Principal's News

Prayer

We praise you, God, for the gift of cultural diversity in our world.

Dear God, help us learn to listen more deeply and connect with others, 

With those who may have a different perspective and background. 

With those who hold different opinions to mine.

We ask this in the name of Jesus, your son and our brother. 

Amen.

Dear Families,

It is hard to believe that next week we will be heading into Week 4 of Term 1.  With so much happening each day it is hard to keep track of all the different things occuring in each of our classrooms, not to mention during our breaks with clubs now beginning. I have included below a snapshot of what is on offer for our children throughout the week. The clubs program we run at Trinity is an important aspect of catering for all children and giving them a range of other opportunities to build their social skills, knowl;edge and enjoyment at school.  Many thanks to the staff and parents who give their time to ensure that these clubs can all run so effectively. 

Farewell Ms Annalisa

Today we farewelled Ms Annalisa who is taking up a new opportunity to work in an area she is very passionalte about. Whilst this is sad for our school community we do, of course, wish her all the very best in this new role and know that she will be greatly missed by our children and teachers at Trinity. I thank Ms Annalisa for her dedication and enthusiasm and the great contribution she has made in the time she has been at Trinity She has certainly made a difference to the many children she has supported both academically and emotionally. 

We have now employed a new LSO, Ms Kate who will be joining the team and she will be commencing in the coming days. 

African drumming

Once again this year we are extremely lucky to be partnering with MZuri Dance to offer our children free African Drum, Dance and Song workshops. Suzie, the Founding Director and our own Apout (Parent) attend each Wednesday to teach a group of very enthusiastic children. We hope to be able to perform for the school to show what we have all learnt throughout the term.  In fact, on very short notice, following our very first lesson last week a number of our students attended the Richmond North Community Festival and performed on stage with other members of the local community. 

Enrolments & Marketing

Whilst it is still very early in the year we are already getting enquiries for next year's Prep intake with some families even enquiring for enrolment beyond 2025. You will soon notice our 2025 Enrolment boards going up and I again encourage you all to speak with familiy and friends about our wonderful school. Mrs Foley, when she is not teaching our Preps, is busy growing our Wednesday Playgroup, liasing with Kinders and working hard to ensure the enrolement process and experience for our new families is a positive one. We are of course happy to get your feedback, especially from our new families, so that we can continue to improve in this area. 

Student Learning Overviews

A reminder that we included our Term 1 Learning Overviews last week and they are again listed below. If you have not had a chance to look over them please do so as it will enable you to see what will be covered throughout this term's learning. 

Welcome Family Night (Multicultural Family Night)

Looking forward to seeing you all later on tonight at our spectacular 

Family Welcome Evening! Gates will be open from 5:15pm

REMINDER:

CAMPS, SPORTS & EXCURSIONS FUND (CSEF) - HOW TO APPLY:

See Information for Parents Heet Below

New applicants should contact the school office to obtain a CSEF application form or download from the website below. 

If you applied for CSEF at your child's school last year, you do not need to complete an application form this year unless there has been a change in your family circumstances. You only need to complete an application form if any of the following changes have occurred: 

• new student enrolments; your child has started or changed schools this year. 
• changed family circumstances; such as a change of custody, change of name, concession card number, or new siblings commencing this year. 

Check with the school office if you are unsure

https://www.education.vic.gov.au/about/programs/Pages/csef.aspx 

School Safety - Drop off & Pick up Times

School Office Entrance

Thankyou All.  

We are now getting far less congestion in the office area, particularly after school which makes things much more manageable for our Office Staff who are dealing with phone calls, parent enquiries and monotoring children leaving the school. 

Chinese and Vietnamese New Year: 2024 The Year of the Dragon 

I hope all our families who celebrated New Year last weekend had a wonderful time.

Thanks again to the parents and staff and of course our children who made our assembly last Friday a very special event, entertaining and informing us all about this very special occassion. 

Trinity 100 Years Celebration 2024 - Save the Date! Saturday March 23rd

Playgroup @ Trinity Primary School

We encourage all those with pre-school children aged 0-6 years to attend these wonderful sessions. 

If you have any questions please do not hesitate to send Mrs Foley an email. kfoley@tcs.catholic.edu.au 

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Kind Regards

Nigel Rodrigues

Principal