Year 12 The current group of Year 12s are the only year group to be given a title – the half year cohort. This group of boys has always been special in that they have stood out from the crowd from day one of high school. Mr Bobby Emmanuel Head of Year 12 Despite being smaller in number, they have always been a tight-knit group of students who, with great enthusiasm, have accepted the challenges that come with being a Trinity College student. The year started off with the prefects meeting for the first time and dividing up the portfolios of academic, music, sports, music and social. This was also the first time that Head Prefect, Brayden Keizer (12.1), addressed them on the topic of ‘how to be a better leader’. Throughout the year these prefects have attended leadership seminars and have represented the College with pride. Finally the staff/student soccer match was played with great spirit, with the prefects overcoming a desperate staff team with some well-timed goals.
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The prefects have done an outstanding job this year in leading and shaping the cohort and I could not be more proud of the way in which they have conducted themselves. Special mention goes to Brayden Keizer (12.1) and Andrew Bottega (12.3) for providing such strong role models for their fellow students to follow. Once again, there was a strong focus on the religious aspect of College life. Every Year 12 attended the Tabgha retreat and stopped to take time out of their hectic lives to meditate and look after their spiritual side. The feedback from this retreat was very positive indeed. At the start of the year a small group of boys also attended the India Pilgrimage, giving up some of their holidays to do something purely for someone else who is much worse off than we are. Throughout the year the cohort attended Mass together and these were very inclusive events with many different boys volunteering to help out. The singing at these events was of a very high standard as the Music Ministry and Senior Choir sang with great exuberance. The three Kairos retreats also provided students an opportunity to stop and take time to learn about themselves.
