Welcome Message from the Principal
Dear Friends,
This weekend marks Social Justice Sunday, with the theme : ‘TO LIVE LIFE TO THE FULL – MENTAL HEALTH IN AUSTRALIA TODAY’. It encourages faith communities, governments and each one of us to make mental health a priority. It is timely message in the context of the pandemic. Rather than being distributed as in past years, the Statement can be downloaded free on the link below:
https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/2020/07/03/social-justice-statement-2020-21/
This week we welcome to our Holy Trinity community two new families- Anastasia Goode (Kinder ) and Jubal (2 Green) and Georgia Everett (Kinder Green). We have also accepted over 60 Kindergarten enrolments for 2021, and we look forward to meeting these children and their families at Orientation next term. Included in the enrolment application this year, parents have been asked to sign a formal enrolment agreement, which solidifies discussions and commitments made during the enrolment interview. The School Board at our last meeting, suggested it might be worthwhile to share this document with all families to read.
Next term when we meet at Orientation Day, our new parents will also be given a coy of our Volunteer Policy, recently written and edited by our School Board. This will also be available for all parents volunteering in our school (once COVID restrictions are lifted) to sign.
Congratulations to our Term 3 Week 5 Award winners below who received these last Friday. I look forward to being able to share such occassions again in the future with both our parents and school community present.
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KG |
Felicity G |
Max B |
Emme M |
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KR |
Celine T |
Valerios K |
David L |
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KW |
Georgia C |
Adriana L |
Josh J |
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1G |
Neve IG |
Bettina G |
Austin J |
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1R |
Evie S |
Melina K |
Sophie B |
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1W |
Evie M |
William N |
Ema L |
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2G |
Juliana G |
Max L |
Ivan V |
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2R |
Clara S |
Zach H |
Lila W |
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3/4G |
Edward H |
Eamon C |
Milla-Rose C |
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3/4R |
Adelaide C |
Leo M |
Gwendolyn O |
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3/4W |
Stella A |
Abagail B |
Maggie P |
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3/4B |
Liam A |
Emily H |
Olivia S |
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5/6G |
Felicia C |
Emma C |
Ben K |
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5/6R |
Olivia M |
Emma P |
Geoffrey R |
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5/6W |
Miles B |
Lachlan H |
Tamera T |
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5/6B |
Hollie D |
Tom J |
Issac A |
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Library |
Carlo V 1W |
Owen F 3/4 B |
Sara W 5/6 W |
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Italian |
Emily G 2R |
Avalon C 3/4 R |
Tom J 5/6 B |
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Music |
Bella B KG |
Edward H 3/4G |
Adler C 5/6W |
Whilst we navigate our way through the 'COVID normal', we are still being highly vigilant with regard to hygiene, cleaning and continuing only to have essential adults within the school building. Thank you again for your patience around pick up time, especially on the few rainy days we have had.
It is still really important that children who are unwell (runny nose, cough, headaches, temperature etc) stay home. Any child who presents as unwell, will need to go home. As a parent, I know this can be extremely frustrating with work and other commitments, however, these are COVID times and we all must follow the guidelines to ensure we do not go backwards.
A reminder, when visiting NSW, please check the NSW Health Website for COVID Hotspots and follow the advice. Again, this is really important.
Just to clarify for school restrictions, if a student or staff member are being tested for COVID-19, other members of their family are not required to isolate while waiting for test results (where they are not a close contact of a positive case). So, when a child or parent who is unwell and goes to be tested, other family members are not required to self-isolate until the results come back. Only the person being tested is. This is different where you are a close contact of a positive case.
Those who are tested for flu like symptoms are able to return to school after a negative test result. They are not required to isolate for 14 days or be retested after 10 to 12 days. This is where there is no connection to a positive case and are likely to be most cases. Where you are a close contact of a positive case you are required to isolate for 14 days and be retested. If you have any questions at anytime, please reach out to the school to ask. We are in this together and we need to support each other while we adapt to these 'COVID normal' times.
May your burdens and your feet be a little lighter this week, especially as we move into some warmer and sunnier weather! Take care of yourselves and others, and thank you again for your constant support of our community.
Philippa
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Philippa Brearley - |