Trinity College proudly announces the appointment of Warrant Officer II Dissanayake D.M.K.G.B as the Central Province Drill Instructor, marking a significant milestone in the history of cadetting at the college. WO II Dissanayake, previously distinguished as Sergeant in 2023, played a pivotal role in Trinity College’s cadet platoon, guiding them to reclaim their participation in the prestigious Hermann Loos Trophy after an extended absence. Beyond this notable success, Warrant Officer II Dissanayake D.M.K.G.B’s appointment as the first Drill Instructor from Trinity College, Kandy, heralds a new era in cadetting. His exemplary leadership and unwavering commitment to excellence have significantly enhanced the training and preparedness of cadets under his tutelage. This appointment not only underscores his dedication but also solidifies Trinity College’s commitment to nurturing disciplined and capable future leaders.
It is with great joy that we share with the Trinity Family this inaugural newsletter of the Trinity College Chapel Restoration Project [CRP] – Preserving for Eternity. Our journey towards restoring and preserving the historical and spiritual significance of our beloved Chapel has officially begun, and we are excited to embark on this transformative endeavor. The restoration represents not just a physical renovation of a building but a revitalization of our pursuit of the Trinity ideal. It is a testimony to our commitment to preserving our shared history spanning over 150 years of excellence for future generations. This newsletter hopes to inform and engage the community in every step of the restoration process. We will share with you the progress, challenges, and triumphs of this monumental venture undertaken with a profound sense of trust in Divine Providence and a commitment to our beloved alma mater. Together, we can preserve our past, enrich our present, and build a future that honors the legacy of our pioneering founders. Thank you for your unwavering support, and we look forward to sharing this remarkable journey with you. Respice Finem Rev. Fr. Araliya Jayasundara OSBPrincipal / Chairperson – CRP: Advisory & Oversite Committee For those wishing to know more about the Chapel Restoration Project, its work, efforts, and updates, or who are willing to support and contribute, please visit /chapel-restoration-project/ or email chapelrestoration@trinitycollege.lk
Reviewed by Theviru Ganewatta The Under 15 basketball tournament is a highlight of the sporting calendar of TCK, bringing together the best teams in the hills to compete for glory. This year’s tournament was a showcase of talent, determination, and sportsmanship, with many memorable moments. Among the standout stories was the U15 Trinity College team that defied the odds to secure a commendable second-place finish (1st Runner up). The Results of the Matches, Quarter Finals Trinity College Vs Poramadulla Central College. Trinity won with a score of 65-16 promoting themselves to the Semi Finals. Semi-Finals Trinity College Vs Weera Mohan Jayamaha National School. The match being arduous, Trinity emerged victorious with a score of 68-48 advancing to the Finals. Finals Trinity College Vs Maliyadewa College, Kurunagala Despite the loss Team TCK gave their best to reach a score of 61-32. Master Savinu Herath was awarded the Best Defensive Player. U15 Trinity College Basketball Team The team is grateful to their Head Coach Mr.Susil Udukumbura, Assistant Coach Mr.Hamza Harish, and Teacher in-charge Mrs.Thanuja Wijerathne, for their continuous support, guidance and assistance which made a significant impact on this success.
Reviewed by Shahrukh Fairooz and Wosanda Malaviarachchi. The heart-racing change from the Ordinary Level (O/L) classes to the Advanced Level (A/L) classes marks a pivotal moment in any student’s academic journey. The leap in academic demand and the depth of subject matter can be overwhelming for every student. To help students overcome these issues, specialized bridging programs are designed and conducted to ease this transition. These programs aim to reinforce not only the key concepts from the O/L curriculum while introducing foundational elements of the Advanced Level (A/L) syllabus, but also develop leadership skills, provide enjoyment, improve other skills, develop creativity and most importantly, pave the way to create the ideal 21st century Trinitian. The program went on for about 1 and a ½ weeks starting from the 27th of May 2024 to the 18th of June 2024, aiming to guide the new batch for the Advanced Level (A/L) classes. The bridging program was successfully held with an astounding participation of 150 students. Throughout these 10 days, 12 programs were held, making sure to equip students with the necessary skills for their new endeavor. This program would not have been successful without the immense support and dedication of Mr. Shiran Sampath, Mr. Kusal Perera, Mr. Prabath Jayathilake, Mr. Wasana Dissanayake, Mr. Dhanushka Warnakulasooriya, the Advanced Level (A/L) Sectional Heads, Master Dulith Cooray and the School Officers’ Guild. The students who took part in this once in a lifetime event resumed their work with refreshed minds, polished skills, and most certainly had little to no hesitation in diving into the new chapter of their academic adventure at Trinity College.
By Chaniru Senhas (Web Content Team) The success of the College Traffic Unit Since its inception, the Trinity College Traffic Control Unit has rendered an invaluable service towards the safety of both students and teachers. Whether it be creating a safe environment for students to carefully cross the road in the morning when entering school, or educating both students and teachers on safety regulations, the Traffic Control Unit makes a strong impact on life at College. Its increasing progress and growing base of enthusiastic students have contributed to its recent success. The Master-in-Charge, Mr. Kamal Rathnayake deserves to be thanked for his unwavering support towards all members of the unit, allowing for its successful activities. Furthermore, each committee member has played a crucial role in ensuring the smooth flow of the club’s activities. Committee Members President – Yenuka Udagedara Vice-President – Stephen Jeffrey Secretary – Senuth Balasuriya Assistant Secretary – Rayan Silva Assistant Treasurer – Nimsara De Mel Media and Web Coordinator – Jovel Perera Assistant Web Coordinator – Stephen Fernando Looking into the Future… In order to improve the skills and enhance the knowledge of the current members, whilst encouraging more young Trinitians to take part, the Traffic Control Unit plans to conduct a workshop on “Traffic Unit Day” in collaboration with the Police Department, to educate students on traffic regulations and safety codes. These future initiatives will ensure the club’s further success and growth, and a safer environment for young Trinitians.
20 July 2024 6.30 PM The Trinity College Choir’s Mind Your Music concert can be considered as a modest attempt to present the Choir’s wide variety of repertoire, incorporating a broad array of music of different styles, genres and eras. This traditional concert itself is recorded to have had its inception in the ’70s, while continuing through the ’80s, ’90s and ’20s as a regular well loved house-full event. In ‘Classics to Chart Hits’, we will celebrate those pieces that are considered Classics, which have earned much respect from the time of their composition but don’t really fall under the modern idea of ‘pop’ songs, all the while managing to remain ‘evergreen’. From Classics we make our way to songs that reached the Top Ten in music charts that still remain in our hearts as Hits.
Dear Students, We are pleased to inform you that the Second Term End Test Timetables for the IGCSE and IAL programmes are now available! The exams will begin on July 22, 2024, and conclude on July 26, 2024. Please make sure you are well-prepared and familiar with the schedule. Please refer to the attached timetables below for examination dates and times. Thank you. Headmaster TCKIQ09 July 2024
සටහන විහන්ග සංගක්කාර ”ජීවිතයට කලාව” සෞන්දර්යාත්මක සංසදය ත්රිත්ව විද්යාලීය නාට්ය සංගමය හා එක්ව සංවිධානය කරනු ලබන ‘අන්තර් නිවාස වේදිකා නාට්ය තරඟාවලිය 2024’ ඉතාමත් උත්කර්ෂවත් අයුරින් ජූලි මස 5 ස් වන දින පාසල් ප්රධාන ශාලාවේ පැවැත්විණ. විද්යාලීය සිසුන්ගේ රඟදැක්වීමේ කුසලතා ඔපනැංවීමට මෙන්ම සැඟවුණු කුසලතා එළිදැක්වීමට මෙම තරඟාවලිය මහත් පිටිවහලක් විය. ජය පරාජය කෙසේ වුවත් කලාවේ සැබෑ නව නළු රසය ප්රේක්ෂකයින් හට මනාව කියා පෑමට සියලු නිවාස සමත් විය. තම නිවාසය භාර ආචාර්ය මණ්ඩලයේ හා වැඩිහිටි සිසුන්ගේ ගුරුහරුකම් ලබමින් මසක පමණ පටන් සියලු නිවාසවල ශිෂ්යයෝ ප්රායෝගික පුහුණුවීම්වල නිරත විය. ඒ ඒ නිවාසයන්ට අයත් ශිෂ්යයන්ගේ උරෙනුර ගැටුණු විශිෂ්ට දක්ෂතාවයන් හමුවේ විනිසුරු මඩුල්ල අවසාන විනිශ්චය ලබා දීමේ දී දැඩි අපහසුතාවයකට පත්වුණු බව පෙනී ගියේ ය. කෙසේ වෙතත් ජය පරාජය තරඟයක ස්වභාවයයි. ඒ අනුව මෙවර අන්තර් නිවාස වේදිකා නාට්ය තරඟාවලියෙහි අවසන් ප්රතිඵල මෙසේය, පළමුවන ස්ථානයෙන් පිදුම් ලැබූ CBH නිවාසය ඉතා අපූරු අයුරින් ජයලත් මනෝරත්න ශූරීන්ගේ “තලමල පිපිලා” වේදිකා නට්ය රඟ දැක්වූයේ ය. Simiththraratchi නිවාසය දෙවන ස්ථානය දිනාගනු ලැබුවේ දායානන්ද ගුණවර්ධනයන්ගේ “නරිබෑනා” නට්ය රඟ දක්වමිනි. ලූෂන් බුලත්සිංහල මහතාගේ “තරාවෝ ඉගිලෙති” නාට්ය රඟ දැක්වූ Lemuel නිවාසය තෙවන ස්ථානය දිනාගනු ලැබුවේ ය. මහාචාර්ය එදිරිවීර සරච්චන්ද්රයන්ගේ “කපුවා කපෝති” නාට්ය රඟ දැක්වූ Garett නිවාසය සතරවන ස්ථානය ලබාගත් අතර පස්වන ස්ථානය ආචාර්ය හෙන්රි ජයසේන විසින් රචිත “හුනුවටයේ කතාව” රඟ දැක්වූ Oorloff නිවාසය හිමි කර ගත්තේය. කිනම් ස්ථානයක් හිමි කර ගත්ත ද සියලු ම නිවාස මනාව තම නාට්යයන් ඉදිරිපත් කල බව විනිසුරු මඩුල්ලේ අවසාන මතය විය. ත්රිත්ව විද්යාලීය අන්තර් නිවාස වේදිකා නාට්ය තරඟාවලිය විනිශ්චය කිරීමට සපැමිණි විනිශ්චය මණ්ඩලය රංග කළාවේ ශ්රේෂ්ඨයින් තිදෙනකුගෙන් සමන්විත වීම ද වැදගත් කරුණකි. පී. සමරවික්රම මහතාණෙනී, තිසර රන්දික අල්විස් මහතාණෙනි, ප්රසාද් වීරසිංහ මහතාණෙනි, ත්රිත්ව විද්යාලය වන අපි ඔබේ කැපවීමට නැවත වරක් තුති පුද කරමු. එමෙන්ම මෙම තරඟාවලියේ සංවිධායක ශ්රේණි ප්රධානී කනිෂ්ක සමරසුන්දර ගුරු පියාණන්ටත්, විෂය සමගාමී ක්රියාකාරකම් භාර වාසනා දිසානායක ගුරු පියාණන්ටත්, විද්යාලීය ඉංග්රීසි නාට්ය සංගමය භාර අස්ලම් මරික්කාර් ගුරු පියාණන් අතුළු මෙම උළෙලෙහි සාර්ථකත්වයට උදව් උපකාර කළ සියලු මහත්ම මහත්මීන් වෙත විද්යාලය තම හද පිරි ප්රණාමය පුද කරයි. කලාවේ මනා රසය පිළිබිඹු කළ මෙම තරඟාවලිය ඉතා සාර්ථක අන්දමින් නිමා විය.
Reviwed by Thisal Rajapakse The Young Inventors’ and Researchers’ Club (YIRC) at Trinity College is a shining example of the College’s dedication to fostering innovation and intellectual growth among its students. Established in 2023, it has rapidly become an integral part of the school community. YIRC held its Annual General Meeting on June 24, 2024, in Napier Hall, to transfer the leadership and other responsibilities of the club to the new committee. The meeting highlighted the club’s past achievements, introduced the incoming committee members, and outlined ambitious plans for the year 2024/2025. Origin The journey of YIRC commenced with the foundation being laid at the end of April and the start of May 2023. By May 22nd, 2023, a solid groundwork was established, leading to the first committee meeting on June 17th, 2023. This meeting marked the official start of the club’s operations. Subsequently, on July 13th, 2023, at the Lakshman Kadirgamar Auditorium, the club held its inaugural meeting, bringing together minds full of ideas and setting the stage for its future. Since that momentous day, our club has thrived, guided by a strong commitment to innovation. With each step forward, we continue to champion the spirit of creativity, leading our school toward a brighter future shaped by research and originality Key Events and Projects Over the past year, YIRC has initiated several significant projects and events: – ALCS Project (June 30, 2023): The Automated Library Circulation System (ALCS) was initiated to modernize the library’s circulation system, streamlining operations and enhancing user experience. – Inquisitive Minds Workshop Series (IMWS) (October 12, 2023, onwards): This ongoing workshop series was designed to foster curiosity and knowledge among students, providing hands-on learning experiences across various disciplines. – Field Visit to the Department of Geography, University of Peradeniya (November 15, 2023): This visit offered members a unique opportunity to engage in university-level research and gain insights into advanced geographical studies. – Research Symposium Preparation Workshops (IMWS) (May 27, 2024): These workshops are organized under Inquisitive Minds Workshop in Collaboration with the Library Council, which aims to prepare members for the Research Symposium, honing their research methodologies, data analysis, and presentation skills. – YIRC FIRST EDITION YIRC launched its first-ever magazine, a collaborative, intellectual product that has documented the history of the club and providing a platform for our members to showcase their skills. This magazine will be a testament to our journey and achievements, published as both limited printed copies and, an online publication by the end of 2024. In addition to these initiatives, YIRC members actively participated in numerous competitions organized by other institutions in the fields of invention, innovation, research, and quizzes, showcasing their talents and determination. The Outgoing Committee The first and outgoing YIRC committee of 2023/24 has laid the foundation for a platform that will continue to nurture the young and innovative minds of Trinitians and foster a strong research culture for years to come. The founding committee members are: – President: Nemindhara Naththarampotha – Secretary: Thusath Dissanayake – Vice President: Pasindu Weththasinghe – Assistant Secretary: Kevin Thomas – Assistant Treasurer: Joshua Shelomith – Media, Website Coordinator: Mark Milhuisen – Event Coordinator: Ravija Wickramaratne – Event Coordinator: Thejan Kirinde – Coordinator: Induwara Jayasuriya Looking to the Future As YIRC transitions to new leadership, the club is determined to continue its positive impact on Trinity College. The new committee is expected to build upon the strong foundation laid by the outgoing team, driving innovation and intellectual growth within the College community. With continued dedication to its mission, YIRC will undoubtedly remain a driving force for fostering young minds and empowering them to achieve greater heights. In conclusion, YIRC’s success is a testament to the dedication of its members, the guidance of its staff advisors, and its commitment to fostering innovation and intellectual curiosity. As we hand over the reins to the new committee, we look forward to seeing YIRC continue to thrive and shape the future of Trinity College.
By Nethula Hettihewage HFCMUN 2024 marks the 8th rendition of the Holy Family Convent Model United Nations conference, a conference of esteemed reputation amongst the MUN circuit in Sri Lanka. Held on the 29th & 30th of June, the conference saw the attendance of many participants from multiple schools from across the country, further emphasising its importance in the MUN circuit The Trinity College Model United Nations club saw great success in the conference, with all participating delegates playing major roles within committee debate and being subject to much appraisal from committee chairs and fellow delegates alike. To much pride, two participating delegates managed to gain awards in the conference. The 2 award winners are: Shaluka Herath – Honorary Mention, United Nations Security Council Nethula Hettihewage – Honorary Mention, United Nations Children’s Fund Current and past TCMUN members also had a massive role to play in the conference as committee chairs, guiding and moderating the committee through their years of experience as TCMUN members, The Chairs are: Sanchitha Wickrama – United Nations Security Council Jayageeth Basnayake – General Assembly 1 All in all, this conference was an exceptional display of talent and excellence from the members of TCMUN but also, a promise of more to come in future conferences.