TERM 3

WEEK 1

19th July

2017

TERM 3

WEEK 2

Friday 28th July

MASS

Year 2

No RECONCILIATION

SORRY SERVICE

Grade 1 C

ASSEMBLY

Grade 5 L

WEEK 3

Friday 4th August

MASS

Year 1

No RECONCILIATION

NO SORRY SERVICE

ASSEMBLY

Grade 5 F

Dear Parents,

Have you ever wondered what you may be up to in the year 2029? What the world may look like then? Who will be the superpowers? What will transport be? What technology will be available to us? How big will Melbourne be? What employment will be available? Which of the current jobs will not exist and what new jobs will there be? What will the housing affordability be like?

Why 2029? What is the particular relevance of that year? 2029 is the year that this year’s Foundation students will graduate secondary school.

We are preparing our students for a world that will look vastly different to today. The world is changing at a rapid rate and we are preparing children for the unknown. How do we do this? It is about helping children to be able to collaborate, synthesise, problem solve, goal set, strategise, communicate, regulate, have a strong faith, negotiate, take ownership of their actions and behaviours and have the necessary literacy, numeracy and ICT skills to negotiate this ever changing world.

As I walked around Trinity this week I saw children engaged in learning tasks within very contemporary, collaborative and flexible learning spaces. Students that are encouraged to take ownership of their learning and use their knowledge of Choice Theory to help them negotiate and create healthy relationships with others and manage their own emotions and behaviour. Coding of robots was occurring in the Discovery Centre, providing children with the opportunity to challenge themselves and develop their ICT skills well beyond what we could have even imagined only 5 years ago. In the Art Room the children were developing their visual art skills whilst PE was building their health and fitness. Performing Arts was allowing the children the opportunity to express themselves and other students were selecting books from the Library for the Premiers Reading Challenge. Students were engaged in Guided Reading Groups and problem solving in Mathematics in preparation for the Australian Mathematics Competition, which some students will be participating in tomorrow. Students and their families fully supported the St. Vincent de Paul ‘Vinnies’ Winter appeal last Friday with their generous donations of blankets, gloves and items for families in need. The opportunities provided to the children here at Trinity are all created within the context of our main goal, equipping students with the necessary skills to successfully negotiate a very new, exciting and challenging future. School should look different now to what it did when we were at school because we are living in a very different world. We are developing the children for their future, not our past.

TRINITY CATHOLIC PRIMARY SCHOOL

NEWSLETTER

PRINCIPAL — Mr Simon Dell’Oro

103-129 Oakgrove Drive, Narre Warren South 3805

Email: info@trinitynarre.catholic.edu.au

Phone: 03 9704 1970 Web: www.trinitynarre.catholic.edu.au Fax: 03 9704 1780

Trinity Catholic Primary School is committed to providing an education that develops the whole person.

We believe that the social, emotional, moral, spiritual and physical wellbeing of our students

is pivotal to student health, safety, learning and success.

Semester Two Student Leaders

Congratulations to Rafaela and Evan (6C), Ella and Aaron (6G) and Yejin and Dylan (6EB) who were selected by their peers as the Semester Two School Leaders.

Congratulations also to Grace, Rose, Sophie, Vir, Breanna, Greian, Ashwin and Tyler who were selected as the Semester Two Technology Crew. We wish these students all the best as they take on their new leadership role.

Sr. Joy

Last week Sr. Joy tendered her resignation at Trinity to allow her the time to concentrate on her health. Sr. Joy continues to undergo treatment and is being well looked after by the Presentation Sisters. On behalf of everyone at Trinity I thank her for her efforts at Trinity over the years and I wish her all the very best with her recovery. Sr. Joy hopes to visit Trinity when she is well enough, until then she has asked that her privacy be respected. If you would like to send a card to Joy please hand it in at the Office and we will pass it on.

Pastoral Care / Playgroup / Cook-Ups

The following arrangements are in place to cover the areas that Sr. Joy looked after:

Pastoral Care – Kathryn Pepper’s role is Student Support and Religious Education Leader. This includes the responsibility of Pastoral Care.

Playgroup – Will continue on Tuesday mornings with Dianna Woolf. Cook-Ups – Sr. Joy would regularly organise cook-ups to provide freezer meals that

can be accessed by those families in need. Thanks to Kerryn Cerchiaro (President Parents and Friends) who has volunteered to take on this role. Her first cook-up was yesterday and Luisa Locandro, Julie Maddocks, Melissa Yong and Jo Knezevic assisted her. I thank them for their efforts. If you know of families that could use this assistance could you please contact Kathryn Pepper.

Second Hand Uniform Shop – Thanks to Lisa Ferracane who has offered to run the uniform shop in the Readman Hall. More details of opening times in this newsletter.

Insight SRC

Each year at Trinity we ask staff, students and parents complete an Insight SRC survey that gives us feedback on our performance. We use this feedback to inform our future planning. All grade 3-6 students will complete the survey and we will be randomly selecting 60 families. The survey can be completed online or as a hardcopy, all responses are anonymous. Directions on how to complete the survey are contained within the package.

Excursion

Yesterday our Grade 2 students enjoyed an excursion to CERES investigating animals and plants as part of their Earth Science and Design Technologies unit. Thanks to the teachers for organising the extra-curricular activity for the students.

RE Staff Spirituality Professional Learning Day & Morning Mass with Fr. Brendan

On Monday, Trinity staff participated in their RE Staff Spirituality Day with Sr. Rose Duffy and Rose-Marie Prosser. The day focused on exploring Jesus in the Gospels and recontextualising the Gospel messages through our RE teaching and learning and through our thoughts and actions. Today, staff celebrated morning Mass with Fr. Brendan at 7.45 am. This was our first Staff Mass in the Trinity Chapel and we are very fortunate to have a sacred space for our school community. We thank Fr. Brendan for his time and leading us in prayer this morning.

Book Fair

Thank you to all students and families who purchased books at the Trinity Book Fair last week. Due to the amount of book purchases, Trinity now has in excess of $1,500 in commission to spend at Lamont Books. Thanks to Kath Gatehouse for her great effort in setting up and running of the Book Fair.

BOOK CLUB ORDERS

Due on MONDAY 7th AUGUST 2017

Please ensure your child’s name and class is on the top of the order form.

It is very difficult to find the own of the order without a name.

Thank you for your help.

2017 SCHOOL FEES

The statement for Term 3 school fees has been sent home with students this week.

All outstanding fees to be paid immediately.

If you are having difficulties please contact the office.

Payments can be made by Cash, BPay, Cheque and EFTPOS.

BPay transcation amounts are : Maximum $1000.00 and Minimum $50.00.

Payments for school fees can be made in instalments. Direct Debit forms are available from the office.

Book Week

Book Week will be on the 21st to the 25th of August. Our Book Week Dress Up Day will be Thursday the 24th August. The 2017 Book Week Theme is Escape to Everywhere. More information on Book Week and the Children’s Book Council of Australia short listed books can be found at:

https://cbca.org.au/cbca-childrens-book-week

Staff Long Service Leave

We welcome back Kazuya after his LSL and thank Jaimilee Marsden teaching Japanese whilst Kazuya was away. Nicole Cahill (PE) will be away for the next two weeks on LSL, Dianna Woolf and Di Wilkinson, will take PE during this time.

Evacuation Drill

As part of our Emergency Management Plan we will hold an Emergency Evacuation Drill next Monday 31st July. This practice evacuation drill will provide staff and students with the opportunity to move to our safe assembly area from our learning and administration spaces.

Regards,

Simon Dell’Oro

Principal

Religious Education News

TRINITY COOK UP Yesterday was the first “Cook Up” for this year to help our school families in need. A BIG thank you to the

wonderful volunteers that gave up their time to cook and freeze the meals. If anyone knows of any families that could benefit from the meals maybe because of an illness, a new baby, financial hardship etc please

contact the school.

IMPORTANT DATES FOR TERM 3 Father’s Day Breakfast Tues 29th August Confirmation Enrolment Night Thurs 24th Aug 7:30 Official Opening of Refurbished Buildings Tue 19th Sept 10am Footy Day Fri 22nd Sept

FIRST COMMUNION CELEBRATIONS Saturday 29th July @ 6pm Sunday 30th July @ 11am Saturday 12h August @ 6pm Sunday 13th August @ 11am Saturday 23rd September @ 6pm Sunday 24th September @ 11am Please pray for our students who are preparing for the

sacrament of First Communion

16th SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Matthew 13:24-30

Reflection

God created us, loves us and forgives us when we sin. He wants us to be kind to each other. Jesus tells us about his kingdom. This kingdom is not just something that is to come. The signs of the kingdom are around us now, and can be seen in the goodness and kindness of people.

Possible discussion Who has seen weeds in a garden? What is the difference between a weed and a plant? When you care for a plant, the weeds still grow. In today’s Gospel, what did the farmer do when he found weeds in his crop? The farmer did not want to damage the good crop by destroying the weeds God is like the farmer. What are the good things God looks for in us? We pray that the Spirit helps the good in us to grow.

ST VINNIES WINTER APPEAL A BIG thank you to all the students and families that supported the St Vinnies Winter Appeal last Friday. Together we raised about $250 dollars and filled many bags with clothes and blankets to be donated. Your generosity is greatly appreciated.

Kathryn Pepper REL/ Student Support

Choice Theory (Trinity’s approach to supporting students to understand their behaviour)

At Trinity, we are continuing to explore Choice Theory as a way for students to understand their behaviour and how to manage themselves both in good times and bad. Choice Theory states that all behaviour is communication and that it is our best attempt to get what we want. In the process, we may break laws, disregard rules and hurt others but those are really just side effects of doing the best we know how to get our needs met. We are all doing our best—some of us simply have better tools, resources and behaviours at our disposal than others. Choice Theory focuses on assisting our students to build resilience, enabling them to identify how they are feeling, why they are feeling that way and what they can do to manage these feelings. It also emphasises the importance of building positive relationships with each other. Choice theory provides us with “Seven Caring Habits” and “Seven Deadly Habits” that affect our relationships with others. Underlying these habits is the extent to which we are attempting to control others with our behaviours. We are ultimately responsible for pushing people further away through our words and actions or making our relationships stronger. We are happiest in relationships where we are able to satisfy our basic needs, feel supported and loved, and feel that the other person is not trying to control us.

Take a moment to reflect on your own lives……. Where do you find yourself sitting when it comes to relationships with the important people in your lives?

Why do you think this is so? What deadly habit could you possibly attempt to change in order to make your relationships stronger?

Will what I say or do bring us closer together (Caring Habits) or Will it push us further apart? (Deadly Habits).

William Glasser

If you would like more information about Choice Theory, please do not hesitate to contact the school.

Kathryn Pepper REL/ Student Support

SEASONS FOR GROWTH PROGRAM Dear Parents, Trinity is offering an Australian educational program called Seasons for Growth for children in our school who may have experienced a death in the family, moving house, serious illness, family separation or another form of change. Loss and grief are issues which affect all of us at some stage in our lives. Learning to deal effectively with these issues is central to personal well being and happiness. Unresolved grief can also affect a student’s learning. The Seasons for Growth program explores issues such as change, loss, managing feelings, coping strategies and support networks with children. Seasons is a small group, eight session program. Sessions run for 30 - 45 minutes. Targeted programs have been developed for children in Junior, Middles and Senior Levels. It is recommended for greatest effectiveness, that students participate in Seasons from between 6-12 months after the experience of loss. We are looking to commence a Junior Seasons group (years 1&2), a Middle group (years 3 & 4) and a Senior group (years 5&6) during Term 3 and 4. The groups will be facilitated by myself, as I have undergone training in this program. If you believe the Seasons for Growth Program would assist your son or daughter, we encourage you to talk to them about this program. Should he/she decide to participate please fill in the permission form below and return it to the school by Friday 28th July. If you would like to discuss this program further, I am happy to speak with you. Once expressions of interest are received, I will contact you to let you know the viability of running the programs and which school term it will be facilitated in.

Trinity is pleased to be able to offer this important program and we are confident that it will be a valuable learning experience for those involved.

Yours sincerely Kathryn Pepper Religious Education / Student Support

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Seasons for Growth Education Program for Children 2017

I……………………………………………………..give consent for my child/ren (name and grade) ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… to participate in the Seasons for Growth education program. I have discussed this with him/ her. Parent/Guardian signature: __________________________________

Items in bold type will be school closure days or extremely important dates.

SCHOOL CALENDAR blue will indicate new items added to the Calendar that week.

Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun

24 SCHOOL CLOSURE DAY

STAFF RE

25 Yr 2 Excursion

Carnival Committee 7pm

26 27

Aust Maths comp

28

Yr 6 Sport St Catherines (H)

29 30

31

JULY 2017

AUGUST 2017

Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun

1 Yr 5 & 6 Incursion

Graffitti

2

Prep Incursion Seaweed sally

3 4

Yr 6 Sport

St Agathas (H)

5 6

7

Book Club Due

8 9 District Athletics

10 11 Yr 6 Sport

St Thomas (A)

12 13

14 15 16 17 Yr 3 Excursion IMAX

18

Yr 6 Sport BYE

19 20

21 22

Yr 6 Incursion Orienteering

23

Prep Incursion

Reptiles

24

Book Week Dress Up Day

25

St Catherines (A)

26 27

28 29

Father’s Day Breakfast

30

Fathers Day Stall

31

SEPTEMBER 2017

Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun

1

St Agatha’s (A)

2 3

4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Happy Birthday

to the following children who are celebrating their birthday this week.

24th JULY TAVISHI

26th JULY OLIVER

28th JULY RYDER

29th JULY BLAKE

30th JULY MELISSA

A reminder to all our wonderful classroom helpers.

If you are helping in the classroom first thing in the morning you must sign in at the office to receive a swipe card to enable you to leave the school after the gates have been locked.

If you are asked by your child’s teacher to stay, please come and sign in move your car from the carpark—if necessary and then return to class to help.

The safety of all students and staff is our priority and we thank you for your

co-operation.

INTER SCHOOL SPORT

In term 3, Year 6 students will be participating in the local Catholic Schools Sports Association interschool sports competition on Friday afternoons. The sports the children will be participating in are Football, Netball and Newcombe. A letter has been sent home with students outlining all the details.

Permission forms will be required to be signed by parents for each away game.

If you are able to help in any way, with coaching or umpiring please contact your child’s teacher.

Round 1 Trinity V St Catherine’s at home Games start at 1.00pm.

Spectators are very welcome on the day.

AUSTRALIAN MATHEMATICS COMPETITION

Tomorrow Thursday 27th July,125 students from levels 3—6 will be participating in

The Australian Mathematics Competition.

This will be held here at Trinity from 9am—1pm.

We wish all student well in this competition.

Students were given a practise test to do over the holidays. To further help your child if they are participating in the competition, you could go over this test with them.

Next P & F Meeting:

Monday 4th September

TRINITY PARENTS & FRIENDS

NEWSLETTER

Committee Members General

President Kerryn Cerchiaro Anastasia Barker

Vice President Chrs Brember Natasha Ferreras

Secretary Lisa Ferracane Kate Henderson

Asst Secretary Mirelle Van Duin Joanne Knezevic

Treasurer Michelle Hofman Rachael Manley

Asst Treasurer Chantal Fischer Jessica McLardi

Board Rep Lisa Ferracane Claudia Sajeba

Melissa Yong

FATHERS DAY STALL

Our Fathers Day Stall will be held on Wednesday 30th August 2017.

Fathers Day stall forms will be sent home early in August.

If you can help out at the stall on the day, simply fill in the section on the form before returning to school and you will be contacted by either Chris or Anastasia.

FATHERS DAY RAFFLE

The Fathers Day Raffle will be drawn at assembly on Friday 1st September 2017.

Raffle tickets will be sent home in early August.

If you have any items you would like to donate towards our raffle, please leave them at the school office, and Jo Knezevic will collect.

SECOND HAND UNIFORM SHOP

Thank you to Lisa Ferracane who has kindly offered to supervise our Second Hand Uniform shop during the following times :-

Wednesday 3.00pm—3.30pm

Thursday 8.30am—9.00am & 3.00pm—3.30pm

Lisa will be able to help you find the size you need.

The uniform shop will be open before and after school on Monday, Tuesday, Friday and Wednesday morning unsupervised.

You are welcome to browse, select and then come to the office to pay for your items.

We ask that the room stay tidy for others to use as follows :-

Please leave the coathangers in the container provided.

Plastic bags available in tub

Price list on the wall

Payment to be made to Lisa on the above days or to the office - Cash only

All clothes are to be left either folded or hanging in size order

We thank you for your support and all funds received go toward the “Cook Up” supporting our Trinity School Families.

PRICE LIST

Winter Tunics $5.00

Jackets $5.00

Jumpers $2.00

Summer Dresses $2.00

All T Shirts $2.00

Track Pants $2.00

Trousers $2.00

Waterproof Jacket $ 4.00

If you are unable to attend on your allocated day please contact another person on the roster. In the event you are not able to swap contact Tracey Sligar 9704 1970.

Thank you for your help and support of our children and our school .

DATE 8.45 - 10.30 approx 11.45 – 1.15 approx

27th JULY Annie Lacey Sherie O’Meara

3rd AUGUST Maie Drew Lisa Cini

10th AUGUST Ivana Mioni Kate Henderson

17th AUGUST Amanda Mair Gus Powell

24th AUGUST Tim Sebestyen Adele Pettenuzzo

31st AUGUST Kerryn Cerchiaro Anastasia Barker

7th SEPTEMBER Karina Anand Mariane Mikhael

14th SEPTEMBER Mariette El Khoury Daniela Cini

21st SEPTEMBER Walter Burston Lisa Whittaker

CANTEEN ROSTER -

TERM 3

Woolworths Earn & Learn 2017

Woolworths Earn & Learn commences today and ends on Tuesday the 19th of September 2017. If you or any friends or family shop at Woolworths, please make sure you receive your stickers and place them on the sticker sheet which is available from Woolworths stores or the school office. Completed sheets may then be placed in the collection box located in the school Atrium. As mentioned last week, at the end of the promotion, we will be able to get some great new equipment. The range is extensive and offers lots of items ideal for our students – including resources for Maths, English, Science and some fantastic fun supplies for Arts & Craft, Sport and for our library. If you would like to know more, please visit woolworths.com.au/earnandlearn Thank you for your support.

ABSENCE FROM SCHOOL In the case of illness a phone call in the morning on the day they are absent.

If you are going on holidays or your child will be away for an extended period you must advise in writing BEFORE you leave.

Thank you.

CHILD SAFE STANDARDS WORKING WITH CHILDREN

Trinity has zero tolerance towards child abuse and is therefore committed to complying with the Victorian Child Safe Standards and Ministerial Order 870. All parents/Guardians wishing to help in the classroom, canteen or attend excursions MUST have completed the PARENT HELPER WORKSHOP and hold a current WORKING WITH CHILDREN CARD.

Further details are available from the school office. All parent/guardian helpers must sign in at the office before proceeding to the classrooms. Your current Working with Children card must be displayed at all times when working in the classrooms and attending excursions.

A reminder to all Parents/Carers, supervision by School Staff begins at 8.30am before school and after school only at the drop

off area until 3.30pm.

Please observe and supervise your children, as they play on the equipment.

Thank you for your co-operation

TRINITY CAR PARK ETIQUETTE For greater safety and visibility, we are requesting that all

drivers reverse park into the marked bays.

Thank you all who use the pedestrian crossing area. You are demonstrating to your children correct road safety practices. Once children cross the pedestrian crossing into the parking area, they, for their safety, need to be placed into vehicles promptly. The car park is NOT a meeting area.

The lane around the edge of the car park (closest to the oval) are for vehicles waiting to pick children up from the Pick-up Zone ONLY.

The two parking bays closest to the office path are the PICK-UP ZONES. These are NO STANDING zones. I f your children are not ready to get into your car as you pull up to the pick-up zone, you must continue on and rejoin the end of the pick-up queue.

There is NO RIGHT TURN when exiting the car park. All vehicles must turn left for the safety of others and to maintain traffic flow.

THE GATES CLOSE AT 9.00am AND RE-OPEN AT 3.00pm. Occasionally they might re-open slightly later due to school activities.

Thank you for your patience and consideration of others.

SCHOOL BOARD

board@trinitynarre.catholic. edu.au

Ex-officio:

Fr. Brendan Hogan

Principal

Simon Dell’Oro

School Representative:

Maria Scarton

Georgegina Nettleingham

Parish Representative:

Denise Ryan

Pastoral Coordinator:

Sister Joy

Chairperson: Scott McLardie

Secretary: Lisa Fabien

P & F Rep: Lisa Ferracane

Parent Representatives:

Tania Johnson

Chantal Fischer

Claudia Sajeba

Allison Hellier

OUR LADY HELP OF CHRISTIANS PARISH

496 Princes Hwy

Narre Warren 3805.

Phone-9704 7935

Fax – 9704 7023

Parish Priest Fr. Brendan Hogan

Assistant Priest

Fr. James Fernandez

Pastoral Associates Conny James

Sacrament Co-ordinator Emily D’Sylva

Mass Times Saturday- 6.00pm

Sunday– 8.00am, 9.15am 11.00am & 6.00pm

PARISH OFFICE HOURS

Monday 12noon – 3.30pm

Tues-Friday 9.00 - 3.30pm