Learning about the Olympics in Prep

This week our amazing Prep students have been learning and writing about the Olympics. Have a look at the Olympic collages they created and have a look at their wonderful writing...

Our Book Week is only 11 days away!

In Week 6, we will be celebrating Book Week. We have some exciting events planned for the week including our annual Dress Up Parade. Students might like to dress up as their favourite book character or dress as something related to this year's theme 'Reading is Magic'. The whole school parade will be held on Wednesday 21st August at 9am.

We are also very fortunate to have two guest speakers during this week:

Andrew Plant (Author and Illustrator) Years Prep- 2

https://www.andrewplant.com/

Wednesday 21/8

Sher Rill Ng (Illustrator) Year 3 -6

https://sherrillng.com/

Friday 23/8

Stusdents will also participate in other exciting events across the week:

Classes will explore the CBCA shortlisted literature
Students will have the opportunity to vote for their favourite shortlisted book in the library
We will have our Annual Scholastic book Fair- Thursday 29th August to Wednesday 4th September
There will be a daily 'Surprise Reader' each afternoon across the week
We will also have an exciting day of 'Art and Craft' related to the CBCA shortlisted books

For more information about the CBCA Book Week Shortlisted Books you can visit:

https://cbca.org.au/shortlist-2024/

Australian Mathematics Competition at Trinity

On Wednesday this week some of our Year 3, 4, 5 and 6 students chose to participate in the very challenging Australian Mathematics Competition. This national competition is offered at Trinity annually and involves answering 30 very difficult mathematical problems within 60 mintutes. Congratulations to the following students who participated - we are so proud that you chose to extend and challenge yourselves....

Maxwell, Esther, Lenora, Lucy, Thomas, Aiden, Saul, Charlotte, Sophie, Humphrey, Angela, Aidan, Georgia, Ensmos, Alex, Alden, Kyla, Nami, Angus, Chloe, Cameron, Austin, Henryk, Catie, Vihaan, Mikayla, Jax, Anthony and Patrick.

Thank you!

A very special thank you to Barb (our wonderful Library Admin person) and Christine (wonderful parent volunteer) for spending a lot of time contacting books for our Year 3, 4, 5 and 6 students. We really appreciate you giving up your time to do this for us. Our students can now begin to use these novels as part of their Literacy Learning and Literature Study.

Year 7 Enrolments and Scholarships

At Trinity we provide information and support for families with the process of secondary school enrolments for Year 6 students moving into Year 7. This is an ongoing process throughout the year. For those families of students in Year 6 who still need support with secondary school options and completing enrolments for 2025, please come and see me asap, and I would only be too happy to have a conversation or help however I can.

In choosing a secondary school for your child, we strongly advise that you attend the school tours, ask lots of questions and talk about your child's interests and needs.

We are very privileged to have such great relationships with the Catholic Secondary and Catholic Independent schools close to Trinity. In regards to bursaries or scholarships offered by some of these schools, this is determined by the secondary school itself and depends on the criteria set by the school. This is not something that is determined by Trinity or decided by staff at Trinity. Whilst we make every attempt to be transparent about the scholarship process, it is also quite a confidential process. We also offer support to individual families who need help with enrolment, bursary or scholarship applications. If you have any questions and would like to chat about this process please do not hesitate to come and see me.

At the beginning of each year families will be provided with information as to what secondary schools are available to students and 'expression of interest' forms are handed out in regards to scholarships. It is important to note that what is offered may change from year to year, and across the course of the year.

There will be an information session for our current Year 5 families to attend next term and again at the beginning of 2025. This will include information about secondary schools, the enrolment process, closing dates, scholarships and bursaries. In the meantime, feel free to come and see me if you would like to chat further about this.

'Speech Pathology for Schools' latest 'Speech Box'

Here is the latest 'Speech Box' from 'Speech Pathololgy for Schools'. This is one is all about Orthographic Mapping and Sight Words.

Staying in touch...

If at any time you would like to chat about the learning at Trinity, or you have any questions or concerns about your child's learning, please do not hesitate to see your child's teacher, or myself.

Annabelle Marinelli

Deputy Principal | Learning and Teaching Leader

amarinelli@tcs.catholic.edu.au

94287180

St Ignatius Parish

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