Last Wednesday, the Holy Trinity community celebrated the culmination of many weeks of inquiry, research and collaboration by our wonderful Year 6 students through the PYP Exhibition. The theme this year was 'Where we are in Place and Time' with central idea of: Humans use inspiration and knowledge to bring about purposeful change. This student-created central idea was a reflection of the wider range of issues the students chose to inquire into which included: prothestics; equality for people with disabilities; cancer; refugees, to name a few.

The Exhibition is an integral part of our teaching and learning program and it provides students with an opportunity to demonstrate the skills, knowledge and attitudes they have developed throughout their primary school years. These attributes were clearly on display last Wednesday as the Year 6 students presented their inquiries to their parents, their peers, the wider school community and special guests. Our Year 6 students displayed passion and maturity beyond their years and presented their research and responded to questions confidently and articulately.

Our PYP Exhibition is a whole school celebration and thanks must go to all our teaching staff who have worked alongside our Year 6 students both this year and in years gone by. Thank you to all the specialist teaching staff for your ongoing support. Thank you to all the staff mentors for dedicating your time each week to support the students. Special thanks to our Year 6 class teachers Ms Thompson-Lang, Mr Pye, Mrs Small, Mrs Everding and Ms Smith for their tireless efforts and commitment to providing students with as many opportunities to explore important issues and to think deeply about what matters to them. Finally, thank you to our open-minded, knowledgeable and reflective Year 6 students—Holy Trinity's 2018 PYP Exhibition was a great success and enjoyed by all due to your hard work, perseverance and engaging manner.

Reconciliation Retreat Day 

On Monday all Year 3 students and all Candidates that have been preparing for the Sacrament of First Reconciliation participated in the Parish of the Transfiguration Retreat Day. The students participated in different sessions that explored the significance of the sacrament and the students faith journey. 

Art and Craft Stall- TOMORROW 

We have some lovely leftover, quality home-made stock from our art and craft stall for sale including:

• Christmas decorations
• Home - bath tea bags, magnetic pegs, coasters, bookmarks
• Accessories - necklaces, bracelets and hair accessories
• Some bikkies/slices (using recipes from the HT cookbook)

Here is your chance to secure some bargains and early Christmas gifts (many items $2 or less) and continue our fundraising efforts…all proceeds to our Global Partnership Program – Our African Kenya Project!

 Please join us at marquee under back top sail (lines area) THIS Friday, 23 Nov from 8:30am before school, during lunch and from 2:45pm if any stock left.

 Qkr will be available for parents/carers/grandparents and cash sales for students on the day.

Thank you for your continued wonderful support of this worthy cause,

Holy Trinity's Thanksgiving Mass- TUESDAY 4 DECEMBER  

All families that are leaving Holy Trinity at the end of 2018 and those who have volunteered their time to help the school, are invited to attend Holy Trinity's Thanksgiving Mass.The mass will be led by Kinder and is an opportunity for the staff and students to give thanks and bless the families of our school community. The mass will be held on Tuesday 4 December, at 9:30am. 

St Vincent de Paul Christmas Food Appeal

Tuesday 4 December- Sacrament of Reconciliation @7pm. 

Week 9

Friday 14 December- End of Year Concert @12pm and @5:30 followed by P & F BBQ

Week 10

Wednesday 19 December- Year 6 Graduation Mass @12pm 

2019 School Holiday Program

The ELC will be open in the January school holidays on 24-25 January and 29-30 January for a school holiday program. The program is open to current ELC and Kinder families. Bookings for the School Holiday Program can be made by clicking here

Tea Towels

The preschoolers have created a gorgeous tea towel as a memento of their time at the ELC. The tea towels feature each child's drawing of themselves. The cost is $15 per tea towel or 3 for $40 or 5 for $65. The tea towels make great Christmas gifts for family and friends too. Orders close TODAY. Order forms are available at the sign-in tables or by Direct Debit with 'tea towel/family name' as reference.

Toys at preschool

Please reinforce with your child not to bring toys to the ELC. There are ample toys in the ELC and toys from home can be lost, broken or highly distracting.

Hats

Please ensure your child has a hat with them every day in BSC/ASC and Preschool. The UV levels are currently extreme from 8.40am-4.40pm. The ELC does not have sufficient spare hats for all hat-less children.

Quality Improvement in the ELC

Thank you to those families who have completed the Quality Improvement survey. The ELC staff met last night for a whole staff meeting to plan for the implementations of improvements for 2019.

Stay and Play

Every Wednesday morning from 9am-10am in the ELC Playground during school term. Pre-preschoolers and their parents, grandparents and carers all very welcome.

Developing a resilience mindset

by Michael Grose

If you want your child or young person to be resilient enough to cope with the hardships that come his or her way, and in doing so build strengths for the future, consider fostering your own resilience first. Parents are in the best position to influence their children’s resilience. Children watch our reactions to adverse events and view first hand how we look after – or neglect – our own mental health and wellbeing.

Focusing on our own resilience is not as difficult as it may seem. If you adapt a resilience mindset you’ll find that resilient behaviour follows. Want to get fitter physically? You could take up a new fitness regime or you could simply adopt a fitness mindset. Adopt the former and there’s a reasonable chance that you’ll start off gung-ho and run out of steam after a month. Adopt the latter and you’ll more likely take small, sustainable steps such as walking or riding to work, taking stairs instead of escalators and playing active games rather than sitting on the couch on weekends.

The mindset approach works well with resilience. Take the sustainable approach of looking after your mental health, becoming conscious of the messages you send yourself and developing coping skills that allow you to respond rather than react to adverse events. These simple ideas will help:

Watch your self-talk

The little voice inside your head can have a catastrophic impact when you allow it to. It can talk you into the blues, lower your confidence and build mountainous problems out of molehills. Once you’re aware of its impact, you can switch it off or change its negative chatter to something more positive and realistic. It takes practice but it’s worth it. When you have a resilience mindset you’ll start to check that chatter in your head.

Park the bad stuff

Ever had an argument with a family member at breakfast only to find it messed up your whole day? A common trait with resilient people is that they can compartmentalise their lives so that difficult experiences in one domain won’t interfere with their effectiveness elsewhere. When you have a resilience mindset you’ll consciously park the negative stuff while you get on with the rest of the day, only revisiting it on your own terms.

Stay flexible in your thinking

People who lack resilience pepper their language with absolute, imperative statements such as ‘I must always be on time,’ ‘They never do anything to help,’ or ‘They should always use good manners’. This shows inflexible, unrealistic thinking that leads to stress and anxiousness. When you have a resilience mindset you’ll use more moderate language reflecting a flexible approach to life. The above statements become ‘I’ll always try to be on time but sometimes it’s impossible,’ ‘They are sometimes helpful but they can be forgetful,’ and ‘I’d like it if they were well-mannered but sometimes they aren’t’.

Make sleep a priority

We are only beginning to make solid links between sleep and resilience. Mothers of newborns know how debilitating sleep deprivation can be. They can’t function effectively and depression is close at hand. Many people spend much of their lives experiencing some form of sleep deprivation, compensating by taking regular caffeine hits, self-medicating with alcohol and using other ineffective remedies. When you develop a resilience mindset, you make sleep a high priority, taking the necessary lifestyle steps to make sleep easy to attain.

Create a pressure valve

In a society that views busyness as a status symbol, it’s tempting to keep working until you drop, neglecting to enjoy some downtime that releases the pressures of work. When you have a resilience mindset you value down-time and relaxation and understand the positive impact these have on your mental health and the wellbeing of people around you.

When you have a resilience mindset you have a greater understanding of what resilience is about and you’re in a better position to develop a lasting sense of resilience in your kids. Developing resilience in kids is like jumping off a pier with some friends on a cold winter’s day. In both instances you need to go first.

(Source: Parentingideas.com.au)

The 2018 Holy Trinity Father and Son Go-Kart Cup will be held on Sunday 9th December.

Entries open to all Year 4, 5 and 6 boys and their fathers (or mother/grandfather if Dad can’t make it).

There will be separate races for the boys and the adults, with the winner being the team (child and adult) with the fastest combined time.   There will be a Year 4, a Year 5 and a Year 6 winning team.

Date:  Sunday 9th December

Time: 5pm for a 5:30pm start

Place: Powercart Raceway Kingston, 25 Canberra Avenue, Griffith.

Cost for race: $38 (adults), $32 (children) or $32/$27 if you already have a PKR head sock

We will follow the race with dinner at the Kingston Hotel for all who can make it.

Please RSVP asap by text or email so we can confirm numbers with Powercart and the Kingston Hotel.  No issues if you’re a late withdrawal as it’s only pay on the day but we do need indicative numbers now.  

The challenge is on!  I hope you can make it.

The question is:

Do the Apps, Sunil, Patterson, Campbell, Longland or Poels families have what it takes to prevent the Smyth family from continuing with their winning streak? 

And who will take over from the Winton family as reigning champions for the Year 5 group?  

And is anyone from Year 4 up to beating the Ben/Nathan Smyth family combination? 

See below the coveted trophy and a picture of some of the boys last year.

Regards

Sarah Collins

0478 877 819

    

Do you need uniforms for next year?

Just a reminder to get your orders in as soon as possible.

Our suppliers close over the holidays.

If we sell out, we can't restock until mid February.

Order now to avoid disappointment!

For any queries please email:

holytrinityuniformshop@gmail.com

Last day to order School Banking Rewards will be Wednesday 28^th November.

Rewards available are:

Twister Handball

Sparkle Glitter Pens

Glow Light

Might Boom Handball

Heat Reactor Pens’ Slushie Maker Cup

Zoom Flying Disc

Just write a note advising of what reward you would like and send it in with your Bank Book and 10 tokens.

Week 6

Lower:

If there are 8 horses in a race. How many legs are in the race including the jockey?

Middle:

The winners of the TV show “The Block” won $645 000. How much short of a million dollars is that?

Upper:

A 6-day trip to Norther Territory for 2 people, all expenses paid, is on special for $1938 in total. How much per day per person is that?

       TERM 4, WEEK 7 - WED 28 NOV

Team Leader:  Justin Irvine, Jason van Ballegooyen, Nick Williams, Loretta Pabian, Tim Graham

Each year, Dance Central hunts down Canberra's best dancers between the ages of 6 and 18 years to audition for their elite crew and troupe programs. It's all about helping participants become the best dancer they can be and realising their full potential in a warm, inclusive and friendly environment.

Through the program, students also have the opportunity to compete against some of the best dancers in their age group in Australia and around the world.

Previous members have gone on to achieve success — joining the best crews in the world, touring with Janet Jackson dancing for Rihanna and Cardi B, achieving acceptance into prestigious full time dance courses, and more.

This year, Dance Central is giving young dancers the opportunity to take a look at what the performance groups have been up to this year and get inspired to audition for next year's performance groups through a highly entertaining dance show called, Kaleidoscope. It's on this Saturday 24 November at Calwell High School and tickets are $25 with all proceeds going towards next years crews. Click here for more information: https://www.stickytickets.com.au/77257/kaleidoscope_matinee__night_show.aspx

Auditions for the crew and troupe groups are then taking place from the 2nd until the 4th of December: Click here for more information:https://dance-central.com.au/classes/elite/eisteddfod-troupes-auditions-2018/