TRINITY CATHOLIC PRIMARY SCHOOL NEWSLETTER

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1 TRINITY CATHOLIC PRIMARY SCHOOL NEWSLETTER PRINCIPAL Mr Simon Dell Oro Oakgrove Drive, Narre Warren South Phone: Web: Fax: Trinity Catholic Primary School is committed to providing an education that develops the whole person. We believe that the social, emotional, moral, spiritual and physical wellbeing of our students is pivotal to student health, safety, learning and success. Dear Parents, Opening of Marian Building Tomorrow is a very exciting time for the students in grades F-2 as they move into their new learning space. The students will now be able to enjoy a flexible, contemporary, bright, collaborative and welcoming learning area that accommodates for the different learning needs of the students. A huge amount of work has been completed behind the scenes to allow this move to happen. I thank the staff for their willingness to put in the extra hours required, their flexibility and their eagerness to be part of the new space. The F-2 students will commence tomorrow (Thursday) in the existing space they are in now and will move into their new environment throughout the course of the morning. Parents are welcome to join us in the Marian Building at 3pm to view the new area. Collective Student Performance Analyser Professional Development Day The staff enjoyed an excellent professional development day on Monday. We participated in Session 3 of our SPA, Student Performance Analyser, professional learning at St. John's, Koo Wee Rup. We focussed on Learning Intentions, Success Criteria, understanding and interpreting data and writing quality assessment pieces to transform student learning. I thank all parents for your cooperation with this closure day. We look forward to continuing our work with Philip Holmes-Smith on analysing our student data in line with the new Victorian Curriculum learning outcomes on Monday the 3 rd of October. This professional learning being undertaken is part of a collective of schools that we are involved in. The purpose of the collective is to utilise the skills and knowledge of other schools as well as ours to enhance student learning. It allows us the opportunity to collaborate more broadly than just amongst ourselves, sharing best practice and challenging each other. The schools in our collective are St Agatha s Cranbourne, St Johns Koo We Rup and St Michaels Traralgon. Tournament of the Minds This Sunday our students that have been preparing for the Tournament of the Minds will be competing at Deakin University in Burwood. We wish them all the very best. Thanks to Danielle Davis for the effort she has put in preparing the children. TERM 3 WEEK 6 17th AUGUST 2016 FRIDAY 19th AUGUST LITURGY 9am Grade 6 SORRY SERVICE Grades 1J & 3G ASSEMBLY 2.30 Year 3 FRIDAY 22nd AUGUST LITURGY 9am Grade 4 SORRY SERVICE Foundation M ASSEMBLY 2.30 Year 4

2 NAPLAN NAPLAN assesses student knowledge and skills in Writing, Reading, Language Conventions (spelling, grammar and punctuation) and Numeracy. The results of NAPLAN provide information on student learning for students, parents, teachers and principals. These results were made available to staff on-line on Monday and paper copies of student NAPLAN data will be distributed to parents as soon as possible after they are delivered. As a staff we look forward to analysing our students NAPLAN data and using it to address our student learning needs. World Youth Day Donna Johnston has written about her World Youth Day experience within this newsletter, I encourage you to take the time to read about her wonderful time. Donna will be sharing her experience with the staff and students over the next few weeks. Year Two Hooptime We apologise to any parents who may be confused by the Year Two Hooptime being advertised for next week in the dates section of last weeks newsletter. This was an error, there is no Year Two Hooptime next week. The Year Two students have their Healesville Sanctuary excursion on Tuesday. Parish Stewardship Program Next week, attached to our newsletter, you will find a document on the Parish Stewardship Program, which is just beginning in our Parish. We are a parish that believes in Christian Stewardship as a way of life. Stewardship recognises that everything we are and everything we have is the result of the gifts and blessings given to us by God. It also recognises we have a responsibility to use these gifts wisely and for the benefit of others. Now for some of you Stewardship may be a new word but you may remember Sacrificial Giving or Planned Giving or maybe Thanksgiving Envelopes. Put plainly it means that our church, our Parish Land (on which our school is built) have all been passed on to us by our parents, grandparents, great grandparents etc, to whom we owe a huge debt of gratitude. If we want to continue to keep our Parish / Church / School going and to pay for parish operational expenses such as Liturgy and Sacramental programs, including First Reconciliation, First Eucharist,, School and Class Masses, Pastoral Resources and programs, including home visits to the sick and aged and bereavement support, repairs, maintenance and insurance for our church other parish facilities, it is now our turn to look after them, so we can pass them on to the next generation. That means supporting the Parish both financially and by taking part in the different ministries that are in place. In the envelope you will receive next week, you will find a pledge card and a list of ministries (Time & Talent Sheet), for you to fill in and return. It would also be a great if you could attend our Stewardship Information Meeting on the 6 th of September (invitation will also be enclosed), where all will be discussed and where there will be time for asking questions. So please read all the information you will receive in the next few weeks, attend our Meeting and support our Parish Class Placement Requests If parents have a genuine reason for class placement requests for next year, could you please put them in writing addressed to myself by Friday 16 th October. An enormous amount of time and effort is put into the creation of class lists and many factors are taken into consideration by staff. A written request will be considered on its merits but it is not a guarantee. Who is teaching which grade has not yet been decided so please do not request certain teachers. At Trinity we work on a whole school approach and we are blessed to have a committed teaching staff who collaborate together to give the very best learning opportunities to all students in our care. Please be aware that a request has to be made for this current year, we will not be referring to requests made 12 months ago as circumstances change. If your family situation is changing we would appreciate you letting the Office know. An accurate indication of student numbers assists us enormously. We have a waiting list and if you know you are leaving we can then offer your spot to somebody else. Regards, Simon Dell Oro Principal

3 SCHOOL CLOSURE DAYS Please note the following School Closure & Student Free Days MONDAY 3rd OCTOBER (TERM 4) MONDAY 17th OCTOBER (TERM 4) 2016 SCHOOL FEES TERM 3 STATEMENTS HAVE BEEN SENT OUT Dear Parents Fees for Term 3 will be $425.00, are now overdue. Could you please pay these as soon as possible. If you have not received your Statement please contact the Office. Payments can be made by Cash, BPay, Cheque and EFTPOS. Payments can be made in instalments. Direct Debit is available and forms are available from the office. School Fees for 2016 Annual fees are $1750 (this includes the $200 Capital Levy and the $50 ICT Levy). This is per family. Term fees will be: Term 1 $475 (includes the ICT Levy) Term 2, 3 and 4: $425 TOURNAMENT OF MINDS This Sunday 21 students from Grade 4-6 from our Extension program will compete in the Central Metro Tournament of Minds at Deakin University, Burwood. The students have been working in teams of seven to present a response to a challenge that they were given at the beginning of term. Students have worked collaboratively in teams spending many hours not only in our regular Thursday classes but during lunchtimes and after school at home to present a response to the challenge that they will perform in front of two judges. I would like to commend these students on their dedication, commitment and hard work. I would also like to thank Kath Gatehouse and Tania Mitchell who have worked with students during lunchtime practices, and Anna Head and Flora Bitoin who have helped with supervising students during their lunchtime practices. Felicity Cramp and Emma Lamb will also be representing Trinity judging other competing teams on Sunday. We wish the students luck. I m sure all their hard work and preparation will pay off. Danielle Davis TOM Facilitator SENIOR INTERSCHOOL SPORT FRIDAY 19th AUGUST 2016 Trinity will be playing against St. Clare's at home. Games start at 1pm. Spectators Welcome. Please note: As Trinity s oval is now complete all home games are now played at Trinity. If you are able to help in any way with coaching, umpiring or scoring, when Trinity is playing a home game, please contact the office or your child s teacher. Please note that you must have a current Working With Children card which must be worn and be visible at all times.

4 RELIGIOUS EDUCATION NEWS SACRAMENTAL PROGRAM TERM 3 FIRST COMMUNION CELEBRATIONS Sat 27 th 6pm and Sun 28 th 11am CONFIRMATION WORKSHOPS Tonight and Tomorrow 5pm or 7pm CONFIRMATION CELEBRATIONS Fri 2 Sat 3 10am and 2pm, Sun 4 th Sept@ 3pm Praying with your children If we want our children to know God and not just know about Him, we need to teach them to pray and pray with them. Prayer is simply a conversation with God. God gave us prayer so we could communicate with him directly, and become aware of his presence around us in our lives. By praying with our children we are helping them to understand that God is always close and accessible, and attentive to whatever we have to say. God is always willing to listen no matter where we are or what the time of day. There are lots of ways you can help your children to pray. One way is by inviting them to assist you in setting up a sacred space that may contain a bible, prayer book, candle or cross etc. Then begin by leading the children in praying the Sign of the Cross and reflecting on things that really matter to your family. Sometimes a sentence starter may be used, such as: "God, I thank you for " "God, forgive me for " "God, help my friend " "God, help me be more " "God, help me to let go of " "God, give me the courage to " God, one of the fears I need help with is This can help your child become at ease with the conversation they are having with God. As they get older, traditional Church prayers may be introduced and children can move between saying these prayers and offering up their own intentions. Children will also begin to pray where ever they feel comfortable. If you would like more information on how to pray with your children please contact me at school. Pyjama Day Fundraiser Thank you to all the families who so generously donated money to The heart Project and Special Kids. As a school community we raised $ which will be split between the two deserving charities. Bishops Visit 26 th August On Friday 26th August at 10:30am, Bishop Patrick O Regan will be visiting Trinity to meet and speak to all the students preparing to receive the Sacrament of in September this year. We warmly invite all families who have a child preparing for to join us on this day. Kathryn Pepper Religious Education Leader / Student Support

5 Cześć! I was lucky enough to be granted sponsorship from the Diocese of Sale. I had the honour of representing our school and parish at WYD Krakow this year. Through the week, my group and I took part in many faith enriching activities. For three days we engaged in participation at Catechesis with Bishops and youth from around the world. We attended the youth festival events across Krakow, such as music concerts, daily Mass and Australian group gatherings. The whole City was eagerly awaiting the arrival of Pope Francis. Each time the Pope addressed the crowds, his words were always thought provoking. In particular, his words at the Prayer Vigil, the night before the final Mass, struck me. A woman had just shared her story of being a refugee from Syria. She expressed her hardships and grief after losing loved ones through the war. The Pope reminded the crowd of the fact that we had gathered from different parts of the world. Some people had come from countries that were engaged in conflict, and others come from places at peace. But regardless, The suffering and the wars that many young people experience are no longer anonymous They have a name, they have a face, they have a story, they are close at hand. So after the final Mass, on our 20 kilometre walk back to Krakow, instead of complaining about being hot, and having sore feet like I did on the walk to the Field of Mercy, I prayed for the refugees that do this every day. I am very thankful to Trinity, the parish Our Lady Help of Christians and the Sale Diocese for the support and opportunity to attend WYD. I learnt so much about the world around me and was able to further strengthen my faith. Dziękuję Ci! Donna Johnston

6 Items in bold type will be school closure days or extremely important dates. SCHOOL CALENDAR AUGUST 2016 blue will indicate new items added to the Calendar that week. Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun 15 SCHOOL CLOSURE DAY 5pm OR 7pm Workshop at OLHC 16 SCHOOL FEES DUE Prep Excursion Traffic School 5pm OR 7pm Workshop at OLHC 17 Prep Excursion Traffic School 5pm OR 7pm Workshop at OLHC 18 5pm OR 7pm Workshop at OLHC 19 Year 6 Interschool Sport T.O.M. at Deakin Uni Burwood 22 7pm Carnival Meeting 23 Years 1 & 2 Excursion to Healesville Yr 6 Incursion Science Book Week Dress Up Activity Day 7pm Board Meeting am Bishop O Regan s Visit Year 6 Interschool Sport 27 6pm First Eucharist Celebration 28 11am First Eucharist Celebration Father s Day Stall Hoop time Yr 4 31 Yr 6 Incursion SEPTEMBER 2016 Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun pm Mass 3 10am & 2pm Mass 4 Father s Day 3pm Mass 5 7pm P&F Meeting 6 Senior Hoop time Yr s 5 & Grade 5 incursion 9 Senior Lightning Premiership LAST DAY TERM 3 School Finishes OCTOBER 2016 Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun 3 SCHOOL CLOSURE DAY 4 TERM 4 COMMENCES 8.45am School Disco 15 16

7 CHILD SAFE STANDARDS WORKING WITH CHILDREN Trinity has zero tolerance towards child abuse and is therefore committed to complying with the Victorian Child Safe Standards and Ministerial Order 870. All parents/guardians wishing to help in the classroom, canteen or attend excursions MUST have completed the PARENT HELPER WORKSHOP and hold a current WORKING WITH CHILDREN CARD. Further details are available from the school office. All parent/ guardian helpers must sign in at the office before proceeding to the classrooms. Your current Working with Children card must be displayed at all times when working in the classrooms and attending excursions. A reminder to all Parents/Carers, supervision by School Staff begins at 8.30am before school and after school only at the drop off area until 3.30pm. ABSENCE FROM SCHOOL In the case of illness a phone call in the morning on the day they are absent. If you are going on holidays or your child will be away for an extended period you must advise in writing BEFORE you leave. Thank you. Please observe and supervise your children, as they play on the equipment. Thank you for your co-operation TRINITY CAR PARK ETIQUETTE For greater safety and visibility, we are requesting that all drivers reverse park into the marked bays. Thank you all who use the pedestrian crossing area. You are demonstrating to your children correct road safety practices. Once children cross the pedestrian crossing into the parking area, they, for their safety, need to be placed into vehicles promptly. The car park is NOT a meeting area. The lane around the edge of the car park (closest to the oval) are for vehicles waiting to pick children up from the Pick-up Zone ONLY. The two parking bays closest to the office path are the PICK- UP ZONES. These are NO STANDING zones. If your children are not ready to get into your car as you pull up to the pick-up zone, you must continue on and rejoin the end of the pick-up queue. There is NO RIGHT TURN when exiting the car park. All vehicles must turn left for the safety of others and to maintain traffic flow. THE GATES CLOSE AT 9.00am AND RE-OPEN AT 3.00pm. Occasionally they might re-open slightly later due to school activities. SCHOOL BOARD board@trinitynarre.catholic. edu.au Ex-officio: Fr. Brendan Hogan Principal Simon Dell Oro School Representative: Maria Scarton Georgegina Nettleingham Parish Representative: Denise Ryan Pastoral Coordinator: Sister Joy Chairperson: Scott McLardie Secretary: Lisa Ferracane P & F Rep: Lisa Ferracane Parent Representatives: Tania Johnson Michael Locandro Claudia Sajeba OUR LADY HELP OF CHRISTIANS PARISH 496 Princes Hwy Narre Warren Phone Fax Parish Priest Fr. Brendan Hogan Assistant Priest Fr. James Fernandez Permanent Deacon Rev Peter Stringfellow Pastoral Associates Conny James Sacrament Co-ordinator Emily D Sylva Mass Times Saturday- 6.00pm Sunday 8.00am, 9.15am 11.00am & 6.00pm PARISH OFFICE HOURS Monday 12noon 3.30pm Tues-Friday pm Thank you for your patience and consideration of others.

8 Happy Birthday to the following children who will celebrate their birthdays next week. 23rd AUGUST Ella 25th AUGUST Matilda and Angus 26th AUGUST Ava and Wyatt CANTEEN ROSTER TUESDAY PREP and JUNIOR THURSDAY MIDDLE and SENIOR approx # approx THURSDAY 18th AUGUST TUESDAY 23rd AUGUST THURSDAY 25th AUGUST + Nina Gore + Annie Lacey + Claudia Sajeba # Tracy Lukin # Lisa Cini # Mariane Mikhael TUESDAY 30th AUGUST THURSDAY 1st SEPTEMBER TUESDAY 6th SEPTEMBER + Carolyn Burge + Kathy Harman + Amanda Mair # Tania Kozaric # Astrid Buissink # Mary Amalraj

9 PASTORAL CARE NEWSLETTER 10th AUGUST 2016 WE PRAY FOR: Sarah McGill s Father who is seriously ill; those Mothers expecting babies; those parents undergoing treatment for Cancer; those awaiting the results of tests; for the needs of all our Families, and for the builders working on the renovations to our school. WINTER CRAFT STALL WINTER CRAFT STALL Thank you to those who supported the Winter Craft Stall. Our next stall will be at the Carnival on Sunday 23 rd October! LAST WEEK S NEWSLETTER contained some errors regarding the Father s Day breakfast on the 2 nd September. I apologize for this and thank the parent who noticed it and rang into the office! By now you should have all received a form sent home with the eldest in the family. And I look forward to receiving your replies. SECOND HAND UNIFORMS: Thank You to those who have recently sent in second hand uniform pieces for re-sale. PLAYGROUP: held their Olympic sports today. Egg and spoon run; wheat bag throwing into a bucket and run; and frisby throw! All received a gold medal!! GROWING BODIES(taken from an article by Claire Burke)Fruit and vegetables are jam-packed with essential vitamins, minerals and dietary fibre needed for growing bodies. Children are in a rapid growth development phase, so they need calcium, iron and other important nutrients for all the metabolic pathways in their body says dietitian Kate DiPrima. Further, vitamins and minerals help protect against diseases including type2 diabetes, stroke, heart disease and some forms of cancer later in life. Variety, which DiPrima says constitutes 15 foods a day is important for healthy growth.they could have cereal, fruit and milk for breakfast that s three different foods. Perhaps some hummus and vege sticks as a snack there s another two. A sandwich with ham, cheese and tomato there s another four foods. You can actually get to 15 in a day quite easily! A WORD FROM POPE FRANCIS : In the bosom of the family, no one is set apart: both the elderly and the child will be welcome there. The culture of encounter and of dialogue, openness to solidarity and transcendence, originates in the family. We are called to acknowledge how beautiful, true and good it is to start a family, to be a family today; and how indispensable, the family is for the life of the world and for the future of humanity.(a Year with Pope Francis on the Family, page 245 and 247.).)

10 Father s Day Breakfast Friday 2nd September 7.15am. REPLIES MUST BE RETURNED BY Monday 29th AUGUST Dads, Grandfathers, special friends are invited to come along with their children who are at school at Trinity for a cooked breakfast of bacon and egg. The cost is $5.00 per family. I am also hoping that some of the Mums might be able to come along and help with the cooking and serving. If you can come along and help from 6.30am until approx. 9.00am (or if you can come along for some of the time) please put your name on the reply form at the bottom of this form. If coming for breakfast, please complete the form below and return with your money to school by Monday 29th August. Thank you. Fathers Day Breakfast Friday 2nd September Name of child and grade... Number of Adults attending. Number of Children attending... Amount enclosed $.... ($5.00 per family) I am able to help from 6.30am...

11 OUR LADY HELP OF CHRISTIANS PARISH Diocese of Sale Ph: (03) Fax: (03) PARISH STEWARDSHIP PROGRAM 2016 Our Parish Stewardship Program commences in one week. Under the banner of Parishes the heartbeat of the Church, the Program will provide a wonderful opportunity to reflect on what it means to be a member of Our Parish Community here at Our Lady Help of Christians Parish Narre Warren STEWARDSHIP Stewardship recognizes that everything we are and everything we have is a gift from God. Genuine thanksgiving means using those gifts as God would want developing them and sharing them with others. It is our responsibility as good stewards in Our Lady Help of Christians Parish Narre Warren to respond to the words of Pope Francis.to set ourselves on the ideals of service that makes our talents fruitful. RCIA: Any adults wishing to complete their Sacraments of Initiation or would like to become a Catholic are warmly invited to join the RCIA group The next meeting will be August 18th 7.30pm in the parish office. For further information ring Conny James at the Parish office. ALPHA will be starting at Our Lady Help of Christians Parish on August 31 st 7pm in the Don Bosco school hall. Alpha explores the big issues of the life and the Christian faith in a richly entertaining way. Participants share a meal, watch the Alpha short movies and participate in small group discussion.it goes for 6 Wednesday nights and one weekend session. It is a wonderful film series/ program and the benefits are great-even life changing. It is good for exploring the Christian faith or finding renewal for the spirit. If you would care to be part of this whether you are a Christian or not please contact Conny on to register. PARISH INFORMATION MEETING All parishioners are warmly invited to the key meeting of the Program, the Parish Information Meeting on the 6 th of September. At this meeting we will gather as a parish community to celebrate our achievements and plan for the future. More Program information will be available over the coming weeks. Each number represents a letter of the alphabet. Substitute OLHC KID SPACE

12 TRINITY PARENTS & FRIENDS NEWSLETTER Hello everyone, Father s Day Stall: forms for this event were sent home last week. It is to be held on Tuesday 30 th August and we would be very grateful for any extra helpers on the day. If you are able to help, please fill in the details on the bottom of the stall order form and return it to school no later than Friday 26 th August. Father s Day Raffle: Tickets for the raffle have been sent home. You can also help us with this event by donating any new items you have to be included in the raffle prizes. These new items can be left at the office. Thank you to those who have already donated some items. The raffle will be drawn at assembly on Friday 2 nd September. DATES FOR THE DIARY The fundraisers we have planned for the second half of the year are: Term 3: Term 4: - Father s Day Stall: Tuesday 30th August - Student Disco Friday 14 th Oct - Father s Day Raffle: Friday 2nd Sept (assembly) - Christmas Raffle - Bunnings BBQ Saturday 1 st October Next P&F Meeting: Monday 5th September 2016 at 7pm in the Staffroom. From your P&F Committee Committee Members General Naomi Sanchez President Kerryn Cerchiaro Anna Mangano Vice President Chantal Fischer Carolyn Burge Secretary Lisa Ferracane Natasha Ferreras Asst Secretary Claudia Sajeba Melissa Yong Treasurer Michelle Hofman Jessica McLardie Asst Treasurer Marlene Johnson Board Rep Lisa Ferracane Anastasia Barker General Joanne Knezevic Sr Joy Next P & F Meeting: Monday 5th September 7pm in the Staffroom 30th August Father s Day Stall 2nd Sept Father s Day Raffle drawn Tania Johnson Nadia Abdel-Hamid

13 23rd OCTOBER am 3pm CARNIVAL NEWS! A great way to get behind the Carnival is if you are at Casey Central Grill d during August and grab a burger make sure you put the token into the Trinity Jar. The more tokens we receive the more chance we have at winning a cash prize to put back into the Carnival. CARNIVAL RAFFLE tickets The family who sells the most tickets will be rewarded with free ride wristbands for each child in the family. Additional raffle books are available from the Office.