Dear Friends,

Today's prayer above is dedicated to St Therese of Avila, whose feast day occurs tomorrow. St Therese was especially known for her advocacy of the power of prayer as she states-

 "Whoever has not begun the practice of prayer, I beg for the love of the Lord not to go without so great a good. There is nothing here to fear but only something to desire." 

Now, more than ever, the need for quiet reflection time and prayer is certainly warranted. Also needed  is acknowledgement of the importance to look after your own physical, mental and emotional well being as a parent during the pandemic and lockdown.  I hope you take some time to read our well being article below focusing on this.  The quiz at the end may also be an opportunity for some fun family time together! 

As per last term, families still experiencing financial hardship may continue to apply fee reduction or remission.  Please complete the relevant links below and ensure all supporting documentation is attached with this completed form.   Term 4 school fees will be sent home to all families by the end of next week, noting that swimming lessons and camps have now been credited to family accounts.  As 87% of our fees are allocated to CE for staff salaries, we appreciate families continuing to financially support the school wherever possible. 

Fee Assistance Form (All families requesting assistance tp complete)

Fee Remission Form (Families wishing for support with fees to complete)

Request to Defer Fees (Families wishing for additional time to pay fees to complete)

As we enter Term 4, we will be farewelling two of our School Board members, Penny O'Connell and Jan Ridd.  We will have opportunity to formally thank both these members for their wonderful contribution to our School Board and community later in the term.  The School Board now encourages other parents in our community to nominate for positions on our school board, whose functions are as follows:

FUNCTIONS OF THE SCHOOL BOARD

The Board has responsibility to advise on decisions in the following areas:

• Supporting the development of the Catholic identity, ethos and mission of the school.
• Supporting pastoral care strategies in the school community.
• Promoting the school in the local community.
• Supporting the implementation and continuation of the IB PYP curriculum framework and Professional Learning opportunities. 
• Developing, approving and monitoring the annual budget, including school determined levies, loan commitments and the fees collection and remission policy.
• Developing and monitoring school enterprises, eg. Holy Trinity Early Learning Centre, Outside School Hours Care (Kids Biz), sports associations, hall hire.
• Developing capital and maintenance programs.
• Developing local strategic plans (finances, buildings, resources) and contributing to Archdiocesan educational strategic planning.
• Facilitate local school community debate in response to System leadership by the CEC and the CE in lobbying governments in school funding campaigns.
• Approving school uniform items decided at school level.
• Ensuring that the Parish and school community receives the Annual School Board Report. (Yearbook)
• Consulting with the P & F Association on the expenditure of levies or funds in keeping with Archdiocesan regulations.

Please click here for the nomination form  due to me via email on  Wednesday 27th of October. 

On Site School Supervision links for Week 3 and 4

From Monday 25 October (Week 4, Term 4), ELC,  Kindergarten, and Years 1, 2, and 6 can return to on campus learning. These year groups will also be able to attend our out of school hours care programs- ELC or Kids Biz.

• If you are needing your child/ren to attend school for onsite supervision  for weeks 1-3, please ensure you have firstly emailed me about this, and secondly, register using the link below:

 
https://holytrinitypscurtin.schoolzineplus.com/form/294
 

From Monday 1 November (Week 5, Term 4), Years 3, 4, 5, can return to on campus learning at Holy Trinity. 
Please note:

• With our multi-aging in Year 5 and 6, Year 6 will be attending school in Week 4 and Year 5 will continue remotely for this week. Year 5 return on Monday 1 November. We are still,  however, in Week 4 be open for students in Years 3-5 of parents/carers who are unable to provide care
  for their children. Our school will also remain open for vulnerable students. If you require supervision of your child/children in Year 3-5 during Week 4, please complete the following form-  this will ensure we have appropriate supervision ratios. 
  

  https://holytrinitypscurtin.schoolzineplus.com/form/295

• Please note that  there is one mode of learning employed for children needing on site supervision, the remote learning model. This is where the same learning is delivered to students both at home and on site at school. 

Parents needing to order summer uniforms for our return to school soon will be pleased to know that the Uniform Shop  have organised a Click & Collect - Cheryl is planning to open the uniform shop for click & collect through the front office between 3pm-4:30pm this Sunday 17th Oct. Orders must be placed by tomorrow,  Friday 15th Oct - holytrinityuniformshop@gmail.com

Congratulations to the Bew family (Ashton KG) on the arrival of Rory earlier this week- such wonderful news! Please also keep in your prayers other families in our community experiencing hardship and sickness at the moment.

Enjoy a wonderful weekend with more restrictions easing at 12pm tonight.  In next week's newsletter I will explain in detail all the COVID requirements being set up for  students safely return in Week 4 and 5. 

Please do not hesitate to reach out for anything at all and continue to stay safe. 

Warmest wishes,

Philippa