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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
Katie Smith
Email: katie.smith@cg.catholic.edu.au
Father’s Day Prayer Assembly
We hope everyone enjoyed Father’s Day with their loved ones! Thank you to all the special men in our student’s lives for everything you do to keep them safe and make them feel loved. A huge thank you to everyone that attended last Friday’s Father’s Day Prayer Assembly. The ELC students and their teachers did an amazing job of sharing their love and appreciation they have for the male figures in their lives.
Father’s Day Raffle
Thank you to everyone that purchased a ticket in our 2018 Father’s Day Raffle. We raised approximately $200 that will go towards the L’Arche community that provides housing for adults with a disability. A huge thank you again to Green Carbon Clean, Innovative Hair and Body and PowerKart Raceway for their generous donations. Congratulations to our three lucky winners, Savanah, Ava and Matilda.
Guest Speaker - Cass Ingram
Many thanks to Cass for coming in last week and sharing her passion and knowledge with our 5/6 students. As part of the students Religious Education Curriculum this term, they are investigating that there is much that we can learn from Aboriginal spirituality and the importance of sacred stories in building relationships with others.
Farmers Fundraiser Day
Our names are Tom, Kosma, Liam and Miles and we are helping to organise a Farmers Fundraiser Day next term, Week 2 Friday 26 October. Last week we wrote a letter to Mrs Brearley to ask if Holy Trinity can participate in a fundraiser for our farmers and happily she said yes! We would like to raise money for farmers who are in drought. We would like the children to dress up as anything found on a farm and bring in a gold coin donation which will be sent to the farmers in need.
Sincerely Tom J, Miles B, Kosma W and Liam W (3/4 Green)
Evaland Hekima Progress Update
Last week Evaland Hekima installed three water tanks with the funds we raised throughout Term Two. The guttering and piping will still need to be installed in the coming weeks. Thank you to everyone for their support for the students and staff at Evaland Hekima.
Plenary 2020 Student Voice
On Tuesday Mrs Brearley and 4 5/6 students attended the Plenary 2020 Student Voice, held by the Archbishop. This was a great day with students from schools across the Archdiocese gathering to discuss the question 'What is God asking of us today in Australia?
Important Term Three Dates
Thursday 13th September: First Eucharist Retreat day @ Holy Trinity YEAR 4 STUDENTS TO PROVIDE MORNING TEA AND BE DRESSED IN CASUAL CLOTHING
Friday 14th September: Grandparents Day, 9-11am
Saturday 15th September: First Eucharist Mass @ Holy Trinity, 6pm
Tuesday 25th September: 3/4 Grade Mass @ Holy Trinity Church, 9:30am
Wednesday 26th September: Year 5 to visit Trinity Catholic School @ Harden
Brigitta Van Deas and Kristy Everding
Email: kristy.everding@cg.catholic.edu.au
Five ways to raise a balanced technology user
by Martine Oglethorpe
The little devices that connect us, entertain us, provide us with information, show us where to go, keep us organised and allow us to indulge in retail therapy from almost anywhere, have become an integral part of our daily lives.
But when it comes to our children and their screen-time habits, we often lament the role the devices play. These little screens that offer so much and answer so many of our needs also leave us wondering how much is too much for our kids, and how do we keep it under control? Following are five ways we can ensure that our children become safe, savvy and balanced technology users.
- Look for the purpose of technology use
When parents ask me this I urge them to dig a little deeper and look at what else they could really be asking. We need to look at how each individual child is coping with their screen time. Are they still doing the things they always enjoyed before they had access to a screen? Are they able to put the screen away without a fight? What sorts of things are they doing on the screen? Is it a positive experience? Are they learning something? Are they interacting with it or merely consuming media? These are questions we need to be constantly revisiting throughout their adolescent years.
- Consider the future habits they are forming
At the same time, we need to make sure they are learning good habits from the beginning and gaining the skills and behaviours they need to stay in control of their screen time. To help form these habits, here are a few things you can do to keep screen time under control … without your kids resorting to techno-tantrums.
- Role model balanced screen-time behaviours
We know our kids learn much more from watching what we do, as opposed to listening to what we say. So how is your technology use affecting you? Are you ignoring others because you are scrolling? Are you falling asleep with a phone or tablet landing on your forehead? Are you able to give yourself over to certain tasks and focus without being distracted by beeps and notifications? Are you giving yourself some time without a device to enjoy family, friends and activities that keep you healthy and balanced?
- Establish ‘no brainer’ rules with your family
When it comes to technology, the rules often change as our children develop and mature. But we can also make some universal rules for the whole family based on our individual family values and what is important to us. It may be that there are no phones in the bedroom at night. It may be that there is no technology after a certain time of the day. It should certainly be that devices never ever come to the table at dinner time. Aiming for at least a few meals where the family is eating together is crucial. Your kids need this time to talk, connect with family and have a break from being ‘switched on’ to a device. They need to get into the habit of not eating and scrolling. So, make your rules early and stick to them.
- Build a culture of balanced play in your home
Unlike a book or a game there is often no end to what happens with a device. There is always something more to see or do, another level to reach, another city to build or another army to destroy. So, we need to get better at providing lots of other ways for our kids to be entertained, informed and connected to others. This may mean we have to physically go outside and play with them rather than simply tell them to go out. It may mean we have to insist on visits to places where devices don’t come out. Kids still want to run and jump and play – they just need to be reminded and encouraged to do so even more today. By building other ways to learn, play and interact into our kids’ lives from an early age, we are helping these things become part of their daily lives – habits that in turn become behaviours.
So, while we often feel like the devices are taking over, all of these strategies rely on us – the parents. We need to be the ones to get in early and help show them the way. We need to take a look at what we are modelling to them in terms of our own device use and our own lifestyle. We need to be helping them form the right behaviours. There are many wonderful benefits that come with these devices, so ensuring we are using them in positive ways, and are in control, will go a long way to ensuring we are all reaping those benefits.
(Source: Parentingideas.com.au)
Heidi Thompson-Lang
Email: Heidi.thompsonlang@cg.catholic.edu.au
South Weston Athletics Carnival
43 students from Holy Trinity represented our school at the South Weston Athletics Carnival at Woden Athletics Park. Well done to all the students involved. Results from the carnival will be confirmed in the coming week for students who may have qualified for the ACT championship.
Catholic Schools Netball Carnival
Team registrations have been submitted and all coaches and managers should have received their team lists. All coaches/managers will receive a team kit in the coming weeks with all equipment needed for the day. If any parents can help by bringing our large school marquee could you please get in contact with the Mr Feerick.
Bike Program
Year 5/6 have now completed two lesson of the bike program where they have learnt essential skills of bike maintenance and ways to start and stop safely. They will have their final lesson in week 9. Next term Year 3/4 will commence their lessons. More information will be provided closer to the date.
At Holy Trinity, we understand that the NAPLAN results are but one sample of how a school’s students are performing and that good schooling is about a lot more than scores on a single test, held on a single day. The NAPLAN assessments are designed to provide schools with ongoing feedback about the effectiveness of their teaching practices and the impact of the curriculum and, as such do provide some good longitudinal data on school wide development. The individual student reports also give parents and teachers a ‘snapshot’ of how each child is performing compared to those around the country in each of the five areas tested. It is important, however, for parents to remember though that the test examines a fairly narrow band of concepts and our school reports combined with parent teacher interviews provide a much richer picture of each students’ overall development.
Individual Student Reports and Additional Student Reports for all NAPLAN students were sent home on Tuesday 17th September.
Please contact your child's class teacher if you wish to discuss this report.
| K Green | Emily G, Sebastian C | 3/4 Blue | Madison T, Madeleine H, Adler C |
| K Red | Nellie H, Zac H | 3/4 Green | Olivia M, Finn A |
| 1 Green | Ella P, Liam A, Leo M | 3/4 Red | Sara P, Liam K, Gracie F |
| 1 Red | Maggie P, Matthew G | 3/4 White | Evelyn C, Elijah H, Declan I |
| 2 Green | Nicholas L, Olivia S, Jessica W | 5/6 Green | Emily Ro, Emily Ra, Georgia N |
| 2 Red | Emily A, Owen F, Billie S | 5/6 Red | Chars D, Amelie M |
| 5/6 White | Logan C, Leo P |
This week – tombola jar donations
Please continue to send in jars filled with all sorts of goodies – lollies, money/cash, hair ties, socks, mini cars, beanie boos, jewellery, lip balms, wrapped chocolates…your options are endless!
Many thanks - Athena Cains and the year 2 class coordinators.
Week 8: Next week – Round 2 of Christmas Hamper Donations
Making gift giving fun and easy this Christmas. Year 4 will be selling beautifully wrapped gift baskets of all sizes at the Fete.
We would like donations of new items for our specially themed baskets:
Kids Hamper - pencils, textas, colouring books, erasers, small lego, books, travel games, puzzles
Pets Hamper – pet treats, toys, collars, leads, pet accessories
Gardening Hamper - gloves, seed packets, small pots for planting, trowels, magazines
Beauty Hamper (men and women) – nail polish, face masks, shampoo, moisturiser, cologne, deodorant
Sports Hamper – drinks bottles, gym towels, sports balls, equipment, socks, hats
Final Art and Craft Session 3 – POSTPONED
Our final Art and Craft parents session has been cancelled for tonight – Thursday 6th September and has been postponed to Week 1, Term 4 – Thursday 18th October. Contact Lisa: htpsfete@gmail.com for more information.
Our Fete really is a food fair this year….we will have so many wonderful cuisines and delights for sale on the day – Indian by our lovely Indian community, Daana Restaurant, Mexican churros, nachos, woodfired pizzas, gourmet salads, fruit salad, bbq – sausage sizzle and more, Fruigi Icecream, cold drinks, snow cones, popcorn, fairyfloss, fabulous Bean & Grain coffee, Year 5/6 café selling fun loving spider drinks, cupcake decorating and delights from the cake stall! Hungry yet?!
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Students celebrating their birthdays this week: Clara S, Adelaide C, Serena C, Angus T, Claire T |
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Joannah Leahy Michael McEwan |
Andrea Gledhill Marisa Oberdorf Annette Cannell |
Kirsty Brogan
Email: kirsty.brogan@gmail.com
TERM 3, WEEK 8 - WED 12 SEPTeam Leader: Geoff Wynn, Ben Bryant, Todd Lenfield, Nick Williams, Matthew Waverley Smith
Paul Osborne
Email: osbornep@aap.com.au
Dear Parents and Friends,
Each week we are going to have some fun problem solving questions for the students in the newsletter. We are hoping to increase the students understanding and knowledge when working with word problems/open ended questions. Feel free to support your child with the questions. Please email me your child’s answer or your child can hand me their work at school.
Kind Regards
Brendon Pye
Lower Primary:
Lotte had a $5 note. She exchanged it with her brother Tommy for 6 coins. What would the 6 coins look like? How many solutions can you come up with?
Middle Primary:
One third of the animals in the barn are chickens. The rest are pigs. There are 20 legs in all. How many pigs are there? Draw your response
Upper Primary:
Molly realises that there are nine positions in a magic square. Can she make up a magic square (vertical, horizontal and diagonal numbers add up to make the same number) using each of the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 only once?
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Answers from last week.
Congratulations to Rosie Norton who successfully completed the Upper Primary Maths Challenge.
Upper Primaary:
Gill is playing with her name and with numbers. If A = 1, B = 2, C = 4, D = 8, E = 16, F = 32, G = 64 and so on.
The value of Gill’s name is 64 + 256 + 2048 + 2048 = 4416. What is the value of your name?
Brendon Pye
Email: brendon.pye@cg.catholic.edu.au
On Thursday night a bike was stolen from the school bike shed.
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