SRC and Student News

The Ignatian Award

Each week at our Monday morning gathering, a student is awarded The Ignatian award

 by Mr Rodrigues for demonstrating one or all of our school values:   

                                          Community  Excellence and Respect

Congratulations to Alicia in Year 3/4VA.  Alicia is always friendly to everyone and is respectful to her peers when working in pairs or in groups.  

Well done Alicia!

Class Awards      Week 5    Term 1                         

Class awards are presented to students who have demonstrated great effort and achievement in their learning, collaboration and initiative as well as  resilience, and kindness in their classroom this week. 

Student Leaders and SRC Meeting

Term 1  Week 6

Present: Evie Lily Isabel AJ Daniel Olivia 

Humphery Clem Tie Anthony Akur Thomas

Sophie Isabel  Maple Lucas

Date: Monday 3 March 2025

Teacher Present: Mrs Antonella

Class Leaders please remind your class -

• We have some students outside without a hat. ‘NO HAT NO PLAY’ rule now applied by all teachers
• NO lunch boxes outside
• When you hear the music outside, STOP playing and get yourself ready to line up
• Quiet area/ deck area to be kept clean please

On a scale of 1-10, how has our school  been  learning this week? 

Prep AD - 7 learning letters, investigations, counting

Prep SC - 10 science and sport 

1/2 KT - 7 writing our weekend recounts

1/2 DG - 10 really working well in our  maths groups

1/2 EA - 10 spelling , writing recounts, reading and drawing from a text

3/4 TR - 7 literacy, reading class novel Matilda

3/4 ZC - 7 we are trying our best, in math we are learning about regrouping

3/4 VA - 7 some people are not working their best in class because they are distracted

5/6 BOC - 8  literacy and writing has improved

5/6 FA - 10 identity crosswords

5/6JJ -  7  how our world was made, reading

On a scale of 1-10, how has our school  been  working together this week?

Prep AD - 8  helping each other 

Prep SC - 8  we need to tidy up and keep our room clean

1/2 KT  6 remember to say nice things and don’t say you’re wrong

1/2 DG 8 being fair

1/2 EA - 7 speak politely and not shout at others

3/4 TR - 9 most students working well, group work needs to improve

3/4 ZC - 8 helping each other solve problems

3/4 VA - 8 group work, listening to each other

5/6 BOC - 9 reading our  class novel

5/6 FA  -10 we talk to each other about our learning

5/6JJ - 6 more listening and less talking in class 

Learning and events at Trinity this week:

• Shrove Tuesday - Pancake breakfast- please makea donation to Project Compassion
• Ash Wednesday Mass at 10 am
• PREPS are here for their full week
• First Aid in school program for P to 6 students
• FITCLUB on Thursday

Suggestions from the SRC

More seats in the shade 

Safety issues from the SRC

Please do not play inside the black boxes- they are for the wooden  blocks.

Please call a teacher 

If the floor in the bathrooms is wet please tell a teacher or the office 

School Wide Positive Behaviours for Learning

At Trinity Primary School we follow the school wide Positive Behaviours for Learning approach to manage student behaviour. The premise of this approach is that if we teach and reinforce positive behaviour then students know what is expected of them and what good behaviour looks like. 

There are three key focus areas to positive behaviour at Trinity:

I am Respectful                          In Prep: I am a respectful rhino

I am Responsible                                        I am a responsible rabbit

I am Safe                                                        I am a safe sloth

Positive Behaviours for Learning at Trinity

For each  positive behaviour, we explicitly describe and teach what the positive behaviours look like. Examples listed below give you some idea of what we are teaching students about the desired positive behaviours. Some examples are:

I am safe when I inform an adult of anything that may worry me

I am respectful when I keep my hands and feet to myself and speak appropriately

I am responsible when I work through friendship issues with my classmates and take care of my belongings.

The School Wide Positive Behaviour for Learning  framework recognises that for 80% of students this approach will work, whilst

15 % of students need extra assistance to manage their behaviours. The final 5% of students need some extra adult support to manage their behaviour and often a Behaviour Management Plan is developed to support these students. The school introduced a School Counsellor in 2015 to provide some of the extra support needed for some of our students to manage emotions and behaviours.

School Wide Positive Behaviours for Learning also recognises that when students are unable to manage their behaviour, consequences need to follow. Children need to know boundaries as this actually helps them to feel safe. In our whole school response to student misbehaviour, we recognise two levels – major and minor.

If a student is involved in a major incident at school, a reflection sheet will be written up and parents will receive a phone call from the class teacher or a school leader providing details of what has happened. An reflection sheet will be sent home outlining the details of the incident, as well as the consequences the school has implemented. It is expected that in partnership with the school, parents will also have a conversation at home and if thought appropriate,  implement a consequence at home.

If a student is involved in a minor incident, then this is usually dealt with at school. As a follow up to the minor incident, the student may be asked to write a reflection sheet and take part in a restorative conversation with those involved in the incident.

Junior reflection sheet

student reflection sheet

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

atsakmakis@tcs.catholic.edu.au

Antonella Tsakmakis 

Wellbeing Leader