"Love must be completely sincere.  Hate what is evil, hold on to what is good.  Love one another warmly as Christian brothers and sisters, and be eager to show respect for one another.  Serve the Lord with a heart full of devotion.  Let your hope keep you joyful, be patient in your troubles, and pray at all times.  Share your belongings with needy Christians and open your homes to strangers. " (Rom 12: 8-13)

Dear Friends,

As we have spent much time over the last few months reflecting on our school Mission and Vision, particularly in preparation for our Registration panel visit next Monday, I thought I would begin our newsletter this week on a Gospel reading about love.  At Holy Trinity we endeavour to empower our students to live a good life in which they use their individual strengths and virtues to find and have abundant grace in their lives. We want them to learn with passion and curiosity. This belief is enacted through our shared values which nourish and support our school vision, culture and identity. The words of Faith, Hope and Love encapsulate what is important and the essence of our identity as a Catholic school. An explicit example of this LOVE is with our Christian Outreach Projects throughout the year , and in particular, our Global school partners project with Evaland Hekima in Kenya.  Kristy Everding and I were extremely privileged and blessed to have shared this act of love with our community in Kenya and with many other schools associated with Global School Partners.  I sincerely thank you on behalf of all of us at Holy Trinity for your generosity in enabling the school to show such immense love and care for a community desperately in need.

It is also with great pleasure that I warmly welcome to our Holy Trinity community some new families-  Sarah and Sam Brewer, Charita Modugu, Liam Pearson and Martin, Morgan and Max Keogh.  We also welcome back  for the remainder of the year Amelia Baker in Year 6. After a busy time last term interviewing new enrolments, we are now also gathering acceptances from parents re 2019 and we will have another 2 Kindergartens beginning in February which will be wonderful. 

This term has begun well with many classes participating in excursions to engage their learning with the new units of inquiry. We also look forward to sharing our School and Parish Feast day tomorrow at St Peter and Paul's with their community, and I thank all staff, especially Brigitta and Kristy, who have spent much time organising this important occasion for our two Parish school communities.

The Annual Improvement surveys are currently being constructed again and will be emailed to all staff, families and some students from Year 3-6 around August the 20th.  I encourage all parents to take part in this survey as the data collected helps in planning short and long term strategies for our school.  With the help of the School Board, we also hope to run another Annual Parent Forum in early Term 4, which again, enables parents to have input into the future planning of our school.

This term sees many events for our community to be involved in including First Holy Communion, the walkathon, Book Week, Grandparents Day, the famous school revue, BYOD Information night and the second PYP night, focussing on numeracy.  All of these events are on our school calendar which you can access via our school website or on our App. Fete preparation is also well underway this term, and I thank families who have already begun contributing items for this.

With every best wish for a holy and peace-filled week ahead with your beautiful families,

Philippa