Manager Mr. James Leckie

The 2020 CAS Swimming season started strongly with a highly anticipated Swimming camp on the Gold Coast. The aim of the annual training camp is to get the boys back in focus following the end of the academic year and to build a strong team spirit from which to launch our programme for the CAS Championships. The CAS high performance squad trained at the BLK High Performance Centre in Runaway Bay. The boys attended morning and evening sessions of at least two hours each, and in between we filled up the downtime with a trip to Wet ‘n’ Wild, a surfboard riding lesson and evening activities such as laser skirmish. I won’t mention the dislocated kneecap! However, it was all great fun, hard work and a good way for the team to bond before the Term 4 start of the CAS programme.

After returning to school the CAS programme started with the South Harbour Invitational hosted by TGS. Cranbrook and Waverley brought teams over and administrators came out from Swimming NSW to give official times. Despite the Friday night time slot the boys rose to the challenge and posted some great times and personal bests. It was an enjoyable night of swimming, and good sportsmanship and leadership was shown by the team. We started the season well. The parents ran an impressive barbecue to raise funds for breakfasts in Term 1. Thanks to the parents for their time and efforts, in particular to Jen Chen for organising and coordinating everything.

The following week we hosted the annual Mixed Invitational that included Meriden, Newington, MLC, Riverview and PLC swim teams. The boys’ and girls’ schools paired up so that three teams (TGS Meriden, MLC Newington and Riverview PLC) competed for points on the night. Ultimately TGS and Meriden took out the night- our boys being the dominant force to be reckoned with as they posted many personal bests and pushed the other schools to compete at the highest level. It is easy to write this off as a fun evening, and it is, but the competition is of an extremely high standard and a great start to the season.

The skins event is always hotly contested and a great test of stamina and speed, with the top prize going to Christian Taylor from St Ignatius College, Riverview.The overall point score is shown below, with Trinity Meriden holding the trophy for another year.

Trinity Meriden 301

Newington MLC 245

Riverview PLC 285

2019-20 NSW State Age Swimming Championships

SOPAC 13-18/12/2019

Trinity Grammar School was well represented at the NSW 13-18 Years Senior State Swimming Championships with a total of 29 students competing across the six days and nights of competition. Our students were the recipients of 15 hard-earned medals (8 Silver, 7 Bronze) along with numerous finalists and personal best times.

Silver Medallists

NAME AWARD

Hayden Hoang (8Ta) 13-14 Years 100m Backstroke 1.00.93

Caleb Dryer (11Sc) 15 Years 800m Freestyle 8.32.48

Jason Yeou (11We) 15 Years 400m Freestyle 4.06.83

15 Years 400m Individual Medley 4.44.24

15 Years 200m Freestyle 1.56.80

Adrian Barrett (11Fo) 16 Years 400m Freestyle 4.08.61

Samuel Hohne (11Ke)

16 Years 100m Freestyle 53.06

T.Jin, C.Virgo, L.Filby, S.Hohne

13 - 16 Years 4 x 50 Freestyle Relay 1.38.09

Bronze Medallists

NAME AWARD

Hayden Hoang (8Ta) 13-14 Years 200m Backstroke 2.14.69

13-14 Years 400 Individual Medley 4.50.85

Gabriel Wilczak (10Ar) 15 Years 400m Freestyle 4.08.73

Caleb Dryer (11Sc) 15 Years 1500m Freestyle 16.27.43

J.Wang, Z.Nguyen, L.Young, C.Twine


B.Ding, S.Hohne, A.Paradzik, A.McDonald


A.Paradzik, G.Wilczak, B.Ding, J.Yeou


It is worth noting again some impressive performances and highlights during this important Championship event. This from our Director of Swimming’s report-

Jason Yeou (11We) had set his sights very high for the championships and had an incredibly busy week. Competing in all 12 sessions, Jason finished the meet with four Silver medals (3 individual, 1 relay). In narrowly missing the Gold medal in the 15 years 200m Freestyle (1.56.80), Jason was able to break Kenneth To’s long-standing record from 2007 (1.57.44).

Jason Wang (9Ar) is an absolute speed machine. Although only swimming in a small programme, Jason was able to make a huge impact. In the heats of the 13-14 Years 50m Freestyle, Jason swam a personal best time (26.13) to break Jason Yeou’s record from 2017 (26.72). Not content with this result, Jason lead off our very strong 13-14 Years 4 x 50m Freestyle relay team and was able to break his own record in a phenomenal time (25.90).

Hayden Hoang (8Ta) had a huge six days and nights of racing, and finished the championships with three medals (1 silver, 2 bronze). These results should not be overlooked, as Hayden is only 13 years of age and was competing in a combined 13/14 Years age group. In an astonishing outcome, Hayden’s first 50m split in his 100m backstroke (29.57) was fast enough to break his own 13 years 50m backstroke school record (29.66). Hayden was also quick enough to break Daniel Seo’s 2017 school record (2.18.51) in the 200m Individual Medley, by setting a new personal record in the final (2.17.53) from an outside lane.

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13 - 18 Years 4 x 200 Freestyle Relay State Bronze Medallists A.Paradzik (12We), G.Wilczak (10Ar), B.Ding (12He), J.Yeou (11We).

Mr. Benjamin Tuxford (Director of Swimming), Caleb Dryer (11Sc), Zac Brown (12Ho) and Gabriel Wilczak (10Ar) at Brighton Beach, South Australia.

2020 National Open Water Swimming Championships

Brighton Beach, South Australia 25-27/01/2020

Over the Australia Day long-weekend Trinity Grammar School had three hard-working, dedicated and committed students, Gabriel Wilczak (10Ar), Caleb Dryer (11Sc) and Zac Brown (12Ho) who, along with their families and coach, travelled to Brighton Beach (SA) to compete in the National Open Water Championships. Our students took part in the 7.5km event on the Saturday, and a 5km event on the Sunday our students

The course was set up as 1.25km rectangular laps, with both Caleb and Gabriel competing in the 16 Years 7.5km National Championship. In an event this tough and taxing, similar to a marathon running race, competitors can grab a drink at a certain point of each lap and continue with their race. In what can only be described as thrilling, the first two laps (2.5km) saw both Caleb and Gabriel leading the 35-strong event competitors around the course and through the swell like seasoned campaigners. By the end of the fourth lap (5km), our boys were solid in the lead pack as things then started to heat up. After another two laps (7.5km), Caleb Dryer finished in 2nd position with a time of 1:31:50, earning himself a National Silver medal in the process. Gabriel Wilczak finished in 4th position, with a time of 1:34:13; only just missing a position on the podium.

Fortunately for the boys, New South Wales had organised for a physiotherapist to be onsite and this allowed them to enjoy a well-deserved massage as they prepared for the 5km event on Australia Day (Sunday).

The 5km event saw Zac Brown (12Ho) make his swimming debut at a National championship in the 18-year-old event. After only qualifying to compete seven days prior, Zac successfully finished the four laps (5km) in 20th position, with a great time of 1:05:15.

It was then over to Gabriel and Caleb to compete in the 16 years 5km National Championship. Thankfully a physiotherapist had massaged out some of the muscle fatigue from the day before. In what can be described as a ‘sprint’ to the boys as in comparison to their swim on the previous day, they took to the water and began the race in a haze of whitewash amongst 59 other competitors.

Although it may be hard to believe, it was an absolute tussle amongst seven swimmers for the entire 5km as it really did come down to a sprint finish over the final few hundred metres. Gabriel Wilczak finished the event in 3rd position, winning a National Bronze medal with a time of 1:00:23. Caleb Dryer finished in 4th position, with a time of 1:00:24 – only one second behind a podium finish. The event was won in 1:00:19, with a mere 12 seconds separating 1st and 6th positions after 60 minutes of racing.

School Championships 12.02.2020

While some of the longer Championship events were held in Week

1 of Term 1 this year, most of the events contested for the School

Championships were held on the day of the House Carnival. This

meant a gruelling day of racing for our elite swimmers in front of the

whole school. Again, they rose to the challenge with outstanding

performances and many hotly contested races. Congratulations to the

following Age Champions:

SCHOOL AGE CHAMPIONSHIPS TROPHIES 2020

Overall Swimming Champion - First Brendan Ding (12He)

Opens Age Champion Brendan Ding (12He)

17 Years Age Champion Liam Filby (11Yo)

16 Years Age Champion Jason Yeou (11We)

15 Years Age Champion Jamie Kim (9Ke)

14 Years Age Champion Hayden Hoang (8Ta)

13 Years Age Champion Jonathan Nam (8St)

12 Years Age Champion Toby Ji (7Ta)

CAS Swimming Championships 2020

The 89th CAS Swimming Championships were held on 12th March

2020 at Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre. It is such a fantastic

battle and is great motivation for the boys as they train each week and

has become a huge part of the School calendar.

This year we faced some adversity by not having a pool to train in. This

was unexpected! It also came at a critical time in our training program,

at a point where training was being ramped up in preparation for CAS

and State Championships. In true fighting form the coaches, led by

Mr. Tuxford, searched high and low for training venues, finally gaining

eight lanes for the senior squad at Canterbury Pool from the fresh

time of 5am-6am, which was then whittled down to two lanes from

6-7am. Mr. Aebi’s squad trained mainly at Meriden pool- a shorter pool

than they were used to, 25m, also with a reduced training schedule.

Despite the setbacks the morale stayed high and thanks to the parents

and swimmers, attendance was excellent. Training went ahead. Boys

turned up and made the best of it. A few days before CAS we made

it back into the 50m pool and celebrated with one of the delicious

breakfasts provided by Jen Chen and the parents.

Finally, the big night arrived, and after our team meeting we were off

to take on the other schools. The leaders were inspiring with notable

performances from Brendan Ding (12He) in the 50m Freestyle and

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The CAS Record Breaking 17 years 4 x 50m Freestyle Relay team. Liam Filby (11Yo), Andy Lee (11Fo), Samuel Hohne(10Ke) and Matthew Robertson (11Du)

The Green and White Army firing up!

Hoang (8Ta) and Grayson Doig (7He) were outstanding in all their

events on the night! The 4 x 50m Freestyle relay team of Matthew

Robertson (11Du), Andy Lee (11Fo), Liam Filby (11Yo) and Sam Hohne

(11Ke) swam brilliantly and broke the CAS record in a time of 1:37:37.

Even a recently broken wrist did not stop our amazing Captain Garry

Koshnitsky (12Mu) from doing a PB. How does that even happen?! The

final score does not indicate how truly close we came, sometimes

within 0.01 of a second, to beating Knox in the races.

The final point score for 2020 was:

Knox Grammar School 560

Trinity Grammar School 529

Barker College 424

Waverley College 343

St. Aloysius' College 339

Cranbrook School 302

A shout out to the young men of the senior school who came out to

support the swimmers. Hearing them singing as they came into the

venue was fantastic, and pound for pound they cheered above their

weight all evening. It inspired our swimmers to achieve times they did

not think possible-and many swam a personal best on the night.

The Captain, Vice-Captains and the entire team displayed exemplary

behaviour during the evening of competition. ‘We went down

swinging’, as Mr. Aebi said, and the boys were gracious in their

congratulations to Knox.

The following awards were given for outstanding performances on the

night.

CAS Championships

CAS SWIMMING TROPHIES

Most Outstanding Performance at CAS Brendan Ding (12He)

Under Age Outstanding Performance at CAS

Grayson Doig (7He)

Encouragement Awards (2) Leopold Vo (7Wh)

Christopher Saravanos (8Ar)

Attitude Awards (2) Sam Hohne (11Ke)

Gabriel Wilczak (10Ar)

Most Improved Awards (2) Liam Filby (11Yo)

Jamie Kim (9Ke)

The 2020 CAS Swimming Team

The normal progression after the CAS Swimming Championships is to represent CAS Schools in the CIS Swimming Championships, then the NSW All Schools Swimming Championships followed by the School Sport Australia Swimming Championships. Unfortunately for everyone involved these events were cancelled due to COVID-19, which meant many of our boys could not progress any further. The NSWCIS Committee did however create a Merit List, which named all the boys who would have been selected for representation to the next level. Out of 92 athletes selected from all six schools, Trinity had a huge 38 athletes achieve the list, far more than the closest school, Knox, which had 25 athletes named. Congratulations to the following boys:

Æ Toby Ji (7Ta) 12 Æ Jonathan Nam (8St) 13 Æ Grayson Doig (7He) 13 Æ Leopold Vo (7WH) 13 Æ Brendan Holden (7WJ) 13 Æ Jason Wang (9Ar) 14 Æ Hayden Hoang (8Ta) 14 Æ Mitchell Chen (9Ar) 14 Æ Zachariah Nguyen (9Ta) 14 Æ Christopher Saravanos

(8Ar) 14 Æ Jamie Kim (9Ke) 15 Æ Lucas Young (9We) 15 Æ Cooper Twine (9Mu) 15 Æ William Rule (10Ar) 15 Æ Lachlan Chung (9Ho) 15 Æ Jason Yeou (11We) 16 Æ Cooper Virgo (11La) 16 Æ Caleb Dryer (11Sc) 16 Æ Gabriel Wilczak (10Ar) 16

Æ Thomas Ea (10La) 16 Æ Daniel Seo (10Du) 16 Æ JiangTian Xia (10Fo) 16 Æ Samuel Hohne (11Ke) 17 Æ Liam Filby (11Yo) 17 Æ Andy Lee (11Fo) 17 Æ Matthew Robertson (11Du) 17 Æ Euan Germanos (11He) 17 Æ Adrian Barrett (11Fo) 17 Æ Alan Weston (11Ta) 17 Æ Michael McPartland (11Hi) 17 Æ Samuel Xu (12WH) 17 Æ Duncan Feng (11Mu) 17 Æ Brendan Ding (12He) 18 Æ Alan Paradzik (12We) 19 Æ Garry Koshnitsky (12Mu) 18 Æ Tom Jin (12Yo) 18 Æ Ethan Brouw (12Ta) 18 Æ David Kim (12WH) 18

All in all, a highly successful competition given the circumstances leading up to the event.

Concluding Remarks

We were extremely lucky to have been able to compete in the CAS Championships as almost immediately afterwards NSW went into a state of lockdown and all school sporting events were either cancelled or put on hold indefinitely. Our end of season dinner and presentation night, like so many events this year, has also been cancelled.

It has been quite an amazing year but through it all the swimmers, coaches, parents and staff remained focused and positive. A huge thank you to all of team and swimming community, who have made this last year so memorable and enjoyable. It will make 2021 a year to look forward to even more!

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YEAR 11 AND 12 SWIMMING | SUMMER

Back Row Vincent Picatoste, Christopher Grubisic, James Petrakis, James Green, Kaedon Nasr, Darcy Mooney, Hashy Hamade

First Row Mr. David Davies (Coach), Fynn Ferdinands, Jonathan Matta, Samuel Ho, Justin Lin, Sebastian Boffa, Christian Becvarovski, Mrs. Katherine Hronopoulos (Coach)

Seated Aaron Chung, Adam Stavros, Mr. Simon Bootle (MIC / Coach), Richard Collins, Mr. Rosey Stewart (Coach), Keith Kwok, Dylan Tai

MIC Mr. Simon Bootle

The aim of Summer Swimming this year was again one of developing healthy life skills that can be maintained well into the future. The focus of this sport is to continually develop style, improve stamina and increase endurance and as a result increase fitness.

Over 135 students from Years 7 to 12 participated in the Summer Swimming programmes this year. All through the season, students competed against their own times with the aim of continual improvement. It has been a pleasure to observe the dedication with which each member attempts to reach their personal goals, with many demonstrating a clear determination.

Each member was guided in their endeavour by a group of enthusiastic and experienced coaches, and I would like to congratulate and thank all the staff and coaches who added to the spirit and fun.

Simon Bootle | MIC Summer Swimming

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Back Row John Dedousis, Timothy Woodyatt, Rory Briscoe, George Dedousis, Younghoo Cho, Kieran Grech

Third Row Hassan Mourad, Evangelos Papadopoulos, James Brockie, Ryan Kesby, Mike Lin, Nicholas Field, Dean Wierum, Lachlan McGrath, Antonio Murania, Nicholas Nguyen

Second Row Chris Qiu, Daniel Koothoor, Matthew Wang, Kevin Zhong, Isaac Cunningham, Nathaniel Leung, Anthony Le, Tarquin Liauw, Farhan Tamboli

First Row Zane Nazha, Alan Tran, Justin Zhou, Lleyton Woo, Jack Bettar, Andy Tran, Matthew Kim, Adam Gill, Ioannis Giannakopoulos, Alexei Baldwin

Seated Elijah Jabez, Regan Chapman, Jack Burge, Mr. M Innis (Coach), Ms. E Tsaknis (Coach), Mr. E Marks (Coach), Oliver Jessup, Atto Still, Alex Ward


Back Row Matthew Nasr, Matthew Vickery, Max Lau, Will Kokotovich, Oliver Hanania

Second Row Andrew Patsalis, Benjamin Chau, Nicholas Tagkalidis, Arthur Gerakas, Justin Lee, James Chan, Liam Swadling, Josh Hauschild, Nathan Lam

First Row Mr. M Innis (Coach), Lachlan Davis, Theodore Tollas, Ollie McComb, James Ko, Aiden Ngo, Alexander Heather, Lucas Dinh, Luc Brown, Mr. E Marks (Coach)

Seated Dylan Yee, Christopher Spencer, Jameson Chau-Vuu, Ethan Condren, Tim Wang, Jacob Girgis, Rowan Thomsen, Luke Gergis, Gavin Tran

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Back Row Deonte Williams, Jamie Christopoulos, Hayden Johnson, James Pau, John Sakoutis

First Row Mr. M Smith (Coach), Yorke Bodecott, Sebastian Papadopoulos, Dexter Simington, Jack Fahd, Ms. E Loftus (MIC/Coach)

Seated Selwyn Chang, Calum Ferguson, Alexander Yee, Alex Jones, Isaac Vink, Joe Evans, Evan Williams

MIC Emma Loftus

Whoever thought that 2020 was going to be an ‘easy’ year was clearly mistaken. The beginning of the year had it all; bushfires, a pandemic, and the introduction of remote learning. Thankfully, we were able to complete a few weeks of Winter Swimming! It is never easy to get out of bed early in the morning, especially when that involves diving into a pool that is not what some would call ‘warm’. I have to acknowledge the effort put in from all the boys in Years 9-12, who might have complained at the beginning, but who all ended up jumping in the water and starting off the training sessions.

The season of Winter Swimming wouldn’t be complete without the assistance of the external coaches, which consisted of Thomas Stirk and Matt Innes this year, who were clear, consistent, and challenged the boys with the various strokes and swimming sets. Winter Swimming would not be able to run without the hardwork and dedication from the staff, so I would like to thank Ms. Kirsten Taylor, Ms. Hyun-Mi Cho, Mr. Matthew Hirst and Mr. Michael Smith for their time, effort and engagement with the boys during the sessions.

Whilst the season might have been short, the students participated in weekly training sessions as well as Saturday mornings. The races held on Saturday mornings were a bit different due to the implementation of social distancing, and instead of times for each race, the title of 1st, 2nd and 3rd was awarded. It was great to see the boys still have a sense of competition to it and to make the most out of the races.

I also want to express my appreciation to the Year 12 students who were involved with Winter Swimming this season. Whilst it might not have been the traditional season, you are all commended for the effort, time and ability to challenge yourselves in the training sessions and Saturday races.

At the conclusion of the season, the following prizes were awarded:

YEAR GROUP MOST IMPROVED BEST AND FAIREST

12 Harry Driessen Alexander Yee

11 Ryan Snowsill Sebastian Papadopoulos

10 Zachary Lin James Huang

9 Kareem Choukair Harper Stewart

Without a doubt, this season is one for the history books- hopefully one where we won’t have to repeat everything. I want to thank every student who enrolled in Winter Swimming and who embraced it for both its social aspect and challenges. You should all be proud of yourselves!

Emma Loftus | MIC Winter Swimming

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YEAR 9 AND 10 SWIMMING | WINTER

Back Row Marc Barakat, Daniel Seo, Hunter Myliotis, Marc Tennant, Jayden Woods, Dean Paraskevopoulos, Thomas Rathbone, Rafael MacMillan, Harper Stewart

First Row Mr. M Hirst (Coach), Oliver Vaughan, Anthony Le, Luke de Lisle, Aidan Daher, Hugh MacMaster, Kirollos Faragallah, Justin Karam, Joel Maher, Mr. M Innes (Coach)

Seated Billy Athanassiou, Hudson Korda, Ricardo Luca Donato, Will Gray, (Captain), Ms. E Loftus (MIC/Coach), Henry Ward, (Captain), James Huang, Aman Shaw, Kareem Choukair

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Back Row Justin Yang, Steven Kountouris, Ben Weeks, Yanni Plataniotis, Jonathan Wong

First Row Mr. Andreas Mickler (Coach), Vasili Eliades, Evan Williams, Joe Evans, Aditya Verma, James Guo, Joseph Booth, Michael Lin

Seated Cameron Finn, Philip Pignataro, Luke Selim, Tom Jin (Captain), Steve Poulos, Nicholas Bakopoulos, Dimitri Gremos

MIC Mr. Andreas Mickler

Despite all the changes relating to COVID-19, 2020 has continued to be a remarkably positive year for Table Tennis at Trinity Grammar School. Though Table Tennis is only available to year 12 students, 2020 saw a high demand for the sport with both Summer and Winter season teams filled to capacity. Players ranged in ability from beginners still learning the basics to advanced players able to compete on an inter-school level. However, even with the vast differences in ability each member had a common experience of ending the season better players than they had begun it.

The biggest highlights of Table Tennis occurred during the Summer season, in which the inter-school competition between Trinity Grammar School, Knox Grammar School, The King’s School, The Scots College, St Ignatius’ College, Riverview and Newington College took place. This competition spanned a length of 10 weeks across 2 terms where the top 12 players from each school would travel to the Sydney Indoor Sports Hall in Olympic Park on a Saturday Morning to compete. In 6 divisions of 2 members each, the winner would be decided by the combined score of all divisions.

Historically, Trinity has found this competition challenging, usually finishing at the bottom of the ladder. However, this year saw a huge improvement as our team managed to finish an overall 3rd place behind King’s and Knox. To make it even better, our first division won their entire division, effectively claiming the title of top players in the competition.

Despite what others may expect of the sport, Table Tennis requires intense precision and skill to play effectively. The best players make full use of technique and game strategy. They must also practice their shots and returns until they can perform them not just well, but instinctively and reliably under pressure. In the face of a tough and foreign sport even for many of our competitive members, an overall 3rd place finish is, to quote Mr. Mickler, “the most successful Trinity Table Tennis Team ever”.

Tom Jin | Captain of Table Tennis

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Standing Kevin Lin, Joel Hieswanto, James McCabe, Dylan Guler, Mr. Jeremy Dykgraaff

MIC Mr. Jeremy Dykgraaff

Summer season

The Combined Associated Schools 2019/20 Summer Tennis competition was once again a great event, being both challenging and enjoyable for our students. A record number of 30 teams across both the Middle and Senior Schools represented Trinity at some stage over the course of the season. Despite the overall winning percentage being down compared to the previous season, all teams tried to the best of their abilities and were competitive till season’s end. We had one undefeated team, that being the 9As, who were able to defeat all that came before them and with relative ease. The team, comprised of Gabriel Simoes (9Sc), Giuseppe Barca (9Ar), James Kim (9Ar) and Alexander Runciman (9Yo), were in a league of their own, amassing 46 sets whilst only conceding eight over the nine-round season.

The other excellent team that had an exceptional season were the 1st IV, led by captain James McCabe (12St), who finished in second position after winning all but one match. After beating Knox easily in the home fixture (7-1) our boys lost the away fixture (2-6) which allowed Knox to take the Premiership by the narrowest of margins. So, in the end the Premiership was decided by the number of overall sets won over the entire season, with Knox sneaking ahead by just a couple of sets. I was extremely proud of our mixed age team which included James McCabe, Dylan Guler (10WJ), Joel Hieswanto (8WJ) and Kevin Lin (11Sc). Their ability, dedication, sportsmanship and team spirit were exemplary, and I lament to a certain extent their failure to have been awarded the shield.

Two 1st IV team members were selected in the Combined Associated Schools (CAS) team that was victorious against the Independent Schools Association (ISA) and they were James McCabe and Dylan Guler. Unfortunately, the remaining representative matches were cancelled on account of the COVID-19 outbreak. It warrants mention that James McCabe, after winning The Australian All Schools Singles Championship last season, received a wild card into the Australian Open Boys Championship (2020) in Melbourne. He did exceptionally well by progressing to the second round in both the Singles and Doubles events against the best 18 Year and Under tennis players in the world.

The School Tennis Championships were once again held on conclusion of the CAS season and there were no real upsets, with James McCabe winning the Senior Singles and Doubles after pairing with Max Nguyen (10Yo). The Middle School Singles and Doubles was taken out by Joel Hieswanto who partnered with James Kim.

Jeremy Dykgraaff | MIC Tennis

MOST VALUABLE PLAYER AWARD SUMMER 2019/20

TEAM NAME HOUSE

1ST IV James Mccabe 12St

2ND IV Spyridon Konidaris 10Sc

3RD IV Alexander Mallis 12Sc

4TH IV Cameron Ong 11St

5TH IV Alessio Razza 12Mu

6TH IV Rohan John 11Ar

7TH IV Max Guo 11Ar

8TH IV Jamie Adams 12St

OPEN COLOURS Julius Russell 12Ar

10A James Hardiman 10Sc

10B Solomon Khoury 10Ar

10C Mathew Raymond 10Ar

10D Declan Lee 10Sc

10E Emmanuel Abdel Nour 10Ta

10F Zayaan Kahn 10Du

10 COLOURS Nathan Wu 10Hi

9A Giuseppe Barca 9Ar

9B Marcus Lorenzato 9Fo

9C Alexander Gavrilovic 9Yo

9D Caleb Kwan 9Ta

9E Trenton La 9La

9F Lloyd Williams 9We

9 COLOURS Thomas Raggett 9Du

8A Finn Taylor 8La

8B Luca Razza 8Mu

8C Chase Quach 8Mu

8D Jack O'shea 8He

8E Jaten Singh 8Mu

8 COLOURS Elton Huang 8Ar

7A Christopher Lowe 7Ho

7B Andy Zheng 7Yo

7C Daniel Lok 7Ke

7D Wayland Liu 7Yo

7 COLOURS Max Vojvodic 7He167

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Standing Jim Gong, Nathan Xie, Spyridon Konidaris, Lachlan Chan, Mr. Dykgraaff

3RD / 4TH IV TENNIS | SUMMER

Back Row Christian Sinclair, Bailey Harding, Luka Saxena

Seated Alexi Little, Alexander Mallis, Mrs. Spratt, Matthew Chan, Cameron Ong

5TH / 6TH IV TENNIS | SUMMER

Back Row Rohan John, Callum McLeod, Derek Qu, Christopher Chin

Seated Alessio Razza, Alexander Pavic, Mr. Ashley Lucas (coach), Luke Sheppard, Ben Prsa

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10A/B TENNIS SUMMER

Back Row Mr. Will Henry (Coach), Martin Wong, James Perkin

Seated Max Nguyen, James Hardiman, Keshav Baldeo, Solomon Khoury

9A/B TENNIS SUMMER

Back Row Mr. R Dinesh (Coach), George Nicholas, James Kim, Giuseppe Barca

Seated Alex Runciman, Joseph Cantlon, Gabriel Simoes Peixeiro, Andrew Yang, Aneesh Nagaratnam

8A/B TENNIS SUMMER

Back Row Mitchell Reid-Queeney, Angelo Shi, Finn Taylor, Mr. Kevin Batliwala (Coach)

Seated Domenic Furfaro, Charles Allison, Sam Kang, Eddy Ajami, Chase Quach

7A/B TENNIS SUMMER

Back Row Allen Zheng, Andy Zheng, Miss. Danielle Calvi (Coach)

Seated George Stavrakis, Isaac Latt, Maxi Tsai, Christopher Lowe, Alexander Lieng

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Standing Joel Hieswanto, Dylan Guler, James McCabe, Max Nguyen, Kevin Lin, Mr. Jeremy Dykgraaff

MOST VALUABLE PLAYER AWARD WINTER 2019/20

TEAM Name HOUSE

7 COLOURS Priyaan Thanujan 7We

7 D Leo Vo 7WH

7 C Jonathan Ly 7Sc

7 B Travis Ng 7WJ

7 A Nathan Tsang 7Du

8 COLOURS Ronald Ye 8La

8 D Matthew Nicholas 8WJ

8 C Lawrence Hoe 8Yo

8 B James Chan 8La

8 A Finn Taylor 8La

9 COLOURS Jack Burge 9He

9 D Alexander Jacob 9Fo

9 C James Kountouris 9Mu

9 B Noah Blomfield 9Fo

9 A James Kim 9Ar

10 COLOURS Max Velten 10WH

10 D Jayden Pho 10Du

10 C Mathew Wang 10Ar

10 B Varun Iyer 10WJ

10 A James Kaye 10Ho

OPEN COLOURS Oscar Warne (12Ta)

6TH IV Nikola Vasic (12Ho)

5TH IV Edison Tran (12Ho)

4TH IV Darcy Mooney (11La)

3RD IV Justin Yang (11WH)

2ND IV Jim Gong (11Ar)

1ST IV James Mccabe (12St)

MIC Mr. Jeremy Dykgraaff

Winter season

The 2020 Winter Tennis season was extremely enjoyable and successful on numerous levels. We had excellent participation rates and results, with all appearing to relish the season. This was the case despite the season being compacted from ten rounds to five due to the impact of COVID-19. In hindsight, all students appeared extremely grateful to be able to compete at all, given the uncertainty of the times.

Despite all the goings-on, we ended the season with six undefeated teams and an overall season win rate of 62%. The undefeated teams included the 1st IV, the 10C and D, the 9A and D and the 8A teams Congratulations must be extended to all players and coaches who were able to achieve this feat.

The 1st IV, captained by James McCabe (12St), had an excellent season and were able to secure an undefeated Premiership without dropping a match. The squad was made up of five players who included Captain, James McCabe, Dylan Guler (10WJ), Joel Hieswanto (8WJ), Kevin Lin (11Sc) and Max Nguyen (11Yo). All students must be commended for their extreme work ethic, discipline, teamwork and natural talent, which was second to none. As a bonus, both James and Joel were able to remain undefeated in their singles matches over the course of the season. The match of the season was contested against eventual runners up, St Aloysius’ College, who pushed Trinity to a 4-sets all result. Our students were awarded the win as a result of having won more overall games. A season-ending ankle injury to Max Nguyen in the 3rd round was the only unfortunate occurrence in an otherwise exceptional season.

Jeremy Dykgraaff | MIC Tennis

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2ND IV TENNIS | WINTER

Standing Nathan Xie, Matthew Nicholas, Jim Gong, Mr. Jeremy Dykgraaff

3RD / 4TH IV TENNIS | WINTER

Back Row Jamie Adams, Tyler Beverley-Smith, Nikhil Kapoor

Seated Liam Ling, Justin Yang, Mr. Ashley Lucas (Coach), Daniel Tran, Darcy Mooney

5TH / 6TH IV TENNIS | WINTER

Standing Nikola Vasic, Jamie Adams, Joshua Butler, Mr. Jeremy Dykgraaff

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Standing Mr. Chris Artemi (Coach), Nicholas Papadopoulos, Solomon Khoury, James Hardiman, James Kaye

9A/B TENNIS WINTER

Back Row Miss. Danielle Calvi (Coach), Julian Chin, Benjamin Kwan

Seated Alex Runciman, Jayden Higgins, James Kim, Noah Blomfield, Adrian Ong

8C/D TENNIS WINTER

Back Row Beau Moller, Leo Gao, Matthew Vickery

Seated Charlie Scott-Shires, Mathew Nicholas, Ms. Julia Malley (Coach), Lawrence Hoe, Alexander Chu

7A/B TENNIS WINTER

Back Row Isaac Latt, Travis Ng, Nathan Tsang, James Davies

Seated Maxi Tsai, Mr. David Lambropoulos (Coach), Christopher Lowe

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OPENS A TOUCH FOOTBALL

Back Row James Farah, Jordan Filippoff, Sebastian Buchanan, Isaac Vink, Blake Toohey, Dr. Rachel O'Brien (Coach)

Seated Doug Kelly, James Coall, Ky Willoughby, Joseph Nassif, Malachi Hawkes

MIC Miss. Sofia Robins

Captain Ky Willoughby (12WH)

The 2019-2020 season was another successful one for the Trinity

Grammar Touch Football Programme. As the fastest growing sport at

Trinity, the programme grew from three teams in 2018-2019 to seven

teams in 2019-2020! It was great to see more players involved. Similar

to last year, the teams competed against Waverley College, Saint

Ignatius’ College Riverview and Reddam House School. Newington

College also joined the competition, which was great for the boys to

have another team to compete against.

Because of the addition of Newington College and a few more Trinity

teams, the Opens competition was split into two divisions. Trinity

ended the season winning both Opens divisions which was a great

feat for both teams involved. The Opens 1, lead by the Year 12s, won in

a tight game against Riverview 1st team. It was an incredible game to

witness, as it was back and forth the whole time. You could see that the

players’ fitness and decision-making skills were tested throughout the

whole 40 minutes.

The Opens 2 team demolished their whole bracket, winning every

game by massive margins. This was a result of their fantastic team

dynamic which had a great balance of having fun but pushing each

other to be better players. They often got the other team laughing

with their antics. A special mention must go to Leo Byfield (11Ke) for his

great leadership and encouragement on and off the field.

The Opens 3 team should also be congratulated for their hard work.

Being comprised of mostly students who had never played before,

most of the season was spent perfecting the basics. Look out for the

game sense of Max Ryan (11St) who will be a big threat in the 2020-

2021 season.

The 16s, which was split into two teams, the As, and the Bs, had only two returning players, Hunter Goldsborough (10Fo) and Nick Hubbard (10We). Hunter and Nick both took on leadership roles showing the other students tips and tricks of the game. By the end of the season, the teams had learned some new plays and how to work together as a group. They ended the season coming 3rd and 5th respectively.

Due to a challenging bracket, as well as disruptions of Year 9 camp, the 15s had to work hard this season to remain a threat. At times, they were playing games with no subs, which gave the two very strong Riverview teams a bit of an edge. The 15s ended the competition in 4th place, behind both Riverview teams as well as Waverley College’s top team. They should be very proud of how they managed a difficult season.

As Akira Chapman (8Du) mentions in his write up below, the 14s lost in the Grand Final to, you guessed it, Riverview! Unfortunately, Akira Chapman’s (8Du) speed, Ryan Mahoney’s (8Sc) breaks down the middle and Ryan Mock’s (8Du) footwork were not enough to defeat the other team. The enthusiasm on and off the field was always high and they should be congratulated for their hard work.

A special congratulations to the 2019-2020 Best and Fairest players:

BEST AND FAIREST PLAYERS

14s Akira Chapman (8Du)

15s Orly Hatton-Ward (9Sc)

16A’s Hunter Goldsborough (10Fo)

16B’s Elliott Kim (10Ta)

Opens 1 Blake Toohey (12Ke)

Opens 2 Theo Hatton-Ward (11Sc)

Opens 3 Antony Zafiropoulos (11Yo)

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OPENS B TOUCH FOOTBALL

Back Row Ronan Hennessy, Michael Lindsey, Theo Fatseas, Hunter Hannaford, Albert Alcock, Ms. Robins (Coach)

Seated Theodore Hatton-Ward, Leo Byfield, Nat Pearson, Kai Roberts, Owen Hoffman

As always, the programme’s success would not have been possible without the help from our amazing and insightful coaches. Thank you to James Turner, Scott Seeto, Eddy Alcock, Mrs. Rachel O’Brien, Mr. Mark Oakley and Mr. Ben Fraser for helping lead these teams to success.

Miss. Sofia Robins | MIC Touch Football

“We ended up having a very successful season, winning most games. In the end, we lost in the Grand final. The training was very enjoyable because we played fun games that developed us as touch players. We had good coaches who taught us new skills. We all became better touch players than we were before.”

Akira Chapman (8Du) | 14s Best and Fairest

“The Trinity Touch Programme continued to develop and increase in participation, involvement and performance during the second season of Trinity Touch football. The U15s Trinity Touch team came close to winning the title but unfortunately lost to a well-drilled Riverview and Waverley A side. Throughout the summer sports season, I personally found that touch football was really enjoyable as it was a great way to stay fit and form new friendships.”

Orly Hatton Ward (9Sc) | 15s Best and Fairest

“The Touch Football season played by the 16s was a hard fight with some very tough opponents, such as Waverley, Riverview and Reddam. Although Trinity did not win the season, we did come into the league as strong competitors and give the other sides a run for their money. Overall, our side played a great season and won many games through teamwork and overcoming many challenges. All the players had some outstanding performances and highlights which made our games extremely fun and tough for our opponents.”

Hunter Goldsborough (10Fo) | 16As Best and Fairest

“The 2020 Touch Football season was a marvellous year for the Year 12 open team. The culture at training and games was an enjoyable environment where we had fun playing but also worked hard for each other. A special moment I remember throughout the course of the season was Mohammed Khamis (12We), scoring six brilliant individual tries on his debut game against Waverley College. Further throughout the season, our team went onto playing the grand final against Riverview, to whom we lost the week before, 7-5. However, the boys were up for the challenge and remained confident heading into the final. To be honest, it was one of the best games of touch footy we played all season as everyone was getting involved in the action, doing their job and scoring tries. We went on to winning the grand final 7-3, displaying a brilliant game of footy. Shout out must go to Mrs. O’Brien for coaching the team this year, with her time organising the training sessions, disciplining the boys, and going back to back winning the competition with us two years in a row.”

Ky Willoughby (12WH) | Captain of Touch Football 2020

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OPENS C TOUCH FOOTBALL

Back Row Jordan Stojceski, Antony Zafiropoulos, Ms. Robins (Coach)

Seated Caleb Leung, Ahmad Hijazi, Yadavan Thanujan, Darcy Burge, Caius Leung

16A TOUCH FOOTBALL

Back Row Mr. S Seeto (Coach), Thomas Jenkins, Paulo Tauiliili-Pelesasa, Nick Hubbard, Thomas Guirguis, Mr. J Turner (Coach)

Seated Cooper Vimpany, Euan Kenny, Aidis Exarhos, Will Maistry, Anthony Jomaa, Alex Donavan, Hunter Goldsbrough

15S TOUCH FOOTBALL

Back Row Mr. S Seeto (Coach), George Sarandos, Malik Amine, Jye Lawrence, Rafael Antunes, Bede Dunn, Charlie Naffah, Mr. J Turner (Coach)

Seated Hamish Gray, Tommy Tsougranis, Adam Bahmad, Kareem Choukair, Orly Hatton-Ward, Freddie Swann, Jacob Christou

14S TOUCH FOOTBALL

Back Row Mr. J Turner (Coach), Ryan Mahoney, Kareem Anboussi, Joel Kelloway, Ryan Mock, Brandon Ghannoum, Mr. S Seeto (Coach)

Seated Luca Cordaro, Aidan Gaitanis, Kristian Stamoulos, Connor Kalis, Anton Dimento, Akira Chapman, Anthony Antoniou

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TRACK AND FIELD

MIC / Director of Track and Field:

Mr. Andrew Murphy

CAS Track and Field Manager: Mrs. Elizabeth Murphy

Track and Field Technical Advisor:

Mr. Paul Stenhouse

Captain of Track and Field: Jonathan Titmarsh (12Du)

Vice-Captains of Track and Field:

Ethan Bateman (12WJ)Ethan Brouw (12Ta) Finn Murphy (12Ta)

Long Jump Coaches: Mr. Andrew Murphy Mr. Connor Murphy

High Jump Coaches: Mr. Mitchell Kearsley Mr. Mike Hamlyn-Harris

Javelin Coaches: Mr. Steve Collins Mr. Rhys Stein

Discus Coaches: Dr. Rachel O’Brien Mr. Anthony Nguyen

Shot Put Coaches: Mr. Seamus Rodden Mr. Alexander Kolesnikoff

Hurdles Coaches: Mr. Michael Di Paola Mrs. Jilska Van der Wall

Middle Distance Coaches: Mr. Michael SprattMr. Brett LammimanMr. Rob CurrerMrs. Christine DanielMr. Phil MugridgeMr. Paul Raptis

Sprints and Relay Coaches: Mr. Andrew MurphyMr. Paul StenhouseMr. Carl Coorey-Ewings

Physiotherapist: Mr. Tom Lombardo

Year 12 Athletes: Ethan Bateman (12WJ)Ethan Brouw (12Ta)Alister Buchanan (12Ta)Zac Brown (12Ho)Lachlan Chan (12Fo)Michael Eid (12Ke)Harry Goldsmith (12La)Finn Murphy (12TA)Caleb Nazareth (12Sc)Seamus O’Connor (12Ho)Dylan Offord (12WH)James Park (12Yo)Joel Passerini (12Hi)Jonathan Titmarsh (12Du)Blake Toohey (12Ke)Thomas Virgona (12St)Asher Wilson (12La)Samuel Xu (12WH)Joshua Yeoh (12Sc)

91st CAS TRACK AND FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS – THE ANDREW REID CHALLENGE CUP

Sydney Olympic Park Athletics Centre (SOPAC), NSW 17TH SEPTEMBER 2020

Cancelled due to COVID-19

TRINITY TRACK AND FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS

Sydney Olympic Park Athletics Centre (SOPAC), NSW 12TH SEPTEMBER 2020

Lending credence to the theory that athletes compete primarily against themselves, Trinity students have set a swag of personal bests and School records, even without the incentive of CAS and national titles.

Of the 96 boys competing in the school championships at Sydney Olympic Park on Saturday, some 90 achieved personal bests and four set school records to breath inspiration into the pandemic-hit season.

“It was a fantastic turnout and a phenomenal achievement, considering there was no carrot for them at the end,” said CAS track and field manager, Liz Murphy.

“They were really competing for themselves, and they were desperate to compete.

“They showed the motivation, drive and culture in our program.

“Initially they were really disappointed (at the cancellation of major titles) but what impressed us was they way they rose above it and didn’t dwell on it.

“They still turned up to training in the cold and wet, even during exams.

“They showed such a good work ethic and mindset. That’s why our boys are some of the best in Australia.”

The record breakers were: Æ Ethan Brouw (12Ta), with a time of 1:53.50 in the Open 800

metres; Æ Jack Greaves (10We), who threw 61.88 metres in the 16 years

javelin; Æ Sebastian Ghisso (10He), who set a new mark of 10.94 seconds in

the 15 years 100 metres; Æ Luca Gillard (8St), who broke the 14 years record for 3000 metres,

running 9:01.00.

Track and Field Director, Andrew Murphy, said in a normal year around 20 athletes would have gone on to compete in the national titles, adding: “That’s huge from one school.”

The titles continued the momentum generated by last year’s victory in the CAS championships and Trinity’s crowning as top school at the World ISF Schools Championships in Croatia.

Head Master Tim Bowden said the performances bore testimony to the quality of the school’s athletes and the program led by Andrew Murphy and Liz Murphy in “this frustratingly truncated season”.

“It was wonderful to see so many of our young men delighting in the opportunity to run, jump and throw,” he said, “demonstrating the progress that they have made over the last 12 months through training and growth.”

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MAJOR AWARDS FOR 2020

Year 7 Encouragement Award

2020 Awardee: Brock Prideaux (7WH)

Friends of Track and Field Emerging Year 7 Athlete:

2020 Awardee: Matthew McLachlan (7WJ)

Track and Field Attitude Award:

2020 Awardees: Ethan Bateman (12WJ), Daniel Cattana (10St), Laud Codjoe (11Ta), Finn Murphy (12Ta), James Park (12Yo), Ashvin Peter (9Ho), Benjamin Stevens (9We), Thomas Virgona (12St)

Track and Field Encouragement Award:

2020 Awardees: Jonathan Bassily (8Yo), Noah Giacoppo (9He), Max Lusty (9Sc), Kevin Ma (8Fo), Ryan Mock (Du), Indi Murphy (8Ta), Luke Raptis (8Ta)

The Peter Taylor Cup for most improved athlete:

2020 Awardee: William Moir (10Hi)

The Wherett Cup for track events in athletics:

2020 Joint Awardees: Sebastian Ghisso (10He) and Luca Gillard (8St)

The Taubman Cup for field events in athletics:

2020 Awardee: Jack Greaves (10We)

The Jumpers’ Challice

2020 Awardee: Jonathan Titmarsh (12Du)

The Mitchell-Collins Award for service to athletics (Year 11 boys only):

2020 Awardee: Theo Kidd (11WJ)

The Luke Adams Cup for athlete of the season:

2020 Awardee: Ethan Brouw (12Ta)

Collins Cup (outstanding Year 12 athlete):

2020 Awardee: Jonathan Titmarsh (12Du)

SCHOOL CHAMPIONS FOR 2020

13 Years Runner Up Matthew McLachlan (7WJ)

13 Years Age Champion Leon Livingston (7We)

14 Years Runner Up Indi Murphy (8Ta)

14 Years Age Champion Luca Gillard (8St)

15 Years Runner Up Ashvin Peter (9Ho)

15 Years Age Champion Sebastian Ghisso (10He)

16 Years Runner Up William Moir (10Hi)

16 Years Age Champion Jack Greaves (10We)

17 Years Runner Up Finn Murphy (12Ta)

17 Years Age Champion James Park (12Yo)

Opens Runner Up Joel Passerini (12Hi)

Opens Age Champion Ethan Brouw (12Ta)

NSW Nitro Track and Field Championships – 2019 – 11th September 2019

Trinity entered three teams across three categories - Junior, Intermediate and Senior boys’ teams. In total, we had 27 students compete to qualify for the Australian Schools competition.

Junior Team – Gold medal

Æ Zachary Pliatsikas (9Ho), Jack Waide (8Ke), Sebastian Ghisso (9He),

Æ Benjamin Stevens (8We), Ashvin Peter (8Ho), Christian Pulley (8Fo),

Æ Kelvin Kong (8Ar)

Intermediate Team – Gold medal

Æ Patrick Cantlon (10Du), Theo Christian (10He), Laud Codjoe (10Ta),

Æ Jack Greaves (9We), Theo Kidd (10WJ), Finn Murphy (11Ta), James Park

Æ (11Yo), Will Moir (9Hi), Daniel Cattana (9St), Asher Wilson (11La)

Senior Team – Gold medal

Æ Ethan Brouw (11Ta), Thomas Virgona (11St), Harry Goldsmith (11La),

Æ Jack Bermingham (12Mu), Dylan Offord (11WH), Seamus O'Connor

Æ (11Ho), Alister Buchanan (11Ta), Connor Murphy (12Ta), Ethan Bateman

Æ (11WJ), Luke Powell (11Ho)

Other Achievements NSW ALL SCHOOLS TRACK AND FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS

Sydney Olympic Park Athletics Centre (SOPAC), NSW 26th - 29th September 2019.

At the end of Term 3, at the NSW All Schools on the 26th - 29th September 2019, Trinity Grammar School had 49 athletes competing over the four days. Following on from the success of the CAS Championships, Trinity Grammar School came away with a staggering 35 medals at the Championships, 14 Gold, 11 Silver and 10 Bronze medals. In total we had 16 boys qualify for the upcoming Australian All Schools in Perth, WA on the 6th to 8th December 2019. There were also eight School Records broken and with most of the boys achieving Personal Best performances.

17 YEARS GOLD MEDALS

Æ High Jump - Jonathan Titmarsh (12Du) – 2.10m

SILVER MEDALS

Æ 800m - Ethan Brouw (12Ta) – 1.54.52s

Æ 1500m - Ethan Brouw (12Ta) – 3.57.69s (School Record)

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BRONZE MEDALS

Æ 200m - Alister Buchanan (12Ta) – 22.34s

Æ 800m - Thomas Virgona (12St) – 1.57.95s

Æ 3000m - Dylan Offord (12WH) – 8.41.33s

Æ 1500m - Dylan Offord (12WH) – 4.03.30s

Æ 110m Hurdles - Ethan Bateman (12WJ) – 14.66s


Æ 3000m - Patrick Cantlon (12Du) – 9.01.98s

Æ Long Jump - Laud Codjoe (12Ta) – 6.94m (School record)

SILVER MEDALS

Æ 1500m - Patrick Cantlon (12Du) – 3.59.98s (School Record)

BRONZE MEDALS

Æ Triple Jump - Finn Murphy (12Ta) – 13.60m

Æ 100m - Laud Codjoe (11Ta) – 11.47s


Æ 3000m - Theo Christian (11He) – 8.56.79s

Æ Long Jump - Daniel Cattana (10St) – 6.39m

Æ Javelin Throw - Jack Greaves (10We) – 52.16m

Æ Shot Put - Jack Greaves (10We) – 16.91m

Æ Discus Throw - Jack Greaves (10We)– 62.23m

SILVER MEDALS

Æ 200m - Daniel Cattana (10St) – 22.60s

Æ 400m - Daniel Cattana (10St) – 50.63s

Æ Javelin Throw - Kai Roberts (11La) – 48.70m

Æ High Jump - William Moir (10Hi) – 1.94m

BRONZE MEDALS

Æ Triple Jump - William Moir (10Hi) – 13.02m


Æ 200m Hurdles - Sebastian Ghisso (10He) – 26.45s

Æ Shot Put - Benjamin Stevens (9We)– 15.89m (School Record)

Æ Discus Throw - Benjamin Stevens (9We) – 54.00m

Æ 3000m - Jack Waide (9Ke) – 9.13.03s (School Record)

SILVER MEDALS

Æ 200m - Sebastian Ghisso (10He)– 22.70s (School Record)

Æ 100m Hurdles - Sebastian Ghisso (10He) – 13.93s

Æ High Jump - Finn Ramanauskas (9Ke)– 1.70m

Æ Hammer Throw - Benjamin Stevens (9We) – 45.40m

BRONZE MEDALS

Æ 100m Hurdles - Christian Pulley (8Fo)– 14.39s

Æ 1500m - Jack Waide (9Ke) – 4.17.65s (School Record)

13 YEARS

GOLD MEDALS

Æ 800M - Luca Gillard (8St) – 2.09.46s – (School Record)

Æ 1500m - Luca Gillard (8St) – 4.25.30s

AUSTRALIAN ALL SCHOOLS TRACK AND FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS

WA Athletics Stadium, Perth

6-8th December 2019

A total of 16 Trinity students represented NSW at the Australian All

Schools Championships, our largest number representing the NSW

Team. All the boys competed incredibly well over the three-day

competition, with a total of nine medals for the Championships and six

new school records were set. Congratulations to all involved on this

outstanding achievement.

MEDALLISTS

GOLD MEDAL

Æ Ethan Brouw (12Ta) – U18 800m – 1.52.07s (School Record)

Æ Jack Greaves (10We) – U16 Javelin Throw – 65.16m (School

Record)

Æ Sebastian Ghisso (10He) – U16 Medley Relay

Æ Danny Cattana (10St) – U16 4 x 100m Relay

SILVER MEDAL

Æ Theo Christian (10He) – 3000m – 8.59.69s

Æ Laud Codjoe (11Ta) – Medley Relay

Æ William Moir (10Hi) –- High Jump –2.03m (School Record)

Æ Dylan Offord (12WH) - 3000m – 8.37.49s

BRONZE MEDAL

Æ Sebastian Ghisso (10He) - 100m Hurdles - 13.27s Final (1st in

Under 15 age group) (School Record)

OTHER RECORDS BROKEN

Æ Benjamin Stevens (9We) - 14 years Discus 56.71m

Æ Jack Waide (9Ke) - 14 years 3000m 9:01.36

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AUSTRALIAN ALL SCHOOLS TRACK AND FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS REPRESENTATIVES

Danny Cattana (10St), Sebastian Ghisso (10He), Jack Greaves (10We), William Moir (10Hi), Finn Ramanauskas (9Ke), Kai Roberts (10La), Benjamin Stevens (9We), Jack Waide (9Ke), Ethan Bateman (12WJ), Ethan Brouw (12Ta), Alister Buchanan (12Ta), Patrick Cantlon (11Du), Laud Codjoe (11Ta)

AUSTRALIAN SCHOOLS NITRO CHALLENGE

WA Athletics Stadium, Perth 9th December 2019

What a day for Trinity Grammar School Track & Field over in Perth! Although our term wrapped up last Wednesday, our boys travelled straight over to Perth to compete in the 2019 Australian Schools Nitro Challenge. It was a successful day for the boys in the Green and White with Trinity winning all three divisions! Our Junior Boys Division scored a total of 925 points, clear 205 point winners, our Intermediate Boys Division racked up a whopping 1050 points with a massive 280 point margin between them and second place, and last but not least, our Senior Boys Division came out 46 points ahead of 2nd place scoring 680 points!

Congratulations to all the boys for an outstanding result, the first ever male school to win all three divisions at the Australian Schools Nitro Championships.

Junior Team – Gold medal

Sebastian Ghisso (10He), Kelvin Kong (9Ar), Ashvin Peter (9Ho), Zachary Pliatsikas (10Ho), Christian Pulley (9Fo), Benjamin Stevens (9We), Jack Waide (9Ke)

Intermediate Team – Gold medal

Patrick Cantlon (11Du), Daniel Cattana (10St), Theo Christian (11He), Laud Codjoe (11Ta), Jack Greaves (10We), Theo Kidd (11WJ), Will Moir (10Hi), Finn Murphy (12Ta), James Park (12Yo), Asher Wilson (12La)

Senior Team – Gold medal

Ethan Bateman (12WJ), Jack Bermingham (13Mu), Ethan Brouw (12Ta), Alister Buchanan (12Ta), Harry Goldsmith (12La), Connor Murphy (13Ta), Dylan Offord (12WH), Seamus O'Connor (12Ho), Luke Powell (13Ho), Isaac Sharwood (13Ho), Thomas Virgona (12St)

NSW JUNIOR TRACK AND FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS

Sydney Olympic Park Athletics Centre (SOPAC), NSW 21st – 23rd FEBRUARY 2020

The three-day event Friday to Sunday proved to be a great success for Trinity Athletics Club, with our boys competing in a total of 63 events over the Championships. Overall, we had some amazing results from personal best performances, finalists and medal winners.

The final medal tally was a total of 23 medals overall, 10 golds, 8 silver and 5 bronze medals for the Championships.

Medals Gold Medals

Æ Ethan Brouw (12Ta) – U20 1500m - 3.55.03s

Æ Patrick Cantlon (11Du) – U18 3000m - 8.39.74s

Æ Patrick Cantlon (11Du) – U18 1500m - 4.14.32s

Æ Laud Codjoe (11Ta) – U18 Long Jump - 6.83m

Æ William Moir (10Hi) – U17 High Jump - 1.99m

Æ William Moir (10Hi) – U17 Long Jump - 6.51m

Æ Jack Greaves (10We) – U17 Javelin - 66.24m

Æ Benjamin Stevens (9We) – U16 Shot Put - 16.43m

Æ Benjamin Stevens (9We) – U16 Discus - 54.50m

Æ Luca Gillard (8St) – U15 1500m - 4.22.91s

Silver Medals

Æ Finn Murphy (12Ta) – U18 Triple Jump - 13.67m

Æ Jack Greaves (10We) – U17 Discus - 49.54m

Æ Theo Christian (11He) – U16 3000m - 8.49.62s

Æ Benjamin Stevens (9We) – U16 Hammer Throw - 48.69m

Æ Sebastian Ghisso (10He) – U16 100m - 11.31s

Æ Sebastian Ghisso (10He) – U16 200m - 22.36s

Æ Ashvin Peter (9Ho) – U16 High Jump - 1.75m

Æ Josh O’Connell (7Ar) – U14 1500m - 4.24.44s

Bronze Medals

Æ Laud Codjoe (11Ta) – U18 100m - 11.30s

Æ Theo Christian (11He) – U16 1500m - 4.08.36s

Æ Kai Roberts (11La) – U16 Javelin - 45.66m

Æ Sebastian Ghisso (10He) – U16 100m Hurdles - 13.97s

Æ Luca Gillard (8St) – U15 3000m - 9.33.49s

NSW OPEN TRACK AND FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS

Sydney Olympic Park Athletics Centre (SOPAC), NSW 6th – 8th FEBRUARY 2020

We had two excellent performances at the NSW Open Track and Field Championships.

Jonathan Titmarsh (12Du) won Gold in the Men’s High Jump backing up from his previous weeks performance to jump 2.15m.

Ethan Brouw (12Ta) stormed home in the Final of the Men’s 800m to claim a bronze medal running a personal best time of 1:51.89s.

Outstanding results for boys still at school competing against Open Men.

AUSTRALIAN JUNIOR TRACK AND FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS

Sydney Olympic Park Athletics Centre (SOPAC), NSW 21st – 28TH MARCH 2020

Cancelled due to COVID-19.

Andrew Murphy | Director of Track and Field

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1ST VI VOLLEYBALL | SUMMER

Back Row James Kern, Alexander Saba, Steven Yarad, Sam Vickery, William Blanchfield, Mr. A Simos (Coach)

Seated Edward Feng, David Gabriel, Benjamin Powell (Captain) , Joel Matthei, Owen Duke

Absent Oscar Van Hal

Director Mr. Andrew Simos

Captain Ben Powell (11 Ho)

It has been another eventful and successful year of Volleyball at Trinity Grammar. The 1sts and 2nds were undefeated CAS Summer premiers, with the 3rds coming 2nd in the CAS Summer competition to arch rivals, Barker College. The 1st VI went through the Summer season without dropping a set and totally dominated the competition. In the Winter, all four teams won their respective CAS premierships. It was also only the second time Trinity fielded an U16s team who also won the CAS Winter premiership. The Winter season was one of most successful ever, with all four teams going through undefeated and only losing one set in all competitions.

Trinity Volleyball has had one of its best years on record regarding representative honours, with no fewer than six boys making various state teams/squads. Ben Powell, Oscar Van Hal, Sam Vickery, James Kern and Steven Yarad were selected in the Honorary NSW CAS Volleyball team that was meant to play against the GPS team. However, due to COVID, they did not play. Josh Munter was also selected in the NSW U16s Beach Volleyball team and competed in the Australian Junior Beach Volleyball Championships on the Gold Coast in April, just before COVID.

I would also like to acknowledge the coaching staff, Dr. Thanopoulos, Angus Webster (2016), Ben Wheen (2017), Eliot Kern (2018), Luke Powell (2019) and Nicholas Tsiakos (2019) for their support throughout the year and their mentoring of the boys, both on and off the court. The boys benefit greatly from their guidance and experience and they have contributed a great deal towards the positive and cultivating culture that exists within the Trinity Volleyball fraternity.

Finally, a huge thank you to all our wonderful parents for your continued support and encouragement. It is very much appreciated.

Mr. Andrew Simos | Director of Volleyball

2019-20 1st VI Summer Report

The 2019-20 summer season saw an extremely young team take out the competition as undefeated CAS premiers. The boys have put in such a consistent effort all season long and to see the ‘fruits of our labour’ has been very rewarding.

To see the boys hold out and win 3-0 against strong rivals, Barker College, in what was a very emotionally draining game, was a great highlight for the season. The greatest highlight, though, was seeing the boys turn up each week and play our best volleyball, constantly improving, and playing better each week. Massive thanks have to go to Mr. Simos who in some sense is Trinity Volleyball. The impact he has had on the sport can be seen every week when we play, and all the players and parents appreciate it a great deal.

1st VI Captain Ben Powell (11 Ho)

Most Valuable Players Ben Powell (11 Ho) and Oscar Van Hal (11 Mu)

Most Improved Player of the season Steven Yarad (10 Mu)

2019-20 2nd VI Volleyball Summer Report

The 2019/2020 Summer Volleyball season saw one of the youngest 2nd VI teams play a game stacked against them. Originally starting with ten players, the team quickly dwindled down to six core players. This, by far, acted as the greatest motivator to win and challenge ourselves. Unfortunately, with injuries plaguing Eric Tsai, Michael Park and Jonathan Reissis away on Year 9 camp and Timothy Braga leaving the school, the team lost three of its biggest hitters and an amazing libero (back court specialist). With no substitution throughout the majority of the season, the games quickly tested and developed the skills of the team, particularly David Tsai, Blake Plavsic and William Beretov-Miller as they returned for the summer season. No doubt due

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1ST VI VOLLEYBALL | WINTER

Back Row Edward Feng, Alexander Saba, Steven Yarad, Sam Vickery, Ethan Bateman, James Kern,

Seated Joel Matthei, Oscar Van Hal, Benjamin Powell (Captain), Mr. Andrew Simos (Coach and Director of Volleyball), David Gabriel, Martin Wong, Lachlan Wolfe

to their efforts, and the rest of the team, the 2nd VI scrimmage were crowned the CAS undefeated premiers. Both Keagan Tran and Lachlan Wolfe were fundamental to the team, offering their skills to the fullest, from picking up everything, to slamming the ball into the ground and even running some of trick plays. Their efforts cannot go understated. However, much, if not all, the skills developed by each member of this team were a direct result of our coach, Ben Wheen (2017). Thus, it would only be appropriate to thank him for his unending work in developing each every single one of us. Again, thanks to all the players of the 2nd VI, whether the MVP or the player with the least amount of on court time, and to Ben Wheen for playing such a spectacular season and winning the much-deserved CAS undefeated premiership.

2nd VI Captain James Wang (12WJ)

Most Valuable Player Lachlan Wolfe (10St)

2020 3rd VI Summer Report

This 2019/2020 summer season saw a hugely successful volleyball season for the 3rd VI team. With many new additions to Trinity’s roster, the boys have made an exceptional effort in learning and improving their skills as the next generation of volleyball players.

I would like to personally thank our coach, Elliot Kern, who has mentored the Third VI tirelessly through both emotionally and physically draining times. Without his dedication, none of our improvements and accomplishments would have been possible. The highlights of this season came with our team’s development in cohesion, athleticism and joy for volleyball. After a remarkable performance, I hope to see many familiar faces in the upcoming winter season.

3rds VI Captain Kevin Zhong (10He)

Most Valuable Player Tyrone Ponggun (10WH)

2020 1st VI Winter Report

The 2020 Winter season saw an incredibly young team represent Trinity at the highest level. With many first-year players starting on the court, the junior boys were forced to look to the senior men for guidance. This leadership shown from the older players like Sam Vickery and Oscar Van Hal embodied what Trinity is known for, in that the team comes first. However, the leadership of the boys was not only seen on game-day, as the highlight of the season was continually the weekly training sessions at which all the boys were pushing each other for a place on the court.

Through these rigorous sessions, the skill and love of the game were extensively developed and saw young players shine and grow into dominant athletes representing the green and white. I would personally like to commend the boys for their continual effort to grow as men and as players, as it made the season a far greater experience of which to be a part. Although the boys consistently put in a great effort this season, much of the success that we experienced as a team was due to the expert coaching of Mr. Andrew Simos. In a sport that relies heavily on the technical aspect, having a coach with such knowledge about the game proved invaluable. The extent of our success this season in not losing a set was foundationally because of the knowledge of Mr. Simos along with the great efforts of the boys each week.

1st VI Captain Ben Powell (11Ho)

Joint Most Valuable Players James Kern (11WJ) and Sam Vickery (11WJ)

2020 2nd VI Winter Report

The final game against Waverley College was metaphorically the door that closed off the most unconventional season any team had to play, but also epitomises the 2nd VI's spirit in playing the game and season overall. The season was still up in the air due to COVID, but the squad kept on training due to the dedication of the coaches and Director,

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1ST VI VOLLEYBALL UNDEFEATED WINTER PREMIERS

Back Row Alex Saba, Joel Matthei, Martin Wong, Steven Yarad, Edward Feng, Mr. Andrew Simos (Coach and Director of Volleyball)

Seated Ethan Bateman, Lachlan Wolfe, Sam Vickery (Vice Captain), Ben Powell (Captain), Oscar Van Hal (Vice captain), David Gabriel, James Kern

Mr. Simos, who kept telling us to stay positive and constantly try to improve, regardless of whether we had a competition or not.

Knox Grammar School and Cranbrook School proved to be difficult, as the hitters of the team, David Tsai (10HO), Patrick Mansfield (10KE), William Beretov-Miller (12HO), Jonathon Reissis (9WJ) and Lachlan Wolfe (10ST), warmed up their huge arms to bury the ball cross court, down line and off the blocker’s hands. No doubt thanks to the excellent sets from Keagan Tran (10WH) and Eric Mihas (10LA) did the hitters slam the ball into the opposition's court in subsequent games. As the middle of the season rolled around, the Trinity side had truly warmed up, yet got just a little too comfortable against Barker. Throughout the closing end of the season, our middles, Blake Plavsic (10WH) and Jim O'Brien (10WJ) were instrumental in winning point and absolutely roofing opponents who went to spike. On reflection, this entire season has been a highlight in this time of strife, and our coach Ben Wheen only made it so much better. As the Year 12s graduate from sport and this amazing team, I am sure that it will continue to succeed in subsequent years.

2nd VI Captain James Wang (12 Wj)

Most Valuable Player James Wang (12 Wj)

2020 3rd VI Winter Season Report

The 3rd VI Volleyball team have improved and grown since the beginning of the season. This winter season proved to be challenging for the team as there were a couple of close games. This year's team consisted of some new players and players who have played before, and it took some time for the team to create chemistry, with a shorter season not helping. Nevertheless, the team chemistry built up every week at training and the 3rds went through undefeated in this winter season. The most challenging game was against Barker College, where the team ended up winning in a comeback after going down in the first set. I would like to thank all the players in the team for their effort in this season. I would also like to thank our coaches, Dr.

Chris Thanopoulos and Nick Tsiakos (2019), for their constant efforts at improving our skills and also making us better players. Overall, the Thirds have a great season, going undefeated and only dropping one set, which is an incredible feat.

3rds VI Captain Elias Sidiropoulos (10Yo)

Most Valuable Player Scott Feng (9 Yo)

2020 16As Volleyball Winter Report

The 2020 winter season was the first couple of volleyball games for almost everyone in the team. Even though the season was cut short, everyone in the team developed and improved their skills drastically, whether it was their game awareness, learning different positions and rotations, or just the simple skills. This was shown as Trinity dominated the CAS competition without losing a game or even a set which crowned us CAS undefeated premiers. This is a very difficult task and was only possible with everyone putting in all their effort in training and at each and every game. Throughout the season, the boys developed good friendships which helped during games with things like communication and teamwork, and which made it enjoyable for all. The team improved their gameplay each week and adapted well to what was happening during the games. The team showed great sportsmanship and respect to the opposing teams, which should be commended. I would like to congratulate the team on their improvement of skills and a great first season. I would also like to thank our coaches, Luke Powell and Elliot Kern for training us hard, making sure our skills are at a high level and also providing tactical adjustments during games which enhanced our performance so we could be the best we can.

16A Captain Josh Munter (9Hi)

Most Valuable Players (MVP) Josh Munter (9Hi) and Keshav Baldeo (10He)

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Back Row Mr. Ben Wheen (Coach), David Tsai, Blake Plavsic, William Beretov-Millar

Seated Keagan Tran, James Wang, Lachlan Wolfe

Absent Michael Park, Jonathan Reissis, Eric Tsai

2ND VI VOLLEYBALL | WINTER

Back Row Mr. Andrew Simos (Coach and Director of Volleyball), Patrick Mansfield, Lachlan Wolfe, Mr. Ben Wheen (Coach)

Seated Eric Mihas, Jonathan Reissis, James Wang (Captain), Jim O’Brien, William Beretov-Millar

3RD VI VOLLEYBALL | SUMMER

Back Row Matthew Warrilow, Jim O’Brien, Scott Lee

Seated Kyle Tran, Kevin Zhong (Captain), Mr. B Wheen (Coach), Scott Feng, Justin Wang

Absent Thomas Geronikos, Xavier Hatcher, Archer Jeremy, Tyrone Ponggun, Jiang Tian

3RD VI VOLLEYBALL | WINTER

Back Row Mr. Andrew Simos (Coach and Director of Volleyball) Andy Lee, Samuel Thanopoulos, Dr. Chris Thanopoulos (Coach)

Seated Justin Wang, Thomas Geronikos, Kevin Zhong, Michael Park, Scott Feng

Absent Daniel Jackson, Brodie Fortescue, Elias Sidiropoulos (Captain), Kyle Tran, Oscar Ballantine-Jones

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1ST VII WATER POLO

Back Row Mr. F Bonca (Coach), Hunter Myliotis, Jake Varone, Thomas Rathbone, Rhys Williams, Harrison Evans, Mr. Seamus Rodden (Director of Water Polo)

Seated David Gabriel, Harper Stewart, Tristan Glanznig, Kai Young, Lewis Dobbin, Lucas Young, Riley Martin

Director Mr. Seamus Rodden

Captain Tristan Glanznig (12Ta)

The 2019/2020 Water Polo Season was another successful year for Trinity Water Polo. The continuing growth of the programme saw an increase in the number of players with twelve teams in total competing. For many Trinity players, they played water polo for the first time, whilst others built upon their past water polo experiences.

Teams entered the highly competitive CAS/GPS competition and each week played against tough opposition from a number of schools. Our vastly experienced coaches aimed to improve our overall performances each week through refining fundamental skills and team strategies. It was pleasing to see players who displayed great determination, sportsmanship and character during their matches as they represented the ‘Green and White’ with pride.

The 1st VII team, made up of many young players, are to be commended on their determined performances throughout the season. They were led admirably by three strong Year 12 players: Tristan Glanznig (12Ta), Kai Young (12We) and Louis Dobbin (12Du). The team finished as runners-up in the CAS Premiership title. Nonetheless, well done to the whole team.

The 2nd VII team proved the depth of Trinity Water Polo in the Opens Division and are also to be commended on their outstanding season, being crowned CAS Premiers. Furthermore, the team narrowly lost to The Scots College to miss out on the elusive 2nd VII CAS/GPS Premiership title.

In October 2019, a successful second Trinity Water Polo Tournament was held. This pre-season tournament held in the Trinity’s Centenary

Pool expanded this year with six teams competing, up from the four teams in the inaugural competition held in 2018.

It was fantastic preparation across the three age categories of 14s, 16s and 1st VII (Opens). Some of the most highly competitive water polo schools competed, including Newington College, The Scots College, Knox Grammar School, Saint Ignatius’ College, Riverview, and St Aloysius’ College. The Trinity 1st VII were crowned the overall champions of the 1st VII competition.

In early December 2019, Trinity was very fortunate to host the Croatian National Team, who are one of the most successful water polo nations in the world. The School hosted a practice match between the Australian National Team and the Croatian National Team in Trinity Centenary Pool prior to a three-match test series between the two nations. In preparation for their games, the Croatian team used the School’s sports facilities, namely the Centenary Centre Pool and Fitness Centre as part of their preparation throughout their stay.

Student success in 2020 is also a highlight, with four Trinity players being selected at CAS Representative level: Tristan Glanznig (12Ta), Lucas Young (9We), Thomas Rathbone (10Ke) and Jake Varone (10He). Tristan and Lucas were subsequently selected in the Combined Independent Schools (CIS) Water Polo team.

The following Trinity students were selected in NSW Water Polo Squads: Harrison Ryan (9Ta) in the Born 2005 squad, while Rhys Williams (10St) and Harrison Evans (10La) were selected in the Born 2004 squad.

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Back Row Mr. Ray Swinnerton (Coach) Oscar Warne, Pantelis Tsoutsas, Sam Hohne, Matthew Robertson, Ben Blades, Flynn Meagher, James Haitidis, Mr. Seamus Rodden (Director of Water Polo)

Seated Duncan Feng, Alan Weston, Euan Germanos, Dominic Lopez, William Lenard, Ethan Webb, Andy Lee

3RD VII WATER POLO

Back Row Mr. C Artemi (Coach), Michael Wierum, Jon-Luc Shalala, Juno Ananda, Lewis Kanellos, Rory Martin, Mr. Seamus Rodden (Director of Water Polo)

Seated Ricardo Delgado, Jake Keogh, Matthew Jerkovic, Yorke Bodecott, Samuel Swadling, Cormac Gossling, Sebastian Papadopoulos

Another highlight of student success in Water Polo was having a number of our players selected to represent Australia: Lucas Young (9We), Harper Stewart (9St) and Thomas Rathbone (10Ke) were selected in the 16 and under Australian squad; Tristan Glanznig (12Ta) was selected in the 17 and under Australian team; whilst Kai Young (12We) was selected in the 18 and under Australian team.

Congratulations also to the following students on the receiving end of season awards for the 2019-2020 Water Polo season:

1st VII Awards:

Æ Most Improved Player in the 1st VII - Thomas Rathbone (10Ke)

Æ Highest Goal Scorer in the 1st VII - Tristan Glanznig (12Ta)

Æ The Grant Simms Memorial Trophy for the Best and Fairest Player in the 1st VII - Tristan Glanznig (12Ta)

2nd VII Awards:

Æ Most Improved Player in the 2nd VII - William Lennard (11St)

Æ Highest Goal Scorer in the 2nd VII - Ben Blades (12We)

Æ Best and Fairest Player in the 2nd VII - Ben Blades (12We)

3rd VII Awards:

Æ Best and Fairest - Lewis Kanellos (11He)

Opens Award:

Æ The Award for the Opens’ Player who epitomises the Spirit of Trinity Water Polo - 3rd VII - Yorke Bodecott (11La)

Under 16s - Under 13s Best and Fairest Awards:

Æ 16A - Luke de Lisle (10Ke)

Æ 16B - Jonathan Manikis (9La)

Æ 16C - Logan Ng (10WJ)

Æ 15A - Zac Nguyen (9Ta)

Æ 14A - Hugh Crakanthorp (8Ta)

Æ 14B - Sebastian Green (8Ta)

Æ 14C - Xavier Afonso (8We)

Æ 13A - Sam Maakrun (7Fo)

Æ 13B - Christian Beke (7Du)

I would like to thank the 2019-2020 Trinity Water Polo staff members for their efforts in developing each student’s skills throughout the season. They include:

Æ Mr. Florin Bonca - 1st VII Coach

Æ Mr. Ray Swinnerton - 2nd VII Coach & 15A Coach

Æ Mr. Chris Artemi - 3rd VII Coach & 13B Coach

Æ Mr. Justin McGrath - Opens Team Manager

Æ Mr. Blake Edwards - 16A Coach & 13A Coach

Æ Mr. Nick Hallam - 16B Coach

Æ Ms. Nina Seeto - 16C Coach

Æ Mr. Lachlan Artemi - 14A Coach

Æ Mr. James Artemi - 14B Coach

Æ Mr. Sam Yip - 14C Coach

Æ Ms. Ami Liu - 14s Team Manager

Æ Mrs. Nadia Nero - 13s Team Manager

Æ Mr. Oscar Jones - Casual Coach

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16A WATER POLO

Back Row Mr. Seamus Rodden (Director of Water Polo), Cooper Twine, Liam Rippon, Lachlan Devlin, Lewis Potter, Jayden Higgins

Seated Harrison Ryan, Samuel Foung, Lucas Blythe, Mitchell Chen, Ashwin Sivapirabu, James Robertson, Luke de Lisle

15A WATER POLO

Back Row Finn Ramanauskas, Miles Brigham, Arthur Howard-White, Marc Barakat, Alex Delgado

First Row Mr. Ray Swinnerton (Coach), Evan Tong, Julian Chin, Thomas Power, Zachariah Nguyen, Mr. Seamus Rodden (Director of Water Polo)

Seated Hudson Korda, Harry Parsonage, James Boulougouris, Luka Cukeric, Benjamin Kwan, Samuel Rofail, Miles Angus

14A WATER POLO

Back Row Mr. Seamus Rodden (Coach), Matthew Newton, Hugh Crakanthorp, Max Meagher, Euan Potter, Aiden Iliadis, Nathaniel Abdelmalek

Seated Jonah de Groot, James Barnes-Ferguson, Callum Robinson, Favian Tripodi, Luke Leckie, Matthew McLennan, Bailey Martin

13A WATER POLO

Back Row Mr. Seamus Rodden (Director of Water Polo), Rocco Fazzari, James Cicuta, Sam Maakrun, Grayson Doig, Tyson Burden, Jacob Michail, Mrs. Nadia Nero (Manager)

Seated Toby Ji, Samuel Fernley, Edward Layson, Marcus Cupac, Enrico Ciarroni, Lachlan Rathbone, Benjamin Sulyok

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Chairman of Council and Mrs. Pegg, Head Master and Mrs. Bowden, Members of School Council, ladies and gentlemen, staff and most importantly, boys of the Preparatory School.

Each year as I sit down to compose this report, I take some time to reflect on the year and to consider what best to focus on. From year to year there is often a fair amount of overlap as the Prep School learning community continues to evolve and build on the strong foundation of previous years. This year’s

experience was different — in every way! To say this has been an unusual year would be an understatement.

I distinctly remember a conversation with the Head Master, in the week before School resumed for the year, where we discussed the appropriate timing of writing to the School community to inform families about protocols for returning to School after travelling overseas. This was the beginning of what can only be described as a once in a lifetime experience for all of us. To assume what lay ahead would have been a mistake.

Nothing was to be as expected. Who could have predicted that we would spend more than a month in remote learning, parents wouldn’t be allowed on campus, camps and excursions would be cancelled, and the use of hand sanitiser would become part of normal practice?

As I have reflected on the year, there have been two recurring themes; the importance of relationships, and the importance of resilience in the face of challenges.

I recall sitting in a university lecture, too many years ago, where the lecturer reflected on a book written about the replacement of teachers by robots; the suggestion being that learning could be supported through pre-programmed robots equipped to provide learning experiences for students at just the right time. To be absolutely honest, I can’t recall the specifics, but I do recall the lecture created significant debate at the next tutor group. At the time, as a young university student, I am not sure I appreciated the significance of the theoretical proposal but having experienced remote learning, I now have a better appreciation and think it is completely absurd.

Remote learning was a fascinating social experiment. Teachers and students were forced to adjust to an online classroom where everything that had previously happened so naturally and could be considered second nature had to be re-conceptualised and learnt from scratch. Lessons that were previously a continuous bouncing back and forth between teacher and students were replaced with pre-recorded videos where students could watch and re-watch the learning instructions and guidance provided by the teachers. To say that this created a level of anxiety for the teachers would be an understatement. The art of teaching is a world away from being a talking head in front of a camera. After the first couple of weeks of operating asynchronously, the introduction of Teams Meetings brought a whole new level of complexity to the table. How does one manage an online meeting with 20 five-year-olds? From my personal experience, it is difficult enough for a smaller group of adults to manage such an environment let alone expecting one person to juggle the sheer enthusiasm of all participants wanting to speak at the same time. Students and teachers were forced to quickly adjust and develop new essential agreements. However, these meetings did bring a sense of connection that was desperately needed at the time.

While this was occurring, parents were also adjusting. If managing a Teams Meeting is challenging for teachers and students, I experienced great empathy for parents as they learnt to juggle their own professional responsibilities while supporting their little ones trying to make sense of their new remote learning experience. Whilst it was not without its challenges, I commend the parent body for their efforts, patience and support throughout. This was not an easy or sustainable

reality and the end came just in time for most families. It also resulted in a new-found appreciation for teachers managing a classroom full of students each day. Not all bad, I guess.

Having survived remote learning, the return to school was also a somewhat foreign experience. Instead of returning to school as we knew it, social distancing and sanitiser became the new normal. Limited interaction with parents at the Kiss and Ride line was a significant shortfall compared with the regular experience of having day to day informal conversations with parents as they come and go with their son. Face to face learning conferences and parent information sessions followed a similar pattern to the students’ remote learning experience.

Much of the rhetoric this year in the media and across the education sector has focused on ‘building back better’ to quote Dr Simon Breakspear. Whilst remote learning caused much frustration, it also acted as a significant provocation that forced us to review the ways we have always done things and to try something new. It is true that these types of experiences often result in new learning that would not have been possible without the disruption. They also serve to confirm the foundations of what we do and to highlight their importance.

Without doubt, the aspect of schooling that was most notably diminished throughout remote learning was relationships. Our former Head Master, Mr. Milton Cujes, was renowned for saying that education is about ‘relationships, relationships, relationships’. He was onto something! The value of relationships in schooling are so foundational to students’ learning and growth, and despite everyone’s best efforts, they were not able to be replicated remotely. Teachers weren’t able to read a student’s face to establish whether they understood a concept or not. Equally, a student wasn’t able to take a visual cue from a teacher to refocus or apply more effort. Teachers couldn’t provide nuanced, individualised feedback to students in real time as they wandered amongst the students. Students couldn’t touch base with their teacher before heading out to morning break to clarify something or to raise a concern. These interactions are critical to learning and happen constantly without deliberate planning. They are the essence of the student/teacher relationship and they are founded on understanding, appreciation and trust. Not only do they lead to academic development, they also form the basis for more broad personal growth. It is through these interactions that a student sets goals, celebrates success, affirms understanding, learns about relationships with their peers and adults, and forms a positive view of themselves as a learner.

Whilst the student/teacher relationship is the most foundational one in a school, this is closely followed by the relationship between the teachers and the parents. These relationships are key to the partnership that we share in the students’ education. These relationships have continued, but I have developed a new-found appreciation of the value of incidental interactions. It is the passing conversation, the funny story shared in the afternoon and the update provided in the morning that help to develop the understanding and transparency that support a learning community. On behalf of the teachers, I want to express my sincere thanks to the parents for their ongoing support and trust that is the bedrock of our community. We needed this support in 2020 and genuinely felt it, particularly in the trying times. Thank you!

The other recurring theme this year was resilience. In recent years there has been much written about a growing lack of resilience in young people and the potential damage this is having on their growth and development. 2020 has presented numerous challenges and opportunities to develop true resilience; that is, the ability to bounce back from adversity. Whilst it would be easy to focus on the negatives from this year, I believe we will all look back on 2020 as being a formative year for all of us, but particularly for the students. I am extremely proud of the student body for the way they have adjusted across the year.

Towards the end of the year I had the privilege of interviewing groups of students to support our annual curriculum review. One of the key messages they communicated was one of growth - not just normal growth, but growth in the face of challenges. They reflected on the fact that they have grown as learners; they have demonstrated an ability to cope with new situations, to adjust and to thrive. They spoke

2020Mr. Chris Wyatt | Master of the Preparatory School

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about becoming more disciplined in their self-management skills and taking greater personal responsibility for their learning; they reflected on becoming stronger communicators in a variety of situations (both face to face and virtually); and they all commented on how important their friends had become. As these students grow up, they will face a multitude of adversity but the experiences of 2020 and the lessons they learnt will serve them well as they seek to bounce back, to demonstrate resilience, and to continue to thrive.

With the students in and out of regular school experiences in the early part of the year, we felt it appropriate to make standards a focus for all. Trinity Grammar School has a proud history and from time to time the student body needs to be reminded of this to ensure this is a lasting legacy. To support the students in focusing on the standards of our manners, our uniform, our school environment and the way we treat one another, we enlisted the help of ‘Coach Consistency’. Coach Consistency became a celebrity who appeared regularly at our Assemblies (whether in person or virtually) to encourage the boys to maintain, and at times, to lift, their standards. I am thrilled to say that the boys rose to the occasion. For a few weeks he encouraged the students to make a point of greeting their teachers by name as they walked past them in the hallways or playground. This seems such a small thing but it makes a huge difference. It became noticeable that students would stop what they were doing to look me in the eye and to say, ‘Good morning Mr. Wyatt’. Boys, you may not realise it, but these things matter...it makes you feel special...yes, even me! The standards we spoke of this year are the standards that will continue to set you apart as Trinity students for the time you are in school and beyond.

One of the critical aspects of being a dynamic learning community is the fact that we are all learners; students, parents and teachers. Despite external face to face professional development opportunities becoming less accessible, I am pleased to report that this was not an obstacle in the learning of the staff. Just like the students, the staff embraced the increased opportunities that became available online in addition to our regular Staff Meetings and annual Professional Learning Communities which continued throughout. This year our collective professional learning focused on a range of areas, including: the PYP Approaches to Learning; the use of data to inform future teaching and learning across the School and in each individual classroom; supporting our EALD (English as an Additional Language or Dialect) students; and the effective design of assessment tasks.

Another area of significant learning that continued throughout the year was the development of Trinity Prep’s pedagogical approach to flexible learning. With the School Council and Head Master’s amazing support, there is much excitement about the development of a Year 5 and Year 6 Learning Centre in 2020. We anticipate building works to begin over the upcoming Christmas holiday period with works likely to conclude in time for a Term 4 opening. In preparation for this excitement development, learning and preparation has already begun in the background to ensure the staff are equipped and ready to make the most of the new learning spaces. As a staff we are tremendously excited by the possibilities that the new learning centres will offer the students and staff. We aim to create a more personalised learning environment that seeks to meet each student at their point of need and increases their level of ownership and responsibility for their learning. We believe these areas to be critical in supporting the students to make a smooth transition into their high school experience where the style and approach to learning changes instantly.

Whilst many events were not able to take place as normal, there were also a number of significant highlights and notable achievements that occurred throughout the year. These have included:

Æ The Athletics and Swimming Carnivals and the Book Parade were particular highlights. In the face of adversity, all of these events were fantastic and showcased the spirit, enthusiasm and commitment of our students—with the support of their parents behind the scenes. On each of these occasions, students were seen to be laughing, cheering and celebrating with one another!

Æ Year 6 Camp to Woollamia that took place in Term 4 at short notice due to the relaxing of the COVID restrictions. The boys were thrilled!

Æ The online Trinity Arts Festival was a tremendous success and managed to showcase the amazing creativity of each student and

the brilliance of our Art Department—and Mr. Dangoor and the AV Team in putting it together!

Æ The commitment of our students (and families) in making a difference to others in our community who are less fortunate than them. This was clearly evident through the House Fundraising Days and support to missionary organisations.

Æ The ongoing voice of the Trinity Action Group in seeking always to improve our School in big and little ways.

Æ The Public Speaking, Poetry Recital and House Debating Competitions all took place in differing ways this year, but the boys rose to the occasion and demonstrated their ability to speak about areas of passion and commitment.

Æ And finally, our first ever online PYP Exhibition. I want to particularly commend the students for their incredible work throughout, and for the final exhibition which can be seen at www.pypx2020.com. The students’ understanding of complex real-world issues and the creativity they demonstrated in sharing this was outstanding!

A more comprehensive summary of the achievements from this year can be found in the 2019 Year in Review Document and Triangle.

Further to my earlier comments about the support of the parent community, I want to express my sincere thanks to the Prep Auxiliary who continued to provide practical support despite the distance and limitations that were necessary. For the first time ever, we held our meeting in the local cafe - a strange but positive experience. My sincere thanks go to the Executive Team and Mrs. Wasfieh Nwiran who continues to have endless energy and enthusiasm. I look forward to continuing to work with the committee again next year as we look to get things back to normal.

Each year I comment on the quality of the Prep School staff, but it has been even more clear this year. On every occasion, when presented with new information or instructions, the staff rose to the occasion. Nothing was ever too much trouble, they remained positive and consistently maintained a commitment to the students’ learning. I have sincere admiration for them and know that they are equally well respected by the students and parent community. Specific thanks go to Mr. Richard Lever, (Deputy Master) and Mrs. Kirsti Hitz-Morton (Director of Primary Curriculum and Early Learning), for their leadership of the staff and students. I also want to acknowledge the Assistant PYP Co-ordinators and Stage Pastoral Leaders.

Whilst it is true that 2020 will be a year to look back on and remember, this is perhaps even more true for our Year 6 students. I am disappointed that some of the usual events have not been possible this year. However, the way the students have approached this has demonstrated the quality of the cohort. They have not let disappointments or obstacles stand in their way and have been determined to finish their Prep School learning journey on a high. Congratulations, Year 6! We look forward to hearing of the way that you build on the solid foundations each of you have established throughout your time at the Prep School.

Particular congratulations go to the students that have held positions of leadership this year. Who would have thought you would be running Assemblies via Teams?! The student leaders of 2020 have led like none before them. Congratulations to Ashton Yee (6S), School Captain, Aidan Sen (6G) and Lachlan Yuen (6G), Vice-Captains, and the School and House Officers, Music, Sport and Art monitors and captains, and the Kindergarten buddies.

I pray that the words of Romans 5:2-5 might prove to be true for all, particularly as we reflect on this year. “And we boast in the hope of the glory of God. Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope. And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us.”

On behalf of the Preparatory School, and personally, I would like to thank the Head Master and School Council for their ongoing support of the Preparatory School community, this year and every year.

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Dux of 3O - Ethan Hoang

Dux of 4M - Thomas Lee

Dux of 3K - Ethan Koh

Dux of 4L - Nathan Nguyen

Dux of 3E - Marcus Pan

Dux of 4B - Oliver Shen

YEAR 2

Lynn Ellison Memorial Prize for Citizenship

August Li 2S

YEAR 3

Cross Country Championship Under 9 Trophy

Domenic Alvaro 3O

Academic Excellence Rory Ashcroft 3O

Honest Endeavour Elijah Ayad 3E

Academic Excellence Jaydon Chang 3O

Citizenship in Action Laurier Chen 3E

Academic Excellence Christian Farah 3E

Honest Endeavour Adriano Furfaro 3O

Dux Ethan Hoang 3O

Honest Endeavour Adam Jeroncic 3H

Academic Excellence Anish Katragadda 3H

Visual Art Harry King 3O

Dux Ethan Koh 3H

Mandarin Chenyu Liu 3H

Citizenship in Action Isaac Lu 3H

Music Justin Ng 3H

Visual Art Harry Nguyen 3O

Citizenship in Action Marcus Nguyen 3O

Dux Marcus Pan 3E

Physical Education JaydenPaskarana-than

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Track & Field Championship Under 8 Trophy

Joshua Tsang 3O

Academic Excellence Julian Wallace 3E

Academic Excellence Kevin Wang 3H

Christian Studies Han Yang 3O


Harris Yang 3O

Stapelfeldt Swimming Cup Harris Yang 3O

YEAR 4


Alessio Caridi 4M

Junior Football Trophy for Sportsmanship

Alessio Caridi 4M

Academic Excellence Aravinda Chauhan 4B

Honest Endeavour Aiden Coehlo 4M

Christian Studies Aiden Coelho 4M

Academic Excellence Ryder Darlow 4B


Christian Di Giandomenico 4M

Academic Excellence Ethan Farah 4M

Honest Endeavour Alexander Germanos 4L

Academic Excellence Divyan Gnanasivam 4L

Van Dyke Swimming Cup Lachlan Green 4B

Citizenship in Action Alexander Hu 4M

Physical Education Alexander Hu 4M

Junior Basketball Trophy for Sportsmanship & Ability

Alexander Hu 4M

Visual Art William Hunt 4B

Citizenship in Action Isaac Ismail 4L

Citizenship in Action Tomas Keomanivong 4B

Honest Endeavour Thomas Ko 4B

Dux Thomas Lee 4M

Dux Nathan Nguyen 4L

Under 10 Football Trophy for Sportsmanship & Ability

Adam Radwan 4M

Dux Oliver Shen 4B

Under 10 Cricket Trophy for Best All Rounder

Aaron Siva 4L

Academic Excellence Kavin Sivapirabu 4L

Tobians Rugby Cup for Under 10 Sportsmanship & Ability

Oliver Varone 4M

The Bates’ Cup for Junior Sportsmanship

Oliver Varone 4M

Mandarin Oscar Yan 4L

Academic Excellence Jaemin Yoo 4M

Music Jaemin Yoo 4M

Junior Swimming Cup Jaemin Yoo 4M

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Dux of 5G - Max McLeod

Dux of 6M - Ishanth Mukesh

Dux of 5C - Jaidan Sivapirabu

Dux of 6O - Tarun Mutalithas

Dux of 5A - Lachlan Yuen

Dux of 6G - Priyann Thanujan

YEAR 5

Citizenship in Action Eesa Bokhari 5A

Citizenship in Action Finn Canadas 5G

Academic Excellence Phillip Ding 5G

Mandarin Evan Du 5G

Citizenship in Action Noah Figliuzzi 5C

Tennis Trophy for Sportsmanship & Ability

Noah Figliuzzi 5C

John Kesterton Cup - Most Improved 1st XI Cricket Player

Archie Groundwater 5A

Willard Cup Under 11 Swimming Champion

Ian Kim 5C

The Oney Cup for Singular Achievement in Sport

Ian Kim 5C

Academic Excellence Steven Lee 5A

Dux Max McLeod 5G

Under 11 Cricket Trophy for Best All Rounder

Andrew Rae 5G

Physical Education Alessandro Re 5A

Under 11 Football Trophy for Sportsmanship & Ability

Giacomo Ricci 5C

Academic Excellence Isaac Sandroussi 5C

Academic Excellence Aidan Sen 5C

Honest Endeavour Ishaan Sharma 5A

Dux Jaidan Sivapirabu 5C

Year 5 Basketball Trophy for Sportmanship & Ability

Jaidan Sivapirabu 5C

Honest Endeavour Nicholas Streeton 5C


Xavier Toomalatai 5C

Willard Rugby Cup for Under 11 Sportsmanship & Ability

Xavier Toomalatai 5C

Honest Endeavour Liam Walker 5G

Christian Studies Ashton Yee 5A

Music Ashton Yee 5A

Academic Excellence Ashton Yee 5A

Dux Lachlan Yuen 5A

Visual Art Lachlan Yuen 5A

Academic Excellence Brandon Zhang 5G

YEAR 6

Christian Studies Isaac Abdennour 6M

Oney Cup for Sportsmanship in Rugby Junior XVs

Isaac Abdennour 6M

Winner of the Writing Competition

James Borg 6M

Citizenship in Action - Rotary Club of Strathfield Citizenship

PrizeCasey Chan 6G

Academic Excellence Jameson Chau-Vuu 6M

Dr Cummings Cup for Most Improved Swimmer

James Cicuta 6M

St Faith’s Rugby Cup for Junior Sportsmanship

James Cicuta 6M

Academic Excellence Hugh Darlow 6O

Chorister’s Prize Hugh Darlow 6O

Winner of the Recitation Competition

Hugh Darlow 6O

The Alan Ives’ Memorial Prize for Citizenship

Hugh Darlow 6O

Honest Endeavour Tom Evans 6G

Visual Art Toby Ji 6G

Citizenship in Action - Old Trinitarians’ Union Citizenship

PrizeMarcus Kekatos 6M

Senior Football Trophy for Sportsmanship

Marcus Kekatos 6M

Academic Excellence Kiran Kumaresan 6M


Kiran Kumaresan 6M

Year 6 Basketball Trophy for Sportsmanship & Ability

Kiran Kumaresan 6M

Honest Endeavour Nathan Lam 6M

Winner of the Public Speaking Competition

Isaac Latt 6M

The H.C. Armstrong Prize for Citizenship

Isaac Latt 6M

Instrumental Prize Isaac Latt 6M

Academic Excellence Alexander Lieng 6G

Peter Byrnes’ Memorial Prize Andy Lin 6G

Mandarin Alex Liu 6M

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Academic Excellence Daniel Lok 6O

The Jordan Liu Trinitarian Award

Jonathan Ly 6G

Physical Education Noah Ming 6G

The Roberts’ Cup for Senior Sportsmanship

Noah Ming 6G

The Parents’ and Friends’ Auxiliary Prize for Citizenship

Noah Ming 6G

Citizenship in Action - The De Corsie Prize for Citizenship

Shaan Mohan 6O

Dux Ishanth Mukesh 6M

Dux Tarun Mutalithas 6O


Michael Nasr 6O

Music Aiden Ngo 6O

Chorister’s Prize Aiden Ngo 6O

Dr Conroy Prize for ICT Gerald Ong 6M

Junior Citizen’s Prize (Gift of Western Suburbs Dog Training

Club)Callum Padman 6G

AFL Prize for Sportsmanship & Ability

Callum Padman 6G

The Founder’s Cup 1st XI Sportsmanship & Ability

Callum Padman 6G

Cross Country Championship Opens Trophy

Oliver Peric 6M

Jules Chol Cup for Opens Football

Oliver Peric 6M

Track & Field Championship Opens Trophy

Zack Rice 6O

The Timothy Wood Memorial Trophy for the Fastest 100m

Zack Rice 6O

2020 DENHAM COURT SCHOLAR

Carlo Furlan

HOUSE TROPHIES

Swimming Henderson

Track & Field Henderson

Cross Country Archer

Debating Henderson

Chess School

Champion House TBA

THE J.E. MILLS SCHOLAR FOR 2019

DUX OF THE PREPARATORY SCHOOL

Aiden Ngo

YEAR 6

The 1st XV Rugby Cup for Sportsmanship & Ability

Zack Rice 6O

The Nelson Cup for All Round Sportsman

Zack Rice 6O

Honest Endeavour Anay Shah 6O

The Stan McCabe Memorial Cricket Trophy

Kiran Siva 6G

Dux Priyann Thanujan 6G

Softball Trophy for Sportsmanship & Ability

Theodore Tollas 6G

Emma Pickham Memorial Prize Dylan Yee 6O

Academic Excellence Michael Zhou 6G

Under 12 Swimming Championship Cup

Michael Zhou 6G

The Christie Cup - J.A. Close Memorial Swimming Trophy

Michael Zhou 6G

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Good Afternoon Head Master and Mrs. Bowden, Chairman of Council and Mrs. Pegg, Head of the Preparatory School and Mrs. Wyatt, members of the School Council, special guests, ladies and gentlemen, staff, and peers.

It is without a doubt that 2020 has been an interesting year. As a school we continued to improve and remained optimistic throughout the challenges we faced. We were all in it together. Experiencing it myself as a student at the Preparatory School, I did have to come to terms with the fact, that due to restrictions, 2020 would be very different from previous years. Although, this time has taught me, and the entire School community, the importance of demonstrating resilience and optimism during challenging times.

The Preparatory School continued to thrive. The staff were busier than ever, reorganising and adapting classes to fit the guidelines of the NSW Chief Medical Officer and State Premier. Many additional hours of work were put in by the teachers during our period of Remote Learning, in preparing engaging learning experiences online, and getting creative with the ‘Time for More’ experiences. These opportunities were on offer for all students across Pre-kindergarten to Year 6, through the School’s learning technology platforms - Canvas and Seesaw. Thank you to all the teachers who had to adapt their hands-on lessons for us into an online format. I think it is safe to say that the teachers certainly did a fantastic job at keeping us safe and helping us learn to our full potential. Thank you to all the teachers and support staff that guided our learning throughout 2020.

Thank you to Mr. Bremner and the Sports Department who have been extra busy this year organising the annual sport events. This included the Swimming Carnival, the Cross Country Carnival, Athletics Carnival and Saturday Sport. All these events were altered to meet the requirements of the health advice, at the time. We appreciate the tremendous effort it must have taken to proceed with these much-loved events.

The Arts Festival was a great success this year, even with restrictions. Although wind instruments and choirs were unable to perform, the rest of the ensembles played for the Festival, and videos of these performances were shared with the community. An online video tour of the artworks in the School by year groups were sent out to the parents

for them to view not only their son's work, but all the other interesting

artworks. Congratulations to all the boys and the Music and Art

departments for their help in the preparation of this year’s festival.

The highlight of the year for Year 6 was definitely the Primary Years

Programme Exhibition. This year looked a little bit different. Inspired by

the Michael Jordan Documentary, ‘The Last Dance’, we were all tasked

to create a documentary in our different groups. This was a new format

of presenting our Exhibition and proved to be successful and fun for all

of us. Our Transdisciplinary Theme for this year was How We Express

Ourselves. Our Central Idea was, ‘Culture evolves through purposeful

and powerful expression.’ Overall, the documentaries were a huge

success showcased the process of our learning and in-depth inquiries.

Well done to all the boys in Year 6, we should all be extremely proud

of what we achieved throughout the Exhibition process. Thank you to

Mr. Wyatt, Mrs. Hitz-Morton, Mrs. Ford, the Year 6 teachers and all the

Mentors who helped to guide us through our inquiries.

We are so fortunate to be able to attend Trinity Grammar School,

and acknowledge that we must give generously to those in need. In

2020, the Preparatory School supported numerous charities including

Anglicare’s Toys and Tucker, Exodus Foundation, Church Missionary

Society, Samaritan’s Purse, Westmead Children’s Hospital, World Vision

sponsor Children and many more. We are fortunate at Trinity Grammar

School to support our community in this way.

This year, the boys were introduced to Coach Consistency. Coach

Consistency would regularly pop up around the campus, reminding

the boys about actions we could all take to improve our school. This

included the focus on good hygiene practices, taking pride in our

School environment, being respectful and kind to others, and also

keeping our uniforms up to scratch. He had a busy year motivating

us to maintain high standards in our school. Well done to him for

promoting that message. His messages were heard loud and clear

across the school. Thank you so much, Coach Consistency!

For the School Leaders this year, it was an unexpected, new

experience for all of us. Thank you to all School Officers this year for

setting a good example for the rest of the boys. The House Captains

did a great job leading the Houses at our Carnivals and promoting

the House Points throughout the year. I would especially like to

acknowledge the assistance and friendship of Aidan Sen and Lachlan

Yuen who have supported me and served the School as excellent

Vice-Captains.

To conclude, this School has a long history with my family. My father

was the first to go to Trinity Grammar School, then four of my Uncles

also had the experience of a Trinity education. My eldest brother

graduated Year 12 this year and I have the privilege of graduating

from the Preparatory School. I know that I am very fortunate to attend

this great school. We should all be extremely grateful for the amazing

teachers both past and present. I hope that all the teachers and

support staff will continue to serve the school with all of their heart. I

am truly grateful for the leadership of the Executive Team, Mr. Lever

and Mrs. Hitz-Morton. Last but not least, I would like to thank Mr. Wyatt

for his guidance and vision for the School.

I would like to share with you a verse from the Bible, Samuel 22: 3-4:

‘My God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield and the horn of

my salvation. He is my stronghold, my refuge and my saviour- from

violent people you save me. I called to the Lord, who is worthy of

praise, and have been saved from my enemies.’

Good luck to all the boys continuing on at the Preparatory School next

year, and all the best to the new School Officers. I wish you all a Merry

Christmas, and a safe and Happy New Year.

Detur Gloria Soli Deo.

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“I'll praise you in this storm, and I will lift my hands. That you are who you are, no matter where I am. And every tear I've cried, you hold in your hand. You never left my side, and though my heart is torn, I will praise you in this storm” from “Praise you in the Storm” by Casting Crowns.

“Truth is, You know what tomorrow brings, there's not a day ahead You have not seen. So let all things be my life and breath, I want what You want Lord and nothing less” from “Trust in You” by Lauren Daigle.

What words of comfort can we share during this turbulent and challenging time? I am often encouraged by Christian worship songs, such as those above, that help me to reflect and understand who our great Lord is and what He is doing in my life. But where do these gifted people find their inspiration? It comes from a Lord and Saviour, who above all else, understands what it is to be truly human and truly suffer. Where can we find answers when our hearts are heavy and our minds do not understand? Seeking answers from His Word, from the passages of Scripture.

Philippians 4:4-7 says, “Always be full of joy in the Lord. I say it again—rejoice! Let everyone see that you are considerate in all you do. Remember, the Lord is coming soon. Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done. Then you will experience God’s peace, which exceeds anything we can understand. His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus.” New Living Translation. It is to this generous, gracious and loving Lord that we have turned this year, as He has sustained us through many changes and adaptations we have made regarding our Christian mission.

At the start of the year, we looked at the last seven days of Jesus through the eyes of His disciples and those who interacted with Him. We explored the significance of each event leading up to and including Jesus’ death and resurrection, as well as understanding how they are connected to God’s big plan. We then turned to the life and times of Joseph, son of Jacob from the book of Genesis. While his life reflected a roller coaster ride of highs and lows, we were able to explore God’s plan, His purpose and how Joseph would prosper. It was particularly poignant for us as we were all coming to terms with our own journey through remote learning. The story was brought to life by a group of teachers who participated in a series of puppet plays each week. During Term 3, we returned to the New Testament and explored God’s plan of sharing the good news of Jesus with the world from the book of Acts. The boys were encouraged to see how God’s plan of taking the Gospel from Jerusalem to the end of the world includes us at Trinity. We were blessed to have some visitors come and share with us their life stories and work in sharing the Gospel in other countries, and also

helping people with practical aid to show God’s love. In Term 4, we explored how God wants us to live with some practical passages from the book of James. We finished the year by rejoicing and celebrating the birth of our Saviour, as we were reminded of God’s big plan for us all to be in a relationship with Him.

A particular highlight has been the development and growth of our Chapel band under the leadership of Mrs. Campbell. The praise and worship songs have continued to resound through our Chapels each week with energy and passion. While many musical groups were unable to play, our boys created a truly versatile group that any church community would love to have on a Sunday. What a blessing they have been to us all, bringing the songs to life and helping us to worship our great God.

The boys were given the opportunity to attend lunchtime Bible study groups (CIA - Christians in Action) during the week and to develop their understanding of God’s word and to encourage each other in Christian fellowship. Crusaders Union ran a training session held at Meriden school to equip and motivate the boys in their Christian lives. Some of the older boys from CIA (Christians in Action) attended the session and were encouraged to use their skills and gifts to serve their friends and the other boys in the school. Their maturity, humility and approach to serving others continue to be of enormous encouragement.

Unfortunately, with the restrictions upon us all, our Year 6 boys were unable to serve the wider community by visiting Samaritan’s Purse and Anglicare. However, as a school we were still committed to supporting these organisations and worked with them to give our students insight into Christian mission and service. Instead of serving at the warehouse, the warehouse experience was brought to Trinity and the boys spent some time sorting, packing and filling boxes.

We are so fortunate in our country to always have what we need and to be given many things that we desire. In keeping with our Christian mission to serve and provide for the needs of others, the Preparatory School once again gave generously. We supported Crusaders Union, Samaritan’s Purse Operation Christmas Child, Loaves and Fishes at Ashfield, Children’s Hospital Westmead, Bandanna Day, Harmony Day, and Anglicare Christmas Appeal. One of our main joys is in seeing our three World Vision children - Blessing, Innocent and Probin - continue to benefit from the support we can provide for them and their families. Each year I am encouraged by the growth in the boys regarding their understanding and commitment towards the needs of others, both here and overseas. It is my hope that this attitude becomes infectious throughout their whole lives, not just while they are at school.

Mr. Stuart Smith | Assistant Chaplain196

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LIBRARY CHAMPIONS

Back Row Mrs. Abi Nel, Thomas Ko, Ashton Yee, Max McLeod, Jaidan Sivapirabu, Bailin Ashcroft

First Row Nathan Della Torre, Ashvin Nagaratnam, Andrew Rae, Jeremiah Sydhom, Jayden Rodger, Oliver Shen

Seated Aravinda Chauhan, Anish Katragadda, Jordan Fudeh, Nicholas Streeton, Ethan Eswaran, James Stylianou, Ben Gerges

One of the biggest stand-outs in the library this year was the Premier’s Reading Challenge. The number of students who completed the challenge increased significantly, as previously our highest completion rate was 63%. This year, 93% of the Preparatory School boys completed the challenge. We were overwhelmed with this number and would like to once again congratulate the boys on their incredible reading efforts.

A year in the Preparatory School Library would not be complete without our Book Week. This year the theme was Curious Creatures, Wild Minds. Our celebrations included having the Book Fair visit, author talks from Nat Amoore and Gabriel Evans; we had Captain Read Aloud visit multiple classrooms; there were plenty of lunch time games; and of course, the incredible Book Parade. A highlight for us was seeing every student dress up as their favourite book character and seeing the students enjoy all things book-related during the week.

Throughout the year, we had many authors visit us to talk about their books and how they became authors. It broadened the genres that our students wished to read and inspired a love of reading in more students. We started the year off with Tim Harris, author of Topple Towers and Exploding Endings, and ended the year with Steven Herrick, author of The Bogan Mondrian and The Simple Gift.

The book for National Simultaneous Storytime this year was Chicken Divas. Thousands of students across the country join together on this one day to read the same book at the same time. This year the teachers of the Preparatory School got together to record themselves reading sections of the book, which was loved by all of the students. There were competitions that went along with the story time and we were also gifted with a large oil painting of the book from one of our parents.

The Mother Tongue collection in the Preparatory School Library has been a strong focus this year. We had new shelves installed and purchased over 500 books in ten different languages. It was really encouraging to see the boys head to the section to read quality literature in their first language. We especially enjoyed hearing the boys share with us how they had read the stories with their

grandparents and loved seeing some of them dress up for the Book Week Parade as characters from some of these stories.

Our library would not run as smoothly without the ongoing support from our Library Champions. These Champions from Years 4 to 6 give up their time before and after school as well as during their lunch breaks to help us shelve books, tidy the space and encourage younger students with their reading.

LIBRARY STATS

Top Class 1O (1426 loans)

Top Grade Year 2 (3732 loans)

Top Book Lord of the Fleas, Dav Pilkey

Top Borrower (Infants) Joseph Obaid 2H (135 loans)

Top Borrower (Primary) Ruben Lim 6Z (82 loans)

Total School Loans 24729 loans

Mrs. Abigail Nel | Library Services Specialist

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Thinking SkillsCritical Thinking Creative Thinking Reflective Thinking

AnalysingForming Decisions

EvaluatingTransfer Knowledge

Generating IdeasConsider new Perspectives

QuestioningReflection and Metacognition

Social SkillsRespecting Others Collaboration Emotional Awareness

Demonstrate Empathy Cooperation with Others Self ControlAwareness of Others

Research SkillsInformation and/or Media literacy Ethical Use

Formulating and PlanningData Gathering and RecordingSynthesizing and Interpreting

Evaluating and Communicating

Ethical Consideration

Communication SkillsExchanging Information Literacy

ListeningInterpreting

Speaking Digital Communication

Symbolic ExplorationReadingWriting

Self-Management SkillsOrganisation States of Mind

Time ManagementGoal Setting

Personal Responsibilities

Emotional ManagementSelf-motivation

Resilience

Trinity PrepApproaches to Learning


Approaches to Learning (ATL) are skills designed to enable students in the IB Primary Years Programme (PYP) to “learn how to learn.”

This year, the Preparatory School have implemented their own ATL subskills. Classroom teachers from Pre Kindergarten to Year 6 have embedded these skills into their teaching and learning programmes and the students have had opportunities to develop these skills in multiple ways.

The Primary Years Programme Approaches to Learning (ATLs) are grounded in the belief that learning how to learn is fundamental to a student’s education. These interrelated skills support students from Pre Kindergarten to Year 6 to learn to become self-regulated learners who know how to ask good questions, set effective goals and pursue their aspirations to achieve them. These skills promote students’ sense of agency, encouraging them to see their learning as an active and dynamic process. (PYP Principles into Practice 2018)

The world in which we all live is constantly changing and evolving. We therefore need to equip our students with a set of relevant skills which support them to thrive in an ever changing world. These skills support purposeful inquiry and set the foundations for lifelong learning. The development of these skills is frequently identified as crucial in supporting students to effectively learn and succeed both inside and outside of school.

The Approaches to Learning develop cognitive and metacognitive skills, which are transferable to different types of learning and school contexts. When combined with the Learner Profile, development of the Approaches to Learning will help students learn how to learn and become self-regulated, active and agentic learners.

Throughout the year, all students have had opportunities to develop the Approaches to Learning holistically, identifying connections

between these skills and the Learner Profile Attributes; eg thinking skills are necessary to become an effective thinker or inquirer. The young Trinitarians have used the ATLs to set individualised learning goals. Many boys have recently reflected on their learning goals during their Three-Way Conferences, where they articulated the success of the development of a specific skill. Teachers delighted in reflections such as ‘I have developed my Self-Management Skills this year by managing my time more effectively and being more organised with my learning space.’

Pre-Kindergarten boys created visual images of the skills and used them to identify skills they were developing when playing with others or working in a small group. Year 1 students selected a skill to work on when experimenting with construction materials. One student shared that he was using his Creative Thinking Skills to ‘Generate New Ideas’ for the design of a bridge. Year 6 students develop these important skills through setting explicit learning intentions at the beginning of a lesson.

The implementation of the Trinity Prep Approaches to Learning has allowed all students to gain a greater insight into how they learn.

What a privilege it has been to support the community in facilitating the growth of the 2020 Prep School Trinitarians. Thank you to the dedicated and committed Prep School teaching team for their commitment to ensuring that despite the unknown of the 2020 school year, the students’ learning journey has been filled with a wide variety of quality teaching and learning experiences.

“In their hearts humans plan their course, but the Lord establishes their steps.” Proverbs 16:9

Mrs. Kirsti Hitz-Morton | Director of Primary Curriculum

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PREPARATORY SCHOOL CAPTAINS

Standing Aidan Sen, Ashton Yee, Lachlan Yuen, Mr. Christopher Wyatt (Head of the Preparatory School)

SCHOOL OFFICE BEARERS

Back Row Xavier Toomalatai, Isaac Sandroussi, Jaidan Sivapirabu, James Hendry

First Row Alessandro Re, Dean Constantinou, Ryan Hoang, Finn Canadas, Bailin Ashcroft, Peter Bott

Seated Noah Figliuzzi, Aidan Sen, Ashton Yee, Mr Chris Wyatt, Lachlan Yuen, Giacomo Ricci, Ashvin Nagaratnam

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Back Row Archie Groundwater, Nicholas Streeton, Ashton Yee, Ace Sharma, John Nammour, Jaidan Sivapirabu, Adonis Karabetsos, Tom Maloney, Phillip Ding, Kavin Sivapirabu,

Fourth Row Jaemin Yoo, Christian Ghannoum, Samuel Wu, Orlando Ang, James Ahn, Khang Nguyen, Evan Du, Kendeas Marangou, Jordon Fudeh, Adam Radwan, Jaydon Boustani

Third Row Hassan Siddiqui, Alexi Fotheringham, Nicholas Khouzame, Athan Fudeh, Dominic Chen, Adam Ge, William Paradisis, Victor Bao, Andrew Lin, Kescharan Ketheswaran, Christopher Andary, Ryan Zhang

Second Row Ethan Marangou, Isaac Lo, Ethan Lam, Owen Callaghan, Jayden Wu, Daniel Matesic, Rayhan Behi, Nick Cao, Oliver Shen, Andrew Gao, Mohammed Khaznadar

First Row Kerry Chen, Jimmy Li, Jayshan Shanmugaratnam, George Chaar, Laith Radwan, Julian Ang, Marcus Pan, Hesham Eid, Ethan Hanser, Harry King, Richly Hoang, Pranav Gupta

Seated Richard Conomos, Noah Malas, Oliver Cardiff, Justin Ng, Giacomi Ricci, Mr. Scott Merrick, Peter Bott, Jayden Jung, Panav Sinha, Aravinda Chauhan, Ethan Ho

In 2020 Archer House demonstrated commitment and teamwork during all House carnivals and events. Both of the House Captains, Giacomo Ricci and Peter Bott must be applauded for their commitment and effort for Archer House. From their participation and support at carnivals through to their involvement with fundraising and school events, both Giacomo and Peter are to be commended.

The boys in Archer House demonstrated enthusiasm and team spirit during each carnival this year. It was always encouraging to see Archer boys supporting each other. Many of the boys participated in numerous events this year and never hesitated when called upon to help out the House in both the sporting and school environment.

In the House carnivals in 2020, Archer House had a very successful year. We finished 2nd in the House Swimming Carnival, 1st in the House Athletics Carnival and 1st in the House Cross Country Carnival. These results were fantastic for Archer House and hopefully with many strong performances in 2020 the chances of success will continue into the future.

There were many strong individual performances for Archer House in 2020. Some of the notable athletes include: Athan Fudeh U/10s Swimming Champion, Jaemin Yoo U/11s Swimming Champion, Jaidan Sivapirabu and Jaemin Yoo (IPSHA Swim team), Noah Malass U/8s Track and Field Champion, Giacomo Ricci U/12s Track and Field Champion, Ethan Marangou U/10s Cross Country Champion and Jaidan Sivapirabu U/12s Cross Country Champion.

One of the more pleasing moments for 2020 was when the boys from Archer House raised over $1700.00 for The Westmead Children’s Hospital. The boys were enthusiastic in their approach when emphasising the importance of supporting worthwhile causes and encouraged their friends to support those in need.

In 2021, Archer House will continue to maintain a high level of involvement in all aspects of House competitions and school events, whilst aiming to demonstrate behaviours and attitudes which reflect a proud and competitive House.

Mr. Scott Merrick | Housemaster

Housemaster

Mr. Scott Merrick

House Captain

Giacomo Ricci

House Vice-Captains

Peter Bott

House Colour

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HENDERSON HOUSE

Back Row Han Yang, Noah Brown, Alexander Germanos, Benson Liang, Ayman Parker, Jonathon Che, Harshel Chuchra, Lucas Huang, Christos Caridi, Liam Walker, Levi Mikhiel, Dean Roditis

Fourth Row Jude Kim, Jenson Ye, Ethan Farah, Christian Di Giandomenico, Tomas Keomanivong, Aiden Coelho, Oscar Yan, Nikolai Baldwin, Alessio Caridi, Henry Grewal, Taj Powell

Third Row Jordan Tsang, Devin Li, Sebastian Vanges, William Routley, Elijah Ayad, Chenyu Liu, Kieran Wai, Yianni Pahos, Emmanuel Velkou, Jackson Galettis, Lennard Suen, Jack Brown

Second Row James Stylianou, Ethan Eswaran, Aydin Hossain, Lucas Quan, Nicholas Cai, Lachlan Yuen, Ashvin Nagaratnam, Kevin Wang, Roderick Chang, Aaron Patel, David Chang

First Row Jackson Wai, Alexander Ishak, Christopher Ong, Ben Gerges, Thomas Lee, Anish Katragadda, Lincoln Cui, Ryan Kim, Matthew Nguyen, Eshaan Qureshi, Zaiden Oueik, Joshua Tsang

Seated Alexander Vu, Luke Gerges, Isaac Lui, Ethan Ly, Dean Constantinou, Mr. Robert Goulbourne, James Hendry, Dinal Perera, Alex Constantinou, Sethum Udugama, Jacob Tran

It has been a tough year to defend our House Champions Award but we have shown all the character and tenacity of our symbolic Henderson Lion. What we may have lacked in sporting achievements we made up with passion, camaraderie and respect, that we showcased both to our competition and teammates. This was perhaps most evident through the dedication of our House Leaders, Dean Constantinou and James Hendry, who not only competed with gusto but also spent time to develop a most wondrous House identity that is loud and proud. We have without doubt the loudest war cry in the whole Preparatory School (in my humble and unbiased opinion).This year our Swimming Carnival was a little delayed but we finally got the opportunity to race at the Canterbury pool. Our House put in some excellent team performances in the 50 metre races, and special mention must go to Joshua Tsang, Lennard Suen, and Alessio Caridi, who also represented us at IPSHA. The highlight for me, though, was watching our House leaders support our new teammates from Year 3 in their first competitive experience. Knowing that these boys were guided through this first experience gives me confidence that they will continue to enjoy these yearly meetings for years to come.Similar team spirit was demonstrated in both Cross Country and the Athletics carnival, where we once again demonstrated our energy on the track. Although the crowds were smaller due to the absence of the parents and the Junior School, the noise level definitely didn’t reflect this, as Henderson House barracked to support their teammates young and old. The boys in yellow sprinted down the track, jumped into the pit and threw the vortex over the stretch of the day, each time adding House point to Henderson’s tally. All boys are to be congratulated on their tremendous House spirit throughout the entire day, demonstrating sportsmanship and perseverance in all of their endeavours. A huge congratulations goes to the Senior Boys relay team who crossed the finish line in first place after a courageous race around the 400m track. In addition, all Year groups demonstrated teamwork and collaboration as they dashed down the front straight in the inaugural “Grade Level Relay” competition. Accompanied by exciting commentary from Mr. Wyatt on the loudspeaker, Henderson placed in the top three for all Year group competition. Well done boys!Our sporting abilities are not the only skills we strive to grow in Henderson House. The Chess and Debating teams also contribute to our strong identity. We are a House who are inclusive and so appreciate the diversity of the strengths we share as a community. This year we had seven boys across Years 5 and 6 who sought to battle in the arena of words, arguments, and rebuffs. I know from personal experience that these boys are experts in the skills of argumentation (sigh) and so have keenly watched their progress through House debates. They are certainly a group who know how to prove their point! Similarly, our Chess team bring their cool, calm and calculating mindsets to the 64-squared battlefield to seek the head of the king. It is fascinating to watch them enact clever strategies to trap their opponents or swiftly react to a devious plot. Most interestingly, it is the conversations at the end of the battle, full of admiration and respect, which show their true quality as competitors.Once again we successfully organized and ran the Bandanna Day fundraiser for the children’s charity CanTeen. This initiative helps to raise awareness and funds to support the young people affected by cancer and it was our best year so far! Thank you to the Year 6 boys for helping organising this event and making it run so smoothly.Finally, thank you all for your energy, respect, and good humour this year, Henderson House. Hopefully we can win the championship again in 2021.Have a wonderful break and I can’t wait to see you all again next year.

Mr. Robert Goulbourne | Housemaster

Housemaster

Mr. Robert Goulbourne

House Captain

Dean Constantinou

House Vice-Captains

James Hendry

House Colour

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Back Row Dylan Rattanasone, William Skinner, Lorenzo Luzzani, Youssef Edrees, Brandon Zhang, Isaac Sandroussi, Harry Jang, Pablo Doherty, Ben Wyatt, Aidan Sen, Eric Liu , Finn Canadas

Fourth Row Andrew Rae, Ruben Lim, Julian Grehan, James Barry, Oliver Varone, Jeremiah Sydhom, Isaac Ismail, Tank Yang, Steven Lee, Thomas Ko, Michael Lee

Third Row Jayden Rodger, Oscar Heralt, Adam Kassam, Harry Nguyen, Yousef Bakir, Alex Hu, Maurice Marroun, Carlo Furlan, Ishaan Sharma, Mattias Doherty, Christian Farah, Jacob Smith

Second Row Arvin Lin, Alessandro Calciano, Harris Yang, Rory Ashcroft, Jerrie Zhang, Kassem Taleb, Adam Jeroncic, Austin Su, Ethan Hoang, Jesse Cha, Sonnie Liang

First Row Kieran Prom, Daniel Huang, Damon Hua, Richard Wang, Ethan Koh, Ricky Chen, Paul Arronis, Adriano Furfaro, Eason Wang, Ryder Darlow, Zachary Hovilai, Lucas Nasr

Seated Jeremiah Lee, Andy Xu, Michael Esen, Zachariah Sayed, Bailin Ashcroft (House Captain), Mr. Stephen Mugridge, Alessandro Re (House Vice Captain), Alexander Khalil, Arthur Wang, Lucas Lei, George Vavoulas

Hilliard House continues to be the House which has a great tradition in spirit, involvement, inclusion, friendship and enthusiasm. 2020 has continued this to provide evidence of this trait. Lead by Bailin Ashcroft, our House Captain, and Alessandro Re, our Vice Captain, and all the other Year 6 students, Hilliard House members have strengthened bonds and competed with and for each other. The calibre of our Year 6 students was again evident in how many of them were selected for other School leadership positions. Aidan Sen (School Vice-Captain) Finn Canadas (School Officer) and Isaac Sandroussi (School Officer), all formed integral parts of the student leadership team.

In the sporting arena, Hilliard competed very strongly. Although we did not win a carnival, consistent performances meant that we finished very near the top in all of them, only coming second in the Athletics and Cross-Country carnivals by a very slim margin. Most pleasing about these carnivals, though, was the enthusiasm and commitment shown by all the boys. The participation level was outstanding.

Some of the individual performances were exceptional. James Barry and Harris Yang were both age champions in both the Cross-Country and Athletics carnivals. Harris Yang (4) was also selected for the Preparatory School and IPSHA swim teams.

One of the highlights of the year was the Hilliard House fundraiser for the Loaves and Fishes Foundation, where we raised over $1000 for people in our area experiencing extreme poverty, which would have been made more difficult in 2020 through the impact of COVID-19.

In my second Year as Hilliard Housemaster, it has been an absolute pleasure to be associated with, let alone lead, such an outstanding group of young men. I also have to thank the other members of the Hilliard House staff who encouraged and supported each boy. Congratulations on another great year filled with great memories.

Mr. Stephen Mugridge | Housemaster

Housemaster

Mr. Stephen Mugridge

House Captain

Bailin Ashcroft

House Vice-Captains

Alessandro Re

House Colour

Bishop Purple

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SCHOOL HOUSE

Back Row Dominic Cavallaro-Zoghbi, Jackson Deng, Nikolas Roufas, Ian Kim, Scott Yuan, Subodh Parab, Max Mcleod, Matthew Chen, Austin Wu, Marcus Kuit, Ethan Hilton, Jonathan Chau-Vuu

Fourth Row Dylan Grasso-Nguyen, Lucas Kim, Lucas Meng, Edward Germanos, Noah Figliuzzi, Cyrus Chan, Aston Tran, Benjamin Simonds, Jet Ma, William Hunt, Lachlan Green, Kamile Abwi

Third Row Rick Mao, Matthew Yang, Xavier Rinaudo, Veer Singh, Lucas Fitzroy, Jaiveer Singh, Jaydon Chang, Tarek Dib, Anthony Cheng, James Elghitany, Carl Hyung, Elliot Behrens

Second Row Eesa Bokhari, Sergio Rodriguez Chavez, Christian Hanna, Jason Wu, Jonah Hsieh, Laurier Chen, Nathan Della Torre, Samedh Chirravuri, Aaron Siva, Massimo Di Maria, Aarav Sharma

First Row Leon Konidaris, Lucas Cheng, Ronak Biswas, Sebastian Nguyen, Marcus Du, Kareem Tamergi, Chris Qui, Marcus Nguyen, William Routley, John Roufas, James Hunt, Danny Tamergi

Seated Jake Lim, Joshua Gu, Zain Abdalla, August Li, Xavier Toomalatai, Mr. Mark Gannon, Ryan Hoang, Matthew Della Torre, Owen Hoang, Lucas Chan, Winston Phong

School House has had a great year of growth in 2020. We were fortunate to be led by our House Captains, Xavier Toomalatai (6) and Ryan Hoang (6). Both boys set an exceptional standard in behaviour and leadership. They also took on tasks with energy and a high level of dedication. They must be commended for their work throughout the year. Three members of our House were named as captains of sport for the Preparatory School. Xavier Toomalatai (6) was named as Captain of Rugby, Noah Figliuzzi (6) was named as Captain of Swimming, and Benjamin Simonds (6) was named as Captain of Softball. Congratulations on this achievement, boys.

The level of participation of all boys from School House was outstanding. They would never hesitate to make up numbers in events or compete in events that they had not participated in previously. This allowed us to achieve praiseworthy results in all 2020 inter-House activities. It is important to note that the spirit within the House was commendably demonstrated in not only sporting endeavours but also through good behaviour and citizenship being displayed throughout all school activities.

School House performed well in the Swimming Carnival which resulted in a strong victory. Not only did we place first amongst the Houses; two of the students from our House were named Swimming Age Champions. Congratulations to Aris Ferizis (Under 8), and Ian Kim (Under 12) on this amazing achievement. Austin Wu (6), Noah Figliuzzi (6), Lachlan Green (5), Matthew Yang (5), Owen Hoang (4), and Timmy Zhao (3) joined these boys as members of the Preparatory School Swim Team. Ian Kim (6), Austin Wu (6), Lachlan Green (5), Timmy Zhao (3) and Aris Ferizis (2) went on to represent their House and school as part of the IPSHA Swim Team. These achievements are indicative of hard work, persistence, preparation and dedication. Well done.

In the Track and Field and Cross Country, School’s athletic ability shone through again. Timmy Zhao (Under 8) was named as age champion for Cross Country. Congratulations Timmy on this fantastic achievement.

In my fourth year as School Housemaster, it has been an absolute pleasure to lead such a wonderful group of young men. Thanks must also go to the other members of the School House staff who have supported and encouraged each boy to success. Finally, well done to all the School House boys for their growth and passion in all endeavours this year. In a year of uncertainty, I was impressed by your commitment and dedication. I’m looking forward to many more years of passion, teamwork, and success. Go School House!

Mr. Mark Gannon | Housemaster

Housemaster

Mr. Mark Gannon

House Captain

Xavier Toomalatai

House Vice-Captains

Ryan Hoang

House Colour

Royal Blue

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Left to Right Thomas Ko, Kavin Sivapirabu, Nathan Della Torre, Ashvin Nagaratnam, Jaidan Sivapirabu, Julian Wallace, Finn Canadas, Mr. Adam Herborn, Edward Germanos, Elijah Ayad, Jonah Hsieh

This year, the Preparatory School entered two teams into the Inter School Chess Competition. Our teams gave up their free time on Friday afternoons to do battle on the black and white squares. Pawns were sacrificed, traps were set, and kings fell in enthralling matches of chess. Unfortunately, the reality of the situation of the world hit the competition and we had to pull out of the tournament after only a few matches.

Despite the early end to the competition, there were many positives. The small group of boys selected in both teams all showed commendable sportsmanship, either in defeat or victory, and principled behaviour throughout their time with the opposition. Visiting adults commended our boys on the consistently respectful and kind way they treated our guests. Our boys should be proud of their approach to the competition and how they reflected Trinitarian qualities.

A special mention goes to our Year 6 boys who have been a part of the team for a few years now. It is a shame that you were not able to see out the competition as you would have liked, but you have shown great commitment to the Chess Competition over the years and we thank you for your guidance towards our newer competitiors.

A - Kavin Sivapirabu, Finn Canadas, Ashvin Nagaratnam and Kavin Nagaratnam

B - Nathan Della Torre, Edward Germanos, Thomas Ko, Julian Wallace, Jonah Hseih and Elijah Ayad

Mr. Adam Herborn | MIC Chess

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IPSHA DEBATING

Back Row Mrs. Abigail Nel, Isaac Sandroussi, Max McLeod, Jaidan Sivapirabu, Ashton Yee

Seated Lachlan Yuen, Noah Figliuzzi, William Skinner, Bailin Ashcroft, Andrew Rae, Ashvin Nagaratnam, Ethan Eswaran

Absent Aidan Sen

ISDA DEBATING

Standing Mrs. Abigail Nel, Andrew Rae, Jaidan Sivapirabu, Ashton Yee, Lachlan Yuen, Ethan Eswaran

The Preparatory School ISDA Debating Team went undefeated this year. Our team was led by our captain, Aidan Sen (6Hi), and included Ethan Eswaran (6He), Andrew Rae (6Hi), Jaidan Sivapirabu (6Ar), Ashton Yee (6Ar), and Lachlan Yuen (6He). First up, we debated against Redlands for the "negative that all students should do community service". The following week we were up against Newington where we debated for the affirmative that "the Olympics should be cancelled". We finished our season against St Ignatius’, where we debated for the affirmative that "current affairs should be taught in school instead of history". After this, the team was forced out of the competition when it finished up early. During our remote learning period, the students continued to build on their debating skills by debating against each other and against the Junior School Debating Team over Microsoft Teams. The boys presented themselves well at each school and should be proud of their debating efforts.

Our IPSHA team started strong with the new additions of Bailin Ashcroft (6Hi), Noah Figliuzzi (6Sc), Ashvin Nagaratnam (6He), Max McLeod (6Sc), Isaac Sandroussi (6Hi), and William Skinner (6Hi), who were joined by the existing ISDA team. The boys were split across two teams and worked together over the course of two months to strengthen their team. Whilst the IPSHA competition was not run in its original format, the students had the opportunity to participate in virtual debates against both Meriden and Amity College. The boys debated many topics during the IPSHA competition including "that we should ban eating meat", "that birds shouldn't be kept as pets" and "that only modern books should be used to teach English in schools".

The year ended with the start of the House debating competition. For this, students across Years 5 and 6 were invited to join and build their debating skills. We had over 40 students sign up to be a part of the competition. Over six weeks of training, the students were able to go from having minimal knowledge of debating to being able to participate in competition with their peers from their houses. Many of the Year 5 students showed promising signs of being ready to take over as our ISDA and ISPHA debaters next year.

Mrs. Abigail Nel | MIC Debating

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Back Row Ryan Hoang, Dylan Rattanasone, Ben Wyatt, Lucas Huang, Matthew Chen, Ashton Yee, Benson Liang, Finn Canadas

Third Row Jeremiah Sydhom, Matthias Doherty, Domenic Alvaro, Christian Farah, Thomas Ko, Julian Grehan, Andrew Rae, Jacob Smith

Second Row Mrs. Geraldine Campbell, Jaydon Chang, Aston Tran, Jordan Fudeh, Isaac Ismail, Aiden Coelho, Lennard Suen, Peter Bott, Athan Fudeh, Jonah Hsieh, Ms. Nicole Smeudlers

First Row Harris Yang, Preston Lo, Lachlan Yuen, Oliver Shen, Samedh Chirravuri, Ashvin Nagaratnam, Jerrie Zhang, Nathan Della Torre, Ethan Eswaran, Ronak Biswas

Seated Aravinda Chauhan, Owen Hoang, Justin Ng, James Stylianou, Ethan Marangou, Thomas Lee, Ryder Darlow, Adriano Furfaro, Ben Gerges

Absent Aidan Sen, Alexander Germanos, Ethan Koh

With the challenges that 2020 presented, Music at the Preparatory School continued to flourish throughout all stages of the learning journey. The Music Department developed new collaborative Units of Inquiry and the vast range of Co-curricular Ensembles offered opportunities for performances as we navigated through the year.

At the start of the year, the Music Department welcomed Mrs. Lisa Malyusz (Brass) and Ms. Mandie Vieira (Strings) to the Instrumental Music Staff. The Year 1 and 2 Strings, the Year 4 Band and the Co-curricular Programs developed new approaches to deliver learning outcomes during the Remote and return to Face to Face stages. Thanks to all the staff who supported these programs.

Classroom Music

The Classroom Music Program adapted and developed new Units of Inquiry, resources and modes of presentation during the Remote Learning and Face to Face phases. This presented an opportunity to introduce students to a variety of experiences that enabled them to further develop their music skills in a range of engaging activities. The boys are to be commended on the way that they embraced and participated during that time. Collaborative units in different Year levels explored central ideas by focusing on key and related concepts which were supported through the Approaches to Learning. The evolving learning journey for staff and students reinforced the relevance of the Arts and helped produce the necessary learning outcomes. A focus for the second half of the year through Pedagogical Play was to expand the music vocabulary across all Year levels through the performing, listening and creating aspects of each course to enrich the learning experiences, to develop creative and critical thinking skills and support life-long learners associated with the Arts.

Highlights for Year 1 included the exploration of music of other cultures and how they express this through music. Through the inquiry of Chinese dance and drumming, which was a collaboration between the Music and PE departments, the boys enjoyed creating various aspects of the Lion dance in class and using rhythm sticks to imitate the rhythms of Chinese drummers. Throughout these activities, the boys developed their social skills and learning to be respectful. Through listening and interpreting, the boys were introduced to new ways of expressing the concepts of Music through new music vocabulary. They also began their involvement in the Strings Program, and part way through Term 3, chose their instrument for the remainder of this course. Thanks to the twenty-five boys who chose viola which will enhance the Co-curricular ensembles going forward.

Year 2 highlights included the continuation of involvement in the Strings Program which was consolidated through the Unit of Inquiry - How the World Works in Term 2, by inquiring into the way sound is produced on various instruments and making music instruments in STEAM. The internal concerts highlighted the great work being undertaken and the connection between Classroom and Instrumental Music was reinforced. Thanks to all the Instrumental and Academic Music staff who supported the boys on this journey.

Year 3 spent some time inquiring into early Australian Colonial music by creating movements and dances to accompany folk songs from this period. They also used untuned percussion instruments to perform creative rhythms which emphasised the time signature of the songs. Discussions about the lyrics and the way instruments were used during this time, gave students an insight into the perspectives of early convicts and settlers in Australia. This depth of inquiry assisted the boys later on as they discovered about the lives of Indigenous people during the late eighteenth century. Through this musical lens, the boys

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BEETHOVEN STRINGS

Back Row Samedh Chirravuri, Evan Du, Marcus Kuit, William Hunt

Second Row Pablo Doherty, Adam Ge, Jerrie Zhang, Harry King, Jude Kim, Jack Brown, Harry Nguyen

First Row Mrs. Santos, Ethan Lam, Zachary Hovilai, Marcus Pan, Lucas Quan, Ethan Marangou, Ryder Darlow

Seated Lucas Lei, Adriano Furfaro, Owen Hoang, Ben Gerges, Christopher Ong, Joshua Gu, Isaac Lui

Absent Mrs. Amelia McCluney, Nikolai Baldwin, Eric Liu,

BRASS ENSEMBLE

Standing Carlo Furlan, Jaidan Sivapirabu, Lucas Huang, Ashvin Nagaratnam

Absent Aidan Sen, Mr. Gergely Malyusz

developed listening and interpreting skills and gained new insight into this period of Australian history.

For Year 4 the collaborative Unit of Inquiry - How We Express Ourselves in Term 1, enabled the boys to inquire using both Visual Art and Music elements to develop analysis and higher order thinking skills and a deeper understanding of the creative process in regard to the key concepts of perspective and connection. The culmination of their Inquiry was to compose in small groups a short piece to a visual stimulus of Indigenous Art using their acquired skills on tuned and untuned instruments.

Bucket Drumming was a great hit in Term 2 as the boys developed their sight-reading and fine motor skills as well as enabling them to explore their creativity through a 16-beat group composition task.

March Of the Fire Ants was the theme of the Musica Viva Unit in Term 3 and even though the ensemble was not able to perform live, the repertoire studied reinforced the music elements of duration, melody, melodic contour, orchestral texture and graphic notation through the use of ostinato patterns, improvisation and orchestral colour. The students also discovered the relationship/connection between Art and Music and how one can represent the other. The stimulus was created from a series of poems influenced by the sounds of the Australian backyard comprising of Cicada’s, Lorikeets and Fire Ants. Music was then created to form a soundscape using tuned and untuned percussion instruments.

The boys in Year 5 inquired into the use of patterns in musical composition and developed their creativity. In particular, they listened to how composers use sequenced melodies which the boys played on xylophones and were able to notate using manuscript and Noteflight Technology. To develop aural recognition, they enjoyed playing movement games which encouraged them to listen, recognise and respond quickly.

The Year 6 Collaborative Unit of Inquiry- Where We Are in Place and Time - All that Jazz Term 1 and the Stand Alone Unit - Technology and Music and Media (Term 2), Musical Forms and Patterns (Term 3) and Exploring Rock Music (Term 4) enabled the boys to become Jazz and Rock musicians and creators of Jingles and Film Music, and to know how to notate and perform a graphic notation score. They also learnt the strong connection between Art and Music. Throughout their learning journey the developed their Research, Social, Communication and Thinking skills to acquire a greater understanding of how important music is and how it reflects and relates to being human.

Co-curricular

At the conclusion of 2020, the Preparatory School had 16 Music Ensembles with over 140 boys involved and some participating in four or more ensembles. The Music Ensembles on offer ranged from Strings, Vocal, Woodwind, Brass and Percussion and afforded the students an opportunity to progress from younger to more advanced

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Back Row Lucas Quan, Finn Canadas, Ashton Yee, Ryder Darlow

Absent Mrs. Ludmila Palmer

CHAMBER ENSEMBLE

Standing Mrs. Geraldine Campbell, Jaemin Yoo, Finn Canadas, Ashton Yee, Phillip Ding, Dominic Chen, Cayden Tsang

ensembles throughout their time at the Preparatory School. Carlo

Furlan (Year 6) and Jaemin Yoo (Year 5) were also invited to attend

the Friday afternoon Symphony Orchestra rehearsals on the Summer

Hill Campus which is a testament to their hard work and dedication to

their craft. Thanks to all staff who were involved in delivering this very

important aspect of the Music program.

In lieu of the Primary Years Arts Festival Concert, Music Co-curricular

ensembles were recorded and links sent home to parents of

ensembles members to enjoy their performances. Thanks to Mr.

Dangoor and the Instrumental Music Ensemble Directors for enabling

this to occur and providing a performing goal and opportunity for

celebration in this area.

Musical

During Term 3 2019, Mr. Brendan Duhigg (Head of Drama) and Mr.

Jeremy Cook (Percussion Teacher and Musical Director) auditioned

our boys for roles in the 2020 Whole School Musical. Seventeen

Preparatory School boys began rehearsals each Monday afternoon

for the School of Rock Musical which was to be performed in May

2020. Even though this production was not able to be produced,

congratulations to the boys for being risk-takers and adding further

performance, collaborative and time management skills to their

repertoire.

Trinity Singers

As the year evolved, Ms. Smeulders, Mrs. Campbell and Mrs. Swanton worked with this 47-member ensemble in a variety of formats. In Term 1, Trinity Singers led the Family Service beautifully, accompanied by Mr. Greg Kinda and Chapel Band. When the new-look rehearsals resumed in Term 3, the boys were asked to upload their singing to receive feedback from Ms. Smeulders. Even when they weren’t able to meet in person, a number of them continued to engage in the on-line activities.

Thanks to the Year 6 boys, some of whom have been involved for the past three years, who committed diligently to the twice weekly early morning rehearsals. We will miss your contribution.

Chapel Band

Congratulations to the Chapel Band who worked consistently all year on learning and recording a vast range of repertoire as well as playing and supporting at Primary and Infants Chapel Services. In Term 3, one Friday afternoon Chapel Band recorded 11 hymns that were then used during Remote Chapels and we had the opportunity in rehearsals to welcome new members in preparation for the 2021 School year.

Instrumental Music

Over 250 students ranging in age from Pre-Kindergarten to Year 6 were involved in the Private Tuition program. All have an opportunity

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CHAMBER ORCHESTRA

Back Row Jaemin Yoo, Finn Canadas, Ashton Yee, Phillip Ding, James Ahn

Seated Cayden Tsang, Dominic Chen, Evan Du, Lennard Suen, Oliver Shen

Absent Mrs. Ludmila Palmer, Adam Jeroncic

CHAPEL BAND

Back Row Ashton Yee, Ian Kim, Harry Jang, Lucas Huang, Ben Wyatt

First Row Mrs. Geraldine Campbell, Jaemin Yoo, Steven Lee, Finn Canadas, Phillip Ding, Thomas Ko, Andrew Rae

Seated Lachlan Yuen, Dominic Chen, Lennard Suen, Carlo Furlan, Ashvin Nagaratnam, Kescharan Ketheswaran

to work on or complete external examination grades from Preliminary to Eighth Grade or learn for the many benefits that music tuition provides in regard to mind, body and spirit. This learning enhances and supports overall academic achievement. Even though the Australian Music Examination Board and The Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music external examinations were disrupted this year, a small number of students sat their examinations in the city. Thanks to the 19 Instrumental Music Staff who guided and supported the students through this additional commitment and challenging circumstances.

Thirty-seven students worked with Mrs. Trynes from February until August to prepare for the Australian Music Examination Board Theory of Music Examinations. The boys sat Grades 1-4 and set aside time in their busy schedules each week for a theory lesson. Theory consolidates and supports the learning that takes place not only during Instrumental Music lessons but also in Classroom Music. For the higher practical grades, a pass in Theory facilitates AMEB awarding the practical certificate. Mock exams were held after school for four Mondays leading up to the examination date, and these provided feedback and gave the students exam conditions experience. Thanks to Mrs. Trynes, Mrs. Campbell and Mrs. Chan who assisted with supervision of the sessions and also on the day of the exam.

There are a number of additional opportunities for students to perform for their peers. Late Term 2, Morning Melodies were introduced as a means to enable Music to be promoted within the School community. Thanks to date to Carlo Furlan, Jaemin Yoo, Cayden Tsang and Brass

Ensemble and Chamber Ensemble who serenaded the boys as they arrived on campus at 8am.

Competitions

On Wednesday 11th March Carlo Furlan (Year 6), Jaemin Yoo (Year 5 - Senior Section), Cayden Tsang (Year 2 - Intermediate Section) and Adam Jeroncic (Year 4 - Junior Section) performed in the Finals Concert of the Soloists Competition. The Preparatory School had 17 entries in either the Strings, Guitar, Woodwind, Piano and Brass sections, which was a great indication of the students’ dedication and the quest for further performing experience. Congratulations to Adam Jeroncic, who won the Junior Section, and Cayden Tsang, who won the Intermediate Section.

As 2020 draws to a close I would like to thank the Preparatory School Executive Team, Classroom Teachers, Instrumental and Music Classroom Teachers and Administrative Staff for their support, resilience, adaptability, patience and good humour that has sustained us in a year like no other. Our aim has always been to ensure that the students develop a lifelong understanding, appreciation and association with music. This can only be achieved through exceptional role models and mentors who offer encouragement, patience and expertise. Music has the ability to unite, communicate, express emotions and promote wellbeing. We look forward to 2021 at the Preparatory School and know that Music will live in our hearts forever.

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CONCERT BAND

Back Row Mrs. Geraldine Campbell, Ben Wyatt, Jaidan Sivapirabu, Harry Jang, Matthew Chen, Ian Kim, Lucas Huang, Kavin Sivapirabu

Seated Kescharan Ketheswaran, Jaydon Chang, Carlo Furlan, Steven Lee, Ashvin Nagaratnam, Kieran Wai, Lachlan Yuen

Absent Aidan Sen

CORELLI STRINGS

Back Row James Kijvanit, Joseph Obaid, Xavier Chin, Aaran Kuhan

Seated Oliver Yan, Charlie Steventon, Jack Ng, Lewis Boey, Ryan Nguyen

Absent Mrs. Jay Tripolone, Max Ge, Kingsley Liu, Aarav Mukesh

FLUTE ENSEMBLE

Standing Steven Lee, Harry Jang, Ian Kim

Absent Ms. Kellie Grennan

GUITAR ENSEMBLE

Back Row Mr. Stefano Rocco, David Chang, Andrew Rae, Ethan Hoang

Seated Thomas Lee, James Stylianou, Aaravinda Chauchan

Absent Oliver Cardiff

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INFANTS CHOIR

Back Row Patrick Maglasis, Angad Bharadwaj, Navaneethan Rajeswara, Mike Chen

Second Row Ms. Nicole Smeulders, Brandon Wong,Lewis Boey, Ayaan Imran, Christian Peries, Nicholas Kostakis, Lewis Wang, Eric Qu

First Row Ryan Nguyen, Nolan Hu, Bertie Zheng, Gavin Guan, James Shen, Marcus Yu, Aiden Qian, Daniel Lim

Seated Isaac Xu, Henry Huang, Brendan Wong, Max Ge, Felix Wu, Kingsley Liu, Henry Kljajic, Sachin Garg, Frederic Nguyen

JUNIOR CHOIR

Back Row Ms. Nicole Smeulders, Subodh Parab, Nick Cao

Seated Sethum Udugama, Matthew Della Torre, Arvin Lin, Alexei Fotheringham, Dinal Perera

Absent Ethan Lu

MOZART STRINGS

Back Row Mrs. Lorraine Jayasinghe, Arvin Lin, Matthias Doherty, Lucas Kim, Chenyu Liu, Alessandro Calciano

Seated Matthew Della Torre, Ronak Biswas, Daniel Huang, Leon Konidaris, Ethan Ly

Absent Jimmy Li

PERCUSSION ENSEMBLE

Standing Chris Qiu, Kieran Wai, Jacob Smith, Rick Mao

Absent Mr. Leigh Giles

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The Recitation Competition is an annual competition where students recite a memorised poem. Miss. Cheryl Clifton, an exchange teacher from England in the late 1980s, introduced the Recitation Competition to Trinity Grammar School Preparatory School as a parting gift to the Prep School.

Due to Remote Learning, the structure of the competition in 2020 was different from previous years. The students were still provided the opportunity and it was optional for boys to participate (Pre-Kindergarten to Year 6) via the ‘Time for More’ platform.

Boys who chose to be involved in the competition recited an own-choice poem - that they memorised, videoed themselves and uploaded their video via Seesaw and Canvas.

Class teachers then had the difficult task of choosing one student from each class to proceed to the finals. The finalists from each grade were selected by Ms. Gabbe and Mrs. Nel to present their poems via a live Microsoft Teams Assembly (PK to Year 6). The finalists for 2020 were: Barron Zhang (PKMC), Hugo Psomadelis (KT), Henry Kljajic (1S), Lewis Boey (2G), Marcus Du (3H), Jack Brown (4M), Aiden Coehlo (5C), Ashvin Nagaratnum (6S).

Congratulations to all the boys who entered into the 2020 competition.

Mr. Richard Lever | Deputy Head of the Preparatory School

Our Writing Competition looked a little different this year, as instead of having it as part of our Harmony Day celebrations, we held it during Book Week. Students from Years 2 to 6 were invited to write about anything that fit into the Book Week Theme of Curious Creature, Wild Minds. The judges this year were Mrs. Hitz-Morton, Mrs. Bryce, Mrs. O’Donnell and Mrs. Nel. There were over 50 entries that made it to the finals, and we had everything from stories to poems and even fictional reports.

The overall winner this year was Evan Du who wrote the following piece.

Curious Creatures, Wild Minds

I stumble around a majestic and magical forest, full of abundance and anticipation.

A mysterious grunt comes from an ordinary bush, inconspicuous at first, but the idea quickly fades away.

“It should be completely fine,” this thought meanders around my mind. I continue to venture, but thoughts explode in my mind.

“What happens if?” “Why would it happen”

I was like a curious creature, with wild minds. “This could be the inception to adventure! Or a humiliation tactic,” those thoughts keep appearing in my mind. Immediately, a cacophony of roars light up the area. The ground starts trembling and rumbling, the walls start cracking and crumbling, the trees start shaking and breaking! Instantly, my calmness was punctured.

Without hesitation, my legs blasted away from the danger. Terrified and petrified, my mind goes blank. My mind feels a fiery, ferocious dragon flying towards me. Is it my wild mind, or reality. Either way, I run desperately, like a confused cow I charge before my eyes. I temporarily shut down, but my spirit gets me back up.

My legs automatically ran to a cave for shelter, unfortunately it was a dark, gloomy and obscure sight. Water droplets unexpectedly fell, the rocks started to disintegrate.

“What was happening?” “Why is it happening?” After all, my only trait is curiosity. But footsteps start echoing through my curious head, my heartbeat is faster than a Peregine Falcon. The bushes start shaking expeditiously, my legs are paralyzed. Tears start to fall down my eyes, it tastes of bitter tears. The menacing and vigorous creature was about to reveal itself. I close my eyes.

“I hope to live to see another day...”

An intimidating, bloodthirsty rat appears before my eyes. Wait, it's just a rat. All of this chaos was just my imagination? I'm not a warrior or a battle titan, I'm just a Curious Creature with Wild Minds.

AWARDS

Stage 1 Winner Devon Yan (2Ar)

Stage 2 Highly Commended

Domenic Alvaro (4Ar)

Stage 2 Winner Owen Callaghan (3Ar) & Ronak Biswas (4Sc)

Stage 3 Highly Commended

Oscar Heralt (5Hi)

Stage 3 Winner Ashton Yee (6Ar) & Andrew Rae (6Hi)

Overall Winner Evan Du (6Ar)

Mrs. Abigail Nel | Writing Competition Co-ordinator

The boys from Pre-Kindergarten to Year 6 have grown in their design thinking, computational thinking and dramatic arts ability during STEAM in 2020. The STEAM lab is a tinker-space to ignite curiosity, encourage exploration and foster creativity. Students transfer their knowledge acquired through each Unit of Inquiry to make connections across different disciplines. Learning in STEAM involves a real-world problem-solving approach to understanding the issues the boys are inquiring into in class.

Computational thinking begins in Pre-Kindergarten with investigations of the function of robotic technology. As the boys get older, they use visual and block programming languages to code and decode treasure maps, share stories, and communicate messages. Students in upper primary have designed simulations of the solar system using Scratch and learnt how to code a Microbit to play games and share messages. There are also opportunities to engage with unplugged coding through explorations of binary code. Computational thinking in STEAM seeks to build capacity for logical thought and problem-solving.

The Steam Lab becomes a MakerSpace when boys engage in design thinking, and transforming everyday objects such as the humble cardboard box into theatres, beehives, dragon masks, musical instruments and earthquake-proof housing. Following the process of design thinking enables students to empathise, reflect and problem-solve as they develop collaborative learning skills. These design experiences were further enhanced through engagement with Augmented Reality (AR) technologies. Applications such as CoSpaces have enabled boys to design solutions and interact with them online to test their effectiveness.

Creativity is further developed through dramatic play and expression. Exploring non-verbal communication through mime and tableaux builds awareness of body language and presence on the stage. Students have explored the use of green-screen technology to change images and communicate feelings. This culminated in a Year 6 Exhibition inquiry into the purpose of filmmaking to tell a story. The boys researched and practiced filmmaking techniques to produce a documentary telling their PYP Exhibition story.

Mrs. Fiona Evans and Mrs. Jessica Ford | Assistant PYP Coordinators/STEAM

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STEAM

Throughout 2020, Visual Arts at the Preparatory School has been immensely exciting and has offered highly enriching and creative learning experiences for the boys. A large proportion of the Art programmes have been closely linked to the classroom Primary Years Programme (PYP) Units of Inquiry, and the boys have worked very well with a range of concept-based art activities. The high quality works have been a testament to the students’ ongoing commitment and passion towards the Visual Arts.

This year Mrs. Gaby Shatter and Mrs. Amanda Levee have both been overjoyed to teach the boys. Miss. Hien Lee, our wonderful Art Aide has been continuing to provide amazing assistance, including the installation of the Art Exhibition as well as day to day jobs in the Art room.

The Primary Visual Arts (PK-Year 6) Exhibition took on a different form this year. Student work was displayed throughout the school and videoed to be viewed online. It is always a highlight of the year to hear boys respond to the variety of artworks around the school. The Art Exhibition was made special by the fact that every boy from PK-Year 6 had an artwork exhibited. Students and teachers were able to view the exhibition and get a taste of the wonderful works the boys have been producing. Works displayed included Paintings, Drawings, Ceramics, Wire Sculptures, Installation and Mixed-Media works.

We have engaged in some new inquiries and projects this year. Year 5 students have been making their own dyes and pigments using vegetables, fruits and tannins. They then used their fabric samples to create beautiful weavings using a handmade loom. We extended

this project into the corridors, by weaving the main staircase! Year 6 created a box that represented their personal history related to their inquiry into Where We Are in Place and Time. Many of these boxes related to migrations of humankind and included a detailed technical portrait of a family member, collaging, and a collection of symbolic paraphyllia to arouse intrigue and inform the audience. Looking at these boxes together, students realised the great diversity in their personal histories and discovered some shared experiences. Year 1 created a carboard metropolis in the library foyer, inspired by the work of Alfredo and Isabel Aquilizan. This was a fun, messy and exciting project that was truly collaborative.

Art Clubs are a popular and well-attended co-curricular activity at the Preparatory School. This year we had Art Clubs available to each Year group on a term by term basis. Students have been making mosaics, structures with 3D doodle pens, ceramic decorative plates and still life collages. We look forward to providing more exciting after school opportunities for the boys in the future.

Throughout 2020, students have continued to engage with a wide range of art materials and art forms. They have taken risks in their art making and have discovered the endless possibilities that Visual Arts entails. It has been a truly enriching year for all those involved in the Prep Art Department.

“You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have” Maya Angelou

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2020 has been my sixth year as Preparatory School Sportsmaster and it gives me great pleasure to report on another year of Sport. This report will highlight the key sporting events that were completed this year, as well as other details of the sport programme at Prep. Masters in Charge of each sport will provide more specific reports. Unfortunately, due to the outbreak of COVID-19, there were a number of events that were cancelled or modified.

The 2020 Sport calendar began like any other year. The first event of the year was the annual House Swimming Championships. Unfortunately, heavy rain and subsequent flooding of the Summer Hill 50m pool plant room forced our event to be cancelled on its scheduled day. With the 25 and 50m pools at Summer Hill closed we were forced to look for alternative venues, and Canterbury Pool was able to assist with the facilitation of our event. We were blessed to have perfect weather on the day of our carnival and the boys, as always, didn't disappoint in the pool or the stands. There were fast times, fun modified events and great House spirit. For the first time in many years, the Year 6 boys triumphed over teachers and parents in the blue ribbon event of the day, the 4 x 25m freestyle relay. The fact that relay was 4 x 50m rather than 4 x 25m certainly helped the students, but they deserved their victory. Age Swimming Champions for 2020 were Under 8- Aris Ferizis (2Sc), Under 9- Harris Yang (4Hi), Under 10- Athan Fudeh (5Ar), Under 11- Jaemin Yoo (5Ar) and Opens- Ian Kim (6Sc). Congratulations to School House who reclaimed the House Swimming Champions title.

Due to the restrictions in place at different times this year, the Year 3 Sport Programme took on a different format this year as it needed to be modified to suit numbers and allocated space. In the past, both the Prep and Junior School boys merged to participate in activities together. This year most of the activities from Term 2 onwards took place at the Prep Campus with only Prep boys participating. My hope is that the boys enjoyed what time they had participating in these activities and they now feel adequately prepared for next year participating in Saturday Sport. I would like to thank the Directors of Coaching and Primary Sport Co-ordinators for their input into this year's programme.

Cross Country was the next event on the Prep School Sporting calendar. This year's event was again held at Bressington Park where the boys have the best opportunity to flourish on a course that is as

close to a traditional Cross Country as possible. The Age Champions for Cross Country for 2020 were: Under 8- Timmy Zhao (3Sc), Under 9- Harris Yang (4Hi), Under 10- Ethan Marangou (4Ar), Under 11-James Barry (5Hi) and Opens- Jaidan Sivapirabu (6Ar). Archer was again crowned House Cross Country Champions. Unfortunately, there was no IPSHA or subsequent representative carnival.

There were no new initiatives for Saturday Sport in 2020, only the consolidating of the Intra-school Sport Programme. The focus and rationale of the Intra-School Sport competition is to promote skill development, game awareness and involvement. As such, we adopt a modified format of most sports to encourage this skill development in game contexts. We believe this approach is best suited to the needs and abilities of all boys participating. Overall, the programme has been quite a success and the internal matches against other Prep boys as well as Junior School boys has seen a good healthy rivalry between boys develop and established. The sports covered are Basketball, Softball, Football, Cricket and Ultimate Frisbee. I would like to thank all the staff who were involved for their efforts and energy to ensure that this programme continues to be successful. We were lucky that we were again able to gain more external coaches in 2020 which built on the additions made in 2019. External coaches give our boys the expertise needed for their skill development and assists the teaching staff to gain confidence in coaching. We were also able to consolidate open Tuesday morning training sessions for boys in Years 4-6 at different points of the year, as well as Infants and Primary Fitness.

Unfortunately, we were unable to go ahead with our annual North Coast Tour and biannual Toowoomba Tour. We will be looking to have these back on board in 2021 as they are a great target for many of our boys as they provide our boys with great sporting and life learning opportunities.

Term 2 saw the cancellation of Winter Sport for its entirety. Instead, boys trained and developed their skills on Thursday mornings ahead of the anticipated Term 3 rescheduled Winter Season. In Term 3 there was a modified 6-week draw, but unfortunately we were only able to complete four of the six weeks. In that time though, it was great to see the enthusiasm of our boys and the appreciation that they could have some sports time. In the fixtures we were able to run, it was great to be able to use the new Cooke Park synthetic for our Football matches as well as TGS No.3 at Summer Hill for a large number of our Rugby fixtures. A positive of the Rugby season was the numbers entered by Prep School boys alone . My thanks to Senior School Sports Master, Mr. Mitch Kearsley, for helping with making the Rugby fixtures happen.

Also in Term 3, were the Track and Field Championships held at Sydney Olympic Park Competition Arena. The format of this carnival also changed this year. The combined Prep and Junior carnival was cancelled and instead we had our own Prep carnival. This allowed us to be more creative and also created more of a Prep community feel. Congratulations to Archer on dethroning Henderson House. The 2020 Age Champions of Athletics were Under 8- Noah Malass (3Ar), Under 9- Harris Yang (4Hi), Under 10- Alessio Caridi (5He), Under 11- James Barry (5Hi) and Opens- Giacomo Ricci (6Ar). Unfortunately, there was no IPSHA or subsequent representative carnivals for Track and Field.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank all outgoing Year 6 boys for their contribution to Sport in their time at the Preparatory School. In particular, I would like to highlight Xavier Toomalatai, Andrew Rae, Giacomo Ricci, Jaidan Sivapirabu and Noah Figliuzzi.

I would also like to acknowledge the teachers who were coaches or managers of sporting teams this year. There is always a great amount of enthusiasm and energy displayed by our teachers at sporting carnivals and Saturday Sport, and the events simply could not run smoothly without their professionalism and spirit. A particular thanks to Preparatory Masters in Charge of Sports, Mr. Tom Franklin (Football), Ms. Abigail Nel (Swimming), Mr. Jason Freshwater (Basketball), Mr. Stuart Smith (Softball), Ms. Rosemary Arnott (Track and Field), Mr. Adam Short (Rugby) and Mr. Stephen Mugridge (Cricket) for all the extra time and effort they put in to co-ordinate their respective sports.

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1ST V BASKETBALL

Back Row Mr. Jason Freshwater, Xavier Toomalatai, Harry Jang, Harshal Chuchra, Aidan Sen

Seated Alex Hu, Steven Lee, Jaidan Sivapirabu, James Hendry, Giacomo Ricci

In Basketball at Prep this year has been a year of enthusiasm and growth for all involved. Thank you to our coaches Mrs. Cardiff and Mrs. Cuthbert for continually fulfilling the needs of their team; be it words of encouragement or sparking motivation while also informing players of their next steps in learning. Thank you to our external coaches for assisting our head coaches and sharing their knowledge and passion for the game. Finally, thank you and well done to every student who is representing Trinity Prep this year – every boy thus far has been engaged and eager to learn at training and in games, they worked cohesively with their peers, and have done it all with a sense of purpose. It has been fantastic to work with these young men as they grow, develop and step towards their goals.

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Back Row Phillip Ding, Ayman Parker, Ian Kim, Lucas Huang, Jaydon Boustani

Seated Kendeas Marangou, Thomas Ko, Oliver Varone, Kavin Sivapirabu, Alessio Caridi

3RD V BASKETBALL

Back Row Pablo Doherty, Isaac Sandroussi, Dean Roditis

Seated Ryder Darlow, Adam Radwan, Dean Constantinou, Jesse Cha, Zachary Hovilai

4TH V BASKETBALL

Back Row Eric Liu, Marcus Kuit, Ace Sharma, Ethan Farah

Seated Yousef Bakir, James Ahn, Jeremiah Sydhom, Reuben Lim, Samedh Chirravuri

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Back Row James Hendry, Harshal Chuchra, Lorenzo Luzzani, Ryan Hoang, Mr. Daniel Marques

First Row Memphis Lo, Jordan Fudeh, Alessandro Re, Phillip Ding, Ethan Hilton, Dean Roditis, Andrew Rae

Seated Noah Figliuzzi, Giacomo Ricci, Kendeas Marangou, Carlo Furlan, Jaden Tsang, Tarek Dib, Hesham Eid

2020 has been a frustrating year for our boys. However, we are proud to report that it did not take away from their ability to show passion and purpose in the games which did take place. Our successes were characterised by teamwork, perseverance and hard work on and off the field. We felt as a coaching team that the boys all continued to learn and grow on their journey through the Trinity Football program this year and it has been wonderful to witness the victories, the losses and the Thursday training sessions.

This season we had a strong squad mentality, with the focus being on helping each other in training to develop and improve in one focus area each week. The boys really stepped up and they discovered leadership can be transient in different game situations. Some boys have become aware of areas of their game to improve and brought this about in training; others found themselves in new teams from previous years and working on roles and team communication.

At training sessions, we focussed on strategies using the width of the pitch more, advanced ball skills, and efficient passing. The boys worked improvements of their own skills into match situations well. After a slow start to the season, we saw some great results through from the First XI to the B's and C's across all the age groups. Unfortunately, after Week 4, our season was cut short. The gains in experience and character building from playing with the squad will not go to waste this year. In the words of the great Billy Bremner, ‘Side before self – every time.’

We wish the boys the best in their future years of playing football.

Mr. Thomas Franklin | MIC Football

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2ND XI FOOTBALL

Back Row Khang Nguyen, Benjamin Wyatt, Ian Kim, Harry Jang, Austin Wu, Lucas Huang, Ayman Parker, Mr. Daniel Marques

Seated Ashvin Nagaratnam, Cristos Caridi, Finn Canadas, Noah Brown, Jenson Ye, Ishaan Sharma, Dominic Chen

3RD XI FOOTBALL

Back Row Richly Hoang, Scott Yuan, Max McLeod, Isaac Sandroussi, Pablo Doherty, Benson Liang, Mr. Daniel Marques

Seated William Skinner, Dylan Grasso-Nguyen, Nicholas Streeton, Jonathan Che, Bailin Ashcroft, Lachlan Yuen, Ethan Eswaran

4TH XI FOOTBALL

Back Row Alex Hu, Adam Radwan, Kavin Sivapirabu, Thomas Ko, Elliott Behrens, Ethan Farah

Seated Ben Gerges, Ethan Hanser, David Chang, Aaron Siva, William Routley, Aaron Patel, James Stylianou

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Back Row Mr. Stuart Smith, Nikolai Baldwin, Lucas Meng, William Skinner, Bailin Ashcroft, Lucas Kim

Seated Rory Ashcroft, Carl Hyung, Peter Bott, Cristos Caridi, Benjamin Simonds, Ryan Kim

One of the greatest joys of team sports like softball comes from the friendships formed on the field and at training that extend into other parts of life. The softball team is composed of boys from Years 4 to 6. The camaraderie of the boys engaging in a game together has helped them develop a passion and joy for the game, despite the result on the field. They have continually brought an attitude of fun, learning and generosity to training each week resulting in some hilarious and fun drills and training activities. The team was capably led by Cristos Caridi, who was playing his third year of softball. With a handful of boys returning from the previous season, along with some new and exciting talent joining the squad, the team played four games with a focus on learning and developing skills. It was also encouraging to see the boys build friendships with some of our brothers from the Junior School who joined us for most of the weeks. Another joy was seeing our families connecting with each other on Saturday morning and growing in their friendships while watching their sons play. The Term 4 schedule restricted us to a small number of schools to compete against. With a squad of 14 boys all keen to play and have fun, the end result of a stronger community and friendships made for a successful and rewarding season. Our team for 2020 was Christos Caridi, Bailin Ashcroft, Peter Bott, Noah Brown, William Skinner, Nikolai Baldwin, Evan Du, Ben Simonds, Lucas Kim, Ryan Kim, Rory Ashcroft, Carl Hyung, Lucas Cheng, and Lucas Meng.

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Back Row Mr. James Bremner, Alessio Caridi, Ian Kim, Austin Wu, Jaidan Sivapirabu, Lachlan Green, Mrs. Abigail Nel (Coach)

First Row Matthew Yang, Jesse Cha, Jaemin Yoo, Lennard Suen, Adam Ge, Athan Fudeh

Seated Joshua Tsang, Owen Hoang, Jerrie Zhang, Noah Figliuzzi, Harris Yang, Timmy Zhao, Aris Ferizis

SWIMMING AGE CHAMPIONS

Back Row Mr. Chris Wyatt, Harris Yang, Athan Fudeh, Ian Kim, Jaemin Yoo, Aris Ferizis, Mr. James Bremner

The Prep School Swim Team had another successful year. Our team was made up of 18 young boys and was led by the Swim Team Captain, Noah Figliuzzi (6Sc).

Our year started with a swimming invitational at Scot’s College, where the team achieved excellent results with both the junior and open relay teams performing well. The second invitational of the year was at Newington, where the boys continued their success with the open relay team winning their race and Ian Kim (6Hi) breaking his own freestyle record. From here, ten boys were selected for the IPSHA swim team.

The Trinity Grammar School Preparatory School swim team that competed at the IPSHA event was made up of the following students: Alessio Caridi (5He), Jesse Cha (5Sc), Aris Ferizis (2Hi), Lachlan Green (5Hi), Ian Kim (6Hi), Jaidan Sivapirabu (6Ar), Austin Wu (6Hi), Harris Yang (4Sc) Jaemin Yoo (5Ar), and Timmy Zhao (3Hi).

At the IPSHA Swim Meet, Aris Ferizis came 1st in the U8 50m Freestyle and Harris Yang came 2nd in the U9 50m Freestyle. The Junior relay team came 4th, congratulations to Allesio Caridi, Harris Yang, Aris Ferizis and Lachlan Green for their efforts. The Open Relay Team came 2nd, congratulations to Jesse Cha, Ian Kim, Austin Wu and Jaemin Yoo.

Congratulations to the boys who also went on and competed at the CIS event. All students should be incredibly proud of their efforts in

swimming this year. We wish them the best of luck with their future contributions to the Trinity Swimming Team.

PLACINGS AND AGE CHAMPIONS

u/8 Aris Ferizis

u/9 Harris Yang

u/10 Athan Fudeh

u/11 Jaemin Yoo

u/12 Ian Kim

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Back Row Aston Tran, Alessandro Re, Youssef Edrees, Ethan Hilton, Julian Grehan, Khang Nguyen

Seated Nathan Della Torre, Noah Figliuzzi, Ishaan Sharma, Ashvin Nagaratnam, Memphis Lo

We were fortunate enough to begin the year with a great term of Tennis. Our team of eleven players have consistently demonstrated impressive skill, great sportsmanship and a competitive spirit. It has been pleasing to observe the boys reflect on their skills and work with the coaches each week to develop and refine their skills. Throughout the term, the boys showed improvement in their skill and strategy as they played both singles and doubles matches. I would like to thank the team for their ongoing commitment and encouragement of one another throughout the season.

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Back Row Maurice Marroun, Levi Mikhail, Max McLeod, Christie Cheung, James Barry

Seated Oliver Shen, William Routley, Adam Kassem, Richly Hoang, Thomas Lee

The Trinity Prep Touch Football Team of 2020 was made up of an enthusiastic group of boys, who entered the season aiming to do their very best. Max McLeod, Richly Hoang, Christie Cheung and Dylan Grasso-Nguyen were the veterans of the team in Year 6, bringing their expertise to the table after having been part of the tournament for a number of seasons. The Year 5 crew was made up of Trinity Sports Stars, both new and old to the school. New Preppers, James Barry, Levi Mikhiel, Adam Kassem, and William Routley put on Trinity Green and White for the first time in their lives to represent the school on the touch field. Meanwhile, the team welcomed back Maurice Marroun, Oliver Shen and Thomas Lee in Year 5 to round off the group.

This season, the boys worked hard to improve their skills in a range of attacking and defensive plays. A very fast-paced game, Touch Football requires quick thinking, timely communication, fast running and above all relentless determination. Each Thursday morning, the team rallied together with the Junior School to practise drills and game play. With a particular focus on communicating as a team and learning to play as a unit, the boys demonstrated huge improvement in their capacity to work together as the season progressed. Agility drills, passing practice, strategic planning and speed development were amidst the many components of play that the boys worked on this season. Special recognition must go to the boys for their huge improvement in provoking and keeping up with fast game play, in order to keep the defence on their toes and reach the try-line quickly.

The Prep Touch Football team played a successful season against a variety of other boys’ schools around different locations in Sydney. Each Saturday morning for six weeks in Term 1, the boys met up at their designated field and huddled together to assess their opposition and discuss their tactics for the game ahead. The boys are to be

congratulated on their consistent displays of positive sportsmanship, perseverance and physical fitness throughout all games in the season. A special mention must go to the winning games of the season, where the Prep boys finished in front after playing both Newington Lindfield and Coogee Prep School. Altogether, the team scored a huge 24 tries over the five weeks that they played, each one put down by varied players and contributed to by the whole team.

I am extremely proud of the Prep Touch Football team of 2020 and was delighted to be a part of the season. The students should be proud of their commitment to the team as well as the determination and grit that they displayed in every game and training session. A huge thank you must go to the departing Year 6 students for being such valuable members of the team over the past few seasons. They have led the team in an outstanding fashion and are wished all the best for their future Touch Football endeavours. Great job, boys!

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CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONS

Back Row Mr. Chris Wyatt, Harris Yang, James Barry, Jaidan Sivapirabu, Ethan Marangou, Timmy Zhao, Mr. James Bremner

TRACK AND FIELD AGE CHAMPIONS

Back Row Mr. Chris Wyatt, Noah Malass, Alessio Caridi, James Barry, Andrew Rae, Giacomo Ricci, Harris Yang, Mr. James Bremner

The 2020 Track and Field and Cross Country season saw our Trinity athletes approach competition challenges with a superb attitude. Although it spanned a slightly smaller scope than usual, the season was met with immense effort and athleticism from our boys, nonetheless.

At the Trinity Prep Cross Country Carnival, boys from Years 3-6 gathered together in Strathfield Park on a beautiful day to show off their long-distance running ability. In the Under 8s age group, Timmy Zhao had a fabulous show of stamina and took out his race, completing one lap of the 1km course. Harris Yang (U9) and Ethan Marangou (U10) ran the 2km course with focus and endurance, finishing their respective races bravely in first place. The Under 11s age group was taken out by James Barry, who had a courageous start to the race and was able to hold his lead all the way to the finish line. The 3km under 12s event was filled with Year 6 students determined to reach the finish line first. In the end it was Jaidan Sivapirabu who finished 1st, to take out the title of U12 Age Champion. A tough event which requires determination and grit; all boys who competed in the Cross Country are to be congratulated.

The 2020 Track and Field season was opened with the Preparatory School Athletics Carnival at Homebush. This year, the crowd was significantly smaller due to the absence of both the boys’ parents and the Junior School. However, the fierce barracking and support from the students’ House groups caused a noise level that would have suggested otherwise. The day was a huge success, with all boys competing for their school Houses in a range of running, jumping and throwing events. This year showed the boys competing in the

inaugural Vortex Throw competition, as an introduction to the Javelin event. In addition, the boys competed for the first time in the “Grade Level Relays” competition, which saw every single student sprinting for their grade House team, in an attempt to pass the baton to all team members the fastest.

The Age Champions of the day were athletes who competed strongly over a range of both Track and Field events. In the Under 8s, Noah Malas placed 1st in both the 100m and 200m sprints and placed in the top 4 in both Long Jump and Shot Put. Harris Yang was the Age Champion for the Under 9s, taking out the 200m sprint and placing in the top 7 for the 100m, Long Jump and Shot Put. In the Under 10s age group, Alession Caridi was the Age Champion of the day, after winning both the 100m and the 200m Sprint and placing well in both Shot Put and Long Jump. James Barry and Giacomo Ricci took out the championships for the All-Rounders in Under 11s and 12s respectively, each placing in the top 3 for the 100m, 200m and the Long Jump. In addition to all of the Age Champions on the day, a congratulations must go to Austin Wu in Year 6, who ran the fastest 100m time of the whole day, crossing the line with a time of 13.89.

I am extremely proud of all boys who took part in both the Track and Field, and the Cross Country competitions this year and I hope that next year will be just as enjoyable. Finally, thank you to the Year 6 athletes for their commitment and enthusiasm to the team throughout their time at the Prep School.

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1ST AFL

Standing Mr. Patrick Hoare, Cristian Izzillo, Aidan Sen, Kody Murphy, Daniel Jones, James Barry

Seated Charlie Teulon, Thomas Henry, Mikias Williams, Jonny Orr, AJ Laing, Adam Kassem, Charlie Earthrowl

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Standing Aston Tran, Subodh Parab, Benjamin Simonds, Peter Katsiris

Seated Laurent Milham, Benjamin De Lany, Emerson Urbano, Seamus Horrigan, Roman Urbano

Despite the interruptions experienced towards the end of the season, the 2020 AFL season played out just like any other, with the 1st and 2nd combined AFL teams experiencing the highs and lows that come with playing a sport like Aussie Rules. Throughout the season, both teams clocked up some impressive wins, while also experiencing some humbling losses. Throughout the limited season, week in and week out, each boy worked their hardest to improve in their skills and knowledge of the game, as well as representing their school with pride and determination. Although, the mentality of each team wasn’t to win, each team played hard and fairly, every game until the final siren.

Throughout the season, the boys in the 1st team consolidated their skills, developed a strong team structure and continued to learn how to read the game. By the end of their last game, the boys had already

developed their own brand of football.

The 2nd team played, trained extremely well and continued to display a love of the game and a desire to play a fast and impressive style of footy.

Mr Lucas and Mr Hoare have both been blown away at the phenomenal improvements each team has made over the course of the season and are excited for the future of AFL at Trinity Grammar.

Both coaches are sad to see the Year 6 students move up to the high school but look forward to seeing how they develop as young Aussie Rules players, but more importantly as young Trinitarians.

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1ST CRICKET

Standing Mr Stephen Mugridge, Hamish Turner, Archie Groundwater, Lorenzo Luzzani, Ashton Yee, Lachlan Reese, Carlo Furlan

Seated Aaron Patel, Aidan Lang (Cricket Vice-Captain), Andrew Rae (Cricket Captain), Jayden Tsang, Aaron Siva

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and Preparatory Schools continue to play under the new modified rules put forward for junior cricket by Cricket Australia. The results of already having a year under the belt under these rules were clear, with the strongest start to the season in many years.

The 1st XI steadily improved, winning quite a few games and being very competitive in the rest. There were strong all-round performances by a number of students including Andrew Rae (6Hi and Captain of Junior Cricket 2020), Lachlan Reese (6Fo), Archie Groundwater (6Ar), Aidan Lang (6La and Vice-Captain of Cricket 2020) and Carlo Furlan (6Hi).

The 2nd XI proved that there was competition for places in the 1sts with very strong performances in every game. Nivesch Balenthiran (6La) and Aakash Viswanathan (6Ta) in particular were strong throughout. The enthusiasm shown by all throughout the season played a major role in both their form and enjoyment of the games.

The Year 5 and Year 4 teams showed real fight against some very strong opposition in Term 1. Focusing on the basics and reducing errors allowed for some hard-earned victories.

Overall, the standard this year was very high. This included for the first time in many years a perfect round in round 3.

I would like to take the opportunity to thank the coaches and the families involved this year. If it was not for your efforts and commitment in waking up early on Saturday mornings to travel to the games to support the team, none of the games would have been possible.

Finally, I would also like to thank our Captain and Vice-Captain of Cricket for 2020 Andrew Rae (6Hi) and Aidan Lang (6La) for their commitment and leadership throughout the year.

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Standing Athan Fudeh, William Hunt, William Saunders, Ezekiel Turner, Alexander Germanos, Kescheran Ketheswaran

Seating Emerson Urbano, Aidan Lee, Thomas Henry, Angus Turnbull, Marcus Chiam

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6B CRICKET 2020 (JS & PREP)

Standing Nivesch Balenthiran, Finn Canadas, Nicholas Streeton, Aakash Viswanathan, Edward Germano, Jordan Fudeh

Seating Ethan Eswaran, Ethan Yiu, James Hodge, Aedan Nallaiah, Hesham Eid

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Seating Aravinda Chauhan, Owen Kingham, Cyril Elassal, Hugo Walker, James Stylianou

4A CRICKET 2020 (JS & PREP)

Standing Emmanuel Velkou, Max Edwards, Eamon Turner, Jaiveer Singh

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Standing Ethan Koh, Raj Reddy, Zac Marques, Braith Hargreaves, Lachlan Davies, Harlan Starr, Maxwell Leung

Absent Archer Huxtable, Jacob Smith

This year we commenced with summer sport options of Basketball, held at the Preparatory School and Softball / Tee Ball conducted at Cooke Park during Term 1 and concluded with Mod Cricket and Ultimate Frisbee during Term 4, both also held at Cooke Park.

During our abbreviated winter season, the boys worked on their Football skills and were able to play a couple of Saturday fixtures, also at Cooke Park, before the season was ended prematurely due to the pandemic.

It was pleasing to see many boys enjoy the competition across the two campuses whilst tasting up to five different sports across the year, improving in their skill acquisition but also displaying an obvious enjoyment in competing in multi-discipline sports.

Chris Robinson | Junior School Sports Master

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INTRA-SPORT

2020 was a year of consolidation for the Intra-school Sport

Programme. Building on the success of the programme from 2019, this

year's programme began with a clear view of what was required from

boys, staff and parents. Term 1 began with Basketball (weeks 1-3) and

Softball (weeks 4-6) as planned and it was great to see such levels of

enthusiasm toward the games. It was clear that boys who had been a part of the programme in 2019 had grown in their abilities and were engaging better with the matches and with their teammates. We were thankful that we were able to complete a full term of Intra-school sport in Term 1.

Unfortunately for the Winter Intra-school boys, the season was not as long, due to the implications of COVID-19. In those four weeks, boys participated in Football only and they missed out on the OzTag that had been planned.

At the time of this report being written, it was planned that Cricket and Ultimate Frisbee were to make up the Term 4 programme. Our hope is that the programme was able to go ahead as scheduled and that the boys were able to engage themselves with the same levels of enthusiasm as they did in Term 1.

Thanks should go to the boys and staff who continue to make the newest initiative of the Primary Sport department such a success.

James Bremner I Preparatory School Sports Master

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Back Row Victor Bao, Billy Paradisis, Han Yang, Tank Yang, Harry Nguyen, Elijah Ayad, Jude Kim

First Row Marcus Phan, Nicolas Cai, Nick Cao, Jerrie Zhang, Lucas Quan, Ricky Hoang

Seated Jaden Jung, Arvin Lin, Rayhan Bedhi, Andrew Gao, Danny Matestic, Lucas Cheng, Lucas Chan

INTRA-SPORT YEAR 5 - 6 | SUMMER

Back Row Jonathan Chau-Vuu, John Nammour, Subodh Parab, Adonis Karabetsos, Dylan Rattanasone, Henry Grewal

First Row Oscar Heralt, Danny Tamergi, Samuel Wu, Orlando Ang, Thomas Keomanivong, Jet Ma, Xavier Rinaudo, Andrew Lin

Seated Matthew Nguyen, Kamile Abwi, Anthong Cheng, Sonnie Liang, Matthew Yang, Eesa Bokhari, David Chang

INTRA-SPORT | WINTER

Back Row Nikolai Baldwin, Julian Grehan, Christie Cheung, Nikolas Roufas, Dylan Rattanasone, Henry Grewal,

Second Row Harry Nguyen, Samuel Wu, Edward Germanos, Orlando Ang, Jackson Deng, Jet Ma, Thomas Keomanivong,

First Row Kamile Abwi, Eesa Bokhari, Anthony Cheng, Rick Mao, Oscar Heralt, Nick Cao, Cyrus Chan, Ricky Hoang

Seated Sonnie Liang, Ethan Koh, Arvin Lin, Harry King, Julian Wallace, Mohammed Khaznadar, Matthew Nguyen, Jaden Jung, Oliver Shen

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Standing Joshua Vuong, Angus Barnes-Ferguson, Matthew Tse, Benjamin El Hayek, Zeke Gourlas, Andrew Zhang, Joshua Quibell


Standing Charlie Yao, Joshua Quibell, Angus Barnes-Ferguson, Benjamin El Hayek, Andrew Zhang, Joshua Vuong, Willam Ge


Standing Maxwell Munday, Xander Vaccarella, Oliver Tucker, Matteo Lazanja, Benjamin Loughman, David Ghaly

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Standing Vasilli Pappas, Angus Barnes-Ferguson, Joshua Vuong, Youngheon Cho, Benjamin Loughman, Geoffrey Olsen

INTRA-SPORT YEAR 4 | SUMMER

Standing David Ghaly, Elliot Bargon, Harry Carson, Elijah Harding, Matteo Lazanja, Anthony Gittany

Seated Ryan La, Nicholas Beke, Noah Gergis, Willam Ge, Youran Wu

INTRA-SPORT 5/6 | SUMMER

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The Minimites Programme was established in 2008 to provide an organised sporting experience for the students in Years Pre-K-2, preparing them for their future sporting endeavors by developing fundamental movement skills through modified games and activities.

We kicked off Term 1 with an Introductory Track and Field Skills Programme. The talented staff of The U-League developed a 5-week session plan with three small group activities and a game each week. Students developed their fine and gross motor skills with activities like Animal Walk Races, Balloon Relays and Crazy Hoops. As the students’ abilities developed, the activities became more challenging, incorporating footballs and basketballs to work on basic shooting and dribbling skills.

Term 2 brought several changes to the life of the School. The Term commenced in remote learning mode with a staggered shift back to face-to-face learning. As the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic unfolded around us, we entered a new reality in which we cherished the safety of our homes, leaving them only for those few purposes deemed essential. These dramatic changes saw Minimites and many extra-curricular programmes at Trinity indefinitely halted, a challenging and saddening moment for a school community which thoroughly values these opportunities and the joy they bring.

In Term 3 we were delighted to recommence with the Minimites Dance Programme, albeit with a few protocol changes to keep us COVID-safe.

MINIMITES

Parents and students quickly adjusted to the new social distancing arrangements and the incessant spritzing of hand sanitiser. The Dance Programme was taught by the effervescent Ms Anna and Ms Crystal from Joan Carmody Dance School. Students engaged enthusiastically contributing their own suggestions and movements to the ever-popular superhero routine. Thor, The Flash and The Hulk proved to be the heroes of the moment, students rhythmically mimicked movements of these favoured characters developing their gross motor skills, balance and sense of beat in the process.

Term 4 saw coaches from The U League return to run the Basketball Programme which was initially scheduled for Term 2. An immense improvement in skill and maturity was evident between Term 1 Track and Field Skills and Term 4 Basketball. Students eagerly worked on drills to develop the skills of passing, dribbling, defending and shooting. Many students were consistently making baskets and successfully controlling the ball by the final sessions which allowed them to engage in mini games and obtain a better sense of Basketball as a competitive sport.

Sincere thanks to the Minimites staff, external coaches and parents whose dedication and flexibility were vital to the Programme running successfully in a challenging and unpredictable year.

Sally Mae | MIC Minimites

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RUGBY

Rugby participation across the Preparatory and Junior Schools grew significantly this season. Our Year 4 and Year 5 teams were able to field a traditional side each, as well as two 7s teams in each grade. Our Year 6 First XV also had a full squad of more than 20 boys.

Due to restrictions during our preseason training, the two primary school campuses were not able to train together. However, coaches had similar activities and impressively, boys were able to combine as one for the first game. Having had limited opportunities to tackle, our first round was modified — teams playing 7s or two-hand-grab. After that, the season officially started.

Year 4

The Under 10s brought energy and enthusiasm to Trinity Rugby this season. The first win of the rugby season for any team went to the Under 10s 7s team that beat Scots 5 tries to 4. Mr Niulala’s As team put all their training together in Round 3 to celebrate a convincing win over Wyvern House. We expect big things from this group of boys, who showed lots of improvement as the season went on.

Year 5

Lots of newcomers joined the great game of rugby in this year’s Under 11s. We fielded a 12-a-side team and two 7s teams. Our 7s teams did extremely well and scored over 40 tries in just three weekends of rugby and notched up lots of wins. The As started slowly with losses to Scots

and St Ives before drawing with St Pius after being down 10 - 0 at half time. The runaway try by Hugo to draw the match against Pius was an absolute highlight. I am extremely proud of the last game, which was an internal match of 8-a-side. The boys played really hard but also very fairly. I look forward to watching them step up to the First XV team next year.

Year 6

The pinnacle of rugby at the Primary School level is the First XV. Mr Gannon’s boys had some great games. Their best game was a tight battle with Grammar, going down by 3 points. The boys had a lot of fun and shared some fond memories such as witnessing the miraculous recovery of Matthew. After being injured and thinking his day was over, Matthew came back on and ran through and over the opposition in a barnstorming display of power. The best memory was of getting dirty in the muddy field against Grammar Edgecliff. Boys laughed as even the ref slipped over. Owen was awarded the most muddy player! Well done on an enjoyable season Year 6 and the First XV.

All players and coaches would like to thank Mr Munnoch for overseeing our training and direction of the primary rugby program. We hope to see our external coaches back again next year too as we endeavour to create resilient and principled young rugby players.

Adam Short | MIC of Primary Rugby

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Back Row Dean Constantinou, Owyn Nakhle, David Sukkar, Matthew Chen, Hussein Choker, Liam Walker, Mr Mark Gannon

Middle Row Christopher Andary, Archie Groundwater, James Hodge, Brandon Zhang, Youssef Edrees, Ashton Yee, Jaydon Boustani, Steven Lee

Seated Michael Sotiropoulos, Taj Powell, Xavier Toomalatai (Captain), Hudson Myliotis (Captain), Lachlan Reese, Scout Cooper, Ruben Lim

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Back Row Oliver Varone, Adonis Karabetsos, Izaiah Constanti, Ace Sharma, Levi Mikhiel

Middle Row Aiden Lee, David Miller, Zac Bashir, Luke Nada, David Fisterman, Hugo Tsai

Seated Makoto Chapman, Callum Evans, Alessio Caridi, Jack Castles, Ryan Zhang, Sam de Alwis, Ryder Darlow

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Back Row Danny Tamergi, Lachlan Green, Jeremiah Sydhom, James Ahn

Seated Jayden Odger, Christian Ghannoum, Isaac Ismail, Maurice Maroun, William Hunt

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10A RUGBY

Back Row Eamon Turner, Daniel Orr, Domenic Alvaro, Max Edwards,

Middle Row Alexei Fotheringham, Hudson Lyttle, Xavier Malas, Harry Horwood, Xavier Jabbour, Moussa Choker,

Seated Jordan Armenis, Owen Hoang, Austin Da Silva, Jayden Paskaranathan, Nicolas Beke, Joshua Deiri, Kai Pham

7S RUGBY

Back Row Standing: James Elghitany, William Paradisis, Emmanuel Velkou, Massimo Di Maria

Seated Jack Brown, Lucas Meng, Jackson Galettis, Marcus Nguyen, Ethan Hoang

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Standing Elliot Bargon, Lachlan Davies, Anthony Gittany

Seated Youran Wu, Jack Lai, Kobi Vickery, Noah Girgis, Luis Kokotovich

YEAR 5 RUGBY 7S WHITE

Standing Owen Kingham, Kobe Harb, Adam El-Abd, Charles Heanly, Alex Chanine.

Seated Dash Isaacs, Lachlan Stewart , Ezekiel Turner, Ruairi Rafferty, Marcus Xistouris.

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Mark Dunn | Master of the Junior School2020

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PRIZE GIVING ADDRESS

Chairman of Council,

Head Master,

Staff,

Boys of the Junior School,

And Members of the School Council and Executive, Parents and Friends watching this service on-line,

‘Watching this service on-line’! If there are four words indicative of just how different this year has been to what we had expected, it is those words. I change my talk every year but the introduction is the one bit I’ve never had to change before. A little over ten months ago at the end of January, with an exciting year ahead of us, none of us imagined the 2020 that lay ahead.

As your teachers prepared for the first days of the school year, excited to be meeting you or seeing you again, little did they know that they would soon have another five weeks without you at school, and that they would only get to teach you using Canvas and Seesaw, and see you via Teams.

As your parents prepared your lunchbox for the school day and dropped you in the carpark or walked you to the classroom, little did they know that your classroom would soon be the kitchen bench, that you could get your own snacks from the fridge all day (every day), or that they would not be allowed past the carpark stairs for the rest of the year.

And as you put on your Trinity uniform and tied your tie (some of you for the first time), little did you know that you were about to have more Mufti Days than ever before, that soon you would even be able to do school in your pyjamas…at least until the Teams video check-ins started. By then, some of you would even start to miss school!

Little did we know! At the start of Term 1, the biggest challenge we had was a weekend storm that flooded the Centenary Centre Pool plant room. Suddenly, the pool was out of action for all of our swimmers and our Swimming Carnival, the first big House event of our year, was off. Remember that? Now, floods making a mess of spaces we are about

to use is becoming a start-of-year tradition in Junior School so we took that disruption in our stride. The only other memory from the start of this year was that a few classmates who had been to China for their holidays weren’t at school for the first few days; they had to wait a while because some people had been getting sick. Little did we know!

So here we are today, looking back and now knowing just how different the year has been. New things like remote-learning, hand-sanitiser, and elbow-bumping are now second-nature. Hand-shakes, Cru milk-shakes and crowds are being rested. Chapel, assemblies and birthdays are different, just like this Prize-giving ceremony. Lots of aspects of today will be the same as we have always done them (like prize winners, applause, speeches, announcements of Captains) yet others will be done very differently. We can’t sing our anthem or the School Song, we won’t shake hands, and most significantly, we are holding this on a school day because our families cannot be here. Of all the changes this year, this is maybe the biggest. Whilst most of what students and teachers do at school has still happened (eventually or differently), our parents and grandparents and siblings have been missing from school, carnivals, performances and games this year and that has been a big loss for them and us. We miss you being here, Mums and Dads, and we hope that 2021 means we can have you back on campus. (Three cheers for our parents who have helped us more than ever despite being here so much less!)

20-20 vision is an expression that means you have normal vision. It usually means your eyes can clearly see what they should be able to see from 20 feet away (about six metres). Some people even have better than 20-20 vision! They can see with clarity and focus what others can’t. In this extraordinary year of 2020, we have all been given a chance to develop better vision…we can see things because of 2020 that we couldn’t necessarily see before. For example, we now see more clearly the value and privilege of being with family and friends. We can see and appreciate how wonderful it is to be able to go to school every day. We can see the difference between what we need and what we want. We can see how precious freedom is, even if it is the simple freedom to go out our front door and walk to the park to have a kick. We see clearly that on-line community isn’t the same as the real thing! We see how much we can do for ourselves as well as the things for which we do rely on others. We see the value of being slower and

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reflecting. We see life differently. Not all of this is new but most of us, especially those of us who are a bit older, can see these things more clearly than we did before or have in a long time.

So, if I put on my new improved 2020 vision to look at you, what special attributes do I see more clearly? Let me tell you…

I can clearly see boys who are more independent than they have ever had to be before. You have had to pay more attention, ask more questions and seek your own answers and solutions. I can see boys who have had to persevere because those solutions haven’t come quickly. You have shown appreciation and gratitude as things you used to take for granted have sometimes been taken away at least for a while. And I see boys who have more deliberately looked out for others because we recognise clearly that we need each other.

What else can I see? I see students who were new to the school this year who have had to be brave and confront the challenge of starting at a new place without some of the supports usually available to help you safely try new things. You have had to make and keep friends without always being able to be together. You have had to find your own way because there wasn’t always a group to follow. You have had to try to master new tools, customs and activities at a greater rate than ever before. Well done…we’re so glad you came to Trinity.

I can see young men before me who have grown considerably in mind, body and spirit (as is always the case with Trinitarians), through experiences so different to those we consider ‘normal’. Remote-learning (without classrooms), a spectacular virtual Art Show (without crowds), Chapel (without a Chapel), carnivals (without cheering), Music lessons (without singing or blowing), Health Hustles and Art lessons (without equipment), a Walk-a-thon (without inflatable obstacles), and games (without schools to play against), are just some of the examples in which you have grown and had to show perseverance, positivity and adaptability. 2020 vision helps us recognise how these changes and challenges have been a turbo-boost in learning about life, a ‘subject’ even more important than the English, Maths and the Unit of Inquiry lessons we also managed to maintain.

I can also see Year 6 boys who are ready; ready to move on from their primary years and meet the challenges of high school better equipped than any Year 6 group before. Young men of Year 6, you are ready to accept the extra responsibility for your learning expected in high school because of the additional independence you have had to grow this year. Remote learning has helped you master Canvas. Your extraordinary on-line Exhibition has developed your organisational skills because there was no last-minute catching up, hiding or ‘winging it’ when your inquiries were so accessible and posted ahead of the night on your Expo site. Leadership of the Junior School this year has equipped you to lead in the future because you have had to be more patient, show greater initiative and accept new responsibilities when activities were delayed or curtailed.

And because I don’t trust technology (and because our youngest learners merit a mention too), I tested these 2020 specs earlier on the Infants playground and what did I see? I saw Kindergarten, Year 1 and Year 2 boys who have surprised us all with just how much they can do on their own or with a little bit of help. They can read, add, pose questions and solve problems. They can carry their own heavy school bag, sports bag, musical instrument, news item, bey blade and Ooshie collection all at once (whilst also telling you about it) and successfully navigate their way from the gate or the carpark to the Junior School without Mum or Dad to save them from getting lost! They can even handle Learning Management Systems like Seesaw better than many of us adults. Kids and technology…who would have guessed?! A special congratulations goes to the Kindergarten boys whose step-up to ‘big school’ has had to be an even bigger stride than usual.

If I use my 2020 specs to look reflectively at the adults in the room, your teachers and aides, what do I see? Mostly things I already saw but

with much greater clarity. I see extraordinarily hard-working, incredibly collaborative, consistently resilient and remarkably professional adults who have let nothing distract them from the task of supporting your learning. That’s how much they value you and your education. Make sure you say an individual thank you to your teachers before the week is done.

And finally I turn my specs on Mr Bowden and Mr Pegg – my 2020 vision suggests that you both look tired! This year has highlighted how essential good governance and wise decision-making is to any school. You have led with head and heart when making hugely important decisions with exhausting frequency so that we could all keep learning and growing. Thank you! Somehow Mr Bowden, you still find time to deliver Skittles and Smarties for birthdays. We do suspect you might momentarily be taking a breather from those big decisions whenever you visit us in Junior School where no one else in the School can find you.

So boys, what do you see if you look in the mirror and apply special 2020 vision to yourself. How have you grown this year? Of what are you most proud? What obstacles have you overcome? What risks have you taken? When have you persevered? What have you done for yourself that you never had to do before? When have you stumbled yet managed to stand yourself up again? What do you now value more than you did at the start of the year? What doesn’t matter to you as much as it used to matter? When you use new 2020 vision (let’s call it maturity) I hope you value yourself, your peers, your families, your teachers, your School, your faith and your opportunities more than you ever have before. And I hope you are proud of your year and your growth.

I am proud. My new 2020 vision (let’s call it perspective) helps me to see clearly a year of incredible challenge but also incredible growth for the Junior School. I used to have a poster in my office that said in big capital letters that EVERY OBSTACLE IS ALSO AN OPPORTUNITY. I don’t need to look at that poster anymore because I can see the truth of those words all around me at school, in the corridors, classrooms, playground, and on-line posts. That lesson has come to life in front of my eyes this year through you boys and the staff of the Junior School because you have all overcome the obstacles (some big, some small, some long, some short, some of them were a breeze, some of them were a storm) to reach this final school week having so positively and successfully embraced many opportunities. Together, we have found new and different ways, developed skills and expanded our approaches to learning. Among all the ‘unpredictables’ of this year, the most important thing we planned for has actually happened ( just not quite in the way we thought it would)…learning. We have learnt more about ourselves, one another, our world, and our place in it than ever before.

As our days together this year come to an end, we celebrate all of the lessons and the things that 2020 has taught us, and hope that 2021 will be a little more normal…just for a change.

Of course, even after such an unusual year like 2020, at Trinity these four words never change…


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JUNIOR SCHOOLPRIZE LIST 2019

Year 3

Christian Studies Elliot Bargon 3N

Chess Junior School Rookie Max Edwards 3M

Academic Excellence William Ge 3M

Visual Art David Ghaly 3N

Mandarin Henry Guo 3M

Physical Education Arles Hanning 3N

Honest Endeavour Elijah Harding 3N

Honest Endeavour Braith Hargreaves 3M

Academic Excellence Nathan Jones 3N

Swimming U/9 Age Champion Nathan Jones 3N

Cross Country U/9 Age Champion Nathan Jones 3N

Track and Field U/9 Age Champion Nathan Jones 3N

The Junior School Swimming Trophy Nathan Jones 3N

Academic Excellence Ryan La 3M

Academic Excellence Maxwell Leung 3M

Citizenship in Action Daniel Orr 3M

Citizenship in Action Kai Pham 3N

Swimming U/8 Age Champion Kai Pham 3N

Track and Field U/8 Age Champion Kai Pham 3N

STEAM Charles Russell 3M

Music Ethan Soo 3M

Academic Excellence Justin Tsia 3N

Academic Excellence Eamon Turner 3N

Year 5

Honest Endeavour Joshua Argyrou 5T

Track and Field U/11 Age Champion Joshua Argyrou 5T

The Junior School Football Year 5 Trophy

Nivesch Balenthiran 5J

Honest Endeavour Youngheon Cho 5B

Music Lucas Fan 5T

The Junior School Instrumental Prize Lucas Fan 5T

TGS Junior Section of Concerto Competition

Lucas Fan 5T

The Junior School Diving Trophy Peter Galanos 5J

Academic Excellence Zeke Gourlas 5J

Softball Trophy Michael Hatzistergos 6K

Academic Excellence Daniel Jones 5B

Academic Excellence Gregory Kariatlis 5B

Academic Excellence Benjamin Lim 5T

Academic Excellence Samuel Michail 5T

Track and Field U/10 Age Champion Samuel Michail 5T

Academic Excellence Laurént Milham 5T

Academic Excellence Aedan Nallaiah 5B

The Junior School Basketball Year 5 Trophy

Jonny Orr 5J

Physical Education Dilan Petrides 5B

Cross Country U/11 Age Champion Michael Sotiropoulos 5J

Swimming U/11 Age Champion Michael Sotiropoulos 5J

Track and Field U/11 Age Champion Michael Sotiropoulos 5J

Christian Studies Julian Tripodi 5T

Academic Excellence Matthew Tse 5J

STEAM Hamish Turner 5J

The Junior School Spirit of Cricket Trophy

Hamish Turner 5J

Citizenship in Action Aakash Viswanathan 5B

Honest Endeavour Hugh Williams 5J

Academic Excellence Aidan Wong 5J

Mandarin Aidan Wong 5J

Citizenship in Action Ethan Yiu 5J

Citizenship in Action James Zhou 5T

Visual Art Rico Zou 5B

Year 4

Academic Excellence Zac Bachir 4G

Physical Education Eligh Balic 4T

Cross Country U/10 Age Champion Jayden Bechara 4T

Swimming U/10 Age Champion Jayden Bechara 4T

The Junior School Football Year 4 Trophy Jayden Bechara 4T

Track and Field U/10 Age Champion Jayden Bechara 4T

Christian Studies Robbie Coneliano 4G

The Junior School Basketball Year 4 Trophy

Sam de Alwis 4G

Visual Art George Drivas 4T

Honest Endeavour Callum Evans 4G

Academic Excellence Oscar Hannan 4T

Music Harry Hartzenberg 4T

Academic Excellence Thomas Henry 4T

STEAM Hugh Labas 4G

Honest Endeavour Benjamin Loughnan 4T

Citizenship in Action Luke Nada 4G

Academic Excellence Layth Nazha 4G

Academic Excellence William Saunders 4T

Mandarin William Saunders 4T

Citizenship in Action Emerson Urbano 4T

Academic Excellence Nolan Zheng 4G

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The Junior School Spirit of Touch Football

Dimitri Armenis 6K

Citizenship in Action Christian Beke 6T

The Junior School Cricket Trophy Tom Bishop 6H

The Junior School Football Trophy Tom Bishop 6H

Academic Excellence Myles Buvac 6H

The Junior School Basketball Trophy Myles Buvac 6H

Academic Excellence Ignatius Cesarano 6T

Academic Excellence Christian Ciarroni 6H

Citizenship in Action Harry Clegg 6K

The Junior School Debating Trophy Harry Clegg 6K

Academic Excellence Marcello Condoluci 6T

Visual Art Riley Coneliano 6T

Academic Excellence Marcus Cupac 6K

The Junior School Spirit of Rugby Trophy

Zeke de Alwis 6H

Academic Excellence SamuelGimenez-McAlpine

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Citizenship in Action Andrew Hoskinson 6R

Academic Excellence Ethan La 6H

The Junior School Swimming Trophy Edward Layson 6T

The Junior School All-Round Sportsman

Leon Livingstone 6T

The Junior School Rugby Trophy Leon Livingstone 6T

Track and Field Open Age Champion Leon Livingstone 6T

Music Christopher Lowe 6H

Christian Studies Hannan Manche 6T

The Junior School Chess Champion John Markos 6K

Honest Endeavour John Markos 6K

Academic Excellence Jacob Michail 6R

Academic Excellence Theo Murphy 6R

Honest Endeavour Charlie Nice 6T

Cross Country U/12 Age Champion Joshua O'Connell 6H

The Junior School AFL Trophy Joshua O'Connell 6H

The Junior School Track and Field Trophy

Joshua O'Connell 6H

The Junior School Cross Country Trophy

Joshua O'Connell 6H

The Junior School Singular Achievement in Sport

Joshua O'Connell 6H

Academic Excellence Maxwell Padmore 6K

Physical Education Jacob Pham 6R

Academic Excellence Jacob Pham 6R

Citizenship in Action Nathan Pham 6H

The Junior School Choristers' Prize Nathan Pham 6H

Honest Endeavour Kenneth Rathore 6H

Honest Endeavour Matthew Sefein 6R

The Junior School Spirit of Tennis George Stavrakis 6T

STEAM Declan Tan 6K

Academic Excellence Max Tsai 6K

Mandarin Benson Xiong 6R

Special Award

The Junior School Auxiliary for Esprit de Corps Award

Buvac Myles 6H

The Donald Holder Music Scholarship (for 2020)

Fan Lucas 5T

The J.E Mills Scholar for 2019 – Dux of the Junior School

Ciarroni Christian 6H

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CAPTAIN'S REPORT

This has been an incredibly unpredictable and uncertain year, unlike any other in the history of Trinity Grammar School; a year of change and adapting for us all.

The year did not get off to a great start, with the Pool's Plant blowing up and causing a shutdown of both the 50m and 25m pool for several months. Our swim squads were not able to train at school because of this and the House Swimming Carnival was delayed. And then there was COVID-19! A highly infectious disease caused by a newly discovered coronavirus. It had far-reaching and long-lasting effects on our school. For example, this is the first time that our School has not been able to have boys physically attend classes since the Spanish Flu pandemic in 1919.

COVID-19 restrictions in NSW required the school to enter into a period of remote learning. This started at the end of Term One. This new style of learning was both challenging and rewarding. It required us to set up work stations at home for us to log into Microsoft Teams, Canvas and Seesaw. School now meant no uniforms or bags to pack, and travel involved walking a few steps to our work stations in our homes. It was challenging to stay on task and remain organised without both the focus and discipline of the classroom and the ongoing direction of our teachers. Our parents, who did a good job of accommodating significant change, were not as engaging or interesting as our teachers at school! It was rewarding as we grew to become able to independently organise ourselves and learn in this new online way. I am sure all students would agree that adjusting to a life of navigating online learning whilst running around with an iPad doing Mr Robinson’s PE skills sessions expanded our capacities. On behalf of the students, I would particularly like to thank our teachers for the extraordinary lengths they went to reorganise our learning to an online method, and especially Mr Karagiannis for supporting our new learning platform and holding it together for all of us.

It was with the great relief of our parents that we finally physically returned to school in Week 3 of Term 2. Some of us resumed for only one day a week but quickly progressed back to full-time attendance. Returning to school after many weeks of home learning really reminded us how social we are as people and how much our enjoyment of learning comes from being with our friends. We were also reminded of how fortunate we are to have such a great learning environment and facilities and resources at school.

However, even on return, things were quite different. The school environment changed to accommodate physical distancing and new safety protocols that we were all required to follow. We now swam in hand sanitiser, had assemblies on Teams, and had virtual Chapel without stepping foot in the Chapel. We were not allowed to sing, handshake (instead we now either elbow or kick each other) or attend school if we had any flu-like symptoms. Nor were we allowed to drink from the bubblers. All events involving parents were cancelled, including our School Open Days and Trinity Fiesta. Much to the boys’ disappointment, all school camps and excursions set during COVID-19 were also

cancelled. It was lucky Year 5 had their camp so early in Term 1, and eventually, Year 6 got to go to the Field Studies Centre late in the year.

Inter-school sport ran long enough for us to work out who was in our teams, but not long enough to work on our teamwork, although every school was in the same position and we still held our own.

We had great competition in our school Cross Country and Athletics carnivals. Congratulations to both the winners of the races and to everyone who had a go and earned points for their House. Whilst we were not able to chant, each House made big efforts in the House spirit challenges - particularly the challenge to make noise without projecting our voices. The stomping, clapping, drums and maracas, with the intent to make as much noise as possible, made a cacophony of sound.

The Book Week Parade was extra special this year because it brought the whole Junior School together for the first time since COVID 19. A lot of creativity was on show and a great deal of effort was put into a wide range of costumes. Highlights included 5J’s ‘Thriller’, Phileas Fogg, some Dinosaurs, The Wiggles, The Bad Guys and characters from Roald Dahl, David Walliams and JK Rowling.

Debating also went ahead as usual. Congratulations to the ISDA Debating Team who competed, sometimes on-line, to a very high standard. This year’s team proved themselves time and again to be a formidable team. The inter-House Debating Competition was also a great deal of fun, with boys from each House grappling with such diverse topics such as whether sports stars are bad role models for children and that competitive sport does more harm than good.

The Buddies programme was probably one of the most important serving roles that Year 6 had this year. Getting alongside the boys in Kindergarten to Year 2 was important to help normalise quite an unusual year for them. For me, being a buddy has taught me about the importance of reaching out to younger boys and the importance of our reassuring and encouraging words to them.

Part of the fun we have at school is the lunchtime and co-curricular activities that run throughout the year. This year has been no exception and, in fact, I think the importance that these activities have taken in making this a great year cannot be underestimated. There was, as usual, something to cover every interest - STEAM, Art, Cru, Chess, Chinese Chess, Mandarin Drama, Gardening, Games, Library, Maths, Debating, Music, Lego, Science, Stretch’n’Still, Studio T and Drama. I am sure that, like me, everyone who participated in these activities has appreciated and thoroughly enjoyed them. Thank you to all the staff who ran these activities.

This year also marked the successful second year of the STEAM programme organised by Mrs Voysey. Science Week introduced us to the fascinating world of the ocean. We had a great deal of fun in undertaking experiments and research tasks to improve our awareness of the ocean environment and how we can protect it. Well done to 6T and 1K for being the classes that managed to get through all of the experiments set for us to complete. The Paper Plane competition again stretched our aeronautical imaginations to design and fly planes for maximum distance and flight time. As usual, there were amazing plane designs soaring past the requirement line, leaving everyone in awe.

Notwithstanding all the changes and challenges of this year, the School spirit has remained constant as has the support, guidance and encouragement of our committed teachers and teaching staff.

On a personal note, I would like to thank the School for the opportunity to be Junior School Captain. It has been a great privilege for me. I have learned a lot about leadership, serving others and about stepping up when required. I would also like to thank all my fellow Officers and Year 6 leaders who have done a great job in each of their roles throughout the year. We should all be proud of the way we have adapted to ongoing change and led in our respective areas. I would also like to thank Mr Dunn, Mr Hassall, our teachers, the Support Staff, Office Staff and the Auxiliary for the outstanding way you have supported us as students this year.

With all its challenges and changes, this has been a great year, and one we will never forget.


Daniel Jones | Junior School Captain

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CHAPEL / CRU GROUP

13 Now listen, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business and make money.” 14 Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. – James 4:13-14

I think the passage above is the passage of the year. Despite all the changes, we have continued to run Cru groups during the year. While we were online, we had the Bible Verse of the Day being published. When students were back part time, Cru ran each day. Otherwise, there are three Cru groups running in the Junior School – Infants (Wednesday lunch), Junior Primary (Monday lunch) and a Bible Study running for Years 5-6 (Friday lunch).

Our students have been mentored by three students in Year 10: Hamish Bryan (10Du), Daniel Prodigalidad (10Ar) and Jonathan Lim (10Ar). The boys have enjoyed their friendliness, faithfulness and wisdom. The School has also been well served by some excellent Cru leaders including Matthew Nada (6Fo), Aakash Viswanathan (6Ta), Ben Lim (6Fo), Daniel Jones (6Yo), Hugo Newman (6Yo), Aedan Nallaiah (6Ta),

Isaac Bassily (6Yo) and Christopher Dimou (6Ta). They have been faithful and enthusiastic in their service.

Chapel has been a great time to learn about God as we have considered how to live differently because of what God has done for us. We have been online for most of the year, which has allowed us to invigorate the format of the service. We have concentrated on some key words of the Bible and why they are important and also some parables and miracles of Jesus and how these point to a bigger picture.

One of the best parts of serving in this School is the boys are enthusiastic about finding out more about Jesus, whether in Cru groups or Christian Studies classes. Please pray for the boys that they continue to explore who Jesus is and why He is important.

Soli Deo Gloria.

Paul Brigden | Assistant Chaplain Junior School

KINDERGARTEN TO YEAR 2

This year has really been one like no other. There is never a dull moment in the Junior School and you never know what may happen in a day, but this year we have found ourselves in the most unpredictable circumstances ever!

The weeks have flown by. The pandemic and the lockdown orders to close schools earlier in the year challenged teachers, parents, and the boys. We were not able to celebrate the many special occasions we normally do in the Infants Department, but we were able to express our excitement in other ways, giving us such valuable online experiences and the realisation of how lucky we are to share these times together.

This year, we saw the youngest boys of the Junior School using Seesaw to engage in a lot more online learning than usual. Whilst the boys were Remote Learning, the teachers were amazed at the work that was being produced and submitted. It gave everyone an opportunity to be a little more self-directed and self-paced with their learning from home, as well as capture their learning in very different ways from what they would have in the classroom. It has been such a genuine life lesson into ways that we can better use technology in the classrooms. The boys’ iPad and internet proficiency has assisted their collaboration, communication skills and capacity to access information.

Kindergarten have worked tremendously hard this year, with wonderful progress academically and such pleasing growth and development of confidence in a wide range of situations. One experience in particular that highlighted this growth of confidence was Kindergarten’s inquiry

into how the world works, where we had some guests in the form of chicks and ducklings come to visit. The boys learnt how to care for them as they made discoveries about how living things adapt. Each boy was fascinated by the changes that the chicks and ducklings went through in such a small amount of time. They chose their own animal to research and found out as much as they could about its appearance, where it lives and how it adapts, migrates or hibernates to survive Winter. The boys presented all the information that they found through Seesaw. These fact-based inquiries gave the boys lots of knowledge of our real surroundings, where their inquiry into how we express ourselves took them into an imaginary world. Kindergarten enjoyed reading lots of fairy tales and nursery rhymes. They creatively wrote a new ending to a well-known story where we found the Gingerbread man saved by aliens in a flying saucer and Little Red Riding Hood learning her lesson of not listening to a T-Rex.

The engaging, hands-on experiences within the PYP classroom are paramount to motivating and spurring on inquisitive little minds. The units of inquiry in Year One are aimed at encouraging boys to inquire into units that are of interest and importance in their everyday lives. The boys designed, planned and constructed robots that could be used to make their lives easier. They drew pictures of technology from the past and present and thought about how technology has changed and how it could be made even better! The boys’ reflections led their questioning into how much people’s lives have changed and how their needs for technology have been impacted. Year One set off to design and construct their own technology that would be helpful to children at school. They designed all sorts of creations to help people read, hear, and understand words. During Term Three, the boys very eagerly picked some of their most favourite picture books to compose a Book Report. The boys read the book and used their marvellous comprehension skills to write about their favourite part, the characters, and the main idea. They took this opportunity to be very creative with their drawings and revamped the book covers, too. Year One is always the year that fabulous student progress is observed. They have immersed themselves in all the wonderful learning activities within each of the six units of inquiry.

In Year Two this year the boys inquired into the impacts that humans have on our future. The investigations into and discovery of the interconnectedness of systems within our world provided them with important insights into sharing the planet. Looking at how our personal choices can impact upon our future led to reflection, self-initiated action

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and a principled approach towards using our limited earth’s resources mindfully and carefully. The students reused plastic bottles to make recycled plant hangers. They cut and decorated the bottles, filled them with soil and planted some succulents that have already grown so much - adding a lovely green touch to our Infants playground. It was remarkable to see the boys bring their learning from home during Remote Learning back into the classroom and educate the younger grades about the importance of the environment and the simple steps we can take to reduce household waste. During their How We Express Ourselves unit, Year Two looked at how signs and symbols can facilitate local and global communication. They worked with an indigenous artist to research symbols used within artworks. The students created their own artwork, incorporating the symbols they had learnt about. They wrote an informative text to explain the symbols that they used and their reasons for using them. This artist visit was a great inquiry into culture, symbolism, communication and creativity.

Not only have the boys been provided with many learning experiences, they have also had so many opportunities to participate in so many eye opening, exciting and worthwhile experiences, all aimed at promoting balanced, knowledgeable and caring students. A growing number of boys have taken up private music lessons, Minimites, EAP, STEAM Club, Chess Club, Art Club and Cru, just to name a few! It is amazing to see how independent our little men have become over the course of the year!

The stress of making sure that the boys were learning what they should be learning added an extra layer of pressure on both parents and teachers this year. The Infants staff are so grateful for the level of parent support and online involvement that we have had throughout the year. I thank each and every one of you for coming along for the ride!

As we reflect on 2020, we are grateful to all specialist members of our learning community. An enormous thank you to Mrs Weston, Miss Kelly, Mrs McManus and Miss Nobrega for the dedication, enthusiasm and support that they have given me, each other and most importantly, the boys and their families throughout the academic year.

To the boys from Kindergarten to Year Two, congratulations on another fantastic year of learning and growing. It is truly a privilege to be a part of your progress and development and it is with fondness that we wish you luck for the coming year. Boys of 2W, we send you off into the Primary Years just down the hallway and hope you look back at your time in Infants with happiness.

KINDERGARTEN TO YEAR 2 | CONTINUED

Chloe Martin I K-2 Leader

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LIBRARY

According to the late Norwegian author and law professor Jon Bing

“To ask why we need libraries at all, when there is so much information available elsewhere, is about as sensible as asking if roadmaps are necessary now that there are so very many roads.”

Information and knowledge are power, but only in the hands of those who understand how to use them, and who possess the skills to discern what is accurate, relevant and useful information, and what should be discarded. At the centre of the Junior School Library is a desire to equip all members of the school community with the information, skills and experience to gather, process, evaluate, organise and share information and grow in new understandings. Whatever the method, whether on Canvas and Seesaw, through the physical and digital collection, in collaboratively planned and delivered curriculum lessons, or through informal conversations and library visits, this year has seen Library staff delivering services and creating spaces that develop these skills.

While our events have been somewhat limited this year, we were pleased to be able to participate in National Simultaneous Storytime across the Junior School for the sixth year in a row. Parents were missed but excitement abounded during our annual Book Week celebrations, with characters ranging from Grug to Bugalugs Bum Thief and Phileas Fogg in his hot air balloon attending our Book Character parade. Library staff enjoyed hosting and listening to the Years 5 and 6 Speech Competition finals, and our author visits inspired boys to continue on their own writing/illustrating journeys.

This year the Junior School Library was fortunate to have eight students in Year 6 serving in the leadership role of Library Champions. Shawn Chen, Scout Cooper, Zeke Gourlas, Maddox Knapstein, Aidan Laing, Ben Murphy, Hugo Newman, and Dara Ritchley ably fulfilled the responsibilities of the role. They actively engaged in tasks including planning and assembling displays; manning the circulation desk at lunchtimes to process returns, loans and shelving; setting up the Book Fair and Book Parade; promoting the library collection and services to their peers; and selecting books for the collection. We are thankful for their enthusiasm and commitment to the role.

Highlights of 2020:

Æ Kindergarten to Year 6 participation in National Simultaneous Storytime, complete with Chicken Divas Whitney (Miss Martin) and Britney (Mrs Weston) and narrated by the fabulous Dora von Dooze (Mr Dunn). Feather boas, chicken beaks and jewels galore had students and staff in fits of laughter and made this a wonderful return to school after remote learning

Æ 221 students successfully completed the Premier’s Reading Challenge, including all of K-2 and all of Year 4, as well as a large percentage of our primary students

Æ Over 15,000 loans to students, staff and parents, highlighting the increased importance of library access at this time

Æ Growth of our digital collection, with new and increased e-book and e-audiobook titles being added to our digital platform. These proved very popular during remote learning when the physical collection was less accessible

Æ Successful ‘Curious Creatures, Wild Minds’ Book Week celebrations with highlights including the K-6 Book Character Parade and the Scholastic Book Fair, which resulted in $1590 of commission to spend on Scholastic products for the Library and classrooms

Æ An engaging presentation from author/illustrator Gabriel Evans, where K-2 students learnt to draw their own ‘too cute’ penguins

Æ Students in Years 3-6 enjoyed a hilarious presentation from author Nat Amoore, followed by writing workshops with the theme ‘story inspiration’ for select students in Years 5 and 6

Æ Weeding and updates of the collection to ensure learning resources and fiction texts are relevant, recent and of interest to students, staff and parents

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The Junior School Library continues to focus on providing staff, services and spaces that encourage and celebrate collaborative teaching and learning experiences. As always, encouraging a lifelong love of reading and learning is at the core of what we do, as we work with teachers, parents and individual students to find the perfect, engaging read that will set off that reading spark. In lessons we equip students with information, research and digital literacy skills to enable them to continue to develop as discerning, principled, and active users and creators of content and ideas.

Gillian Gratton | Teaching and Learning Librarian

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SCHOOL OFFICERS

JUNIOR SCHOOL CAPTAINS 2020

Standing Mr C Hassall, Aakash Viswanathan (Vice Captain), Daniel Jones (Captain), Mr M Dunn

SCHOOL OFFICERS 2020

Back Row Mr Hassall, Aidan Wong, Joshua Argyrou, George Deiri, Alexander Henry, Samuel Michail, Jonny Orr, Hamish Turner, Ethan Yiu, Mr Dunn

Seated Aedan Nallaiah, Hugh Williams, Youngheon Cho, Daniel Jones, Aakash Viswanathan, David Charas, Gregory Kariatlis, Laurént Milham

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STEAM

This year has been very busy in the Junior School with many exciting Design Thinking Challenges keeping the boys, and minds, and hands active. The most exciting week for us was Science Week in which each grade completed a Design Thinking Challenge based on supporting our Deep Ocean, and added to our STEAMworks underwater exhibit.

The boys used the “Solution Fluency” problem-solving style as they DEFINED - DISCOVERED - DREAMED - DESIGNED - DELIVERED - DEBRIEFED different problems.

Years 5 and 6 tackled the problem of plastic in our oceans and designed a piece of technology, a product, or a system to remove debris from oceans; and presented their designed solution. Boys designed robots that suck out rubbish, machines shaped like whales with jet engines and compartments to squish the plastic, plastic stoppers which carry the plastic away, controlled by air pods and many more creative and critical designed ideas!

Years 2, 3, and 4 investigated living and non-living things found in oceans and designed ways for the ocean animals to protect themselves from plastic caught up in their ocean. Some of the boys’ thoughtful suggestions were laser eye patches for sharks to string the plastic, helmets, and claws to fight the rubbish and fins which acted like scissors to cut themselves out of nets left in the ocean.

Our Infants students had a great time creating ocean animals out of dough - they were so creative. We had boys making starfish, octopus, fish, lobster, and even coral.

Finally, on the Friday morning, Year 5 was lucky enough to take part in an incursion run by Dr Crook, from Crooked Science.

“On the 14th of August, Dr Simon Crook of Crooked Science came in and did many ocean-themed experiments with Year 5. Most of Year 5 came up with questions to ask Dr Crook based on the Science week theme, oceans. Some of the experiments included the water bottle balloon experiment, paper boat racing, and poking pencils through a resealable plastic bag full of water. Year 5 enjoyed all of these activities, which taught us about the ocean and cool new facts about science.

Thank you, Dr Crook, we had the best time!”

Layth and William, 5J

As you can see, the Science buzz was present across the whole school during Science Week and we can’t wait for next year!

Karen Voysey | STEAM Specialist

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SCHOOL LEADERS 2020

Back Row Laurént Milham, Aedan Nallaiah, Hugh Williams, Youngheon Cho, David Charas, Gregory Kariatlis

Seated Mr C Hassall, Daniel Jones, Aakash Viswanathan, Mr M Dunn

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DIRECTOR OF PRIMARY CURRICULUM

I wonder if you have ever contemplated the purpose of education. Historically, education has served an important purpose, ensuring young people are equipped with the tools to survive and successfully get a job. As an IB school we seek to develop learners who strive to become inquirers, knowledgeable, thinkers, communicators, principled, open- minded, caring, risk-takers, balanced and reflective. These attributes represent a broad range of human capacities and responsibilities that go beyond intellectual development and academic success.

This year some educational practices have required some alterations and modifications for us to respond appropriately to a global pandemic. Despite these disruptions, sustaining engaged and active learners in quality learning experiences has remained the central focus at the Junior School. Even when usual procedures became ‘virtual’ such as learning, chapel, assemblies, debating, incursions, handshakes and much more, the Junior School boys and their teachers demonstrated incredible resilience and continued to make the most of every situation.

Each and every day at Junior School the classrooms, corridors and playgrounds are bursting with energetic inquirers and problem-solvers. 2020 has not been lacking in examples of students exploring real-life issues as they develop subject knowledge, skills, conceptual understandings and dispositions.

Year 3 inquired into how sustainable food production leads to global food security and researched possible food alternatives in the future. As a result of their research the boys tasted chocolate coated bugs and began to appreciate how the choices we make today will impact food availability in the future. Year 1 explored how consumers’ choices are influenced as they set up a shop in the library and went shopping for themselves. Year 2 looked into ways to reduce, reuse and recycle and decided to join the ‘Bread Bag Closure Recycling Program’ and successfully collected hundreds bread closures to be melted and

remoulded to make new recycling products. Year 6 considered the perceptions surrounding migration and reflected on this as they spoke virtually with some refugees.

These are only a few of the multitude of examples I could highlight where Junior School boys have taken responsibility and ownership of their learning, and built a sense of community and an awareness of the opinions, values and needs of others. What a privilege it is to be part of a team of exceptional educators. In 2020 they have overcome all obstacles and created safe havens in classrooms where a child’s spark of curiosity, ability to think creatively and critically, passion to find out and do more continues to be ignited.

Merilyn Ormes | Director of Primary Curriculum

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PUBLIC SPEAKING COMPETITION

One thing we strive for at Junior School is to build boys’ confidence in the art of public speaking. We know how important it is for our students to become proficient at the art and science of expressing themselves in words to other people. The annual Speech Competition was, sadly, missing parents in the audience, but the boys delivered an abundance of well-constructed speeches.

The finals were held over three mornings in The Latham Theatre and the Junior School Library. The following boys presided over the mornings of competition ensuring a coherent flow of procedures: George Kalis (6R), Lincoln Sinozic (6R), Maddox Knapstein (6R), David Charas (6T), Dilan Petrides (6T), Mikias Williams (6T), Joshua Argryou (6H), Aidan Wong (6H) and Gregory Kariatlis (6H). Adjudicators of the competition were Mrs Lisa Gossling, Miss Gill Gratton, Mrs Jessica Taylor and Mr Saachin Simpson.

All finalists are to be congratulated for sharing inspiring presentations, each having a message they believed the audience could connect to.

The finalists were:

Year 3 Topic: My favourite book character

Æ Jordan Buultjens (3N)

Æ Terence Ho (3B)

Æ James Saunders (3B)

Year 4 Topic: A day in my life as a potato

Æ Nathan Jones (4A)

Æ Jack Lai (4A)

Æ Eamon Turner (4T)

Year 5 Topic: If I could have dinner with anyone

Æ Zac Bachir (5J)

Æ Oscar Hannan (5B)

Æ Benjamin Loughnan (5B)

Æ Layth Nazha (5J)

Impromptu Speech Topic: The worst chores at home

Year 6 Topic: To be grown up is a state of mind

Æ Zeke Gourlas (6R)

Æ Daniel Jones (6H)

Æ Matthew Nada (6R)

Æ Aakash Viswanathan (6T)

Impromptu Speech Topic: Why I don’t care about the “Five second rule”.

The 2020 Junior School Speech Competition winners were:

Æ Year 3 – Terence Ho (3B)

Æ Year 4 – Jack Lai (4A)

Æ Year 5 – Zac Bachir (5J)

Æ Year 6 – Zeke Gourlas (6R)


WRITING COMPETITION

Our annual Writing Competition used the image from the Children’s Book Council of Australia’s Book Week 2020 theme, ‘Curious Creatures, Wild Minds’ as the stimulus for writing.

All the teachers were impressed with the quality of writing presented, and the creative approaches employed. We enjoyed reading about everything from aliens in crystal castles to cockroaches with a conscience, making choosing a winner a hard decision for many!

At the conclusion of the competition a winner from each class was chosen and presented with a certificate and Booktopia gift voucher.

Congratulations to the following winners.

Æ Terence Ho 3B

Æ Jordan Buultjens 3N

Æ Nathan Jones 4A

Æ Ryan La 4T

Æ Oliver Tucker 5B

Æ Benjamin El-Hayek 5J

Æ Benjamin De Lany 5V

Æ Gregory Kariatlis 6H

Æ Matthew Tse 6R

Æ Aidan Lang 6T


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FOUNDER'S HOUSE

I commend Founder’s House for the enthusiasm and effort they have displayed this year. They have consistently given their best – whether on the sporting field or in the many House competitions we have run this year.

We have been very well led by our House Captain, Josh Argyrou and our Vice- Captain, Jonny Orr. They, ably assisted by others, have taken great initiative to ensure teams were ready and filled with energy. I commend them for their leadership and energy.

At each event, Founder’s House has risen to the occasion. Founder’s had some encouraging results in the Track and Field Carnival and special mention must go to Josh Argyrou, who was the Under 12s Champion, and Sam de Alwis, who was runner up for the Under 11s. More than that, though, every member of Founder’s participated with enthusiasm and energy.

In the Cross Country, Founder’s also did well, with Finley Askew coming first in the Under 8/9s, Remy Humphries coming second in the Under 10s and Josh Argyrou coming second in the Under 12s.

We were disappointed we could not hold our Swimming Carnival until Term 4. But we did send 18 boys to the IPSHA Swimming and Diving carnival, where they did us proud. Special mention goes to Peter Galanos, who represented us in both the swimming and diving.

But the best part of being in the Founder’s family this year has been the attitude of all the boys in the events we run. Whether it’s a debate, a trivia competition or a rugby tournament, Founder’s gives its best and encourages others as well. This is sportsmanship at its best.

Thanks for a fabulous year, Founder’s. Looking forward to 2021.

Paul Brigden | Founders Housemaster

Housemaster

Paul Brigden

House Captain

Joshua Argyrou

House Vice-Captain

Jonny Orr

House Colour

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FOUNDER'S HOUSE

Back Row Remy Humphreys, Alfie Nichols, Hugh Williams, Aran Satchithananthan, Dara Ritchley, Alejandro Molina, Matthew Nada, Benjamin El-Hayek, Benjamin Lim, Elijah Harding, Jonah Feltaous

Second Row Daniel Orr, Asher Paoli, Lucas Fan, Rico Zou, Christopher Savva, David Charas, Samuel Zheng, Lachlan Reece, James Hodge, Maddox Knapstein, Luke Nada, William Saunders, Joshua Quibbell

First Row: Christian Antoniou, Charles Russell, Aiden Lee, Callum Evans, Samuel de Alwis, James Fang, Harry Carson, Angus Turnbull, Maxwell Munday, Jinkun (Jason) Lan, Dean Mavraidis, Robbie Coneliano, Harry Volikas, William Ge

Seated: Charlie Yao, James Saunders, Terrence Ho, Alec Bailey, Xavier Jabbour, Joshua Argyrou (Captain), Mr P. Brigden, Jonny Orr (Vice-Captain), Lucas Vo, Dominic Lowe, Makoto Chapman, Darren Cai, Felix Yao

Absent Eligh Balic, Jamieson Geras, Alexander Skepev

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LATHAM HOUSE

What a year, boys… one we will never forget!

Sadly, our year didn’t start with the traditional loud splashes of boys swimming in the pool and it didn’t end with the even louder cheers of boys at the Track and Field Carnival. Floods and COVID-19 got in the way of a lot of the events this year, but it didn’t get in the way of Latham’s team spirit and competitive drive which made this year one we will never forget!

Making up for the lack of events, boys stepped up in many other ways, especially our leaders. Under the able guidance and motivation of Samuel Michail (6H) and George Deiri (6T), 2020 has been a memorable year of achievement and team spirit for Latham House. I would like to take this opportunity to thank both of the leaders for their personal and thoughtful leadership skills. Samuel; for his passion, commitment and team spirit. I have enjoyed watching his leadership skills grow throughout the year, but it has been his power to hold an audience which has made this role truly his. And George; his creativity and commitment to Latham shines through when we had events. George’s props and banners always looked outstanding and were a highlight of the year. Thank you for your excellent leadership, boys, you have been great role models for the Latham boys of 2020.

This year we had to get super creative super quickly after the war cries were cancelled only days before the Track and Field Carnival. Our creative leaders decided to use percussion instruments as our sound machines on the day, borrowing as many as they could from the music department. Loud, present and constant was my memory of the sounds, which echoed across Homebush! However, I think the boys had a blast using them while creating a wonderful atmosphere and a sense of team spirit. There was

a wonderful sense of pride and achievement as Latham boys sat on the sidelines of the track for the final races and loudly played their percussion instruments to cheer on our boys in the finals. We may not have won the day in terms of success on the track or field but boys we won for our team effort, spirit and following the rules, which is a real win in my books.

COVID-19 may have put a stop to many of the planned events this year, but luckily we were still able to run many of our Inter-House sporting events on Thursday Mornings. The boys participated in House touch football and soccer competitions. Many boys who don’t even play these sports stepped up and played to represent Latham on the sporting field. The competition was fun and friendly with no hard feelings from losing teams on the day, especially Latham who took every win and loss the same way, with respect and consideration for other teams playing.

Every competition, being in or outside the sporting arena brought new challenges and responsibilities to the boys of Latham. Latham House faced every challenge with grit and courage because winning or losing never concerned them; their sole aim was to do their best and have fun doing it! Competitive zeal and indomitable will power were truly alive in the students of Latham who took strength from their ongoing spirit. I couldn’t be prouder to be their Housemaster, silently cheering them on, COVID-19 style, all the way!

GOOOOOOOOO... Latham!

Congratulations on a wonderful 2020, Latham.

Karen Voysey | Latham Housemaster

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House Captain

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House Vice-Captain

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LATHAM HOUSE

Back Row Cristian Marzullo, Ruairi Rafferty, Owyn Nakhle, Hussein Choker, Izaiah Constanti, Zeke Gourlas, Youngheon Cho, Svetko Fazzari

Third Row Maxwell Edwards, James Alha, Scout Cooper, David Miller, Kobe Harb, James Crook, Oliver Tucker, Ezekiel Turner, Luke Farrow, Geronimo Devitt, James Wang, Luca Dawson

Second Row Jack Bray, Dash Isaacs, Greg Kariatlis, Marc Licenblat, Aston Youssef, Joshua Vuong, Nivesch Balenthiran, Aidan Lang, Shawn Chen, Braith Hargreaves, Jack Cooper, George Mavromatis, Xander Vaccarella

First Row: Lachlan Tucker, Noah Girgis, Hudson Lyttle, Oscar Hannan, Tom Henry, Aiden Wills, Matthew Boumelhem, Kobi Vickery, Elliott Bargon, Justin Tsia, Harry Horwood, Zac Marques, Angus Barnes-Ferguson

Seated: Connor Probets, Tianyang Zhao, Jayden Yang, Chris Faragallah, Moussa Choker, Samuel Michail, Mrs Karen Voysey, George Deiri, Adam Zhao, Xavier Hannan, Laurent Milham, Ethan Soo, Jack Zhou

Absent David Ghaly, Matthew Tse

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TAUBMAN HOUSE

Let’s Go Taubman, Let’s Go!

This year was a year like no other! There were floods and restrictions, but through it all Taubman boys were able to hold their heads up high, and display their dedication, enthusiasm, positivity and, most importantly, team spirit. It has been an honour to serve as Housemaster of Taubman for another year and I am incredibly proud of all the boys and their achievements this year.

I would like to congratulate our Captain, Hamish Turner, and Vice-Captain, Alexander Henry, for their incredible leadership and commitment this year. Throughout the year, they have shown exemplary organisation and dedication, motivating and encouraging the boys to display the Taubman Spirit, and emphasising the importance of teamwork, participation, and enthusiasm both on and off the field. Hamish and Alex not only led House meetings with outstanding passion and skill, but applied their creativity to encourage other students of Taubman through the creation of new cheers, the use of props and banners, and even musical instruments, to ‘drum’ up some additional excitement at our events. Thank you to both boys for your leadership this year. You have displayed excellent leadership skills and have helped Taubman to grow in team spirit.

COVID-19 may have changed some of our plans, but it was not able to slow us down. Throughout the year we powered through, enthusiastically competing in the cross country, athletics carnival, and the

swimming carnival. Students also had the opportunity to represent their House in internal debating competitions as well as inter-House sporting events on Thursday mornings, including touch football and soccer. It was wonderful to see our boys stepping up to participate and support their House despite their level of ability. We had mixed successes throughout all the competitions, but throughout our victories and losses the boys displayed exemplary sportsmanship and camaraderie, supporting and encouraging each other.

I would like to express my gratitude to the teachers of the Junior School who have tirelessly supported our boys, helped them to rise to challenges, and achieve their potential. A big thank you to our Sports Master, Mr Robinson, and the teachers of Taubman, Mr Adams, Mrs Cook, Miss Gratton, Mr Niulala, and Miss Valle. Your encouragement and dedication have not gone unnoticed and we are incredibly appreciative of all your hard work.

Finally, a congratulation to all the boys of Taubman House. Throughout the year you have tirelessly demonstrated the Taubman Spirit through your participation, enthusiasm, and sportsmanship across all areas of school life. Wishing you all the best for 2021: May you continue to rise to the challenges set before you, celebrate your successes, and strive to improve.

Go Taubman!

Jessica Taylor | Taubman Housemaster

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House Vice-Captain

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TAUBMAN HOUSE

Back Row Nash Waters-Delaney, Hugo Newman, Aakash Viswanathan, Oscar Luton, Kody Murphy, David Sukkar, Louis Zizikas

Third Row Zac Bachir, Ollie Jessop, Dilan Petrides, George Drivas, David Martin, Timothy Buultjens, Adam El-Abd, Julian Tripodi, Jack Maclean, Harry Hartzenberg

Second Row Benjamin De Lany, Christian Viola, Andrew Zhang, Alex Chanine, Lachlan Davies, Peter Papadopoulos, Peter Katsiris, Jack Castles, Christopher Dimou, Aedan Nallaiah, Cristian Izzillo, Jolyon Gadiel, Eamon Turner

First Row: Raj Reddy, Ewan Yam, Roman Urbano, Jake Luton, Jack Lai, Jeffery Jiang, Romeo Ozdemir, Seamus Horrigan, Izac Duval, Anthony Markos, Michael Sotiropoulos, Jordan Buultjens, Luis Kokotovich, Rafael Koutra

Seated: Jordan Armenis, Alan Shaba, Ryan La, Joshua Deiri, Emerson Urbano, Hamish Turner, Mrs J Taylor, Alexander Henry, Ralph Chammas, Anthony Fanos, Christopher Skouteris, Benji Nallaiah, Jay Zhang

Absent Kyden Salim, Owen Kingham, Marcus Xistouris, Kai Famlonga, Daniel Simpson, Nash Smith

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“Alone we can do so little, together we can do so much”

What a wonderful year it has been for the fine “young men” of Young. It has been an absolute pleasure being the Housemaster of Young and watching each student display great sportsmanship, dedication and support of one another. The passion displayed across Young was nothing short of amazing. My role as Housemaster gave me the opportunity to work alongside our Captain, Aidan Wong, and Vice Captain, Ethan Yiu. What a privilege it was to witness the commitment and enthusiasm these two boys displayed. Their kindness, encouragement and leadership skills enabled the boys across all grades to feel supported and valued.

2020 is not only the year of COVID, but also the Year of Young! We demonstrated that in order to be successful, working as a team is essential. This was evident as we came out as victors for both the Cross Country and Athletics Carnivals. Several members of Young House took out Age Champion and Runner Up for both events. Congratulations to Andrew Zeng,

Nicholas Ma (U8s), Kai Pham, Alex Anastasi (U9s), Nathan Jones, Hugo Tsai, (U10s), Jayden Bechara (U11s) and Charlie Toulan (U12s).

Over the course of the year, there were many other opportunities for the boys to shine. House competitions were an enjoyable and exciting opportunity for the boys to show their strengths in basketball, touch, and football as well as debating. Being involved in friendly competitions highlights important values we try to instil in our boys to try their best and encourage others around them.

Carnivals, and sporting and academic events would not be possible without the support of our wonderful parents and teachers. The Young House boys join me in giving a special mention and thank you to Mr Robinson and my fellow Young colleagues Mr Hoare, Mrs Mitrokas, Mrs Beke, Mrs Scott, Mrs Wang, Mrs Brown and Mrs Weber.

Deanna Jabaji | Young Housemaster

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Miss Deanna Jabaji

House Captain

Aidan Wong

House Vice-Captain

Ethan Yiu

House Colour

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YOUNG HOUSE

Back Row Nathan Jones, Jake Wu, Lincoln Sinozic, Hudson Myliotis, Charlie Teulon, Kevin Pham, Alex Jutrisa, Daniel Jones, Piero Tofalakis

Third Row Vasili Pappas, Ryan Wang, Andre Duane, Benjamin Murphy, Charlie Earthrowl, AJ Laing, Aiman Malas, Mikias Williams, Jake Heald, Lachlan Stewart

Second Row Isaac Bassily, Jackie Jiang, Rahid Chowdhury, Mateo Lazanja, Benjamin Loughnan, Peter Galanos, Archer Huxtable, Xavier Malas, Hugo Tsai, Eason Fang, Ethan Peng, David Fisterman

First Row: Hugh Labas, Youran Wu, Austin da Silva, Maxwell Leung, Arles Hanning, Jayden Bechara, Hugo Walker, Nicolas Beke, Cyril Elassal, Nicholas Servos, Layth Nazha, Geoffrey Olsen, Hayden Metcalf, Harlan Starr

Seated: Nicholas Ma, Alexander Anastasi, Kai Pham, Clancy Liu-Tian, Sebastian Lamb, Aidan Wong, Mr Patrick Hoare, Ethan Yiu, Aryan Kotwal, Jayden Hu, George Kalis, Andrew Zeng, Ash Dao

Absent Miss Deanna Jabaji, Luca Gerbino, Christian Gregory

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CHESS CHINESE CHESS CLUB

Chess in 2020 at the Junior School has continued to grow in number and enhance students’ development both academically and socially. Semester Two saw the introduction of Kindergarten to Tuesday coaching sessions which proved to be most favourable amongst the many boys who joined. The younger boys have become experts at independently setting up their boards and creating moves such as forks, pins and skewers.

The older boys continue to develop the seven fundamental skills of chess: visualisation, calculation, tactic, evaluation, strategy, openings and endgames. Not a single player was born a grand master, but each grand master got to that level by acquiring these skills.

Unfortunately, we were unable to participate in the NSW Junior Chess League Schools’ Competition this year, but we have acquired many skills during coaching sessions, and we look forward to applying these next year. Many congratulations to all the Junior School boys who have remained committed to Chess throughout the year.

Merilyn Ormes | MIC Junior School Chess

Chinese Chess club has been running very well this year with the help of our new Mandarin leader, James Zhou, and a group of lovely Year 6 boys, Aidan Wong, Geronimo Devitt, Rico Zou and Benjamin Lim. They come every Monday lunch time to set up the games and pack away at the end of the games. They are also very kind and patient teaching the younger boys how to play Chinese Chess and encouraging them to take new challenges.

Many Year 1 boys enjoyed the club since they have learnt Chinese Chess in Mandarin class. They have learnt some great strategies very quickly. Charlie Yao from Year 5 is an enthusiastic Chinese Chess player. He comes to the club every week and plays Chinese Chess with his friends at lunch time and recess time. He has taught several Year 5 boys to play Chinese Chess as well.

Unfortunately, it is time to say ‘Goodbye’ to the wonderful Year 6 leaders and helpers of the club. A big ‘thank you’ to them for their passion of learning Mandarin and Chinese culture and great leadership running the club so successfully this year! Let us wish them good luck in high school and all the best for their future life and study.

Mary Wang | Mandarin Teacher Junior School

DEBATING

Debating is a fantastic opportunity for students to build their critical thinking, time management and communication skills through the analysis of topics and opportunities to articulate ideas and express arguments in a variety of settings. Despite unusual circumstances this year, debating

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It has been an exciting year of dramatic performance for the Junior School Drama Club, with many promising future actors, script writers, directors and production crew flexing their creativity in 2020!

The Years 4 to 6 core troupe commenced the year by welcoming new members and reacquainting themselves with each other through the refining of basic drama skills, such as projection, articulation, movement and blocking. Throughout the first term they expertly manipulated these skills to work on improvised scenarios in small groups as well as enjoying a range of theatre sports that had their sides splitting!

After a small hiatus due to COVID-19, the boys returned in Term 3 for a new and exciting experience. An online production of a scripted play entitled ‘Getting the Scoop on UFOs’! Well-versed in performing in person, it was a wonderful challenge for the troupe to transfer their acting talents and skills to the world of movie production. For some, this was an introduction to performing a written script focussing on the nuances of visual literacy as seen through the lens, for others an opportunity to not only act but direct from behind the camera. The lively troupe performed their roles from various angles, multiple times to attain the perfect combination of wide shots, mid shots and close ups for dramatic effect with the hardest obstacle to overcome being silence during recording time.

To adapt the play to an online format we commenced our movie with Grandpa (Jayden Yang) reading bedtime stories to his granddaughter Ava (Xavier Hannan), who begs him for a space story. This segue into the play brings us to Eric Hunter (Christian Viola), a budding, enthusiastic student who is writing a story for the school newspaper. His teacher, the beautiful Mrs Brown (Oliver Tucker) is encouraging of his efforts but is keen for him to get an unbiased story that takes in all perspectives. Eric visits a host of interesting, quirky and creative characters to collect primary and secondary source information to compile his piece: James Jameson, a fellow friend (Jackie Jiang), Mr Tomlin, a neighbourhood business man (Geoffrey Olsen), Mr Ortiz, the science teacher (Jay Xizhe Zhang), and who could forget Mr Kemper, a very wise, elderly, science nut (Oscar Hannan). Throughout the play we revisit Grandpa, our narrator and Ava who weave the movie together. A screening of the film took place in early Term 4 to the delight of the troupe who revelled in their on-screen presence and panache!

The skills garnered by the boys’ time in Drama Club this year culminated in Term 4 with a unique term of festive fun resulting in an end of year Christmas Performance. Students were able to be part of an online production (at time of publication) which shared the very special message of Christmas with fellow students and families. Brimming with confidence and flexibility, many students were keen to fill multiple roles to ensure the feature ran smoothly and others were keen to assist in directing, costume design and set design. The final term allowed the boys to delve more deeply into specific areas of interest where they felt most comfortable, all the while being challenged with the auspicious task of performing online in front of the entire Junior School cohort.

All in all, Drama Club 2020, with its loyal and committed troupe, has been a new, exciting, unprecedented and fantastic celebration of the many talented and creative minds within the Junior School, moving our talents beyond the stage and into the online world of performance. Bring on 2021!

Brigitte Gray | Junior School Drama Club Teacher

in the Junior School has continued to grow. This year I have had the privilege to work with more than 40 boys across Years 5 and 6.

Over the course of the year, our debaters have still been able to hone their skills and participate in a range of experiences to build their skills. Students have been able to develop the foundations of debating, engaging in seminars as well as competing in internal and external competitions through Zoom and Microsoft Teams.

Term 1 saw a very successful start for our debaters in the Junior School. Aakash Viswanathan, Benjamin Lim, Gregory Kariatlis, Hamish Turner and Laurent Milham were selected to represent the Junior School to compete in the ISDA Debating competition. This competition took place on Friday afternoons after school. Teams were given just one hour to prepare for their debate under the guidance of a coach. Although it was a short season, our boys performed exceptionally well, speaking with confidence, passion, and humour throughout all their debates. Our boys were undefeated all season and had an excellent chance of making the finals. I would like to congratulate the boys on all their effort and hard work and could not be prouder of their teamwork throughout the season.

Remote learning during Term 2 saw the beginning of online debates. With normal external competitions put on hold due to restrictions, our debaters were still able to develop their confidence and skills engaging in friendly debates against the Preparatory School via Microsoft Teams. Once school returned, debating also returned in full swing. Students from Years 5 and 6 were able to participate in our House Debating competition and work together to prepare for debates on sport-related topics. Each House was able to experience at least one success throughout the competition. Congratulations to all the boys who participated, in particular our first-time debaters. You should be very proud of your achievements.

At the beginning of Term 3, we had a new intake of Year 5 students. New debaters had the opportunity to participate in a seminar run by Master’s Academy. It was a fantastic experience for the boys to learn about the basics of a debate and how to expand their arguments to make a more convincing case, and provided necessary skills for the new debaters to participate in the IPSHA debating competition and friendly competitions against other schools. These debates were also conducted virtually over Zoom. The boys thoroughly enjoyed preparing for debates and building convincing cases. Through dedication and teamwork, the boys were able to develop convincing cases for a variety of topics. We had mixed success throughout the course of the competitions, but the opportunity and knowledge that the boys gained from the experience was undeniably positive.

I would like to express my gratitude to the parents and staff of the Junior School community who have tirelessly supported our boys, helped them to rise to challenges and achieve their potential. Thank you to our coaches, Nick Bouletos, Alex Pringgoharjono and Saachin Simpson, who have supported the boys throughout the year and helped to develop and refine their critical thinking and communication skills, in the preparation of debates, and the providing of crucial feedback afterwards for the boys to work towards and build on.

I am incredibly proud of the effort and enthusiasm each boy has demonstrated. I have seen significant growth and development of confidence and skills, a testament to the hard work of our debating team. It has been a privilege to work with such a dedicated and enthusiastic group of students and support them to build essential skills.

All the best to our Year 6 students. It has been a pleasure developing skills with you over the past two years, and may you continue to foster your love of debating in secondary school.

Jessica Taylor | MIC Junior School Debating

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GAMES CLUB

Well, this has certainly been an unusual year in so many ways! We have Games Club running on Tuesday and Thursday lunchtimes. Tuesday is for K-2 boys and Thursday for 3-6. We started off the year with enthusiastic players each week, and then? COVID.

Mr Dunn was keen for Games Club to contribute to the online co-curricular space that was set up for the boys during COVID remote learning, and so, “Do it Yourself Games Club” was born. A variety of low equipment games were posted on Canvas for boys to access. Some required only a pencil and paper and an opponent and others needed chalk and dice or other basic equipment. It was fun for Mr Dunn and me to think of games that boys might enjoy, and they are still up on the remote learning page of Canvas to access.

Since we have been back at school, Infants Games Club has been especially popular and the boys have enjoyed learning to play Monopoly Junior, Build a Beetle, Scrabble and Connect Four. Lego is also always very popular, with lots of creative models being built.

Playing games with others is a great way to learn turn-taking, delayed gratification and how to lose gracefully. It is always such a pleasure to see boys excited to learn a new game and boys are welcome to join us each week in the Room of Requirement.

Robyn Scott

GARDENING CLUB

This year the Gardening Club at the Junior School has experimented with growing different types of crops according to the season. We were all shocked when we returned from remote learning to see how different plants had overgrown or unfortunately dried out. The boys couldn’t wait to get their hands dirty and requested daily for the chance to dig and re-design. I think our spring garden was definitely our showpiece, with all the fresh produce to select and munch on.

We look forward to hopefully expanding our garden and one day inviting others to become part of our community garden.

Shelley Richards

HIP HOP CLUB

LEGO CLUB

Lego comes from the Danish phrase leg godt which means “play well”. The students each week get a chance to play well and create amazing creations. They use their imagination and have the freedom to choose how they want to play with the Lego.

It is the second year running for the club and all ages are invited to join. The students choose to work individually or in teams; persisting in making sets or having the freedom to design and build things that interest them.

Tabitha Bell

Hip Hop is a contemporary expressive dance style. The Junior School boys participating in the Hip Hop co-curricular have had one term of learning routines and dance steps to different styles of music in the Experimental Drama Theatre of the Senior School. They have been in awe of their state of the art learning space!

The lessons commence with a warm-up on the oval. Once we are ready, we descend the long flight of stairs from the main office into the EDT. In this space the boys feel comfortable moving without many restrictions. We start by stretching, practising body isolations, balance, co-ordination and strength exercises.

After this, we move on to learning an 8-6 count choreography and performance. We dance in front of the mirror or video record the choreography to look for co-ordination and accuracy. The Criss Cross, running man, Bart Simpson, crossovers, side step, the moonwalk, the wave are just a few of the dance steps they have learnt and practised.

It brings me great joy to share my passion of dance with the boys in a small class. We have been able to cover a lot of ground and follow some of the boys’ interests, including dancing to contemporary songs by The Greatest Showman - ‘This is me’ and ‘Other side’ as well as learning popular dance routines like the ‘Blinding lights’ challenge by The Weekend.

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2020 has been another successful year for Mandarin Drama Club. We made ‘The Story of Nian’, episode 3 of ‘Chinese with Professor Panda’. We started two new programmes ‘Sing with Professor Panda’ and ‘Tongue Twisters with Professor Panda’ and made six videos. We have our new programme logos, designed by Aidan Wong.

The first song we filmed was ‘Baby Shark’ in Chinese. Then we ran several tongue-twisters challenges in Term 2 and Term 3. The boys really enjoyed learning the Chinese tongue-twisters and competing in the challenges. They worked very hard to practise the tongue-twisters.

In the competition some boys not only said the tongue-twisters correctly but also very fast. The winners of the tongue-twisters challenges were Jayden Yang (3N), Alex Anastasi (3B), Hugo Song (2W) and Jordan Buultjens (3N). I was impressed with the boys who were not Mandarin speakers but did the tongue-twisters just as well as native Mandarin speakers. They were Alex Anastasi, Jordan Buultjens, Aaron Thekkedath, William Millena, Nicholas Lim, Arjun Roy and Laurent Milham. Other boys who also did very well in the tongue-twisters challenge were Jayden Hu, Andrew Zeng, Tianyang Zhao, Daniel Zhang, Ian Deng, Jay Zhang, Rico Zou and Zihao Ji. Congratulations to all of them!

Please watch the videos, ‘Chinese with Professor Panda’, ‘Sing with Professor Panda’ and ‘Tongue Twisters with Professor Panda’ on our school YouTube channel. The videos are enjoyable for all ages!

Sadly, we have to say ‘Goodbye’ to the wonderful Year 6 boys who have been serving in Mandarin Drama club for three years. Most of them are the founding members of the club and have supported the club through thick and thin. A big ‘Thank you’ to Aidan Wong, Daniel Jones, Alex Henry, Aedan Nallaiah, Heony Cho, James Zhou, Rico Zou, Benjamin Lim, Geronimo Devitt and Laurent Milham for their great service and leadership.


MANDARIN IMMERSION

Chinese Immersion has expanded to three classes this year with one for infants and two for primary. Boys have worked very hard on their daily learning and many enrichment activities organised by Mrs Wang.

In Term 2, the classes were interrupted when everyone had to do remote learning. However, some boys participated in the online class through MS Teams and practised their recitation with Mrs Wang. Many boys also enjoyed a new online reading programme ‘Level Chinese’ during remote learning. Some boys read more than 50 books in a few weeks. Now the Chinese immersion boys have developed a good habit of reading Chinese books regularly.

Congratulations to the boys who got into the finals of the 2020 ‘Hello Mandarin’ Recitation Competition. The boys competing in the individual competitions were Aidan Wong, Rico Zou, James Saunders, William Saunders, Felix Yao, Charlie Yao, Samuel Zheng, Nicholas Ma, Jayden Hu, Zihao Ji, Paul Karlos, and Dimitri Karlos.

Aidan Wong wrote a beautiful poem in Chinese expressing his feeling about the changes to our world because of COVID-19. He also made a video about it. The video was sent to the ‘Hello Mandarin’ Recitation Competition. The organiser and judges were all impressed with Aidan’s poem and his performance.

The boys who represented our school to compete in the group competition were Aidan Wong, James Zhou, Jack Zhou, Rico Zou, Felix Yao, Charlie Yao, Samuel Zheng, Jayden Hu, Benjamin Lim and Geronimo Devitt. All the boys have been working hard practising their poems and stories. I am sure they will perform their best in the competition!


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The Junior School Music Programme me has once more been an important, fun and inspiring part of the Junior School, despite the challenges of COVID-19. This has largely paused our live music performances and sent many of our rehearsals online. The music students of the Junior School have made a comeback, proving that they have practised their instruments during the global setback to be prepared for when music making resumed.

We welcomed two new music teachers, Mrs Mályusz, Brass Teacher and Mr Zengoski, Bassoon Teacher. Their contributions have proved to be a great enhancement to the music programme.

Before COVID 19, Junior School musicians fared very well in the Soloist Competition with finalists in every section. Impressive performances in the Finals were given by Matthew Tse (6La) on trumpet, Laurent Milham (6La) on bassoon, Benjamin Lim (6Fo) in full voice, Aidan Tay (2Yo) on piano, Rory Wenden (6Fo) on guitar in level 1; Gregory Kariatlis (6Ho) on piano in level 2, Clancy Liu-Tan (3Yo) on violin in the Senior section and Lucas Fan (6Fo) on cello in the Advanced Section. Congratulations also go to the participants in the AMEB Repertoire Examinations, which were held in September. The assembly performance programme was again strong in 2020, showcasing all of the instruments played in the Junior School Co-Curricular Ensembles.

Despite the problems in the world, the ensembles of our Junior School returned in Term 3. During the Arts Festival we enjoyed previous thrilling performances of the Combined Primary School Choir from previous Gala Concerts. The Junior School Choir received commissions from four 2020 composers in the Trinity Grammar School Composer Fellow programme. The Choir enjoyed working with Chloe Sinclair, Aija Draguns, James Kong and Emma Greenhill, albeit remotely. When the Choir was in COVID recess, the Year 6 boys illustrated and published

a children’s book called Let's Make Paper Boats which was written by Emma Greenhill and based on her composition of the same name. A huge congratulations to the Kindergarten boys, Shawn Chen (6La), Heony Cho (6La), Scout Cooper (6La), Geronimo Devitt (6La), Lucas Fan (6Fo), Alexander Henry (6Ta), Cristian Izzillo (6Ta), Daniel Jones (6Yo), Gregory Kariatlis (6La), Benjamin Lim (6Fo), Matthew Tse (6La), and Aakash Viswanathan (6Ta) for the illustrations and editing. The children’s picture book demonstrated how beautiful music can be used for inspiration and how useful creativity can be to solve problems and stay engaged with self-expression.

Whether online or in ensemble, the Junior School musicians played with their usual flair. The recordings of the Prestissimo Concert Band using the music recording programme Acapella were particularly enjoyable. The Instrumental Class Programme saw the addition of the PBuzz programme in Year 2 which articulates into the Allegretto Concert Band. It is pleasing to report that the Brass sections of our ensembles are growing well. Music Technology was a focus in the 2020 class programme, particularly during the remote learning and COVID protocol times during the year. Creative expression abounded through mixing using Soundtrap, composing in Noteflight and experimentation and the science of music in the Chrome Music Lab.

The 2021 Donald Holder Scholar Applicant Concert was held in November and the talent on display paid tribute to the comprehensive music programme on offer at Trinity.

It has been a pleasure to represent the Junior School Music Community as the 2020 Donald Holder Scholar. It is a privilege to work and co-operate with talented music leaders to arrange performances and support music-making. Thank you to the following Music Leaders for their support and service to the 2020 Music Programme: The

ALLEGRO CONCERT BAND

Fourth Row Hamish Turner, Hugo Newman, Dara Ritchley, Benjamin Lim (Music Leader), David Sukkar, Nash Waters-Delaney

Third Row Luke Farrow, Ezekiel Turner, Tim Buultjens, Alexander Henry, Matthew Tse (Music Leader), David Miller, Mr Adams

Second Row Peter Katsiris, Rico Zou, Andrew Zhang, Angus Turnbull, Maxwell Munday, Joshua Quibell, Elliot Bargon, Gregory Kariatlis (TGS Music Award recipient)

Front Row Youran Wu, Charlie Yao, Noah Girgis, Christian Antoniou, Vasili Pappas, Oscar Hannan, Joshua Deiri, Laurént Milham, Ryan La

Absent Jolyon Gadiel, Austin da Silva, Mr Mályusz

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JUNIOR SCHOOL MUSIC LEADERS

Front Row Gregory Kariatlis (Primary Music Award), Matthew Tse, Benjamin Lim, Geronimo Devitt, Lucas Fan (Donald Holder Scholar), Mr Adams

2020 Trinity Grammar School Primary Music Award recipient, Gregory Kariatlis (6La), and 2020 Music Leaders, Geronimo Devitt (6La), Benjamin Lim (6Fo) and Matthew Tse (6La). Special thanks go to parents, for your support, assisting us to turn up to rehearsals and performances on time and all your reminders to practise!

Finally, a big thank you to all the music teachers for their time and dedication to nurturing the love of music in the Junior School students, and in particular, all the teachers involved with the Co-Curricular Music Ensembles: Mr Adams, Mr and Mrs Mályusz, Ms Morgan, Mr Kinda, Miss Ash, Mrs Korjenevsky, Ms Kim, Mr Henry, Mr Zengoski, Mr Grimm, Ms Grennan, Mrs Purkis, Mr Zhang, Mr Moore and Mr Pratt. Sincere thanks also go to the Music Instrumental Teachers.

Lucas Fan | 2020 Donald Holder Scholar

ALLEGRETTO CONCERT BAND

Fourth Row Leon Liu, Finley Askew, Rahid Chowdhury, Hayden Metcalf, Jeffery Jiang, Julian Ang

Third Row Lachlan Tucker, Jordan Buultjens, Blake Rushworth, Shanaay Mehta, Kyden Salim, Jake Luton, Mr Adams

Second Row Jack Bray, Terence Ho, Chris Faragallah, Aryan Kotwal, Tianyang Zhao, Alex Anastasi

Front Row Anthony Fanos, Felix Yao, Lucas Vo, Jayden Hu, Jay Zhang, Ash Dao, Xavier Hannan

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JUNIOR SCHOOL CHOIR LEADERS

Second Row Alexander Henry, Matthew Tse, Aakash Viswanathan, Youngheon Cho, Benjamin Lim, Geronimo Devitt, Mr Adams

Front Row Charles Russell, Maxwell Munday, Gregory Kariatlis, Lucas Fan, Cristian Izzillo, Benjamin Loughnan, Oscar Hannan

Absent Harry Hartzenberg

JUNIOR SCHOOL CHOIR

Third Row Jolyon Gadiel, Joshua Vuong, Xander Vaccarella, James Alha, Scout Cooper, Dara Ritchley, David Martin, Samuel Zheng, Shawn Chen, Ethan Peng, Geoffrey Olsen

Second Row Nicholas Ma, Felix Yao, Allan Shaba, Aryan Kotwal, Charlie Yao, Xavier Hannan, Connor Probets, Jayden Yang, Jayden Hu, William Ge, Jack Bray, Alec Bailey, Jeff Jiang, Mr Adams

Front Row Charles Russell, Cristian Izzillo, Alexander Henry, Aakash Viswanathan, Geronimo Devitt, Gregory Kariatlis, Lucas Fan, Youngheon Cho, Benjamin Lim, Harry Hartzenberg, Maxwell Munday, Benjamin Loughnan, Oscar Hannan

Absent Eligh Balic, Ethan Soo, Jack Lai, Justin Tsia, Luca Gerbino, Matthew Tse, Peter Galanos, Roman Urbano, Shanaay Mehta

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INTERMEZZO STRINGS

Fifth Row Luca Gerbino, Justin Tsia, James Zhou, Jack Maclean, David Martin, Svetko Fazzari, Ethan Peng, Aedan Nallaiah, Xander Vaccarella, Max Edwards

Fourth Row Adam Zhao, Jackie Jiang, Alexander Skepev, Harlan Starr, Mateo Lazanja, Xavier Jabbour, Layth Nazha, Jack Lai, Aaron Thekkedath, Ms Morgan

Third Row Benji Nallaiah, Allan Shaba, Connor Probets, Jayden Yang, Seb Lambe, Laurént Milham, Alec Bailey, Ralph Chammas, Raj Reddy, Ewan Yam

Second Row Tomas Aschman, Arjun Roy, James Saunders, Andrew Zeng, Hugo Song, Evan Li, Daniel Zhang, Aidan Tay, Jack Zhou, Justin Tse, Zayn Barakat

Front Row Mimo Kim, Leo Hoang, Mason Shi, Ethan Jin, William Millena, Marcus Tsia, Ryan Fan

Absent Eason Fang, Zihao Ji, Ms Ash, Mrs Korjenevsky

MOZART STRINGS

Fourth Row Steven Antoniou, Antonio Bhatia, Zihao Ji, Paul Karlos

Third Row Peter Psaltis, Nicholas Lim, Jacob Bechara, Andrew Cook, Marco Guan, Thomas Hoare, Mr Adams

Second Row Neil Mohorikar, Reuben Dhar, Ian Deng, Cooper Mitevski, Dimitri Karlos, Aaron Cherian

Front Row Lucas Lieu, Merlin Nguyen, Aydin Saeed, Archie Heralt, Kyriakos Kottakis, Nathan Skepev, William Bi

Absent Byron Ma, Jonathan Chu, Justin Tse, Krishna Kotwal, Ryan Fan, Ms Ash, Mrs Korjenevsky

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PRESTISSIMO

Second Row Alexander Henry, Benjamin Lim, Mr Adams

Front Row: Gregory Kariatlis, David Miller, Matthew Tse, Hamish Turner, Laurént Milham

VIVALDI STRINGS

Fourth Row Kai Famlonga, Ezekiel Turner, William Saunders, Youngheon Cho, Aakash Viswanathan, Geronimo Devitt (Music Leader), Daniel Jones

Third Row Peter Papadopoulos, Lucas Fan (Donald Holder Scholar), Shawn Chen, Rico Zou, Benjamin De Lany, Joshua Vuong, Peter Galanos, Ethan Yiu, James Fang

Second Row Cyril Elassal, Roman Urbano, Charles Russell, Aidan Wong, William Ge, Benjamin Loughnan, Clancy Liu-Tian, Thomas Henry

Front Row Nicholas Ma, Kai Pham, Maxwell Leung, Emerson Urbano, Christopher Skouteris, Dominic Lowe, Ethan Soo, Darren Cai, Kian Lieu

Absent Ryan Fan, Harry Hartzenberg, Aidan Lang, Eamon Turner, Aidan Tay, Ms Morgan

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STEM CLUB YEAR 3 TO 4

Term 3, 2020 saw the Year 3 and 4 STEM club open up again on a Wednesday afternoon, after a disrupted Term 2. The boys were provided with the opportunity to explore the new LEGO WeDo 2.0 kits. These kits provide the boys with unlimited potential to create and explore using the combination of LEGO, design, engineering and coding. The first few weeks saw the boys exploring the resources, building various models through tutorials to get an understanding of the kits. Once all boys seemed to have a good understanding of the basics, we began to work on challenges in small teams. One of the challenges was to design and build a Racing Car to then compete against the other teams. The boys were extremely motivated and engaged while attending the STEM club, and showed dedication and persistence even when faced with new challenges.

Skye Beke / Jacqueline Kelly

2020 was another exciting year for the Stage 3 STEM Club, as we continue to expand not only our resources but our skills in STEAM.

This club creates opportunities for students to make new friends and socialise with peers over a common interest… Exploration, challenge and STEAM!

This year saw the club grow even more as we created Robotics Teams; three teams of Years 5 and 6 boys working towards a goal of designing and programming their robots to complete a 1-minute dance for the Australian Junior Robo-Cup Competition. Sadly, due to COVID-19 restrictions, the boys were not able to attend the competition day this year. However, they were lucky enough to show off their skilled performances in the Junior School Arts Show and we hope to enter the Robo-Cup in 2021.

Every Tuesday afternoon (and most lunches!) the STEAMworks room was a buzz of learning, fun, structured chaos and exploring as boys worked through personal and group challenges. Games were coded with block coding on Scratch; Robots were built and programmed on the Lego EV3 Mindstorms; Lego; Boys sawed and hammered nails into wood to create realistic-looking skate parks for their Tech Decks; and many Minecraft ecosystems were developed!

The boys showed great enthusiasm and resilience throughout the year, and I hope these experiences provided the boys with opportunities for future endeavours… who knows how many budding scientists and engineers we have in our community!

Karen Voysey

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STICK INSECT CLUB

As its name suggests, the stick insect resembles the twigs among which it lives, providing it with one of the most efficient natural camouflages on Earth. Junior School Insect Club has grown in number, as has our collection of Phasmatodea including, Spiny Leaf, Goliath, Cyclone Larry, and Titan insects. Each week the boys gather to handle the insects, collect eggs and assist in the cleaning of the enclosure. After waiting patiently for two to twelve months for eggs to hatch we can proudly claim the title as successful breeders. The stick insect enclosure has provided a sense of wonder for many boys as they research fascinating facts, share their findings, and appreciate and get very close with nature.

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STRETCH AND STILL

K-6 boys elected to participate in the Stretch and Still Club on Thursday lunch times, run throughout the year. This club, run by Mrs Weston and Mrs Brandon, provided boys with the opportunity to take a quiet moment to be with themselves, free from the busyness of the playground. During each session, boys learnt about the benefits of mindfulness, how to slow and control their breathing, and practised this whilst they stretched their bodies.

The boys were taught the importance of using mindfulness as a means for processing and regulating their emotions. It was discussed that when boys are feeling negative emotions such as sadness, anger or frustration, they could use this practice to help themselves feel better.

Guided meditation took many forms. It was either demonstrated by the teachers or was guided using well known apps including Smiling Minds and Calm. We noticed that it was difficult for all of us to concentrate on being present and not being distracted by our thoughts. The boys have been encouraged to continue their practise of these Apps for guided meditations at home.

The stretching encouraged boys to build up their strength, flexibility and co-ordination. The boys became more comfortable with various poses as the weeks went on.

Mrs Brandon and Mrs Weston were very impressed by the maturity and efforts shown by the boys who joined us each week.

Natalie Weston and Megan Brandon

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It was a short season this year at Studio-T as our boys produced a variety of reality and game show television episodes.

Throughout the year, boys were rotated between a number of onstage and backstage roles. On stage, depending on the show being recorded, boys dressed up and played everything from hosts, judges, and singers, to builders and race car drivers! Backstage roles consisted of utilising the production-grade equipment from cameras, video mixers and recording, microphones and audio mixers, lighting controls and communication headsets. The boys quickly learnt that these positions are just as critical to produce an episode as are the people in front of the camera!

A number of TV shows were produced throughout the year - some more successful and less messy than others! Highlights included our comedy episodes Try Not To Laugh, PrankTV and Roast Battles (Year 5 vs Year 6) while our popular reality TV episodes included Trinity Border Security and our own adaptation of Survivor. Some content is available to watch on the Trinity Grammar Junior School YouTube channel.

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VISUAL ARTS

Early in Term 1, Year 6 at the Junior School attended a full day combined Visual Arts and Mandarin excursion. After morning tea in the Domain, the boys took part in two exhibitions in the Art Gallery of New South Wales. One of these was ArtExpress – an annual exhibition featuring a selection of outstanding student artworks developed for the artmaking component of the HSC examination in Visual Arts in NSW. It was a great opportunity for the boys to be not only inspired by the Visual Art practice and techniques displayed by the young artists, but by the powerful concepts and messages that many of the works communicated. The second exhibition, “In One Drop of Water” featured the work of a group of artists in the Asian Galleries, and the boys were engaged in an artmaking activity relating to the exhibition. After the art gallery experience, we travelled to China Town for a delicious Yum Cha meal. This was certainly another highlight of a very enjoyable day.

The end of Term 2 involved an incursion with ceramicist Kristyn Taylor, owner and director of Ceramics In Schools. Each year group worked within their PYP Visual Arts Unit of Inquiry. Kindergarten made birds in nests within their transdisciplinary theme How The World Works; Year One focused on insects in correlation with Sharing the Planet; while Year Two created transport machines based on their understanding of How the World Works. Year Three created owl plant pots during their inquiry, and Year Four created works related to their unit exploring sustainable building design. Year Five looked at body language and how we express emotion in art, and Year 6 delved into landscape during their inquiry into Sharing the Planet.

Late in Term 2 also saw Year 3 visit the Delmar Gallery to learn about and view an exhibition of Ömie barkcloth paintings, honouring senior women artists from the remote mountains of south-eastern Papua New Guinea. The “Where Clouds are Spirit Parrots” exhibition, included twenty paintings based on ancestral clan designs, and fitted in beautifully to the unit of inquiry the boys had been working on, How We Express Ourselves, where we explored symbols in artmaking. After this incursion, students created mixed media work incorporating personal symbols inspired by Indigenous artmaking.

Students and staff of the Junior School have been enjoying the boys’ artwork on display for the Junior School Creative Arts Festival. The walls and window ledges have been full of the beautiful, expressive and colourful artworks, which showcases how much consistent effort the boys put into their artmaking. Every boy in Kindergarten to Year 6 has at least one artwork displayed, and it has been a great pleasure to have it brighten our days from Term 3 Week 6. Although we couldn’t have our usual Opening Night festivities this year, the online virtual gallery and website has been a great way to experience the work.

Art Club this year has involved painting, drawing, ceramics, printmaking and sculpture, where we have practised and explored new artmaking techniques. I have really enjoyed the boys’ enthusiasm and joy in creative expression so evident in these art clubs, as well as during their weekly Visual Arts lessons.

Belinda Nikolov

Term 3 Senior Art Club

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All Above: Art Appreciation walk, Junior School Creative Arts Festival

Year 3 incursion to the “Where Clouds are Spirit Parrots” exhibition at the Delmar Gallery.

Term 3 Senior Art Club

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SPORTMASTER’S REPORT

It has certainly been a different year with many challenges yet rewards from once more undertaking the role of Junior School Sports Master in 2020. It has been a year unlike any other, but we have modified and adapted to the challenges set in front of us.

Term One’s original Swimming Carnival at school was postponed due to the weather so we ran a time trial morning at Canterbury Pool, whereupon 21 boys were selected to represent the Junior School at IPSHA in Swimming and Diving. The Swim team of 18 boys represented the school at two Invitationals at The Scot’s College and Newington College on two consecutive Friday afternoons. The team was ably led by Dilan Petrides, our Swim Captain for 2020, and we achieved many fine results. Nathan Jones (4Yo), Zac Bachir (5Ta), William Saunders (5Fo), and Max Munday (5Fo) set a new school record in winning the 4 x 50m Freestyle relay at IPSHA and gaining selection to that team in the process. Peter Galanos (6Yo), Hamish Turner (6Ta), Jonny Orr (6Fo) and Eamon Turner (4Ta) were all IPSHA representatives in Diving. Daniel Zhang (2Fo) also made the IPSHA Swim Team in the U8 50m Freestyle.

Later in Term One we also conducted our annual Cross-Country Championships at our Summer Hill campus, and from there we were able to select a team of 25 boys to represent the Junior School at the IPSHA Cross Country Carnival at The King’s School. Unfortunately, due to the pandemic, this event did not go ahead.

During the first term we were able to complete all six weeks of Summer sport in Basketball, Cricket, Softball, Tennis, Touch Football & Intra Sports (Basketball & Softball), with success in all sports. The second half of these seasons re-commenced in late October, running through to late November.

Term Two saw us commence trialling and training in our winter codes but we were unable to play on Saturdays.

Term Three saw the beginning of a shortened schedule of winter sport

with four weeks of Football, Rugby, A.F.L. and Intra Football. Years 3-6 of the Junior School held their House Track & Field Carnival at SOPAC, but unfortunately any further representation was not possible due to restrictions. A lovely day greeted us at Homebush Bay and the boys enjoyed representing their Houses.

K-2 had their annual 2 week intensive swim programme which they undertook to develop their basic swim techniques and knowledge of water safety.

Term Four has been another busy term with the resumption of summer sport, The House Swimming Carnival, and our yearly a K-2 mini Track and Field carnival at Summer Hill.

Many thanks to the Senior School Directors of sport, Mr. Ben Morrissey (Basketball), Mr. Ian Moran (Cricket), Mr. Luke Gray (Football), and Mr. Michael Snowden (Rugby), for their assistance and guidance, particularly with the running of the successful Year 3 programme, and with each sport yet again having a term of showcasing their skill sets as the boys progress to Saturday competition in 2021.

Finally thank you to the MICs and Co-Ordinators of Junior School Sport, Mr. Adam Short, Junior/Preparatory Rugby, Ms. Deanna Jabaji, Basketball, Swimming and Cross Country, Mr. Zac Galluzzo, Co-Ordinator of Junior/Prep Football, Mr. Chris Marques, Football, Mr Tane Edmed, Cricket, Mr. Stephen Mugridge, Junior/Preparatory Cricket, and Mr Josh Lucas, Junior/Preparatory AFL, who all managed their sports with assurance.

Chris Robinson | Junior School Sports Master

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BASKETBALL

Another basketball season has passed and what an enjoyable season it was! The boys in the green and white were lucky enough to get in a full round of games before Saturday sport was cancelled due to COVID. Trinity had some wonderful victories, nail-biting draws and narrow losses. However, no matter what the score was, each student wore their jersey with pride and rose to the challenge each week. It was obvious that games were not just won in points. They were won by the positive relationships the boys built with their coaches and teammates, the time spent training and perfecting skills and the team spirit that was shown each week.

Congratulations to Joshua Argyrou, who was selected as the Basketball Captain of the Junior School for 2020. Joshua’s commitment to the game, outstanding sportsmanship, encouragement towards others and wonderful leadership skills allowed him to be an inspiring role model for all players of different abilities.

Training sessions focused on skill development where the boys worked on their layups, various dribbling and shooting drills, as well as both offensive and defensive plays. The great Kobe Bryant once stated

that great things come from hard work and perseverance. This was a message the boys carried with them to each training session and game to use as motivation to keep moving forward.

A very big thank-you needs to go to Mr Ben Morrissey and Mr Terry Tsangarliotis for co-ordinating and organising our training sessions. Without their continued help, guidance and support, our Junior School basketball would not run as smoothly as it does. Thank you to the coaches who continue to provide their basketball expertise and time, as well as the support from our parents in making sure the boys arrived at their games on time.

I am looking forward to what the second half of the basketball season brings in 2020.

Deanna Jabaji | MIC Basketball

1ST BASKETBALL

Standing Jonny Orr, Kody Murphy, Sam Michail, Izaiah Constanti, Benjamin Lim, Miss D Jabaji

Seated Sam De Alwis, Charlie Earthrowl, Joshua Argyou, Louis Zizikas, David Fisterman

2ND BASKETBALL

Standing Hussein Choker, Christian Gregory, Charlie Teulon, Hudson Myliotis

Seated James Crook, Mikias Williams, Dilan Petrides, Zac Bachir, Anthony Markos

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3RD BASKETBALL

Standing Remy Humphreys, Lincoln Sinozic, Oscar Luton, Cristian Marzullo, George Drivas

Seated Callum Evans, Lucas Fan, Aiman Malas, Christopher Dimou. Hugo Tsai

4A BASKETBALL

Standing Hudson Lyttle, Dean Mavraidis, Nathan Jones, Matthew Boumelhem, Moussa Choker, Xavier Jabbour

Seated Jordan Armenis, Joshua Deiri, Daniel Orr, Austin Da Silva, Kai Pham.


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Standing Charles Russell, Justin Tsia, Peter Katsiris, Jack Maclean, Xavier Malas, Kobi Vickery

Seated Ethan Soo, Arles Hanning, Christian Antoniou, Luis Kokotovich, Rafael Koutra

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Standing Jonah Feltaous, David Sukkar, Maddox Knapstein, Daniel Jones

Seated George Kalis, Michael Sotiropoulos, Kai Famlonga, Gregory Kariatlis, Aidan Wong

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6TH BASKETBALL

Standing Marcus Xistouris, Isaac Bassily, Kevin Pham, Owyn Nakhle, Ethan Peng

Seated Alex Chanine, Scout Cooper, Adam El-Abd, Harry Hartzenberg, George Deiri

5TH BASKETBALL

Standing James Alha, Nash Waters-Delaney, Alex Jutrisa, Matthew Nada, James Zhou, Luke Nada

Seated Luca Gerbino, Peter Galanos, Chistopher Savva, Asher Paoli, Izac Duval


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Standing David Martin, Benjamin El Hayek, Luca Dawson

Seated Robbie Coneliano, Jake Heald, Joshua Quibell. Ryan Wang, Shawn Chen

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Standing Piero Tofalakis, Oliver Tucker, Ruairi Rafferty, Samuel Zheng, Andre Duane

Seated Andrew Zhang, Max Munday, Xander Vaccarella, Seamus Horrigan, Charlie Yao

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FOOTBALL

The Junior School entered eight teams in 2020 IPSHA football, three in each of the Year 6 and Year 5 cohorts playing traditional 11 a-side and modified 9 a-side football, and two in the Year 4 competition, contesting 7 a-side progressive football, played across the field and with smaller goals.

The Opens age group were led by Mr Nicholas Chan. The 1st XI, as with all teams, only competed in three matches, finishing off with a strong victory over Mosman Prep. Recent old boy, Mr Evasio MacMillan coached the 2nd XI and Mrs Karen Voysey the 3rd XI.

The Year 5s were led by Mr Nicholas Bishop. The A team also finished their shortened season with a big victory over Mosman Prep. Mrs Tabitha Bell and Mr Joshua Holland imparted their knowledge to the 5B and 5C teams.

The Year 4 A and B teams were coached by Mrs Eliza Leedow and Mr Kenneth Chu, and both enjoyed very strong, though abbreviated seasons. It will be interesting to chart their progression to 9 a-side football in 2020.

Congratulations to all boys who played football for the Junior School in 2020. I look forward to more progression next year. Special thanks to Mr Luke Gray, MIC of Trinity Football, Mr Zachary Galluzzo, Primary Football Co-Ordinator, and Mr Chris Marques, the Junior School Co-Ordinator, for all their guidance throughout the season.

Chris Robinson

2ND FOOTBALL

Standing Jonah Feltaous, Benjamin Lim, Alejandro Molina, Christian Gregory, Kevin Pham, Hugo Newman, Nash Waters-Delaney

Seated Gregory Kariatlis, Dilan Petrides, Aidan Lang, Alfie Nichols, Aakash Viswanathan, Peter Galanos, Ethan Yiu

1ST FOOTBALL

Back Row Cristian Marzullo, Lincoln Sinozic, Maddox Knapstein

Middle Row Mr Nicholas Chan, Joshua Argyou, Aiman Malas, Christopher Dimou, David Charas, Chris Savva

Seated George Kalis, Nivesch Balenthiran, Hamish Turner, Sam Michail, Oscar Luton, Anthony Markos, Romeo Ozdemir

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Back Row Luca Dawson, Dara Ritchley, Youngheon Cho

Middle Row Julian Tripodi, George Deiri, Piero Tofalakis, Alex Jutrisa, James Zhou, Rico Zou

Seated Asher Paoli, Lucas Fan, Geronimo Devitt, Isaac Bassily, Andre Duane, Izac Duval, Aidan Wong

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Standing Aston Yousef, Ollie Jessop, George Drivas, Remy Humphreys, Eligh Balic

Seated Hugo Walker, Luca Gerbino, Cyril Elassal, Angus Turnbull, Marc Licenblat, Jayden Bechara, Jamieson Geras.

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5C FOOTBALL

Standing Layth Nazha, Ryan Wang, Samuel Zheng, Luke Farrow, Kai Famlonga, Jack Cooper, George Mavromatis

Seated Nicholas Servos, Geoffrey Olsen, Ethan Peng, Robbie Coneliano, Oscar Hannan

5B FOOTBALL

Standing Harry Hartzenberg, James Crook, William Saunders, David Martin, Tim Buultjens, Jake Heald, Harry Volikas

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Standing Harry Carson, Elijah Harding, Braith Hargreaves, Charles Russell

Seated Ryan La, Raj Reddy, James Fang, Harlan Starr, Maxwell Leung.

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Standing Matthew Boumelhem, Dean Mavraidis, Jack Maclean, Nathan Jones, Justin Tsia

Seated Ethan Soo, Christian Antoniou, Zac Marques, Rafael Koutra, Arles Hanning

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In Term 3, K-2 boys participated in the Learn to Swimming programme. This programme has been running for the last few years and is always a worthwhile component to the school sports curriculum. It involved two weeks of intensive swimming lessons aiming to help develop swimming skills and a sense of water safety for all students.

Students were put into smaller ability groups and practised a variety of skills such as torpedos, strong kicks, breathing and stroke technique.

K-2 students built strong, trusting and respectful relationships with the swimming instructors. K-2 teachers and swimming instructors were impressed with the maturity and efforts shown by the boys. It was amazing to observe the change in confidence that took place during such a concentrated programme.

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K-2 SWIMMING

SOFTBALL

Batter in. Foul tip. Fair ball. Walk. Bases loaded. The season began with a fusion of experienced and some highly talented players, along with some keen, first-time rookies to establish the 2020 Junior School Softball team. It was most advantageous to have on board some experienced Year 6 players to mentor the first-time players. The talents of Captain, Alfie Nichols, are to be congratulated. His knowledge of the game and natural leadership skills made him a valuable asset to the team. I thank him for his role as Junior School Softball Captain this year as he fulfilled his responsibilities in a most humble and capable manner. I must also acknowledge and thank Mr O’Neill, who shared his understanding of the technical drills as he trained with us each Thursday morning in preparation for the early rounds of the competition.

The early season of Saturday competition consisted of games played against the Trinity Prep School, St. Patrick’s College and St. Pius X College. While the inclement weather washed out one third of the Saturday games, we were blessed to have a marvellous opportunity to play two friendly games with the Trinity Prep School. Thank you to Mr Stuart Smith for

providing the players, parents, and myself an informative perspective into the game. Both Saturdays were enjoyable, and much was learnt from your expertise, patience and love for the game.

It is to be noted the development of the key skills required to play the game was quite remarkable for the brevity of the first term. However, the ultimate measure for the players was to witness how they united as a team, supported, and nurtured each other as well as the sportsmanship displayed with the opposition. Congratulations to the Junior School Softball Team 2020 for exemplifying the Trinity team spirit.

Jennifer Mitrokas | Junior School Softball

SOFTBALL

Standing Mrs Jennifer Mitrokas, Julian Tripodi, Geronimo Devitt, Zeke Gourlas, Nash Smith, Alexander Henry, Layth Nazha

Seated Jolyon Gadiel, Luke Farrow, Alfie Nichols, AJ Laing, Laurent Milham

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SWIMMING AND DIVING

It’s been an unusual year in the pool for our young swimmers of Trinity Grammar Junior School. Unfortunately, due to flooding in our pools, our Swimming Carnival was postponed which was scheduled for Term 1. However, we were still fortunate enough to be able to trial a number of boys out for the invitational carnivals held at Newington and Scots College. A selected swim team of 21 boys led by their Swimming Captain, Dilan Petrides, were eager to showcase their wonderful swimming ability in the pool.

Both carnivals proved to be a great success, and although parents were missing this year, the cheers from the young men of Trinity supporting one another was nothing short of remarkable. The encouragement and team spirit the boys displayed allowed for great results with many of our swimmers returning to school with ribbons. These two carnivals were a great practice for IPSHA which was held at SOPAC in Homebush. They say victory is always possible for the person who refuses to stop working hard. This was truly the case as the closure of our school pools didn’t stop these swimmers from training hard. Some made other arrangements to train at local pools or even used their own as a training

pool. Even though IPSHA proved to be tough competition for our boys, the never give up attitude and support of one another allowed the boys to persevere. Well done to Hamish Turner, Jonny Orr, Peter Galanos, and Eamon Turner who also represented Trinity in IPSHA Diving.

A special mention and congratulations need to go to Daniel Zheng, Nathan Jones, Zac Bachir, Max Munday and William Saunders who all qualified for the State Championships. Unfortunately, due to COVID, this event was cancelled. However, there is no doubt in my mind that these boys would have made Trinity proud and achieved wonderful results. It has been a pleasure being MIC and I am looking forward to hopefully seeing a lot more action in the pool in 2021!

Deanna Jabaji | MIC Swimming

SWIMMING AND DIVING

Back Row William Saunders, Svetko Fazzari, Daniel Jones, Hudson Myliotis, Jonny Orr, James Zhou, Zac Bachir

Middle Row Ms Deanna Jabaji, Darren Cai, Max Munday, Eamon Turner, Nathan Jones, Cristian Izzillo, Hamish Turner, Daniel Zhang

Seated Finley Askew, Nicolas Beke, Peter Galanos, Dilan Petrides, Michael Sotiropoulos, Jayden Bechara, Nicholas Ma

IPSHA REPS (SWIMMING AND DIVING)

Left to Right Daniel Zhang, Eamon Turner, Peter Galanos, Jonny Orr, William Saunders, Zac Bachir, Nathan Turner, Hamish Turner, Max Munday

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Touch football is quite new to the Junior School. As much as the boys have a great round of games with their peers at recess and lunch times, this is only the second year that they have competed as a part of our Saturday sport programme. The boys definitely rose to the occasion each week with good sportsmanship, developing skills and a better understanding of the rules. As they grew in confidence, the fundamental skills seemed to come much easier to the team. The team have been working on ‘arrows’ or a ‘three player drive’ to make as many metres in the first three touches. This is always quite challenging. The boys have spent their childhood running away from anyone going to tag them in a game on the playground and now we are encouraging them to run at the other team and take the touch. These are the building blocks to touch footy - the boys quickly realised they could run at the player that is offside, dump the ball quickly and keep the momentum going and then set up for the last touches by pulling all the defence into the middle of the field. We had some very

quick boys always ready on the wing to get the ball over the line. In some weeks the defence was just too tough, so we also had to up our game in defence! The boys soon learnt the importance of keeping in a strong line across the field and communicating to each other to either ‘squeeze’ or push the team across to the sidelines.

Congratulations to Romeo Ozdemir who was selected as the Touch Captain of the Junior School for 2020. Romeo’s commitment to the game, encouragement towards others and the way he led the team inspired the younger boys of the team. With four wins, one loss and a draw in Term 1, it’ll be great to see what Term 4 holds. Many thanks to the supportive parents and siblings as well as a huge thank you to Georgia Pollitt for her amazing expertise, drills to focus on the team’s developing skills and for refereeing.

Chloe Martin

TOUCH FOOTBALL

TOUCH FOOTBALL

Standing Cristian Izzillo, Marc Licenblat, Kobe Harb, Jack Castles, Jack Cooper, Aston Yousef, Daniel Simpson

Seated Jamieson Geras, Jayden Bechara, Romeo Ozdemir, Dash Isaacs, Makoto Chapman

The Junior School Tennis Team played some outstanding matches throughout 2020. The boys were fabulous the way they could adapt to any surface for competition. During the week for Thursday sport they played on a hard surface and then on a Saturday it varied. A definite highlight for all involved, including our spectator parents, was the chance to play at WHITE CITY. Unfortunately, it wasn’t centre-court

but the grass courts surrounding soaked up the atmosphere of intense competition and sportsmanship.

Well done to all the Junior School tennis players for their outstanding enthusiasm to umpire, be a ball boy, and play excellent tennis.

Shelley Richards

TENNIS

TENNIS

Standing Mrs Shelley Richards, Peter Papadopoulos, Dara Ritchley, Hugh Williams, Nicholas Servos

Seated David Charas, Alejandro Molina, Hugo Newman, Ollie Jessop, Eligh Balic

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TRACK AND FIELD | CROSS COUNTRY

Last year in my Triangle report I began by saying that Track and Field is one of the shortest seasons of the Trinity sporting calendar, and this year this statement could not be truer. With COVID-19 restrictions cutting out our entire season we were left with only the Junior Track and Field Carnival. However, that did not stop it from being one of the best Track and Field Carnivals.

Picture this: perfect weather and our Years 3 to 6 Junior School students with the whole Homebush Athletics stadium to themselves. Excellent for social distancing. We may not have had the crowds or the chanting but that didn’t stop the vibe. The boys replaced the chanting with some good old-fashioned percussion instruments, which turned out to be even louder than our usual chanting!

Our combined Junior School Track and Field Carnival was a wonderful way for all boys to have a go at all areas of Track and Field, many trying field events which had never been done before and excitedly realising they held talent within this particular area. The events held were 100m, 200m, 800m, Long Jump and Discus. As a fun treat, the boys had a round of House Tug of War, which saw many boys fight with strength and power to help pull their team across the line. Latham won for the 8- and 9-year olds; Taubman for the 10-year olds; Latham for the 11-year olds and Young won it for our 12-year olds.

We had a lot of successes on the day with the following students coming out as our 2020 age champions.

8s 1st Andrew Zeng /Nicholas Ma

9s 1st Kai Pham2nd Alex Anastasi/ Jordan Buultjens

10s 1st Nathan Jones 2nd Hugo Tsai

11s 1st Daniel Simpson 2nd Sam De Alwis

12s 1st Joshua Argyrou 2nd Charlie Teulon

Unfortunately, with the IPSHA Carnival cancelled this year, we do not have a Track and Field Team of 2020, but the boys have a year to keep training and develop their skills for next year’s IPSHA events, which I am sure will be more competitive than ever.

The highlight of the day was the teachers versus students race we were able to have at the end of the carnival. Two teams of teachers, included our very own Head of School, Mr Dunn, who showed that he still has it as he sprinted down the 100m track being cheered on by all the boys!

It was a magical day, full of a good balance of competitive athletics and fun and games. However, there can only be one winner and the 2020 Track and Field winning House for the Junior school was Young, on 435 points. Congratulations, boys!

Karen Voysey | MIC Track and Field

ATHLETICS AGE CHAMPIONS

Left to Right Nicholas Ma, Andrew Zeng, Daniel Simpson, Joshua Argyrou, Nathan Jones, Kai Pham

CROSS COUNTRY AGE CHAMPIONS

Left to Right Michael Sotiropoulos, Jayden Bechara, Nathan Jones, Finley Askew

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HEAD MASTER

Mr. Tim Bowden, BA.(Commun) (UC), Grad. Dip. Ed (UC), MEdLead (Macq. Uni.), BDiv (Moore), DipMin (Moore)

2018

SCHOOL EXECUTIVE

Deputy Head Master - Policy and Strategy

Mr. Craig Sandwell, B.A. (Syd), Dip.Ed. (Syd.CAE), M.Ed.Admin. (UNSW), M.A.C.E.L.

1990

Deputy Head Master - Summer Hill

Mr. Bradley Barr, B.Ed. (Syd), Dip.Teach. (Syd), M.A.C.E.L.

1986

Bursar

Mr. Campbell Dungan, C.P.A., B.Comm. (UNSW) 1988

Head of the Preparatory School

Mr. Christopher Wyatt, B.Teach. (ACU), B.Ed. (NICE), M.Ed. (CSU)

2015

Head of the Junior School

Mr. Mark Dunn, B.A. (Syd), Dip. Ed. (UON), M. Leadership & Mngt Educ. (UON), ATA (NSWIT), M.A.C.E.L.

2015/2

Head of the Senior School

Dr. Heath De Lany, B. Soc. Sc (ACU), Grad. Dip. Ed. (Monash), M.Ed, Psych. (Melb), Ed.D. (UNE)., M.A.C.E.L.

2014

Head of the Middle School

Mr. John Allen, B.A. Grad. Dip.Ed. (UTS), M.Sc. (Oxon)

2004/4

Head of Field Studies Centre

Mr. Tim Knowles, B.Ed (UOW) 2020

Academic Dean

Mrs. Deborah Williams, B.Arts (Syd),Dip.Ed.(SCOA),M.Ed.(CSU)

2018

Head of Community Engagement

Mr. Kell Daniels, B.Ed. (Syd. CAE), M.Ed. Admin. (UNSW), F.A.C.E.

1997

Head of Information and Communication Technologies

Mr. Paul Queeney, B.Sc. Information Systems (Trinity College, Dublin)

2018/3

Head of Professional Standards

Mr. Thomas Mae, B.Ec., (Syd), M.A. (Macq. Uni.), Dip.Ed. (STC), F.A.C.E., F.T.G.N.

2004

Head of Operations - Summer Hill

Mr. Stephen Heanly, B.Ed. (UON), M.Ed.(UON) 1993

Head of Human Resources

Mrs. Belinda Reid, M. HR M. (CSU), B. Bus. (Griffith), Dip. Frontline Mgmt (Monash), C.A.H.R.I.,

2013

Senior Chaplain

The Reverend Gregory

Webster, B. App. Sc (Syd), B. Th. (ACT), Dip Min, Dip Arts Theol (Moore), Dip. Ed. (Excelsia).

1997

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STAFF DIRECTORY 2020

PRESIDENT

The Most Reverend Dr. Glenn Davies, B.SC. M.Div. Dip. A. Ph.D Archbishop of Sydney

CHAIRMAN

Mr. Richard Pegg

HONORARY SECRETARY

Mr. Martin Cook

HONORARY TREASURER

Mr. Richard Moffitt

MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL

Mr. Matthew Bradfield

The Reverend Christopher Braga

Dr. Margaret Chu

Dr. Robert Claxton

Dr. Peter Collins

Dr. Andrew Connolly

The Reverend James Harricks

The Reverend Alan Lukabyo

The Reverend David Mears

Mr. Simon Miller

The Reverend Justin Moffatt

Mr. Craig Moore

Mrs. Wendy Mugridge

The Reverend Trevor Oakley

MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE SCHOOL COUNCIL

Dr. Peter Collins (Chairman)

Mr. Matthew Bradfield

Mr. Martin Cook

The Reverend Alan Lukabyo

Mr. Richard Moffitt

Mr. Craig Moore

Mr. Richard Pegg

SCHOOL COUNCIL 2020

SENIOR STAFF | SUMMER HILL CAMPUS

Director of Enrolments (7-12)

Mr. James Leckie, B.Ed. (Syd) 1998

Director of Campus Administration

Mr. Bradley Wirth, B.Ed. (Science) (Syd) 2000

Deputy Head of the Senior School

Mr. Andrew Yarad, B.Ed. (Secondary Mathematics) (ACU)

2001/4

Deputy Head of the Middle School

Mr. David Galluzzo, B.Sc. (Syd), Grad.Dip.Ed. (CTC), Grad.Dip. Arts (Religious Ed.) (ACU)

1999

Director of Co-Curricular

Mr. Lachlan White, B.Ed. (TAS) (Syd) 1998

Sportsmaster

Mr. Mitchell Kearsley, B.Sc.Ex.Sc (ACU), Dip.Ed (Secondary PDHPE) (ACU)

2018

Activities Master

Mr. Andrew Payne, B.Ed. (Physical & Health Ed) (ACPE), Dip.Ed. (UTS),M.Ed (Syd)

2013

Director of TESS | Academic Support

Mrs. Renee Culgan, B.Teach (WSU), B.Ed (WSU) 2020

Director of Counselling & PyschologicalServices

Mr. Timothy Smith, B.A.Psyc./Soc.(Canterbury, NZ), Post.Grad. Dip.Psyc.(UOW), Post.Grad.Dip,Social Hlth.(Macq), M.M.H.(Child & Adolescent) (NSW Inst. Of Psychiatry). MAPS

2009

Director of Curriculum

Mr. Andrew Scott, B.Ec. (Syd), Dip.Ed. (UNE), Dip.A. (Syd), M.Ed. Curriculum and Administration (Deakin)

2006/4

Director of International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme

Mr. Christopher Barnes, B.A. (Macq), Dip. Ed. (Macq) 2007/2

Director of Professional Practice

Ms. Alison Boyd-Boland, B.A. (Hons) (Syd), Grad. Dip.Ed. (ACU) Grad.Dip. R.E. (ACU)M.Ed. (Student Wellbeing) (ACU).

2014/4

Director of Library Services

Ms. Stefanie Gaspari, B.Com (UOW), Grad.Dip.Ed. (ACU)

2014/2

Director of Academic Administration

Mr. Peter Karakiozis, B.A., (Syd.), M.Teach. (Syd), M.Ed. (UON)

2010

Director of Research

Ms. Deborah De Ridder, B.AppSc (HAC), Grad.Dip.Ed (UNE), Grad.Cert.EdSt (UON), M.LeadMngtEd (UON)

2020

Director of Music

Mr. Philip Pratt, A.L.C.M.(Lond.), Cert. Ed.(Exeter), M.Ed. (C.N.A.A.), M.A.C.E.

1998/2

Director of Marketing and Communications

Philippa Lowe, B.A (UOR), M. Comm (CSU), Grad.Dip. Div (ACT)

2019/4

Director of Finance

Mrs. Rebecca Corias, B. Bus. (UTS). 2008/2

SENIOR SUBJECT MASTERS

Christian Studies

Dr. Chris Thanopoulos, B.Sc.(Med.) (UNSW), B.Med. B.Surgery, (Hons) (UNSW) B.Div., (Hons), Dip.Ministry (Moore College), Grad. Dip. Ed. (Wesley)

2007/4

Drama

Mr. Brendan Duhigg, B.A., (Syd), B.A. (Film and Television) (Aust. Film, Television and Radio School), Dip. Ed. (Mitchell CAE)

1998

Economics

Mr. Kai Ikeuchi, B.Social Work (Syd), B.Teach. (CSU). M.T.G.N

2011/3

English

Ms. Norma Kamhieh, B.Ed (ACU), M.Ed. (UNSW) 2017/4

HSIE

Mr. David Van Tol, B.A Arts (Syd), Grad Dip Edu. (UNSW)

2015/2

Geography

Mr. Adrain Shipp, B.Ed (NSW) B.Arts (NSW) 2018/4

Languages

Mr. Ashley Lucas, B.A. (Hons.) (Syd), Dip.Ed. (Syd. CAE)

1984

Mathematics

Mr. Edward Habkouk, B.Sc. (Macq), Grad. Dip. Ed. (UNE), M.Ed. (UNE). M.T.G.N., M.A.C.E.

2011

Personal Development, Health and Physical Education

Mr. Andrew Simos, B.Ed. (ACU), B.PE (ACU) 2003

Science (Acting)

Ms. Deborah De Ridder, B.AppSc (HAC), Grad.Dip.Ed (UNE), Grad.Cert.EdSt (UON), M.LeadMngtEd (UON)

2020

Technological and Applied Studies

Mr. Timothy Warren, B.A (IndDes) (SCA) M.A. (Middlesex) M.Ed, (UWS)

2020

Vocational Education and Training (VET)

Ms. Jennifer Nixon, Dip. Ed. (USYD), B. Sci. (USYD) M.Ed (USYD), Grad. Dip. Appl. Sci. (CSU), Grad. Cert. ICT Ed. (CSU)

2011/2

Visual Arts and Design and Photo Media

Mr. Stephen Collins, B.Art.Ed. (City Art Inst.), M.Art.Ed. (UNSW), M.Ed. (Syd). M.T.G.N.

1987

ACADEMIC STAFF | MIDDLE AND SENIOR SCHOOLS | SUMMER HILL CAMPUS

Mr. Christopher Aschman, B.Mus. (Perf) (ANU), Grad. Dip.Ed. (CSU)

2005

Mr. Peter Bamford, B.Ed. (Fine Arts) (UNE), Dip.Teach. (Kuring-Gai CAE), M.Ed. (Fine Arts) (UNSW)

2011/2

Dr. Timothy Barden, B.Sc. (Hons) (UNSW), Ph.D. (UWS), C.Chem., Grad. Dip.Ed. (UNE), M.R.A.C.I., M.A.C.E.

2001

Mr. Richard Bishop, B.A. (UON), Dip.Ed. (UON), Dip.Th. (ACT)

2000

Ms. Phyllis Bookluck, B.A. (Syd), Dip.Ed. (Syd) 2000

Mrs. Heather Bootle, B. Ed. (Newcastle CAE), M.Ed. (UWS).

1992

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Mr. Simon Bootle, B.A. (Macq), Dip.Ed. (UNE) 1995

Mr. Anthony Bosco, B.A (USYD), B. Teach (USYD) 2016/4

Mrs. Heidi Broadbent, B.Sc. (Syd), Dip. Ed, (Macq) 2007/3

Mr. David Chilton, B.Ed. (Hons) (Syd), B.A. (Syd), M.Ed. (Leadership) (NICE)

2012/2

Ms. Hyun Mi Cho, B.Arts with Dip. Ed. (Macq. Uni), M.Ed. Leadership and Management.

2018/4

Mr. Daniel Chu, B.Sc (Syd), M.Teach. (Syd) 2013/3

Mr. Padraig Connolly, B.Sc. (DCU) (Term 1-3) 2020

Ms. Vicky Courtenay, B.Teach (Pri) (CSU), M.Teach (TeachLib) (CSU), B.Th (JC)

2016/3

Mrs. Vikki Cummins, B. Comm (UWS) P.C.Ed (ACU) C.GR (ACU)

2017

Mr. Robert Currer, B.Com (UOS), B.E. (UOS), M.Teach (UOS)

2018

Mrs. Christine Daniel, B.Sc., M.Sc. (UTS), Grad. Dip. Ed. (Macq)

2012

Mr. David Davies, B.Ed. (Ind.Arts) (Syd) 2012/2

Mr. Guy Dennis, B.A. (Hons) (Exeter), M.Ed.St. (UNE), M.B.A. (UNE), M.Ed. Admin. (UNE), Dip.Ed. (UNE), G.A.I.C.D., M.A.C.E., M.A.C.E.L., F.R.G.S., A.F.A.I.M., JP

1998

Mr. Bobby Dimitrievski, B.Mus. (Syd Conserv.) (Syd), Dip.Ed. (UNE), ADMT (Syd), A.Mus.A. (AMEB)

2010

Mr. Michael Di Paola B.Ed. (Syd) 2019/4

Mr. Matthew Driscoll, B.Ed. (Syd) B.Arts (Syd) 2018/4

Ms. Marian Dunbar, B.Sc. (Syd), Grad. Dip.Ed. (CSU) 2012

Mr. Andrea Folli, B.A (Witwatersrand, Sth. Africa), Higher Dip. Ed. (Natal), Honours Degree (Higher) ( Rand Afrikaans University)

2012/4

Mr. William Foran, B.Ed. (CCE Syd), Dip.Teach. (CCE Syd)

2001

Mr. Benjamin Fraser, B. Eng. (UNSW) 2020

Mrs. Carol Geddes, B.Sc. (Syd) Grad. Dip.Ed. (Syd). 1999

Mr. Luke Gray, B.Sc. (Syd), Dip. Arts (Syd), Grad. Dip. Ed. (Wesley Inst.)

2006

Mr. Mark Hatton-Ward, B.Sc. (Syd), Dip.Ed. (Syd) 1986

Mr. William Henry, B.A. (Hons) (Leeds), M.Mus. (Lond), LRAM. (Lond). Grad. Dip. Ed. (UNE)

2006/3

Mr. Matthew Hirst, B.A. (UNSW), Dip.Ed. (UNSW), M.Ed. (Syd)

2009

Dr. Anthony Hood, B.Music (UOS) M.Sc (UY) PH.D (UY) M.Teaching (UNE)

2017/3

Mr. Arch Humphries, B.Ed. (CCES), Cert.Rel.Ed. (CTC), Dip.Bib.Studies (Moore College), M.Ed. (ACU), M.A.(Theology) (ACU), M.R.E. (ACU). H.F.T.G.N.

1999/3

Mr. Alastair Hunt, B.Sc. (Hons) (ANU), Grad. Dip. Ed. (UTS)

2014/4

Mrs. Katherine Hronopoulos, BEd(Hum) [USyd] 2018/4

Mrs. Daphne Kao, B.Ed. (Taiwan), Grad. Cert. Educ. Studies (Syd)

2002/4

Mrs. Lara Kariatlis, B.Teach (Sec) 2020/4

Mr. Don Kesby, B.Sc. (UNSW), Dip.Ed. (Syd) 2006

Mr. Brett Lammiman, B.Ed. (Mitchell CAE), M.A. (Syd)

2005

Mr. David Latimer, B.A. (Hons) (UON), M.Ed. (Languages) (Syd)

2000

Mr. Nathan Lee, D.TH (YC) D.Ed (ACU) 2017/4

Ms. Ami Liu, B.Arts (UNSW) M.Arts (UNSW), Grad.Dip.Ed (Secondary) (ACU)

2014/3

Ms. Emma Loftus, Mast. Teaching (2017) UNSW; English, (TRU).

2017

Ms. Julia Malley B.A.B. Teach (ACU) 2019/4

Ms. Tania Mason, B.A. (Syd), M.A. (Syd), Dip.Ed. (Syd) (Leave Term 1)

2005/3

Ms. Sophie Masson, B.A (Paul Valery University) PGCE (Uni of West England)

2020

Mr. Justin McGrath, B.A. (UNSW), Dip. Ed. (Syd) 1995

Mr. Philip McKay, B. Teach. (ACU), B.A. (ACU) 2011

Mr. Andreas Mickler, Erstes Staatsexamen (Univ. Heidelberg, Germany), Grad. Dip. Ed. (Macq)

1997/4

Mr. Mark Mikulandra, B.Ed. Advanced Cert. 2014/3

Mr. Matthew Miller, B.A. (UNSW), Grad. Dip. Ed. (UNSW)

2013

Ms. Katherina B.A./B.Ed. (Secondary) (USYD) 2020

Mr. Ian Moore, B. Com. (UNSW), Dip.Ed. (Syd), F.A.C.E

1978

Mr. Ian Moran, B.Applied Sc.(Syd), B.Teach. (Syd) 2007

Mr. Phillip Mugridge, B.A. (Lang)(Syd) 2017

Mrs. Elizabeth Murphy, B.A. (Human Movement Studies) (UTS), Dip.Ed. (PD/H/PE) (UTS)

2010

Mrs. Nadia Nero, B.Ed (ACU) 2018/4

Mr. Danny Nguyen, B. Design (UWS)., M Teach. (UWS)

2012

Mr. Mark Oakley, B. Design (UNSW), B. Art Educ.(UNSW)

2008

Dr. Rachel O'Brien, PhD.Ed (USYD) 2019

Mrs. Maryellen Ottaway, B.Sc. (UNSW), M.Appl.Sc. (UNSW), Grad. Dip.Ed. (Macq)

2001

Mr. Cameron Patrick, B.Ed. (USYD) 2020/4

Mr. Nicholas Pay, BA/BT (Humanities) ACU; Cert. Secondary Mathematics Sydney Uni

2017

Mr. Andrew Pierce, Grad. Dip. (ACC), S.Ch (ACC), M.Ed. (Syd), M.A. (Syd)

2002/3

Mr. David Poirier Grad. Dip. Ed (NWS), M.Edu. (Syd) 2019/4

Mr. William Pratt, B.Ed. (Edith Cowan), Dip.Teach. (Riverina), B.Th., Dip. Min. (Morling), M.Ed. (UOW).

1998/3

Ms. Danielle Raffaele, B.A. (USYD), M.Teach. (ACU) 2020/4

Mr. Jean-Baptiste Ribola, IUT Measures Physiques (UPJ), BSc.BA (Business & Finance) (ESdCeG), Dip.Ed (Physics, Stage 4 and 5, Mathematics) (UNSW)

2018

Miss. Sofia Robins, B.Sc (Boston University) 2017

Ms. Nina Seeto, B.Sci (UTS), M. Teach. (Sec) (UNSW)

2019

Mr. Neil Smallfield, B.A. (UNISA, Sth. Africa), PGCE (UNISA, Sth. Africa), Dip. Game Ranging and Lodge Management (Damelin College, Sth. Africa)

2016/2

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Ms. Kathryn Smith-Sergi, B.Ed (MELB) 2016/2

Mr. Michael Snowden B.A.B. Ed. (Maqu) 2019/4

Mrs. Jessica Spratt, B.A. (Syd), Dip.Ed. (Syd). 1992

Mr. Michael Spratt, B.Ed. (Syd), M.Ed. (Syd) 1995

Mr. Brett Steinwede, B.Teach. (ACU) B.Arts (ACU) M.Div. (ACOT)

2018/4

Mr. Paul Stenhouse, B.Ed. (ACU), Dip.R.E. (ACU), M.Ed. Admin, (UNSW), M.A.C.E., M.T.G.N

2002

Ms. Rosey Stewart, Dip.Ed. (UNE), M.Design Sc. (Digital Media) (Syd), B.A. (Griffith)

2005/4

Ms. Kirsten Taylor, B.A. Lit. Studies (Hons) (Hull) PGCE (Hull)

2016/4

Mrs. Maria Thanos, B.A. (UNSW), B.Ed. (UNSW) 2002/4

Mr. Daniel Tkacz, B.Ed. (CSU), Cert. IV Ass.& Work (TAFE), Electrical Trade Cert. (TAFE)

2010/4

Mr. Benjamin Treloar, B.Ed. (D&T) (Syd) 2008/4

Ms. Emilia Tsaknis, B.Com (UNSW), B.Ed. (UNSW) 2019

Mr. Joseph Vaccarella, B.Sc. (UNSW), Dip.Ed. (UNSW), Grad. Cert. Physics (ACU)

2004/4

Mr. Neil Van Heerden, B.Ed. (Sec) (USYD) 2020/4

Miss. Christina Vanden Hengel, B.VA (Fine Arts) (Sydney College of Arts), M.Teach. (Syd)

2014

Mr. Steven Vazouras, B.Sc. (Industrial Arts) (UNSW), Dip.Ed. (UNSW)

2010/4

Mrs. Lakshmi Venkatasubramanian, B.Eng (Chem) (NUS)

2020

Mrs. Sylvia Wallace, B.Mus. Ed. (Hon) (Syd), M.Mus. (UNSW) (Maternity Leave)

2000

Ms. Carrie Wang, BEd(Sec) [UNSW] 2019

Mr. Mark Waters, B.Ed. (UON), B.Min. (SMBC), Ass.Dip. Divinity and Miss. (SMBC)

2006

Mr. Finnian Webber B.Sci (OTAGO), PG Dip. Teach (UOA)

2019

Mrs. Denise Whitten, B.A. (USYD) Dip. Ed. (Macq) 2020/2

Ms. Sabine Wieczorek, B.A. (Paris), Dip.Ed. (UNSW) 2000

Mrs. Janet Wonders, B.Ed. (Human Movement/Maths Teaching) (Syd), R.N. (Royal North Shore Hosp.)

2001/4

Ms. Alexandra Wood, B.Fine Art (Hons) (National Art School), M. Film and Television. (Bond), Dip Ed. (UOW)

2011/2

Mr. Adam Wood, B.Comm. (UNSW), LLB (UNSW), M.Teach. (UNE)

2014

Mr. Mark Worsfold, B.A. (UNSW), B.Ed. (UNSW), Dip. Elect. Eng. (Nth. Syd. TAFE)., Grad. Cert. Arts (UNE)

2009/4

Mr. David Zhang, B. Arts. (Syd) B.Ed (Secondary) (Syd.)

2017

Mr. James Zhang, BA Edu,Syd Uni. BA Arts (combined) Syd Uni.

2017

TESS SUPPORT SERVICES | ACADEMIC | SUMMER HILL CAMPUS

Head of Gifted & Talented PK-10

Mrs. Lisa Gossling, B.Ed. (ACU) Cert Learning Difficulties (UNSW), Dip.Teach (ACU), M.Ed (ACU), COGE (UNSW)

2014/3

Learning Support Coordinator (7-12)

Ms. Katie Brett, B.Ed. (H.M.H.E) (Syd), M.Ed (EdLead&Adm) (Deakin)

2015/2

Learning Support Teacher

Ms. Bulbin Aykiran, Dip.Ed. (UNSW), M. Ed. (Special and Inclusive)

2018

Mrs. Fiona Daniels, Dip.Teach. (Guild. Teachers' College)

2002

Mrs. Leanne Heanly, B.Ed (PDHPE) 2017/2

Mrs. Jessica Jones B.A. (ACU) M.SpEd (Maqu) 2019/2

EAL/D Coordinator (K-12)

Ms. Maxine Whelan, B.A. (Syd), Dip. Ed. (Armidale) Dip. Ed. Creative Writing (UTS), CELTA Cambridge Certificate in TESOL

2001/4

EAL/D Teacher

Ms. Lynette Ovens, B.Ed (English, EAL/D) (ACU), D.G (UTS), M.Arts (UTS)

2018

TESS Teacher's Aide

Ms. Tarni Bene, B.Ed (UWS) (Term 1-3) 2018

Mrs. Cecilia Bertoia, Cert III Ed. Support Special 2015

Mrs. Fiona Davies, B.Ed. (Ind.Arts) (Syd) 2018

Miss. Krystle Figliano 2020/3

Mrs. Julie Graetz 2020

Mrs. Melissa Lynch 2019/3

Mr. Mark Ottaway 2016/4

Mrs. Samar Rizkallah 2019/4

Ms. Marita Stephens, B.A. (Macq) 2014/2

COUNSELLING SERVICES | SUMMER HILL CAMPUS

Psychologist

Mrs. Sandi Bell, B.A. (ANU), B.Sci. (ANU), Grad Dip Psych (U.C.), MAPS

2014/2

Mr. Micah Boerma, BScPsych (Hons I), MClinPsych, DipMangt, MAPS

2020/3

Ms. Sue Boursiani, Dip.Ed (Macq) B.Arts Psychology (Macq), M.Ed Counselling (UWS)

2017/3

Ms. Cara Chillari, B.Psy (UWS) D.Psy (COPP) 2017/3

Mr. Mitch Huie, B.Psych, (UWS), Cert. Psych. Practice (ACAP) (Term 1)

2014/2

FULL-TIME MUSIC PERFORMANCE STAFF | SUMMER HILL CAMPUS

Band Master / Head of Brass

Mr. Christopher Aschman, B.Mus Perf. (ANU), Grad. Dip. Ed. Secondary (CSU)

2005

Head of Strings

Ms. Kate Morgan, B.Arts (Music) S.A. 2010

Head of Woodwinds

Mr. William Henry, B.A. (Hons.) (Leeds), M.Mus.(Royal Academy of Music, Kings College London), LRAM, Dip. Ed (UNE)

2006

Master of Chapel Music

Mrs. Carlie Purkis B.Mus (UNSW), M.Mus (UNSW) 2019

Accompanist

Mr. Gregory Kinda, B.Ed. (UWS), M.A. Piano (Poland) 2011

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Brass

Mr. Gergely Malyusz 2019

Strings

Mrs. Ludmila Palmer, Teaching Diploma (USSR), Performance Diploma (Distinction) (USSR), A.Mus.A.

1987

Mrs. Valeria Korjenevski, B.Mus.(Performance & Teaching) (Hons), Minsk Belarus

1999

Composer Reisdence

Ms. Simone East, Cert. Ed Studies (Uni London), B.Music (Syd Con), M.Music Comp (Syd Con)

2017

SUPPORT STAFF | SUMMER HILL CAMPUS

Secretary to the Head Master

Mrs. Deborah Xuereb, JP. 1991/4

Community Relations Manager

Mrs. Helena Scott 2013/3

Community Relations Officers

Mrs. Sue Trunk 1998

Ms. Rae Crawford 2017/3

Enrolments Officer

Mrs. Georgina Gunner, B. Arts (Syd), M.Comm. (Syd) 2014

Governance and Compliance Administrator

Mrs. Tanya Murray 2010

Staffing Administrator

Mrs. Linda Joseph 2014/3

Accreditation Administrator

Ms. Rebecca Curtis 2015

Human Resources Generalist

Mrs. Robyn Evans 2020

Human Resources Project Officer

Mrs. Glenda Hunter-Brttain 2020

Executive Assistants

Mrs. Nadia Blazina 2017/2

Ms. Valentina Damcevski 2012/3

Mrs. Barbara Fox (part-time) 1992

Ms. Simone Glassford 2020

Mrs. Rebecca Miller, B. Bus. (UTS) 2007/2

Ms. Bonnie Jensen 2016/1

Mrs. Lauren Metcalf 2017/3

Mrs. Annette O'Brien 1997/3

Mrs. Monika Slobodova 2019/2

Student Services Secretary

Ms. Renata Meleo 2016/1

Administrative Assistants

Mrs. Jacqueline Duncan 2020

Mrs. Sarah Grant 2015

Mrs. Rosanna Nunez 2012/3

Ms. Sally Mae 2018

Mrs. Helen McFarlane 2010/3

Ms. Alysha Khan 2016/2

Music Assistants

Mrs. Dinora Marquez 2017/3

Mrs. Lisa Thrift 2018/4

Finance

Mrs. Marian Bennett 1989/4

Mrs. Liisa Chappelow 1989/4

Mrs. Kerrie Hoy 2004

Mrs. Jo Lazoroska 2010/3

Mrs. Marianne Tanuse 2014/2

Mr. Washington Maira 2010/3

Mrs. Mariana Tokic (part-time) 2003

eLearning Intergrator

Ms. Rachel Hughes 2017

Careers and Student Pathways Advisor

Ms. Susan Draysey, DipTA (TAFE) 2019

Director of Basketball / Sports Centre Manager

Mr. Ben Morrissey 1999/3

Director of Swimming

Mr. Ben Tuxford 2016

Swimming Coach

Mr. Calum Timms 2020

Assistant Swimming Coach

Mr. Andrew Aebi 2016

Director of Tennis

Mr. Jeremy Dykgraaff, B.A. (Economics) (UON), Dip. of Tour Guiding (Syd. TAFE)

2009/2

Director of Track and Field/Athletic Development

Mr. Andrew Murphy, Post Grad., Dip.App.Sc. (Sports Coaching) (UQ), OACM

2006/3

Director of Water Polo Coaching

Mr. Seamus Rodden, B.Ed., (Syd.) 2018/3

Athlete Performance and Development Specialist

Mr. Elliot Taylor 2020

Fitness and Wellbeing Manager

Mr. Chris Knight, B.Bus (UOWS), Dip.Teach (Syd) 2016

Debating and Public Speaking Coordinator

Mr. Christopher Taplin 2020

Special Duties Master

Mr. Peter Brooke 2019/4

General Duties Master

Mr. Jonathan Wallace 2008

Mr. Blake Tuxford 2020/4

Health Centre- Senior Nurse

Mrs. Tessa Mansfield, B.Nursing (Syd) 2016/2

Heath Centre Nurse

Mrs. Tania Askew 2020

Laboratory Assistants

Ms. Joseline Nunag, B.Sci. Biology (Philosophy) (De La Salle Univ, Philippines), M.Biology (UST, Philipinnes), Grad. Dip. Sec. Ed. (ACU)

2011/3

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Dr. Cheryl Bawhey, B.Sc (Hons) (FLIN), PH.D (FLIN) 2017/4

Mrs. Urania Sideris, (School of Biological Sciences), Pathology Techns. Cert. (STC)

2000/1

Library Manager

Mrs. Courtney Nolan-Mcleod 2015/2

Library Services Specialist

Mrs. Caitlin Weber 2015/2

Kasey Ann Drayton 2019/3

Ms. Paula Herlinger, Dip (Library & Information Studies) (Ultimo TAFE)

2011/2

Mrs. Andrea O'Driscoll, B.A., M.Teach (Sec) (Syd) 2019/3

Ms. Deborah Case 2020/2

Curator of the Delmar Gallery and Convenor of the Society of the Arts

Ms. Catherine Benz, B.Art.Th. (UNSW) 2010/2

Technology and Design Assistant

Mr. Robert Angeloni 2009/2

Teachers' Aide, Food Technology

Mrs. Judy Martin 2019/2

Art Assistant

Mrs. Sarah Rodriguez, BCA (UOW) 2013/4

Mr. Patrick Cummins 2018/4

Print Media Manager

Mr. Samir Shousha, LL.B. (UNSW) (Term 1-2) 2013

ICT

ICT Operations Leader

Mrs. Eu-Gene Harpur 2018/4

Business Applications Leader

Mr. Mark Thompson 2018/4

Infrastructure Manager

Mr. Leonardo de Oliveira Cassange Ortiz 2020/4

Network and Systems Administration ICT

Mr. Brendan Cann (Term 1) 2016/3

Mr. Michael Hickey 2013

ICT Service Delivery

Mr. Josh Bolst 2017/2

Mr. Kenneth Brisebois 2012/2

Mrs. Sandhya Dimeglio, B.Appl. Sc. Maths (UTS) 2011/1

Mr. Collin Lam 2016/3

Mr. Christopher Macintosh 2018

Irena Mocnik 2019/1

Ms. Naomi Ratnathurai, B.Sc. (Hons.) (Lond), (part-time)

2007/2

Mr. Sachin Joshi (Term 1-3) 2019/4

AV Technician

Mr. Ben Cotton, D (Live Production) (JMEC) 2017/1

THE TRINITY ARCHIVES

Archivist

Mrs. Alison Doran, B.A. (Syd), Dip.Inf.Mgmt. (Archives) (UNSW)

2008

MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS

Traffic Manager

Mrs. Tarryn Thompson 2020

Writer/Editor

Mr. Doug Conway 2020/3

Graphic Designer

Mrs. Janine Wassens 2020/3

Assistant Publications Designer

Mrs. Angela Lustre, B. Design (UWS) 2010/2

Ms. Katrina Naess, B. New Media Arts (JCU) 2018

Mr. Nicholas van Breda, BCA (UOW), M. Design (UTS) 2008/2

Digital Content Co-ordinator

Mr. John Blois 2011

MAINTENANCE AND GROUNDS

Facilities and Contractors Supervisor (Summer Hill)

Mr. Peter Taylor 1980

Maintenance Supervisor (Summer Hill)

Mr. John Cronin 2002/3

Maintenance Staff

Mr. Simon Edge 1999

Mr. Jon Jacobs 1996/4

Mr. Angus Szczygiel 2016/2

Head Groundsman

Mr. Scott Muller 1999/3

Grounds Staff

Mr. Jamie Hillen 2004/2

CAFETERIA

Cafeteria Manager

Mrs. Nabiha Bitar 2004/4

Cafeteria Assistants

Mrs. Kay Coleman 2004

Ms. Chanelle Gilto 2018/4

Mrs. Julliette Lipman 2013/3

Mrs. Eva Ly 2004/2

Ms. Renee Kertz 2016/3

Ms. Nicole Marckinus 2016/3

Mrs. Patrecia Mondal

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Mr. Thomas Gosper, B.Ed (Pri) (UNDA) 2020

Mr. Robert Goulbourne, B.Ed (Primary) (Notre Dame) 2017

Mr. Adam Herborn, B.Ed (EC) (Macq) 2019/2

Mr. Brent Hinson, B.A., (Macq), Dip. Ed. (Macq) 2003

Ms. Mikaela Janes, B.Ed (UNDA), M.Sp.Ed (UON) 2020

Ms. Ke (Kiki) Kang, MMET (UNISA) 2020/2

Mrs. Yah Lay Kua, PostGradDipEd [NTUS], MSc [CITY], BSc(Hons)(ManSc) [LOND]

2019

Ms. Amanda Levee, B. Art Ed. (Maternity Leave Term 1) 2016

Mr. Joshua Lucas, BA Primary Edu (UOW) (Term 1-3) 2017

Ms. Eleanor Mawson, B.Ed (Early Childhood) (Birth-12 years) (Mq) (maternity leave)

2016/2

Ms. Portia May, B.App Sci (UNISA), M.Teach (UNISA) 2019/1

Mr. Sebastian McGrath, B.Ed. (ACU) 2014

Mr. Scott Merrick, B.Ed. (UTS Ku-ring-gai) (Primary), M.Ed. (UOW)

2003

Mr. Stephen Mugridge, B.Sc. (UNSW), M.Teach.(Prim.) (ACU)

2017

Ms. Jessica Olliek, B.Ed. (ACU) 2016

Ms. Nadene ONeill, BA DipEd [Macq], PostGradCertEd [Macq], MED(Lead) [Macq]

2019

Mrs. Karen Oliver, B.A. (Macq.), Dip. Ed. (Macq), M.A.C.E.

2000

Ms. Sarah Riley, M.Ed (USYD) 2020

Mrs. Alexandra Schmidt, B.A. (Syd) M. Teach. (Syd) 2007/3

Mrs. Gaby Shatter, B.A. (College of Fine Arts), B.Art Ed. (UNSW) (Term 1-3)

2010/2

Mr. Adam Short, B.Ed (Physical Health), (ACPE), Grad Cert. Primary Mathematics (WSU)

2018

Mrs. Nicole Smeulders, B.Mus.Ed. (Syd Consv. Of Music), L.T.C.L. (Voice), A.Mus.A. (Voice), A.T.C.L. (Piano)

2010/2

Ms. Vincenza Toia, B.Ed. (Primary) (ACU) 2013

Ms. Ying Yu Wei, B.A. Health Science (Syd), M.Teach. (Syd)

2016

Mrs. Helen Wills, B.Ed. (Early Childhood) (Macq) 2006

COUNSELLING SERVICES | STRATHFIELD CAMPUS

Psychologist

Ms. Caitlin Hill, B.Psych. (UWS) M.ClPsych (Macq) 2020/2

Mrs. Susan Taubman, B. Comm. (Melb), Grad. Dip.Ed. Psych. (Monash), M. Psych. (counselling) (Monash)

2003/3

Mrs. Katrina Thornley, B.Sc. (UNSW), M. Psych. (counselling) (Monash) (Term 1)

2016

TESS SUPPORT SERVICES | ACADEMIC | STRATHFIELD CAMPUS

Learning Support Teacher

Mrs. Theona O' Donnell, B. Psych (Hons) (Uni of Sth Africa) M.Ed. (Uni of Witwatersrand)

2020

EAL/D Teacher

Mrs. Danielle Johnston, B. Human Movement, B. Ed. (UTS), M.Teach. (Primary) (UWS)

2014

Mrs. Nicole Zabaras, B. FA (UNSW), B.Bus (IT) (UWS), B Teaching (Primary) (CSU)

2018/4

SENIOR STAFF | PREPARATORY SCHOOL | STRATHFIELD CAMPUS

Head of the Preparatory School

Mr. Christopher Wyatt, B.Teach. (ACU), B.Ed. (NICE), M.Ed. (CSU), MBA (SCU)

2015

Deputy Head of the Preparatory School

Mr. Richard Lever, B.Ed. (Primary) (QUT), M.Ed Information and Communication Technology. (UNE)

2005

Director of Curriculum and Early Learning (Preparatory School)

Ms. Kirsti Hitz-Morton, Dip Edu Mitchell College; BA Edu Charles Sturt Uni.

2017

Assistant PYP Coordinator (Pre-K - Year 2 / STEAM Teacher)

Mrs. Fiona Evans, PCGE (Primary) (Exeter), PG Cert in Ed & Training Management (Portsmouth)

2015

Assistant PYP Coordinator (Year 3-6 / STEAM Teacher)

Mrs. Jessica Ford, BEd [UC], MEd(SpEd) [USyd] 2019

Director of Enrolments (P-6)

Mr. Simon Kelly, B.Ed. (UNSW) 1998

Kindergarten Pastoral Leader

Mrs. Abigail Nel, BDes [Griff], GDipEd [Griff] 2019

Stage 1 Pastoral Leader

Ms. Michelle Sommerfield, B.Ed. (Primary) (Syd) 2005/3


Ms. Erin Mealey, B.Ed (Syd) 2018


Mr. Mark Gannon, B.A. (Primary Education) (Notre Dame)

2016

Director of Preparatory School Music

Mrs. Geraldine Campbell, M.Ed. Leadership (ACU), B.Ed. (QUT), Grad. Cert. R.E. (ACU), Grad. Dip. Teach (BCAE), Dip. Mus. (GU), M.A.C.E.

2003

Sportsmaster

Mr. James Bremner, B.Ed. (Sec)(Human Movement & Health) (Syd), Dip. Business (Marketing)

2015

Assistant Chaplain

Mr. Stuart Smith 2006

ACADEMIC STAFF | PREPARATORY SCHOOL | STRATHFIELD CAMPUS

Ms. Rosemary Arnott, B.Ed (Hons) (Human Movement & Health) (Syd), M.Multicul Ed (Spanish) (UniDe Alcala)

2018

Mrs. Stephanie Katay B Ed (Primary) 2020

Mrs. Sally Bailey, B.Ed. (Melb), Dip. Ed. (Melb) 2015

Mrs. Nikki Bowden, B.Ed. (UC), Grad. Cert. Ed. (NSW)

2019/3

Mrs. Holly Caddy, B.Ed. (Primary) (Notre Dame) (maternity leave / Christian Studies Teacher Term 4)

2013

Mrs. Hilary Cardiff, B.Ed. (Hons) (Primary) (UTS). 2017

Ms. Erin Cuthbert, B.Ed (Primary) (CANB) 2018

Mr. Thomas Franklin 2020

Mr. Jason Freshwater, DipTrain [TAFE], BPhysHEd [UOW]

2019

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TESS Leader (Gifted & Talented Teacher)

Mrs. Francene Bryce, B.Ed. (ACU), Dip. Teach. (CCE), M.Ed.(UNE)

2015

SUPPORT STAFF | STRATHFIELD CAMPUS

Secretary to the Head of the Preparatory School

Mrs. Theresa Carmichael, B.Sc. (Syd) 2014/4

Community Relations Officer

Mrs. Joanne Gabbe, B.CA (UOW) 2015

Campus Administration

Ms. Elizabeth Haines 1985

Mrs. Sonia Harper 2018/2

Enrolments Officers

Mrs. Alison Sinclair-Kydd, BA (UTS), Cert III (TAFE NSW), PG Cert. in Man (Macq)

2013

Mrs. Melissa Van Der Leeden 2009/4

Health Centre - Senior Nurse

Mrs. Tessa Mansfield (Term 4) 2016/2

Health Centre Staff

Mrs. Kyllie Balazs (part time) 2015/4

Ms. Misty Roussel, B.Nurs. (UTS) 2018

Library Assistants

Ms. Jennifer Bruscino 2020/3

Ms. Courtney Nolan-McCleod, Dip. of Library and Information Services (Syd TAFE)

2015/2

Mrs. Rossanna Kwok 2005

TESS Teacher's Aides

Mrs. Jacqueline Indari 2016

Ms. Mia Kelly (Term 3-4) 2019/3

Ms. Vicky Orfanos 2018

Teachers' Aides

Mrs. Margaret Anshaw 1997

Mrs. Catherine Charalambous, Dip. A.B.S. Cert III (Ed. Support) (TAFE)

2005

Mrs. Michele Gadaleta 2004

Ms. Elizabeth Lassithioakis 2018

Mrs. Carmel Lombardo, Diploma in Architecture (UTS), Graphic Design (KVB) Visual Arts Graphic (part-time)

2007

Ms. Elena Molnar, B.A. Language Teaching (Serbia) 2016

Mrs. Mina Pahos, B.A. (UNSW), Graduate Dip.Ed. (UNSW) (part-time)

2005

Mrs. Maria Raptis, Ass.Dip.Soc.Sc (TAFE), Cert. Family Mgmt (TAFE)

2020

Art Assistant

Mrs. Hien Lee, B.Ed (Pi.) (Syd) (Terms 3-4) 2019/3

eLearning Intergrator

Mr. Carlos Dangoor, Audio-visual Comm. (URL), Post.G. Teaching (BIU)

2017

Canteen Manager

Mrs. Mary Saba 2011

SENIOR STAFF | JUNIOR SCHOOL | SUMMER HILL CAMPUS

Head of the Junior School

Mr. Mark Dunn, B.A. (Syd), Dip. Ed. (UON), M. Leadership & Mngt Educ. (UON), ATA (NSWIT), M.A.C.E.L.

2015/2

Deputy Head of the Junior School

Mr. Craig Hassall, Dip. Teach. (Physical Education) (C.C.E.S.), B.Ed. (ACU), M.Ed. (Deakin).

1990

Director of Curriculum (Junior School)

Mrs. Merilyn Ormes, Dip Tech (UWS), B.Ed. (Early Childhood). (CSU)

2001

Director of Enrolments (P-6)

Mr. Simon Kelly, B.Ed. (UNSW) 1998

Stage Co-ordinator - Pastoral & Teaching and Learning Leader Infants

Ms. Chloe Martin, B.Ed. (ECE, Birth-12) (Macq) 2007

Stage 2 Teaching and Learning Leader

Mrs. Jennifer Mitrokas, B.Ed. (Primary) (Syd), M.Ed (USYD)

2013/1

Stage 3 Teaching and Learning Leader

Mr. Patrick Hoare, B.Ed. (VU), M.Ed (VU) 2018


Mr. Suliasi Niulala, B.Sc. (Massey NZ), Dip. Teach. (Massey NZ)

2007/4


Mrs. Shelley Richards, B.Ed. (Macq), Dip. Teach. (Early Childhood) (Macq) Grad. Dip. Teach. (8-12) (Macq)

1994/4

Teaching and Learning Librarian

Ms. Gillian Gratton, B.Ed. (Primary) (UTS) 2015

TESS Leader (Academic)

Mrs. Robyn Scott, B.Ed. (Primary) (Syd) 1996

Sportsmaster

Mr. Christopher Robinson, B.A. (Syd), Dip.Ed. (Syd) M.Ed. (Eng) (UNE).

2000

Assistant Chaplain

Rev Paul Brigden, B.Ed.(Special) (UTS), B.D. (Moore College)

2014/4

Director of Junior School Music

Mr. Trevor Adams, B.Mus (UNE), Dip.Ed (UTAS), M.Ed. (UTS), A.Mus.A (Piano Perf.)

2013/4

Canteen Staff

Mrs. Ann-Maree Rorie, (part-time) 2008/2

Mrs. Fulvia Sonego, (part-time) 2008

Mrs. Melani Thambar, (part-time) 2008/4

Youth Leader- Intern

Mr. Jordan Maze 2020

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ACADEMIC STAFF | JUNIOR SCHOOL | SUMMER HILL CAMPUS

Ms. Tabitha Bell, BA Special Edu. Uni Technology 2017

Mrs. Megan Brandon, B.A. (Psy) (MACQ), M. Teach (SWIN)

2017

Ms. Deanna Jabaji, BA Education (Primary) ACU Strathfield

2017

Mrs. Stephanie Katay B.Ed.(Pri) (ACU) 2020

Ms. Jacqueline Kelly, B.Ed. (Hons) (UOW) 2015

Mrs. Karen Voysey, Dip CS TAFE, B.Ed (ACU), P.C.G.Edu (UNSW)

2018

Mrs. Belinda Nikolov, B.A.(Vis.Arts) (UON), Cert Desktop Publishing (TAFE), Cert. III Ed. Support (TAFE)

2015

Mrs. Eliza Leedow, B.A, M.Teach (Pri) (UWS) 2020

Mrs. Jessica Taylor, BA Edu (Primary) ACU 2017

Mrs. Jenny Tredinnick, B.Ed. (Primary) (UC) 2009

Ms. Priscilla Valle, B.A. (UNDA), M.Teach (USYD) 2020

Mrs. Mary Wang, B.A. (Chinese Lit) (Beijing Normal Iniv.), M.Chinese Lit. (Beijing Normal Univ.) B.A. Teach. (Secondary) (UTS)

2013

Mrs. Natalie Weston, B.Arts (Primary Teaching with Modern Foreign Languages) (Hons) (LHU)

2018

TESS SUPPORT SERVICES | ACADEMIC | JUNIOR SCHOOL | SUMMER HILL CAMPUS

TESS Learning Support Teacher

Mrs. Skye Beke, B.Ed (UWS) 2017

TESS EAL/D Teacher

Mrs. Kim Cook, B.Ed. (VC), G.Dip.A (Monash) 2019

TESS Teachers' Aide

Mrs. Melissa Lynch 2019/3

Mrs. Marita Stephens, B.A. (MAQU) 2014

SUPPORT STAFF | JUNIOR SCHOOL

Secretary to the Head of the Junior School

Mrs. Rina Bandaranayake, B.Bus. (CUT) 2013

Community Relations Officer

Ms. Joanne Webb 2017/4

eLearning Integrator and Innovative Projects

Mr. Evan Karagiannis, B.Bus. (UTS), B.Sc. (Information Technology) (UTS), Cert IV TAE

2013

Teachers' Aides, Junior School

Mrs. Emily Brown 2006

Mrs. Tiarna De Nobrega, Cert I, Cert II, Cert III in Child Studies, Dip. Child Studies

2016/3

Mrs. Simone McManus, Certificate III in Education Support (Armidale TAFE)

2011

Library Services Specialist, Junior School

Mrs. Caitlin Weber 2015/2

Ms. Debbie Case, Dip of Lib. Studies TAFE

Visual Arts Aide, Junior School

Mrs. Kathy Griffiths 2016

Mr. Patrick Cummins 2018

Youth Leader - Intern

Mr. Calvin Lukabyo 2020

STAFF | FIELD STUDIES CENTRE

Head of Field Studies Centre

Mr. Tim Knowles, B.Ed (UOW) 2020

Outdoor Education Co-Ordinator

Mr. Wayne Pitts, Dip. Out Ed. (TAFE) 2019/4

Academic Co-Ordinator

Mr. John Barclay, B.Sc (Hons) (UNSW), M.Sc.(UNSW), M.Ed. (UNSW) (Term 1-3)

2011/2

Campus Administrator

Mr. Martin Lang, Ass.Dip.App.Sc.(Fitness & Recreation Leadership), Assoc. Dip. App.Sc. (Physical Training)

1997

Outdoor Educators

Mr. Charlton Kent, B. Ed. (UTS), B. Human Movement (UTS) (Term 1-3)

2013

Mr. Sean Leary 2018

Mr. Ray Nupponen 2020/2

Ms. Melissa Potter, B.Sc (Lincoln), B.Teach (CSU) (Term 1-3)

2018

Mr. Adam Slade 2020

Mr. Kieren Slee 2018

Mr. George Stefanovic, B.A.(Psych.) (UOW), B.Ed.(Health & PE) (UOW), M.Ed. (Sport Psych.) (UOW), Dip.O.Rec. (UNSW) (Part Time) (Term 1-3)

2002

Property Manager

Mr. Andrew Lloyd 2014/2

Administrative Assistant

Ms. Rebecca Olive 2017

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VISITING INSTRUMENTAL SPECIALISTS

Brass

Mr. Matthew Harrison, B.Mus.(Perf) (Syd), Grad.Dip.Mus. (Perf) (Syd)

2018

Miss. Madeleine Saville, B.Mus. (Syd) 2018

Cello

Ms. Amelia McCluney, B.Mus. Ed (Syd) 2019

Clarinet and Saxophone

Mr. Tobias Armstrong, B.Mus. (Syd), L Mus A, A Mus A 2018

Mr. David Bell, B Mus. (Jazz) 2007

Mrs. Samantha Kelson-Gray, B.Mus. (Syd) (Hons), M. Mus (Syd) (Perf)

2018

Mr. Edwin Schots, Jazz Perf. (The Hague) 1996

Flute

Ms. Kellie Grennan, B.Mus. (Hons) (Queensland), L.T.C.L. Dip. ABRSM

2018

Guitar

Mr. Stefano Rocco, B.A. Jazz (London) 2014

Mr. Andrew Troy, Adv. Dip (Technical Production) 2016

Oboe/Bassoon

Mr. Anthony Grimm, B.Mus (Syd) M.Mus, Dip. Health Science

2011

Mr. Jonathan Ryan, A Mus A, B.Mus. Perf. (Hons 1) (Syd), Diploma K.A. Musikhochschule Trossingen, M.Mus, [Munich]

2018

Percussion 2018

Mr. Jeremy Cook, B.Mus. (Jazz) (Syd) B. Sc. (Arch) (Syd) 1994

Ms. Kaylie Dunstan, B.Mus. (Syd), Performance Diploma (Detmold), B. Mus. (Perf) (Stuttgart), M.Mus. (Syd)

2018

Pianoforte

Ms. Heidi Curran, B.Mus Ed (Syd) 2016

Mrs. Jennifer Swanton, B.Ed (Syd) A Mus A., Grad Cert. Divinity

2016

Ms. Jennifer Trynes, B.A. (Syd) (Music) 1998

Ms. Louise Welsh, DSCM Cert. Adv. Studies RAM (London)

2006

Violin/Viola

Mrs. Sarah Ash-Harrison, B Mus (Hons), MA (Perf), Dip ABRSM (Violin), Dip ABRSM (Instrumental Tuition)

2018

Mrs. Antonia Deasey, A.G.S.M, Dip Ed (London) 1981

Mrs. Lorraine Jayasinghe, B.A. (Melb), B.Mus. (Melb), Graduate Dip. of Profess. Music Practice (Tas), Suzuki Teachers' Cert. Australia (Primary)

2011

Ms. Aeree Kim, C.S.C.M, Dip Mus. (Syd) 1996

Mrs. Annette Smith, B Mus. (Syd) Dip Mus. (Perf), ATCL 2005

Mr. Colin Tripolone, B.Mus. (Syd) 2016

Mrs. Jay Tripolone, B.Mus. (Syd) 2016

Voice

Mr. Spencer Darby, B Mus (Hons) (Adelaide), M Mus (Syd)

2012

PARENTS' AND FRIENDS' ASSOCIATION

President Mr. Drue Prentice

Vice-President Mrs. Kay White

Secretary Mrs. Kay Stephandellis

Assistant Secretary Mrs. Annie Wong

Treasurer Mr. Stephen Greaves

SUMMER HILL AUXILIARY

President Ms. Petty Heather

Vice President Mrs. Kay White Ms. Jenny Scott

Secretary Mrs. Maria Fresta

Treasurer Mrs. Romana Nicholas

Social Secretary Ms. Catharine Kidd

STRATHFIELD AUXILIARY

President Mrs. Wasfieh Nwiran

Vice-President Mrs. Anna Wakim

Mrs. Katherine Galettis

Secretary Mrs. Alison Barnard

Treasurer Mrs. Noella Tsang

Clothing Pool Co-ordinator Mrs. Jennifer Nguyen

Parent Liaison Co-ordinator Mrs Chau Tran

Canteen Co-ordinator Mrs. Clara Furfaro

Fiesta Co-ordinator Mrs. Anna Wakim

Mrs. Sarah Sen

Fundraising Co-ordinator Mr. Wayne Fotheringham Mrs. Faten Oueik

JUNIOR SCHOOL AUXILIARY

President Ms. Michelle Read

Vice President Mrs. Amanda Maclean

Secretary Mrs. Allie Duval

Treasurer Mr. Mike Miller

THE OLD TRINITARIANS’ UNION

President Mr. Chris Paraskevopoulos (1990)

Hon. Secretary Mr. John Williams (1997)

Hon. Treasurer Mr. Scott Miller (1995)

School Contact Mr. Richard Bishop (1987)

THE TRINITY CONNECTION

President Mrs. Yolla Yarad

Vice-President Mrs. Cona Jones

Mrs. Wendy Stead

Secretary Mrs. Liisa Chappelow

School Contact Mr. Richard Bishop

Hon. Treasurer School Accountant

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VALETE 2020

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ABUTAA, HAMZEHLatham

Entered 2015

colours: Basketball 2nd V 20; Rugby U14A (Crown) 16, 1st XV 20

sport: Basketball: 15-20, 7G, 8E, 9B, 10B, 4th V, 2nd V; Rugby: 15-20, 13C, 14A, 15B, 16A, 2nd XV

activities: Cadets; Leadership Through Cadets Certificate II; Specialist Programme - Rugby Union

ADAMS, JAMIEStephenson

Entered 2018

awards: The Year 11 HSC Music Prize 19; A Duke of Edinburgh Gold Award 20; The Year 12 HSC Music Prize 20

colours: DEAS - Silver Award 19, Gold Award 20; Music - Choir 19-20, Orchestra 19-20

sport: Tennis: 19-20, Open Colour; 7th/8th IV, 5th/6th IV

activities: DEAS - Gold; Music - Symphony Orchestra, Trinity Choir

AL MUDERIS, DEANFounder’s

Entered 2018

sport: Lawn Bowls: 20; Rugby: 19-20, 16A, 2nd XV; Water Polo: 19, 3rd VII

activities: Specialist Programme - Rugby Union

ANANDARAJAH, SANJAYDulwich

Entered 2015

colours: Cricket 8A 16, 10A XI 18, 1st XI 19-20

sport: Cricket: 15-20, 7A, 8A, 9A, 10A, 3rd XI, 1st XI; Football: 15, 17, 7C, 9B; Rugby: 16, 18-20, 16C, 3rd XV, 2nd XV

activities: Cadets; Specialist Programme - Cricket

ANDARY, GEORGEDulwich

Entered 2007

colours: Basketball 2nd V 20

sport: Basketball: 15-20, 7B, 8C, 9B, 10A, 2nd V; Football: 15-17, 7B, 8B, 9C; RAW Sport: 19; Rugby: 18, 16C; Table Tennis: 20

activities: Cadets; Specialist Programme - Basketball

AYAD, JAYDENHenderson

Entered 2007

House Vice-Captain 20

awards: The Mark Farrow Trophy for the Highest Football representation 19

colours: Football 7A 15, 1st XI 19-20

sport: Basketball: 15-17, 7B, 8B, 9A; Football: 15-20, 7A, 8A, 9A, 10A, 1st XI; RAW Sport: 19; Table Tennis: 20; Tennis: 18, 10C/D

activities: Cadets; Economics Q & A; Specialist Programme - Football

BAKOPOULOS, NICHOLASMurphy

Entered 2015

awards: Mrs Christian R. Thornett’s Prize for Honest Endeavour 16

colours: Cadets - SGT 19; Football 7A 15, 1st XI 19-20

sport: Basketball: 15, 7G; Football: 15-20, 7A, 8A, 9A, 10A, 1st XI; RAW Sport: 19; Swimming: 17; Table Tennis: 20; Tennis: 16, 18, 8C/D, 10 Colour

activities: Cadets; Specialist Programme - Football

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BARLOW, WILLArcher

Entered 2013


awards: The Year 12 IB Diploma Design and Technology Prize 20

colours: Cadets - SGT 19, CUO 20; Cricket 20; Cricket 8A 16, 10A XI 18, 2nd XI 19; DEAS Bronze Award 19

sport: Cricket: 15-20, 7A, 8A, 9A, 10A, 2nd XI; Rugby: 15-18, 20, 13D, 14C, 15C, 16C, 4th XV;

activities: Cadets; DEAS - Bronze, Gold; Specialist Programme - Cricket, Rugby Union

BATEMAN, ETHANWynn Jones

Entered 2015

School Vice-Captain 20

awards: Friends of Track and Field Emerging Year 7 Athlete Award 15; Track and Field 13 Years Age Champion 15; The Dean McDowell Award for Outstanding Junior Basketballer 16; Track and Field 15 Years Age Champion 17; The Lance Chessell Trophy for a Signal Achievement in Sport 19; Australian Representative Medal for Track and Field 19; A Year 12 Proficiency Prize 20; The Sir Asher Joel Prize for Services to the School 20; The Year 12 IB Diploma English (Language & Literature) HL Prize 20; The Year 12 IB Diploma Mathematical Studies SL Prize 20; The Parents’ and Friends’ Medallion | Vice-Captain 20; Head Master’s Citation: 1st in IB Diploma Economics SL 20

colours: Academic Excellence 20; Basketball 1st V 18, 1st V 19; CAS Track & Field 15; CAS Track & Field Record 13Yrs 15; NSW All Schools Champion 18; Rugby 13A (Crown) 15, U14A (Crown) 16; School Vice-Captain 20; Track & Field 16-18; Track & Field Australian Championships 15; Track & Field Australian Nitro Schools Open Champion 19; Track & Field CAS Champion 19; Track & Field CAS Champions 16-17, 19; Track & Field National Junior Champs 17-18; Track & Field National Schools Knockout Champs 18; Track & Field NSW All Schools Championships 15; Track & Field NSW All Schools Champs 19; Track & Field NSW All Schools 14Yrs 16, 15Yrs 17; Track & Field NSW Jnr Champions 16-17; Track & Field NSW Schools Knockout Champs 16; Track & Field State Championships 15; Volleyball 1st VI (Crown) 19, 1st VI Winter (Crown) 20; Volleyball 1st VI CAS/GPS (Crown) 18; World Schools Athletics Champion 19

sport: Basketball: 15-20, 7A, 8A, 1st V; Cross Country: 15; Rugby: 15-17, 13A, 14A, 15A; Track & Field CAS Team: 15-20; Track & Field Summer Opens; Volleyball: 18-20, 1stVI

activities: Specialist Programme - Basketball

BERETOV-MILLAR, WILLIAMHolwood

Entered 2015

awards: The Year 11 HSC Biology Prize 19; The Year 11 Chemistry Prize aeq 19; The Year 11 HSC Design and Technology Prize 19; A Duke of Edinburgh Gold Award 20; A Year 12 Proficiency Prize 20; The George and Bess Chambers Memorial HSC Chemistry Prize 20; The Laing-Peach HSC Science Prize for Biology 20; The Year 12 HSC Science Extension Prize 20

colours: Academic Excellence 20; DEAS Bronze Award 17, Silver Award 18; Gold Award 20; Rugby U14B 16; Volleyball 2nd VI Summer 20, 2nd VI Winter 20

sport: Basketball: 18, 10F; Rugby: 15-19, 13C, 14B, 15B, 16B, 4th XV; Tennis: 15-17, 7C/D, 8C/D, 9C/D; Volleyball: 19-20, 3rd VI, 2nd VI

activities: Cadets; DEAS - Bronze, Silver, Gold; Ecological Awareness Group; Science Investigators

BLADES, BENWeeks

Entered 2015

House Captain 20

awards: The Year 7 Geography Prize 15; The Year 8 Design & Technology Prize 16

colours: 1st VII Water Polo 19; CAS/GPS Water Polo 15A Undefeated Premiers 17; Rugby 13A (Crown) 15, U14A (Crown) 16, 1st XV 20; Water Polo 2nd VII 20; Weeks House Captain 20

sport: Rugby: 15-20, 13A, 14A, 15A, 16A, 2nd XV, 1st XV; Swimming CAS Team: 16; Water Polo: 15-20, 13A, 14A, 15A, 16A, 1st VII, 2nd VII

activities: Cadets; Peer Support; Specialist Programme - Rugby Union

BOOTH, JOSEPHArcher

Entered 2008

House Captain 20

awards: The Year 8 English Prize 16; The Year 12 IB Diploma Business Management Prize 20; Head Master’s Citation: 1st in Ab Initio Spanish 20

colours: Archer House Captain 20; Debating 16, 19; DEAS Bronze Award 17, Silver Award 18; Cadets Service - Drill Squad 17-18; Rugby U14B 16

sport: Basketball: 15-17, 7H, 8H, 9F; RAW Sport: 19; Rugby: 15-18, 13C, 14B, 15C, 16C; Table Tennis: 20; Tennis: 18-19, 10C/D, 5th/6th IV; Track & Field CAS Team: 18

activities: Cadets; Charity and Community Committee; Economics Q & A; DEAS - Bronze, Silver, Gold; Debating Society; Leadership Through Cadets Certificate II; Peer Support; Social Action Group; Specialist Programme - Rugby Union

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BOYCE, MATTHEWWynn Jones

Entered 2011

House Captain 20

awards: The Year 10 German Prize aeq 18; The Year 11 IB Diploma German Prize 19; The Shirley Mills Medal 20

colours: Drama - Major Production 19; Music - Choir 15-20, Orchestra 15-20; Wynn Jones House Captain 20

sport: Basketball: 15-20, 7H, 8H, 9F, 10F, 11th V, 8th V; Football: 15-18, 7F, 8F, 9E, 10D; Rugby: 19-20, 4th XV, 3rd XV

activities: Berea Christian Leadership Group; Charity and Community Committee; Drama - Major Production; Music - Intermediate String Orchestra, Symphony Orchestra, Trinity Choir; Peer Support

BOZIONELOS, THOMASTaubman

Entered 2008

sport: Football: 15-17, 7C, 8C, 9C; Lawn Bowls: 20; Swimming: 18-20; Water Polo: 15-19, 14B, 16B, 3rd VII

activities: Cadets; Sports Experience; Visual Art - Digital Media

BROCKEL, ANGUSDulwich

Entered 2009

colours: Cadets CUO 20

sport: RAW Sport: 20; Rugby: 15-19, 13D, 13E, 14D, 16B, 4th XV; Swimming: 15-16, 18; Table Tennis: 20; Tennis: 16-17, 8 Colour, 9 Colour; Water Polo: 18-19, 16B, 3rd VII

activities: Cadets; Snowsports

BROUW, ETHANTaubman

Entered 2012

House Captain 20

awards: The Year 7 Technology Prize 15; A Year 8 Proficiency Prize 16; The G. M. White Memorial History Essay Prize 18; The Sydney Smith Memorial Prize 18; The Year 10 PD Health PE Prize 18; The Lance Chessell Trophy for a Signal Achievement in Sport 19; Australian Representative Medal for Track and Field 19; The Keith Dobbs Trophy for an Oustanding Contribution to Trinity Cross Country 20; The Luke Adams Cup for Track and Field Athlete of the Season 20; The CAS Cross Country Premiers (Neil Logan Team Shield) 20; The CAS Cross Country Champions (The Michael Spratt Trophy) 20

colours: Academic Excellence 15-16; ANSW Cross Country Championships 15; CAS Cross Country 16, 18-19; CAS Cross Country Champions 18-20; CAS Cross Country Champion School 16-17; CAS Cross Country Team 20; CAS/GPS Water Polo 15A Undefeated Premiers 17; CAS Swimming 20; CAS Track & Field 15; CIS Cross Country Champs 13Yrs 15; CIS Cross Country U14 16; CIS Swimming 14Yrs 16; Cross Country NSW All Schools 17-18; NSW All Schools Championships 14Yrs 16; NSW All Schools Cross Country 19; Swimming 16-20; Swimming CAS Champions 15-16; Swimming CIS 17; Taubman House Captain 20; Track & Field 16, 20; Track & Field Australian All Schools Champion 19; Track & Field Australian Championships 15; Track & Field Australian Juniors 20; Track & Field Australian Nitro Schools Open Champion 19; Track & Field CAS Champion 19; Track & Field CAS Champions 16, 19; Track & Field National Junior Champs 18; Track & Field NSW Junior Champs 17, 19; Track & Field NSW Juniors Champion 20; Track & Field NSW Schools Knockout 16; Track & Field NSW Schools Knockout Champs 16; World Schools Athletics Champions 19

sport: AFL: 15, AFL07/08; Cross Country: 15-20; Swimming CAS Team: 15-20; Track & Field CAS Team: 15-17, 19-20; Track & Field Summer: 16-20; Water Polo: 15-18, 13A, 14B, 15A, 16A

activities: Charity and Community Committee; Peer Support; Specialist Programme - Track & Field

BROWN, ZACHolwood

Entered 2015

colours: 2nd VII Water Polo 19; CAS/GPS Water Polo 15A Undefeated Premiers 17; CAS Cross Country 18-19; CAS Cross Country Champions 18-20; CAS Cross Country Champion School 17; CAS Cross Country Team 20; NSW All Schools Cross Country 19; NSW All Schools Triathlon 20; Swimming CAS Champions 16; Track & Field CAS Champions 19

sport: Cross Country: 16-20; Swimming CAS Team: 15-20; Track & Field CAS Team: 18-20; Track & Field Summer Opens: 20; Water Polo: 16-19, 14A, 15A, 16A, 2nd VII

activities: Cadets; Fishing Club; Specialist Programme - Track & Field

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BROWNING, JAMESDulwich

Entered 2015

House Captain 20


colours: Dulwich House Captain 20; Rugby 13A (Crown) 15, U14A (Crown) 16; Track & Field CAS Champions 17

sport: Basketball: 17-18, 20, 9D, 10D, 8th V; Rugby: 15-20, 13A, 14A, 15A, 16A, 3rd XV, 4th XV; Track & Field CAS Team: 15, 17-18; Water Polo: 15, 19, 13B, 14B, 3rd VII

activities: Cadets; Charity and Community Committee; Chess Club; Debating Society; Economics Q & A; Music - Concert Band; Social Action Group; Specialist Programme - Rugby Union

BUCHANAN, ALISTAIRTaubman

Entered 2015

awards: Track and Field 14 Years Age Champion 16; The Year 11 HSC PD Health PE Prize 19; The Ray Walker HSC PD Health PE Prize 20

colours: AFL Yr 7/8 16; DEAS Bronze Award 18; Track & Field 16-17; Track & Field Australian Nitro Schools Open Champion 19; Track & Field CAS Champion 18-19; Track & Field CAS Champions 16-17, 19; Track & Field National Schools Knockout Champs 18; Track & Field NSW All Schools Champs 19; Track & Field NSW Junior Champs 19; Track & Field 17Yrs Champion 19

sport: AFL: 16-19, 07/08, 09/10, 1st XVIII; Basketball: 15-17, 7F, 8D, 9B; Rugby: 15, 13C; Track & Field CAS Team: 16-19; Track & Field Summer: 18-20

activities: Cadets; DEAS - Bronze, Economics Q & A; Specialist Programme - Track & Field

BUCHANAN, SEBASTIANSchool

Entered 2012

awards: Cricket 7As Best and Fairest Award 15; The Ray Wiseman Memorial Trophy for Best Junior Cricketer 17; The Brad Royall Trophy for the player who has achieved the highest Rugby representative selection 20

colours: AFL Yr 7/8 16; CAS 1st XI Cricket 19; CAS Rugby XV 20; CIS Cricket 18; Cricket 18; Cricket 8A 16, 1st XI (Crown) 17, 1st XI (Crown) 18; Rugby 1st XV 19-20; Track & Field 17; Track & Field CAS Champions 16-17

sport: AFL: 16, 17/08; Cricket: 15-19, 7A, 8A, 1st XI; Rugby: 15, 17, 19-20, 13B, 15B, 1st XV; Touch Football: 20; Track & Field CAS Team: 15-17


BUI, LEOHenderson

Entered 2015

awards: The Year 11 HSC English Extension Prize 19; The Year 12 HSC English Extension 1 Prize 20

colours: Football 8D 16

sport: Basketball: 15-20, 7G, 8H, 9F, 10D, 5th V, 4th V; Football: 15-20, 7D, 8D, 9C, 10B, 4th XI

activities: Cadets, Science Club

BUTLER, MITCHELLMurphy

Entered 2015

colours: AFL 1st XVIII 19-20; Drama 18; Football 8D 16; Shakespeare Carnival 18

sport: AFL: 18-20, 09/10, 1st XVIII; Basketball: 18-20, 10E, 9th V, 5th V; Cricket: 15-16, 7C, 8C; Football: 15-16, 7D, 8D; Rugby: 17, 14C; Swimming: 17

activities: Cadets; Drama - Club, Theatre Sports

CHAN, LACHLANFounder’s

Entered 2008


awards: Mrs Christian R. Thornett’s Prize for Honest Endeavour 15; Head Master’s Citation: 1st in IB Diploma Geography SL 20

colours: CAS Track & Field Record 13Yrs 16; Track & Field 16-19; Track & Field CAS Champions 16-17, 19

sport: Basketball: 15-19, 7D, 8F, 9C, 10C, 5th V; Tennis: 15-20 7A/B, 8A/B, 9A/B, 10A/B, 1st/2nd IV, 2nd IV, Open Colour; Track & Field CAS Team: 15-20

activities: Cadets; Snowsports; Visual Art - Digital Media


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CHAN, SHAUNMurphy

Entered 2017

colours: Music - Band 17 - 20, Orchestra 17-20, Major Production 18

sport: Basketball: 17-20, 9E, 10F, 10th V; Football: 17, 19-20, 09 Futsal, 6th XI, 7th XI; Swimming: 18

activities: EAL/D - Language Skills; Music - Academy Orchestra, Symphonic Wind Band, Symphony Orchestra

CHANG, SELWYNArcher

Entered 2007

Prefect 20

awards: The Year 7 Chess Champion 15; The Junior A Chess Team Captain 16; The Year 8 Music Prize 16; The Year 8 Science Prize aeq 16; The Middle School Chess Champion 17; The Year 9 Christian Studies Prize 17; The Year 9 Music Prize aeq 17; The Year 9 Science Prize 17; A Year 10 Proficiency Prize 18; Senior School Chess Prize for Excellence 18; The Intermediate A Chess Team Captain 18; The Senior School Chess Champion Prize 18; The Year 10 Accelerated Mathematics Prize 18; The Year 10 Christian Studies Prize 18; A Year 11 Proficiency Prize 19; Senior School Chess Prize for Excellence 19; The Year 11 Ab initio Languages Prize 19; The Year 11 Christian Studies Preliminary Theological Certificate Prize 19; The Year 11 Diploma Mathematics SL (Anticipated) Prize 19; The Year 12 Christian Studies Preliminary Theological Certificate Prize 20

colours: 2nd CAS Chess 18; Academic Excellence 16-19; CAS Chess 15; CAS Chess Champions 16; Chess 15; Chess CAS Champion 17; Music - Orchestra 15-20, Performance 18; Prefect 20

sport: Cross Country: 15; RAW Sport: 19; Swimming: 18-20; Table Tennis: 20; Tennis: 15-18, 7A/B, 8/C/D, 9A/B, 10A/B

activities: Berea Christian Leadership Group; Chess Club; Mathematics Club; Music - Serenata Strings, Symphony Orchestra

CHOI, JOHNHenderson

Entered 2015

awards: The Middle School Concerto Competition Prize 16; The Year 8 Most Promising Instrumentalist Prize 16; The Middle School Concerto Competition Prize 17; The Year 9 Most Promising Instrumentalist Prize 17; The Year 9 Music Prize aeq 17; The George and Bess Chambers Memorial Music Prize 18; The Year 10 Music Prize 18; The Advanced Soloist Competition Prize 19; The Year 11 IB Diploma Music Prize 19; The Senior School Concerto Competition Prize 20; The Orchestra Prize 20

colours: Debating 16; Drama - Major Production 19; Music - Champion International Classics 18, Orchestra 15-20, Performance 17, Major Production 18

sport: Fun Fit: 15; Swimming: 17-20; Table Tennis: 20; Tennis: 16-19, 8 Colour, 9 Colour, 10 Colour, Open Colour

activities: Charity and Community Committee; Debating Society; Drama Club; Music - Academy Orchestra, Serenata Strings, Sinfonietta Group, Symphony Orchestra

CHRISTOPOULOS, SPIROArcher

Entered 2007

School Captain 20; School Captain - Prepara-tory School 14

awards: The Year 11 HSC History Extension Prize 19; The Year 11 HSC Mathematics Standard Prize 19; The Garner Challands Prize 20; The Parents’ and Friends’ Medallion | School Captain 20; The Jubilee Cup for Competition between The OTU and the School - Won by The School 20

colours: AFL 1st XVIII 19-20; Cadets CAS Military Skills 19; Cadets - WO2 19, CUO 20; Cadets Service - Drill Squad 17-18; Debating 18-19; Debating 1st III 20; Rugby U14B 16; School Captain 20

sport: AFL: 18-20, 09/10, 1st XVIII; Basketball: 15-20, 7D, 8F, 9D, 10D, 9th V, 8th V; Rugby: 15-17, 13B, 14B, 15B

activities: Archaeological Society; Cadets; Charity and Community Committee; Debating Society; Economics Q & A; Leadership Through Cadets Certificate II; Mock Trial; Peer Support; Specialist Programme - Rugby Union; Visual Art - Ceramics Group

CLARK, JONAHDulwich

Entered 2006

awards: The Year 11 HSC Hospitality Prize 19

sport: Basketball: 15-18, 7E, 8E, 9D, 10D; Lawn Bowls: 19-20; Table Tennis: 20; Tennis: 15-19, 7 Colour, 8 Colour, 9 Colour, 10 Colour, Open Colour

activities: Cadets; Charity and Community Committee; DEAS - Bronze; Drama - Club, Theatre Sports; Music - Intermediate Concert Band

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COALL, JAMESDulwich

Entered 2013

awards: The Friends of Rugby Most Spirited Rugby Team - 14B 16

colours: Rugby U14B 16

sport: Cricket: 15, 7B; Touch Football: 19-20, Opens; Rugby: 15-20, 13B, 14B, 15B, 16B, 3rd XV, 2nd XV; Track & Field CAS Team: 15-16; Water Polo: 16-18, 14B, 16B

activities: Cadets; Fishing Club; Sports Experience

CURTIS, HAYDENMurphy

Entered 2014

sport: Cricket: 15-20, 7C, 8C, 9B, 10B, 4th XI, 3rd XI; Football: 15-20, 7F, 8E, 9E, 10C, 5th XI, 6th XI

activities: Cadets; Fishing Club; Science Investigators

DAWSON, FINNWynn Jones

Entered 2016

sport: Cricket: 16-20, 8C, 9B, 10B, 4th XI, 3rd XI; Tennis: 16-20, 8 Colour, 9 Colour, 10 Colour, Open Colour

activities: Cadets; IT Club

DEBS, CONNORTaubman

Entered 2008

awards: A Year 8 Proficiency Prize 16; A Year 9 Proficiency Prize 17; A Year 11 Proficiency Prize 19

colours: Academic Excellence 16, 19; DEAS Bronze Award 19; Debating 16

sport: Basketball: 15-16, 20, 7D, 8D, 7th V; Cricket: 17-18, 9C, 10C; Football: 15-20, 7C, 8C, 9C, 10B, 3rd XI, 2nd XI; RAW Sport: 19

activities: Cadets; DEAS - Bronze; Debating Society; Sports Experience

DEMARK, ANTONSchool

Entered 2011

awards: The Middle School Chess Prize for Excellence 17; The Year 10 Latin Prize 18; The Roderick and Janet West Scholarship for Languages 19; The Year 11 Classics Prize 19; The Year 11 IB Diploma Mathematics HL Prize 19; The Year 12 IB Diploma English (Literature & Performance) SL Prize 20; The Year 12 IB Diploma Mathematics HL Prize 20; Head Master’s Citation: 1st in IB Diploma Latin SL 20; Head Master’s Citation: 1st in IB Diploma Physics SL 20

colours: AFL Yr 7/8 16, 1st XVIII 19-20; CAS Chess Champions 16; Chess CAS Champion 17; Drama 18; Shakespeare Carnival 18

sport: AFL: 15-20, 07/08, 09/10, 1st XVIII; Cricket: 15-20, 7B, 8B, 9B, 10A, 3rd XI, 2nd XI

activities: Chess Club; Drama Club; Mathematics Club; Music - Intermediate String Orchestra

DENNIS, SAMUELStephenson

Entered 2015

colours: Cricket 8A 16, 10A XI 18, 2nd XI 19; Rugby U14B 16, 1st XV 20

sport: Cricket: 15-19, 7B, 8B, 9A, 10A, 2nd XI; Rugby: 15-20, 13C, 14B, 15B, 16B, 2nd XV, 1st XV; Touch Football: 20, Opens

activities: Cadets; Specialist Programme - Rugby Union; Sports Experience

DIMEGLIO, LUCALatham

Entered 2013


awards: Cricket 8As Best and Fairest Award 16; The Jock Farrer Prize for an Outstanding Under-Age Cricketer 16

colours: CAS 1st XI Cricket 19; Cricket 18; Cricket 8A 16, 1st XI (Crown) 18, 1st XI 19-20

sport: Cricket: 15-20, 7A, 8A, 9A, 1st XI; Rugby: 16-20, 14C, 15C, 16C, 3rd XV; Tennis: 15, 7A/B

activities: Cadets; Specialist Programme - Cricket, Rugby Union


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DING, BRENDANHenderson

Entered 2018

awards: Most Outstanding Performance at CAS 20; The Overall Swimming Champion 20; The Swimming Open Age Champion 20

colours: CAS Cwimming 20; Swimming 19-20; Swimming NSW All Schools 17Yrs & Over Champion 19; Swimming NSW Champs 16Yrs 18; Swimming Opens Champion 20; Swimming School Champion 20

sport: Swimming CAS Team: 19-20

activities: Social Action Group; Specialist Programme - Swimming

DIZON, EARVINTaubman

Entered 2015

Prefect 20

awards: Basketball 7As Best and Fairest Award 15; The Stephen and Ian Cray Memorial Prize for the Most Improved Boy in Year 7 aeq 15; Basketball 8As Best and Fairest Award 16; The Dean McDowell Award for Outstanding Junior Basketballer 17

colours: Basketball 1st V (Crown) 17, 1st V 18, 20; Basketball NSW Metro 17; CAS 1st V Basketball 20; Prefect 20; Volleyball 1st VI (Crown) 18-19, 1st VI GAS/GPS (Crown) 18; Volleyball NSW U17 18

sport: Basketball: 15-20, 7A, 8A, 1st V; Football: 15-16, 7E, 8C; Lawn Bowls: 20; Volleyball: 17-19, 3rd VI, 1st VI

activities: DEAS - Bronze; Peer Support; Specialist Programme - Basketball

DOBBIN, LEWISDulwich

Entered 2012

House Vice-Captain 20; School Vice-Captain 20; School Captain - Junior School 14

awards: Water Polo 13s Best and Fairest Award 15; A Year 9 Proficiency Prize 17; Water Polo 15As Best and Fairest Award 17; A Year 11 Proficiency Prize 19; The Year 11 IB Diploma Geography Prize 19; The Year 11 IB Diploma Visual Arts Prize 19; A Year 12 Proficiency Prize 20; The Sir Asher Joel Prize for Services to the School 20; The Year 12 IB Diploma Geography Prize 20; The Year 12 IB Diploma Sports Science Prize 20; The Parents’ and Friends’ Medallion | Vice-Captain 20; Head Master’s Citation: 1st in IB Diploma Visual Arts SL 20

colours: Academic Excellence 19-20; 1st VII Water Polo 19; CAS/GPS Water Polo 15A Undefeated Premiers 17; Football 1st XI 19-20; School Vice-Captain 20; Water Polo 1st VII 20

sport: Football: 15-20, 7B, 8B, 9A, 10A, 1st XI; Water Polo: 15-20, 13A, 14A, 15A, 16A, 1st VII

activities: Cadets; Charity and Community Committee; Music - Intermediate String Orchestra; Peer Support; Social Action Group; Specialist Programme - Football, Water Polo

DRIESSEN, HARRYYoung

Entered 2015

House Captain 20

awards: The Year 7 Most Promising Vocalist Prize 15; The Junior Soloist Competition Prize 16; The Year 8 Most Promising Vocalist Prize 16

colours: Drama - Major Production 19; Music - Choir 15-20, Orchestra 15-20, Sydney Eisteddford 18; Young House Captain 20

sport: Basketball: 15, 18-20, 7C, 10C, 6th V, 5th V; Cross Country: 16; Rugby: 15, 13D; Swimming: 16-20

activities: Berea Christian Leadership Group; Drama Club; Music - Concert Band, Serenata Strings, Sinfonietta Group, Symphony Orchestra, Trinity Choir; Peer Support

DUKE, OWENLatham

Entered 2006

awards: The Mark Farrow Memorial Trophy for the Highest Football representation 20

colours: CAS Football XI 20; Football 7A 14, 8A 15 (Crown), 1st XI 19-20; Track & Field CAS Champions 19; Volleyball 1st VI Summer (Crown) 20

sport: Cricket: 19, 4th XI; Football: 14-20, 7A, 8A, 9A, 10A, 1st XI; Volleyball: 16-17, 20, 3rd VI, 1st VI; Water Polo: 14-16, 13A, 14A, 15A

activities: Cadets; Specialist Programme - Football

DWYER, CONNORWeeks

Entered 2012

colours: Music - Choir 17

sport: Cross Country: 15-17; Fencing: 19; Swimming: 18; Tennis: 15-20, 7 Colour, 8 Colour, 9 Colour, 10 Colour, Open Colour

activities: Berea Christian Leadership Group; Cadets; IT Club; Music - Trinity Choir; Science Investigators

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EARLS, NICHOLASArcher

Entered 2007


awards: The Year 7 Science Prize 15; The Jutta Boettger Memorial German Prize 20

sport: Basketball: 17-20, 9D, 10C, 2nd V, 4th V; Football: 15-18, 7E, 8E, 9D, 10C; RAW Sport: 19; Swimming: 15; Table Tennis: 20

activities: Berea Christian Leadership Group; DEAS - Bronze, Gold; Debating Society; Mock Trial; Music - Intermediate String Orchestra

EID, MICHAELKerrigan

Entered 2015


awards: The Tobians’ Trophy for the Most Promising Under-Age Rugby Player 16; The Year 8 Geography Prize 16; The Tobians’ Trophy fort the Most Promising Under-Age Rugby Player 17

colours: CAS/GPS Water Polo 15A Undefeated Premiers 17; Rugby 13A (Crown) 15, U14A (Crown) 16, 1st XV 19; Rugby Sydney Juniors U14 16, U15 17; Rugby NSW U16 18; Track & Field 16-17; Track & Field CAS Champions 16-18

sport: Basketball: 15, 7E; RAW Sport: 19-20; Rugby: 15-19, 13A, 14A, 15A, 1st XV; Swimming: 20; Track & Field CAS Team: 15-18, 20; Water Polo: 16-18, 14A, 15A, 16A

activities: Cadets; Debating Society; Social Action Group; Specialist Programme - Rugby Union

ELIADES, VASILIMurphy

Entered 2016

awards: The Year 10 Design and Technology Prize 18; The Year 10 Television Production Prize 18

colours: DEAS Bronze Award 18

sport: Basketball: 16-18, 9E, 10D; Football: 17, 19-20, 9A, 3rd XI, 2nd XI; Rugby: 18, 16C; RAW Sport: 19; Table Tennis: 20

activities: Cadets; DEAS - Bronze, Gold; Debating Society; Sports Experience

EVANS, JOELatham

Entered 2012

awards: The Stephen and Ian Cray Memorial Prize for the Most Improved Boy in Year 7 aeq 15; The Year 7 Christian Studies Prize 15; The Year 9 French Prize 17; The Year 11 IB Diploma French Prize aeq 19

sport: AFL: 15, 07/08; Cricket: 15-19, 7C, 8C, 10B, 4th XI; Rugby: 16-18, 13C, 14C, 15B; Swimming: 19-20; Table Tennis: 20

activities: Cadets; Science Investigators

FARAH, JAMESHenderson

Entered 2007

sport: Basketball: 15-19, 7C, 8C, 9C, 10C, 6th V; Football: 15-20, 7B, 8B, 9B, 10B, 3rd XI; Touch Football: 20, Opens

activities: Cadets; Sports Experience

FERGUSON, CALUMWeeks

Entered 2012


sport: Basketball: 17-18, 9F, 10F; Cricket: 15-16, 7C, 8C; RAW Sport: 19; Swimming: 20; Tennis: 15-20, 7C/D, 8C/D, 9A/B, 10A/B, 3rd/4th IV

activities: Cadets; Chess Club

FILIPPOFF, JORDANLatham

Entered 2007

colours: Rugby U14B 16

sport: Basketball: 15-18, 7F, 8F, 9E, 10E; Rugby: 15-20, 13B, 14B, 15B, 16A, 3rd XV, 2nd XV; Touch Football: 20, Opens; Water Polo: 19, 3rd VII

activities: Cadets; RAW Challenge; Sports Experience; Specialist Programme - Rugby Union


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FINN, CAMERONArcher

Entered 2015

sport: Basketball: 15-18, 7G, 8F, 9D, 10D; Football: 15-17, 7C, 8C, 9C; RAW Sport: 20; Swimming: 18-19; Table Tennis: 20; Water Polo: 19, 3rd VII

activities: Cadets; Fishing Club; Movie Club; Visual Art - Ceramics Group

FOLEY, PIERCEFounder’s

Entered 2007

colours: Cricket 8A 16, 10A XI 18; Rugby U14B 16

sport: Cricket: 15-18, 20, 7A, 8A, 9A, 10A, 1st XI; Rugby: 15-20, 13B, 14B, 15A, 16B, 2nd XV; Swimming: 19

activities: Cadets; Drama Club; Specialist Programme - Cricket, Rugby Union

FORRESTER, ADENTaubman

Entered 2016

sport: Basketball: 20, 10th V; Cricket: 16-18, 9C, 10C; RAW Sport: 19; Rugby: 16-20, 14C, 15C, 16C, 4th XV

activities: Cadets; Economics Q & A

FORSTER, ASTONYoung

Entered 2007

awards: The Year 12 HSC Drama Prize 20; The Year 12 HSC English Extension 2 Prize 20

colours: Cadets - SGT 19, CUO 20; Cadets Service - Drill Squad 19; CAS Diving Champions 15-18, 20; CIS Diving 13Yrs 15; DEAS Bronze Award 19; Diving CAS Opens Champion 19; Diving CIS 17; Drama 18-19; Drama Production 19; Shakespeare Carnival 18

sport: Basketball: 15, 7G; Diving: 17-20; Football: 15-18, 7C, 8C, 9B, 10B; RAW Sport: 19-20; Tennis: 16-18, 8 Colour, 9 Colour, 10C/D

activities: Cadets; DEAS - Bronze, Gold; Diving; Drama Club; Music - Concert Band; TGS - 3rd Summer Hill Scout Troop

FOUNG, THOMASSchool

Entered 2008


awards: The Year 11 IB Diploma Mathematical Studies SL Prize 19

sport: Cricket: 15-19, 7D, 8D, 9B, 10B, 3rd XI; Lawn Bowls: 20; Rugby: 15-20, 13C, 14B, 15B, 16A, 3rd XV


FOURACRE, PATRICKWilson Hogg

Entered 2015


awards: Football 8As Best and Fairest Award 16; The Mark Farrow Memorial Trophy for the Highest Football representation 20

colours: Cricket 18; Cricket 8A 16, 10A XI 18, 1st XI 19-20; Football 1st XI 19-20, 2nd XI 19

sport: Cricket: 15-20, 7B, 8A, 9A, 10A, 1st XI; Football: 15-20, 7B, 8A, 9A, 10A, 2nd XI, 1st XI


FRICKER, SAMUELFounder’s

Entered 2015

awards: Junior Division Diving Champion 15; The Bill Tully Memorial Trophy for the Most Improved Junior Diver 15; Junior Division Diving Champion 16; The Bill Tully Memorial Trophy for the Most Improved Junior Diver 16; Intermediate Division Diving Champion 17; The Dr Gibson Trophy for Diving 17; Intermediate Division Diving Champion 18; The Dr Gibson Trophy for Diving 18; The Lance Chessell Trophy for a Signal Achievement in Sport aeq 18; Australian Representative Medal for Diving 18; The Dr Gibson Trophy for Diving 19; The Lance Chessell Trophy for a Signal Achievement in Sport 19; Australian Representative Medal for Diving 19; The Lance Chessell Trophy for a Signal Achievement in Sport 20; The Dr Gibson Trophy for Diving 20; Australian Representative Medal for Diving 20

colours: Australian All Schools Champion Diving 19; Australian Rep Diving 19; CAS Diving Champions 15-18, 20; CAS Diving Opens Champion 19; Diving 15-20; Diving Australian Age Rep 18; Diving Australian Open Champs 17; Diving Australian Open Champion 18; Diving Australian Open Rep 17-18; Diving School Sport Australia 16; Diving School Sport Australia Champion 18-19; Pacific School Games 17; Pacific School Games Champion 17; Pacific School Games Champion 13Yrs 15

sport: Diving: 16-20; Water Polo 15

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GARACI, LEOHolwood

Entered 2015

House Captain 20

awards: The Year 7 English Prize 15; The Year 7 History Prize 15; The Dux of Year 7 2015; The Major (AAC) Aikman Trophy for Best Recruit Cadet - Charlie Company aeq 16; The Year 8 History Prize 16; The Year 8 Mathematics Prize aeq 16; The Year 8 Science Prize aeq 16; The Dux of Year 8 aeq 2016; The Major (AAC) Aikman Trophy for Best Trained Cadet 17; The Year 9 English Prize 17; The Year 9 Mandarin Prize 17; The Dux of Year 9 aeq 2017; A Year 10 Proficiency Prize 18; The Reg Marsh History Prize 18; The Year 10 Commerce Prize 18; The Year 10 English Prize 18; The Year 12 IB Diploma Biology Prize 20; The Sword of Honour Commemorative Plaque 20

colours: Academic Excellence 18; Cadets - WO2 19, SUO 20; Cadets Service - Drill Squad 18; The Dux of Year 7 2015; Th Dux of Year 8 2016; The Dux of Year 9 2017; Holwood House Captain 20

sport: Basketball: 15-20, 7C, 8B, 9B, 10B, 4th V; Football: 15-20, &7C, 8B, 9B, 10B, 3rd XI, 4th XI

activities: Cadets; Mathematics Club; Peer Support

GEORGAS, BASILFounder’s

Entered 2013

House Vice-Captain 20; Prefect 20

awards: Mrs Christian R. Thornett’s Prize for Honest Endeavour 15; The Year 11 HSC Drama Prize 19

colours: 2nd VII Water Polo 19; Cadets CAS Military Skills 19; Cadets - SGT 19, CUO 20; Cadets Service - Drill Squad 17-19; Drama 18-19; Drama Production 16, 19; Drama Major Production 19; Music - Choir 15-20; Prefect 20; Shakespeare Carnival 18

sport: RAW Sport: 20; Rugby: 15-19, 13C, 14C, 15C, 16C, 3rd XV; Water Polo: 15-20, 13B, 14B, 16B, 2nd VII, 3rd VII

activities: Cadets; Charity and Community Committee; DEAS - Bronze; Debating Society; Drama Club; Mock Trial; Music - Trinity Choir; Peer Support

GERGIS, DANIELFounder’s

Entered 2007

colours: Basketball 2nd V 20; Football 2nd XI 19, 1st XI 20

sport: Basketball: 15-20, 7A, 8B, 9A, 10A, 3rd V, 2nd V; Football: 15-17, 19-20, 7C, 8C, 9C, 2nd XI; Rugby: 18, 16C


GLANZNIG, TRISTANTaubman

Entered 2017

awards: Australian Representative Medal for Water Polo 18; The Grant Simms Memorial Trophy for the Best and Fairest Player in the 1st VII; Australian Representative Medal for Water Polo 19; The Year 12 HSC Design and Technology Prize 20; The Grant Simms Memorial Trophy for the Best and Fairest Player in the 1st VII 20; Australian Representative Medal for Water Polo 20

colours: CAS Water Polo 1st VII 18; CIS Water Polo 19; DEAS Bronze Award 20; Water Polo 1st VII (Crown) 18, 1st VII 20; Water Polo Australia Rep U15 18

sport: Football: 18, 10B; Water Polo: 17-20, 1st VII

activities: DEAS - Bronze; Fishing Club; Specialist Programme - Water Polo

GOLDSMITH, HARRYLatham

Entered 2015

House Captain 20

awards: Mrs Christian R. Thornett’s Prize for Honest Endeavour 15; Cricket 9As Best and Fairest Award 17; The OTU Trophy for the Best All-Round Athlete 20; The Ray Wiseman Memorial Trophy for the Best Senior Cricketer 20

colours: CIS Opens Cricket 20; Cricket 8A 16, 1st XI (Crown) 18, 1st XI 19-20; Latham House Captain 20; Rugby 13A (Crown) 15, U14A (Crown) 16, 1st XV 20; Track & Field 17; Track & Field Australian Nitro Schools Open Champion 19; Track & Field CAS Champion 18-19; Track & Field CAS Champions 17-19; Track & Field National Schools Knockout Champs 18;

sport: Cricket: 15-20, 7A, 8A, 9A, 1st XI; Rugby: 15-18, 20, 13A, 14A, 15A, 16A, 1st XV; Track & Field CAS Team: 15, 17-20

activities: Cadets; Charity and Community Committee; Debating Society; Mock Trial; Peer Support; Specialist Programme - Cricket

GOSSLING, CORMACArcher

Entered 2013

awards: The Year 11 HSC English Standard Prize 19; The Trinity Connection HSC Hospitality Prize 20

sport: Football: 17, 9E; Rugby: 15-16, 13D, 13E; Swimming: 18-19; Table Tennis: 20; Water Polo: 15-20, 14B, 16B, 3rd VII;



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GOURLAS, JAYMESLatham

Entered 2011

awards: The Year 7 Debating Prize 15; The Year 8 Information and Software Technology Prize 16; The Year 9 Geography Prize 17; The Ron Coghlan Memorial Prize for the best Year 11 HSC English Student aeq 19; The Year 11 HSC Business Studies Prize 19; The Year 11 HSC Legal Studies Prize 19; The Dux of Year 11 HSC Candidature aeq 2019; The Laing-Peach HSC Science Prize for Physics 20; The McClelland HSC English Literature Prize 20; The Dux of Year 12 Higher School Certificate Candidature 2020

colours: The Dux of Year 11 HSC 2019; The Dux of Year 12 Higher School Certificate Candidature 2020

sport: Cricket: 17-18, 9C, 10C; Football: 18, 10C; Lawn Bowls: 19-20; Tennis: 15-17, 19-20, 7C/D, 8 Colour, 9 Colour, Open Colour

activities: Cadets; Debating Society; IT Club; Science Investigators

GREMOS, DIMITRIFounder’s

Entered 2015

House Captain 20

awards: Football 7As Best and Fairest Award 15; Mrs Christian R. Thornett’s Prize for Honest Endeavour 17; The Mark Farrow Memorial Trophy for the Highest Football representation 20

colours: Cadets - SGT 19; CAS Football XI 20; Football 7A 15, 1st XI 20; Founder’s House Captain 20

sport: Basketball: 15, 7E; Football: 15-20, 7A, 8A, 9A, 10A, 1st XI; Swimming: 19; Table Tennis: 20; Tennis: 16-18, 8C/D, 9C/D, 10C/D

activities: Cadets; Charity and Community Committee; Debating Society; Leadership Through Cadets Certificate II; Peer Support; Specialist Programme - Football

GUO, JAMESYoung

Entered 2016

awards: The Year 12 IB Diploma Mandarin Prize 20

sport: Basketball: 16-19, 9D, 10D, 9th V; Fencing: 20; Table Tennis: 20; Tennis: 17-19, 9 Colour, 10 Colour, Open Colour

activities: Cadets; EAL/D - Language Skills, Senior Focus; Maths Club

GUO, SHAWNKerrigan

Entered 2015

awards: The Year 12 IB Diploma Music Prize 20; The Peter Dart Musical Composition Prize 20

colours: Music - Choir 19-20

sport: Basketball:15, 19-20, 7H, 9th V, 8th V; Fencing: 19-20; Rugby: 15, 13D

activities: Music - Trinity Choir

HAGGERTY, JOEDulwich

Entered 2018

colours: Football 2nd XI 19

sport: Basketball: 19, 11th V; Football: 19-20, 2nd XI, 3rd XI; RAW Sport: 20

activities: Technology & Design Club

HAITIDIS, JAMESTaubman

Entered 2015

colours: 2nd VII Water Polo 19; CAS/GPS Water Polo 15A Undefeated Premiers 17

sport: Basketball: 15, 7F; Football: 15-20, 7B, 8B, 9B, 10A, 2nd XI; Track & Field CAS Team: 15; Water Polo: 16-20, 14A, 15A, 16A, 2nd VII

activities: Cadets; DEAS - Bronze; Social Action Group; Specialist Programme - Football; Sports Experience

HARAGLI, ALEXDulwich

Entered 2015

colours: Football 7A 15

sport: Basketball: 15-16, 7F, 8E; Football: 15-17, 7A, 8A, 9B; RAW Sport: 20; Rugby: 18, 16C; Swimming: 17-18; Water Polo: 19, 3rd VII

activities: Cadets; DEAS - Bronze; Ecological Awareness Group; Fishing Club

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HARDING, BAILEYHolwood

Entered 2013

awards: The Major (AAC) Aikman Trophy for Best Recruit Cadet - Delta Company aeq 16; Mrs Christian R. Thornett’s Prize for Honest Endeavour 17

sport: Cricket: 15-17, 7B, 8B, 9B; Lawn Bowls: 19; Rugby: 15-18, 20, 13D, 14C, 15C, 16C, 4th XV; Tennis: 18-20, 10C/D, 5th/6th IV, 3rd/4th IV

activities: Cadets; Ecological Awareness Group; Fishing Club

HAUSCHILD, JACKWeeks

Entered 2018

sport: AFL: 19, 1st XVIII; Lawn Bowls: 20; Rugby: 20, 2nd XV; Water Polo: 18-19, 3rd VII

activities: Economic Q & A; Sports Experience

HAWKES, MALACHIWynn Jones

Entered 2015

awards: Rugby 13As Best and Fairest Award 15; The Grossman Cup Best Under-Age Rugby Team - 13A XV 15; Rugby 14As Best and Fairest Award 16; The Briars Trophy for Best Under-Age Rugby Player 16; The Grossman Cup for Best Under-Age Team - 14A 16; Rugby 15As Best and Fairest Award 17; The Briars Trophy for Best Under-Age Rugby Player 17; The Grossman Cup for Best Under-Age Rugby Team - 15As 17; The Pillinger Trophy for a player in his first year of the 1st XV 18; The Brad Royall Trophy for the player who has achieved the highest Rugby representation selection aeq 19; Australian Representative Medal for Rugby 19; The Brad Royall Trophy for the player who has achieved the highest Rugby representative selection 20

colours: CAS 2nd XV Rugby 18-19; CAS Rugby XV 20; NSW Rugby U18 19; Rugby 13A (Crown) 15, U14A (Crown) 16, 1st XV 18-20; Rugby Sydney Juniors U14 16, Sydney Juniors U15 17; Rugby NSW U16 18; Rugby NSW Schools U16 18, U18 18; Rugby Australian Schools 19; Track & Field CAS Champions 16

sport: Basketball: 15-18, 7E, 8D, 9A, 10A; Rugby: 15-20, 13A, 14A, 15A, 1st XV; Touch Football: 19-20, Opens; Track & Field CAS Team: 16

activities: Cadets; Specialist Programme - Rugby Union

HAYES, DANIELHenderson

Entered 2015

House Captain 20

colours: AFL 1st XVIII 20; Cadets CUO 20; Henderson House Captain 20; Music - Orchestra 16

sport: AFL: 20, 1st XVIII; Basketball: 18-20, 10F, 10th V, 9th V; Cricket: 15, 17, 7D, 9C; RAW Sport: 19; Tennis: 15-18, 7C/D, 8C/D, 9C/D, 10C/D

activities: Cadets; Debating Society; Economic Q & A; Mock Trial; Music - Concert Band; Peer Support

HERNANDEZ-CASTELLANOS, DIEGO

Wynn Jones

Entered 2015

awards: Mrs Christian R. Thornett’s Prize for Honest Endeavour 15; The Year 8 Christian Studies Prize 16; The Year 11 IB Diploma Design and Technology Prize 19

sport: Basketball: 15-20, 7F, 8F, 9E, 10E, 8th V, 7th V; Football: 15-20, 7F, 8E, 9D, 10C, 5th XI, 6th XI

activities: Cadets; Visual Art - Digital Media

HU, ETHANKerrigan

Entered 2017

awards: The Year 11 IB Diploma Mandarin Prize 19; The Year 12 IB Diploma English (Language & Literature) SL Prize 20

sport: Fencing: 19-20; Football: 17, 9E; Swimming: 18; Tennis: 18-20, 10 Colour, Open Colour

activities: Cadets; EAL/D - Language Skills, Senior Focus; Mathematics Club

HUYNH, ETHANHilliard

Entered 2007

sport: Basketball: 15-20, 7H, 8H, 9F, 10F, 11th V, 10th V; Football: 15-20, 7C, 8C, 9D, 10C, 6th XI, 7th XI

activities: Cadets; Visual Art - Digital Media


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Entered 2007


sport: Cricket: 15, 19, 7D, 4th XI; Football: 15-16, 19-20, 7F, 8F, 6th XI; Tennis: 1616-17, 20, 8C/D, 9C/D, 7th/8th IV

activities: IT Club; Music - Trinity Choir

JAIDKA, DEVLatham

Entered 2015

sport: Cricket: 17-18, 9C, 10C; Lawn Bowls: 19-20; Table Tennis: 20; Tennis: 15-19, 7 Colour, 7C/D, 8C/D, 9C/D, 10C/D, Open Colour

activities: Cadets; Chess Club; Science Investigators

JENSEN, SACHAKerrigan

Entered 2015

awards: The Year 7 Languages Prize 15; The Classical Greek Prize for Years 8-10 16; The Year 8 Latin Prize 16; Environmental Field Studies Award - Camp 1 17; The Classical Greek Prize for Years 8-10 17; The Year 9 Latin Prize 17; The Classical Greek Prize for Years 8-10 18; The Year 10 Chinese Prize 18; The Year 12 Ab initio Languages Prize 20; The Year 12 IB Diploma Classical Greek Prize 20; Head Master’s Citation: 1st in IB Ab Initio Mandarin 20

colours: Music - Band 20

sport: Cricket: 15-20, 7E, 8D, 9C, 10C, 4th XI, 3rd XI; Fencing: 19; Rugby: 15-18, 13D, 13E, 14D, 15C; Tennis: 20, Open Colour

activities: Berea Christian Leadership Group; Cartesians’ Society; Debating Society; Music - Concert Band, Intermediate Concert Band, Symphonic Wind Band

JIN, TOMYoung

Entered 2008

awards: A Year 7 Proficiency Prize 15; Tennis 9As (W) Best and Fairest Award 17; The Middle School Tennis Doubles Award 17

colours: 2nd CAS Chess 18; Academic Excellence 15; CAS Chess Champions 16; CAS Swimming 20; Music - Orchestra 15-20; Swimming 18-19; Swimming CAS Champions 15-16

sport: Cross Country: 19; Swimming: 20; Swimming CAS Team: 15-20; Table Tennis: 19-20; Tennis: 15-18, 7A/B, 8A/B, 9A/B, 10A/B

activities: Chess Club; Music - Academy Orchestra, Chamber Ensemble, Serenata Strings, Symphony Orchestra

JONES, ALEXArcher

Entered 2008

sport: Football: 19, 6th XI; Swimming: 19-20

activities: Chess Club; Economic Q & A; RAW Challenge

JONES, WILLWilson Hogg

Entered 2017

colours: Cadets - SGT 19

sport: Fencing: 19; RAW Sport: 20; Rugby: 18-20, 16C, 4th XV; Tennis: 17-18, 10 Colour

activities: Cadets; Movie Club

KALIMERIS, GEORGEWilson Hogg

Entered 2013

colours: Cadets - SGT 19, CUO 20; Cadets Service - Drill Squad 19

sport: Cricket: 15-20, 7E, 8D, 9C, 10C, 4th XI, 3rd XI; Fun Fit 15-17; Lawn Bowls: 19-20; Tennis: 18, 10 Colour

activities: Cadets; Chess Club; Debating Society; Movie Club; Science Investigators

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KAPETANELLIS, LUCASKerrigan

Entered 2015

colours: Football 7A 15, 1st XI 19

sport: Basketball: 15-18, 7E, 8E, 9C, 10C; Football: 15-20, 7A, 8A, 9A, 10A, 1st XI, 3rd XI; RAW Sport: 20; Swimming: 19

activities: Cadets; DEAS - Bronze; Specialist Programme - Football

KASANCZUK, ADAMWilson Hogg

Entered 2015

awards: The Brian Lyle Prize 20

sport: Basketball: 15-20, 7B, 8B, 9B, 10C, 6th V, 5th V; RAW Sport: 19-20; Rugby: 15-18, 13C, 13A, 14B, 15B; Track & Field CAS Team: 15-16

activities: Cadets; Movie Club; Sports Experience

KELLY, DOUGStephenson

Entered 2015

Prefect 20

awards: Mrs Christian R. Thornett’s Prize for Honest Endeavour 15; The Grant Jamie Brown Trophy for Physical Courage 18; The Year 11 HSC Entertainment Prize 19; The Year 12 HSC English Standard Prize 20; The Year 12 HSC Entertainment Prize 20

colours: Prefect 20

sport: Basketball: 16-18, 8H, 9F, 10F; Football: 15-20, 7F, 8F, 9E, 10D, 6th XI, 7th XI; Touch Football: 19-20, Opens

activities: Chess Club; Drama Club; Fishing Club; Music - Intermediate Concert Band; Sports Experience

KEOGH, JAKEWynn Jones

Entered 2015

colours: AFL Yr 7/8 16; CAS/GPS Water Polo 15A Undefeated Premiers 17; Drama - Major Production 19; Music - Choir 15 -18

sport: AFL: 15-17, 07/08, 09/10; Tennis: 18-20, 10 Colour, Open Colour; Water Polo: 15-20, 14B, 15A, 16B, 3rd VII

activities: Drama - Club, Major Productions; Makers Club; Music - Trinity Choir

KHAMIS, MOHAMMEDWeeks

Entered 2011

awards: Mrs Christian R. Thornett’s Prize for Honest Endeavour 15; The Year 11 HSC Industrial Technology Timber and Furniture Technologies Prize 19

colours: CAS U16 Football 18, 1st XI Football 19; Football 7A 15, 1st XI 19

sport: Football: 15-19, 7A, 8A, 9A, 10A 1st XI; Swimming: 15-18; Table Tennis: 20; Touch Football: 20; Water Polo: 19, 3rd VII

activities: Cadets; Fishing Club; Specialist Programme - Football

KIM, DAVIDWilson Hogg

Entered 2015

awards: Tennis 8As (S) Best and Fairest Award 16; Tennis 8As (W) Best and Fairest Award 16

colours: CAS/GPS Water Polo 15A Undefeated Premiers 17; CAS Swimming 20; CIS Swimming 13Yrs 15, 17Yrs 19; Music - Band 18-20; Swimming 15-20; Swimming All Schools Champs 18; Swimming CAS Champions 15-16; Swimming CIS 17; Swimming NSW All Schools 15; Swimming NSW All Schools 14Yrs Champion 16; Swimming NSW All Schools Champs 15Yrs 17; Swimming NSW Championships 15; Swimming NSW Champs 12Yrs 15; Swimming State Age Champs 13Yrs 16

sport: RAW Sport: 20; Swimming CAS Team: 15-20; Table Tennis: 20; Tennis: 15-19, 7A/B, 8A/B, 9A/B, 10A/B, 2nd IV, 1st/2nd IV; Water Polo: 15-16, 13A, 15A

activities: Charity and Community Committee; Music - Concert Band, Symphonic Wind Band


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KIM, JUSTINArcher

Entered 2007

awards: The Donald Holder Organ Prize 19; A Duke of Edinburgh Gold Award 20

colours: DEAS Bronze Award 17, Silver Award 18, Gold Award 20

sport: Fun Fit: 15-18; Swimming: 15-20

activities: DEAS - Bronze, Silver, Gold; Mathematics Club; Music - Intermediate String Orchestra

KIRKHAM, WILLIAMKerrigan

Entered 2015


awards: Mrs Christian R. Thornett’s Prize for Honest Endeavour 15; The Year 9 Design and Technology Prize 17; Head Master’s Citation: 1st in IB Diploma Psychology SL 20

colours: Cadets - SGT 19, CUO 20; NSW All Schools Triathlon 20

sport: Cricket: 15-18, 7C, 8C, 9C, 10B; Rugby: 15-17, 13D, 13C, 14C

activities: Cadets; Charity and Community Committee; Music - Concert Band; Peer Support

KOSHNITSKY, GARRYMurphy

Entered 2013

awards: Swimming 13 Years Age Champion 15; Swimming 14 Years Age Champion 16; Swimming 15 Years Age Champion 17

colours: CAS/GPS Water Polo 15A Undefeated Premiers 17; CAS Swimming 20; CIS Swimming 14Yrs 16, 17Yrs 19; Music - Orchestra 17-20; School Sports Australia Swimming 15-16Yr 18; Swimming 14-20; Swimming 16Yrs Champion 18, 17Yrs Champion 19; Swimming CAS Champions 14-16; Swimming CIS 17; Swimming NSW All Schools 15Yrs Champion 17; Swimming NSW Champion 15Yrs 17, 16Yrs 18

sport: Cross Country: 18; Swimming CAS Team: 15-20; Tennis: 15-16, 7C/D, 8C/D; Water Polo: 15-17, 13A, 14A, 15A

activities: Music - Concert Band, Symphonic Wind Band, Symphony Orchestra

KOUNTOURIS, STEVENMurphy

Entered 2012

awards: Mrs Christian R. Thornett’s Prize for Honest Endeavour 16; The Old Trinitarians’ Union HSC Modern History Prize 20

colours: Music - Band 19-20

sport: Cricket: 15-19, 7B, 8B, 9B, 10B, 3rd XI; Football: 15, 7D; Lawn Bowls: 20; Table Tennis: 20; Tennis: 16-19; 8A/B, 9A/B, 10A/B, 3rd/4th IV

activities: Cadets; Music - Concert Band, Symphonic Wind Band

KUMARAGURU, ARVINDMurphy

Entered 2008


sport: Cricket: 15-20, 7D, 8D, 9C, 10C, 4th XI, 3rd XI; Fencing: 19-20; Football: 16-18, 8F, 09 Futsal, 10D

activities: Cadets; Charity and Community Committee; Chess Club; Debating Society; Mathematics Club; Mock Trial; Music - Intermediate Concert Band

KURIEN, ALANHilliard

Entered 2008

awards: Mrs Christian R. Thornett’s Prize for Honest Endeavour 16; Environmental Field Studies Award - Camp 3 17

colours: Debating 16, 18; Music - Choir 15-17

sport: Basketball: 15-20, 7D, 8E, 9D, 10D, 7th V, 8th V; Football: 15-17, 7E, 8E, 9D; Rugby: 18-19, 16C, 4th XV; Table Tennis: 20

activities: Cadets; Charity and Community Committee; DEAS - Bronze; Debating Society; Mathematics Club; Mock Trial; Music - Trinity Choir; Science Investigators

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LAGANA, ADRIANArcher

Entered 2015

colours: Rugby U14A (Crown) 16

sport: Basketball: 17-20, 9D, 10B, 6th V, 4th V; Cricket: 15-16, 7B, 8B; Rugby: 15-20, 13B, 14A, 15B, 16B, 2nd XV

activities: Cadets; Debating Society; Mock Trial

LAMBERT, ETHANSchool

Entered 2015

sport: Basketball: 19, 12th V; Football: 15-20, 7C, 8C, 9B, 10B, 3rd XI; Swimming: 15-17; Table Tennis: 20; Tennis: 18, 10 Colour

activities: Cadets; Movie Club; Specialist Programme - Football; Sports Experience

LEE, LACHLANWilson Hogg

Entered 2013

awards: A Duke of Edinburgh Gold Award 20; The Year 12 IB Diploma Mathematics SL Prize 20

colours: DEAS - Bronze Award 17, Silver Award 18, Gold Award 20

sport: Basketball: 19, 12th V; Cricket: 15-17, 7C, 8C, 9B; Football: 15-19, 7B, 8B, 9B, 10A, 4th XI; Rugby: 20, 4th XV; Table Tennis: 20; Volleyball: 18, 3rd VI

activities: DEAS - Bronze, Gold; Movie Club; Music - Intermediate String Orchestra; Specialist Programme - Football; Sports Experience

LEE, SCOTTStephenson

Entered 2015


sport: Football: 17, 9E; Swimming: 19; Tennis: 15-19, 7C/D, 7A/B, 8A/B, 9A/B, 10A/B, 5th/6th IV; Volleyball: 20, 3rd VII

activities: Cadets; Chess Club; Fishing Club

LI, ADAMSchool

Entered 2014


sport: Basketball: 15-20, 7D, 8E, 9C, 10B, 4th V, 3rd V; Football: 15-17, 20, 7D, 8D, 9D, 5th XI; Swimming: 18-19

activities: Cadets; EAL/D - Language Skills; Mathematics Club; Science Investigators

LI, JEFFREYWynn Jones

Entered 2015

colours: Music - Choir 16-17, Orchestra 15-20, Major Production 18

sport: Basketball: 19, 12th V; Football: 15-17, 7F, 8F, 9D; RAW Sport: 20; Swimming: 15-16, 18-20; Tennis: 17-18, 9C/D, 10 Colour

activities: Charity and Community Committee; Debating Society; Music - Academy Orchestra, Serenata Strings, Sinfonietta Group, Symphony Orchestra, Trinity Choir


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LIN, JUSTINLatham

Entered 2008

awards: Head Master’s Citation: 1st in IB Diploma Music SL 20

colours: Music - Orchestra 18-20

sport: Football: 15-19, 7F, 8F, 09 Futsal, 10D, 6th XI; RAW Sport: 19; Swimming: 15-18, 20; Volleyball: 20, ?

activities: Mathematics Club; Music - Intermediate String Orchestra, Symphony Orchestra

LIN, MICHAELFounder’s

Entered 2015

awards: The Year 7 Most Promising Instrumentalist Prize 15; The Year 7 Music Prize 15; The Year 9 Mathematics Prize 16; The Dux of Year 8 aeq 2016; A Year 9 Proficiency Prize 17; A Year 10 Proficiency Prize 18; The Senior School Concerto Competition Prize 18; The Year 10 Chinese Advanced Prize 18; The Senior School Concerto Competition Prize 19; The Year IB Diploma Chemistry Prize 19; The Year 11 IB Diploma Physics Prize 19; The Dux of Year 11 IB Diploma Candidature 2019; Head Master’s Citation: 1st in IB Diploma Mandarin SL 20; The Year 12 IB Diploma Chemistry Prize 20; The Year 12 IB Diploma English HL Prize 20; The Year 12 IB Diploma Physics Prize 20; The Greg Williams Memorial Prize for Science 20; The Senior School Concerto Competition Prize 20; The Old Trinitarians’ Union Debating Prize 20; The Dux of Year 12 International Baccalaureate Diploma Candidature 2020

colours: 2nd CAS Chess 18; Academic Excellence 15, 17-18; Debating 18-19; Debating 1st III 20; The Dux of Year 8 2016; The Dux of Year 11 2019; Music - Choir 16-17, Winner Sydney Eisteddford 16; The Dux of Year 12 International Baccalaureate Diploma Candidature 2020

sport: Cross Country: 15, 17; Fun Fit: 16; Lawn Bowls: 20; RAW Sport: 19; Swimming: 15-19; Table Tennis: 20

activities: Berea Christian Leadership Group; Chess Club; Debating Society; Mathematics Club; Music - Academy Orchestra, Trinity Choir; Science Investigators

LOPEZ, DOMINICKerrigan

Entered 2015

awards: The Stephen and Ian Cray Memorial Prize for the Most Improved Boy in Year 7 aeq 15; The Year 12 IB Diploma Mathematical Studies SL (Anticipated) Prize 19

colours: CAS/GPS Water Polo 15A Undefeated Premiers 17; CIS Swimming 13Yrs 15; Swimming 15-17; Swimming Aus Champs U14 16; Swimming Australian Champs 15; Swimming Australian Champion 13Yrs 16; Swimming CAS Champions 15-16; Swimming CIS 17; Swimming NSW All Schools 13Yrs Champion 15, 14Yrs Champion 16; Swimming NSW Championships 15; Swimming NSW Champion 12Yrs 15;

sport: Cross Country: 15, 17-18; RAW Sport: 19-20; Swimming CAS Team: 17, 19; Swimming CAS - Winter: 16; Water Polo: 15-18, 20, 13A, 14A, 15A, 16A, 2nd VII

activities: Specialist Programme - Swimming

LIM, DAVIDArcher

Entered 2018

colours: Cadets SGT 20

sport: Basketball: 19-20, 11th V, 10th V; Football: 19-20, 6th XI, 7th XI

activities: Cadets; Music - Concert Band

LIAW, JOSHUAHenderson

Entered 2015

colours: Music - Band 20

sport: Fencing: 19-20; Football: 15-18, 7F, 8F, 9E, 10D; Swimming: 15-17; Tennis: 18-19, 10 Colour, Open Colour

activities: Berea Christian Leadership Group; Cartesians’ Society; Music - Concert Band, Intermediate Concert Band, Symphonic Wind Band; Social Action Group

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LOUTTIT, JOSHUAWynn Jones

Entered 2014

awards: The Year 12 HSC Business Studies Prize 19

colours: AFL Yr 7/8 16

sport: AFL: 15-17, 07/08, 09/10; Basketball: 17-20, 9F, 10B, 2nd V, 3rd V; Cricket: 15-16, 7D, 8C; Swimming: 18-19; Table Tennis: 20

activities: Economic Q & A; Music - Concert Band, Symphonic Wind Band; Specialist Programme - Basketball

LU, EDWARDWynn Jones

Entered 2017


sport: Basketball: 17-19, 9D, 10D, 10th V; Lawn Bowls: 20; Rugby: 17-20, 15C, 16B, 3rd XV, 2nd XV; Track & Field CAS Team: 19-20


MALLIS, ALEXANDERSchool

Entered 2015

awards: The Year 11 HSC Industrial Technology Multimedia Prize 19; The Year 12 HSC Industrial Technology Multimedia Technologies Prize 20

colours: DEAS Bronze Award 18; Drama 18-19; Drama Production 19; Shakespeare Carnival 18

sport: Football: 15-18, 7E, 8D, 9D, 10C; RAW Sport: 19; Table Tennis: 20; Tennis: 15-20, 7A/B, 8A/B, 9A/B, 10A/B, 3rd/4th IV

activities: Cadets; Charity and Community Committee; DEAS - Bronze; Drama - Club, Theatre Sports; Music - Concert Band

MARANTOS, GENEYoung

Entered 2007

colours: Cadets - SGT 19, CUO 20; Football 7A 15

sport: Basketball: 16, 8E; Football: 15-19, 7A, 8B, 9A, 10A, 1st XI; Swimming: 17-20; Table Tennis: 20; Water Polo: 15, 13A

activities: Cadets; Peer Support

MARKOVIC, ANTONSchool

Entered 2014

colours: Swimming CAS Champions 15-16

sport: Basketball: 15-18, 7E, 8F, 9E, 10E; Football: 15-18, 7F, 8E, 9D, 10C; Swimming CAS Team: 17

activities: Chess Club; Mathematics Club; Music - Trinity Choir; Specialist Programme - Swimming

MARSHALL, EUANWeeks

Entered 2013


awards: Mrs Christian R. Thornett’s Prize for Honest Endeavour 16; The Year 11 HSC Visual Arts Prize aeq 19; The Year 12 HSC Mathematics Standard 2 Prize 20

colours: Cricket 10A XI 18; Rugby 1st XV 20

sport: Cricket: 15-18, 7D, 8B, 9B, 10A; Football: 15, 7C; Lawn Bowls: 20; Rugby: 16-20, 14C, 15B, 16A, 2nd XV, 1st XV; Touch Football: 19, Opens

activities: Cadets; Drama Club; Peer Support; Visual Art - Painting/Drawing Group


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MCCANN, FINNHilliard

Entered 2017

colours: Basketball 1st V 18 -20

sport: Basketball: 18-20, 1st V; Rugby: 18-20, 16B., 3rd XV, 2nd XV


MCMANUS, ADRIANHenderson

Entered 2013


awards: Year 9 Intermediate Certificate II in Leadership Through Cadets Course 17; Year 10 Advanced Certificate II in Leadership Through Cadets Course 18; The Peter Grant Memorial Prize for the Best Year 11 HSC Geography Student 19

colours: Cadets - WO2 19, CUO 20; Cadets CAS Military Skills 19; Cadets Service - Drill Squad 17-18; Drama 19; Music - Choir 15-20

sport: Cricket: 15-20, 7E, 8D, 9C, 10C, 4th XI, 3rd XI; Football: 15-20, 7F, 8F, 9E, 10D, 6th XI, 7th XI

activities: Cadets; Charity and Community Committee; Debating Society; Drama Club; Mock Trial; Music - Intermediate Concert Band, Trinity Choir; Peer Support; TGS - 3rd Summer Hill Scout Troop

MEAGHER, FLYNNHilliard

Entered 2017

colours: 2nd VII Water Polo 19-20; CAS 2nd XV Rugby 19; CAS Rugby XV 20; Rugby 1st XV 19-20

sport: Rugby: 18-20, 16A, 1st XV; Water Polo: 18-20, 16A, 2nd VII


METLEGE, JOSEPHArcher

Entered 2012

sport: Basketball: 16-17, 8G, 9F; Football: 15-19, 7E, 8F, 09 Futsal; 10D, 6th XI; Lawn Bowls: 19-20; Swimming: 15; Table Tennis: 20; Tennis: 18, 10 Colour

activities: Berea Christian Leadership Group; Cadets

MCCABE, JAMESStephenson

Entered 2013

awards: Tennis 7As (S) Best and Fairest Award 15; The Middle School Tennis Doubles Award 17; The Middle School Tennis Singles Award 17; The Senior School Tennis Doubles Award 18; The Tennis Open Singles Champion 18; The Senior Soloist Competition Prize 19; Tennis Player of the Year 20; Australian Representative Medal for Tennis 20

colours: Australian All Schools Champion Tennis 19; CAS 1st IV Tennis 16-17, 19-20; CAS Tennis Open 18; CIS Swimming 12Yrs 15; CIS Tennis Open 18; Music - Band 16-19, Choir 15-20, Orchestra 18-20; Swimming 15; Swimming Aust Schools 11Yrs 14; Swimming CAS Champions 15-16; Swimming NSW All Schools 12Yrs 15; Swimming NSW Championships 15; Swimming NSW Champion 11Yrs 15; Swimming State Age Champion 12Yrs 16; Tennis 20; Tennis 1st IV 16, 1st IV (Crown) 17, 1st IV 18-19, 1st IV Summer 20, 1st IV Winter (Crown) 20; Track & Field CAS Champions 16

sport: Swimming CAS Team: 17; Tennis: 15-20, 7A/B, 2nd IV, 1st IV, 1st/2nd IV; Track & Field CAS Team: 16

activities: Music - Concert Band, Symphonic Wind Band, Symphony Orchestra, Trinity Choir

MARTIN, RORYDulwich

Entered 2009

awards: The Year 11 HSC Ancient History Prize 19; The Year 11 HSC Chemistry Prize aeq 19; A Year 12 Proficiency Prize 20; The Old Trinitarians’ Union HSC Ancient History Prize 20; The Old Trinitarians’ Union HSC Mathematics Prize 20

colours: Academic Excellence 20

sport: Football: 15-17, 7D, 8E, 9E; Lawn Bowls: 19; Tennis: 18-20, 10 Colour, Open Colour; Water Polo: 15-18, 20, 14B, 16B, 3rd VII

activities: Cadets; Chess Club; IT Club

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MIRCEVSKI, DANIELStephenson

Entered 2015

awards: Head Master’s Citation: 1st in Ab Initio French 20; Head Master’s Citation: 1st in IB Diploma Sports Science SL 20


sport: Basketball: 15-16, 20, 7D, 8D, 7th V; Football: 15-20, 7D, 8D, 9C, 10B, 4th XI; RAW Sport: 19; Tennis: 17-18, 9A/B, 10C/D

activities: Cadets; Debating Society; Sports Experience

MOONEY, ANGUSLatham

Entered 2014

Prefect 20

awards: Head Master’s Citation: 1st in IB Diploma History SL 20

colours: Cricket 8A 16, 9A 17, 10A XI 18, 1st XI 19-20; Music - Band 18-20; Prefect 20; Rugby U14B 16

sport: Cricket: 15-20, 7A, 8A, 9A, 10A, 1st XI; Rugby: 15-20, 13C, 14B, 15B, 16A, 2nd XV, 1st XV

activities: Cadets; DEAS - Bronze; Music - Concert Band, Symphonic Wind Band; Specialist Programme - Cricket

MULCAHY, LEONHilliard

Entered 2012



colours: Cadets - SGT 19, CUO 20; Cadets Service - Drill Squad 19; Drama - Major Production 19; Major Music Production 18

sport: Basketball: 15-18, 7G, 8G, 9E, 10E; RAW Sport: 19; Rugby: 15-20, 13D, 13B, 14A, 15A, 16A, 3rd XV; Swimming: 20

activities: Berea Christian Leadership Group; Cadets; Charity and Community Committee; Drama Club; Peer Support; RAW Challenge

MURANIA, MARCOHolwood

Entered 2007


sport: Basketball: 16-20, 8G, 9F, 10F, 11th V, 8th V; Football: 15-19, 7F, 8F, 9D, 10D, 6th XI; Table Tennis: 20; Water Polo: 15, 13B

activities: Cadets; Science Investigators; Visual Art - Digital Media

MURPHY, FINNTaubman

Entered 2007



colours: AFL Yr 7/8 16, 1st XVIII 19; CAS AFL 19; NSW All Schools Champs 19; Track & Field 16-19; Track & Field Australian Juniors 20; Track & Field Australian Nitro Schools Intermediate Champion 19; Track & Field Australian Schools Knockout Camps 17; Track & Field CAS Champion 19; Track & Field CAS Champions 16-19; Track & Field NSW Junior Champs 16-17, 20; Track & Field State Championships 15

sport: AFL: 15-20, 07/08, 09/10, 1st XVIII; Cricket: 15, 7C; Track & Field CAS Team: 15-20; Track & Field - Summer: 15-20

activities: Cadets; Specialist Programme - Track & Field

NASSIF, JOSEPHHenderson

Entered 2007

colours: Rugby 13A (Crown) 15, U14A (Crown) 16, U14B 16

sport: Basketball: 15-19, 7A, 8B, 9A, 10A, 3rd V; Rugby: 15-19, 13A, 14B, 15A, 16A, 2nd XV; Table Tennis: 20; Touch Football: 20, Opens



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NGUYEN, ANDYStephenson

Entered 2015

sport: Basketball: 15-17, 7H, 8G, 9F; RAW Sport: 20; Rugby: 17-20, 14B, 15C, 4th XV; Swimming: 18; Tennis: 15-17, 19, 7 Colour, 8C/D, 9 Colour, Open Colour; Track & Field CAS Team: 17-18

activities: Cadets

NGUYEN, CHRISTIANHolwood

Entered 2015

sport: Basketball: 18-19, 10F, 10th V; Football: 15, 17, 19-20, 7D, 9D, 6th XI, 7th XI; Tennis: 15-17, 20, 7C/D, 8C/D, 8A/B, 10C/D, 7th/8th IV

activities: Cadets; Chess Club

NGUYEN, MICHAELArcher

Entered 2015

sport: Basketball: 15-17, 7G, 8F, 9E; Lawn Bowls: 20; RAW Sport: 19; Rugby: 15-20, 13C, 14C, 15B, 16B, 4th XV, 3rd XV; Swimming: 18

activities: Cadets; RAW Challenge

NAZARETH, CALEBSchool

Entered 2013

House Captain 20


colours: AFL 1st XVIII 20; CAS Track & Field Record 13Yrs 16; DEAS Bronze Award 19; Music - Choir 15; School House Captain 20; Track & Field 16-19; Track & Field CAS Champions 16-19

sport: AFL: 20, 1st XVIII; Basketball: 15, 7E; Cricket: 16-18, 8D, 9B, 10B; Football: 15-18, 7D, 8C, 9C, 10C; Swimming: 19; Table Tennis: 20; Track & Field CAS Team: 16-20; Track & Field - Summer: 19-20

activities: Cadets; Charity and Community Committee; DEAS - Bronze; Music - Trinity Choir; Peer Support; Specialist Programme - Track & Field; Sports Experience

NEWALL, BENYoung

Entered 2017

awards: Mrs Christian R. Thornett’s Prize for Honest Endeavour 17; The Sydney Timber Institute Peter Savage Trophy for the Best and Fairest 16B Rugby Player 18

colours: Rugby U14B 16, 1st XV 20

sport: Cricket: 15-19, 7C, 8B, 9B, 10B; Lawn Bowls: 20; Rugby: 15-20, 13B, 14B, 15B, 16B, 3rd XV, 2nd XV

activities: Cadets; Specialist Programme - Cricket; Sports Experience

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NGUYEN, TIMOTHYFounder’s

Entered 2015

awards: The Year 11 HSC Mathematics Extension 1 Prize 19

sport: Cricket: 17-18, 9C, 10C; Fencing: 19; FunFit: 15; Swimming: 19-20; Table Tennis: 20; Tennis: 15-18, 7 Colour, 8 Colour, 9 Colour, 10 Colour

activities: Cadets; Fishing Club; Visual Art - Painting/Drawing Group

NICHOL, JACKHenderson

Entered 2015

Prefect 20

awards: The Dean McDowell Award for Outstanding Junior Basketballer 17

colours: AFL Yr 7/8 16; Basketball 1st V (Crown) 17, 1st V 18, 20; Basketball NSW Metro 17; Prefect 20; Track & Field CAS Champions 16; Volleyball 1st VI GAS/GPS 18

sport: AFL: 16-17, 07/08, 09/10; Basketball: 16-20, 8A, 1st V; RAW Sport: 19-20; Swimming: 18; Track & Field CAS Team: 16, 18; Volleyball: 18, 1st VI

activities: Social Action Group; Specialist Programme - Basketball

NICHOL, LUKEHenderson

Entered 2015

awards: The Year 12 HSC Mathematics Extension 1 Prize 20; The Year 12 HSC Mathematics Extension 2 Prize 20

colours: AFL Yr 7/8 16; Basketball 1st V (Crown) 17, 1st V 18, 20; CAS 1st V Basketball 20; Volleyball 1st VI CAS/GPS 18

sport: AFL: 16-17, 07/08, 09/10; Basketball: 16-20, 8A, 1st V; RAW Sport: 19-20; Track & Field CAS Team: 16; Volleyball: 18, 1st VI (S & W)


NIKIFORIDIS, NICHOLASStephenson

Entered 2007

colours: AFL Yr 7/8 16

sport: AFL: 15-16, 19, 07/08, 1st XVIII; Basketball: 15-17, 19, 7A, 8A, 9A, 4th V; Football: 17, 09 Futsal; RAW Sport: 20; Rugby: 18, 16C; Swimming: 18; Table Tennis: 20

activities: Cadets; DEAS - Bronze; Debating Society; Fishing Club; Sports Experience

O’CONNOR, SÉAMUSHolwood

Entered 2010


colours: AFL Yr 7/8 16, 1st XVIII 20; Basketball 2nd V 20; DEAS Bronze Award 18, Silver Award 19; Track & Field 16-19; Track & Field CAS Champions 16-19; Track & Field Australian Nitro Schools Open Champion 19; Track & Field NSW All Schools 14Yrs 16, 15Yrs 17; Track & Field NSW Junior Champs 17, 19; Track & Field NSW Junior Champion 18

sport: AFL: 16-20, 07/08, 09/10, 1st XVIII; Basketball: 17-20, 9C, 10B, 4th V, 2nd V; Cricket: 15-16, 7B, 8B; Rugby: 15, 13B; Track & Field CAS Team: 15-20; Track & Field - Summer: 20

activities: Cadets; Charity and Community Committee; DEAS - Bronze, Silver, Gold; Drama - Club, Theatre Sports

OFFORD, DYLANWilson Hogg

Entered 2017


awards: The Peter Taylor Cup for Most Improved Track and Field Athlete 19

colours: CAS Cross Country 18-19; CAS Cross Country Champions 18-20; CAS Cross Country Team 20; CIS Cross Country 18; NSW All Schools Cross Country 19; NSW All Schools Triathlon 20; Track & Field Australian All Schools Champs 19; Track & Field Australian Juniors 20; Track & Field Australian Nitro Schools Open Champion 19; Track & Field CAS Champion 18; Track & Field CAS Champions 19; Track & Field NSW Junior Champs 18-19

sport: Cross Country: 18-20; Track & Field CAS Team: 18-20; Track & Field - Summer: 18-20

activities: Peer Support; Specialist Programme - Track & Field


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PASSERINI, JOELHilliard

Entered 2015

House Captain 20

awards: Mrs Christian R. Thornett’s Prize for Honest Endeavour 15; The Year 12 HSC Industrial Technology Timber Products and Furniture Technologies Prize 20

colours: AFL 1st XVIII 19-20; Basketball 1st V 19-20; Hilliard House Captain 20; Rugby U14B 16; Track & Field CAS Champion 19; Track & Field CAS Champions 19

sport: AFL: 19-20, 1st XVIII; Basketball: 15-20, 7A, 8A, 9A, 10A, 1st V; Rugby: 15-18, 13D, 14B, 15B, 16B; Track & Field CAS Team: 19-20

activities: Cadets Charity and Community Committee; Peer Support; Snowsports; Specialist Programme - Basketball

PATEL, AMISHHilliard

Entered 2015

colours: Cricket 10A XI 18; Football 8D 16

sport: Cricket: 15-19, 7C, 8B, 9A, 10A, 3rd XI; Football: 15-16, 7D, 8D; Lawn Bowls: 20; Rugby: 17-18, 20, 14C, 15C, 4th XV; Swimming: 19; Touch Football: 20, Opens

activities: Music - Intermediate Concert Band, Specialist Programme - Cricket

PARKER, MILESKerrigan

Entered 2015



sport: Basketball: 15-20, 7C, 8D, 9C, 10C, 4th V, 3rd V; Football: 15-20, 7D, 8D, 9C, 10C, 4th XI, 5th XI

activities: DEAS - Bronze; Music - Intermediate Concert Band; Visual Art - Digital Media

PAPAIOANNOU, CHRISTOPHERWeeks

Entered 2007


colours: Cadets - SGT 19, CUO 20; Cadets CAS Military Skills 19; Cadets Service - Drill Squad 19; Drama 19; Drama Production 19

sport: Cricket: 15-17, 7E, 8D, 9C; Cross Country: 15-16, 18-20; Football: 17, 9E; Lawn Bowls: 19-20; Tennis: 18, 10 Colour

activities: Cadets; Charity and Community Committee; Drama Club

PARADZIK, ALANWeeks

Entered 2016


awards: The Year 12 IB Diploma English SL Prize 20

colours: 16A Water Polo 17; CAS Swimming 20; CAS Swimming Record 17Yrs 18; CIS Swimming Record 17-19Yrs 19; Swimming 17, 19-20; Swimming CIS 17-18; Swimming NSW All Schools 16Yrs Champion 17, 17Yrs & Over Champion 19; Swimming NSW Champs 16Yrs 17, 17Yrs 18

sport: Basketball: 16, 10A; Swimming CAS Team: 16-20; Water Polo: 17, 16A

activities: Peer Mediation; Specialist Programme - Swimming

PARK, JAMESYoung

Entered 2015


awards: The Year 7 Visual Arts Prize 15; Environmental Field Studies Award - Camp 5 17; The Year 11 HSC Visual Arts Prize aeq 19; The Dorrough HSC Visual Arts Prize 20

colours: AFL Yr 7/8 16, 1st XVIII 19-20; CAS Track & Field 15; CAS Track & Field Record 13Yrs 16; NSW All Schools Champion 18; Track & Field 16-19; Track & Field Australian All Schools Champs 13Yrs 16; Track & Field Australian Juniors 20; Track & Field Australian Nitro Schools Intermediate Champion 19; Track & Field Australian Schools Knockout Champion 17; Track & Field CAS Champions 16-19; Track & Field National Junior Champion U14 16; Track & Field National Junior Champion 17; Track & Field National Schools Knockout Champs 18; Track & Field NSW Junior Champion 17; Track & Field NSW Schools Knockout Champs 16

sport: AFL: 15-17, 19-20, 07/08, 09/10, 1st XVIII; Tennis: 15, 18, 7A/B, 10A/B; Track & Field CAS Team: 15-18, 20; Track & Field - Summer: 15-20

activities: Berea Christian Leadership Group; Cadets; Fishing Club; Specialist Programme - Track & Field

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PATERSON, ROBERTOWilson Hogg

Entered 2015


sport: Cricket: 15-20, 7E, 8D, 9C, 10C, 4th XI, 3rd XI; Lawn Bowls: 19-20; Tennis: 15-18, 7 Colour, 8 Colour, 9 Colour, 10C/D

activities: Berea Christian Leadership Group; Cadets

PAVIC, ALEXANDERLatham

Entered 2007

awards: Mrs Christian R. Thornett’s Prize for Honest Endeavour 16; The Christopher Sandars Prize 20

colours: Music - Band 19-20, Choir 15-16

sport: Cricket: 15, 7D; Football: 18, 10D; Rugby: 15-17, 13D, 14C, 15C; Swimming: 16, 19; Table Tennis: 20; Tennis: 17-20, 9C/D, 10 Colour, 5th/6th IV

activities: Cadets; Charity and Community Committee; Music - Intermediate Concert Band, Concert Band, Symphonic Wind Band, Trinity Choir; Social Action Group

PHAM, TUAN HUNGWynn Jones

Entered 2017

awards: The Year 10 Mathematics Prize 18; The Year 11 HSC English EAL/D Prize 19; The Year 11 HSC Information Processes and Technology Prize 19; The Year 11 HSC Software Design and Development Prize 19; The John Conroy HSC Information Processes and Technology Prize 20; The John Conroy HSC Software Design and Development Prize 20; The Year 12 HSC EAL/D English Prize 20

sport: Cross Country: 19; Fun Fit: 18; RAW Sport: 20; Swimming: 19-20

activities: Chess Club; EAL/D - Language Skills; Mathematics Club

PIGNATARO, PHILIPYoung

Entered 2008

awards: Environmental Field Studies Award - Camp 4 17; The Reg Marsh Award for an Outstanding Performance at the Environmental Field Studies Centre 17


sport: Fun Fit: 15-17; RAW Sport: 18-20; Swimming: 15-19; Table Tennis: 20

activities: Drama - Club, Theatre Sports; IT Club; Music - Trinity Choir

PLATANIOTIS, YANNISchool

Entered 2013


awards: The Kenneth Jones Trophy for the Most Promising Year 7 Football Player 15; The Cassen Cup for the Outstanding Open Football Team - 1st XI 20; Kenneth Jones Trophy - Outstanding Contribution to Football 2020

colours: CAS U16 Football 18; Football 7A 15, 1st XI 20

sport: Basketball: 15, 7C; Football: 15-20, 7A, 8A, 9A, 10A, 1st XI; RAW Sport: 19; Swimming: 16-18; Table Tennis: 20

activities: Cadets; Charity and Community Committee; Chess Club; Debating Society; Fishing Club; Music - Trinity Choir; Specialist Programme - Football

PLUMMER, BAILEYDulwich

Entered 2015

awards: Basketball 9As Best and Fairest Award 17

colours: AFL Yr 7/8 16; Basketball 2nd V 20

sport: AFL: 16-18, 07/08, 09/10; Basketball: 15-20, 7A, 8A, 9A, 10A, 2nd V; RAW Sport: 19; Tennis: 15, 7 Colour



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RAWAL, ARYANMurphy

Entered 2013

awards: Tennis 9As (S) Best and Fairest Award 17

sport: Cricket: 15-16, 20, 7B, 8B, 3rd XI; Cross Country: 19; Football: 16-17, 8B, 9B; RAW Sport: 19; Table Tennis: 20; Tennis: 15, 17-18, 7A/B, 9A/B, 10A/B; Track & Field CAS Team: 15


RAZZA, ALESSIOMurphy

Entered 2015

House Captain 20

colours: Cadets - SGT 19, CUO 20; Cadets CAS Military Skills 19; Cadets Service - Drill Squad 18-19; Murphy House Captain 20

sport: Football: 16-18, 8F, 9E, 10D; Lawn Bowls: 19-20; Tennis: 15-20, 7C/D, 8C/D, 9A/B, 10C/D, 3rd/4th IV, 5th/6th IV

activities: Archeaological Society; Cadets; Charity and Community Committee; Debating Society; Economic Q & A; Mock Trial; Music - Intermediate Concert Band; Peer Support

RAITI, ADAMSchool

Entered 2015

sport: Basketball: 15-17, 19, 7F, 8E, 9B, 7th V; Football: 15-16, 7B, 8C; Lawn Bowls: 19; Rugby: 17, 15C; Swimming: 18, 20

activities: Cadets; Science Investigators; Technology and Design Club

POULOS, STEVENTaubman

Entered 2013

awards: The Year 11 HSC Economics Prize 19; The Dux of Year 11 HSC Candidature aeq 2019; A Year 12 Proficiency Prize 20; The Parents’ and Friends’ HSC Economics Prize 20; The Year 12 HSC Legal Studies Prize 20; Head Master’s Citation: 1st in HSC Music 1 20

colours: Academic Excellence 20; The Dux of Year 11 2019

sport: Basketball: 15-16, 18, 7B, 8C, 10C; Football: 15-20, 7B, 8A, 9A, 10A, 2nd XI; Swimming: 19; Table Tennis: 20; Tennis: 17, 9C/D

activities: Chess Club; Debating Society; Economic Q & A; Music - Guitar Ensemble, Trinity Choir

PRENTICE, LOCHLANMurphy

Entered 2012

Prefect 20

awards: The 21 Construction Regiment Trophy for the Best Sergeant aeq 19; The Joseph Sword Commemorative Plaque 20

colours: AFL 1st XVIII 19-20; Cadets - SGT 19, CUO 20; Cadets CAS Military Skills 19; Cadets Service - Drill Squad 17-19; Rugby U14B 16; Track & Field CAS Champions 16-18

sport: AFL: 18-20, 09/10, 1st XVIII; Cricket: 15-19, 7B, 8B, 9B, 10B, 3rd XI; RAW Sport: 20; Rugby: 15-17, 13B, 14B, 15B; Swimming: 19; Track & Field CAS Team: 15-18

activities: Berea Christian Leadership Group; Cadets; DEAS - Bronze; Debating Society; Economic Q & A; Mock Trial Peer Support

QU, DEREKDulwich

Entered 2007


awards: The Year 12 IB Diploma History Prize 20

sport: Basketball: 15-19, 7C, 8C, 9B, 10C, 6th V; Football: 15-19, 7F, 8F, 9D, 10C, 4th XI; Table Tennis: 20; Tennis: 20, 5th/6th IV

activities: Cadets; Charity and Community Committee; Debating Society; Mock Trial; Peer Support; Science Investigators; Social Action Group; Specialist Programme - Football; Visual Art- Ceramics Group

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REDDEL, ALEXKerrigan

Entered 2015

House Captain 20

awards: Mrs Christian R. Thornett’s Prize for Honest Endeavour 15; The Year 8 Drama Prize 16; The Year 9 Drama Prize 17; The Year 10 Drama Prize 18; A Year 11 Proficiency Prize 19; The Year 11 IB Diploma Biology Prize aeq 19; The Year 11 IB Diploma English (Literature and Performance) Prize 19; The Year 11 IB Diploma Mathematics SL prize 19; The Year 11 IB Diploma Psychology Prize 19

colours: Academic Excellence 16, 19; Kerrigan House Captain 20; Music - Band 16-19

sport: Cricket: 15-18, 7C, 8C, 9C, 10C; Cross Country: 15-19; Table Tennis: 20; Tennis: 19, Open Colour

activities: Charity and Community Committee; Debating Society; Music - Big Band, Concert Band, Symphonic Wind Band; Peer Support

RUSSELL, JULIUSArcher

Entered 2013

sport: Cricket: 15-17, 7E, 8D, 9C; Football: 15-16, 7F, 8F; Swimming: 18; Tennis: 17-20, 9 Colour, 10 Colour, Open Colour

activities: IT Club; Music - Concert Band, Intermediate Concert Band

SCHUTTE, NICHOLASWynn Jones

Entered 2015


sport: Basketball: 19, 12th V; Football: 15-20, 7C, 8C, 9B, 10B, 3rd XI; Swimming: 20; Tennis: 16-18, 8 Colour, 9C/D, 10C/D; Water Polo: 15, 13B


RUDD, JASONWilson Hogg

Entered 2015

colours: DEAS Bronze Award 18; Football 7A 15

sport: Basketball: 16-17, 20, 8C, 9C, 7th V; Football: 15-20, 7A, 8A, 9A, 10A, 2nd XI, 3rd XI; Tennis: 18, 10C/D; Water Polo: 15, 19, 13A, 3rd VII

activities: Cadets; DEAS - Bronze, Silver; Debating Society; Sports Experience

SELIM, LUKEHolwood

Entered 2012

Prefect 20

awards: The Year 8 French Prize 16; The Year 9 Commerce Prize 17; The Year 9 History Prize 17; The Dux of Year 9 aeq 2017; The Year 10 French Prize 18; The Year 10 Geography Prize 18; The Year 10 History Prize 18; The Year 10 Science Prize 18; The Dux of Year 10 2018; A Year 11 Proficiency Prize 19; The Year 11 IB Diploma Business Management Prize 19; The Year 11 IB Diploma English (Literature) Prize 19; The Year 11 IB Diploma Theory of Knowledge Prize 19; The Year 12 IB Diploma Economics SL (Anticipated) Prize 19

colours: Academic Excellence 16, 19; The Dux of Year 9 2017; The Dux of Year 10 2018; Prefect 20

sport: Cricket: 15-16, 7B, 8B; Football: 15-19, 7B, 8A, 9A, 10A, 4th XI; RAW Sport: 19-20; Table Tennis: 20; Tennis: 17-18, 9A/B, 10A/B

activities: Charity and Community Committee; Economic Q & A; Mathematics Club; Music - Intermediate String Orchestra; Social Action Group

SHANNON, ALEXANDERWeeks

Entered 2015



sport: Football: 15-16, 7D, 8D; Rugby: 17-19, 15C, 16B, 3rd XV; RAW Sport: 20; Swimming 15-20

activities: Cadets; Drama - Theatre Sports; Sports Experience


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SO, LACHLANKerrigan

Entered 2015


colours: Basketball 2nd V 20; DEAS Bronze Award 18

sport: Basketball: 15-20, 7D, 8C, 9A, 10A, 2nd V; Football: 15-17, 7E, 8E, 9D; Swimming: 18-19

activities: Cadets; DEAS - Bronze; Specialist Programme - Basketball

SOLDATOS, ISAACHilliard

Entered 2015

awards: The Jordan Prowse Memorial Trophy 17; The Year 12 School Based Traineeship Prize 20

sport: Basketball: 15-17, 19, 7E, 8D, 9C, 7th V; Football: 15-16, 7C, 8C; Rugby: 17-20, 15C, 16B, 3rd XV, ?; Swimming: 18, 20

activities: Berea Christian Leadership Group; Cadets; Drama Club

SKARZYNSKI, DANIELWeeks

Entered 2007

awards: Mrs Christian R. Thornett’s Prize for Honest Endeavour 17; Head Master’s Citation: 1st in Ab Initio Italian 20

sport: Football: 16-18, 8B, 9B, 10B; RAW Sport: 19; Swimming: 17-20; Table Tennis: 20; Tennis: 15-17, 7A/B, 8A/B, 9A/B; Track & Field CAS Team: 15-16


SHEERAZI, ALIStephenson

Entered 2017


sport: Basketball: 18-20, 10F, 10th V, 9th V; Football: 17-19, 9E, 10C, 6th XI; Table Tennis: 20

activities: Cadets; Charity and Community Committee; Chess Club; Peer Support; Specialist Programme - Football

SHEPPARD, LUKEHenderson

Entered 2008

sport: Basketball: 15, 7H; Football: 15-19, 7E, 8E, 9E, 10D, 6th XI; Table Tennis: 20; Tennis: 16-20, 8 Colour, 9C/D, 10 Colour, 5th/6th IV

activities: Berea Christian Leadership Group; Charity and Community Committee; IT Club; Music - Intermediate Concert Band

SIGANOS, JOHNStephenson

Entered 2014


sport: Basketball: 15-20, 7D, 8E, 9B, 10B, 4th V, 3rd V; Football: 15-17, 7E, 8E, 9D; RAW Sport: 19-20; Swimming: 18

activities: Cadets; Economic Q & A

SHARMA, RITVIKMurphy

Entered 2015


awards: The Year 12 IB Diploma Film Prize 20

colours: AFL 1st XVIII 20; Cricket 20; Cricket 8A 16, 10A XI 18, 2nd XI 19; Track & Field CAS Champions 19

sport: AFL: 18, 10, 09/10, 1st XVIII; Cricket: 15-20, 7A, 8A, 9A, 10A, 2nd XI; Football: 15, 7D; Tennis: 16-17, 19, 8C/D, 9C/D, 3rd/4th IV; Track and Field CAS Team: 19-20

activities: Charity and Community Committee; Music - Intermediate Concert Band, Social Action Group; Specialist Programme - Cricket

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STELZER, CHRISTOPHERStephenson

Entered 2013

House Captain 20

awards: The Billie Wallace Year 8 Visual Arts Prize 16; The Taff’s Visual Arts Prize aeq 18; The Year 11 IB Diploma Biology Prize aeq 19; A Year 12 Proficiency Prize 20; The Year 12 IB Diploma Visual Arts Prize 20; Head Master’s Citation: 1st in IB Diploma Biology SL 20

colours: AFL Yr 7/8 16; Academic Excellence 20; Cadets - SGT 19, CUO 20; Stephenson House Captain 20;

sport: AFL: 15-16, 07/08; Basketball: 15-20, 7B, 8C, 9B, 10A, 3rd V; Table Tennis: 20; Tennis: 17, 19, 9C/D, 3rd/4th IV; Volleyball: 18, 3rd VI

activities: Cadets; Charity and Community Committee

STOBIERSKI, STEVENWynn Jones

Entered 2015

colours: CAS Football XI 20

sport: Football: 15-20, 7C, 8B, 9A, 10B, 3rd XI; RAW Sport: 19; Swimming: 15-20

activities: Fishing Club; Mathematics Club; Music - Intermediate Concert Band; Science Investigators

SU, ETHANHenderson

Entered 2015

awards: The Year 12 HSC Business Studies Prize 20

colours: Basketball 2nd V 20; DEAS Bronze Award 18

sport: AFL: 15, 07/08; Basketball: 15-20, 7C, 8C, 9B, 10A, 2nd V; RAW Sport: 19; Table Tennis: 20; Tennis: 16-18, 8C/D, 9A/B, 10A/B

activities: DEAS - Bronze; Music - Concert Band, Intermediate Concert Band; Specialist Progarmme - Basketball

SUN, OLIVERHilliard

Entered 2015

awards: The Taff’s Visual Arts Prize aeq 18

colours: DEAS Bronze Award 18

sport: Basketball: 15-20, 7G, 8H, 9E, 10C, 6th V, 4th V; Swimming: 19; Table Tennis: 20; Tennis: 15-18, 7C/D, 8 Colour, 9C/D, 10C/D

activities: DEAS - Bronze; Music - Concert Band, Intermediate Concert Band; Visual Art - Digital Media

SWADLING, SAMUELMurphy

Entered 2015

colours: 2nd VII Water Polo 19

sport: Cricket: 15, 7E; Football: 15-17, 7E, 8E, 9E; Rugby: 19-20, 4th XV; Swimming: 16-18; Water Polo: 18-20, 16B, 2nd VII, 3rd VII

activities: Cadets; IT Club; Music - Concert Band, Intermediate Concert Band

TA’ALE, NOAHLatham

Entered 2018

colours: Rugby 1st XV 20

sport: Basketball: 18, 10D; Rugby: 18-20, 16A, 2nd XV, 1st XV; Touch Football: 19, Opens



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TITMARSH, JONATHANDulwich

Entered 2011

awards: The Year 9 Television Production Prize 17; The Jumper’s Chalice for the Most Outstanding Jump Athlete 19; The Lance Chessel Trophy for a Signal Achievement in Sport 19; Australian Representative Medal for Track and Field 19; A Year 12 Proficiency Prize 20; The Old Trinitarians’ Union HSC Geography Prize 20; The Year 11 (2019) Studies of Religion Prize 20; The Collins Cup for Track and Field 20; The Collins Cup for Track and Field 20

colours: Academic Excellence 20; AFL Yr 7/8 16; CAS Track & Field 15; NSW All Schools Champion 18-19; Track & Field 14, 16, 18, 20; Track & Field Australian Juniors 20; Track & Field CAS Champion 19; Track & Field CAS Champions 16, 18-19; Track & Field National Juniors 16; Track & Field National Junior Champion 18; Track & Field National Schools Knockout Champs 18; Track & Field NSW All Schools 14Yrs 16; Track & Field NSW Junior Champs 17; World Schools Athletics Champions 19

sport: AFL: 15-18, 07/08, 09/10; Cricket: 15, 7B; Track & Field CAS Team: 15-20; Track & Field - Summer: 15-20

activities: Berea Christian Leadership Group; Cadets; Specialist Programme - Track & Field

TISCHENKO, RYANFounder’s

Entered 2014

colours: Drama 19; Drama Production 19

sport: Basketball: 17, 9E; Cricket: 15-16, 7E, 8D; Lawn Bowls: 19-20; Rugby: 15, 13D; Swimming: 18; Table Tennis: 20; Tennis: 16-19, 8 Colour, 9 Colour, 10 Colour, Open Colour

activities: Cadets; Debating Society; Movie Club

THORPE, THOMASSchool

Entered 2008

awards: The Year 11 HSC Engineering Studies Prize 19; The Year 11 HSC Mathematics Prize 19; A Year 12 Proficiency Prize 20; The Donna Chan HSC Engineering Studies Prize 20

colours: Academic Excellence 20; Cadets - SGT 19, CUO 20; Cadets - Service - Drill Squad 19; Cricket 8A 16, 10A XI 18, 2nd XI 19, 1st XI 20

sport: Cricket: 15-20, 7A, 8A, 9A, 10A, 2nd XI, 1st XI; Rugby: 15, 18-20, 13C, 16B, 3rd XV; Tennis: 16-17, 8A/B, 9A/B

activities: Cadets; DEAS - Bronze; Economic Q & A; Leadership Through Cadets Certificate II; Mathematics Club; Music - Intermediate String Orchestra

TAM, RONALDYoung

Entered 2007


sport: Basketball: 15, 17, 7H, 9F; Fencing: 19; FunFit: 15-16; Lawn Bowls: 20; Swimming: 16-18; Tennis: 20, 5th/6th IV

activities: Berea Christian Leadership Group; Debating Society; Mathematics Club; Music - Big Band, Concert Band, Symphonic Wind Band

THAKUR, ARYANKerrigan

Entered 2017

sport: Swimming: 18-19; Table Tennis: 20; Tennis: 18-20, 10 Colour, Open Colour

activities: Chess Club; IT Club

THEOHAROUS, COREYWilson Hogg

Entered 2015

awards: The Year 12 HSC Construction Prize 20

colours: Cadets - SGT 19, CUO 20

sport: Basketball: 15-6, 18, 7G, 8G, 10E; Football: 17, 9D; RAW Sport: 19-20; Rugby: 15-16, 13D, 14C; Swimming: 20; Tennis: 17, 9C/D

activities: Cadets

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TIWARI, AKASHKerrigan

Entered 2015

sport: Cricket: 15-18, 7D, 8C, 9B, 10B; Football: 17-19, 9C, 10C, 6th XI; FunFit: 16; Lawn Bowls: 19-20; Table Tennis: 20; Tennis: 15, 7 Colour


TOOHEY, BLAKEKerrigan

Entered 2015

awards: The Founder’s Prize 15; The Year 7 PD Health PE Prize 15; The Year 8 Commerce Prize 16

colours: Academic Excellence 15-16; AFL Yr 7/8 16; CAS Track & Field 15; Rugby 13A (Crown) 15; Touch Football CIS U15 16; Track & Field 16, 18-19; Track & Field Australian Championships 15; Track & Field CAS Champions 16-19; Track & Field NSW All Schools Champion 13Yrs 15; Track & Field NSW Juniors 15Yrs Champion 16; Track & Field NSW Schools Knockout Champs 16

sport: AFL: 16-17, 07/08, 09/10; Basketball: 19, 7th V; Cricket: 15, 7B; Cross Country: 15; RAW Sport: 19; Rugby: 15, 8, 20, 13A, 16B, 2nd XV; Touch Football: 20, Opens; Track & Field CAS Team: 15-20; Track & Field - Summer: 15-18

activities: Economic Q & A; Social Action Group; Specialist Programme - Track & Field

TRAN, EDISONHolwood

Entered 2007


sport: Basketball: 16-20, 8G, 9F, 10F, 12th V, 10th V; Cricket: 15, 7E; Football: 15-16, 7E, 8E; Tennis: 17-20, 9A/B, 10C/D, 5th/6th IV

activities: Cadets

TSOUTSAS, PANTELISStephenson

Entered 2015

colours: 2nd VII Water Polo 19-20; CAS/GPS Water Polo 15A Undefeated Premiers 17

sport: AFL: 17, 09/10; Cricket: 15, 7D; Rugby: 15-16, 18, 13C, 14C, 16C; Swimming: 19; Table Tennis: 20; Water Polo: 16-20, 14A, 15A, 16A, 2nd VII

activities: Cadets; Fishing Club; Peer Support; Specialist Programme - Water Polo

TUNG, JASONHilliard

Entered 2014



sport: Basketball: 15-17, 7H, 8H, 9F; Cricket: 18, 10C; Cross Country: 15-20; RAW Sport: 19-20

activities: Charity and Community Committee; IT Club; Makers Club; Media Production; Music - Concert Band, Intermediate Concert Band, Symphonic Wind Band; Science Investigators

UGLOW, MATTHEWHenderson

Entered 2015

awards: Mrs Christian R. Thornett’s Prize for Honest Endeavour 17; AFL Best and Fairest Award 19

colours: AFL Yr 7/8 16, 1st XVIII 19-20; CAS AFL 19; CAS AFL XVIII 20; Cricket 8A 16, 10A XI 18, 2nd XI 19, 1st XI 20

sport: AFL: 15-20, 07/08, 09/10, 1st XVIII; Cricket: 15-20, 7A, 8A, 9A, 10A, 2nd XI, 1st XI;



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VIRGONA, THOMASStephenson

Entered 2016


awards: The Peter Taylor Cup for Most Improved Track and Field Athlete 17; The Luke Adams Cup for Track and Field Athlete of the Season 18; The Year 10 Food Technology Prize 18

colours: CAS Cross Country 18-19; CAS Cross Country Champions 18-20; CAS Cross Country Team 20; Cross Country NSW All Schools 18-19; NSW All Schools Champs 19; Track & Field 17; Track & Field Australian All Schools Champs 17Yrs 18; Track & Field Australian Juniors 20; Track & Field Australian Nitro Schools Open Champion 19; Track & Field Australian Schools Knockout Champion 17; Track & Field CAS Champion 18-19; Track & Field CAS Champions 16-19; Track & Field NSW All Schools Champs 19; Track & Field NSW Junior Champs 18

sport: Cross Country: 17-20; Football: 16-17, 8C, 9C; Swimming: 17; Track & Field CAS Team: 16-20; Track & Field - Summer: 18-20

activities: Music - Concert Band, Intermediate Concert Band; Specialist Programme - Track & Field

VINK, ISAACWynn Jones

Entered 2018

sport: Swimming: 19-20; Touch Football: 20; Water Polo: 19, 3rd VII

activities: Berea Christian Leadership Group

VARVARIS, JOHNDulwich

Entered 2008

colours: Music - Band 16-18, 20, Orchestra 17-20

sport: Basketball: 15-18, 7C, 8C, 9B, 10B; Football: 15-17, 7B, 8B, 9B; RAW Sport: 19-20; Swimming: 19; Table Tennis: 20; Tennis: 18, 10C/D

activities: Cadets; Music - Academy Orchestra, Big Band, Symphonic Wind Band, Symphony Orchestra

VASIC, NIKOLAHolwood

Entered 2012

sport: Basketball: 17, 9E; Cricket: 15-16, 7E, 8D; Cross Country: 16; Fencing: 19; Football: 17-18, 9E, 10D; Rugby: 15, 13D; Tennis: 18-20, 10 Colour, Open Colour, 5th/6th IV

activities: Cadets; Cartesians’ Society; Debating Society; Mock Trial; Peer Support; Science Investigators

VERMA, ADITYASchool

Entered 2012

awards: The Year 11 IB Diploma English (Language and Literature) Prize 19; The Year 12 IB Diploma Economics Prize 20

colours: Music - Orchestra 19

sport: Basketball: 17-19, 9D, 10E, 10th V; Football: 15, 7F; Swimming: 20; Table Tennis: 20; Tennis: 15-19, 7C/D, 8 Colour, 8C/D, 9C/D, 10C/D, 5th/6th IV

activities: Mathematics Club; Music - Intermediate String Orchestra, Symphony Orchestra; Science Investigators

VAN DER PLAAT, ZACHARYSchool

Entered 2017

sport: Basketball: 19-20, 5th V, 4th V; Rugby: 18-20, 16C, 3rd XV, 2nd XV; Tennis: 18, 10 Colour

activities: Specialist Programme - Rugby Union; Visual Art - Paitning/Drawing Group

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WANG, DAVIDLatham

Entered 2015

awards: The Year 8 Mandarin Advanced Prize 16; The Year 9 Mandarin Advanced Prize 17

colours: Cadets Service - Drill Squad 17; DEAS Bronze Award 20; Track & Field CAS Champions 17

sport: Cricket: 17-19, 9B, 10B, 3rd XI; Football: 15-20, 7B, 8B, 9C, 10B, 4th XI, 5th XI; Swimming: 15-16; Table Tennis: 20; Track & Field CAS Team: 15, 17

activities: Archaeological Society; Cadets; Chess Club; DEAS - Bronze; Music - Intermediate String Orchestra

WANG, JAMESWynn Jones

Entered 2010


awards: The Major (AAC) Aikman Trophy for Best Recruit Cadet - Echo Company aeq 16; The Major (AAC) Aikman Trophy for Best Trained Cadet 17; The Year 9 Visual Arts Prize 17; The Ogier Ceremonial and Drill Trophy 20; Head Master’s Citation: 1st in Ab Initio Japanese 20

colours: Cadets - WO2 19, RSM 20; Cadets CAS Military Skills 19; Cadets Service - Drill Squad 18; Football 8D 16; Shakespeare Carnival 18; Volleyball (Crown) 19, 2nd VI Summer 19-20

sport: Basketball: 15-18, 7D, 8D, 9D, 10F; Football: 15-18, 7E, 8D, 9C, 10B; Volleyball: 19-20, 2nd VI

activities: Cadets; Debating Society; Drama Club; Music - Intermediate String Orchestra; Visual Art - Digital Media

WARNE, OSCARTaubman

Entered 2016


awards: The Year 9 Information and Software Technology Prize 17; The Year 10 Information and Software Technology Prize 18; A Year 12 Proficiency Prize 20

colours: Academic Excellence 20; CAS/GPS Water Polo 15A Undefeated Premiers 17; Water Polo 2nd VII 19-20

sport: Football: 17, 9D; Tennis: 18-20; 10 Colour, Open Colour; Water Polo: 17-20, 15A, 16A, 2nd VII

activities: Berea Christian Leadership Group; IT Club; Makers Club; Music - Intermediate String Orchestra

WATERS, HARRISONWeeks

Entered 2013

colours: Track & Field CAS Champions 16

sport: Football: 15-20, 7A, 8A, 9A, 10A, 2nd XI, 3rd XI; RAW Sport: 19; Tennis: 15-19, 7A/B, 8A/B, 9 Colour, 10C/D; Track & Field CAS Team: 15-16

activities: Cadets; Snowsports; Specialist Programme - Football

WEBB, PATRICKWilson Hogg

Entered 2007

House Captain 20

awards: Mrs Christian R. Thornett’s Prize for Honest Endeavour 15; The 21 Construction Regiment Trophy for the Best Sergeant aeq 19

colours: Cadets - SGT 19, CUO 20; Cadets Service - Drill Squad 17-18; DEAS Bronze Award 19; Football 8D 16; Wilson Hogg House Captain 20

sport: Basketball: 20, 7th V; Cricket: 15-19, 7C, 8B, 9B, 10B, 3rd XI; Football: 15-20, 7E, 8D, 9C, 10B, 4th XI, 3rd XI

activities: Cadets; Charity and Community Committee; DEAS - Bronze; Peer Support; RAW Challenge

WEEKS, BENYoung

Entered 2018


awards: The Year 11 IB Diploma Economics Prize 19

sport: Football: 19-20, 4th XI; Table Tennis: 20; Water Polo: 19, 3rd VII

activities: Economic Q & A; Social Action Group; Visual Art - Ceramics Group


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WILSON, ASHERLatham

Entered 2016


awards: The Coup Cheval for Football Team scoring the most goals in a season - 8D 16; The Horan Trophy for the Best Under-Age Football Team - 8D 16

colours: Football 8D 16; Track & Field 17-18; Track & Field Australian Nitro Schools Intermediate Champion 19; Track & Field Australian Schools Knockout Champs 17; Track & Field CAS Champion 19; Track & Field CAS Champions 16-19

sport: Football: 16-17, 8D, 9A; Rugby: 18-20, 15A, 16A, 1st XV; Swimming: 17; Track & Field CAS Team: 16-20; Track & Field - Summer: 18-20

activities: Music - Concert Band; Peer Support; Specialist Programme - Track & Field

WONG, JONATHANStephenson

Entered 2008

awards: A Year 7 Proficiency Prize 15; A Year 12 Proficiency Prize 20; Head Master’s Citation: 1st in IB Diploma German SL 20

colours: Academic Excellence 15, 20; Music - Choir 16-17

sport: Cross Country: 15-16; Football: 18, 10D; RAW Sport: 19-20; Swimming: 17; Table Tennis: 20; Tennis: 15-19, 7 Colour, 8 Colour, 9C/D, 10 Colour, Open Colour

activities: Debating Society; Music - Trinity Choir; Oratory

WILLOUGHBY, KYWilson Hogg

Entered 2015

Prefect 20

awards: Mrs Christian R. Thornett’s Prize for Honest Endeavour 15; The Briars Trophy for Best Under-Age Rugby Player 18; The Pillinger Trophy for the best player in his final year of 1st XV 19; The Brad Royall Trophy for the player who has achieved the highest Rugby representative selection 20

colours: CAS Rugby U16 18, 2nd XV 19; CAS Rugby XV 20; Prefect 20; Rugby 13A (Crown) 15, U14A (Crown) 16, 1st XV 19-20; Rugby NSW U16 18; Rugby NSW Schools U16 18; Touch Football CIS U15 16

sport: Basketball: 15-18, 7B, 8A, 9A, 10A; Rugby: 15-20, 13A, 14A, 15A, 16A, 1st XV; Touch Football: 19-20, Opens


WHITFORD, RYANHolwood

Entered 2007

awards: Mrs Christian R. Thornett’s Prize for Honest Endeavour 16; The Year 9 Most Promising Vocalist Prize 17

colours: Drama 18-19; Drama Production 16, 19; Major Drama Production 19; Music - Band 18-20, Choir 15-20, Orchestra 18-20; Shakespeare Carnival 18

sport: Basketball: 16-17, 8H, 9F; Fencing: 19-20; Football: 15-18, 7F, 8F, 09 Futsal, 10D; Tennis: 15, 18, 7 Colour, 10 Colour

activities: Charity and Community Committee; Drama Club; Music - Big Band, Concert Band, Symphonic Wind Band, Symphony Orchestra, Trinity Choir

WILLIAMS, EVANWeeks

Entered 2013

awards: The Year 11 IB Diploma French Prize aeq 19; A Year 12 Proficiency Prize 20; The Year 12 IB Diploma French Prize 20; The Year 12 IB Diploma Psychology Prize 20; The Year 12 IB Diploma Theory of Knowledge Prize 20; Head Master’s Citation: 1st in IB Diploma Chemistry SL 20


sport: Basketball: 15-18, 7F, 8F, 9E, 10E; Rugby: 15-18, 13D, 13C, 14C 15B; Swimming: 19-20; Table Tennis: 20; Tennis: 19, Open Colour

activities: Cadets; IT Club; Science Investigators

WHITE, LOUISFounder’s

Entered 2013

awards: Environmental Field Studies Award - Camp 2 17

colours: CIS Diving Champion 19; Diving CAS Champions 17; Diving CIS 17, 19

sport: Basketball: 18, 10F; Cricket: 15-16, 7D, 8C; Diving: 15-19; Football: 17-19, 9B, 10C, 4th XI; RAW Sport: 20; Rugby: 15-16, 20, 13B, 14C, 4th XV; Swimming: 17; Tennis: 19, Open Colour

activities: Cadets; Movie Club

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WU, ANTONWeeks

Entered 2012

sport: Basketball: 16-20, 8F, 9E, 10E, 9th V; Swimming: 19; Tennis: 15-18, 20, 7C/D, 8 Colour, 9C/D, 10C/D, 5th/6th IV

activities: Cadets; DEAS - Bronze; Fishing Club; Music - Intermediate Concert Band; Visual Art - Digital Media

XEGAS, ANTHONYHilliard

Entered 2012


sport: Basketball: 15-20, 7G, 8G, 9E, 10E, 8th V, 5th V; Football: 16, 8E; RAW Sport: 19-20; Rugby: 15, 17-18, 13D, 14D, 15C


XU, SAMUELWilson Hogg

Entered 2007

Prefect 20

awards: The Year 8 Industrial Technology Wood Prize 16; The Year 9 Industrial Technology Wood Prize 17; The Year 10 Industrial Technology Wood Prize 18; A Year 12 Proficiency Prize 20

colours: Academic Excellence 20; CAS Cross Country 19; CAS Cross Country Champions 18-20; CAS Cross Country Champion School 17; CAS/GPS Water Polo 15A Undefeated Premiers 17; CAS Swimming 20; CAS Swimming Record 13Yrs 16, 14Yrs 17; CIS Cross Country 18; CIS Swimming 12Yrs 15; Music - Orchestra 16-20, Sinfonietta 18; Pacific School Games 15, 17; Prevfect 20; Swimming 15-17, 20; Swimming Aust Schools Champion 11Yrs 14; Swimming CAS Champions 15-16; Swimming CIS 17; Swimming NSW All Schools 12Yrs Champion 15, 13Yrs Champion 16, 14Yrs Champion 17; Swimming NSW Championships 15; Swimming NSW Champion 11Yrs 15, 14Yrs 17; Swimming State Age 12Yrs Champion 16; Track & Field CAS Champions 19

sport: Cross Country: 17-20; Swimming: 18; Swimming CAS Team: 15-20; Tennis: 15-16, 7C/D, 8C/D; Track & Field CAS Team: 18-20; Water Polo: 15-18, 13A, 14B, 15A, 16A

activities: Music - Intermediate String Orchestra, Serenata Strings, Sinfonietta Group, Symphony Orchestra

YANG, JUSTINKerrigan

Entered 2017

awards: Environmental Field Studies Award - Camp 6 17; The Year 11 HSC Mathematics Extension 1 (Accelerated) Prize 19; The Year 11 HSC Mathematics Extension 2 (Accelerated) Prize 19; The Year 11 HSC Physics Prize 19; The Year 12 HSC Mathematics Extension 1 Prize 19; A Year 12 Proficiency Prize 20


sport: Fencing: 20; Swimming: 17-19; Table Tennis: 20; Tennis: 17-18, 9C/D, 10C/D

activities: EAL/D - Language Skills; IT Club; Mathematics Club; Science Investigators

YEE, ALEXANDERTaubman

Entered 2007

Prefect 20

awards: Mrs Christian R. Thornett’s Prize for Honest Endeavour 15; The Ron Coghlan Memorial Prize for the Best Year 11 HSC English Student aeq 19; The Year 11 HSC German Prize 19; The Year 11 HSC Modern History Prize 19; The Bishop Hilliard Memorial Prize 19; The Year 12 HSC History Extension Prize 20

colours: Drama 19; Drama - Major Production 19; Music - Band 18-20, Choir 19-20; Prefect 20; Shakespeare Carnival 18

sport: Cricket: 15-20, 7D, 8D, 9C, 10C, 4th XI, 3rd XI; Rugby: 15-16, 13C; Swimming: 17-20

activities: Berea Christian Leadership Group; Charity and Community Committee; Drama Club; Music - Big Band, Concert Band, Symphonic Wind Band, Trinity Choir


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ZECCHINI, JOSHUAHolwood

Entered 2018

awards: The Year 12 IB Diploma Latin Prize 20

colours: Football 2nd XI 19; Drama - Major Production 19

sport: Basketball: 19, 10th V; Football: 19, 2nd XI; RAW Sport: 20; Rugby: 20, 3rd XV

activities: Movie Club; RAW Challenge; Specialist Programme - Football

ZUCCOLOTTO, ZACKArcher

Entered 2011

Prefect 20; School Vice-Captain - Junior School 14

awards: A Year 7 Proficiency Prize 15; The Year 8 Debating Prize 16; The Year 8 German Prize 16; The Year 8 Technology Prize 16; The Year 9 Debating Prize 17; The Year 9 German Prize 17; The Year 9 Global Studies Prize 17; A Year 10 Proficiency Prize 18; The Year 10 Debating Prize 18; The Year 10 German Prize aeq 18; The Year 10 Global Studies Prize 18; The Year 11 Debating Prize 19; The Year 11 IB Diploma Film Prize 19; The Year 11 IB Diploma History Prize 19

colours: Academic Excellence 15-18; Cadets - SGT 19, CUO 20; Cadets Service - Drill Squad 19; Debating 18-19; Debating 1st III 20; Football 2nd XI 19; Prefect 20

sport: Basketball: 15-20, 7B, 8B, 9C, 10C, 9th V, 8th V; Football: 15-17, 19-20, 7B, 8B, 9B, 2nd XI, 3rd XI; Swimming: 18

activities: Berea Christian Leadership Group; Cadets; Charity and Community Committee; Debating Society; Music - Big Band; Visual Art - Ceramics Group

YOUNG, KAIWeeks

Entered 2015

awards: Water Polo 14As Best and Fairest Award 16; Australian Representative Medal for Water Polo 19; Australian Representative Medal for Water Polo 20

colours: 16A Water Polo 17; CAS Water Polo 1st VII 18; Rugby 13A (Crown) 15, U14A (Crown) 16, 1st XV 20; Swimming CAS Champions 15-16; Track & Field CAS Champions 16; Water Polo 1st VII (Crown) 18, 1st VII 19-20; Water Polo Australian Schools 19

sport: Rugby: 15-18, 20, 13A, 14A, 15A, 16A, 1st XV; Swimming CAS Team: 15-17; Track & Field CAS Team: 15-16; Water Polo: 15-20, 13A, 14A, 16A, 1st VII

activities: Cadets; Specialist Programme - Rugby Union, Water Polo

YEOH, JOSHUASchool

Entered 2015

School Vice-Captain 20

awards: A Year 7 Proficiency Prize 15; The Year 8 Mandarin Prize aeq 16; The Year 8 Mathematics Prize aeq 16; The Year 8 PF Health PE Prize 16; The Dux of Year 8 aeq 2016; Football 9As Best and Fairest Award 17; The Jock Farrer Prize for Outstanding Under-Age Cricketer 17; The Year 9 PD Health PE Prize 17; The Dux of Year 9 aeq 2017; A Year 10 Proficiency Prize 18; The Timothy Pawley Memorial Trophy for Outstanding CAS Track and Field Performance 18; The Year 11 IB Diploma Sports Science Prize 19; A Year 12 Proficiency Prize 20; The Sir Asher Joel Prize for Services to the School 20; The Parents’ and Friends’ Medallion | Vice-Captain 20

colours: Academic Excellence 15, 18, 20; CAS Chess 15; CAS Chess Champions 16; CAS Track & Field Record 15Yrs 18; Chess 15-16; Cricket 8A 16, 1st XI (Crown) 18, 1st XI 19-20; The Dux of Year 8 2016; The Dux of Year 9 2017; Football 7A 15, 1st XI 19-20; Music - Sinfonietta 18, Sydney Eisteddford 18; NSW All Schools Champion 18; School Vice-Captain 20; Track & Field 16-17; Track & Field CAS Champions 17-18; Track & Field National Junior Champion 18; Track & Field National Schools Knockout Champs 18; Track & Field NSW All Schools 14Yrs 17; Track & Field NSW All Schools Champion 13Yrs 16; Track & Field NSW Junior Champion 17

sport: Cricket: 15-20, 7A, 8A, 9A, 1st XI; Football: 15-20, 7A, 8A, 9A, 10A, 1st XI; Track & Field CAS Team: 16-18, 20; Track & Field - Summer: 20

activities: Chess Club; Mathematics Club; Music - Intermediate String Orchestra, Sinfonietta Group; Peer Support; Specialist Programme - Track & Field

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