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A very big thankyou to our sister school, Trinity Catholic School, Curtin for our new signage. We are very excited and will continue to use the sign as another form of upcoming events.
Reflection for the Week
Each morning I am on duty out the front of the school to welcome students and sanitise their hands before the day commences. I have been greeting the students who get off the bus each morning with a quick question, sometimes it's, tell me the best thing about your weekend, or give me a noun that starts with c. It was lovely to hear the students talking to one another at the beginning of this week, saying "I wonder what she's going to ask today?"
Focus on Learning
We are currently preparing for our "Step Right Up-2022 Kinder Experience." We will welcome our students for 2022 and help them feel connected to our beautiful school on:
Monday 8 November 9.30am-12.30pm
Tuesday 16 November 9.30am-12.30pm
Wednesday 24 November 9.30am-3.10pm
Thursday 2 December 9.30am-3.10pm
We have strategically chosen this sequence of days so that our new Trinitarians can become familiar with school life on each different day at school. Please look for correspondence in siblings bags today.
Processes, Procedures and Information
This week we have had a panel of educators read through our documentation to determine whether we are compliant. Normally the panel would visit the school and be present in the classroom to see first hand, the teaching and learning. However, in Covid times, that has not been possible. In light of that we passed with flying colours- onwards and upwards for Trinity.
Restrictions for Covid remain unchanged except for the welcomed fact that staff do not have to wear masks when outside. As you can imagine these restrictions are making planning for any end of year events quite a challenge. Currently we are working towards a decision for the Year 6 Graduation on Friday 10 December. A meeting will be held on Thursday 28 October at 4.30 via MS Teams to discuss and work towards a final decision. Please see correspondence in the Year Five and Six students bags today.
All students should have transitioned into summer uniforms at this stage, this includes a hat. Staff are diligent in adhering to our Sun Smart Policy, No Hat, No Play. Please either encourage your child to leave their hat at school or remind them to check their bag before coming to school.
School photos will take place next Thursday, 28 October. Photos can be ordered online through www.msp.com.au You may need to contact MSP Photography to get your ShootKey (if you have misplaced your order form handed out back in June). Their contact number is 63602008.
Yours in knowing, loving and serving,
Caz Perryman
October – Catholic Mission Month – Socktober
Catholic Mission Month
October is World Mission Month! Catholic Mission is the international mission agency of the Catholic Church in Australia. Compelled by the message, life and love of Jesus, Catholic Mission forms Australians for mission and raises funds for mission—in Australia and around the world.
Catholic Mission supports children, communities, and Church leaders around the world, including remote Australia.
Today, Trinity students had an ‘out-of-uniform’ day for a gold coin donation for World Mission. This day was to mark the beginning of World Mission Week.
World Mission Week: 25-29th October
During World Mission Week 2021, students across Australia will learn about the missionary work of the Good Shepherd Sisters in Thailand who, through their Kindergarten Centre, are bringing about generational change to some of the poorest communities in Bangkok.
Trinity students shared in this learning today during their Socktober Day initiative and will continue to learn about missionary work over the next week in RE lessons.
We invite you to visit 360 VR video to find out more about the World of Mission.
Around the Classrooms - Year 5/6
This term in RE, Year 5/6 are studying the Gospel Writer’s. They use features of Gospel texts to show how the Gospel writers shaped their Gospels for particular communities. The contexts of the Gospel writers (eg. purpose of the writer, time of writing, intended audience, point of view) shaped their Gospels. The context of the Gospel writer is important in determining the nature of the truth revealed in the text (eg. historical truth, factual truth, religious truth).
This week students have had the opportunity to explore the Gospel of Matthew. In doing this, they have investigated the Bible lands and used their research skills to find out a little more about the land Jesus walked upon and the life he lived.
Thought of the Week
Quote to reflect upon: “Nothing just happens, SOMEBODY, makes everything happen!”
God bless,
Donna Wade
Public Speaking
Congratulations to Claire and Billy Corkhill who competed in the Western Region Public Speaking Competition last Friday. They both spoke beautifully with the extra challenge of doing it via Zoom. Well done!
K/1/2 Science
This term in Science, K-2 are looking at natural resources and how everything comes from the Earth. This week we experimented by adding natural resources together to make home-made ice-cream! The students loved experiencing science and the results couldn't have been better! It is a great experiment to do at home on a hot day, Mr Niddrie has kindly added the list of ingredients so you can try it out for yourself! Add cream, caster sugar, vanilla (or you could use cocoa powder for chocolate ice-cream) to the small bag, ice and rock salt to the large bag. Then shake consistently for around 10 minutes (but be careful, the bag gets cold very quickly!). Then you get to enjoy some delicious, creamy home-made ice-cream!
Last term, Archdiocesan Sports Co-ordinator, Sheree Bush held a virtual Archdiocesan Athletics Carnival. This was a great deal of work but it meant that students would not miss out on their sports representation for the year. The students were selected from school carnival results which were then compared at a Western Region level before selection to Archdiocesan level.
Congratulations to Riley Jackson, Somer Oldfield, Dakota Medley and Tom Bassingthwaighte who gained selection into the Western Region or Archdiocesan level of competition.
Congratulations to Riley Jackson who received a 1st place in the 200m and a 2nd place in the 800m at the Virtual Archdiocesan Carnival.
Week 2
Class Awards
Kinder/1/2: Marlie Oakley and Jack Gadd
Year 3/4: Ben Pollard, Ruby Lucas, Kaiesha Chattaway and Raphael Summerfield
Year 5/6: Ryan Sumich, Cheyanne Chattaway, Charlie Jackson, Grace Metcalfe
MJR Awards
Kinder/1/2: Timmy Olotu, Toby Stevenson, Digby Clark
Year 3/4: Ben Pollard, Jade Weitzel, Raphael Summerfield, Spencer Betts, Claire Corkhill, Ruby Lucas, Phoebe Bassingthwaighte, Somer Oldfield
Year 5/6: Billy Corkhill, Talia McKay, Jemima Mergard, Bea Lucas, Willow Stevenson
Week 3
Class Awards
Kinder/1/2: Bella Pollard and Violet Tindall
Year 3/4: Lawrence Johnson, Ruby Lucas and Stevie-Rain Ford
Year 5/6: Jemima Mergard, Bea Lucas and Archie Quinn
MJR Awards
Kinder/1/2: Harry Edwards
Year 3/4: Shannon Kerrison
Year 5/6: Charlie Jackson, Ryan Sumich, Thomas Edwards, Dara Olotu and Michael Oakley
Trinity school community staff and friends would like to wish the following people a wonderful birthday.
Name |
Date |
Mr Niddrie |
Monday 25th October |
DATE |
EVENT |
LOCATION |
START TIME |
Tuesday 13 December |
Nativity Play Performance |
Trinity |
12.30pm |
Wednesday 14 December |
Year 6 Big Day Out |
Wagga |
All day |
Thursday 15 December |
Last day of Term 4 |
Trinity |
3.10pm |
Wednesday 1 February 2023 |
First day of Term 1 |
Trinity |
9am |