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We have had such an amazing start to our school year. Our students and staff are bubbling over with their positive mind sets and eagerness to participate both in the classroom and at school events. It was wonderful to see so many Trinity parents and grandparents at Wednesday’s Induction Mass at St Mary’s Church. The theme this year is “Light The Way To Success”. During the Mass, the Year 6 ministers received their badges which were blessed by Father Lolisio and took their leadership pledge supported by their parents and carers. The Trinity students, staff and parents were also inducted into their roles to serve as responsible students, teachers and parents. The children who read and participated in the Mass were a credit to Trinity and their parents! Afterwards many of the families and the staff enjoyed a cuppa. A very special thank you to Mrs Jill Parker for making our amazing school banner! What a clever and talented lady she is! Check it out in our school foyer!
On Monday, Trinity hosted the Western Regions Swimming carnival at the Harden Pool. The children had a great day and we had many of our parents and Hennessy students assisting in various ways setting up, packing up, catering, marshalling and as officials. A very special thank you to Donna Wade our Sports Coordinator, for her organisation and our wonderful staff who assisted at the carnival.
On Wednesday evening we had our first Community Council meeting for 2020. We are in urgent need of a Treasurer! This job is not arduous, and you will be given support and assistance as you learn the ropes. Please consider as we currently have a council member doing two roles! We meet once a month, every third Monday for 1 hour from 5:30pm to 6:30pm. It is a great way to get involved with the school and you are able to be actively involved in decision making at Trinity. Please contact Charlie Lucas, Council Chair or Marylou if you are interested.
The BMX track is up and running and the children are absolutely loving it! The children have rostered days on, and they are sensibly following safety and road rules. We still have 6 more bikes plus two bike stands to erect if you can spare some time, we’d love your help! Please contact the front office if you are able to assist. Thank you in anticipation!
Many of our children are coming to school tired and informing the teachers they are going to bed late. This has always been a great concern for educators so below are some findings from recent research on academic performance and the impact of sleep.
A new study explored the relationship between the sleeping habits, hours slept, and academic performance of children aged between five and twelve years of age. Experts have found that sleeping less than nine hours, going to bed late and no bedtime routine generally affects children's academic skills. “We believe that more than 9 hours sleep and a nightly routine favours academic performance, to this end, the lacking hours of sleep distorts children's performance in linguistic knowledge, grammar and spelling rules, and key aspects in the organisation and comprehension of texts, to name a few examples”. The authors concluded that maintaining a healthy sleep pattern at this age contributes to positive cognitive development. "Nowadays, there is great concern because children are glued to the television, computers, and videogames, but the same importance is not given to them going to bed at the same time every night," concluded the study. Perhaps it is timely that you review the bedtime routines in your house and see if some changes will make a difference for your children both at home and school.
Playgroup commenced this week at Trinity. Playgroup is for 0 to 5-year-old children and is a wonderful opportunity to come along and have fun participating in free play, music appreciation with Tori Corcoran and story-time with the Principal plus borrowing from the Library. Our next Playgroup is this Thursday at 9:30am. The cost is free so come along and join in the fun!
Don’t forget to check the Trinity school calendar, Trinity website and the regular updates on Schoolzine and FaceBook.
Have a lovely weekend!
God Bless,
Marylou Gorham
Home Reading
Children have commenced homework and home reading. Please ensure their readers are returned regularly for swapping and homework is in their school bag for marking when completed. We cannot stress enough the importance of reading. Children need to read EVERY SINGLE night aloud and in silence. Even a child who is fluent and on chapter books needs to read every night to develop reading skills.
Working with Children's Check
As of January 2018, it is a requirement that all parents and grandparents who wish to volunteer to assist in the classroom or at school events have a Working With Children Check. This is easily obtained by going online to https://www.kidsguardian.nsw.gov.au/child-safe-organisations/working-with-children-check, completing the form, then going to Service NSW (RTA) to finalise. You are most welcome to come into school and apply for it on our computers here. It is free for volunteers. Once you have a number please send into the front office along with your birth date so it can be verified.
Parents, if you should happen to change your phone, mobile numbers, emergency contacts, home address or email addresses, please notify the front office. If you would like to receive the newsletter via email, please also notify the front office so we can add your email address to the parent list.
Return & Earn
Here’s the pic of Jemima returning the bottles donated to the school for return and earn. We returned over 500 bottles (517 to be exact!) which brings our school total to 2089 so far ($208.90).
Swimming: For sport on Monday 24 February, the children are going to the pool at 11.50am and returning at 1.30pm. Please make sure they bring their swimmers, rashie, and towel.
First Eucharist Preparation: The third sacramental session is on Tuesday 25 February at 6pm in the Trinity Library.
Ash Wednesday Mass: On Wednesday 26 February, we are celebrating our Ash Wednesday Mass at 10am in St Mary's Church. We welcome parents, grandparents and special friends to join us in this celebration.
Playgroup: We welcome Parents/Carers with babies - to 5yr old children to our Trinity Playgroup, held on Thursdays at 9.30am.
Parliament: The Year 6's will host Parliament on Friday 28 February at 9.30am.
Making Jesus Real - RESPECT
RESPECT: At Trinity we encourage RESPECT. Showing respect to someone means you act in a way that shows you care about their feelings and well-being.
Six Ways To Show Respect
Listen |
Affirm |
Serve |
Be Kind |
Be Polite |
Be Thankful |
Trinity Leadership and Welcome Mass
This week, Trinity celebrated our new Ministers at a special Induction Mass. During this mass we welcomed new families, students and teachers to our Trinity Community and our Ministers pledged their commitment to our school as leaders for 2020 before receiving their Ministerial Badges. During the course of this year, we will touch many lives and follow and share the love of Christ in all we do and say as we strive to ‘Make Jesus Real’ in our school. We recognise the special qualities that each of us have been blessed with, and pray for God’s blessing on our School. At Trinity we focus on the need to belong and the gift of belonging to God’s family. We strive to uphold our MJR values:
Leadership |
Determination |
Wisdom |
Compassion |
Honesty |
Achievement |
Faith |
Creativity |
Thank you to all community friends and families who supported this special mass for our senior students and joined us for afternoon tea afterwards.
Ash Wednesday
We will be celebrating a whole school mass on Wednesday 26th February at 10:00am for Ash Wednesday. Ash Wednesday begins the season of Lent, which is 40 days, not counting Sundays, of fasting and repentance prior to the celebration of Easter.
“Repent and believe in the Gospel.”
Wearing ashes on our foreheads is a tradition of repentance that comes from the Old Testament. Ashes were a way for people to be humble before God and show that they were willing to make a big change in their lives. We are marked with ashes for the same reason: to show that we are willing to change. The physical symbol—ashes—is for our benefit. God knows what is in our hearts; the ashes remind us to turn our hearts toward God. Lent is a time to change, to become a better version of ourselves, and to become more like Jesus. The ashes we receive on Ash Wednesday remind us of our call to repent and believe in the Gospel. The disciplines of Lent—prayer, fasting, and almsgiving—help us prepare for Easter.
Project Compassion
Project Compassion is Caritas Australia’s annual Lenten fundraising and awareness-raising appeal. Millions of Australians come together in solidarity with the world’s poor to help end poverty, promote justice and uphold dignity. This year’s theme is: Go Further TOGETHER
Thought of the Week
Yr 4-6 Open House Assembly
What a wonderful Open House Yr 4-6 put on this morning, showcasing all the interesting things they have being learning so far this year. From the planning stages in Literacy (cant wait to read the full stories), brain strain facts to beautiful artworks inspired by natural disasters, eg bush fires. Well done Yr 4-6!
Kinder/Year 1 Artwork
Kinder/Yr1 have been very little bees creating Pop Art! Using all their senses, they snacked on strawberries as they created their first masterpieces and are now working on some very special people!
WANTED: Old shirts for painting/art classes!!
If you have any old shirts at home, we would love to see them. Please drop off at the front office.
Western Region Swimming Carnival
On Monday 17th February Trinity hosted the very successful Western Region Swimming Carnival with participating schools from:
St Joseph’s Adelong St Mary’s Batlow
St Joseph’s Boorowa Sacred Heart Cootamundra
St Joseph’s Grenfell St Patrick’s Gundagai
Trinity Murrumburrah St Francis Xavier Lake Cargelligo
St Anne’s Temora McAuley Tumut
St Mary’s West Wyalong St Mary’s Young
Our students swam like champions and were constantly supporting their teammates and competitors from other schools in our region.
The competition was tough on the day but our very own Hamish Summerfield, Bella Betts, Talia McKay and Poppy Lucas were successful in progressing to the Archdiocesan Carnival with Hamish in 8 years 50m Freestyle, Bella in 10 years 50m Freestyle, Talia in 11 years 50m Breaststroke and Poppy in 12-13 years 50m Breaststroke. We wish both girls the best of luck as they prepare to take on this next challenge. The Archdiocesan Swimming Carnival will be held in Narooma on Monday 2nd March.
We had magnificent support from Trinity families from setting up and preparing/serving food to timekeeping and doing carnival duties over the day. Thank you to all our parents/grandparents and Hennessy helpers who came and supported the carnival and helped in any way to make it such a success. Your support is greatly appreciated.
Our team representatives at the Western Region Carnival were: Phoebe Bassingthwaighte, Hamish Summerfield, Claire Corkhill, Aidan Summerfield, Melanie Beal, Billy Corkhill, Bella Betts, Michael Oakley, Bea Lucas, Thomas Edwards, Emerson Mann-Rea, Tom Bassingthwaighte, Zoe Lenehan, Roy Whybrow, Willow Stevenson, Angus Oldfield, Talia McKay, Riley Jacksom, Tilla Bowman, Chaz Cooper, Poppy Lucas
Congratulations to the overall champion team St Mary's Young, narrowly claiming the trophy from Sacred Heart Cootamundra, with St Joseph's Boorowa in third place.
St Joseph's Boorowa were run away victors in the handicap trophy, with St Joseph's Grenfell in second place.
Age Champions were as follows:
Champion |
Runner up |
|||
Junior Girls |
Halle Johnson |
Cootamundra |
Mataya Burgess |
Young |
Junior Boys |
Charlie McGuiness |
Boorowa |
Charlie Hindmarsh |
Gundagai |
11 Girls |
Stephanie Clark |
Young |
Poppy McGuiness |
Boorowa |
11 Boys |
Hugo Davidson |
Young |
Archie Coble |
Boorowa |
Senior Girls |
Mia Davidson |
Young |
Claudia Murdoch |
West Wyalong |
Senior Boys |
Jake Winsor |
Cootamundra |
Joshua Harris |
Cootamundra |
EVENT |
DATE |
Archdiocesan Cricket (Gundagai) |
Friday 20 March 2020 |
Archdiocesan Netball & Rugby League (Lyneham, ACT) |
Friday 3 April 2020 |
Trinity Cross Country |
Monday 6 April 2020 |
Archdiocesan Touch Football (Lyneham ACT) |
Wednesday 8 April 2020 |
Class Awards
Kinder/Year 1: Violet Tindall & Toby Stevenson
Year 2/3: Stevie-Rain Ford, Ruby Lucas & Claire Corkhill
Year 4: Angus Whybrow & Charlie Jackson
Year 5/6: Roy Whybrow & Tasmin Sommer
MJR Awards
Year 6: Tilly Bowman, Chaz Cooper, Tylerr Leitner, Poppy Lucas & Tasmin Sommer
Learning Support Awards
This week's outstanding students making huge gains with their learning are: Toby Stevenson, Ronnie Tanson & Bella Betts
2019 Drawing Competition
The following students received an award for their entry into the Christmas in the Riverina & Central West 2019 Drawing Competition.
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 |
Hennessy Open Day
The Hennessy Collage Open day is on Tuesday, May 26. This is an opportunity for families to tour the College, view many displays and activities and have afternoon tea. Enrolment forms will be available on that day. More information will be sent out closer to the date.
Please do not hesitate to contact the College on 02 6382 1486 if you have any questions.
Part Time Parish Secretary
People are invited to apply for the position of Parish Secretary for Boorowa, Binalong-Galong Parishes. This is a part-time permanent position approximately 12 hours per week.
Essential Requirements:
- Experience with financial & database packages.
- Strong communication and liaison skills.
- Strong organisational skills.
- Ability to work on your own, and as part of a wider team and take direction.
- Understanding and respect for the Catholic Church and its teaching.
- Experience in an office environment.
Salary will be subject to Clerk Award Level 4/5 rates. Please phone Paul Reardon on 0427 357 234 or Teena McGrath on 0437 272 000 for further information. Applications addressing the Selection Criteria to Fr James Onoja, Parish Pastor, PO Box 30, Boorowa or email: boorowa#cg.org.au to be received by 12th March.
HARDEN SOCCER CLUB REGISTRATIONS 2020
Welcome to season 2020!! Our club registrations are now open & ready to go!! Simply click on the link below & it will take you directly to our club's PlayFootball portal. Once there click on the tab "Get Started" & follow the prompts.
As in 2019 if you would like to use & redeem an Active Kids Voucher please obtain your voucher prior to starting your PlayFootball online registration.
PlayFootball:-
https://registration.playfootball.com.au/…/WelcomeRegPlus.a…
Office of Sport Active Kids Voucher Apply Online
If you need more information or assistance please contact the Club Registrar or visit playfootball.com.au, email playfootball.support@ffa.com.au or call PlayFootball Helpline on 8880 7983.