Year 8

Year Eight

Entering the Secondary School as a fresh faced Year 8 signifies the beginning of a new chapter in the life of a student. Foremost in the mind of each student is how to quickly adjust to the large number of unfamiliar daily routines, all the while attempting to keep their

Mr Andrew Osnain Head of Year 8 heads above water as the busy tides of Trinity College roll on. Daily tasks such as carrying multiple textbooks and files, keeping uniforms in order and changing in under two minutes for sport are but a few of the challenges that a new Year 8 student faces at the commencement of the scholastic year. The Year 8 class of 2007 have adjusted superbly to the aforementioned challenges. The boys quickly realised that the best course of action was to become organised and throw themselves wholeheartedly into the spiritual, academic, cultural and sporting pillars of the College. As a result the year cohort have learnt to become independent – particularly in the areas of organisation and developing the key competencies and skills necessary to help them achieve to the best of their ability. Boys developed friendships and a sense of belonging in the year group which will continue to grow as they become more familiar with the cohort over time. Early in the year each Pastoral Care Group elected two student councillors. Each councillor has been at the forefront of student activities and providing positive leadership. I would like to thank them for their earnest contribution throughout the year and encourage other students to seek out leadership opportunities in the years to come. For the first time in Trinity’s history the Quest Retreat replaced the Year 8 camp as the primary tool of establishing a sense of belonging and brotherhood at Trinity College. Over the long weekend more than sixty Year 11 students ‘adopted’ three Year 8 ‘little brothers’. Throughout the weekend the boys were introduced to the notion of being part of a ‘brotherhood’. Students were challenged to aspire to greater heights throughout their time at Trinity. The Year 11 Peer Ministers became ‘older brothers’ for the Year 8s and hopefully aided in their assimilation into the Middle School. The annual three day camp continued to build upon the foundations of the Quest Retreat. The camp was held at Camp Kelly, Dwellingup. The boys enjoyed activities such as rafting, hiking, boat building and camping in the great outdoors. This is the time for students to further forge friendships with their peers. One of the most important maxims of the College is to be a ‘man for others’. Over the three days the boys learnt that assisting in the wellbeing of their peers is in the best interests of the year group and the College as a whole.

Students were introduced early in the year to their counterparts at Mercedes College. As both groups will be working side by side over the upcoming years, the boys had an early opportunity to get to know the Mercedes girls over a lunchtime gathering in Wellington Square. This certainly helped to ease the tension for their first major social outing – the Rollerdrome. Whilst the venue and ambience took a number of staff back to the 80s, the students relished the opportunity to socially engage with the Mercedes girls in a mature and positive way.

Another innovation to the year was the inaugural Super 7 Championship. Every member of each Pastoral Care Group was required to participate in one of five activities aimed at creating a climate of inclusiveness and cohesiveness amongst the year group. The activities included singing, spelling, four square, debating and a talent quest.

I would like to thank the seven Pastoral Care teachers for making 2007 a successful year for the students. Ms Medhavi Karu, Mr Nik Martinskis, Mr Russell Hinks, Mr Brendan Chapman, Mr Michael Slack-Smith, Mr Mark Dodd and Ms Corinna Eagling have provided guidance and support to students in a selfless way. Students do not often see how much time and effort the Pastoral Care teachers put into the year and I would certainly like to congratulate them on their work with the boys throughout 2007.

YEAR 8 STUDENT COUNCIL

Back row: Mr Andrew Osnain (Head of Year 8), Peter Walsh, Alec Wilson, Thomas Durkin, Kristopher Wright, Michael Quinlan, Perry McLaughlan, Daniel Caddy Front row: Jack Dewsbury, Connor Brown, Mark Wong, Philippe Kilpatrick, John Samineeni Jesudoss, Callum Hart, Matthew McRostie

Mr Andrew Osnain

Head of Year 8

Year Eight Awards

Thomas Betts Merit Award Mathematics Awards Mitchell Boros Graphics Trent Bradshaw Physical and Health Education Football Calum Braham Academic Achievement Science Academic Achievement Mathematics Merit Award Society & Environment Music Daniel Carton Hockey Jonathan Merit Award Mathematics Chung-Wah-Cheong Design & Technology: Design & Communication Christopher Corder Rugby Samuel Cox Merit Award English Creative Writing Thomas Crackel Basketball Jack Dewsbury Head of Year Award Edmund Rice Award for Religious Education 8.3 Academic Achievement English Academic Achievement Society & Environment Merit Award Science Speech and Drama Jordan Ding Edmund Rice Award for Religious Education 8.6 Merit Award Mathematics Astronomy Thomas Durkin Edmund Rice Award for Religious Education 8.1 Gavril D’Souza Edmund Rice Award for Religious Education 8.2 Awards James Flynn Merit Award Science Luke Geoghegan Merit Award Science Nicholas Guglielmino Merit Award Science Earl Harris Art Callum Hart Merit Award Science Merit Award English Merit Award Society & Environment Merit Award Mathematics Design & Technology: Materials Fitness and Health Matthew Hopkins Merit Award Society & Environment

Dane Kerwin Athletics – U/14 Age Champion Philippe Kilpatrick Merit Award English Anton Kuczerepa Swimming – U/13 Age Champion Reynton Laird Merit Award Mathematics Ryan Mackenzie Merit Award Mathematics Declan McGann Design & Technology: Systems Matthew McRostie Soccer Daniel Nuozzi Edmund Rice Award for Religious Education 8.4 Arnold Rodricks Edmund Rice Award for Religious Education 8.5 Merit Award Society & Environment Marcus Ruggiero Aquatics Michael Scalzo Merit Award English Daniel Signorile Cricket Lachlan Sinclair Merit Award English Cameron Sivwright Merit Award Society & Environment Mark Spadaccini Merit Award English Enrichment Benjamin Turner Mathematics Problem Solving Alexander Valli Italian Tennis

Peter Walsh Merit Award Science Merit Award Society & Environment

Benjamin Whelan Merit Award Mathematics Enrichment

Alec Wilson Outdoor Education

Mark Wong Edmund Rice Award for Religious Education 8.7 Merit Award English Merit Award Society & Environment Merit Award Science

Year Eight

YEAR 8.1

Back Row: Thinh Dong, Trent Bradshaw, Daniel Isailovic, Jacob Goddard, Alexander Valli, Thomas Durkin Third Row: Aaron Dominish, Sam Birchall, Scott Russo, Leighton Taylor, Jonathon Allen, Parry Nguyen Second Row: Ms Medhavi Karu, Lachlan Sinclair, William O’Hara, Calum Braham, Daniel Caddy, Valerio Rosso, Sean Penney Front Row: Ricardo Jorge, Wesley Yarran, Joshua Lathwell, Jordan Bucolo, Michael Hay, Luke Geoghegan, Andrew Porteous, Christopher Corder Absent: Zachary Hailand

YEAR 8.2

Back Row: Daniel Simonette, Benjamin Massam, Kristopher Wright, Thomas Cannell, William Fleming, Thomas Hussey, Mitchell Boros, Nathan Nokes Second Row: Mr Andrew Osnain, Benjamin Moulton, Benjamin Whelan, Thomas Bourke, Andrew Tippett, Paul Antonelli, Justin Siliquini Front Row: Michael Roberts, Gavril D’Souza, Anton Kuczerepa, Jerome Cant, James Hendriks, Callum Hart, Julian Pintaudi, Adrian Granato Absent: Mr Nik Martinskis, Jake Cox, Rohan Cox, Samuel Cox, Henry Duckett, Ryan Mackenzie

Year Eight

YEAR 8.3

Back Row: Matthew Steffanoni, Rhett Ardon, Thomas Crackel, James Pennefather, Karl Hofmann, Austin Fox, Mark Spadaccini Third Row: Jonathan Chung-Wah-Cheong, Zach Piccicacco, Patrick Gummer-Wilson, Luke Fogliani, Matthew Armenti, Sam Crucitti Second Row: Mr Russell Hinks, Daniel Carton, Nicholas Kelleway, Armani May, Michael Scalzo, Perry McLaughlan, Manual Moulatsiotis Front Row: Louis Antonas, Jack Sherrell, Thomas Newman, Siddhanth Sharma, James Flynn, Sebastian Teo, Matthew Hoogenkamp, Jack Dewsbury

YEAR 8.4

Back Row: Adrian Birighitti, Earl Harris, Timothy Pitcher, Dane Kerwin, Miles Blair, Oliver Foley Third Row: Joseph Clear, Michael Frigo, Scott Waddell, Jeroide Shadforth, Christopher Smith, Alec Wilson Second Row: Mr Brendan Chapman, Ted Dobson, Alexander Decinque, Guy Birchall, Ryan Morich, Daniel Signorile, Simon Meloni Front Row: Connor Brown, Benjamin Turner, Daniel Nuozzi, Joel Mullen, Conor Devlin, Dylan Tarbett, Luke Di Bartolomeo, Dane Pigram-Matsumoto Absent: Thomas Power

Year Eight

YEAR 8.5

Back Row: Dion Ferreira, Daniel Arangio, Marcus Ruggiero, Jordan Phoebe, Ryan Cook, Jack Davies, Louis Iustini Third Row: Daniel Purdy, Arnold Rodricks, Thomas Hill, Oliver Royer, Marc Narducci, William Massam Second Row: Mr Michael Slack-Smith, Anthony Biundo, Eamonn Nicoli, Joseph Ipsaro-Passione, Jacob Boehm, Peter Walsh, William French Front Row: Ethan Sumich, Domenic Princi, Declan McGann, Martin Hoang, Alexander Morgan-Hobbs, Philippe Kilpatrick, Leon Di Benedetto, Bradley Winton Absent: Cameron Gadenne.

YEAR 8.6

Back Row: Robert Warren, Simon Platts, Troy Yukich, Jack Mackintosh, Gerard Ryan Third Row: Nathaniel Jackson, Marcel Blandin De Chalain, Nikolas Iliadis, Jonathan Fiore, Bradley Seward, Connor O’Neill Second Row: Mr Mark Dodd, Jordan Ding, Caleb Hutcheson, Anthony Di Michele, Michael Quinlan, Lucas Beech, Thomas Valentine Front Row: Jack Sweeney, Joseph Matthys, Daniel Kenworthy, Nicholas Guglielmino, John Samineeni Jesudoss, Sean Ferrinda, Matthew Hopkins, James McNally Absent: Brandon Ngadino, Alexander Caldera

Year Eight

YEAR 8.7

Back Row: James Hyder, Michael Collins, Damian Cook, Dominic Radecki, Alexander Blunt, Xavier Malone, Kieren McDowell Second Row: Ms Corinna Eagling, Hudson Kestel, Joshua Mapstone, Aaron Dooley, Eric Sharpe, Christopher Oliver, James Usher, Harry Higham Front Row: Andrew Scott, Cameron Sivwright, Caleb Fetzer, Callum Forsey, Andrea Rispoli, Mark Wong, Richard Porteous, Matthew McRostie, Reynton Laird Absent: Thomas Betts, Matthew Farsalas, Cody Versteeg

Year Eight

Junior School