PRINCIPAL'S MESSAGE

Congratulations...

...to our students who participated in the da Vinci Decathlon in Armidale last week! Great job!

...to Darcy Oaks who participated in the Polding Touch Trials in Tamworth last Friday - Heidi Hardaker (CSO Primary Sport) posted on Facebook:

"I had many families say thanks for a great day but I would like to give a special little shout out to Darcy Oakes at Holy Trinity School Inverell for going out of his way on two occasions to show his gratitude and appreciation for the opportunity to play today. What a polite and respectful young man you are Darcy, your family should be very proud" 

...to Des Collins and Rory Orchard who attended the Wii Gaay   camp in Dubbo - the staff said they were great participants

...to our 11 students who went to the Inverell Community Garden planting bee

our primary and secondary league teams who played at different gala days over the last two weeks...their sportsmanship was commended

...to Sammy Kennedy for being selected in the Armidale Primary Diocesan hockey team

Best Wishes...

...to our primary students trialling in Armidale on Friday in league, netball and soccer

Thank you...

... to all our families who came along to the P and F Welcome Back Picnic on Friday evening. It was so lovely to see so many families enjoying each others company and the children having fun together. 

ANZAC Day

The school will be marching in the ANZAC Day parade on April 25th. We will meet at 10:15am ready for the march at 10:30am at the Gaukrogers corner. Students are to wear their full summer uniform and hat. We are hoping this goes to plan as we have not been able to march for two years. Our school captains will lay a wreath at the ceremony at 11am at the cenotaph. Updates regarding this will be sent on Compass and Facebook on the weekend prior to ANZAC day. We would love to have as many students as we could so all are welcome!

COVID 19 update

We have minimised the number of school events this week due to the impact on Covid 19 on our school. We have a large number of students away and a number of staff members. We hope by having students stay within their class groups and not joining together with the wider community we can help stop the spread. The staff have returned to wearing masks indoors this week and we have strongly encouraged secondary students to do the same. We are continuing with increased cleaning, ventilation and sanitising.

School Uniform for Term 2

From Term 2 students may wear either their summer or winter uniform. Winter uniform is compulsory from June 1 until September 1. A reminder that the students should not wear a combination of both uniforms - it is one or the other. 

School Photos

Our 2022 school photos will be taken on Monday May 2 and Tuesday May 3. All students must be in their summer uniform for these photos. Envelopes for payment have been sent home today with students. If you would like a family photo envelopes to order are available at the Front Office. All orders and payments must be returned to school by Friday 29 April.

Attendance

Thank you to all our families who are making a concerted effort to explain their children's absences. It is a legal requirement that parents notify the school within 7 days of a child's absence regarding the nature of the absence. Letters have been sent to families where these absences have not be explained. Please attend to this before the end of term so our records can be accurate.

Term 2 Dates for your calendar

Monday 25 April ANZAC Day march

Tuesday 26 April School resumes for all students

Wednesday 27 April Year 2-6 Cross Country

Thursday 28 April Year 7-10 Cross Country

Monday 2 May School Photos

Tuesday 3 May School Photos

Friday 6 May Mother's Day Breakfast and Stall

May 10-20 NAPLAN Year 3, 5, 7, and 9

Friday May 20 Infants Cross Country TBC

Monday 23- Friday 27 Catholic Schools Week - date of picnic TBC

Friday 17 June K-2 Athletics Carnival TBC

Friday 24 June Year 3-6 Field Events

Friday 1 July - Pupil Free Day

Happy Easter and Holidays!

I would like to wish everyone a very happy Easter  and a safe and relaxing holiday from school. It has been great this term to see a return to many of our normal activites such as family conferences, sport and visitors back into the school. Our staff have worked hard at establishing strong routines for learning and behaviour and our students respond positively. I have had a number of complimentary comments about the welcoming nature of our school and the effort our staff and students put into their learning. I truly hope that we can return healthy and well in Term 2 to continue the good work that we have all started. 

Thanks to our families for your support of our school!