Year 8

Year 8

Commencing Secondary School remains a significant milestone in the life of any student. For Year 8 students it is a time of enormous change and adaptation as they come to grips with an array of new challenges. The first few weeks at Trinity College can be both exciting and, to an extent, quite daunting as the boys orientate themselves to a large educational enterprise that can be mentally and physically demanding. I am pleased to report that the Year 8 class of 2005 adjusted to these demands with great initiative and endeavour. The students along with their parents were quick to realise that in order to survive and ultimately flourish two fundamental principles needed to be embraced. The first was the boys being willing to take personal responsibility for their day to day organisation within what can be a very hectic schedule. The second is a key to success for students not only in Year 8 but for the entire journey at Trinity College and that is the need to participate enthusiastically in the academic, spiritual, sporting and cultural pursuits of the College. In short, the more you are prepared to engage with the vast opportunities the full life of the College provides the greater will be the rewards in terms of growing towards your potential. The initial onslaught was relieved early in the first term by the opportunity to engage in the annual Year 8 Orientation Camp at Camp Kelly in Dwellingup. Each pastoral care group was on camp for three days involved in such activities as hiking, rafting, boat building and learning to cope in the great outdoors without the help of mum and dad. The camp continues to play a significant role in facilitating the socialisation of the boys as many new and existing friendships were able to develop and grow not only between students but also between the boys and their teachers. Following the camp each homeroom group went through an election process to choose two student councillors whose role was to not only represent the interests of their peers but to serve others by assisting in pastoral care group and broader College activities. While it is acknowledged that there is potential to expand the nature of their role, they were all good role models and performed well in providing positive leadership. I thank the councillors and encourage them to continue to seek out leadership opportunities in the years to come.

Another major initiative that has become an important part of how the Year 8’s are welcomed to the College is the Quest retreat which ran over the weekend following the camp. This has become a vital component in the induction of all Year 8 students into the culture of faith that forms the ethos of the College. In brief it is a weekend retreat where students are guided by Year 11’ big brothers’ or peers through a comprehensive program that involves prayer, community service, values education and Robert Armitage Head of Year 8 mass. Once again it proved to be a resounding success and a testament to the incredible bonds that exist between students, staff and parents within the Trinity community. Spiritually the boy’s earnest participation in the whole school and year level Masses was another admirable dimension of their growth throughout the year. The Year 8’s were also very proactive in supporting the missions and showed great commitment under very difficult weather conditions to support the Fun Run for India. Year level and Middle School assemblies provided students with a forum to provide feedback to their peers about the diverse activities they find themselves involved in. A significant shift towards highlighting the achievements of students who do not typically find the limelight and giving students greater ownership in terms of the actual running of these occasions was extremely valuable. The Year 8 students have also made an enthusiastic and talented contribution to the sporting life of the College where sportsmanship and team spirit remained a high priority. The boys were also seen to be loyal spectators at the PSA swimming and athletics competitions. The centrepiece of our social calendar was the Trinity Mercedes night of roller skating which also incorporated a dance. At this and other socials with Iona and Penrhos the boys participated in a mature and friendly manner. In closing I would like to offer my deep gratitude to the pastoral care group for 2005. Mr Osnain, Ms Campisi, Mr Van Dongen, Mr Wilkinson, Ms Eagling, Mr Scott and Ms Passetti, who all offered guidance and support to the students in a manner that was characterised by great generosity, compassion and commitment.

Robert Armitage Head of Year 8

Year 8

Jake Dalli

Edmund Rice Award for Awards Anthony Erskine Andrew Hortin James Marocchi Dylan Dewsbury Samuel Shaw William Scheggia Religious Education 8 Campisi Edmund Rice Award for Religious Education 8 Eagling Edmund Rice Award for Religious Education 8 Osnain Merit Award Mathematics Merit Award Science Edmund Rice Award for Religious Education 8 Passetti Merit Award Science Merit Award Society & Environment Edmund Rice Award for Religious Education 8Scott Academic Achievement English Merit Award Science Merit Award Society & Environment Edmund Rice Award for Religious Education 8 Van Dongen Merit Award English Edmund Rice Award for Religious Education 8 Wilkinson Merit Award English Merit Award Science Clayton Arnez Physical and Health Education

Francis Baptist Peter Bormolini Neil-Jerome Cartagena Dylan Caddy Liam Cave Thomas Crowther Michael Di Angelo Redmond Dobson Bodie D’Orazio Simon Douglas Shaun Foley Matthew Golightly Michael Houwen Awards Merit Award English Italian Football Old Boys’ Award for Highest Points in Swimming Inters Aquatics Swimming - U/13 Age Champion Merit Award English Mathematics Problem Solving Merit Award Mathematics Merit Award Science Music Design & Technology: Materials Merit Award English Creative Writing Cricket Academic Achievement Mathematics Merit Award Mathematics Fitness and Health Basketball

Bryan Lush

Rugby

Year 8

YEAR 8 STUDENT COUNCIL

Back row: Daniel Watson, David Pearson, Jonathon Papalia, Tommas Di Fulvio, Tom Lillywhite, Dylan Caddy, Mr Robert Armitage (Head of Year 8) Front row: James Marocchi, Sean Taggart, Nicholas Monisse, Zac Riccelli, Conor McKnight, Samuel O’Connell

YEAR 8.1

Back row: Phillip Roberts, David Griffiths, Taylor Colton, Tim Mettam, Brandon Blake, William Scheggia, Shaun Foley. Middle row: Trent Hackett, Liam Cackett, Maximilian Tandy, Jack Dart, Adam Taylor, Rory Pilgrim, Luca Casale, Mr Marcus Wilkinson. Front row: Mitchell Isailovic, Sean Taggart, Michael Radice, Ricky Lovegrove, Michael Mony De Kerloy, Matt Gryta, Izak Morris, Ashley Mackin, Samuel O’Connell.

YEAR 8.2

Back row: Jonathan Papalia, Michael Dawson, Matthew Plain, Michael Lee, Samuel English. Third row: David Bremner, Michael Mallon, Benjamin Croft, Nathan Scott, Sheldon Burgess, Marc Tarca. Second row: Benjamin Macrae, Nicholas Mountain, Parker Matthews, Luke Carton, Marcus Iustini, Daniel Watson, Samuel Vale, Mr Andrew Osnain. Front row: Matthew Romeo, Joshua Nicholas, Samuel Watt, Andrew Hortin, Reece Conca, Anthony Messina, Nicholas Zubrowski, Nestor Zimmerman, Todd Meyn.

YEAR 8.3

Back row: Thomas McCormick, Aden Bourke, Redmond Dobson, Kyle Versteeg, Mitch Penistan. Third row: Daniel Nokes, Timothy Gargano, Matthew Harris, Alexander Murphy, Anthony Erskine, Liam Cave. Second row:Timothy Maher, Jason Demarte, Jean-Louis McCabe, Kieran Toye, Eamonn Costello, Henry Robinson-Grone, Mr Jerome Waddell. Front row: Damien Loiacono, Joshua Tavener, Trent Ivicevic, Benjamin Seman, Samuel Jennison, David Pearson, Zac Riccelli, Steven Mather.

Year 8

Year 8

YEAR 8.4

Back row: Shae Michael, Bryan Lush, James Bond, Thomas Prior, Giles Taylor, Tommas Di Fulvio. Third row:Matthew Hunt, Jess Colquhoun, Ben Usher, Alex Walton, Marc Bucolo, Timothy Dixon. Second row: Reece Martin, Alex Fasolo, Dylan Hindle, Julian Netto, Jake Withers, Mark Carroll, Miss Kristen Campisi. Front row: Jordan Weller, Lachlan McVeigh, Andrew Phillips, Leo Titley, Jake Dalli, Bryn Ryan, Brandon Gundry, Terry Morey.

YEAR 8.5

Back row: Bodie D’Orazio, Maximillian Fairclough, Luke Bollam, Patrick Hawkins, Joshua McLaughlan, Adam Clarke, Simon Natoli. Middle row: Nicholas Brown, Daniel Franklin, Sean Callander, Callum Hall, Clayton Arnez, Benn Papalia, Brodie Barden, Rohan Van Dongen. Front row: Matthew Richards, Richard Birchall, Nicholas Monisse, Robert Hortin, Kevin Nunes, Wei Jiunn Ng, Simon Poli, Jeremy Hunt, Thomas Crowther. Absent: Matthew Golightly, Yannick Louise, Samuel Shaw.

YEAR 8.6

Back row: James Rees, Domanic Matsumoto, Nicholas Jose, Peter Bormolini, Jarrad Ferris, Ciaran Johns. Third row:Jacob Holmes, Christopher Dale, Simon Douglas, Francis Baptist, Alexander Collen, Shan Barr. Second row:Graham D’Mello, Tom Lillywhite, Adam Pesce, James Hunt, Brett Wolton, Alexander Terry, Luke Bunter, Mrs Patricia Passetti. Front row: James Marocchi, Christian Pover, Alexander Neri, Jordan Di Lello, James Whelan, Eugene Stewart, Julian Faraone, James Di Carlo. Absent: Dylan McPherson.

YEAR 8.7

Back row: Reece Garlett, Kaiden Boksich, James Doddemead, Luke Middleton, Nathan Oliver, Jakeb Norman. Third row: Michael Diangelo, Samuel Harris, Matthew Pendergast, Gerard Arrangio, Alex Barbas, Bronson Chabros. Second row: James Porteous, Francis Main, Matthew Papalia, Dylan Murray, Marco Parra, Dylan Caddy, Jordan Everall, Mr Jerry Scott. Front row: Michael Kirk, Jonathon Lo, Dylan Dewsbury, Luke Dowsing, Conor McKnight, Julian Serra, Michael Houwen, Rhys Bedford, Charles Carter.

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