CURRICULUM

INTRODUCING THE 2020 PREFECTS

On Tuesday 18 February, the Investiture Assembly was held in the Sports Centre to officially welcome our Prefects for 2020. The official party was ceremoniously piped in by the Trinity Pipes & Drums. After being individually introduced to the assembly they were presented with their Prefect’s tie and pin by Principal, Mr Darren O’Neill. CONGRATULATIONS TO THE 2020 PREFECTS: Head Prefect, Cameron Pell (12.5)

Cameron Pell is your Head Prefect for 2020. Cameron has been at the College since Year 4. He has represented Trinity’s 1st hockey team since Year 8 and hopes to play his 50th game for the 1st team this year. Cam will be serving under the faith and service formation portfolio and says some of his most enjoyable experiences of Trinity have come from taking part in Christian Service. This year, Cam hopes to empower others and act as a servant leader to his peers.

Deputy Head Prefect, Riley Mattingley (12.2)

Riley will be serving under the sporting portfolio and has been at Trinity since Year 7. He values respect, honesty, compassion and selflessness. Riley is a passionate sportsman and is a member of the 1st cricket team. He has been a PCG councillor, a member of several student committees, the Peer Ministry and Cadre programs and is working towards his senior project for Christian Service. Riley has demonstrated leadership and excellence in all he does and now, as our Deputy Head Prefect, he hopes to work with other likeminded students in trying to improve cohesion amongst the sporting teams as well as strengthen the bond between senior and junior students.

Brendan Bin Omar (12.1)

Brendan Bin Omar is a proud Nyikina man from Derby and he started Trinity in Year 7. He boards at Mt Lawley with other boys from his region and loves nothing better than to have those he loves around him. He is known for his gentle, kind and caring nature and he often takes time to listen and guide younger students. He is very passionate about sport and represents the College in the 1st football and basketball teams and competes with the athletics squad, making him a very good fit for serving under the sport portfolio. His biggest goals in life are to be a present and supportive dad when he has children and to pursue study in a field that allows him to give back to and empower his people.

Matthew Bottega (12.2)

Matthew will be serving in the faith and service formation portfolio and has been at Trinity since Year 4. He has been involved in the faith student committee, served as a peer minister a special minister of the Eucharist, Cadre and went on last year’s pilgrimage to India, which he values as his favourite experience so far at Trinity. Matthew was awarded the Long Tan Youth Leadership Award in Year 10 and hopes to serve the College by working with other students to build inclusivity within Trinity by strengthening the bonds between year groups.

Kenzie Bui (12.4)

Kenzie has been a student here at Trinity since Year 7, is studying six ATAR courses and will be serving under the academic portfolio. Kenzie is a student who has made the most of every opportunity presented to him by the College, having participated in programs from all Four Pillars of Cultural, Academic, Sport and Service. Kenzie is a student who values hard work, respect and integrity, showing this through his daily actions in living the TC Spirit, being a Man for Others and always giving his best. As a 2020 Prefect, he wishes to continue building bonds with fellow members of the TC community and to be a role model for other students at the College.

Sri Krishna Dharmapuri (12.4)

Sri has been at Trinity for seven years and will be serving under the academic portfolio. Post school, his aim is to study medicine or astrophysics and his most memorable moments are the India pilgrimage and the NASA space camp. Sri loves cricket, plays in the 1st cricket team, soccer and is Captain of the Trinity chess team. He admires honesty, courage, loyalty and humility and hopes to be seen by his peers as an approachable person who will try everything and give his very best. Sri’s positive ambition and optimism are qualities that he hopes will help him to serve to lead by example this year.

Rafael Fiore (12.3)

Rafael has been at Trinity since Year 4 and will be serving under the academic portfolio. He is studying a six ATAR subject load of Religious Education, Physics, Chemistry, Literature, Math Specialists and Math Methods. Rafael is also committed to the Sporting Pillar of the College as a member of the swim team, 1st water polo and cross country. He also makes the time to serve as a lifeguard at Trigg Beach and next year, hopes to study medicine at UWA. This year, Rafael would like to serve the community by raising academic standards of the College and promote a greater understanding of, and involvement in, the School’s rich culture.

Charles Gilbert (12.3)

Serving in the faith and service formation portfolio, Charlie has been at Trinity since Year 7 – he loves his College and wants Trinity to be the best it can be. His values are evident in his selfless and servant-hearted nature, which has been well-demonstrated in his roles of Peer Minister, Senior Minister, Special Minister of the Eucharist and recipient of the 2019 Best Clubman award as a member of the 1st hockey team. This year Charlie hopes to encourage younger students to expand their comfort zone within opportunities for service and expression of their faith.

Ethan Hardy (12.5)

Ethan has been at the College since Year 4 and will be serving this year under the faith and service formation portfolio. Last year, Ethan was a Senior Minister as well as having the privilege of going on the India pilgrimage. He looks forward to bringing the many experiences of living service in action, to his day-to-day as a Prefect. He also represents the College in basketball, football and athletics. Ethan hopes to achieve the best ATAR he can achieve and study at university next year.

Luke Kelly (12.5)

Luke will be serving under the sport portfolio and has been at Trinity since Year 6. He has represented the College in the 1st water polo team, swimming and football. He hopes to be an approachable and confident student, who gives his very best to everything he does. Luke was a member of the Senior Ministry program last year and was noted as someone who always had his eyes and heart open to listening to and helping other students from all years. The highlight of his time at Trinity was the recent pilgrimage through India, which has changed his life and wishes all students were able to experience what he did. Luke hopes to achieve the best ATAR he can this year and pursue further study through a university pathway.

Willem Lamers (12.6)

Willem joined the College in Year 4 and has been a part of Quest retreat, Senior Ministry, open days, being a waiter at the school ball as well as being a part of the volleyball tour and the rotary adventure in citizenship in Canberra. This year he will be serving under the music and arts portfolio. Willem is an avid member of the music community, playing trombone in wind orchestra and swing band, as well as singing in the chorale and vocal ensemble. He has enjoyed the bonds he has created, the challenges that he has faced as well as the opportunity to perform and play at a high standard, both in music and on the sporting field. In 2020, Willem hopes to do his very best to promote the Cultural Pillar of the College and to continue serving as captain of 1st volleyball and vice instrumental captain.

Jason Landon (12.2)

Serving under the sports portfolio, Jason joined Trinity College in Year 5 and has been actively involved in Christian Service, sport and committed to pursuing leadership and ministry opportunities such as PCG Councillor, Peer Minister, Kairos and Cadre. Qualities he admires in people are honesty, trustworthiness, sincerity and compassion. Over these last years Jason has come to value exploring the world in which we live and rising to the challenge of exploring one’s own beliefs and values. As a Prefect of the College, Jason hopes to be approachable, committed, pro-active, willing to listen and hopes to leave a positive legacy with his fellow Prefects and the Class of 2020.

Libero Piffaretti (12.3)

Libero has been involved in all aspects of Trinity across all Pillars since Year 7. He has contributed as a member of various student committees, attended the LEAP leadership conference in Los Angeles and has served as a Senior Minister. Last year, Libero had the privilege of going to India as a pilgrim and found it a challenging, but rewarding and life-changing experience. Libero is also highly committed to his music and to the music program at Trinity and will be serving under the music and arts portfolio. This year he hopes to work with other students to promote the Cultural Pillar of the College and to be a role model to other students in the way that he lives out the example set by Christ and our mantra of being a Man for Others, in every situation, no matter the cost.

Declan Ryan (12.1)

Declan has been at Trinity since Year 7 and will be serving under the music and arts portfolio, a Pillar of the College that he has been committed to and excelled in. He takes pride in playing his role whether it be in the back pocket for football, bench warmer, head of communications for swimming, a member of book club or as instrumental captain. Declan accepts each responsibility that he is given and strives to do his part, to the very best of his ability. As Prefect, Declan hopes to serve his fellow students with that same want to give the best of himself, with honesty and integrity.

Daniel Santelli (12.6)

Daniel will be serving under the academic portfolio and has been at Trinity since Year 4. He is studying a six ATAR subject load of Physics, Chemistry, English, Religious Education, Math Methods and Italian. He has aspirations to pursue further study in either neuroscience or sociology and to live with purpose and passion for what he does, identifying with John W Gardner’s statement that “all excellence involves discipline and tenacity of purpose”. This year Daniel recognises the call to service as a Prefect and hopes to collaboratively explore ways to support other students in their journey.

Joshua Sumich (12.7)

Joshua Sumich has been at Trinity College since Year 7. He has contributed to all Pillars of the College by jumping at every opportunity thrown at him and giving his very best in all he does. This year Josh will be serving under the music and arts portfolio. He regularly gives his time and talents across the College, participates in many music groups, the rowing program, Christian Service and is a high achiever in academics. Josh values loyalty, friendship and hard work and wishes to implement these into the Trinity community by living by the mantra of Men for Others.

YEAR 12 RESULTS 2019

As a College, we congratulate the Year 12 Class of 2019 who performed strongly across the board in their academic studies. Their success is due to a combination of factors, such as:

• hard work, consistent application, determination and perseverance of our students • committed support of our parents • high-quality teaching and learning provided by a professional, dedicated and hardworking staff • a strong emphasis on providing a personalised and holistic education • a relentless focus on each individual where each student is challenged, encouraged, well-known and cared for • ensuring that students are engaged in each of the College’s Four Pillars –

Spiritual, Academic, Cultural and Sport • individualised subject counselling for each student. In 2019, 98.3% of our Year 12 students were awarded their WACE with 61% of our students obtaining an Australian Tertiary Admission Rank (ATAR) of 80 or higher. This qualifies them for the vast majority of courses at all five of our local universities. Our median ATAR was 84.25, which is consistent with our average for the last number of years.

97 CLUB

The Trinity College 97 Club is for all students who achieve an Australian Tertiary Admissions Rank (ATAR) of 97 or above. Many of these boys scored well in excess of 97, but just as a guide, to achieve an ATAR of 97 requires students to achieve an average final scaled score of just under 80% in their best four courses. This is an outstanding achievement. The 2019 Year 12 students to achieve an ATAR of 97 or above are:

Daivik Anil Samuel Pesce Dejan Bouwhuis Jake Pizzuto James Breust Kin Ting (Issac) Poon Aidan Darmawan Harrison Roberts Thomas Green Michael Thomas Alexander Moffatt Dimitri Tsagaris Manav Patel

We are very proud of the Class of 2019 and we also thank all the Year 12 parents for their support and our dedicated teaching staff for their efforts with these boys.

Jake Pizzuto ('19) with his parents, Domenic and Maria

97 Club Morning Tea

Dejan Bouwhuis ('19) with his parents, Kirk and Tiziana

Each year, families are invited to contribute to the College Destination Survey. Data collected is used to paint an overall picture of the pathways that our Year 12 students pursue after graduation.

POST SCHOOL DESTINATIONS

Data collected from the Class ’19 respondees indicates that 80% of students accepted a place at university, which is consistent with previous years.

POST YEAR 12 DESTINATIONS

4.6% Enrolled in Pre-Apprenticeships 2.8% Full Time Employment 5.6% Other 7.4% Enrolled at TAFE

79.6% Enrolled at University

PATHWAYS TO UNIVERSITY

In 2019 the College added another option for students wishing to gain entry to university. Trinity was selected as a pilot school for Curtin’s UniReady program. This enabling course allows

2020 UNIVERSITY DESTINATIONS

Figure 1 (below) highlights that Curtin University (45%) and The University of Western Australia (26%) continue to be the most popular tertiary destinations for our students.

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UNIVERSITY COURSE ENROLMENTS

The two most popular courses that students enrolled in were Business/Commerce and Engineering. Other popular courses included Biomedical Science and Physiotherapy. As has been the accepted into courses through early offer or guaranteed places before the ATAR examinations commence. UWA’s professional and direct pathways again proved popular with Trinity students. After completion of a bachelor’s degree at UWA, students may then enrol in a professional degree. If a student achieves a high enough ATAR they are offered a guaranteed place in a range of courses.

SCHOLARSHIPS

Trinity students continued the strong tradition of being awarded scholarships to study at universities in Australia and abroad. In 2019, eleven students were awarded scholarships, many providing significant financial support while studying.

Year 12 students, who successfully complete the course, direct entry into most courses at Curtin University. Along with the Certificate IV Business the College now offers three pathway options for students wishing to attend university.

trend over the past few years more students are applying and being University 18.5%

ATAR 81.5%

VET STUDIES

Over the past few years, the number of students completing VET qualifications as part of their studies has increased. There were 69 students who achieved one or more VET qualifications as part of their Year 12 studies. Some of these students studied qualifications off-campus at TAFE colleges and other training providers. These courses included Certificate II Engineering, Hospitality, Plumbing, Building & Construction, Cybersecurity and Electrotechnology.