Happy Holidays!

A reminder that this Friday 12 April is a Pupil Free Day for all students K - 10. School resumes for all students on Monday 29 April.

Uniform

The holidays are a good time to locate pieces of the winter uniform. May is a month when students can wear either their winter or summer uniform as the weather is quite changeable. It cannot be a combination of both; it has to be one or the other.

Winter uniform is compulsory from 1 June.

ANZAC Day March

All students are invited to march with the school in the town's Anzac Day Parade. Students wear their summer uniform and hat. We will meet at the Gaukrogers corner at 10:15 ready for the march at 10:30. Check COMPASS for any updates.

Good Luck...

NSWCCC Touch

Good luck to Makayde Goldman, Angus Norman, and Darcy Oakes, who will represent the Armidale Diocese at the NSWCCC Touch Carnival on Tuesday and Wednesday. Mr Uebergang will also be attending the carnival to help manage and coach teams.

Congratulations...

U14s & U16s Rugby League

Congratulations to the 14s and 16s teams from Holy Trinity and Inverell High School who played rugby league on Monday afternoon on the school oval. The 14s had a 5-all draw while the 16s were defeated 4 tries to 1.

Northern Country U16s Rugby League

Congratulations to Tilly Thompson who was selected in the Northern Country Rugby League team last week in South West Rocks.

da Vinci Decathlon

Congratulations to our Secondary teams who competed at the da Vinci Decathlon last week at TAS. All teams were excellent representatives of the school. Thanks to Miss Cush and Mrs East for supervising the students on the day.

Results:

Year 7

1st Creative Producers,

2nd Ideation and Engineering,

3rd Cartography

Year 9

1st Legacy

2nd Engineering

Year 10

2nd Science

2nd Cartography

3rd Legacy

YEAR 10 - HSC Minimum Standard Literacy and Numeracy Tests

Literacy and numeracy skills are essential for success in learning and life after school. The HSC minimum standard was introduced to ensure students have the reading, writing and numeracy skills needed for everyday life, work and further study.

Students need to meet the HSC minimum standard to receive the HSC. To show they meet this standard, students must achieve Level 3 in short online reading, writing, and numeracy tests. Your child will have multiple opportunities to show they meet the HSC minimum standard. These tests can be taken when your child is ready—be that this year, in Year 11 or 12, or after the HSC.

For more information and flyers about the online tests and their components, visit the NESA website: https://educationstandards.nsw.edu.au/wps/portal/nesa/11-12/hsc/hsc-minimum-standard.

We will undertake these tests at school towards the end of this term and early next term.

Please return the slip on the note that was sent home if you DO NOT wish your child to sit the trial online tests. If you have any questions, please contact Miss Bailey.

Stage 4 & 5 Assessment Guidelines

Last week, all student in Years 7 - 10 received their assessment booklets, which outlined the assessment guidelines for the year.

For Stage 5 students, this important document contains vital information regarding the RoSA, Record of School Achievement. It would be appreciated if parents could read the information in the booklet and discuss the issues raised with their children. The assessment process is similar to that which the students will encounter in Stage 6 as they prepare for their Higher School Certificate.

Students have received a hard copy and have also had copies emailed to them. Copies are attached below for parents and have also been shared via Compass.

RATE A MATE IN WEEK 8

Sometimes, good deeds do go unnoticed, and at Holy Trinity, we would like to change this.

Students were offered the opportunity to thank and recognise peers for the good things that happen all the time.

Students were encouraged to let us know about someone who has followed our 'Rules for Living'.

This could have included many things—they may have made someone feel safe, valued, respected, and cared for, helped someone in their learning, or always shown commitment to their learning.

The acknowledgement is anonymous and collected via Google Forms. The students who were 'rated by a mate' received their certificate last week.

Congratulations to the following students.

Zara Butcher

Tobias McCudden

Naomi Robinson

Ella Walford

Ruby Parrella

Kaden Blair

Baxter Hawkins

Naomi Robinson

Grace Doyle

Miley Taber

Ryan Hill

Chloe Worgan

Sidharth Ramesh

Willow Garrett

Chloe Bannerman

Isadora Brandao

Dustin Taber

Izaak Simpson

Kobe Butcher

Madyson Higgins

Jelena Durmisevic

William Sinclair

Kaden Potter

Heath Watchirs

Joe Delaney

Jordan Frazier

Fred Miller

Piper Richards

Indy Johns

Seth O'Neill-Yee

Maya Taylor

Jaxon lynch

Flo Black

Bethany Pearse

Glen Walford

Lane Hosking

Josie Harvey

Charlotte Harris

Jed Emery

Hannah Sanderson

Alex Stuart

Aksel Hutchings

Anakin Dyke

Toby Beveridge

Angus Norman

Kobie Cox

Jack Sinclair

George Taylor

Ethan Beckett

Hannah Bourke

Lidiya Varghese

Hannah Bourke

Kade Schneider

Maryann Otieno

Liam Colley

William Zhao

Callie Whyte

Julian Collins

Kane Cameron

Kier Afable

Isabelle Blanck

Pippa Lynch

Emina O’Neill-Yee

Beau Butcher

Josefa Savou

Xander Gaias

Savannah Golding

Kailie Dyer-Cleal

Max Sweeney

Bronte Ellis

Haylee Phillipps-Lewis

Tamsin Pettiford

Google Classroom for Families

Google Classroom allows teachers to: create classes, distribute paperless assignments, post announcements and class questions, and provide feedback, all through an intuitive, student-friendly interface.

As a parent, we recognise how important it is for you to keep up-to-date on your student's progress in their classes. Google Classroom provides a powerful feedback channel for parents called Guardian Email Summaries.

Year 7 parents will have received an email inviting them to see summaries of their child's Google Classroom activity. If you accept the invitation, you can choose from daily (Monday - Friday) or weekly summaries. You do not have to accept the invitation; you can opt out anytime.

Parents of students in Years 8 - 10 should still be receiving updates if the invitation was accepted in 2023.

The flyer and link below provide you with some more information about Guardian Summaries. Please contact Miss Bailey if you have any further questions or issues.

GC Guardian Summaries.pdf

Making Contact with Teachers in the Secondary

If you have any questions or concerns about your child's learning or wellbeing, please make contact with Miss Bailey, your child's Pastoral Care teacher or their subject teacher. We are only too happy to assist.

Pastoral Care Teachers

Year 7:

7E - Mr Peter Ehsman

7J – Mr Jack Jeffery

7K - Miss Kristina Majetic

7M – Mrs Veronica McCormick

Year 8:

8G - Mr Anthony Gaias

8M - Mrs Christine McLachlan

8T - Mrs Kathy Townsend

8W - Mr Sam White

Year 9:

9C – Miss Claudia Cush

9E - Mrs Angela East

9U - Mr Uebergang

Year 10:

10B - Miss Kim Bailey

10K - Mr David Koch

Students and parents are encouraged to approach the relevant Pastoral Care teacher if they need assistance.

Stage Leaders

Stage 4 - Mr Anthony Gaias

Stage 5 - Mrs Angela East

7 - 10 Staff Email Addresses

Miss Kim Bailey

kbailey@arm.catholic.edu.au

Miss Claudia Cush

ccush@arm.catholic.edu.au

Mrs Claudia Dolbel

cdolbel@arm.catholic.edu.au

Mrs Angela East

aeast@arm.catholic.edu.au

Mr Peter Ehsman

pehsman@arm.catholic.edu.au

Mr Anthony Gaias

agaias@arm.catholic.edu.au

Miss Alana Goldman

agoldman@arm.catholic.edu.au

Mrs Mary-Jane Guest

mguest@arm.catholic.edu.au

Mrs Malynda Hiscock

mhiscock@arm.catholic.edu.au

Mr Jack Jeffery

jjeffery@arm.catholic.edu.au

Mr David Koch

dkoch@arm.catholic.edu.au

Miss Kristina Majetic

kmajetic@arm.catholic.edu.au

Mrs Veronica McCormick

vmccormi@arm.catholic.edu.au

Mrs Christine McLachlan

cmclachlan@arm.catholic.edu.au

Mr Matthew Pye

mpye@arm.catholic.edu.au

Mrs Jane Taylor

jtaylor4@arm.catholic.edu.au

Mrs Katherine Townsend

ktownsend@arm.catholic.edu.au

Mr Blake Uebergang

bueberga@arm.catholic.edu.au

Mrs Carrie Watchirs

cwatchirs@arm.catholic.edu.au

Mr Sam White

swhite4@arm.catholic.edu.au

Staff can be contacted directly using the email address above or via the Compass portal.

Device Policy

Students are not permitted to use their devices unless instructed by a teacher. This includes both the classroom and the playground. The students are aware of this policy and receive constant reminders in Pastoral Care, their teaching classes and there are also many posters displayed all around the school.

If a student needs to use their device, they must first seek permission from a teacher and use it in an area designated by the teacher. This is usually under their direct supervision or outside the Secondary staffroom.

If students are unable to follow this policy, their phones are confiscated and placed securely in Miss Bailey's office, where they are collected by the student at the end of the school day.

Teachers record each time a device is confiscated. After it is confiscated for a second time, it remains at school until it can be collected by a parent or carer.

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