"Which of these three, do you think, was a neighbour to the man who fell into the hands of the robbers?’  He said, ‘The one who showed him mercy.’ Jesus said to him, ‘Go and do likewise.’ ( Luke 10:37, The Good Samaritan)

Dear Friends,

Welcome to Week 2, which began with a beautiful prayer celebration, focussing on KINDNESS, lead by 2 Green.  During the prayer celebration, 2G unpacked the parable of the Good Samaritan: 

"Today’s Gospel reminds us that when we see a need, we should do something about it - like the Good Samaritan. Jesus always leads by example. He showed kindness to so many people throughout the Bible. He also shows kindness to us and loves us as we are. We have prepared a song called ‘As I am’. It reminds us that Jesus is kind and loves us all as we are (even though we are all different). "

NAIDOC Awards

I had the absolute pleasure of attending the NAIDOC Mass last Friday with some of our students, and parents and staff from our RAP (Reconciliation Action Plan) Committee.  At the conclusion of the Mass, Catholic Education gave our school two of the NAIDOC Awards;  The first was awarded to Rose Lee, our Aboriginal contact Teacher and Chair of our RAP (Reconciliation Action Plan) Committee, for her continual commitment and initiatives in promoting and embedding indigenous cultural perspectives in teaching and learning from ELC to Year 6.  Our RAP committee received the second award for their multifaceted approach to inclusion, education, and cultural pride which has significantly impacted the Holy Trinity community and beyond. One of the key strengths of our RAP committee is its diverse composition, which includes staff, parents, representatives of our school's Outside School Hours Care provider, KidsBiz  and the Catholic Education Office. This diversity ensures that the committee's efforts are comprehensive, collaborative, and reflective of the entire school community.

School Registration Panel visit

Yesterday and today our school has been engaged with seven representatives from Catholic Education to complete our  5 year registration standard and school improvement review. I look forward to sharing the report's affirmations and recommendations  with our families once it is published in the next few months. It was an absolute pleasure with our leadership team to celebrate all our achievements and to discuss future direction with the panel.  This presentation  began with the following video from our students sharing what they love about Hoy Trinity.

NAPLAN

This week our Year 3 and 5 students received their NAPLAN results for 2023.  NAPLAN is a National Assessment which examines a student’s level of understanding in the areas of Literacy and Numeracy. This year the NAPLAN reports look different and the proficiency standards have replaced the previous numerical NAPLAN reporting bands and national minimum standards. Once again our students performed well across Reading, Writing and Numeracy. We look forward to presenting our analysis at next weeks board meeting.

At our Week 3 Board meeting we will also present a summary of our recent Archdiocesan school survey.  Input from this survey will help inform planning and budgeting for 2024 projects. This will then be share with our community via the newsletter over the coming weeks. 

Science Show Incursion

As we prepare for National Science Week beginning on August 12th ,our students from Years 1-6 attended a Science Show through the GIANTS and Fizzics Education. They teamed up to deliver a spectacular show, demonstrating the concepts of heat, pressure, convection and water cycles. The students thoroughly enjoyed the show and experiments delivered by Phoenix.

Hats are back from 1 August as advised by the Sun Protection Policy. Please pack your child's hat from next week and ensure it is clearly labelled. (can you believe it is August next week???!!!).

Please keep the Brancella family (Martin, Year 4) in your prayer as Cristina's father passed way recently. 

Have a wonderful weekend and a peace-filled week ahead with your beautiful families. 

Philippa

First Eucharist Parent Information Night

Thank you to the parents and Year 4 teachers for joining the Parent Information Night last night. Your child should bring home their First Eucharist book over the next 2 weeks. Please email me, if you do not receive your book.

First Eucharist Steps:

1. Enrol online via Qkr App! North Woden
2. Select a family group/group session
3. Select a mass to receive the Sacrament
4. Attend the group sessions
5. Attend one of the Presentation Masses
6. Attend Reconciliation at Holy Trinity on a Saturday night.

Feast of the Transfiguration - Friday 4 August 

On Friday Week 3, Holy Trinity and Sts Peter and Paul will gather to celebrate the Feast of the Transfigutation. The Feast of the Transfiguration, recalls and celebrates Jesus’ revelation of his divinity to three of his friends—Peter, James, and John—on a high point on Mount Tabor. According to the Gospel accounts, Jesus took the three disciples onto the mountain to pray. While they were praying, his appearance was changed by a brilliant white light that radiated from him and his clothing. Moses and Elijah, the greatest prophets of the Old Testament, appeared with Jesus, and a voice came from heaven, saying, “This is my beloved Son. Listen to him.”

Each year we mark the occasion by gathering together as a Parish Community, this year it is Holy Trinity's turn to host. We will be providing all students from Holy Trinity and Sts Peter and Paul a sausage sizzle lunch.

I am looking for any volunteers to help with the BBQ and be available from 9:30 - 11:30am to help cook and serve students. If you are able please send me an email - emily.capper@cg.catholic.edu.au

Seasons for Growth

Change and loss at any time can be challenging. We recognise that when changes occur in families through separation, divorce and bereavement, young people benefit from learning how to make sense of these changes. To support the children at Holy Trinity Primary School, we are offering an evidence-based education program called Season for Growth in Term 3 for students in Year 1 – Year 6.

What is Seasons for Growth?

• Seasons for Growth is a small group education program about change, loss and grief
• Developed for children aged 6-12 years (Year 1 - Year 6)
• Based on a belief that change, loss and grief are part of life
• Explores a range of issues associated with change and loss – what we may experience and ways we can respond and adapt.

What does Seasons for Growth do?
Seasons for Growth helps children to:

• Learn about how the death of a loved one, parental separation/ divorce, or other significant loss event may impact on their lives
• Learn the knowledge, skills and attitudes required to understand and respond well to such experiences, including:
• understanding the grief process
• recognising their feelings and other reactions to loss are normal
• developing skills for coping, problem solving and decision making
• building a peer-support network
• restoring self-confidence and self-esteem. 

The story of the seasons.
Using the metaphor of the four seasons as a framework to explore the experience of change, loss and grief participants recognise:

• no season lasts forever
• each season is unique and important for our growth
• each season has its own story, there are easy days and
  difficult days
• individuals experience the seasons differently
• we find different ways to adapt to changes within each season
• seasonal change is often silent, gradual and unseen.

Please email me if you would like your child/children to participate in the program or if you have any questions about the program – Emily.capper@cg.catholic.edu.au

Emily Capper 

Religious Education Coordinator

HATS

Hats are back from 1 August as advised by the CECG ELC Sun Protection Policy. Please pack your child's hat from next week and apply sunscreen each morning on arrival at school.

Stay and Play

Stay and Play is a playgroup for pre-preschoolers and their carer each Wednesday in school term 9am-10am in the ELC Adventure Garden (weather permitting). All families and the broader community are welcome to attend.

Southside Corroboree Family Culture Day

Save the date, Friday 1 September 2023 10am-2pm, Boomanulla Oval. click here

All Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Mob in our southisde schools and their families are invited to a day of yarning, culture and fun at the Southside Corroboree Family Culture Day.

The purpose of the day is to provide our students and their families the opportunity to develop connection and relationships with each other through games, activities,
cultural learning and socialisation.

Activities could include weaving/string making, dancing, sport, craft, art, writing workshops, appearances by GWS, Raiders, CBR Brave, Brumbies.

Invitation to join the RAP Team

The RAP team; school staff, teachers, family and community members, will be meeting on Thursday 10 August at 3.30pm in the library. The meeting will review the 2023 actions and plan for the rest of the year. New members are very welcome. Please RSVP rose.lee@cg.catholic.edu.au.

The Holy Trinity Parents and Friends Association are excited to be bringing back the school fete!

The fete is scheduled for Saturday 25 November from 10am to 2pm, with the theme ‘Countdown to Christmas’.

A small, but dedicated committee has been formed to progress the initial thinking around the Fete. But we need your help!

To make this the biggest and best Fete we would love as many volunteers as possible.

In the coming days, a volunteer sign-up sheet will be placed in your child’s school bag. Any help, big or small is greatly appreciated.

This year, based on interest from parents and feedback from our surveys (to Year 6 students and parents) we have allocated stalls to particular year groups. Each year has been assigned a stall and will be asked to contribute items to their stall, as well as develop a roster to assist on the stall on the day.

Further information about this will be sent through the Year Coordinators via your WhatsApp group.

If you are able to assist with a stall that is not assigned to your child’s year level please feel free to reach out to the Fete Committee at htpspffete@gmail.com, we would love to hear from you.

HT P&F Fete Committee

Important Dates - Linked to School Calendar

*Please note that dates can change through out the term