I am currently in Canberra attending the end of year Principal's Leadership Day. One of the many opportunities of the day is for Ross Fox and the team at CE to develop Principals as leaders of Curriculum. The two keynote speakers were Professor Pamela Snow, Professor at La Trobe University and Lisa Paul OA (Order of Australia Medal) and PSM (Public Service Medal). Both keynote speakers affirmed the Archdiocese for its dedication to a teaching pedagogy based on the Science of Learning and Reading and spurred us on to continue as Leaders of the Nation.

There are some pertinent take away messages for us;

• Learning is a change in long term memory.
• School is a place where unnatural (biologically secondary) learning takes place, unlike natural (biologically primary) learning that takes place in the home environment (for example, learning to walk and talk).
• Knowledge is important.
• Reading is an essential method people use to acquire knowledge.
• To unlock the reading box, there are two keys:
  • students ability to take letters off the page and know the word that is created
  • students ability to comprehend and understand.

We continue the Catalyst journey at Trinity by maintaining the momentum of professional learning, building on current knowledge to accelerate learning for our students.

Today is National Teacher's Day and I cannot thank our teachers enough for their excellence. Their dedication to improving their teaching to increase the learning outcomes of students is relentless. Often I will hear professional conversations between colleagues that demonstrates their willingness to reduce a child's cognitive load so that their ability to learn is increased. No stone is left unturned. Thank you to our teachers. The Community Council prepared a special lunch for teachers on Wednesday as a way of demonstrating their thanks. Thank you to Ali Betts and the team who prepared a delicious lunch. 

Day 2 of our Kinder Orientation Program was held on Tuesday. It was lovely seeing our new Kinders interacting, learning, laughing, dancing and enjoying the day. We look forward to welcoming them back next Wednesday.

Thank you to everyone involved in the Calcutta last weekend and all the families that bought tickets. A special mention to Jill Parker, the time and effort she puts into this fundraiser for Trinity is amazing - thank you! 

Don't forget to book your musical tickets! The countdown in on - only 20 days to go!

God bless,

Caz Perryman

Leader Team Trinity