Student Insider

In our lives, we often look at the big things. The achievements we see as markers of our worth, our performance if you will. And ultimately, what we will be remembered for. And yes, in Roxeth, our student-led newsletter, we’ve featured the finals of our basketball, soccer and footy finals, where the whole school came together in support; the House Performing Arts Festival (HPAF), where months of hard work culminated on stage; and countless other achievements worth celebrating… But over the course of this year, some of the best parts of student life have been found in everything surrounding those moments.

At the Maths Games Days, Trinity students achieved outstanding results, with our Year 7 team placing third overall and our Year 8 team being crowned champions. At the Battle of the Books Competition, ten students combined their knowledge to finish third, narrowly behind Scotch and MLC. Throughout the year, students have represented the school across sport, debating, music, competitions and countless other activities, contributing to the wider Trinity community in diverse ways.

Yet what often goes unnoticed is what makes these achievements possible.

It is the teammate who stays behind to help pack up, ensuring that they maintain the perfect conditions for everyone to thrive. The older student who gives advice to someone competing for the first time. The friend cheering louder than anyone even though they are not the one receiving the medal. It is students and staff giving up lunchtimes for rehearsals, training sessions, meetings and causes they care about, often without expecting recognition in return.

Perhaps that is what contributing to something greater than ourselves actually looks like at school. It does not always require a grand gesture. More often, it is simply choosing to participate, to help and to care about the people around us.

Working on Roxeth gives us a particularly interesting view of this. Every week, our inbox fills with stories from across Trinity: achievements worth celebrating, certainly, but also examples of students volunteering, creating, competing, performing and supporting one another. Individually, they can seem like small snapshots. Put together, however, they tell a much bigger story.

School is ultimately a community that we inherit for only a few years. What makes it meaningful is what each of us chooses to add to it while we are here.

And judging by what we have had the privilege of documenting lately, Trinity students have been adding quite a lot.