Britain has lost its queen, but the world has lost the queen. The first three people in line to file past Elizabeth II’s coffin when lying in state at Westminster Hall were from Ghana, Wales and Sri Lanka. As they view the flowers piling up in Green Park, tourists from Egypt and Northern Ireland are discussing royal nicknames. Some 4 billion people are expected to watch the funeral on Monday. How did the queen stir such affection across the globe? The secret was partly in her silence. By never betraying her opinions, she allowed people to project onto her whatever they wished her to be. This also enabled people to feel a personal connection to someone they had never met. The power of silence......

We pray for the members of the Royal Family throghout this time of grief.

Almighty God, source of all consolation,
we pray for the members of the Royal Family who mourn the loss
of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth.
Uphold them in your love and pour out on them the consolation of your healing Spirit.
Let them find in your Son, our Lord Jesus Christ
comfort in their sadness, certainty in their doubt
and courage to live through this hour.
We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen.

Thursday 22 September will be a one off public holiday to mourn the loss of the queen.

STAFFING

Next term we welcome Mrs Rebecca Cooper back to work full time. Rebecca has been absent for the majority of this term and is looking forward to returning to work. Miss Donna Wade will take eight days of long service leave from Monday 10 October to Wednesday 19 October, during this time Miss Amelia Norton will be teachng Year 5/6. Miss Julie Doolan will be taking LSL throughout the entirity of Term Four, Mrs Skye Regan will be teaching in the library and K-2 in her absence. We hope Donna and Julie enjoy their well earned LSL and welcome Amelia and Skye to Team Trinity. 

KINDER ORIENTATION

Our Kinder Orientation will begin next term, the program is designed for our new Kinders to expereince each day at Trinity.  

Monday 17 October 9.10-12.30 

Tuesday 25 October 9.10-12.30

Wednesday 2 November 9.10-12.30

Thursday 10 November 9.10-3.10

Friday 25 November 9.10-3.10 (Friday at Trinity is Sports Day)

We are very excited to have our new Kinders join us. 

KITE MAKING FOR HARDEN KITE FESTIVAL

On Monday 19 September all students will experience a kite making workshop. We will gather in the Hall at 12.45 with lots of craft, enthusiasm and excitement. Trinity will be running the "Free Side Show Aley" at the festival on 8 October, so please come along as a family and join in the fun. Students will bring home posters advertising the festival and a competition, great prizes to be won. Look out for them.

HARDEN SHOW 

Congratulations to Trinty who won First prize in the "Small Cup Daffodil" of the show. What a beautiful Daffodil it was, we were wondering whether we should enter speedy next year?

A very big thankyou to Kirsty Edwards and her team including the Johnson, Barakat,  Lucas, Corkhill, Lenehan, Medley, Gadd, Oakley and Sumich families. Your efforts for Trinity are appreciated.

May the peace of Christ be with you.

Team Trinity Leader

Prayer in Honour of Queen Elizabeth II

"Almighty God, whose Son Jesus Christ exchanged the glory of a heavenly throne for the form of a servant, we thank you that you have given Elizabeth our Queen a heart to serve her people, and have kept her devoted in this service beyond all who were before her:
encourage us by her example to serve one another, and to seek the common good, until you call us all to reign with Christ in your eternal kingdom. Amen

K-2 Liturgy

Last week K-2 led our school in a beautiful prayer liturgy. The theme was the ‘Mission of Jesus’. During the liturgy, we were reminded that Jesus took on a great mission to be God’s love in the world and we can learn great things from His Ministry. K-2 students’ reflection was a wonderful performance highlighting Jesus’ Mission through the adventures of Nemo.

Around the Classrooms in RE

In Stage 3 Religious Education, students have been learning about the history of the Israelites and their place in God’s family as His Chosen People. The Israelites experience of God is recorded in the Old Testament. God gave them a motto to live by:

Love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength

- Deuteronomy 6:5

This week in RE, students reflected on the knowledge passed on to them from their own families: their parents and grandparents, relatives, and friends. Often families share mottos of their own, just like God did. Students created their own mottos and designed a poster to illustrate them. These are some of the mottos.

“Just be kind, no matter what you do” (Somer)

“Always be yourself: don’t let others overtake you” (Zoe)

“Listen and be kind” (Bella)

“Love and respect everyone” (Bea)

“Listen to hear: Listen to act” (Melanie)

“Love the Lord with all your heart” (Dara)

“A kind heart goes a long way” (Michael)

“Love others always: a smile goes a long way” (Billy)

“Be kind to others” (Thomas)

Happy Holidays

I would like to take this opportunity to thank everybody for a wonderful term. I wish all families a happy and safe holiday. May the blessings of God be with you in your holiday ventures.

Thought of the Week

Public Speaking

Congratulations to Bea Lucas & Phoebe Bassingthwaighte who both competed in the Western Region Public Speaking competition today. This event was hosted by St. Anne’s, Temora via MS Teams.

K/1/2 Open House

Congratulations Kinder/1/2 on a thoroughly entertaining Open House today, so much happening in the classroom!

A link to view this will be uploaded to our Trinity Facebook page.

Year 5/6 News

Miss Wade and Year 5/6 have been very fortunate to welcome Miss Rosanne Arber into their classroom for the last three weeks of this term as a ‘Practice Teacher’. Miss Arber is in her 2^nd year of teaching through the University of New England. For the last 3 years, Rose has been working as a School Learning Support Officer. Rose is passionate about her journey. She said: “I enjoy the challenges and rewards that I encounter daily. I have decided to become a primary teacher as I would like to be a part of educating the young minds of today. I am a passionate, ready-to-learn person who wants to inspire and educate the children of our society”.

Rose has embraced teaching with passion and dedication. The experience she has encountered at Trinity, particularly in the classroom, has been most rewarding. The Trinity Community has been fortunate to receive Rose into Team Trinity these past three weeks.

We wish Rose all the best in her future ventures as she pursues her aspirations in teaching.

Trinity Sport News

Future Sport Trials

There are several trials coming up next term. Please add these to your calendar. If you wish to register your child in any of these events, you will need to visit the sports portal https://csnsw.sport/  

For further information about nominations and trials, visit https://www.sport.cg.catholic.edu.au/nominations

CRICKET

• The Canberra Goulburn Cricket Trials for the 2023 teams will be held on Friday 4^th November 2022 with a closing date of the 28^th of October (have attached parent note) – Open to boys and girls from Year 3 to Year 5 in 2022
• The MacKillop Cricket trials for 2023 will also be held in 2022 – Boys on November 30^th and December 1^st and Girls on November 30^th.

TOUCH FOOTBALL

• Canberra Goulburn trials Friday 9^th December – Open to boys and girls from Year 3 – Year 5 in 2022

TENNIS AND BASKETBALL

• 2023 Canberra Goulburn Tennis and Basketball trials will be held on Friday 2^nd December 2022. This is open to students from Year 2 to Year 5 for TENNIS and Years 3 to 5 for Basketball.

Notes about each of these sports are also available from Miss Wade upon request.

Term Four Sports Calendar

Canberra Goulburn Sport Website: https://www.sport.cg.catholic.edu.au/

For more information or to register, please go to https://www.sport.cg.catholic.edu.au/nominations.

If any parent/guardian needs support with this, please contact Miss Wade.

Thank you for your support of sport at Trinity. J

Miss Wade

Week 8

Class Awards

Kinder/1/2: Basil Russell, Henry Johnson

Year 3/4: Claire Corkhill, Toby Stevenson, Jack Gadd

Year 5/6: Ryan Sumich, Raph Summerfield

MJR Awards

Kinder/1/2: Bella Pollard

Year 3/4: Lawrence Johnson, Georgia Jackson, Marlie Oakley

Year 5/6: Bella Betts, Bea Lucas, Billy Corkhill, Dara Olotu, Ryan Sumich, Hamish Summerfield

Week 9

Class Awards

Kinder/1/2: Keeva Mottley, Ivy Corkhill

Year 3/4: Harry Edwards and Marlie Oakley (absent)

Year 5/6: Bea Lucas and Jade Mottley (absent)

MJR Awards

Kinder/1/2: Ivy Corkhill

Year 5/6: Melanie Beal, Raphael Summerfield, Dara Olotu, Michael Oakley

Hilltops Library Awards

Kinder/1/2: Ivy Corkhill, Henry Johnson, Basil Russell, Keeva Mottley

Year 3/4: Claire Corkhill, Dakota Medley, Ben Pollard

Year 5/6: Bea Lucas, Somer Oldfield, Shannon Kerrison, Ryan Sumich, Billy Corkhill

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!!