Middle and Senior School News

Empathy, open-mindedness, and critical thinking are all essential skills for today’s world – they’re skills taught in the classroom, but they’re also skills that students can find in books, honing these skills with every page they turn. Reading has so many benefits that can last a lifetime. So many of the traits that we want to [...]

Originally a 1915 novel by John Buchan and adapted for the screen in 1935 by Alfred Hitchcock before being adapted as a parody play in 1996, The 39 Steps has a long history behind it, one that was continued by a new generation of Trinity stage aficionados in Term 2 of 2024.  A fast-paced comedy [...]

I am firmly convinced of the primacy and power of the community in which education takes place. Both academic outcomes and the broader shaping of character are affected by the school community in which students are immersed. So, too, is the mental health of the students. During the week I read an article online by [...]

“The best two weeks of our lives” The highlight of Trinity’s Japanese rugby tour may have occurred in the very first moments – a reunion of teenagers from different hemispheres showing the joys of a warm welcome into a completely different culture. “That was the moment for me, without a doubt, seeing the way they [...]

On many people’s bucket lists is to visit the Kingdom of Bhutan, a landlocked country high in the Himalayas where Gross National Happiness underpins many areas of life, including Education. For a week in May, Trinity’s Director of Research, Dr Kimberley Pressick-Kilborn, had the opportunity to travel to Paro, Bhutan as an Honorary Industry Fellow [...]

Mason McGroder (10WH) not only won three gold medals at the Australian Athletics Championships – at the age of 15 he also attained a long jump qualifying distance at world U20 level. He won the U20 long jump with a leap of 7.73m, doubled up by winning the U17 long jump with 7.32m, and for [...]

There is a better way, says Deputy Headmaster – Academic   Is the race to a high ATAR all that matters? Are other students competitors rather than teammates? Are they opponents who might potentially grab your university spot, scholarship, or job?  If your answer to these questions is yes, then one of Trinity’s academic leaders has [...]

Trinity Students often get the privilege of exploring the works of renowned artists in the Delmar Gallery but for Year 12 Visual Arts students, there’s an exciting opportunity to see their own work on the walls. The Year 12 Visual Arts Exhibition, held in August 2023, incorporated work from both the HSC and IB credentials, [...]

When the last-placed team beats the ladder leaders it makes everyone take notice, and that was the feat achieved by Trinity’s basketball seconds. Their surprise 52-47 victory, their first of the season, led Trinity to a 27-13 record in all basketball matches against Barker at the weekend, and a 47-41 result overall in all sports. [...]

Are we facing a connectedness crisis amongst boys and young men in schools? That was the question posed by Dr. Rachel O’Brien, Secondary PDHPE Teacher and Middle School Housemaster, at the 2023 Positive Masculinity conference. Dr O’Brien was invited to present on the action project Connected Conversations: Insights from Trinity Grammar School. “The impact of [...]