Refugee Week: 20– 26 June

Refugee Week promotes recognition and understanding of the positive contributions made by refugees to Australian society and creates a culture of welcome throughout the country. The aim of Refugee Week is to create better understanding between different communities and to encourage successful integration enabling refugees to live in safety and to continue making a valuable contribution to Australia. The theme for Refugee Week this year is:

UNITY - The Way Forward

Staff and students will be highlighting Refugee Week throughout next week in their class lessons.

The link below outlines the Official Timeline of Events across Australia.

https://www.refugeeweek.org.au/official-week-of-events/

Whole School Mass

Next Thursday, Mr Niddrie and students will lead our school community in prayer at a whole school mass to celebrate Refugee Week. We warmly invite our Trinity family to come along and share in prayer and reflection. Mass will be held at St. Mary’s Church at 12:50pm.

200 Years of Catholic Education in Harden -Murrumburrah

Historical Snippets – St. Mary’s School

St Mary’s was the first Catholic School built in Murrumburrah in 1877 until a rise in population saw the introduction of St Columba’s in 1917. Due to a decline in town population, the two schools merged in 1980 to form Trinity Catholic School which has continued to flourish and uphold the motto –

TO KNOW - TO LOVE - TO SERVE

It is through the support of the local community, the numerous priests and religious sisters who worked tirelessly for the children of Harden and Murrumburrah, dedicated teaching staff and parents that Catholic Education has survived and prospered for 144 years.

St Mary's Catholic Church – The Church Bell

The Church bell was erected in 1879 at a cost of £126, on a wooden frame at the south-east end of the church. The bell was purchased from Murphy & Sons, Dublin, for £90, freight to Sydney cost £7, train and cartage £4 and the cost of Knox to erect the structure and hang the bell was £21.

Around the top of the bell is embossed ‘CHURCH OF OUR LADY OF MERCY MURRUMBURRAH’. On the body is a Celtic harp surmounted by a coronet and underneath two shamrocks. Around the base ‘MURPHY & SONS DUBLIN’.

Religion in Kinder/1/2

In K/1/2, the students have been learning about stories and important people from the Old Testament such as Abraham, Sarah, Moses, Esau, Jacob, Isaac and Rebecca. Year 2 have been investigating the relationships that these people had with God and how they placed a huge amount of trust in His promises.

I like Abraham the most because he was the father of many nations like the Canaanites, Israelites and the Levites. Timmy

Sarah is my favourite because she was laughing when Abraham said we can have a baby even though we’re really old. Dakota

Abraham is my favourite because he helped Sarah have lots of babies. Jack

I really like the story of Moses because he was really brave as a baby and then grew up to free all of the slaves. Lana

I like Moses’ mum because she trusted in God to keep Moses hidden for 3 months before she had to send him down the River Nile. Ivy