Dear Friends,

We began Week 7 with our first Advent Liturgy, present by 1 Red and Miss Joy.  It is always reflective to begin Advent with the concept of HOPE, as we prepare for the coming of Jesus.

Since our last school newsletter we have celebrated again some incredible learning and achievements with our Awards Assembly.  We congratulate the following students: 

Week 5 Award Winners

ICAS and Maths Olympiad Winners

Not only did we celebrate our students' learning achievements recently, but also the learnings of our staff.  Each of our teachers across the ELC and school participated in their own professional inquiry project throughout the year, that enabled staff to further their own capabilities, pursue a passion, go outside their  comfort zone, stretch their learning and creativity and take action to further develop this craft of teaching.

As Guy Claxton says, “we want our students to naturally think critically, creatively and collectively about the world in which they find themselves, find or devise work that is fulfilling and responsible and strive to make our world a better and safer place to inhabit for generations to come.”  I thank our incredibly talented teachers for their efforts to further explore this professional inquiry research, to ensure our students are given every opportunity to grow and be motivated to exercise their attitudes of resilience, curiosity and collaboration.

It was also wonderful today to welcome all our Kindergarten students and their parents/carers for 2023 to orientation day yesterday morning.  It is always such a privilege to be able to share with families all the incredible characteristics of our school, including the warm and caring community.  At this time of year we not only welcome those for 2023, but sadly we also farewell community members.  On our school staff we thank and farewell the following members:

• Brendon Pye, who has been awarded an Deputy Head Of Junior School position at Burgmann College
• Tracey Hanlon, who has been awarded a teaching position at Radford College
• Kathy Falaras, who is taking a CSA position at Mother Teresa
• George Passaris & Katelyn Judd, who are both travelling overseas next year.

Mel Punyer will also continue next year on maternity leave and Jane Foley and Angela Small will be taking leave for 2023. 

Remembrance Day

Thank you to our Year 5 students, Mrs Mcann and Mr Roweth for leading a lovely Remembrance Day Prayer Celebration.

Christmas Vinnies

Monday week 7 marked the start of our annual St Vincent de Paul Christmas Appeal. Collections will be open for the next two weeks. Each classroom has a basket for the items to be placed in. 

Thanksgiving Mass

We would love to invite ALL families to our Thanksgiving Mass, especially those families who have helped out our school in various roles this year and those families who will be leaving our school community at the end if the year.

L'Arche Summer BBQ

Don't forget TOMORROW is our L'Arche Summr BBQ

Talent Show Winners 

Congratulations to our talent show winners from last term. The students enjoyed a pizza lunch with Mrs Brearley!

Emily Capper

Religious Education Coordinator

Quality Improvement in the ELC

The ELC is commited to continual improvement and value our families and community engagement in this process. Please click here to complete a short survey. Written feedback/comments/suggestions are also very welcome.

ELC BSC & ASC Bookings

Due to the large number of enrolments in the ELC for Preschool Plus next year, we have very limited spaces in our BSC and ASC programs available for primary aged children. Priority will be given to current ELC children attending Kindergarten in 2023. Please contact the ELC office for an enrolment form and information book. elc.holytrinity@cg.catholic.edu.au

School Holiday Bookings

The ELC will be running a School Holiday Program on 19-20 December and 23-27 January. Bookings can be made by clicking here.

Stay and Play

Stay and Play is a playgroup for pre-preschoolers and their carer each Wednesday in school term 9am-10am in the ELC Adventure Garden (weather permitting). We are very pleased to welcome our Holy Trinity families and wider community back after a long break due to Covid restrictions. 

Holy Trinity commences its annual swimming program for Years K-5 this upcoming Tuesday the 29^th of November. This program runs Tue -Fri for Weeks 8 and 9 ( 8 days). 

Students will undertake this program at Stromlo Leisure Centre and will be taken to and from Holy Trinity via bus.
 
Students are to arrive at school each day with their swimmers under their school clothing as they will not be able to get changed at school before they leave for the pool. On return from their lesson, students will be able to change out of their swimmers and into their school clothing. Students will not be able to change their clothing at Stromlo Leisure Centre.
 
Students will need to bring an extra bag for their wet gear each day. 

Thank you for all your help preparing our students for this program.

Pleas note that today a COMPASS notification will be sent to all families for parents/carers to give permission for their child to travel to and from school to the pool at Stromlo by bus. Please ensure this is completed by Monday 28 November, thank you.

Kind regards,

Ben Davis
Sport Coordinator

Dear Children, Parents, Grandparents, and significant others,

All library books are due to be returned to the library by the end of Week 8, Friday, 2^nd December (next week).

Please send anything back with a Holy Trinity barcode. I will send out overdue notices in Week 9 and then again in Week 10.

If you get an overdue notice, please look extra hard for the missing books – Type in the name of the book on google and see if an image helps you find the book. Come in and search for the missing book, send me an email, and if all else fails you will need to pay the fine.

The library will be closed in Week 10 for stocktake.

Final Book Club orders for 2022 are also due by the end of Week 8 - Friday 2^nd December. Orders can be submitted online via the Scholastic website or the LOOP app. All books will be delivered directly to the school. 

Happy Reading and God Bless,

The Uniform Shop is open once more between now and the end of the school year. 

Our suppliers shut their doors for the Christmas and school holiday period so we encourage you to place any summer 2023 orders now. 

We will be open on Saturday 21 January for collection of all orders placed from 14:00 Friday 2 December until 14:00 Friday 20 January and general shopping. Please ensure you book a time to come in on this day https://signup.com/go/QvdRFFr

Katie (Hugh Y1G and Hannah ELC Black Cockatoos) and Ginny (Evelyn Y1G)

Uniform Shop Coordinators