"For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, I was naked and you clothed me, I was sick and you visited me, I was in prison and you came to me. Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me."

(Matthew 25:35-40)

Dear Friends, 

Welcome to Week 2, where we began on Monday with a reflection by 3 Green on Service, beginning with the prayer above. At Holy Trinity, I am daily grateful for the acts of service and care that I see from so many in our community and I thank you  for all you give to each other and our community.

Speaking of giving, there has been so much preparation and time given to planning for out upcoming fete.  Thank you to all the stallholders and fete committee members who attended our stallholders meeting last night.  Thank you also to our incredibly generous sponsors and to Josie and Tanya who have spent an enormous amount of time sourcing sponsors and organising our raffle.  You will see this afternoon when your child brings home a book of raffle tickets each, what generous  prizes we have for this fund raising and I thank you in advance for your help selling these tickets. Please see below from Tanya important information about the selling and also about the prizes for families who sell the most tickets!!! 

Raffle Information

Dear Holy Trinity Families,

Thank you in advance for helping us to sell our Countdown to Christmas Fete Raffle Tickets, where the money raised will go towards renovating the school facilities including the oval and the cricket pitch!

Each family will be allocated one book per child; however, we encourage and would greatly appreciate your assistance in selling more if you are able to by reaching out to family, friends, colleagues or the community around you. Your efforts will go a long way in helping us to reach our goal!

The below prizes will be awarded to the families who sell the most tickets:

1st prize:  Apple iPad 9th Generation valued at $549 (generously donated by Kids Biz)

2nd prize: $100 Westfield voucher

3rd prize:  $75 Lego Store voucher

4th prize:  $50 Hoyts voucher

Raffle ticket prizes & cost

Refer to the raffle ticket to see the incredible list of prizes from our generous donors. Each individual ticket is $10 and each book containing ten tickets is $100.

Payment options

Payment can be made by cash, or via your Qkr! account. If making payment via Qkr! you will be asked to include the ticket number/s for individual ticket purchases, or the book number/s for the purchase of an entire book/s. Please also ensure you complete and return the relevant raffle ticket stubs for both Qkr! and cash payments to ensure all entries go into the draw.

How do I get more tickets?

You can collect more tickets from the front office up until the below due date. The fete committee will also be at the school to collect additional raffle tickets prior to the due date.

Where and when do I return my sold tickets?

Please return your fully completed raffle ticket stubs along with any cash payments to the front office by COB Thursday 16 November. Please note that all tickets must be accounted for and must be returned by the due date.

If you have any questions, please contact Tanya Chamberlain on 0403679536

As well as the fete, there are many other special events that happen in Term 4. Can I please encourage you to continue to check our school calendar on the website and  our weekly important dates article in the newsletter. Please note that as we have many P and F events on, we will not be having a special tuckshop day in Week 5.  This has been taken off the calendar.

Term 4 also brings with it detailed planning for 2024.  Next week in the newsletter I will be  discussing  the process for class allocation 2024 and our school policy about this. To help with this process, could I ask that families planning to leave Holy Trinity at the end of this year, (other than our Year 6 students), please fill in the form below- ( If you have completed this form last term, you do not need to fill in again):

Leaving Holy Trinity at the end of the year?  Click here

Have a wonderful weekend and a peace-filled week ahead with your beautiful families. 

Philippa

Rather than a donation we are asking students to wear a red piece of clothing (T-Shirt, socks, hair ribbon etc). However, if you wish to make a donation please click here to head to the Day for Daniel webpage.

Emily Capper
Religious Education Coordinator 

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). All families and the broader community are welcome to attend.

Important Dates - Linked to School Calendar

*Please note that dates can change through out the term

2023 Yearbook Cover Competition

Calling all artists!

This year we are holding a compeittion to design the cover of our Holy Trinity Yearbook. Our theme for the year has been 'Walking Together', using this as your inspiration we invite entries from Kindergarten to Year 6.  

Your design can be black and white or colour and needs to be on an A4 sheet of white paper or card.

Entries need to be submitted to Mrs Sheargold by Friday October 27. The winning entry will be on the cover of the 2023 Yearbook.

Students celebrating this week:  Harrison Mc, Maija L, Oliver T, Benjamin D, James P