The School as a Community

The Trinity family is colourful and varied. We come from different cultural, religious, social and economic backgrounds. We represent a number of races, speak a variety of languages – although we all have English in common – and enjoy all sorts of activities. We have different sporting and academic interests and different levels of skill. Our personalities, habits, preoccupations, and convictions mark us out as individuals.

But one important thing unites us. We are all human beings with an infinite value in the sight of God. As a consequence, we each have the right to be valued as an individual and the responsibility to value others in their turn.

We function as a team or family – and like a family we share common values and beliefs, and encourage one another to use and develop our individual gifts. Our strength does not  spring from forcing people to conform to a rigid stereotype, but rather from appreciating every member’s contribution. In the same way, a team is strengthened when it combines individual talents, but weakened when it requires everyone to be the same.

You are accepted and valued as an individual, whatever your interests, abilities or origins. In turn, we expect you to respect and value your teachers and fellow students, and to extend this respect to those outside the School. You have the right to be valued for who you are. You have the responsibility to value others in turn. You have the right to contribute to Trinity without fear of ridicule or intolerance. You have the responsibility to listen to others and respect their right to make choices and have opinions.

Trinity is what you make it. Mutual respect, understanding, sympathy and generosity of spirit should be our aim in our relationships, while discrimination on the basis of gender, age, sexuality, race or social status must be a thing of the past.