Welcome to the Trinity Boarding Community

At Trinity we are committed to Boarding. It has been a significant part of the School for many years and provides is a unique experience for young men from across NSW, Australia and many international countries. A Boarder at Trinity not only learns how to cope with living away from home, but also how to make decisions for himself whilst being taught how to live within a community which has a variety of different people. His actions are not only a reflection on himself, but also have an impact on others who live with and around him. Hence he may need to give away some of his individual freedoms for the good of the whole as he learns to recognise the rights of others and thus requiring tolerance and understanding. Boarding at Trinity can then foster understanding and development of one’s self in the areas of accountability, self-discipline, independence, leadership, organisation, teamwork, personal care, and growth in wisdom and stature and in favour with God and man. 

Being a Boarder at Trinity offers a number of opportunities that will develop a young man’s character. Being so close to the Senior Campus creates more opportunities for greater School involvement than dayboys are even able to contemplate. The Boarders have a large and extensive support network at their disposal to assist with their sporting, academic, cultural and spiritual development which enables them to do their best in all endeavours.

Mr Peter Gibson
Boarding Housemaster

9581 6068
pgibson@trinity.nsw.edu.au

Quick Links

• Boarding House Staff and Contact Details
• Term 1, 2008 Calender
• Term 2, 2008 Calender
• Where do our boarders come from?
• Boarder's Banter - Term 1 2008
• Parents / Guardian Leave Application Form
• Weekly Boarder Leave Application Form
• Boarding House Handbook
• Child Protection Form
• Image Gallery

Boarding Options

There are two options available to parents of boys who board at Trinity.

1. Full Boarding

This is the most common form and is particularly suitable for boys whose parents are intrastate, interstate or overseas. It is also a valuable option for boys who require more strictly supervised, organised study and other routines, and for boys who wish to reduce travel time to and from Summer Hill and put the extra time gained to extra study.

Full boarding is seven days a week. There are two exit weekends each term during which boys are required to leave the Boarding House by no later than 12 noon Saturday, returning no later than 9.00pm Sunday. They may stay with parents, guardians or any other family approved of and authorised by parents/Boarding Housemaster. Other leave may be requested by parents from time to time, and day leave may also be applied for to the Boarding Housemaster.

2. Weekly Boarding

This option is popular with boys whose parents live locally. It allows the boy to go home to his parents care each weekend.

Under this arrangement a boy must return home to his parents each weekend, returning to the Boarding House in time for Chapel on Sunday evening prior to 6.00 pm.

Weekly Boarders apply for leave each week in the normal manner and it will be automatically approved by the Boarding Housemaster, provided that academic work and behaviour have been of a suitable standard and all co-curricular and sporting commitments have been honoured. Any breach of these conditions may result in weekly boarding privileges being withdrawn for a time or revoked entirely.

3. Day Boarding

Day Boarding is offered to boys who require short-stay residential care for one or two nights to facilitate their attendance at sport training or other co-curricular or school responsibilities. Day Boarding is available Monday to Thursday only. Day Boarders are not part of School House, and retain their day House affiliation and remain part of the Day School. Day Boarding is not intended for long-term residential care.