Dear Parents,

We are participating in the Redgum Book Club virtual catalogue this term. Every order will earn resources and books for our school. To view the current catalogue open link Redgum Term 3 Catalogue

New release titles in the current catalogue include:

• Peter Rabbit I Love You Daddy – This heart-warming book is the perfect way to tell Daddy “I love you” on Father’s Day, or any other day of the year. Peter Rabbit I Love You Daddy
• Lego Batman Sticker Super Heroes and Super Villains - Who is the coolest Super hero? Who is the craziest Super Villain? With this book you decide! Lego Batman
• Edge: I HERO: Monster Hunter: Yeti – Exciting, monster based, choose your own destiny adventure story, in which you are the hero! Monster Hunter: Yeti
• Number Puzzles & Games - Test your number skills with this fun-filled book. Contains counting challenges, sudoku, number mazes and so much more! Number Puzzles & Games
• Ronaldo Rules – This book is full of everything a young fan wants to know about Cristiano Ronaldo. Includes lots of quizzes and facts. Ronaldo Rules
• The World’s Worst Parents – These tales of the most spectacularly silly mums and deliriously daft dads will leave you rocking with laughter. The World's Worst Parents
• The Schoolmaster’s Daughter – A story from Jackie French about education in colonial Australia and how women once had to fight for their right to it. The Schoolmaster's Daughter
• The Impossible Boy – Believe in the impossible…A magical adventure that celebrates friendship, the power of imagination and ice cream! The Impossible Boy
• IQ XOXO Smart Games – Award winning Smart Games is the leader in multi-level games. Featuring 120 challenges for endless, brain-teasing fun! IQ XOXO Smart Games.

Free shipping on all orders over $40. A small delivery fee applies for orders under $40.

All books in the current catalogue will arrive in the Redgum warehouse the week commencing Monday 10^th August.

If you have any questions, email Lesley on schools@redgumbookclub.com.au

“Let the children come to me, and do not stop them, because the Kingdom of God belongs to such as these.  I assure you that whoever dos not receive the Kingdom of God like a child will never enter it.”

Dear Parents, Staff and Students,

The above quote from the Gospel of Mark was shared with us today at our Opening School Mass, where our Year 6 students were presented with their leadership badges. Last Sunday at Mass, Fr John talked about our identity being developed in our sense of community.  It is wonderful to be part of a community here at Holy Trinity where all identities are recognised, nurtured and included.  This was particularly evident in the huge number of families who joined us last Friday night for our Parent Information Night and welcome BBQ.  A big thank you to our P and F helpers who organised the food and refreshments for all of us. 

Another great opportunity to gather in community and support one another was the Dr Kristy Goodwin information night held on Tuesday night.  We had over 80 parents in attendance, and they were given mush useful guidance and insight into navigating our children in the digital world.  We have purchased a copy of Dr Kristy’s book which will be available for parents to borrow from the library.

To help ensure all in our community are informed, on Friday night we launched our new school App, where you will be able to find calendar dates, newsletters, information and notices from your smart phone.  It will also have a link to our new website that we are currently building. I have attached instructions on how to download this to your phone at the end of the newsletter, if you have not already done so.  Please note that under the “Manage Tab” you need to  choose which groups in our school you would like notifications about (otherwise you will not receive any notifications).  We are hoping that by Week 5 we will be using this to send our newsletter and therefore, will no longer be sending this or notifications via email or Skoolbag.  

Parent Partnership Meetings

These meetings are an opportunity for you to share your knowledge of your child and some hopes and aspirations for them in 2018. It is also an opportunity for you to meet with your child’s classroom teacher and begin a dialogue that will continue throughout the year. We believe that Parent Partnership Meetings will ensure the best possible start to the year and establish strong school/home partnerships.  The 10 minutes sessions will be available between Monday 5^th – Wednesday 7^th March 2019 (Unless otherwise specified on the timetable) and are for all children from our ELC up to Year 6.  Prior to this meeting, we ask that families complete the Parent Partnership Form that will go home next Friday (Week 4) with your child’s Interim Report. We ask you to complete this form in preparation for this discussion.

Tomorrow morning we will be having a guest speaker, Simon Carroll, come to morning assembly and talk to the children about an organisation called Global School Partners.  As part of our Christion Outreach Projects for 2018 and beyond, Holy Trinity School and ELC will be partnering with a Kenyan school, Evaland Hekima Academy.  With this project we will be raising money to help this school community become self-sustainable.   You are all welcome to come and hear Simon speak in the morning.  For more information about GSP please click on the link below. 

GLOBAL SCHOOL PARTNERS

Before I go, just a little “take-away” from Tuesday night’s presentation:

“It is vital that we protect and value relationships in the digital age…..Learning how to self-regulate and deal with our emotions is a critical life skill.  It’s a skill that children only learn from experience.  Children literally need to experience emotions first-hand in order to learn how to respond in socially appropriate ways. ” Dr Kristy Goodwin

I look forward to seeing you all at our P and F movie night next week, if not before,

Thank you to everyone that attended and participated in our Opening School Mass and Leadership Ceremony yesterday. Our Year 6 leaders lead us in a very reverent and prayerful mass. A big thank you to Ms Thompson-Lang and the School Choir for leading the beautiful singing. 

Upcoming Religious Education Celebrations

Happy Birthday to our children who have celebrated birthdays this week  Emily 

Parent Library The ELC parent library has books on parenting and childhood development as well as range of children’s books dealing with issues such as separation anxiety, grief, emotions, coping with change. You are very welcome to borrow these books at any time.

Stay and Play every Wednesday morning from 9-10am at the ELC playground. All families from the ELC, Primary School and broader community are very welcome.

Coles Sport for Schools Program the ELC is collecting vouchers for this program, vouchers can be left in the ELC office.

Upcoming Events

27 February— Water Fun Day (BC/GP)

Cid Riley visit from Global Worming

28 February— Cid Riley visit from Global Worming

— Stay and Play

2 March — P & F Movie Night

3 March - Parish Mass 6pm Holy Trinity Church

Dr. Kristy Goodwin - Raising Your Child in a Digital World

A massive thank you to all parents who attended Dr. Kristy Goodwin's event on Tuesday evening. We had well over 80 parents who I know will take away some valuable parenting advice. I know I did! A big shout out to Jen Graham who helped our community to rally around this important event. 

Be the Pilot!!

If you click on the image below you will be taken to a PDF copy of the slides from the presentation and a free eBook summary.

Here are also some sites to visit to help further inform your digital parenting decisions.

https://www.esafety.gov.au/iparent- An interactive guide for parents about device use and cyber safety

http://drkristygoodwin.com/#show-me-how- Dr. Kristy's Website

To view the current catalogue, open the link Redgum Book Club Catalogue Term 1 2018

You will find more great titles to order this term on their website, with books starting from $2 www.redgumbookclub.com.au  Orders over $30 will receive a free gift for your child.

The catalogue is now open and closes on 26^th February.  Ordered books will be delivered free to the school week commencing the 12^th March. 

How to place an order:

• Order and pay online by credit card or PayPal redgumbookclub.com.au
• Email your order form with your credit card details orders@redgumbookclub.com.au
• Fax your order form (02) 9997 5850.
• Post the order form along with payment.

If you have any questions about Redgum Book Club orders, please contact Lesley at schools@redgumbookclub.com.au

SWIMMING CARNIVAL - Only a few days to go until the swimming carnival. All races are set and we are prepared for a fun filled day at the pool. Thank you to the parents who have volunteered their time to help. Information will come home for swimmers and parents involved over the coming days.

CATHOLIC SCHOOLS  SOCCER CARNIVAL - All notes were due back to school today. Registrations close tomorrow, so if there are any notes at home could they please be returned to school immediately. At this stage we have two teams representing Holy Trinity.  Please find a link to the Soccer Carnival Website and Facebook 

NETBALL - Play Netball for Holy Trinity this winter.  Games are on Saturday mornings at the Deakin Netball courts.  There is no netball across any of the school holidays.  Both boys and girls play netball up to Year 6.  The competition starts on Saturday 17 March 2018 for all divisions. 
Divisions:
NetSetGo SET: Divisions 1 (Yr 3) & Division 2 (Yr 2)  Modified rules, no finals
Juniors Go: (Yr 4)  Full rules but not finals
Juniors: Divisions 1-3 (Yr 5 & 6)  Full rules and finals

NetSetGo: Ages 5-7 (Registration through the Winter Competition link on the SCNA website)  - Kinder and Year 1. Fitness and fun games that teach some of the early netball skills. 9am

NetSetGo: Ages 7- 9  - Year 2 and 3.  Modified netball rules, no finals.  Played at 9am
Juniors: Ages 10-12.  Y4 play full rules but in Div 4 with other Y4 team, no finals.  Games at 10am.
Y5 and Y6 play in Div 1 – 3.  Games at 10am or 11am depending upon division.  Full rules, with finals played.
The Winter competition runs for 14 rounds followed by 3 rounds of finals between March and September as determined by the SCNA Calendar. 

DISTRICT GRADING - Juniors and Intermediates will play two weeks of district grading and as such will have games scheduled across two time slots on 17 March and 24 March 2018.
Juniors 10am - 12pm   17 March GRADING DRAW (Coming Soon)
Previous players from 2017 season, you will receive and email later this week from me with the link relevant to your new age group and competition.
For new players from Y2 – Y6, including those new to the district, please email me on my work email (my home one is not working currently.)     Sharon.Hickey@ed.act.edu.au  or via text 0411 338 926

Coaches and managers from 2017, I will text you before the end of the week to see if you are still keen to continue the great work that you did last year.  If there are any new parents or older siblings who are keen to assist with coaching, managing or umpiring please contact me via the above email address too.

JUNIOR LEAGUE - Register Online.  Woden Weston Rams Junior Rugby League.
Contact: Vicki Fitzroy.  Email: secretaryramsjuniors@gmail.com. 

http://websites.sportstg.com/club_info.cgi?c=1-1084-18165-0-0.  Phone: 0488 666 372.  Home Ground: North Curtin Playing Fields.

COLES FOR SPORTS - Thank you for your vouchers we have collected over 2000 vouchers thus far. To make it easier for us to count the tickes could they be stapled into bunches of ten before being dropped of into the collection boxes.