Junior School
IGNITE in Junior School
The Ignite Leaders in Junior School have been working hard to encourage and promote a fun, new and unique program; the Ignite Award. We are happy to announce that we have officially launched the program and have had an inspiring number of families register to participate.
The Ignite Award is a unique WA based self-development program for young people aged 9 to 13 years. The Award connects children to community through volunteering, improves wellbeing through exercise and develops self-esteem through learning new skills and taking part in an adventure.
Ignite Award allows students to discover their inner strengths, learn new skills, move beyond their comfort zone, and make a difference in their local community. It is designed around the individual needs of each child, engaging, and empowering them to discover their potential.
It is a great tool for young people to transition into Secondary School and fosters positive self-development and leadership skills.
To achieve any level of the Ignite Award, students are asked to set individual goals in four activities; physical, hobby, volunteering, and adventure. These activities foster many benefits including building self-esteem and confidence, a sense of commitment and responsibility, developing personal interest and practical skills and encouraging initiative and independence.
Students can access support from Ignite Leaders to help achieve their goals and work towards completion of the receiving their Ignite Award certificate and badge by the end of the year.
Parents can support their child by helping them brainstorm ideas that will get them out of their comfort zone and help nurture a true sense of achievement and accomplishment. The program is well under way, with some boys already sharing their fantastic achievements experienced so far!
Mr Jason O'Malley
Year 4 Dad's Reading
This morning, boys in Year 4 were treated to special visit from dads and grandads who came in to support the boys with reading. Recent research out of Italy found that children tend to imitate their parents’ reading activities even more closely than we would have guessed. Dads reading with their sons teaches boys that reading is something that guys do! Our guest dads spoke to the boys about why reading is important in their job and how learning to read makes the world much more interesting. Thanks dads and grandads, and Mr Hayes who organised this.
Musica Viva Incursion
On Monday, 20 June Junior School was treated to a live performance by Taikoz, a traditional Japanese Taiko drumming group. This was a wonderful, high energy cultural incursion and I am sure the boys thoroughly enjoyed it.
Catapult Competition
Thanks to Mrs Stalley for showcasing an amazing and innovative collection of catapults designed and created by the Year 4s. The grand finale was held on Wednesday with a great atmosphere and some exciting prizes. These boys were our finalists for distance:
| 4 Blue | 4 White | 4 Green |
|---|---|---|
Mitch Borman Patrick Clark Campbell Mclure Lawson Duffield | Nick Arima Ruari Day Jacob Macdonald Harley Blatchley | Grayson Garas John Bianchini James Leslie Lyon How |
Other categories included design and build and creativity and innovation. Congratulations to all the Year 4s for your fantastic designs!
JPSSA Cross Country
On Thursday Trinity College Junior School was proudly represented in the JPSSA Cross Country competition held at Aquinas. Congratulations to all the competitors and thank you to parents who attended to support the team on a very wet afternoon. A big thank you to Mr Thompson who has been training the boys before school.
Year 5 Blue Reconciliation
Thank you to Ms Brennan for preparing the 5 Blue boys to participate in the Sacrament of Reconciliation this morning.
Music Photos
On Monday morning, 27 June the music group photos will be taken by Photo Hendriks. These photos will be used in our College Annual. If your son is involved in any of the Choirs, Junior Concert Band, Junior Wind Ensemble or BIG, he will need to wear his full winter uniform to school. If your son normally wears his sports uniform on Monday, he may change into it once he has finished all his group photos. Boys in the Concert Band and Wind Ensemble will also need to bring their instruments to school for the photo.
Year 5 Green Assembly
We were treated to a wonderful assembly presented by Year 5 Green in Braham Auditorium today. Well done everyone. Our final assembly for the term will be a TOBA and Golden Honour Assembly commencing at 2.20pm next Friday. If the weather is fine, we will gather in the Junior School covered area, however we have Braham Auditorium on standby in case of inclement weather.
Reports
Junior School Semester One reports will be available to parents through SEQTA on Wednesday 29th June.
Eyes on TC
Year 5 students Matthew Teo, Caelan Evans, Griffin Lote and Ben Shaw have been spending their Tuesday afternoons creating podcasts with Mr Hayes and Mr Paljetak as part of a extra-curricular activity offered in Junior School. Students have the opportunity to explore all the hardware and software that is used to create and edit a podcast from scratch.
Titled Eyes on TC, each week the boys chat about what's going on at Trinity College! Make sure to tune in every Friday to listen to the latest episode made available in the newsletter.
Prefects Corner
By Cameron Andrews and Matteo Redolatti
On Monday all classes experienced an amazing incursion from the Musica Viva Australia in Schools Program. There are various trios within the Musica Viva Program, but we think we saw the best one. Three musicians came to Junior School and performed the ancient Japanese form of percussion called ‘taiko,’ where large wooden drums are pounded by beaters in an intense, rhythmic, and VERY LOUD way. They talked about all their cultural festivals and performed some traditional music. This incursion was a great cultural experience for all the boys.
On Tuesday and Wednesday, the Year 4s had a very exciting catapult competition. Catapults were used by Romans 2,000 years ago, medieval knights from centuries earlier, pirates from the piracy era and now, the Year 4 boys at Trinity College. There were homemade wooden catapults of all shapes and sizes, with many boys learning new skills at home like using a power drill, cutting wood and even welding metal! The heats were held on Tuesday to see which catapults would project the marshmallows the furthest. The winners would then make the finals on Wednesday with the Year 5s, 6s and Year 4 parents watching. This competition was an opportunity for the Year 4s to learn about push and pull forces. Congratulations to everyone for trying their best. Well-done to Mitch Borman for winning. Thank you to Mr Maxfield for your enthusiastic commentary.
On Wednesday morning, the boys still had and early sport training despite there being no fixtures on Thursday.
Instead of the normal PSA sport, this week’s interschool event was cross-country at the Aquinas grounds. 30 of our finest runners from Years 4, 5, and 6 gave everything they had to improve their personal times and represent our school. Well-done to all the boys on your awesome effort. A huge thank you to Mr Thompson for the time spent training these amazing boys.
To finish off the week we had a very interesting assembly from the MAXificent class of Year 5 Green. They really put on a great performance, one that we know the students, parents, and Mr MAXfield (AKA Year 5 Green teacher). Well done to all the award winners. The end of the term is drawing near and we’re sprinting into the final lap. It won’t be long now to our well-deserved break. Have a wonderful weekend and stay safe.