Dear Community of Holy Trinity, 

This Sunday, our Parish Priest, Monsignor John Woods celebrates the 40th anniversary of his ordination to the priesthood. We congratulate him on this wonderful achivement and ask God's blessing upon him now and always. 

Jesus, our great High Priest, we ask you to give Fr John a deep faith, a bright and firm hope and a burning love which will ever increase in the course of his priestly life. 

Be his comfort, be his joy, be his strength. 

AMEN 

Each year September 8th marks UNESCO’s International Literacy day, raising awareness globally on the issues surrounding adult and child literacy. First held in 1966 and now part of the UN’s sustainable development goals program adopted in 2015, International Literacy day highlights the changes and improvements being made worldwide in literacy development.

Literacy learning here at Holy Trinity Primary School underpins every facet of our school curriculum. All teachers are charged with the goal of encouraging lifelong learners and lovers of literacy. We aim to produce students who are confident and articulate speakers, attentive and active listeners, accomplished and critical readers and confident writers.

Parents play a significant role in helping their child towards acquiring strong literacy skills. We know that engaged parents increase every child’s chances for success. But more importantly, how much speaking to your child you have engaged in their early years, how much interaction with others have they had and how much exploration of language, through conversations, games, being read to and so on, makes a huge difference in how ready and primed their brain is to learn to read and write. 

We encourage you all this weekend, to spend some quailty together in the world of Literacy. 

Peace and Best Wishes

Katie