An Active Student Life
Trinity Catholic College proudly supports our parents and carers as the first educators of their children. We aim to help guide our students to become young people of faith, humility and strong moral character, who know and love Jesus in the way of Mary, and act on this through a firm commitment to social justice and the common good.
Our school House system encourages friendly competition, cooperation , fun and school spirit as a way of strengthening the sense of belonging at school so vital to teenagers as they grow and develop into confident young adults.Our Houses are named in honour of our College patrons, St Marcellin Champagnat ( Champagnat and LaValla Houses) and St Mary of the Cross MacKillop ( MacKillop and Penola Houses), as well as the Venerable Mary Aikenhead (AIkenhead House), foundress of the Sisters of Charity and the revered martyr of the South Pacific, St. Peter Chanel.
Students from years 7 to 12 are encouraged to join in a range of exciting age appropriate activities and learning experiences, both in their classrooms and through involvement in a huge range of co-curricula activities, covering the key areas of religious education and faith life, social justice initiatives, supporting disadvantaged members of our community through service and helping at local Catholic nursing homes, retirement villages and primary schools.
Our Year 7 and 8 students can join the popular Pope Francis Award program to make a practical contribution to the local community and older students can take part in the Marist Game Changers youth program from Year 9. Additionally, the College offers many opportunities for faith development through evangelization days, reflection days, supervised youth nights, and most importantly, regular Mass and Reconciliation through the support of our wonderful parish priests.
Sport is another area of great opportunity for our students with a huge range of individual and team sports offered across Sydney Catholic Schools, providing for opportunities for representative honours playing for the college, as well as pathways for students with a talent in a specific sport.
Cultural pursuits are also a lively feature of our school community, with a proud tradition of participation and success in the Catholic Schools Debating and Public Speaking competitions, Marist Oratory, Sydney Catholic Schools Eisteddfods and Performances, the Cardinal Clancy Art Competition and the annual Sydney Catholic Schools Religious Art Prize.
Whilst we are a two campus school, we are very much one community. Our year 10 students work closely with Year 7 to help them make a successful transition to high school though our peer support program and students take part in extensive orientation programs at each stage of transition; on joining Year 7, when entering year 9 at the Auburn campus and when moving to senior studies in Year 11. Additionally, we offer and expect students to take part in camps in Year 7 and 9 and a retreat in 12, providing them with challenging new experiences in well supervised, safe and disciplined environments.
In each classroom, our teachers empower our students to organise themselves for daily school life by giving them the tools they need to succeed. Students learn to become independent, confident learners though explicit teaching and active learning with a strong emphasis on literacy, particularly reading and writing, which sets them up to achieve their goals and aspirations.
Literacy is foundational to teaching and learning at Trinity and all students can expect to be challenged and supported to develop their skills in reading, writing, listening and speaking across all of their courses of study, from Year 7 through to the completion of the HSC.