Team Trinity Leader

Welcome Back

Welcome to Term Three. It has been wonderful this week to witness the smiling faces of our students returning to school with such vibrancy. I hope all families have had the chance to rest and renew over the holidays with family and friends.

Prayer for the Start of Term

NAIDOC Mass

Today, our students joined the streamed viewing of our Archdiocesan NAIDOC Mass held at St Christopher’s Cathedral in Manuka. We appreciate the opportunity to come together as a community in prayer and are thankful to the CE Aboriginal Support Team for organising this. At Trinity, we celebrated NAIDOC week at the end of Term Two with a beautiful Liturgy led by K-2 and activities led by our Peer Support Leaders. The NAIDOC theme this year was: Get Up! Stand Up! Show Up!

National NAIDOC Week is an opportunity to celebrate and recognise the history, culture, and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. It is an opportunity for all Australians to learn about First Nations cultures and histories and participate in celebrations of the oldest, continuous living cultures on earth.

Whole School Mass

Next Thursday, Year 5/6 will lead our students in prayer for the beginning of the term. Under the current circumstances and protocol, we are unable to have visitors attend our indoor events, including masses. We will, however, endeavour to film or livestream wherever possible. Thank you for your continued support during these times.

Thought of the Week

Last term, students from Years 3-6 presented their prepared speeches with finalists from each grade progressing to the Trinity School Public Speaking Championship which was held this week in the Hall.

The judges were Mrs. Rita O’Connor and Mr. Barry Wooldridge. The quality of the sixteen finalists’ speeches was of a high standard. The way they prepared and delivered their speeches is to be commended, making the judge’s decisions, as always, an extremely hard one. The judges thanked the teachers and parents for the assistance given to all the speakers and gave all speakers and students present wise advice for further success in the area of Public Speaking.

Certificates were presented to all finalists. 

The finalists were:

Year 3:

• Fletcher Betts
• Dakota Medley
• Marlie Oakley
• Lana Sumich

Year 4:

• Claire Corkhill
• Tilly Jackson
• Lawrence Johnson
• Ruby Lucas

Year 5:

• Phoebe Bassingthwaighte
• Shannon Kerrison
• Somer Oldfield
• Hamish Summerfield

Year 6:

• Bella Betts
• Billy Corkhill
• Beatrice Lucas
• Ryan Sumich

Presentations were then made to the 2022 Trinity School Public Speaking Champions and Runners up from Years 3 – 6.

Congratulations to the Champions and Runners Up for this year:

Year 3 Champion      - Marlie Oakley

Year 3 Runner Up     - Dakota Medley

Year 4 Champion      - Ruby Lucas

Year 4 Runner Up     - Claire Corkhill

Year 5 Champion      - Phoebe Bassingthwaighte

Year 5 Runner Up     – Somer Oldfield

Year 6 Champion      - Ryan Sumich

Year 6 Runner Up     - Beatrice Lucas

All students are to be commended for their efforts in the Public Speaking Competition this year. The Trinity School Community and friends are so very proud of our students.

Trinity will host the next level of competition which is the Interschool competition between St. Joseph’s Boorowa and Trinity. Further details regarding this competition will be sent out prior to the date. 

Class Awards

Kinder/1/2: Poppy Medley, Keeva Mottley

Year 3/4: Toby Stevenson, Ayeisha Atallah

Year 5/6: Billy Corkhill, Somer Oldfield

MJR Awards

Kinder/1/2: Parker Betts, Monty Lucas, Poppy Medley

Year 3/4: Fletcher Betts, Zoe Miller

Year 5/6: Bella Betts, Bea Lucas, Jade Mottley, Spencer Betts

Trinity school community staff and friends would like to wish the following people a wonderful birthday.

This year all students from K-6 have been given a Home Reading Log where they are to record their reading each night.

It has been great to see the number of ‘Reading Nights’ children have recorded in their home reading log.

Once children reach a reading goal of nights they are rewarded with a sticker for their book from Mrs Perryman.

Keep up the great reading!!

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