TRINITY CATHOLIC PRIMARY SCHOOLNEWSLETTER

PRINCIPAL — Mrs Kathryn Pepper103-129 Oakgrove Drive, Narre Warren South 3805

Phone: 03 9704 1970Email: info@trinitynarre.catholic.edu.auWeb:www.trinitynarre.catholic.edu.au

School Hours 8.45am - 3.15pmOffice Hours 8.30am - 4.00pm

Trinity Catholic Primary School is committed to providing Catholic education thatdevelops the whole person. We believe that the social, emotional, moral, spiritual and physical

wellbeing of our students is pivotal to student health, safety, learning and success.

TERM 1

WEEK 9

Wednesday24th March 2021

ASSEMBLYFRIDAY 26th MARCH

Please refer to timetable in thisnewsletter

Dear Parents,

It is hard to believe that we are already approaching the end of term one and despite the time going fast, I know thateveryone is tired and ready for the holidays to come. Term one is always a busy term, but this term has been evenharder on the physical, emotional and mental state of all involved in the school community. Starting a new year afterwhat was a crazy, challenging year adds extra stress and pressure on everyone before it has even started. For someof us, the snap lockdown in February would have also raised anxiety levels, bringing back memories of uncertaintyfrom last year. Together though, we have overcome these challenges and the students have returned to an almostnormal school life again.

Last week I attended a two-day conference in Traralgon with all the DOSCEL Primary School Principals. The twodays focused on school improvement and wellbeing and provided direction for schools moving forward. Trinity is anexcellent position to ensure a high-quality education is enacted and all students have the opportunity to feel safe,valued and achieve success. This has been made possible as a direct result of the hard working, dedicated andpassionate staff working with and for our children every day. I am extremely privileged to be a part of a team thatgoes above and beyond what is expected to see our students achieve. I am really excited about what the future holdsfor Trinity and I thank all of the staff for the excellent job they do every day in supporting, nurturing, challenging andinspiring our students.

Harmony DayOn Monday the staff and students celebrated Harmony Day. This year’s focus was on celebrating our culturalheritage and acknowledging those in our community that kept us going during the pandemic. Thank you to Mr Sharpfor his organisation of the day and to the students for their valuable input. A special video was created for families toview and will be sent out via Click View tomorrow.

Year 4 Camp - Forest EdgeOur Year 4 students will be attending their first school camp next Monday and Tuesday at Forest Edge in NeerimEast. A big thank you to the Year 4 staff for their preparation for the camp and to the following staff who will beattending the camp; Mrs Varsamis, Mrs Davis, Mrs Nettleingham. Miss Rogers, Miss Farrelly, Miss Lambell, Mr Wattyand Mr Sharp. I am sure the students will have an amazing time and I look forward to hearing their stories.

Government Tutoring InitiativeAt the end of the 2020 school year the Victorian Government announced that schools would receive some funding toprovide extra support to students who were disadvantaged in their learning as a result of remote schooling. Everyschool received a different amount of funding depending on their socioeconomic status. Trinity is in the process ofemploying some part time teachers that will provide some additional support to students through the use of smallintervention groups during either Term 2 or 3. Recent assessment data will be utilised to determine students who willbenefit from the extra assistance. Some students are already receiving support through the current schoolintervention programs. Parents will receive a letter at the beginning of Term 2 if their child has been identified and willhave the option to opt in or out. If you have any questions regarding the initiative, please contact myself, Mr Sharp orMiss Farrelly.

Season For GrowthToday a letter was emailed to all families outlining the Seasons for Growth program. If your child/ren would benefitfrom participating in this program, I ask that you please send through the required information to the email addressprovided.

Cross Country - TomorrowTomorrow all students will participate in Trinity’s Cross Country event. This event will be held at school. Parents aremost welcome to attend to watch their child participate. All parents must complete the COVID Safe sign inprocedures and obey social distancing regulations. Students will be required to wear their sports uniform on the day.Thank you to Mrs Cahill and Mrs Woolf for organising the day.

Easter RaffleThank you to the families that have already returned their raffle tickets to the office. All sold raffle tickets must bereturned by Wednesday 31st March.

End of Term OneTerm one will conclude at 3.15pm on Thursday 1st April. Term 2 will resume on Tuesday 20th April. Monday 19thApril is a Religious Education professional development day for all staff.

NAPLAN OnlineOn Tuesday 5G and 3P participated in a trial session for NAPLAN online. This session was not designed to assessstudent knowledge but rather the school’s technology and capability to facilitate the NAPLAN assessments online. Allstudents in Year 3 and 5 will complete the assessments online (except Year 3 Writing) in May. More information willbe provided to parents next term.

Emergency Evacuation ProcedureAs part of Trinity’s Emergency Management Plan, the staff and students will engage in a practice Fire Drill this Friday26th March. The classroom teachers will discuss the required procedures with the students to ensure they feelcomfortable with what they will be required to do.

2022 Foundation EnrolmentsIf you have a child starting Foundation next year and have not yet handed in your enrolment form we ask that youplease do so ASAP to ensure a place for your child next year.

Kind regards,

Kathryn

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION REFLECTION

Dear Families,Very truly, I tell you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains just a singlegrain; but if it dies, it bears much fruit. Those who love their life lose it, and those who hate their lifein this world will keep it for eternal life. Jn 24-25

This Gospel passage from the weekend is quite challenging, as read literally, you would questionanyone wanting to follow the message of Jesus. But this piece is part of a larger story Jesus istalking to His increasing number of followers, along with the disciples Andrew and Phillip,foreshadowing His death to come.

That is the challenge, there is a deeper truth in the text which is difficult to understand at first glance,so we need some guidance about how we can understand the deeper truth. It is worth doing, as thedeeper truth is still enlightening today as it was 2000 years ago. We sure don’t want anyone to haveto ‘hate’ their life!

On the weekend, the Homily I listened to at mass spoke about Jesus being willing to lose his life fora greater good. The Priest then connected the last year, where many in our community lost it all, wewere faced with such great doom and gloom. For many within our community, life was turned upsidedown and the rebuild is challenging. Reaching out further, many in our rural communities suffered adouble hit, with the bushfires followed by the pandemic.

Yet in the depths of the disaster, we often find something great. For some families, they were able toreconnect. Personally, I caught up with more people in ‘zoom chats’ than I normally do, friendshipswere reconnected. People found comfort in the walk around the lake, or the coffee from the coffeeshop. It became a highlight of the day.

Now, as we move back to normal, I haven’t caught up with those people. I get my coffee, but missthe walk. The Priest asked the question, as we have got everything back, what have we lost? Thetalk has been about how we have learned so many lessons, that we can work from home and beproductive, that we won’t take the little things for granted, we will live at a slower pace. As I drive theMonash each day, I wonder what has changed at all?

This Gospel passage then seemed to fit perfectly with me, and it seemed to suddenly make senseright at this time. In a line from the musical Come From Away, “Tonight, we honour what was lost, butcommemorate what we found”.

So 2000 years on, as we prepare to honour Jesus dying so that we may live, and we prepare tocommemorate his resurrection, how will we make sure that we take the lessons learned into ourrebirth out of COVID-19?

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION NEWS

HARMONY DAY

Thanks to everyone who got into the spirit for Harmony Day. Personally, I achieveda lifelong dream of being a surgeon, just lucky for the community that it was only incostume!

A reflection will be sent out tomorrow as a video.

RECONCILIATION WORKSHOP

A reminder, the Reconciliation Workshops that families have registered arerunning this week. As we are including those who missed last year, we have 8different workshops and our staff will be running the sessions tomorrow night.The sessions will be quite big, but a size where we can socially distance, whichmeans they will look a little different to previous workshops. We hope you getsomething out of these sessions. On behalf of Trinity, thanks to Vimi and theOur Lady Help Of Christians Parish team for the work they do running theSacramental programs.

FIRST EUCHARIST- Year 4 (Or students that missed in 2020)

First Eucharist Enrolment and Parent only workshop will be held onWednesday 28th April and Thursday 6th May at 7.00pm in the Church.Parents are required to attend only one enrolment workshop. Attendance ismandatory if you wish to prepare your child for the Sacrament of FirstEucharist. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, we request only one parentattend the workshop. This is a parent only workshop and children are notrequired to attend. If for any reason you miss the enrolment night, orcannot make it to any other meeting/workshop, we request you to wait untilthe following year, as the parish is unable to offer any catch up workshopsfor those who are unable to attend.

An enrolment levy of $50 is payable via CDFPay www.olhc.cdfpay.org.au which will be availablefrom 18th April 2021. Please bring your receipt number to the enrolment night.

For more information please refer to the Sacrament Program Booklet 2021 on the parish websitewww.olhc.org.au.

SIMON Learning Management SystemParent Access Module (PAM)

The initiative by the Diocese of Sale Catholic Education Ltd. (DOSCEL) has provided all diocesenschools the ability to centralise and streamline parent and student communication. We thank allparents, guardians and carers who have accessed PAM and completed their child’s MedicalInformation and in some cases parent notified absences.

If you have not already done so we ask that you access PAM via the email that was sent out onWednesday 17th March. This email (**IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR ALL PARENTS** - ParentAccess Module (PAM)) contains your unique username and temporary password that gains accessto PAM. Specific directions are also contained within the email to change your temporary password.If you have not received an email please check your SPAM or JUNK mailbox and if you require furthersupport please email:

pamsupport@trinitynarre.catholic.edu.au

We also advise parents that Operoo and SkoolBag access will cease on Sunday 18th April,therefore absences and medical information must be entered via PAM to ensure that we have up todate information.

The SIMON EVERYWHERE app will also become available in the near future for parents to updatestudent medical information and complete parent notified absences on mobile devices.

Parents are also advised to check the contact details of their child in PAM and update this informationby emailing the school info@trinitynarre.catholic.edu.au. Parent contact information cannot bechanged via PAM and can only be updated on our administration system.

We thank you for your patience and understanding as we transition into a new Learning ManagementSystem.

Student Support

National Day of Action against Bullying and Violence

Friday the 19th of March

Last week, as part of National Day of Action against Bullying and Violence, our junior students read the bookPenelope’s Playground and explored what bullying is and how it can affect others.

If you have a child within one of our junior classes, please take the time to have a chat with them about whatthey learnt about bullying after reading Penelope’s Playground.

Assembly Timetable for WEEK 9

All attendees to our school for assembly or any other reason must sign in with our QR code and complete aSchool Entry Declaration, which will be kept on file for 28 days.These can be found at the end of this newsletter. We thank you for your co-operation.

WeeK Date Year Level Building Time Guests Permitted

9 26thMarch

Senior Allen 2.45pm One adult family member per student(plus siblings) receiving an award orbirthday certificate.

Middle Joyce 2.45pm One adult family member per student(plus siblings) receiving an award orbirthday certificate.

Junior Marian 2.45pm One adult family member per student(plus siblings) receiving an award orbirthday certificate.

SCHOOL FEE SCHEDULE FOR 2021

Family Fees 2021

School Fee $1670.00

Capital Fee $285.00

ICT Levy $100.00

Student Levies 2021

Student Levy-Booklistexcursions andincursions, swimming,library, stationery andother curriculumexpenditure

Prep

$290

Yr. 1

$290

Yr. 2

$290

Yr. 3

$295

Yr. 4

$295

Yr. 5

$300

Yr. 6

$300

Camp $190 $280 $300

Total Year Level Levy $290 $290 $290 $295 $485 $580 $600

Accounts for 2021 school fees have been emailed to all families.

All fees can be paid throughout the school year and to be finalised by the end of October thisyear.

Payments can be made by Cash, Cheque or EFTPOS. Direct payments can be arrangedthrough the school office.

If you are experiencing financial difficulties please contact the school office to make a time tomeet with Mrs Kathryn Pepper (Principal).

CAMPS, SPORTS & EXCURSIONS FUND (CSEF)

School camps provide children with inspiring experiences in the great outdoors. Excursions encourage adeeper understanding of how the world works while sports teach teamwork, discipline and leadership. Allare a part of a healthy curriculum.

CSEF is provided by the Victorian Government to assist eligible families to cover the costs of school trips,camps and sporting activities.

If you hold a valid means-tested concession card or are a temporary foster parent, you may be eligible forCSEF. A special consideration category also exists for Asylum Seeker and Refugee Families. The allowance ispaid to the school to use towards expenses relating to camps, excursions or sporting activities for the benefitof your child.

Please note your concession card must be valid as at 27 January 2021 for Term 1.

LITERACY

Foundation

Learning Intention: We are learning to writesimple sentences.

Junior

Learning Intention (Level 1): We arelearning to read a text and use it to answer

comprehension questions.

Middle

Learning Intention (Level 3): We arelearning about different persuasive devices we

can use in our writing.

Senior

Learning Intention (Level 5): We arelearning to write about a text we have read.

Emma Lamb - Literacy Curriculum Coordinator

NUMERACY

Foundation

Learning Intention: We are learning toconnect number names, numerals and

quantities.

Junior

Learning Intention (Level 2): We arelearning to read and interpret different

sets of data.

MiddleLearning Intention (Level 4): We are

learning to order and represent numbers totens of thousand.

SeniorLearning Intention (Level 6): We are

learning about prime and composite numbersin particular prime factorisation.

Ellie Gubbins - Mathematics Curriculum Coordinator

Happy Birthday to the following studentswho celebrate their birthday this week.

MARCH 2021

MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY

22nd 23rd

TAYLOR

24th

JOCELYNJOHAN

25th

ELAINAALYSSA

26th

ZARIAHANIYAH

ALEXANDER

27th

INDIGO

28th

ANASTAZIABIANCASABAH

EASTER RAFFLE

Tickets for our Easter raffle went home withstudents last week.Tickets are 50c each (book $5.00). Additionaltickets are available from the school office.

We have five prizes in our Easter Raffle all ofequal value.

The prizes are all on display in the school office.

The Easter Raffle will be drawn after our EasterPlay on Thursday 1st April.

Winners will be notified.

P.E.

Trinity Cross Country - Thursday 25th MarchThe students are very excited to be participating in Trinity’s Cross Country tomorrow. The event will be heldwithin our school grounds and will involve the students running various courses, depending on their age.Students are required to wear their sports uniform, including their hat, to school on the day.The weather forecast is predicting possible rain, so a decision will be made before the event begins if the daywill go ahead, and families will be informed. As the course may be wet, students will need a spare pair of socks,shoes and even a towel packed in their bags.

Spectators are most welcome to come along and watch the events throughout the day. However, all spectatorsmust first proceed to the designated sign in table, where the QR code can be scanned and a School EntryDeclaration Form be completed or both documents are located at the end of this newsletter. Spectators mustalso carry a mask with them and obey social distancing regulations. Please see below for the Event Schedule:

8.45am-9.45am - Level 5 & 69.45am-10.45am - Level 3 & 4

11.30am-12.15pm - Level 1 & 212.15pm-12.45pm - Foundation

Trinity Athletics Carnival - Wednesday 21st AprilOn Monday all students would have brought home information about the Trinity Athletics Carnival, which willbe held at Casey Fields Regional Athletics Centre in Cranbourne East. Students are to wear their house colourt-shirt with school sport shorts.Please ensure that your child returns the completed permission form to their class teacher by Thursday 1stApril.If you require another form, please contact your child’s class teacher.

In order for this day to be possible, we will require a substantial number of helpers.If you are available to assist on this day, could you please emailnicole.cahill@trinitynarre.catholic.edu.au ordianna.woolf@trinitynarre.catholic.edu.au the following information by Thursday 1st

April, 2021.

· Your child’s name & class

· WWCC number & expiry

· Have you signed a Child Safety Code of Conduct Form which is now filed at the Trinity SchoolOffice?

Nicole Cahill (3-6 PE Teacher) & Dianna Woolf (F-2 PE Teacher).

LUNCHTIME ACTIVITY CLUBS

CELEBRATION OF LEARNING CERTIFICATES.Congratulations to the following students

who will be awarded a certificate at Assembly this week.

FOUNDATION CAMMARANO

Edward

FOUNDATION KERR

Miles

FOUNDATION WILLIAMS

Aikliv

YR 1 BITOIN

Maxwell

YR 1 CRISPE

Maverick

YR 1 MAYHEW

Indi

YR 2 COLLINS

Myiah

YR 2 LAMB/VELLIN

Heidi

YR 2 LOOMES

Nayen

YR 3 PARKER

Olivia

YR 3 SCHULTZE/DOVILE

Elaina

YR 3 WOODS

Maya

YR 4 ROGERS

Joshua

YR 4 DAVIS/NETTLEINGHAM

Tino

YR 4 VARSAMIS/FARRELLY

Maya

YR 5 DARWISHCharlie

YR 5 GUBBINS/MARSDENGabe

YR 5 WATTYAndrei

YR 6 DANNAOUIYuvika

YR 6 LAMBELLSienna

YR 6 SCHINCKMadison

ART - MRS MOSS

Maya (FW)Madison ( 6S)

ICT - MISS SCARTON

Linaanga (2L)Harliv (6D)

ITALIAN - MISS MARSDENF - Yr 2

Natasha (2C)

P.E. F - YR 2MRS WOOLF

Michael (2RL)

P.E. Yr 3 - Yr 6MRS CAHILL

Illara (5GM)

ITALIAN - MRS SCARTONYr 3 - Yr 6

Aleksander (5GM)

Please keep up to date with everything happeningat Trinity via our school website.

Below are a few important dates for your diary,further details and relevant notices available on our website and Operoo.

MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY

WEEK 9 22ndHarmony Day

23rd 24th 25thTrinity CrossCountry

26th 27th 28th

WEEK 10 29thYear 4 Camp

30thYear 4 Camp

31st 1st APRILLAST DAY FORTERM ONE

2ndGOODFRIDAY

3rd 4thEASTERSUNDAY

SCHOOL 5thEASTERMONDAY

6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th

HOLIDAYS 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th

WEEK 1 19thSchoolClosure Day

20thFirst Day Term 2

21st

Trinity Athletics

22nd 23rd 24th 25th

ANZACDAY

WEEK 2 26th 27th 28th 29th 30th 1st MAY 2nd

WEEK 3 3rd

Mother’s DayStall

4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th

MOTHER’SDAY

WEEK 4 10th 11th

Yr 3 & 5 NAPLAN

12th

Yr 3 & 5 NAPLAN

13th

Yr 3 & 5 NAPLAN

14th 15th 16th

WEEK 5 17th 18th 19th 20th 21st

CatholicEducationWeek Begins

22nd 23rd

WEEK 6 24th 25th 26th 27th

CatholicEducation WeekEnds

28th 29th 30th

WEEK 7 31st 1st JUNE 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th

CHILD SAFE STANDARDS WORKING WITH CHILDREN

Trinity has zero tolerance towards child abuse and is therefore committed to complying with the Victorian Child Safe Standards andMinisterial Order 870. All parents/guardians wishing to help in the classroom, canteen or attend excursions MUST have completedthe PARENT HELPER WORKSHOP and hold a current WORKING WITH CHILDREN CARD.

Further details are available from the school office or the Justice Department website. All parent/guardian helpers must sign in at theoffice before proceeding to the classrooms. Your current Working with Children card must be displayed at all times when working inthe classrooms and attending excursions.

A reminder to all Parents/Carers, supervision by School Staff begins at 8.30am before school and after school only at the drop offarea until 3.30pm.

Please observe and supervise your children as they play on the equipment.

Thank you for your co-operation.

ABSENCE FROM SCHOOL

In the case of illness/absence please call the school office by 9.00am or login to the Skoolbag App to send a notice in the morning ofthe day they are absent.

An SMS will be sent (daily) to Parents for any unexplained student absences.

If you are going on holidays or your child will be away for 3 days or more you must advise in writing to the Principal BEFORE you leave.Forms are available on our website, Skoolbag App or a handwritten letter will be acceptable.Thank you.

TRINITY CAR PARK ETIQUETTE● For greater safety and visibility, we are requesting that all drivers reverse park into the marked bays.● Thank you all who use the pedestrian crossing area. You are demonstrating to your children correct road safety practices.

Once children cross the pedestrian crossing into the parking area, they, for their safety, need to be placed into vehiclespromptly. The car park is NOT a meeting area.

● The lane around the edge of the car park (closest to the oval) are for vehicles waiting to pick children up from the Pick-upZone ONLY.

● The two parking bays closest to the office path are the PICK-UP ZONES. These are NO STANDING zones. If your children arenot ready to get into your car as you pull up to the pick-up zone, you must continue on and rejoin the end of the pick-upqueue.

● There is NO RIGHT TURN when exiting the car park. All vehicles must turn left for the safety of others and to maintain trafficflow.

● THE GATES CLOSE AT 9.00am AND RE-OPEN AT 3.00pm. Occasionally they might reopen slightly later due to school activities.● The Staff Car Park is for STAFF PARKING ONLY. Please do not use it as a drop off/pick up for students.

Thank you for your patience and consideration of others

TRINITY ADVISORY SCHOOL BOARDboard@trinitynarre.catholic.edu.au

Chair - Kathryn PepperMembers - Sandy Clua, Kerryn Kelly, Tarika Mahto, Ebony Marcolongo, Gail Rodrigues, Paul Tuvey, Brooke Farrelly and GeorgeginaNettleingham.

OUR LADY HELP OF CHRISTIANS PARISH496 Princes Hwy, Narre Warren 3805Phone: 9704 7935 Fax: 9704 7023

Parish Priest: Fr. Brendan Hogan Assistant Priest: Fr Isuru WeliwattePastoral Associate: Emily D’Sylva Sacrament Co-ordinator: Vimi Pinto

Mass Times: Saturday 6pm Parish Office Hours: Monday 12noon - 3.30pmSunday 7.30am, 9.00am, 11.00am & 6.00pm Tuesday to Friday 9.00am - 3.30pm