We are heading into the second week of Advent. During this time, we are reminded to take time out of the busyness of our daily lives to reflect on the coming of God’s Son and Saviour – and remember the true meaning of Christmas through prayer and thanksgiving.

On Wednesday we had our annual thanksgiving Mass. This was a wonderful opportunity to say thank you to our many parents and grandparents who have assisted at Trinity throughout the year. This also gave us the opportunity to say a very special thankyou to Father Lolesio for being our wonderful Parish Priest, coming over to Trinity engaging children in the liturgy, saying hello to staff and having lunch with them and visiting the classrooms. Each parent and grandparent who attended the Mass was presented with a small gift as a token of our appreciation. Thank you, Dona Wade for all your preparation for the Mass and our Year 6 leaders who assisted. It was wonderful to listen to the beautiful singing resonate throughout the church.

Last Friday night we were inundated with sea creatures as the children and preschoolers danced the night away in the shelter area.  A special thank you to Rebecca Cooper, Trinity staff and Year 6 parents for all their hard work to ensure this happened. The decorations looked amazing!

This morning we heard our Year 5 students present their speeches for the ministerial roles for 2021. The speeches were of exceptional quality and each one of our Year 5 students would make a great Prime Minister. What a tough decision for voting!

This week we have had Ethan Birks a Year 10 Hennessy student doing work experience at Trinity. We have loved having Ethan at Trinity and the Infants children especially have enjoyed having Ethan in the classroom.

Victoria (Tori) Corcoran has accepted a position at St Francis Xavier Lake Cargelligo in 2021. Miss Jessica Fitzsimmons will not be at Trinity each fortnight next year but will continue to be available for relief teaching. We wish Tori and Jessica all the best and we will miss them both. You will have an opportunity to thank and farewell them both at the presentation night this Tuesday. Our staffing is now finalised for 2021 and it will be published in our final newsletter for 2021 next Friday.

The reports will be sent home next Friday. The children have worked extremely hard throughout this year with many children making academic gains of more than one year’s growth in their learning. Please use this as an opportunity to celebrate your child’s achievements and to establish areas for growth for 2021.

Our hall renovations has finally been completed with the carpet being laid this week. It looks absolutely fantastic and we look forward to holding many school functions in there in the furture. 

As we get closer to the end of the year, the children are getting extremely tired. It is recommended that Children 5 to 12 years sleep 9 to 12 hours a night. Researchers tell us we need to limit screen time before heading to bed. According to the National Sleep Foundation, the blue light emitted from screens can delay the release of sleep-inducing melatonin, increase alertness and reset the body's internal clock to a later schedule. To be safe, they recommend a digital curfew that would limit the use of TV, tablets, phones and computers to one or two hours before bedtime. Parents please ensure the children are in bed each night at a reasonable time so they can perform at their best each day at school.

Have a lovely weekend!

God Bless,

Marylou Gorham