Principal's Message

EREA School Renewal Process

 

 

As a school, we are required to undergo a regular and detailed process of ‘Renewal’. This School Renewal Process for Trinity has been ongoing throughout the year and has included the completion of comprehensive student survey data and the provision of reports that addressed particular areas of the EREA Charter . Last week, the Renewal Process culminated in a three day visit by the EREA School Renewal Team (some of which occurred online).  I look forward to sharing the final Renewal Report and the various commendations and recommendations when it is formally ratified early next year. However, the preliminary report certainly acknowledged our strong strategic improvement in recent years and hinted at our need to focus on more capital planning in the future.

 

At Trinity College, the Touchstones lay at the heart of our Mission -To offer innovative learning opportunities in a safe and nurturing environment which empowers our young men to realise their potential. As a Catholic College founded on the traditions of the Blessed Edmund Rice, his example of solidarity with all people challenges us to live out the message of care and inclusion. In partnership with parents, we hold high expectations for the young men in our care and we seek to provide a breadth of learning opportunities in a safe and caring environment, enabling academic growth, pride in their College and a commitment to serve others, both nowand in the future.

 

An education at Trinity should challenge our students to be independent thinkers with the courage and persistence to confront injustice in our society.  It should challenge them to stand against the mediocrity so often prevalent in popular culture and encourage our young men to discover what has true worth in this world and to place real and ongoing value upon it. To foster this development, the College encourages a culture of critical thinking, resilience, selflessness, accountability, inclusivity and awareness of their role in stewardship, concepts that are clearly articulated in the Touchstones.

 

To be effective in the formation of Men for Others, the Touchstones are designed to be active values with a view to becoming more deeply embedded in the students' understanding of their own self and identity. That is, the Touchstones are engaging and dynamic which, when placed within an environment that is nurturing and supportive, encourages students to develop the confidence to immerse themselves into a way of being and thinking that seeks the good for others and ultimately themselves. Such experience can often be challenging and sometimes confronting, but the inevitable outcome is a deeper understanding and more authentic compassion and empathy for ‘the other’.

 

Live Jesus in our hearts