Book Week and Book Fair: I am sure most of our families would’ve seen the absolutely marvellous book parade and book week activities that were held at Trinity on Wednesday 21/10. A huge thank you to Mrs Doolan for all her hard work in getting such a fabulous day organised for all of us to participate in. The book fair is in its final days and there are still lots of fantastic books up for sale. Please do not hesitate to contact the front office for assistance in purchasing a book.

Learning Journeys for Term 4: These will be held virtually this year. We are looking at working from two different platforms for the Learning Journeys to occur. K-3 will be using the SeeSaw platform and Yr 4-6 will use ZOOM. More information will come home early next week about this.

Staff Professional Development: This week Mr Niddrie, Mrs Lucas and Miss O’Brien have participated in a Numeracy PD with Mrs Leonie Anstey from Elevated Learning. The staff have come away with lots of new activities and strategies to assist students with the learning of mathematics and I want to thank them for their efforts and excitement for continuing the amazing learning that happens here at Trinity each and every day.

COVID Update: During the break COVID-19 restrictions were eased slightly to allow certain events to go ahead. I will do a quick breakdown of the restrictions we still have in place so that parents are aware and can follow and adhere to these accordingly. We would like to thank all our parents for the support you have shown our school throughout this year. It really has been one for the record books!

STILL THE SAME AS LAST TERM:

• No parents or carers on site unless the meeting is considered essential and should be by exception. This includes sporting events, assemblies, and any other school events.
• If students, teachers or family members present with flu like symptoms they MUST NOT attend school and will be sent home to be tested for COVID-19 if they are present at school. The student/family member/teacher must self isolate until a negative result has been returned. This negative result must be presented to the school to be kept on file. Any child or teacher that does not produce a negative result will not be allowed back on the school grounds until this is sighted.

CHANGES THIS TERM:

• Year 5/6 camp will go ahead and there will be more information coming home about this shortly. The camp is scheduled for Wednesday 11th - Friday 13th November.
• Sporting events (NRL Gala days, swimming) can go ahead without parent spectators. We will be participating in the Year 3/4 and Year 5/6 NRL gala days and more information will be coming home about this shortly.
• Kinder Orientation will be allowed to commence from the 1^st November. Our first Orientation date will be Wednesday 4^th November. Parents are ONLY permitted on school grounds for a combined 10 minutes to drop off and pick up their child. This can only go ahead if parents and children remain free of COVID-19 like symptoms. We will be sending out a copy of our COVID Safe Plan to our new families and it will be on display in the front office.
• Information sessions and school tours for parents will continue to be run virtually.
• Any school assemblies are to be limited to 15 minutes maximum. We will continue to do these virtually and in class-based groupings.

If you require further information, please do not hesitate to contact me at school.

God Bless and have a healthy and happy weekend,

Rebecca Cooper

Assistant Principal