PRINCIPAL'S MESSAGE

The last two weeks...

Thank you to our families who filled out the 2021 School Survey. We have received the feedback and appreciate people taking the time. Some noted areas of strength from a family perspective are:

Safety of students

Maintenance of the school

Facilities and access to technology

Response to concerns

Some noted areas for us to improve on include:

Challenging students to improve

Setting targets for student learning

Understanding and reporting on student progress to families

As a leadership team we have begun to discuss how the areas for improvement can be addressed in 2022.

Thank you also to our families for their support of the Holy Trinity P and F Race Day and Art Union. The P and F and our school staff did a great job of raising money for our school which we can put to good use next year. Every ticket sold makes a difference. Congratulations to our students who sold the winning tickets. A block of chocolate came their way today!

The kindergarten transition came to an end last Thursday. It was great to have our new students into our school for six visits. Families are reminded to make their Best Start appointments for the beginning of next year. Year 7 have one more transition next Friday, December 3rd. 

Debating @ HTS

Over the year we have had many students involved in debating led by Mrs Taylor. 

Senior Team - Grace Taylor, Riley Hoskings, Alen Varghese, Austin Taylor, Livinia Whyte, Frank McCosker (left) 

Year 8 -  Cas Marshall, Jade Pevy, Holly Sutton, Lucy Wellard

Year 7 - Ellie Miller, Hannah Bourke, Maygan Cody, Jessica Hill, Isaac Whan (left)

Year 6 - Grace Young, Halina Huynh, Sasha Bryant, Noah Grob, Brigalow Wolfenden-Woods, Charlotte Harris 

Our Year 6 team was the Diocesan winner. Our Stage 4 and 5 teams likewise have been doing extremely well and are competing in final debates now. It has been a wonderful opportunity that can happen via ZOOM. Congratulations to the students involved.

Coming up...

There are a number of events coming up for the end of the year. Please read the relevant sections in the newsletter which provide more details. Next week we look forward to our Year 10 graduation activities including Copeton Dam, final assembly, Graduation Mass and presentation of awards and the Graduation dinner.

In Week 10 we will celebrate Year 6's final primary Mass and have our Presentation Days. 

Mrs Guest has outlined our Christmas appeals, please take the time to read the  "Celebrating our Faith" section and encourage your child to give generously. 

End of year and last day

The final day of school for students in Kinder to Year 9 is Wednesday 15 December. If your child is not returning in 2022 please contact the school so the appropriate paperwork can be completed.

All school fees for 2021 are due on Friday 3 December. Please contact me if you need to discuss the finalisation of 2021 accounts.

First Day for 2022

The first day for students in Year 1 to 10 is Tuesday 1 February. Kinder have their Best Start Assessments in this week. Kinder's first day is Monday 7 February

Year 7 and 8 Book packs are now available at the canteen.

From next week, Monday 29 November the Alinta Uniform Shop will be re-opening onsite. Please read the Uniform Shop section of the newsletter for opening times and procedures.

For students in Year 1-6 requirements lists and class-lists will be sent home with the semester reports on Friday 10 December.

Classes for 2022

In K-6 we will be having year groups rather than stage classes as our numbers now fit better into this alignment and we also received extra funding from the CSO Armidale. There will be two classes for each year group except for Year 6 where there will be 3. We are currently finalising our teachers for the classes. We will be welcoming a new member of staff in the primary - Mrs Chloe Smith who is moving to Inverell from Sydney.

In the Secondary we will be having two classes per year group except for Year 8 which will be three classes. Staff will be announced in Week 10's newsletter.