Holy Trinity Primary School - Curtin
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18-20 Theodore Street
Curtin ACT 2605
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Email: Office.HolyTrinity@cg.catholic.edu.au
Phone: 02 6281 4811

Welcome To Week 10!

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Dear Friends,

Welcome to the end of Week 10 and the beginnings of our end of year celebrations.  Tomorrow we look forward to celebrating the Week 10 Awards ceremony in the morning and the Year 6 final assembly in the afternoon.  Important events for the last week are as follows:

Monday 13th:

  • Final Advent Prayer celebration
  • Moving classrooms
  • Year 5 Leadership ceremony in the church (Year 5 parents in attendance)

Tuesday 14th:

  • "One Up" afternoon with current HT students only.  Children will spend the afternoon with their new teacher and class for 2022

Wednesday 15th:

  • Year 6 Graduation Mass in Church (Year 6 parents in attendance) 
  • Year 6 student lunch in Hall 

Thursday 16th: All students K-6 to wear sports uniform  please

  • Year 6 Fun Day at Aqua Park
  • Year ELC-5 Fun day at school with Obstacle Course- Thank you to Kids Biz for organising this day. 

Friday 17th:

  • Last Day of 2022!
  • All students ELC-Year 6 at Cotter

Congratulations to Raff and Isla who celebrated their First Eucharist last weekend!

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Congratulations also to the Hunt family (Lily Kinder) on the birth of Ella Georgia last Saturday! A very special early Christmas present! 
Thank you so much for your participation in our Learning Conferences and Interviews this week. These meetings enabled  students, teacher and parents to engage in genuine conversation about your child/ren’s strengths, challenges, effort and areas for growth. The notes from these meetings will now be used as the basis of hand over for the teachers in 2022. This will then enable strengths and needs to be identified and acted upon from day 1 of next year.
On Friday (tomorrow), you will be notified when your child/ren's report will be available for access on Compass. As discussed previously, we have graded Religion, Mathematics , English and the Engagements with Learning. Conferences/interviews replaced the  formal comment on the report and allowed for effective communication about learning over the last Semester and the opportunity to set goals for the future.  Thus the reports tomorrow will include the following: 

For Kindergarten students:

  • Achievement in Religion, Mathematics and English will be reported using a four-point scale (Well Above Expectations, Above Expectations, Meeting Expectations and Working Towards Expectations).

For Year 1 to Year 6 students:

  • Academic grades for Religion, Mathematics and English using a five-point scale from A-E will be reported using the Australian Curriculum Achievement Standards.

For all students:

  • Strand Achievement will be reported in English and Mathematics using a five-point scale (Excellent, High, Sound, Basic, Elementary).
  • Engagement with Learning statements, which are taken directly from the Australian Curriculum, will provide specific information about your child’s Critical and Creative Thinking, and Personal and Social Responsibility, using a three-point scale (Beginning, Developing, Consistently).
  • Individual student comments will not be used in the Semester 2 Reports.
We look forward to helping prepare current students at Holy Trinity for their 2022 class next Tuesday afternoon.  The staffing for next year is as follows:

Principal                                            Philippa Brearley

Assistant Principal/PYP                    Katie Smith

REC                                                   Emily Capper

Coordinator/PYP                              Brendon Pye

ELC Director                                     Cushla Sheehan

ELC Ground Parrots                        Justine Angus/Lucy Washington

ELC Black Cockatoos                      Jarrah Chapman/Rachael Lipscombe

ELC Rock Wallabies                        Mary-Anne Winchester/Natalie Fletcher

KG                                                       Camille Gerbich

KR                                                       Janice McDevitt

1G                                                       Tracey Hanlon   

1R                                                       Catherine Joy

1W                                                      Heidi White

2G                                                       Angela Small/ Jarrah Chapman (Friday)

2R                                                       Trina Twyford

2W                                                     Tayla Hart

3/4B                                                   Michael Feerick

3/4G                                                   Caitlin Meany/ Rachel Gallacher (Friday)

3/4R                                                   Rose Lee/Lyn Pepper-Budge (Friday)

3/4W                                                  Ben Davis

5G                                                       Rachael McCann/Simon Bugden (Friday)

5R                                                       Brendan Roweth

6G                                                       Lisa Binutti-Willson/ Brendon Pye (Friday)

6R                                                       Emily Capper/Stephanie Leemhuis (Thursday and Friday)

 

Office Managers                             Beulah Jud-Brettingham/Catherine Cusack/Kathy Falaras

Office Manager ELC                       Liz Bulley

Library                                               Kate Mertz (Tuesday-Friday) Simon Bugden (Monday)

Italian                                                Antonija Rover

Music                                                 Jenny Groom

Classroom Support Teachers      Jane Foley/Brendon Pye/Meg Millband

Classroom Support Assistants    Kathy Falaras/Penny Ford/Catherine Cusack Gordana Grubesic

ICT Coordinator                              Caitlin Meany

Youth Minister                                Grace Lustri       

ELC ASC Coordinator                     George Passaris

Janitor/Maintenance                    Michael – Capital Maintenance

We welcome Tayla Hart, Brendan Roweth, Jenny Groom, Rachel Gallacher and Gordana Grubesic to our school community and welcome back Jarrah for one day a week in the Primary School. We farewell Antonia Matthew who has worked for many years in our ELC and wish her every happiness in her retirement. We congratulate Rebecca Casey who has been awarded a House Coordinator and Maths teaching role at Merici and wish her continued success in her career.  We also say farewell just for 2022 to Campbell Sloane, who has taken an IT support role in CE and Kylie Baines who is taking leave for the year.  Mel Punyer will continue on maternity leave next year and we thank Anne Hitchings and Stephanie Leemhuis  for all their effort in 2W this year.  We welcome Stephanie back again next year in Year 6 with Emily Capper and Jarrah Chapman in Year 2 with Angela Small. 

At this time of year many children are excited for Christmas and enjoy sharing stories of what they are doing to celebrate. We understand that not all families celebrate Christmas or Santa, particularly those with older children. I have received some reports from concerned parents that children who do not celebrate Santa are telling this information to other children and spoiling the concept of Santa for them. I appreciate this can be a tricky issue but given its affect on families and children, one which parents within our community felt needed to be addressed. We hope you enjoy celebrating Christmas, however you choose to, with your children and families this year. 

Have a wonderful weekend and a peace-filled week ahead with your beautiful families.  Please do not hesitate to reach out for anything at all and continue to stay safe. 

Warmest wishes,

Philippa 

Philippa Brearley -
Email: philippa.brearley@cg.catholic.edu.au

2021 Term 4 Week 10