Year 8

Year 8

Commencing Secondary School remains a significant milestone in the life of any student. Symbolically it reflects a new landscape that young people negotiate on the journey from childhood to adolescence and beyond. It is largely foreign terrain and

Mr Robert Armitage poses a myriad of new Head of Year 8 challenges for the traveller. Within the space of a sixweek summer holiday students plummet from pole position in the Primary school and enter quietly through the gates of a larger educational environment, one where their hosts quickly bombard them with a challenging set of rules, procedures and expectations. I am pleased to report that the Year Eight class of 2003 adjusted to these demands with great initiative and endeavour. I am sure all of the boys quickly appreciated the need to participate enthusiastically in the academic, spiritual, sporting and cultural pursuits of the College and most importantly the value of taking some personal responsibility for their day-to-day organisation within often incredibly busy schedules. The initial onslaught was relieved early in the first term by the opportunity to engage in the annual Year Eight Orientation Camp at Camp Kelly in Dwellingup. Each homeroom group was on camp for three days and were involved in such activities as hiking, rafting, boat building and learning to cope in the great outdoors without the help of Mum and Dad. Socially it is important that each boy has the opportunity to develop new and existing friendships in an environment of tolerance and acceptance. The mateship between the boys developed at Trinity will not only be an important source of strength at the College but will extend well into adult life. Our orientation camp was successful in giving the group the opportunity to become acquainted with more of their classmates and teachers while also forcing them to step outside their comfort zone. Some took rather reluctant steps. The least enjoyable experiences were the hike, and the lack of flushing toilets while camping. The most enjoyable were raft building and taking on the perilous dangers of the roast dinner at Camp Kelly. Following the camp, each homeroom group elected two student councillors whose role was not only to represent the interests of their peers but also to serve others by assisting in homeroom and wider College activities. They were all good role models and performed well in providing positive leadership.

Spiritually the boys’ commitment to genuinely participating in the whole school and year level masses has been another admirable dimension of their growth throughout the year. The Year Eights were also very proactive in supporting the missions and made worthy contribution in the Run for India day.

Year level assemblies while restricted in terms of number provided students with an effective forum to provide feedback to their peers about the diverse activities they find themselves involved in.

Wehad three social events through the course of the year, a games night at Iona, a quiz night at Mercedes and a dance at Penrhos. I congratulate the boys on their mature and good spirited participation.

In closing, I would like to offer my deep gratitude to the pastoral care group for 2003. Mrs McGibbon, Mr Messer, Mrs Prior, Mr Shackleton, Mr Connell, Mrs Kauhanen and later Mr Ludera who offered guidance and support to the students in a manner that was characterised by great generosity, compassion and commitment.

Robert Armitage Head of Year Eight

YR 8 STUDENT COUNCIL

Back row: Michael Gileno, Shaun Coyne, Vincenzo Nici Second row: Rueben Joseph, Lewis Fasolo, Mark Luca, Kosta Ilic, Curtis Taylor Front row: James Green, Aaron Bridges, Mr Robert Armitage, Benjamin Hennessy, Samuel Slaven

Year Eight Awards

Benjamin Pisano – Edmund Rice Award for Religious Education 8.1 Brendan Murray – Edmund Rice Award for Religious Education 8.2 Jacob Reed – Edmund Rice Award for Religious Education 8.3 Daniel Randazzo – Edmund Rice Award for Religious Education 8.4 Kaleb McKenna – Edmund Rice Award for Religious Education 8.5 Dylan Misso – Edmund Rice Award for Religious Education 8.6 Academic Achievement English Merit Award Science Benjamin Adams – Football Saxon Ames – Merit Award English Merit Award Science Michael Antonas – Merit Award Mathematics Nicholas Barbas – Creative WritingLuke Bonnett – Merit Award Science Graphics Simon Brown – Merit Award Society & EnvironmentBrenton Bush – Hockey Benjamin Byrne – Art Benjamin Caddy – Merit Award English Merit Award Society & Environment Merit Award Science Timothy Cluett – Merit Award EnglishAlexander Cocking – Soccer Stephen Dale – Academic Achievement Mathematics Design & TechnologyJake Fawcett – Cricket Patrick Giles – Merit Award EnglishDavid Graham – Speech and Drama Swimming – U/13 Age Champion Jonathan Hames – Merit Award English Anthony Hermawan – Merit Award English Merit Award Science Merit Award Society & Environment Health Education Rugby Kosta Ilic – Basketball Reuben Joseph – Academic Achievement Science Merit Award Mathematics Health Education Music Binuk Kodituwakku – Merit Award Mathematics Mathematics Enrichment Damien Lee – Merit Award Society & Environment Mark Luca – Academic Achievement Society & Environment Merit Award Mathematics Merit Award Science Italian Anthony Marsala – Merit Award Society & Environment Beau Mavric – Merit Award Mathematics James McKenna – Merit Award Society & Environment Vincenzo Nici – Merit Award Mathematics Teerapon Polsittichok – Tennis Shannon Sampi – Merit Award Mathematics Bradley Shaw – Old Boys' Award Highest Points Athletics Inters Fitness and Health Athletics – U/14 Age Champion Mitchell Spark – Merit Award English Physical Education Elliot Steffanoni – Outdoor Education Gregory Stockton – Indonesian

Year 8

Year 8

YEAR 8.1

Back row: Benjamin Pisano, Benjamin Adams, Mark Ciancotti, Brendan Maher, Jonathan Hames, Mark Luca Third row: Sean O’Sullivan, Timothy Qiunlan, Joshua Blunt, Lewis Fasolo, Shaun Riley, Jason Scuderi Second row: Ms Julia McGibbon, Jerram Gibson, Seamus Curran, Timothy Badham, Mitchell Carroll, Anthony Marsala, Elvis Soria Front row: Joe Samineeni, Samuel Cadwallader, Benjamin Byrne, Guy Dryka, James Walters, Blake De Vos, Adam Tassone Absent: Joshua House, Patrick Giles, James Alkins, David Michael, Elliott Graham

YEAR 8.2

Back row: Christian Eyres, Damien Lee, Saxon Ames, Terrapon Polsittichok, Brendan Murray Third row: Calum O’Connell, Sonu Daniels, Sebastian Fitzgerald, Jake Fawcett, Rowan Cackett, James Grierson, Joel Tavener Second row: Mr Simon Messer, Aaron Bridges, Oliver March, Mark Bartels, Dean Foley, Alexander Govan, Frederick Clutterbuck, Thomas Carroll Front row: James Redman, Roberto Santoriello, Michael Mather, Benjamin Hennessy, Daniel Russell, Samuel Spencer, Simon Miller, Christian McLeod Absent: William Hunter, Shannon Sampi, Christopher Watson, Christopher Gladding

YEAR 8.3

Back row: Jacob Reed, Shaun Coyne, Jack McAuliffe, David Graham, Aaron Jenkins, Third row: Jerome Davenport, Laurence Bye, Anthony Hermawan, Isaac Dart, Binuk Kodituwakku, Blair Bayens, James Griffiths Second row: Mrs Susan Prior, Adriano Russo, Luke Champion, Timothy Caldera, Jacob Sinagra, Jacob Brennan, Curtis Taylor, Tom Farrell Front row: Alexander Bertone, Edward O’Connell, Michael Antonas, Alexander Cocking, Samuel Metcalf, Stefano Fiorina, Matthew Tropiano, Nicholas Oehlers Absent: Nicholas Barbas, James Potts, Peter Skevington

YEAR 8.4

Back row: Aleksa Petranovic, Benjamin Coakley, Lee Hutchings, Christopher Andrawes, Jack Goodrick, Alexander Heale, Third row: Rueben Joseph, Jason Da Silva, Joshua Marocchi, Shannon Okely, Mark McKenna, Stephen Dale, Trent Fleskens Second row: Mr James Shackleton, Myles Pover, Allistair Bond, Benjamin Caddy, Kristian Ostle, John Marshall, Daniel Cichy, Aaron Mayo Front row: Nicholas Westall, Elliot Steffanoni, Daniel Mills, Jacob Moffitt, Anthony Durand, Troy Toerien, James Green, Daniel Randazzo Absent: Denzyl Moncrieff, Liam Dee

Year 8

Year 8

YEAR 8.5

Back row: David O’Donoghue, Beau Mavric, Danny McAuliffe, Alexander Di Giovanni Third row: Dean Savage-Morton, Kosta Ilic, Ian Raymond,Andrew Wilson, Bradley Baronas, Thomas Zekulich, Damon Guerinoni Second row: Mr Matthew Connell, Paul Tonz, Luke Bonnett, Dyllon Smith, Liam Blackford, Simon Brown, Timothy Cluett, James Stevens Front row: John Hoang, Samuel Slaven, Kaleb McKenna, Sebastian Calabrò, Robert Faraone, Brendan Morphett, Brandon Orr, Steven McGuire Absent: Ashby Keay, Bradley Shaw, Nicholas Feher

YEAR 8.6

Back row: Michael Gileno, Matthew Cosson, Thomas Rose, William Mitchell, Jarrod Hofmann, Adam Morris, James McKenna Third row: Brenton Bush, Daniel Gevaux, Dylan Misso, Vincenzo Nici, Luke McKenzie, Benjamin Norman, Richard Chew Second row:Mrs Jane Kauhanen, Alexander Prindiville, Nicholas Boehm, Jeremy Eaton, Ethan Hall, Matthew Beor, Mark Kaminski, Gregory Stockton, Lex Walliss Front row: Matthew Isaia, Matthew Bowen, Mitchell Spark, Caleb Dowsing, Laurence Dean, Taylor Matthews, David Siliquini, Luke Conca

Year 8