Trinity Anglican School
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{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}
{{primary sources|date=January 2011}}
{{Infobox school
| name = Trinity Anglican School
| image =
| caption = Trinity Anglican School (White Rock Senior) front gate (ca 2019)
| seal_image = File:Trinity_Anglican_School_Seal.svg
| seal_alt = Trinity Anglican School Seal
| motto = {{langx|la|Docentes Omnia Servare}}
| motto_translation = Teaching them to observe all things
| established = 1983
| chairman = Trent Twomey
| principal = Paul Sjogren
| type = Independent
| city = Cairns, Queensland
| country = Australia
| coordinates = {{coord|16|58|44|S|145|44|42|E|display=inline,title}}
| campuses = Kewarra Beach & White Rock
| enrolment = 1,062 (2023)
| colours = White, green, grey
| homepage = {{URL|http://www.tas.qld.edu.au}}
| religious_affiliation = Anglican
}}
Trinity Anglican School (TAS) is an independent, Anglican, co-educational, P-12 school, located in the Cairns suburb of White Rock, in Far North Queensland, Australia.{{Cite web |title=Trinity Anglican School (White Rock) {{!}} Department of Education |url=https://schoolsdirectory.eq.edu.au/Details/5447 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240823202420/https://schoolsdirectory.eq.edu.au/Details/5447 |archive-date=2024-08-23 |access-date=2024-08-23 |website=Schools Directory}}{{Cite web |title=Trinity Anglican School, Cairns QLD {{!}} Private Schools Guide |url=https://privateschoolsguide.com/trinity-anglican-school-cairns-qld |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240823202957/https://privateschoolsguide.com/trinity-anglican-school-cairns-qld |archive-date=2024-08-23 |access-date=2024-08-23 |website=privateschoolsguide.com |language=en-gb}}{{Cite web |title=ACARA Data Access Program - School Profile 2023 |url=https://dataandreporting.blob.core.windows.net/anrdataportal/Data-Access-Program/School%20Profile%202023.xlsx |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240501085934/https://dataandreporting.blob.core.windows.net/anrdataportal/Data-Access-Program/School%20Profile%202023.xlsx |archive-date=2024-05-01 |access-date=2024-08-23 |website=Australian Curriculum Assessment And Reporting Authority}} It is administered by Independent Schools Queensland, with an enrolment of 1,062 students and a teaching staff of 88, as of 2023. The school serves students from Prep to Year 12, over three campuses set over two grounds. TAS White Rock caters for students from Kindergarten through to Year 12, and TAS Kewarra Beach serves students from Kindergarten to Year 6.{{Citation needed|date=March 2025}}
History
In 2015, TAS White Rock opened the Science Technology Engineering Mathematics (STEM) building (S-Block) designed by Charles Wright Architects, for students in Years 7 to 12.{{cite web |last1=O'Brien |first1=Kevin |title=Trinity Anglican School Science Building |url=https://architectureau.com/articles/trinity-anglican-school-science-building/ |website=ArchitectureAU |access-date=23 August 2021 |language=en |date=28 Feb 2017|id=Article originally published in the Architecture Australia journal, July 2016}} The White Rock campus' also have the first Olympic-sized swimming pool in Cairns, completed in 2000. TAS White Rock is currently undergoing a comprehensive renovation programme of the older classrooms to bring it into line with that of the recent Science Block.{{Citation needed|date=March 2025}}
Houses
Trinity Anglican School, in a tradition common to many schools in Britain and Commonwealth countries, has a house system that groups students across age- and academic-levels for certain co-curricular activities.{{cite magazine|last1=Tongue |first1=David |title=The House System: a typically British educational institution. (Editorial) |url=https://www.relocatemagazine.com/articles/education-the-house-system-a-typically-british-educational-institution |access-date=23 August 2021 |magazine=Relocate Magazine |id=www.relocatemagazine.com online |date=23 September 2016}}{{cite journal |last1=Green |first1=Daniel G. |title=Welcome to the House System |journal=Educational Leadership |date=April 2006 |volume=63 |issue=7 |pages=64–67 |url=https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ745589 |access-date=23 August 2021 |language=en |issn=0013-1784 |id=EJ745589}} Cultural, academic, and sporting activities are, in-part, channeled and encouraged through house involvement, and achievement rewarded by group recognition. The four houses of TAS and their corresponding colours are, Leichhardt – yellow / gold; Mulligan – red; Kennedy – green; and Dalrymple – blue. They are named after four prominent explorers.{{Citation needed|date=March 2025|reason=citations provided are about the house system, but not about whether this school has a house system}}
Alumni
Catriona Gray, the winner of Miss Universe 2018, was a student at Trinity Anglican School.{{Cite web |title=Filipino-Australian Catriona Gray crowned Miss Universe 2018 |url=https://www.sbs.com.au/language/filipino/en/article/filipino-australian-catriona-gray-crowned-miss-universe-2018/5d8amdpt9 |access-date=2025-03-26 |website=SBS Language |language=en-au}}
See also
References
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External links
- [http://www.tas.qld.edu.au/ Trinity Anglican School]
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Category:Anglican schools in Queensland
Category:Educational institutions established in 1983
Category:High schools in Queensland
Category:Junior School Heads Association of Australia Member Schools