When Pentecost day came round, they had all met in one room, when suddenly they heard
what sounded like a powerful wind from heaven, the noise of which filled the entire house in
which they were sitting; and something appeared to them that seemed like tongues of fire;
these separated and came to rest on the head of each of them. They were all filled with the
Holy Spirit, and began to speak foreign languages as the Spirit gave them the gift of speech.
Now there were devout men living in Jerusalem from every nation under heaven, and at this
sound they all assembled, each one bewildered to hear these men speaking his own language.
They were amazed and astonished. ‘Surely’ they said ‘all these men speaking are Galileans?
How does it happen that each of us hears them in his own native language? Parthianss,Medess
and Elamitess; people from Mesopotamia, Judaeaa and Cappadociaa, Pontuss and Asia, Phrygia
and Pamphyliaa, Egypt and the parts of Libya round Cyrenee; as well as visitors from Rome –
Jews and proselytes alike – Cretans and Arabs; we hear them preaching in our own language about the marvels of God. 

Dear Friends,

It was wonderful to share the feast of Pentecost with our Confirmation candidates and families at our weekend Parish Masses.

In today’s newsletter, Brendon Pye has shared below incredbile student learning,  ELC- Year 6,  from our Social and Emotional Learning program.

This term our whole school focus has been on “Resilience”. The key message the staff have been sharing with the students is:

We all experience challenges and failure, have bad days, face disappointment and encounter bad luck. Learning to be resilient through challenging experiences helps students understand how to cope in a positive manner. Resilience helps overcome life’s challenges, it also assists in building trust and respectful relationships with your peers.

ELC

Being resilient in the ELC involves seeking new experiences, opportunities and taking safe risks. We have been identifying different emotions, exploring how we can express feelings and ideas and developing strategies to manage different emotions.

Kinder & Year 6 

The Year 6 students and their Kinder buddies have been doing shared social and emotional learning lessons. In this activity, the students watched a short video of a children’s book. The Book is called “Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day”. The theme of the book shows how everyone has bad days. It is very relatable to the students and outlines a sequence of events where Alexander encounters many challenges throughout his day. We shared this story with the students to highlight that we all have bad days, and those bad days don’t happen every day. It is a great way to highlight the important of resilience after experiencing minor setbacks. Here is a list of the events that happened on Alexander’s and day:

Events

1. Alexander wakes up with gum in his hair
2. Alexander has no prize in the cereal box
3. Mrs Dicken’s doesn’t like Alexander’s picture of an invisible castle
4. Alexander sang too loud during singing time at school
5. Paul says Alexander is his third best friend
6. Dr Field’s finds a cavity in Alexanders Mouth
7. Alexander falls in the mud
8. Alexander had to eat beans for supper
9. Alexander has to wear his railroad pyjamas to bed

The students came up with some positive words/advice they could have said to Alexander to help him be more resilient.

• “Maybe next time you might get a toy in your cereal box”Theoo and Ted
• “Don’t worry Alex, tomorrow will be a better day “Sara,Islaa and Betty
• “Kindness can turn things around”Tillyy, Paige andSionn
• “Be grateful for the food you have, some kids don’t have food”Murryy and Nick
• “It is ok to have a bad day, it happens to all of us” Owen and Elliot
• “Maybe you will have better luck tomorrow” Tim and Joey
• “You get what you get and you don’t get upset” Libby, Audrey and Olivia
• “These sad feelings will only last for today, tomorrow is a new day” Ruby and Nicholas
• “Remember don’t go to sleep with gum in your mouth” Sofia and Addysee
• “You need to be grateful that you have friends, it doesn’t matter if you are someone’s first, second or third best friend.” Violet and Gemma
• “Next time you could use a quieter singing voice” Gwen and Hayley

Year 1

In Year 1, the students have been learning about ways they can show resilience when they are face a challenge at school. Here are some examples of their learning.  

Year 1 Student Voice-

Clara- We can show resilience by ignoring distractions in class. We can show resilience on the playground when we have a disagreement with our friends. We can forgive them

Ed – Mistakes are ok to make, they help us learn. When you fall over on the playground you can just get back up and keep playing.

Year 2

In Year 2, the students have been identifying strategies they can use when faced with unfamiliar or challenging situations. 

The students have also been learning about “Fixed” and “Growth” mindsets. They have used the learning pit as guide to show how they can display resilience in their learning.

Year 3 & 4

In Year 3/4 the students have been discussing what resilience means to them and ways they can show resilience. Here are some reflections from 3/4 Blue

Emily M- Resilience is important if you fall down you need to be able to get back up again. Resilience is the ability to keep trying and to never give up. According to the Oxford dictionary it’s the ability of people or things to recover quickly after something unpleasant such as shock, injury. Resilience is when you lose a game you don’t ever give up and try again and keep on going.

Tennzin- Resilience means never giving up and picking yourself back up. Like when someone is winning and you did not want that to happen so you don't cry or give up you pick yourself back up and keep playing. It means to never give up even if you're losing and this is another example of resilience when someone tags you and you don't want that to happen. You keep trying until you can do it.

Max- Resilience is important to have because when people put you down you can’t give up. It’s also important to have resilience because when people annoy you, you need to be brave and ignore them. It also helps you when someone is rude because you can get over it.

Emily G- What is Resilience? Resilience has been used to describe people when they bounce back from negative experiences and disturbances. Example let’s say I was playing netball and the team it was so hard to beat them and one of the players hurt me. I have two choices, I can get angry over this or I can bounce back to a positive mind set and keep playing my best game.

Year 5

Year 5 Resilience Role play reflection:

Rafff (5 Red)- We got into groups of 5 or 6 and made a role play of resilience and what you can do to be resilient. I had a lot of fun getting ideas and executing them though I did get a bit stressed about the time. Then again this was a great opportunity to learn about resilience, try out drama and work with other people. To achieve this, my group had to use a lot of the approaches to learning, such as thinking skills, social skills and self-management skills. Overall I think all the groups did a great job at their performances and had a lot of fun, though I think we could have added a bit more expression in our voices but we did well managing our time. I was really surprised by how many ways we can show resilience and it would definitely help to be resilient in daily life.

Maddie W (5 Red)- 5 Red and 5 Green joined together to do an activity on resilience. I really enjoyed it because we were able to create a small play showing resilience. My group included: Erin, Phoebe, Isla and Tiana. It was a great way to engage us with learning about resilience. We used teamwork and our communication, self-management and thinking skills. We had to be creative and present this to both classes, we had to manage our time wisely. I have learnt the importance of having resilience because it helps improve our social skills and will improve yourwellbeingg too. I will try to use resilience in every aspect of my life. I really enjoyed this activity.

 

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Staff Changes: 

As many of you would now know, Beulah has accepted a new position and, after many years of caring service at our school, will be finishing at Holy Trinity next Thursday. We also farewell at the end of this term, Simon Bugden, who has taken a new position  in the Public Service.  Simon has been a teacher at Holy Trinity for many years and both he and Beulah will be greatly missed. We will still continue to enjoy having Simon and his family in our community as a parents of Theo and  Sadie.  We thank both of them for all they have given to our community here at Holy Trinity and wish them continued success with their new adventures.

Annual Parent Survey

Catholic Education is inviting students, teachers and parents to provide feedback on their experience of our school using an online survey. The surveys are an important part of our whole school evaluation and planning process. This is the second year that  all Catholic schools in our Archdiocese are participating in these surveys from this company, The Learning Bar.

I would like to invite you to complete this "Tell Them From Me (TTFM) Partners in Learning" survey. As we value the role of parents and carers within our school community we would greatly appreciate your feedback. The information you provide will be used to maintain our commitment to working together in partnership to further improve student learning and well being at Holy Trinity.

The survey is anonymous and will take approximately 10-15 minutes to complete. You are able to access the parent survey on your computer or mobile device by using the link shared in COMPASS.

Please note that is survey will now close  Friday 17th of June.

Community P and F Catch Up 

Please see the flyer in our newsletter to our community catch up on Wednesday 29th of June in our School Library.  We will be serving refreshments and nibbles and thus need you to RSVP on the link below for catering purposes.  We wil also be sending more detailed information about this evening in the following weeks.

RSVP to our community get together

Have a wonderful long weekend (stay warm!) 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

Global School Partners

Thank you to all who contributed to our Silly Sock Day last week. We raised 
$439.60 for Evaland Hekima. What an AMAZING effort!!

Sacrament of Confirmation

Please ensure that your child is signed up for a Mass Click here for the link.

Friday last week was the final day of Reconciliation Week at Holy Trinity. We marked the day with a Prayer Liturgy followed by a series of rotations lead by our Year 6 leaders and Mrs Lee (or Aboriginal Contact Teacher).During the Liturgy, we considered the meaning of ‘reconciliation’. As Catholics, we know that reconciliation is a choice to work towards forgiveness and a relationship with God. In the same way, Reconciliation week is a targeted opportunity to work toward forgiveness and repair our relationship with our First Nation’s peoples. We know that reconciliation is not something that is achieved or finished, but a continuous act toward loving and positive relationships. Throughout our rotations we explored elements of First Nations culture by playing Yulunga games. We tested our knowledge on a reconciliation themed quiz and we built a ‘sea of hands’ in our front garden with more than 300 commitments to ‘Be Brave and Make Change’ in our lives.

Student highlights from the week included:

Angus (ELC) – When Dion Drummond was here, I liked it when we got to do parts. I was a kangaroo, we had to listen, listen, listen and run when we heard a dingo coming!

Maddy (1Green) – I really liked learning about Aboriginal people. I learnt how to do Aboriginal dances with Dion Drummond. I hope he comes back again.

Ethan (1Green)  – I really enjoyed making the Sea of Hands. I wrote a special message on my hand. My wish is that I hope everyone will look after the land.

Gabriella (3/4Red) – My commitment is to use more of the Ngunnawal language, Yuma!

Rosie (3/4Red)- I commit to singing the correct words to the National Anthem - ‘for we are ONE and free’

William (3/4Red)- I will call out racism when I hear it.

If you wish to be involved in planning for NAIDOC week or with the school Reconciliation Action Plan more generally, please contact Rose Lee (rosemary.devereux@cg.catholic.edu.au). Our RAP working committee meets in person/via teams 3-4 times a year and greatly welcomes parent or community input (First Nations heritage is not required to be a member of this working group!)

Preschool Learning Journeys

The ELC will be hosting Learning Journeys on 20-24 June (Week 9). This is an opportunity to families to view the classroom learning environment, child's learning portfolio, reflect together on the learning and create goals for Semester Two.

Hats

Sun Smart recommendation is for children to be outdoors without the need for hats in the months of June and July. ELC hats can stay at home for these months, and beanies may be worn instead!

School Holiday Program

The ELC is now taking bookings for the July School Holidays. Information and bookings can be made here.

RSVP to our community get together

The Rostrum Primary Schools competition is a public speaking competition for all ACT and surrounding NSW schools. Last Thursday, the students from Years 3-6 listened to eleven students present a Rostrum speech. All competitors engaged the audience through effective use of voice and gestures. Congratulations to Tim L (6R) who will represent Holy Trinity at the Quarter Final held June 20th. Congratulations to Paige S (6G) who was the runner up.