Newsletter: Edition 5, Term 2
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From the Principal
Adrian Farrer
Principal
Early Learning Centre
Last week our Kangaroo students worked together to cook meatballs for the homeless. Our students worked together preparing and cooking the meatballs in the ELC kitchen.
‘Max cracked 6 eggs. Now I stir it before it goes in the meat part… then you have to squish it all together’ – Ian
‘I chop, chop chopped so much green stuff… the parsley. It makes the meatballs more delicious.’ – Aden
On Thursday, we walked up to the Senior School kitchen to cook with Chef Brett! We took the meatballs, sauce, spaghetti, cheese and the containers. We worked as a team, using ladles and tongs to put together each individual meal container. ‘The last job is to put on the lid! WE DON’T WANT THE MEATBALLS TO ROLL AWAY LIKE IN THE SONG!’ -Arkin
What happens next? The founder of It’s the Little Things Community, Jane, put all 55 meals in her car to take to the people who won’t have food in their tummy at night. ‘But now they will have food in their tummy… our spaghetti and meatballs!’
Naomi Wright
Director of the Early Learning Centre
Junior School
As Semester One wraps up with our students settled in their cohorts and the experiences offered, a healthy restlessness stirred amongst the Junior School Student Leaders. The team proposed two initiatives in pursuit of building connection across the Junior School community. In a similar way that the Senior School produce the weekly Roxeth publication, each week a group of Year 6 student leaders have created, recorded, and distributed a vodcast to communicate fun and informative messages to all Junior School students. Similarly, extending events common to Year 3 and 6, our Prep, Year 1 and 2 students saw a fast-paced and fun-filled afternoon last Friday at our first Prep to Year 2 Trinity Cross Country Cup. Our House Captains were pivotal in briefing each year level and ensuring the House chants enthusiastically encouraged each and every student across the finish line.
In conversations with our Year 8 students, the desire to learn from older students was prominent in their thoughts on what leadership looks like at Trinity. Moving through the culminating Year 8 Learning Journeys hands on workshop with OTGs and our Junior school students, was a reminder of the powerful influence peer mentoring and how blessed we are for the Trinity way to learn, lead and belong.
Wishing all of our families a safe and enjoyable break from term.
Lauren Borschmann
Director of Leadership
Full steam ahead for the Junior School musical!
We had such a wonderful response to our audition notice last month, with over 60 students from Years 5 and 6 auditioning for lead, supporting and featured roles in this year’s musical, Seussical the Musical. It’s hard to believe that the last Junior School musical was held in 2019 – it has been such a delight to see the talent and willingness to be involved, particularly knowing that these students, who are so eager and brave to get up and perform, had no opportunity to be involved in or experience a musical in 2021.
We held our first four rehearsals with great commitment and professionalism from the young performers. It is shaping up to be a delightful and playful show with extremely catchy tunes, as the teachers and actors will attest!
Melanie Harris (JS Musical Director)
Marissa O’Reilly (JS Musical Assistant Director)
Round Robin Revellers
On the 9th of June, Year 4 travelled to PEGS to compete for our second and final winter round-robin. As a teacher explained the rules, we sat, nervous with anticipation. PEGS play hard, but we were up for the battle.
The windswept oval was cold and wet at the tipoff. Before we knew it, our first match was over and we ate together, covered in mud, reflecting on the match highlights; defensive dives, acts of courage and miracle goals, all to the soundtrack of roaring jet engines overhead.
As we boarded the bus my team was so happy. We had won some and lost some, but I knew we didn’t go back losers. It wasn’t about the score, it was about trying something new, displaying school pride and the spirit of sportsmanship. Our hearts were faithful that we had played at our very best.
A collaborative article written by the 4M students
Senior School
Year 8 Learning Journeys
Congratulations to our Year 8 students who successfully participated in the Learning Journeys program at Bulleen and Camp Toolangi in the final two weeks of this term. While enjoying a variety of outdoor activities, it also provides our students an opportunity to reflect on their own personal values, the way they approach challenges and the value in teamwork.
Year 10 ‘Things that Move’
It’s always a pleasure to see our students in action… after a semester of planning and constructing, Year 10 students reached the conclusion of their projects.
Susan Hill
Deputy Principal and Head of Senior School
Library
Welcome to the end of term edition of what’s been happening in our library over the semester. We have celebrated the wonders of reading this semester, by promoting literature and resources linked to key national and international events such as ANZAC Day, National Reconciliation Week and Pride Month. Regular displays, including some wonderful historical pieces, have been a key feature of the library’s drive to foster a deep interest in exploring the richness of the collection. With vibrant colours, creative props and carefully chosen books, these displays create an inviting atmosphere that beckons students to explore the world of information and literature. By showcasing a variety of genres, regularly linked to the Wider Reading program, students are inspired to venture beyond their comfort zones to discover titles they might not have considered before. These displays also serve as a reflection of the school’s commitment to literacy, encouraging a love of reading that extends far beyond the classroom.
As the winter weather has brought more students into the Tudor Centre, during Wednesday long lunch students have the option of viewing appropriate ClickView films selected by library staff. Board games such as Scrabble, chess and many others are also available for student recreational use.
The forthcoming holiday period will be the perfect time for some winter warming holiday reads as suggested in this end of term student newsletter which will be emailed to all Year 7-10 families. The student holiday reading list can be found here.
Anna Antoniadis
Head of Senior School Library Services
Asian Physics Olympiad
Halfway through this term, I was fortunate enough to be one of eight Australian students to venture out to Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia’s capital, to participate in the Asian Physics Olympiad. The competition was intense – over two days we did a total of ten hours of exams, including theory questions and two experiments, with the highest score in the competition being a grand total of 33.5/50. Over the remaining days, we got to really explore Mongolia – visiting many museums we experienced their rich culture and history, not to mention the breathtaking view of the spectacular landscape of Mongolia, from a monastery halfway up a mountain. The experience concluded with a lecture by Sir Konstantin Novoselov, a Nobel Prize Laureate on his pioneering work in nanomaterials. Overall, the experience was incredible, and to any prospective physicists out there, I recommend giving the Australian Physics Olympiad a go.
Alastair Murphy
Year 12 Student & Co-Captain of Academics
Cocurricular
Year 7 and 8 Choir – commences Monday 17 July
We all love music. No matter who you are, what you like to do or where in the world you’re from, music brings us all together. However, we don’t always associate our universal love and appreciation of music with choir. Singing, especially in a choir, is associated with a myriad of health benefits that are just too vast to ignore. So, in the words of a “choir nerd”, ‘live long and prosper and join choir!’
Here is a list of compelling reasons why every boy should join choir:
- Singing is scientifically proven to benefit your health.
- Singing as a part of a choir is scientifically proven to have the same positive effects on your wellbeing as yoga.
- Make friends from across the school.
- Cultivating musical skills benefits all other areas of study.
- Singing is something that you can take with you anywhere.
- Singing in choir increases brain plasticity.
Trinity has two main choirs operating in the Senior School. The Middle School Choir is for students in Years 7 and 8 with little or no previous choral experience and performs accessible repertoire. The other main choir is the Senior Choir, which is for boys in Years 7 to 12 and performs more challenging repertoire.
I am writing to invite your son to join the Middle School Choir. This choir will work as a team to encourage quality, healthy singing as boys begin to experience change in their voices. The Middle School Choir is a perfect extension activity for the Year 7 and 8 Classroom Singing Program. The Middle School Choir will take part in the choral concert on Tuesday 29 August and the Carol Service on Friday 1 December.
Boys with previous choral experience, such as the TGS Junior Choir, St Paul’s Choir, Young Voices of Melbourne and the like, would understand the benefits of singing in a school choir. Singing is considered an essential skill at Trinity Grammar School and the choirs play a vital role in the life of the school. I hope your son will consider joining the Middle School Choir. Co-curricular points are awarded for participation in choir.
To enrol your son in Middle School Choir, please email Mr Kevin Kelley, Head of Choral and Vocal Music on kelleyk@trinity.vic.edu.au. The first rehearsal will take place on Monday 17 July at 7.30am in the TGS Chapel.
Mr Kevin Kelley
Head of Choral and Vocal Music
Generations in Jazz – Superband
Each year at Generations in Jazz, the Chief Adjudicators for each of the top divisions select a ‘Superband’ made up of the best students from all the schools participating in that division. Once again, Trinity had students selected in this ensemble, with Daniel Chong (Percussion) and James Viero (Trombone 3) selected as members of the Division 2 Superband. These two students had the opportunity to perform the test piece as a member of this all-star band to a packed James Morrison Pavilion of over 5000 people on the final day of the event. Congratulations to all staff and students on this amazing achievement.
Mr Jamie Ransome
Head of Brass, Wind and Bands
After School String Recitals
Congratulations to the young musicians who performed at our recent after school string recitals. Thank you for being inspiring learners and performers:
Henry Ma, Prep
Felix Chen, Prep
Patrick Xu, Prep
Flynn Chen, Year 2
Conor Zhu, Year 3
Connor Tang, Year 4
Nathanael Chen, Year 4
Brian Gu, Year 2
William Da Gama Pinto, Year 2
Ryan Liu, Year 3
Henry Stevenage, Year 4
Rian Raiden, Year 4
Patrick Chan, Year 4
Vinod Nihalsingha, Year 4
Enzo Xie, Year 4
Harrison Zhang Prep
Mrs Thérèse McCoppin
Head of Strings
AMEB Achievements
Congratulations to the following Year 9 students who achieved outstanding results in their recent Australian Music Examinations Board (AMEB) exams:
Yida Fang – Achieved his Violin Associate in Music (AMusA)
Cayden Quah – Achieved his Cello Repertoire Grade 5
Binuk Abeyaratna – Achieved his Piano Leisure Comprehensive Grade 2
Bigger Better Brains – Why music makes us feel, according to AI
Read more here: https://biggerbetterbrains.com/news-post/why-music-makes-us-feel/
Jan Blazejczak
Director of Music
Chaplain’s Chat
As always, I went along to a 7C soccer game on Saturday morning. As ‘manager’ I do all the “hiring and firing”, make sure the players are “abiding by their contracts” and “arrange publicity” and forth. It’s a weighty responsibility but I’m in no way as important as the coaches. Both 7C coaches are excellent and respected by the students. Both sometimes get frustrated when they are not listened to. And so, I love that moment in junior sport when the players realise that if they do what the coach is telling them to, the game miraculously goes better! The defensive line moves together and forces the other team off-side; the forwards stay shoulder-to-shoulder with the last defenders, so they don’t get caught off-side; they call for the ball. It’s simple stuff but effective. It is clichéd, but we can achieve amazing things when we work together. And what I really enjoy, is that light-filled moment when a player unselfishly passes the ball so that a teammate can score. What a lovely metaphor for the wisdom that lies at the heart of the Christian spiritual path, and others: the gentle and repeated invitation to ‘get over ourselves’ and understand that we are profoundly interconnected. To play as a team.
Rev’d Bryn Jones
Senior Chaplain
Community
We are thrilled to share the remarkable success of our Community Giving Day, which took place on Thursday, 15th June. Thanks to the generosity of our school community, we raised an astounding $171,100 from 254 donations! This achievement is a testament to the support that flows through our school, and we are immensely grateful for your contributions. The funds raised during our Community Giving Day will make a significant impact on the life of a student who would not otherwise have the means to attend our great school. We extend our heartfelt appreciation to everyone who contributed to this success.
In addition to our Community Giving Day, we also had two other events that brought our school community closer together. Our Year 7 Grandparents Morning was a great success, with grandparents joining us for a delightful morning of activities with their grandchildren. It was heart-warming to witness the connection shared between generations, as our students proudly showcased their school.
Furthermore, our English Conversation Social Group created new connections and friendships within our diverse community. This group provided a welcoming and supportive environment for parents to practice their English language skills and connect with other families. The bonds formed during these sessions foster a sense of belonging and unity among our school community. If you would like to join this group, please contact wescotts@trinity.vic.edu.au .
We would like to express our deepest gratitude to all parents, grandparents, and volunteers who made these events possible. Your participation, dedication, and support continue to make our school community thrive. We look forward to more opportunities to come together and create meaningful experiences that enrich the lives of our students.
Lucy Cohen
Director of Community Engagement
Year 7 Mother’s Day Breakfast
On Friday 12 May, Mr Farrer, Mrs Hill, Rev Jones, Year 7 mothers, special friends and boys, shared breakfast together in the Peter Crawley Centre for the Arts to celebrate Mother’s Day.
A highlight of the breakfast was a presentation from the school captain’s mother, Marly Fan and the school captain, Michael Fan. Marly spoke about the school striving to guide the boys to independence and the importance of mums letting go and Michael gave a heartfelt speech thanking his mother for all that she has done for him. Deputy Principal, Susan Hill also addressed the audience about the importance of mothers, grandmothers, aunties, sisters and special friends in the boys’ lives.
The guests were entertained by 3 talented Year 7 pianists Edward Zhou, Jacob Wang and Patrick Ma.
The impressive Year 7 band “Lightly Fried” also played the song “Somewhere only we know”. The Year 7 boys in the band are Jackson Murray on Voice, Harry Power on Piano, Hugo Evans on Guitar, Finlay Moncur on Bass Guitar, Alex Lanza on Drums.
Thank you to Stacy Chang in the Music department for coordinating the music for the breakfast.
Each mother/special person took home a beautiful vase kindly donated by TGS parent, Nareen Holloway of Marmoset Found, filled with lovely foliage from the Bulleen grounds.
A Year 7 mother, Palmyra De Banks was the fantastic MC for the breakfast.
Thank you to the Lucy Cohen and the Community Engagement Office, particularly Vanessa Johnson for all the assistance given to the Year 7 reps in organising the breakfast (including staying back late the night before to help us set up the room).
Year 7 Reps Mother’s Day breakfast group
Ling Lin Cai, Alicia Choi, Palmyra De Banks, Verity Joyce, Sonia Le, Emma Martin, Vidya Muraleedharan
OTGA Community Breakfast
The Old Trinity Grammarians’ Association has reintroduced the Community Breakfast to bring members of the Old Trinity and Trinity community together and this year our special guest speaker will be “Razor” Ray Chamberlain, AFL Umpire.
Please join us on Friday 21 July, 7.00am at the Peter Crawley Centre for the Arts to hear Ray’s interesting and inspiring story over a delicious hot breakfast. The cost of the breakfast is $70 per person (or make up a table of 8 to enjoy the discounted rate of $520), $55 for students.
Tickets are limited and can be purchased here
About “Razor” Ray Chamberlain
Most people know ‘Razor’ Ray Chamberlain as the larger than life AFL umpire who stamps his mark on the game each week. Ray has officiated over 300 AFL games and has been honoured with an AFL Life Membership. With 29 finals, six preliminary finals and three grand finals under his belt, Ray is also one of only 52 field umpires in the history of the game to officiate as a field umpire in an AFL Grand Final. Growing up in the ACT, Ray played representative cricket at a high level. He has a teaching degree in secondary education and a diploma of financial services and mortgage brokering, running his own small business. Ray is also a founding member of the Chamberlain Foundation, which raises funds to provide support for suicide prevention and mental health awareness.
Ray, through the course of his colourful AFL career, has experienced both highs and lows; challenges he’s turned into lessons and strengths which he now shares to educate and inspire others. Driven by seeing first-hand the incredible impact sport has on our community, connections, health and wellbeing, Ray provides a unique lens into Victoria’s most-loved sport.
‘Sport changes the world. The impact of sport, particularly at the elite level, is greater and far wider-reaching than what happens in the two hours on the field,’ he said.
A message from Don Campbell
An OTG, Don was appointed to School Council in June 2018. He is currently a Professor of Medicine at Monash University and has extensive experience in education, academic and clinical settings including pastoral responsibility for Doctors-in-training. He also teaches in the areas of Knowledge Management, and innovation in healthcare. Don and his three sons all attended Trinity Grammar School, Kew. Don serves on the Governance Committee and Finance and Risk Committee and supports the Principal and Chair on HCSA matters.
The INHERIT Study is a clinical trial of active treatment with heparin via a nasal spray vs a placebo (saline) via a nasal spray, to prevent the spread of Covid19 in households.
We need to recruit 400 families and would welcome your assistance to reach that target.
Here is the flyer that tells you about the study: INHERIT
This is the link to the study website: www.nh.org.au/inherit-the-intranasal-heparin-trial/
What’s it about?
The idea behind the trial is that if a person gets Covid19 then everyone in the house uses the nasal spray three times each day for ten days to reduce the chances of others in the family catching Covid19.
What do I have to do?
If you develop Covid19 (RAT test positive) or a member of your household family were to develop Covid19 then you and your family might be eligible for the trial.
If a person develops Covid on a RAT test we would like them to contact us within 24-72 hours of the positive RAT test, via the study email address INHERIT.Study@nh.org.au
Then what happens?
We will then send them the Patient Information and Consent Form and call them to provide information about the trial and obtain their consent and the consent of family members.
The study is being run by Northern Hospital investigators with the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute (Chief Investigator Prof Paul Monagle) and partners from Peter Doherty Research institute, University of Melbourne, Monash University and Oxford University.
The study is funded by the Victorian Government and has been approved by St Vincent Hospital Research Ethics Committee.
Donald Campbell MBBS (Hons) MMed Sci MD FRACP FRCP(L)
Clinical Service Director, Staying Well Program
Medical Division Director, Hospital Without Walls
Winter Holiday Embroidery
To ensure the best opportunity for blazers to be back in time for Term 3 commencement, we kindly ask that all dry-cleaned blazers be submitted by Tuesday 27 June 2023.
All blazers and worn garments requiring alterations (including embroidery) must be clearly labelled with student’s name and have a dry-cleaning tag attached and be in the original dry-cleaning bag. This is an essential measure to protect the wellbeing of our staff and contractors for now and the foreseeable future. Noncompliance with dry-cleaning and blazers submitted after the cut off time may result in delays. We thank you for your cooperation.
Bob Stewart P/L
Trinity Grammar School woollen blankets
If you would like to purchase the super durable woollen blankets, they are available to purchase online – please click on the link: https://www.trybooking.com/CFWMS
Fine Foods Group
The Trinity Fine Foods team have jams, cordials and sauces available to purchase. 5 for $15 or $5 each – or a “Mystery Five” (where we pick for you) for $10. Collection from Community Engagement office – 55 Wellington St.
Items can also be purchased online: https://www.trybooking.com/CFSSB
Parent name badges
If you have not received a parent name badge, please complete the form below and we will arrange a replacement for you. Please double check with students/in school bags before completing the form and complete a separate form for each parent.
https://forms.office.com/r/BimyBQ5SW6
Important Dates
Friday 23 June
Term 2 concludes
VET – Structured Workplace Learning concludes
Year 10 E-H Work Experience concludes
Year 10 A – E Outdoor Education concludes
Africa Homework Club, 3:15PM
Trinity Ruyton Musical Rehearsal, Ruyton 3:30PM
Dadirri House Exeat, 3:30PM
Monday 3 July
Trinity Ruyton Musical Intensive Rehearsals commence, Ruyton 9:00AM
Saturday 8 July
Trinity Ruyton Musical Intensive Rehearsals conclude, Ruyton 4:00PM
Sunday 9 July
Trinity Ruyton Musical Rehearsal and Stage Crew, Xavier College 8:00AM
Monday 10 July
Trinity Ruyton Musical Technical Rehearsal, Xavier College 12:30PM
Dadirri House Return, 5:00PM
Tuesday 11 July
Term 3 commences
Trinity Ruyton Musical Full Dress Rehearsal, Xavier College 3:30PM
OTGA Committee Meeting, 7:00PM
Wednesday 12 July
Year 10 (2024) Information Night, Online 6:30PM
Thursday 13 July
Year 10 Outdoor Leaders and Somers applications open
Junior School SSV State Cross Country, Yarra Valley Race Course 8:30AM
Trinity Shop, 2:00PM-4:00PM
Trinity Ruyton Musical Performance, Xavier College 7:00PM