TERM 2

WEEK 7

25th MAY

2016

Dear Parents,

Our school Feast Day last week provided us with a great opportunity to celebrate

Trinity. Both the School Mass on Friday and the Parish Mass on Sunday emphasised

that first and foremost we are a Catholic School.

Without the vision of Fr. John Allen, Bishop Coffey, The Catholic Education Office and

key members of Our Lady Help of Christians Parish back in the late 1990’s Trinity

would not have opened in the year 2000 at all. We cannot forget our history and the

sacrifices that were made back then which have created what we have today.

Prospective parents viewing the school today have the opportunity to tour the

grounds, be guided by current students who talk about their experiences at the

school, meet with the staff and can view Trinity in operation. Parents in 1999 would

not have had these opportunities when they selected Trinity for the education of their

children. What an amazing leap of faith they took?? At the time there was no

operating school to observe, no existing parents to talk to about the school and no

facilities, in fact the projected site was just a paddock. These parents wanted a

Catholic Education for their children and placed their trust in God and the Catholic

Diocese of Sale to deliver them a school.

To be a staff member in a brand new school is also a difficult task, many sacrifices

and adjustments have to be made to accommodate the underdeveloped site and rapid

growth. Under the guidance of Mary Howlett (Foundation Principal) the staff worked

hard to establish Trinity. Romalie Sooriyabandara and Evie De Marchi are the only

staff still here at Trinity who were a part of the very first day. They took some time

this week to reflect upon their memories of what it was like in those early days and

the connection they feel through to the school now. Below is their reflection;

‘Eleven teachers and staff committed to Catholic Education together with the parent’s

faith and hope for their children created a learning environment for the most precious

gift of them all, the children. With an abundance of love we commenced Trinity

Catholic Primary School on a rainy, windy morning on the 25th of January 2000.

The school consisted of a block of 6 portables, five used as classrooms, grades Prep to

year 4 and the 6th portable as an Administration Block, housing the Principals Office,

Library, Staffroom, Sickbay, Uniform Shop and the Admin Office. With the bare

essentials teaching began. There was very limited resources such as books and

furniture. The only electronic device that arrived on time was the photocopy machine.

The school grounds did not consist of adventure play equipment, an oval or a soccer

field. Each morning the children were greeted by a field full of yellow daisies, which

they used to create daisy chains for themselves and staff. Gum boots were part of the

uniform, this enabled the children to play outdoors.

Parents, grandparents and parishioners helped with the moving of furniture, the

gardens, within the classrooms, the Uniform Shop and in every possible way that they

were able to offer a helping hand. There was a real spirit of teamwork and the

beginning of the Trinity Community.

Has the School changed from them to now? Yes and No.

At present we have 52 teachers and staff committed to Catholic Education together

with the parents’ faith and hope for their children in creating a learning environment

for the most precious gift of all, the children (498), accompanied with an abundance

of love .

FRIDAY

27th MAY

MASS 9am

Grade 6C

(in Classroom)

SORRY

SERVICE

Foundation M

ASSEMBLY 2.30

Year 3

FRIDAY

3rd JUNE

NO MASS

SORRY

SERVICE

Grade 2M/F

ASSEMBLY 2.30

Year 2

TRINITY CATHOLIC PRIMARY SCHOOL

NEWSLETTER

PRINCIPAL — Mr Simon Dell’Oro

103-129 Oakgrove Drive, Narre Warren South 3805

Email: info@trinitynarre.catholic.edu.au

Web: www.trinitynarre.catholic.edu.au

Phone: 03 9704 1970 Fax: 03 9704 1780

The school has grown to 21 classrooms, you just have to look around and you are able to see at a glance

what the school is able to provide for your child. Today you can also visit the school website, pick up an

information booklet, read a classroom blog or receive the newsletter on paper as well as electronically.

We still have an army of volunteers which include parents, grandparents and parishioners who provide

support and lend a helping hand.

On Monday 23rd of May 2016, we phoned the families whose enrolments have been accepted for the 2017

school year. The enthusiasm and excitement of the parent’s voices was the same as when we conversed

with the families in 1999.

The future is a very exciting time at Trinity with renovations across the school and new learning spaces for

the students. The core values remain the same then and now – to create the best learning environment

for your Childs future

Every day is a wonderful and marvellous day at Trinity!’ - Romalie & Evie.

At our Parish Mass on Sunday Fr. Brendan’s Homily focussed on the importance of community, in

particular being welcoming and the sense of belonging that accompanies being involved. A great example

of this was last Friday afternoon where we had many parents assisting with the sausage sizzle lunch and

then the enthusiasm of the students in the afternoon with so many families participating in our activities.

The old saying, ‘you get out what you put in,’ is never more evident than in a school setting. I encourage

you to become involved with Trinity and enjoy what being an active member of the community brings. Fr

Brendan also spoke about the value of getting to know people, reaching out and talking to people that you

are not as familiar with. In a big school community such as ours (350+ families) there are many people

to get to know and become friendly with. You may just not have met them yet! Fr Brendan has

challenged us to take on that responsibility of reaching out and speaking to those that we are not familiar

with to continue to build our community.

In the wake of our Feast Day celebrations it is a great opportunity to reflect upon the wonderful school we

have here at Trinity. We are blessed to be the beneficiaries of all the sacrifice and hard work that has

been done by those before us to provide what we have today. Our challenge as the current custodians is

to leave it as an even better place for those who will follow after us.

A special thanks to Kathryn Pepper, Fr. Brendan and the Parents and Friends Committee for the huge

effort they put in to the organisation and facilitation of our celebrations.

Year 4 Camp

Next Thursday and Friday the Year 4 students will head to Sovereign Hill for their overnight camp.

Georgegina Nettleingham is the teacher in charge of the camp and Ellie Gubbins, Sarah Hubbard, Liz

Jones, Jaimilee Marsden, Maria Scarton, Ange Schinck and Rebecca Todisco are the other staff that are

attending. I thank the staff as it is a big effort to leave their own families for the duration of the camp. The

students will have a wonderful time enjoying the opportunity to explore what life was like for the early

settlers in Ballarat.

Carpark

I ask that families please respect the carpark rules when dropping off and collecting your children. We are

very lucky at Trinity to have this area to utilise and we need to keep the safety of our children as the

number one priority. If you are unpredictable in your driving then you are unpredictable to pedestrians,

especially children. We expect that;

All cars please observe the carpark rules and travel at a very slow pace.

Children are dropped off and collected from the dedicated bays.

Cars do not drive forward over the zebra crossing in between other cars and put

pedestrian safety at risk.

Pedestrian’s please use the zebra crossing.

At school the children are now instructed to wait for their parents sitting under the

sheltered area. We ask that this is reinforced at home as well.

Toddlers are accompanied by their parents at all times.

Courtesy is paid to all who use the space.

I will be attending the Australian Primary Principals Association Conference next week with the other

Primary Principals from the Sale Diocese. Liz Jones will be the Acting Principal in my absence and Kathryn

Pepper the Acting Deputy Principal.

Regards,

Simon Dell'Oro

Principal

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION NEWS

Trinity Feast Day Celebrations

Last Friday we celebrated our school feast day. Many families gathered with our students and staff to

celebrate Mass, based on our school motto of faith, hope and love. Thank you to Mrs Zammit for sharing her

talents and expertise with the middle and senior dance students and to those who carried out the different

ministries in the mass. The students then returned to school for a shared lunch and participated in

celebratory activities in the classroom. A big thank you to all the wonderful parents, grandparents

and friends that generously gave up their time to cook the sausages and organise the distribution

of icy poles. Without their continued support days like this would not be possible.

On Sunday there was a great representation of Trinity families at our 9.15 Parish Mass. We thank all

students, staff and families who attended and shared their talents with everyone.

We thank God for the partnership we have between school, family and parish and for the gift of our faith.

Kathryn Pepper

REL / Student Support

SACRAMENTAL PROGRAM – TERM 2

FIRST RECONCILIATION CELEBRATIONS Sat 18th June - 10.30am and Wed 22nd June - 7pm

FIRST COMMUNION REFLECTION DAY Wednesday June 8th @ St Francis Xavier (Senior

Campus)

FIRST COMMUNION CELEBRATIONS Saturday 11th June @ 6pm and Sunday 12th June @ 11am

WET WEATHER = SPARE UNIFORM!!! As the school grounds are very muddy after all the rain we have had, a lot of children are coming in after

falling over covered in mud. Could you please pack a spare uniform (especially for the middle and

senior grades) as we do not have the larger sizes in sick bay, otherwise we will have to give you a call for

some dry clothes to be dropped in to the school.

Thanks for your help in this matter.

REALITY THERAPY - Part 2

‘The Essence of reality therapy is that we are all responsible for what we choose to do. We may

be the product of our past, but we are not victims of the past unless we choose to be’

(Corey, 2001:229).

Last week we started to explore the “WDEP” system, a procedure commonly used in Reality Therapy that leads to change. The Reality Therapy approach to counselling and problem-solving focuses on the here-and-now of the person and how to create a better future, instead of

concentrating at length on the past. It emphasises making decisions, and taking action and control of one's own life.

W Wants The first stage in the process explores a person’s wants, needs and perceptions and the following

questions are often asked of the person involved. This provides the counsellor / teacher with an insight into the behaviour being presented.

What is it that you want? What are you doing now to get what you want? How much effort are you devoting to get what you want?

How do you perceive yourself and significant others in your life?

Are you meeting your basic needs? D Doing

The second stage focuses on what the person is doing (behaviour) and the direction this is taking them. It is an opportunity for the person to step back

and reflect on what is going on around them. The following questions are often asked as a way of discovering this. What are you doing?

What are you thinking to yourself? What are you asking yourself?

What are you currently doing and to what degree is it working? Is your present behaviour helping you to get what you want or hurting you and others around you?

E Evaluation

Challenging people to make an evaluation of their behaviour is the next important step in bringing about change. During this stage, people are asked to think about whether their present behaviour has a reasonable chance of getting them what they want now, and will it take them in the

direction they want to go? From this point the counsellor/ teacher encourages them to consider which actions and thoughts they would like to change because they are not working. Assumptions

are also considered and discussed.

P Plan The final stage involves making a “plan” that will bring about better choices. The counsellor/ teacher helps the person to create a workable plan in order to get what they want. The plan needs

to be small enough and feel safe in order for it to be achieved. A commitment to carry out the plan must be made, as they are the only ones in control of their behaviour. Possible questions

asked to assist this process are: Are you ready to make plans to more effectively meet your needs? What would help you follow through with your plan and make a commitment to change?

By working through this process, people seek to discover what they really want and whether what

they are currently doing (how they are choosing to behave) is actually bringing them nearer to, or further away from, that goal.

Kathryn Pepper – REL/ Student Support

2016 SCHOOL FEES

TERM 2 FEES ARE NOW OVERDUE. Please finalise as soon as possible.

Dear Parents

Fees for Term 2 will be $425.00, Payments can be made by Cash, BPay, Cheque and EFTPOS. Payments

can be made in instalments. Direct Debit is available and forms are available from the office.

Please note that the $180.00 camp fees for year 4 students are included in this account. Camp

Fees are to be paid before by the 24th of May 2016.

School Fees for 2016

Annual fees are $1750 (this includes the $200 Capital Levy and the $50 ICT Levy). This is per family.

Term fees will be: Term 1 $475 (includes the ICT Levy)

Term 2, 3 and 4: $425

SCHOOL CLOSURE DAYS Please note the following School Closure & Student Free Days

MONDAY 13th JUNE 2016—Queen’s Birthday

COOKIE UPDATE!!!

Please note that the small cookies have now been depleted.

The only cookies available are the new large cookies at a price of $1.20 ea. If you put the incorrect amount in the lunch order then

the cookie will be substituted for another $1.00 snack.

REMINDER TO PLEASE RETURN!!

Please return the Email Authorisation Permission Form to the Office as soon as possible if you would like to use email as another form of communicating with your child’s teacher/s.

Thank you.

STICKYBEAK LUNCH BAGS

A new stock of the reusable lunch bags have arrived and are available in different colours from the school Office for $10 each.

For those families who are already using the Stickybeak Lunch Bags could I please ask that they are cleaned out after each lunch order day. We quite often find leftover food

and empty sauce containers still in the bag. They are also washable so please, if you notice that they are getting “grotty”, could you please give them a wash. For health

reasons we may not be able to use them if they are too dirty.

Your help in this would be very much appreciated.

Regards

Tracey Sligar

Canteen Manager

Items in bold type will be

school closure days or

extremely important dates.

SCHOOL CALENDAR blue will indicate new

items added to the

Calendar that week. MAY 2016

JUNE 2016

Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun

30 31

23 24 25

Prep incursion

26

7pm Board

Meeting

27 28 29

Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun

11 TERM 3 COMMENCES

8.45am

12 13

7pm First

Reconciliation

Celebration

14 15 16

10.30am First

Reconciliation

Celebration

17

18 19 20 21 22 23 6pm First

Eucharist

Celebration

24 11am

First

Eucharist

Celebration

25 26 27 28 7.15pm

Confirmation

Enrolment &

Parent Only

Workshop at

OLHC

29 30 31

JULY 2016

Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun

1 2 Year 4

Sovereign Hill

Camp

3 Year 4

Sovereign Hill

Camp

4 5

6 7 8 Eucharist

Reflection Day

at StFX

Beaconsfield

9 10

P & F Potato

Day

11

6pm First

Eucharist

Celebration

12

11am First

Eucharist

Celebration

13 NO

SCHOOL

QUEEN’S

BIRTHDAY

14

7pm

Carnival

Meeting

15 16 17 18 10.30am

First

Reconciliation

Celebration

19

20 21 22 23

Grade 5

Excursion

24 Trinity

Cross Country

TERM 2

FINISHES

3.15pm

25 26

ABSENCE FROM SCHOOL

In the case of illness a phone call in the morning on the day they are

absent.

If you are going on holidays or your child will be away for an extended

period you must advise in writing BEFORE you leave.

Thank you.

All parents/Guardians wishing to help in the classroom,

canteen or attend excursions MUST have completed the

PARENT HELPER WORKSHOP and hold a current WORKING

WITH CHILDREN CARD.

Further details are available from the school office. All parent/guardian

helpers must sign in at the office before proceeding to the classrooms.

Your current Working with Children card must be displayed at all times

when working in the 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

off area until 3.30pm.

Please observe and supervise your children, as they play on the

equipment.

Thank you for your co-operation

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 vehicles

promptly. 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-up

Zone ONLY.

The two parking bays closest to the office path are the PICK-

UP ZONES. These are NO STANDING zones. If your children are not 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-up queue.

There is NO RIGHT TURN when exiting the car park. All

vehicles must turn left for the safety of others and to maintain

traffic flow.

THE GATES CLOSE AT 9.00am AND RE-OPEN AT 3.00pm.

Occasionally they might re-open slightly later due to school

activities.

Thank you for your patience and consideration of others.

SCHOOL BOARD

board@trinitynarre.catholic. edu.au

Ex-officio:

Fr. Brendan Hogan

Principal

Simon Dell’Oro

School Representative:

Maria Scarton

Georgegina Nettleingham

Parish Representative:

Denise Ryan

Pastoral Coordinator:

Sister Joy

Chairperson: Scott McLardie

Secretary: Lisa Ferracane

P & F Rep: Lisa Ferracane

Parent Representatives:

Tania Johnson

Michael Locandro

Claudia Sajeba

OUR LADY HELP OF

CHRISTIANS PARISH

496 Princes Hwy

Narre Warren 3805.

Phone-9704 7935

Fax – 9704 7023

Parish Priest

Fr. Brendan Hogan

Assistant Priest

Fr. James Fernandez

Permanent Deacon

Rev Peter Stringfellow

Pastoral Associates

Conny James

Sacrament Co-ordinator

Emily D’Sylva

Mass Times

Saturday- 6.00pm

Sunday– 8.00am, 9.15am

11.00am & 6.00pm

PARISH OFFICE HOURS

Monday 12noon – 3.30pm

Tues-Friday 9.00 - 3.30pm

Happy Birthday to the following children who will celebrate their birthday next week.

31st MAY Justin, Lilliana and Jermayne

1st JUNE Kelis, Mia, Taylah, Jayden, Tarryn and Alejandro

2nd JUNE Lily

3rd JUNE Grace and Spencer

4th JUNE Jordan

5th JUNE Gabriella

CANTEEN ROSTER TUESDAY — PREP and JUNIOR

THURSDAY — MIDDLE and SENIOR

+ 8.45—10.30approx # 11.45—1.30approx

2016

THURSDAY 26th MAY TUESDAY 31st MAY THURSDAY 2nd JUNE

+ Mareesa Smith + Annie Lacey + Andrea MacIntosh

# Leonie Kelly # Lisa Cini # Gus Powell

TUESDAY 7th JUNE THURSDAY 9th JUNE TUESDAY 14th JUNE

+ Carolyn Burge + Nina Gore + Amanda Mair

# Tania Kozaric # Anastasia Barker # Mary Amalraj

PARISH PRIEST’S CORNER

This weekend we celebrate our Parish Feast Day. There has been a great response from many who have

offered to make the day a great celebration. As we look back over our 35 years as a parish we have a

deep sense of gratitude, we are a community because so many have come to pray and serve.

This Sunday we also celebrate the Feast of the Holy Trinity. On Friday we celebrated mass with Trinity

Primary school for their school feast day. This Sunday they will be celebrating the 9.15am mass with our

parish. One of the great blessings in our parish is our three primary schools, Trinity, Don Bosco and Mary

Mackillop each with their unique way of expressing God’s love in our community. For many the school is the

first point of contact with our parish community. It is wonderful that our schools are such welcoming places.

Trying to explain the mystery of the Trinity is challenging however our children deeply understand that God

is love.

As older pilgrims on the journey of faith how would we explain the mystery of the Trinity to a non-believer

to help them come to faith? Theologians tells us that the overflow of love between the Father and Son is

the Holy Spirit which is poured into our hearts. Listening to and responding to the call of the Holy Spirit

takes careful discernment, prayer and generosity. Jesus will always call us to serve and not be served. As

we celebrate the Feast of Holy Trinity may we come to a deeper awareness of God’s love in our life? A love

that will not leave us orphaned. St Augustine said it well when he discovered that his life without God was

leaving him unfulfilled. “My heart is restless God until it rests in you.” I wish you all a wonderful Feast Day

and many blessings for the years to come. Fr Brendan

OUR LADY HELP OF CHRISTIANS PARISH

Diocese of Sale

Ph: (03) 9704 7935 Fax: (03) 9704 7023

Email: olhc@olhc.org.au

web: www.olhc.org.au

OLHC KIDS SPACE

PASTORAL CARE NEWSLETTER 25th MAY 2016

WE PRAY FOR: Those parents undergoing treatment for Cancer; those awaiting the results of tests; those who are expecting babies; for the needs of all our Families and for the

builders working on the renovations to our school.

SCHOOL COOK BOOKS: ”A TASTE OF TRINITY” are available for $5.00 from the

Office or from Sister Joy – a great birthday present!

SECOND HAND SCHOOL UNIFORMS: There are still a number of good quality winter uniform

pieces available for sale.

LOST PROPERTY BOX: This is situated just outside the door into the Hall in the Readman building. Could I ask you all to please name your child’s/children’s jumpers and jackets as this makes it much easier to return them if they are lost.

Parents please take the time to look and make sure that the jumper/jacket that your child is wearing belongs to them as there are a number

of parents whose children have mislaid theirs and often the younger

children can be wearing someone else’s clothing until it goes into the wash. Thank you.

World Environment Day: Sunday June 5, 2016 Theme: Seven Billion Dreams, One Planet.

Consume with Care. The well-being of humanity, the environment, and the functioning of the economy, ultimately depend upon the responsible management of the

planet’s natural resources. Evidence is building that people are consuming far more natural resources than what the planet can sustainably provide.

Water: Even though households are relatively low consumers of water, population growth and expanded water use have outweighed the effect of water saving technology and behaviour.

frozen in the Antarctica, Arctic and glaciers. Humanity must therefore rely

on 0.5% for all of man’s ecosystem’s and fresh water needs.

Water is free from nature but the infrastructure needed to deliver it is expensive. HERBS AND PLANTS: are available for sale in the Office foyer and the

proceeds go towards the Carnival. As the soil is still warm, now is a good time to transplant these into the garden or into a larger pot. As the roses

and orchids bloom I will also bring these in for sale.

A WORD FROM POPE FRANCIS: “The family comes alive as it reaches beyond itself; families who do so communicate their message of life and communion, giving comfort and hope to more

fragile families, and thus build up the Church herself which is the family of families.” (A Year with Pope Francis on the Family’ page 162.)

The above from Pope Francis could have been written about many of the Trinity Families who reach out to each other in times of sickness, upset in family life and many other

ways of which I am aware. GOOD ON YOU - PLEASE KEEP IT UP!

Hello everyone,

Trinity Baked Potato Day

Our Baked Potato Day is on Friday 10th June 2016. For $6 your child

will receive a baked potato with a choice of five toppings and a drink (apple or orange juice or a bottle of water).

Forms for this event were sent home on Monday. There are more forms available at the office, so please feel free to go and ask for one if you need one. It is one form per child to

be filled in for this event, so if you have more than one child at school please make sure they have one form each. The forms are to be filled in and returned to school with the

money no later than Wednesday 8th June 2016. You can post your form and money (inside an envelope) into the Parents & Friends box at the office.

We would greatly appreciate any helpers on our Potato Day. If you are able to assist (and you have a valid Working with Children Check card), please fill in your details on the

bottom of the Potato Day order form. We will be needing help between the times of 10.45am and 2pm on the day. Thank you in advance for your offer to help.

Stickybeak Lunch Bags

These are now in stock and are available from the School Office for $10ea.

P&F Committee

We welcome any new members to the P&F Committee. If you cannot make our monthly meeting, that’s ok, we love helpers on the day of our events. Joining our committee is a

great way to meet new people. Contact Kerryn 0408 364 909 if you are interested.

Next P&F Meeting: Monday 6th June 2016 at 7pm in the Staffroom.

Next P & F Meeting: Monday 6th

June 7pm in the Staffroom

Friday 10th June: Potato Day

TRINITY PARENTS & FRIENDS

NEWSLETTER

Committee Members General Naomi Sanchez

President Kerryn Cerchiaro Anna Mangano

Vice President Chantal Fischer Carolyn Burge

Secretary Lisa Ferracane Natasha Ferreras

Asst Secretary Claudia Sajeba Melissa Yong

Treasurer Michelle Hofman Jessica McLardie

Asst Treasurer Irie Findlay Marlene Johnson

Board Rep Lisa Ferracane Anastasia Barker

General Joanne Knezevic Sr Joy

Tania Johnson