We pray Lord, that we may know ourselves and open ourselves honestly to you. We ask you for the courage to face what is not good in ourselves and the honesty to accept the gift of your forgiveness. Be with us Lord in the Spirit of reconciliation and in the forgiveness of Jesus, our Son, who died and rose from death for our sins. We ask this in the name of Jesus the Lord.

Dear Friends,

Welcome to Term 4!!  My favourite time of the year as it always brings with it lovely weather, Year 6 Exhibition and Graduation, Kinder orientation and the excitement of the birth of Jesus!  This week we met with parents preparing their children for the Sacrament of Reconciliation later in the term.  Let us keep these families in our prayers as they journey through this important preparation time with their children.

Thank you to Beck Casey, staff  and the parents that attended our ICT and BYOD information night. In our ICT section of the newsletter today Beck has included information discussed and presented at this night for those who were unable to attend or who are interested in knowing more about ICT at Holy Trinity.

As well as beginning to develop strategic planning for 2020 and beyond, we are currently advertising for staffing positions to be filled for next year.  A couple of these have come from an increase in our enrolments, resulting in Holy Trinity going from 14 to 16 classes for 2020- changes include 3 x Kinders, 3 x Year 1 and 4 x 5 /6 classes.  Meg Millband will be continuing permanently at our school after coming over on a transfer for  this year, which we are thrilled about.  We also congratulate Stephanie Leehmuis and Brigitta Van Deas who will be taking maternity leave again in 2020-Brigitta is expecting her third child in March and Stephanie, her second child in January. 

It is with great pleasure that I welcome to our School Board for 2020 three new members: Lucy Vincent, Andrew Peereboom and Penny O'Connell.  I always feel such gratitude being a part of a community who are always so willing to give of their time for the benefit of our students and the wider community.  During the holidays, I spent a bit of time reflecting as we being strategic planning for 2020 and beyond and I thought extensively about this idea of gratitude.  When reading "Braving the Wilderness" by Brene Brown, she quotes:

"The key to joy is practising gratitude".

I feel blessed that I am part of such a wonderful community at Holy Trinity of which I feel immense gratitude and joy.

With every best wish for a holy and peace-filled week ahead with your beautiful families,

Philippa

Welcome back to Term 4!

Footy Fever Fundraiser for Feel the Magic

On the last day of Term 3 we held out Footy Fever Fundraiser for Feel the Magic. It was so great to see the range of jerseys, especially the Canberra Raiders! Thank you to all who were able to make a donation. As we still have some donations coming in, we will announce the final figure in next week’s newsletter!

Mass Dates

Please see the dates below for class Masses for this term. Please feel free to attend Mass with your child's class.

Reconciliation

Thank you to those who were able to come along to the Parent Information Night for Reconciliation on Tuesday night. If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact me at emily.capper@cg.catholic.edu.au or Catherine at the Parish office at WodenNorth@cg.org.au 

Up Coming Dates 

Week 2

• Tuesday: Year 5/6 Class Mass

Week 3

• Monday: 1G Prayer Celebration - 2:20pm
• Friday: All Saints Mass 9:30am

ELC Commemorative Tea Towel

We are taking orders for the 2019 ELC Commemorative Tea Towel. The design has every preschooler's self portrait and can be viewed by clicking here.

The tea towels are royal blue design printed on a 100% white cotton, quality tea towel.

They are $15 each or 3 tea towels for $40 or 5 tea towels for $60.

Don't forget to order a few extra for family members, Christmas gifts and your keepsake box (they look great around a bottle of wine or a box of chocolates).

A sample tea towel can be viewed in the ELC office. Order forms can be collected from the ELC or simply make a direct debit payment to the ELC with child's name and tea towel order as reference.

School Holiday Program

The fabulous ASC Team ran an engaging, relaxing and fun holiday program in the ELC. Each day explored a different theme, from pirate day, milkshakes at the Curtin shops, an excursion to Floriade and more.

Kindergarten Orientation

Orientation for our Holy Trinity Kindergarten students 2020 is on Tuesday 29 October. We ask the families whose children will attend this orientation morning to not sign into preschool until 11am, once the orientation morning is complete. The ELC will be unable to facilitate taking children to the Kinder orientation.

Stay and Play

Playgroup for pre-preschoolers and their families. Wednesday mornings from 9am-10.30am in the ELC Playground (weather permitting). Parents, grandparents, carers and children are all very welcome.

At the end of last term, parents were invited to attend an information session regarding BYOD in 2020 and how ICT is used at Holy Trinity. We had a wonderful turn out and an informative discussion around the use of technology at home and school.

The following information was presented or handed out.

2019_BYOD_Launch_The_FACTS_and_the_FAQs.pdf

Essential_Apps_2019.pdf

HolyTrinityPrimarySchoolPersonalDeviceandSchoolOwnediPadStudentAcceptableUseAgreement.pdf

We also discussed the importance of installing parent controls on your child's device and cyber safety. Dr. Kristy Goodwin recommends

to keep your child safe and assist with parenting in the digital world.

Another great site to help with navigating technology at home and at school is:

I hope this information provides an insight into our ICT parent evening. If you have any other questions or concerns, please flick me an email.

Rebecca Casey

ICT Coordinator

rebecca.casey@cg.catholic.edu.au

Catholic Schools Netball Carnival

This Saturday six teams will represent Holy Trinity in the Catholic Schools Netball Carnival at Calwell Playing Fields. The weather looks like it may be windy with a cool start with a maximum of 18 degrees. Students have been informed about their teams. Coaches and managers have team lists and are to attend a briefing at 8am.  Please stay posted to the Rosary Facebook Page for any updates. We wish all the students and families luck for Saturday.

NRL Tag Gala Day

Holy Trinity will be sending teams for Years 3/4 to represent the school at the upcoming League Tag Gala Day on Thursday 31 October at Phillip District Playing Fields. Permission forms have been sent out via email. If your child would like to participate please fill in the permission form by 25 October.

TERM 4, WEEK 2 - WED 23 OCT

Team Leader: Michael Miller, Simon Frawley, Andrew Prior, Ben Hinchcliffe

Reminder:  Could team leaders please ensure the ELC is vacuumed, as well as the main building and annexe.   Just the carpeted areas, as the bathrooms are done by the cleaners.