Trinity College, Gawler

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Trinity College Gawler
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Trinity College, Gawler
Gawler

South Australia

Australia
Coordinates 34°38′00″S138°44′09″E / 34.633336°S 138.735850°E / -34.633336; 138.735850
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Type Independent, co-educational, day
MottoIn God Is My Faith
Religious affiliation(s)Christian
Denomination Anglican Church of Australia
Established1984
ChairDr. Ken Heath
Head of CollegeNick Hately
ChaplainRev'd David MacGillivray
Enrolment(K–12) [1]
Campus Suburban
Colour(s)White, navy, red & yellow
Affiliations Sports Association for Adelaide Schools
Guinness World RecordLargest game of heads or tails
Reconciliation Action Plan2022/023 Approved
Website www.trinity.sa.edu.au

Trinity College, previously known as Trinity College Gawler, is an Anglican, K–12, co-educational, day school in the northern suburbs of Adelaide, South Australia.

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Established in 1984, [2] Trinity College caters for approximately 4,000 students over five schools in Evanston South, Angle Vale, and Blakeview, with a sixth planned to open in Roseworthy in 2024 [3]

Students from the College have been successful in the Rock Eisteddfod Challenge (3rd in the small school section in 2004), the Tournament of Minds (2003 Secondary Division in Maths Engineering) and the Wakakirri competition, with Gawler River earning a 1st place in the division one section for new schools and South receiving 1st in the division three section. Trinity College is also home to the BaCoNeers, a FIRST Tech Challenge robotics team. [4]

History

Trinity College was formed at St Georges Church, Church Hill, Gawler, when a group of parish parents wanted a better place for their children to learn. The first class was held in the parish hall, before moving to its now current location in Evanston South. In 1994, the college purchased 2.16 square kilometres of bushland and created the Blackham Environmental and Conservation Centre.

In 1995 the Trinity College Foundation was formed with a Board of 11 volunteer members and became incorporated in 1996.

STARplex is a business adjacent to the senior campus, owned and operated by Trinity College. Opened in 2000, the centre has four multi-purpose courts, one 25m and one small indoor heated swimming pools, gymnasium, café, theatre, and conference rooms. The facility offers sports, training, arts and recreational services.

The "Trinity Innovation and Creativity School" was opened in early 2020 and contains an art gallery, podcast studios, green rooms, 360 degree projection room, multiple classrooms, design studios and a sunken gallery with a large screen. In 2021 it was announced the school would be teaching students to create VR content as a partner in a project with Pembroke and SEDA College, with the schools working with Newcastle University to run a year-long trial in VR content creation. [5]

The College plans to open a sixth school at Roseworthy in 2024.

Alumni

Criticism

In 2021 an incident of alleged racism occurred involving two Trinity College Senior schoolgirls, who were reported to have lynched a black baby doll. [12] [13] A white doll was also mistreated. [12] Although an investigation by the school found the incident to not be racially motivated, the school acknowledged that "not having a racist intent does not mean the impact is not racist" and suspended seven students over the incident. [14]

Headmasters

Schools

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Planned:

Extracurricular Offerings

Trinity College offers the following extracurricular activities to its students:

  • Art Club
  • Athletics
  • Bands/Ensembles
  • Basketball
  • Cattle Club
  • Choirs
  • College Musical
  • Cricket
  • Dance
  • Engineering and Robotics
  • Equestrian
  • Football (AFL)
  • Goat Club
  • Gymnastics
  • Hockey
  • Lion Dancing
  • Netball
  • Soccer
  • Softball
  • Swimming
  • Tennis
  • Tournament of Minds

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  2. ↑ "Trinity College | History Timeline | Private School Northern Adelaide". Trinity College. Retrieved 22 October 2022.
  3. ↑ "Trinity College". Trinity College. Retrieved 22 October 2022.
  4. ↑ "Engineering & Robotics". Trinity College. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
  5. ↑ Chris, Russell (7 December 2021). "SA schools to teach students how to create VR projects". The Advertiser. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
  6. ↑ Szymanski, Stefan; Wigmore, Tim (26 May 2022). Crickonomics: The Anatomy of Modern Cricket: Longlisted for the Cricket Society and MCC Book of the Year Award 2023. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN   978-1-4729-9277-2.
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  8. ↑ "Our Sporting Life SA Ambassador Ryan Harris". oursportinglifesa. Retrieved 2 January 2023.
  9. ↑ Turner, Matt (20 April 2016). "Adelaide's Chelsea Jaensch had seven years away from athletics – now she is heading to the Rio Olympics". The Courier-Mail . Retrieved 2 January 2023.
  10. ↑ "Hately's first run in Crows colours". The Bunyip. 3 March 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2023.
  11. ↑ "Tomorrow's Heroes: School captain with senior footy experience". afl.com.au. 20 November 2018. Retrieved 2 January 2023.
  12. 1 2 Chapman, Alex (25 February 2021). "Trinity College students film themselves appearing to hang black baby doll from tree with their hats". 7 News. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
  13. ↑ Blakkarly, Jarni (27 February 2021). "Elite South Australian private school issues apology after laughing students were filmed 'lynching' black doll". SBS News. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
  14. ↑ Sambul, Najma (26 February 2021). "Laughing Students Filmed Hanging Black Doll From Tree". Huffington Post Australia. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
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