TERM 2

WEEK 4

10th May

2017

TERM 2

WEEK 4

Friday 11th May

NO MASS

LITURGY

Foundation Level

Mother’s Day

Liturgy

NO

RECONCILIATION

SORRY SERVICE

Yr 2 SD

ASSEMBLY

Yr 2M

WEEK 5

Friday 18th May

NO MASS

NO RECONCILIATION

SORRY SERVICE

Year 2 M

ASSEMBLY

Yr 4 Camp Reflection

Dear Parents,

Our Mother’s Day Breakfast was a huge success yesterday with over 400 people attending. The atmosphere in the room was terrific as the Mum’s took the opportunity to enjoy a meal with their children and catch up with other families. A big thanks to all of the staff who were at school well before the sun came up to assist with the set-up, cooking and serving. It was a great effort and another example of our staff going over and above their required duties to offer wonderful opportunities to our families. Thanks also to all of the Dads who came along and helped out it was very much appreciated. I must make a special mention of Kathryn Pepper who coordinated the whole event, she did a superb job and its success is a credit to her. I remind families that the Mother’s Day and Father’s Day Breakfast occasions are for Trinity students and their parents. Due to numbers we cannot accommodate siblings who do not attend Trinity. I apologise if there was some confusion around this.

Thanks to the Parents and Friends who have again coordinated the Mother’s Day Stall and the Mother’s Day Raffle. The raffle will be drawn at Friday’s assembly.

The students in Year 3 and Year 5 have been undertaking the Government Administered NAPLAN testing this week. Results will be made available to parents as soon as we obtain them. Usually it is around August.

Tomorrow our Grade Four students will be heading off to Sovereign Hill in Ballarat for their overnight Camp. It is a fantastic camp and learning opportunity for the children. Stephanie Barker, Rima Darwish, Leisa Finkelde, Sarah Hubbard, Liz Jones, Jaimilee Marsden, Emily Rogers, Ange Schinck and I are the staff attending camp. Thanks to the staff that are attending, it is a big effort to leave their own families for the night. Ange Schinck is the teacher in charge of the camp.

It is a very exciting time this week as we begin to move back into the Administration Building. We expect that we will be operational in the building by the end of next week. The new developments mean that there are some changes for parents to be aware of. I have listed the main changes below;

Part of the brief with the whole school refurbishment was to improve the security for our children. The unfortunate reality is most critical incidents within schools these days are lockdowns where someone who shouldn’t be here has come onto the site.

TRINITY CATHOLIC PRIMARY SCHOOL

NEWSLETTER

PRINCIPAL — Mr Simon Dell’Oro

103-129 Oakgrove Drive, Narre Warren South 3805

Email: info@trinitynarre.catholic.edu.au

Phone: 03 9704 1970 Web: www.trinitynarre.catholic.edu.au Fax: 03 9704 1780

Trinity Catholic Primary School is committed to providing an education that develops 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.

In regards to the Administration Building we have changed the way adults enter the school. The fence and gate will be relocated this week from between Readman Hall and the Admin Building and to now between the corner of the Multi-Purpose Room (MPR) and the Hall. The new parent entrance (for those wanting to enter the MPR or the school once the gates are locked) will now be the door between the corner of the MPR and the Principal Office wall. Parents wanting to enter the school during school hours will need to register at the Office and get a swipe card to enter.

The corridor down the centre of the Admin Building is locked off and no longer an

entry and exit point. This is for the safety of the students. The students now have their own admin counter behind the foyer wall if they need to see Glenice and Romalie, thus is much safer as they do not have to enter the foyer of the school. If parents need to see the admin staff they can come into the foyer and then enter the school via the new parent entrance. This will take some getting used to but again I stress it is for student safety. Over the next school holiday period a covered walkway will be installed leading parents from the admin foyer to the new parent entrance.

A Sanctuary has been created at the end of the Multi-Purpose Room. This will be

where we now hold Class Masses. It has folding doors that can close off the Sanctuary when not in use.

A reminder that the Parents and Friends have organised a social night for parents at 7pm on Sunday the 2nd of July at Fountain Gate Cinema to see ‘The House’. This event is not for children. Instead it is an opportunity for parents to get together and enjoy a film to raise funds for the school. I encourage you to attend and you are most welcome to bring your own friends along to enjoy the evening. Please see the attached flyer within this newsletter for all details.

It has come to our attention that there are some parents that are inappropriately restraining (or not restraining) their children in their cars when leaving the school. As a parent of young children myself I can understand that sometimes it feels like an inconvenience to have to put your children in their safety seats, however, what I cannot understand is why you would not do it and as a result risk the health of your child. Please take the extra few minutes to ensure that your children are safe in the car.

I hope all Mums have a Very Happy Mother’s Day on Sunday.

Regards,

Simon Dell'Oro

Principal

Sr Joy phoned last week. She has finished her latest treatment and w ill find out the results in approximately 6 weeks. She would like to pass on her thanks to everyone in our school community for the prayers, good wishes,

letters, cards, etc you have sent to her.

At this stage she is unable to reply to them but will endeavour to in due course.

If you would like to send a card or letter to Sr Joy please drop it into the school office and we will forward them on to her.

At this stage she is not having visitors and sends her love and blessings to everyone.

Religious Education News

IMPORTANT DATES FOR TERM 2 Mother’s Day Foundation Liturgy – Fri

12th May Trinity Parish Mass – Saturday 3rd June @

6pm Trinity Feast Day – Friday 9th June

RECONCILIATION CELEBRATIONS

Wed 17th May @ 7.00pm Wed 7th June @ 7.00pm Sat 10th June @ 10.30am Wed 28th June @ 7:00pm

FIRST COMMUNION ENROLEMENT NIGHT

TOMORROW NIGHT. Thursday 11th May

7:30pm in the Don Bosco School Hall $50 enrolment Sacrament fee

FOURTH SUNDAY OF EASTER

John 10:1-10

Reflection

At the time of Jesus, many people were farmers and the sight of a shepherd and his sheep would have been a familiar one. Shepherds traditionally walked at the front of the flock to guide the sheep rather than driving them from behind. The sheep would recognise and know the shepherd’s voice and follow him with complete trust and confidence. At night, shepherds would gather their flock into small stockades or folds and lie across the entrance to prevent any sheep from wandering away or coming to harm from wild animals. In today’s Gospel, Jesus describes himself as a shepherd who leads his sheep (those who follow him) to rich pastures and the safety of his sheepfold. Possible discussion Whose voice do you know without being told who it is? How can you tell? Jesus speaks to us in many ways. How can we tell the voice of Jesus? Jesus says that he will always care for us. Let us pray that we may know and love Jesus more closely.

Kathryn Pepper Religious Education Leader/

Student Support

MOTHER’S DAY BREAKFAST Yesterday we celebrated Mother’s Day with a special Mother’s Day breakfast. Around 400 nanas, grandmothers, mums and children gathered in the school hall for the event. A BIG thank you to Simon, Matthew, Scott, Joe, Robert, Dave, Adam, Colin and the Trinity staff for their support in assisting with the cooking and serving of the breakfast. Thank you also to the Ferracane family for kindly donating a box of 180 eggs. The morning would not have been a success without all your support.

Wishing all those who carry out the role of a Mother a very special day

on Sunday.

For all that you do, we say a big THANK YOU.

Trinity’s Mother’s Day Breakfast Yesterday over 400 mothers, nanas, grandmothers, aunties and children gathered at school to celebrate Mother’s Day with a special breakfast. A great community atmosphere was present and for many families, it was an opportunity to meet for the first time. A BIG thank you to the following dads/grandads who generously gave up their time to assist with cooking the breakfast - Michael, Robert, Scott, Jo, Dave, Simon, Matt, Sean, Adam and Colin. Thank you also to the Trinity Staff and all the other parents that stayed back to clean up the hall. It was greatly appreciated. Thank you also to the Ferracane family who generously donated eggs.

Thank you also to the members of the Parents and Friends who volunteered their time to organise and run another successful Mother’s Day Stall. The work you do to support our

students is very much appreciated.

Mothers hold their children’s hands for a while but their hearts forever.

Wishing you a very special Mother’s Day.

From the Staff at Trinity.

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.

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 and Ministerial Order 870. 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. I f 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 Fabien

P & F Rep: Lisa Ferracane

Parent Representatives:

Tania Johnson

Chantal Fischer

Claudia Sajeba

Allison Hellier

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

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

2017 SCHOOL FEES Term 2 fees of $447.50 are now due.

The statement is the annual fee for the school year.

Camp Fees for Yr 4 students of $190 have been added to accounts and are to be paid by 30th April.

Payments can be made by Cash, BPay, Cheque and EFTPOS.

BPay transcation amounts are : Maximum $1000.00 and Minimum $50.00.

Payments for school fees can be made in instalments. Direct Debit forms are available from the office.

If you are having difficulties please contact the office.

Year 6 Parents

If your child will be attending a Government Secondary School next year , could you please call into the office to pick up a “Secondary School Placement form”.

Enrolments for the 2018 school year are now open to the Narre Warren South community.

We will be taking enrolment application up to 19th May, 2017. After this date all enrolments received will be considered on the 2 criteria for enrolment to Trinity.

1. Residents of Narre Warren South

2. Baptised Catholic children will be given priority.

Enrolment applications received after 19th May will be placed on a waiting list.

We would like to wish all Mothers, Grandmothers and all Special Women

in your lives a very happy day on Sunday.

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.

Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun

8 9

Mothers Day Breakfast

Mothers Day Stall

10 11 Yr 4 CAMP

Soveriegn Hill

First Eucharist Parent mtg 7.30pm

12Yr 4 CAMP

Soveriegn Hill

Mothers Day Raffle drawn

13 14

15 16 17 18

Education Board Mtg 7pm

19

2018 enrolments close

20 21

22 23

Trinity Athletics day

Re-Scheduled

24 25 26 27 28

29

SCJOOL CLOSURE DAY

STAFF PD Day

30 31 1 2 3

4

MAY 2017

JUNE 2017

Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun

1 2 3

Trinity Feast Day Parish Mass

4

5 P & F Mtg 7pm

6 Prep Excursion

Casey Safety Village

7 Prep Excursion Casey Safety Village

8 Yr 5 Excursion Melb Aquarium

9 Trinity Feast Day

10 11

12 13 14 15 16 17 18

19 20 21 22 23 24 25

PHYSICAL EDUCATION NEWS – DISTRICT CROSS COUNTRY

Congratulations to the 54 students from grades 4-6 who represented Trinity at the District Cross Country last Thursday. The district competition consists of Trinity and 7 other local primary schools, with each school having close to 60 students running. So it is quite an achievement to be representing Trinity at such an event.

Thank you to Mrs Woolf, Mrs Schinck and Miss Camarano for your assistance and support on the day. Also, a huge thank you to Allison Hellier, Irie Findlay and Tracy Lukin who were also there to assist.

A special mention to the following students who placed within the top ten of their age group, and will now move on to compete in the Division Cross Country Competition: Samuel , Julian , Ryan, Matilda , Logan , Jasmine and Brooke.

Nicole Cahill PE Co-Ordinator/F-3 PE Teacher

Art Room News 2017

This week is a busy one with Mothers Day breakfast and stall, Naplan and Grade four camp.

Hopefully the kiln the P&F brought will be up and running soon and we can start to do some

wonderful clay works. (Thanks P&F!)

What’s happening in the art room over the next couple of weeks?

Foundation– Students will be working on learning about colours, we watched a cute clip to reinforce the colour wheel. https://www.youtube.com/watch?

v=N8yuyekP_So

Grade One– Students will be learning about primary and secondary colours.

Grade Two- Students will be using painted papers to create artworks

Grade Three-Students with working on their portfolio pieces.

Grade Four– Grade Fours are learning about the use of contrast and painting beautiful images of toucans.

Grade Five- Grade Fives are working on learning about watercolour techniques and painting chameleons and iguanas.

Grade Six– Students will be also working with paint, exploring tempera and watercolours to create a variety of artworks

Donations If you have any of the following items at home and no longer need them, the art room would

love to take them off your hands

Cereal boxes

Plastic ice cream containers with a lid

Spring water type empty bottles

Old vinyl records

Wool, string, wool embroidery wool and hoops

Sequins, buttons, ribbons

Magazines

Artsonia We have 84% of parents that have given permission for their child’s art work to be uploaded to

Artsonia, we would love that to rise to close to 100%! Please ensure that you have returned

your permission slip, a copy of the slip is included in this weeks newsletter, in the office or with

your child’s classroom teacher. If you have already given permission, last year, there is no need

to fill in a new form, just log on to Artsonia and give permission for the 2017 year.

Artsonia is the world’s largest online student art museum. Artsonia showcases art work from

thousands of schools around the world. Artsonia’s goals are to develop students’ pride and

self-esteem, increase their multicultural understanding through art and involve parents and

relatives in students’ education and accomplishments. Your child’s artwork is uploaded onto

the website.

http://www.artsonia.com/schools/school.asp?id=158043

Dear Parents,

Our school has become a member of Artsonia. Artsonia is the world’s largest online student art museum. Art-sonia showcases art work from thousands of schools around the world. Artsonia’s goals are to develop students’ pride and self-esteem, increase their multicultural understanding through art and involve parents and relatives in students’ education and accomplishments. Your child’s artwork is uploaded onto the website.

In accordance with our school policy, we are writing to you to seek your permission for showcasing your child’s artwork on our schools’ web gallery on Artsonia. The permission will cover their tenure at Trinity.

I ask that you child participate in ARTSONIA this year, please fill out the permission slip & return it to your child’s teacher. Return the signed permission your child’s classroom teacher so that we may publish your child’s artwork. This is a unique, safe and educational opportunity for the students. Let’s join millions of famous child artists on the internet!

If you wish to have a look at what trinity’s Artsonia website looks like, here is the link

http://www.artsonia.com/schools/school.asp?id=158043

Comment on your child’s artwork: One of the most exciting features about being published on Artsoni-a’s Art Museum is that friends and family from anywhere in the world can leave a nice comment for the artist and become a fan club member of the artist.

As a security feature, Artsonia requires the parent to pre-approve all comments before they are posted on the website. This is one of many examples of how important your child’s safety and privacy are to both Trinity and Artsonia. If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to e-mail me at saman-tha.moss@trinitynarre.catholic.edu.au.

Please Return by Monday the 28th of February

Thank you for supporting the Visual Arts at Trinity.

Mrs. Samantha Moss

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I give my permission to display my child’s artwork on Artsonia, in accordance with Artsonia’s terms and conditions of use***.

I understand that Artsonia preserves students’ privacy and anonymity by listing artwork only under the student’s first name and number- last names are never revealed. I also understand that Artsonia will display only comments on student’s art-work with parental permission, and therefore grant Artsonia to email notifications to me when new comments are available for review. NOTE: this permission will cover the entire tenure of my child at Trinity.

***Complete details on Artsonia’s terms and conditions can be found at www.artsonia.com/terms

*If you have another child at Trinity Catholic Primary School, you can add their name at the bottom, you do not have to sign two permission slips.

Student Name____________________________________ Students Grade _________________

Parent Name_____________________________________

E-mail_______________________________________________________________

Email is required for parents to approve visitor comments. Artsonia does not share your email address with anyone. If you do

not have an email address, you may leave this field blank, but your child’s artwork will not have comments displayed.

Parent Signature_______________________ Date: __________________

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

10th MAY ZAVIER

ROSE

JEHAN

JULIAN

11th MAY AUSTIN

RYLEH

14th MAY MAX

Please see below for term 2.

If you are unable to attend on your allocated day please contact another person on the roster. In the event you are not able to swap contact Tracey Sligar 9704 1970.

Thank you for your help and support of our children and our school .

Lunch bags are now available from the school office in the Readman Hall

$10 each

Colours available, pink, purple, green and blue

DATE 8.45 - 10.30 approx 11.45 – 1.15 approx

11th MAY Kerryn Cerchiaro Lisa Cini

18th MAY Amanda Mair Kate Henderson

25th MAY Mariette EL Khoury Gus Powell

1st JUNE Walter Burston Adele Pettenuzzo

8th JUNE Rebekah Lee Anastasia Barker

15th JUNE Allison Hellier Mariane Mikhael

22nd JUNE Jo Knezevic Daniela Cini

29th JUNE Luisa Locandro Lisa Whittaker

CANTEEN ROSTER

TERM 2

Next P & F Meeting:

Monday 5th June 7pm

TRINITY PARENTS & FRIENDS

NEWSLETTER

Committee Members General

President Kerryn Cerchiaro Anastasia Barker

Vice President Chrs Brember Natasha Ferreras

Secretary Lisa Ferracane Kate Henderson

Asst Secretary Mirelle Van Duin Joanne Knezevic

Treasurer Michelle Hofman Rachael Manley

Asst Treasurer Chantal Fischer Jessica McLardi

Board Rep Lisa Ferracane Claudia Sajeba

Melissa Yong

Mothers Day Stall

What a fantastic day we had on Monday & Tuesday at our Mothers Day Stall. The students were so lovely and well mannered, and we are sure they had fun choosing a very special gift for their mums, special person and grandparents.

On behalf of the P&F Committee, I wanted to say a Huge Thank You to our wonderful volunteers on both days: Jo Knezevic, Julie Maddocks, Michelle Hoffman, Linda Vozzo, Tim Sebastyen, Maie Drew, Tracy Lukin, Amelia Bucedi, Anastasia Barker, Lisa Whittaker, Marianne Mikheal, Suzanne Wells, Melissa Yong, Chris Brember & Lorraine Hibl.

Thank you also to our Grade 6 helpers Oliver, Ella, Milan & Brianna.

We want you all to know how much we appreciate all that you have done to make the Mothers Day Stall a huge success. With your help and support we were able to run the stall smoothly.

Thanks to Jo Knezevic for assisting me with the organising of the stall this year, Anna Mangano for your assistance and lastly Thanks to the behind the scenes committee members Natasha Ferreras, Chantal Fischer, Claudia Sajeba, Mireille Van Duin & Lisa Ferracane. Without your help with the counting and creating our labels we would be lost.

Mothers Day Raffle

Raffle tickets and money are due back today Wednesday 10th May 2017. The raffle will be drawn at assembly on Friday 12th May at 2.30pm. A huge Thank You to Jo Knezevic for another beautiful display of raffle prizes. They are at the office if you would like to take a peek. Thank you to the families who donated items for our raffle, it’s greatly appreciated.

Adult Village Movie Night

The Parents & Friend Committee are very excited to be hosting our biggest fundraiser event for the year.

The Adult Only night at Village Cinemas at Fountain Gate, will be on Sunday 2nd July at 630pm (for a 7pm start).

The movie we will be seeing is called, "The House", starring Will Farrell and Amy Poehler, a comedy about a couple who spend their child’s college fund and seek ways to make some fast cash.

This will be a fantastic night out with all proceeds going towards purchasing outdoor furniture for the students.

Get your friends and family together and help support a great cause for our school.

Tickets are $30pp and include a small popcorn & drink. Ticket forms are available from the office.

We will have a raffle that will be sold on the night. If you have any new items you would like to donate towards the raffle it would be greatly received.

Potato Day

Potato Day is on Friday 30th June 2017. Forms will be sent home in the first week of June. On this day, we get to enjoy the delicious potatoes kindly donated from a local business and family at our school, Red Gem Growers & Packers, Cerchiaro Family, and cooked to perfection by Tatertown, Williams Family. To run this fundraiser smoothly, we would love your help on the day, so please return the forms as soon as possible.

Thank You From The P&F Committee

Next P&F Meeting Monday 5th June 2017

MOST GRACIOUS HEAVENLY FATHER, We thank You for our mothers to whom You have entrusted the care of every precious human life from its very beginning in the womb. You have given to woman the capacity of participating with You in the creation of new life. Grant that every woman may come to understand the full meaning of that blessing, which gives her an unlimited capacity for selfless love for every child she may be privileged to bear, and for all Your children. Watch over every mother who is with child, strengthen her faith in Your fatherly care and love for her and for her unborn baby. Give her courage in times of fear or pain, understanding in times of uncertainty and doubt, and hope in times of trouble. Grant her joy in the birth of her child. To mothers You have given the great privilege and responsi-bility of being a child’s first teacher and spiritual guide. Grant that all mothers may worthily foster the faith of their children, following the example of Mary, Elizabeth, and other holy wom-en who follow Christ. Help mothers to grow daily in knowledge and understanding of Your Son, Our Lord Jesus Christ, and grant them the wisdom to impart this knowledge faithfully to their children, and to all who depend upon them.