Around the Junior School

Year 6 Presentation Night

The 2022 Junior School Presentation Night, held on 25 November, proved to be a very entertaining night filled with wonderful performances by our Junior School boys. Amongst the performances, a range of awards were also presented to students who had been identified by their teachers for a consistent year as a Christian leader, or as a student who worked to their capacity, receiving an Endeavour Award, and a range of special subject awards for our Year 6 students, acknowledging their academic excellence. The 2023 Prefects were presented to the community and the Head Boy and Deputy Head Boys announced.

A huge thank you goes to all involved, especially the Music and Junior School teaching staff for their work preparing the boys in leading up to the evening and behind the scenes on the night.

FATHER’S DAY BREAKFAST

The Father’s Day Breakfast is always a highlight on the Junior School calendar. It was wonderful to see so many dads, grandads and other father-figures attend this special morning. There was plenty of friendly rivalry going on with everyone wearing their favourite team colours with Matthew Spencer (’02), father of James (6B) and Harry (4W) giving a wonderful and insightful talk on his experience as a dad.

Book Week

Who doesn’t love Book Week? This year was no exception when the boys (and staff) excitedly dressed up in some creative and wonderful outfits for the Book Week parade that celebrated the wonder of books.

Did you know that the first CBCA Book Week was first introduced in 1945? At that time, there was a scarcity of children’s literature in the country, with very few Australian authors writing for this genre. Thanks to the establishment of Book Week, children’s books and authors were given a platform – and the rest is history!

Here are a few other highlights from the Junior School in Semester 2:

• Year 6s were visited by the Golden Heritage Club men (Old Boys of Trinity or CBC Terrace who left the College more than 50 years ago).

• Year 4 boys received their First Holy Communion.

• The Junior School raised $2,500 for the Cancer Council during Daffodil Day, giving hope to those experiencing cancer.

• Year 6 boys from the Gifted and Talented programme held their annual Evening of Eminence.

• We welcomed new students and families for 2023 at the New Student Orientation Morning and the Have a Go music days.

• Some of our Year 6 boys proudly represented Trinity in the annual KatichMoody Shield cricket match and, following a wonderful effort, took home the shield.

• Five of our Year 6 boys competed against 24 top schools through Australasia in the Junior School Ethics Olympiad and walked away with the gold medal. This was a pretty amazing feat considering it was the first time our Junior School had entered this competition.