"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