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

No Ignatian award this week.

STUDENT OF THE WEEK AWARDS

Term One Week 8

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.

Grade	Student’s Name	Awarded for...
Prep SC	Tiffany	For her focus and care when writing her letters and for always making an effort to add more detail to her work.
Prep AP
1 / 2 EA	Raph	For showing fantastic independence when working on his laptop.
1/2 DG	Arianda	For her wonderful poem about happiness.
1/2 KT	Lucia	For writing an amazing weekend recount. Keep it up Lucia!
3/4 TR	Olivia Thomas	Amazing participation and results in the District Swimming For sharing his musical ability on St Patrick’s Day
3/4 ZC	Dirk	For his amazing work in converting fractions and being so kind to his peers
3/4 VA	Jyrus Alicia	For consistently producing neat and high quality work. For being a positive learner who works hard and listens carefully.
5/6 FA	Angela	For her contributions to classroom discussions in Maths. Well done Angela
5/6 BOC	Humphrey	Thank you Humphrey for being invested in your learning and for always being kind and inclusive towards your classmates.
5/6 JJ	William and Saul	Well done William and Saul on using your collaboration skills to solve problems in Mathematics.
Visual Arts - Ms Denise	Edith 5/6JJ	For developing great observational skills when drawing a city landscape.
Performing Arts- Ms Stanton	Jasia and Georgia (5/6)	For their focus on staying in character for the entirety of their entertaining scene!

Mandarin- Mr Su	Jack Hawkins - Prep AD	For following instructions during the lesson, and making good efforts in completing the learning task.

Student Leaders and SRC Meeting

Term 1 Week 9

Present: Evie Lily Daniel AJ Isabel Lucas Isabel L

Akor Thomas Sophie Alex Humphrey Toby Clem

Anthony Tie

Date: Monday 24 March 2025

Teacher Present: Mrs Antonella

Swimming program for Years 3-6 starts this week!!

‘’NO HAT NO PLAY‘’ students will be sent to the quiet area!

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

Prep AD: 8 the character of Milo Monkey is the best

Prep SC: 8 learning letter D this week - daisy dog and making patterns

1/2 KT: 8 writing- planning for our new narratives

1/2 DG: 8 writing- learning about settings in our story and how they can change

1/2 EA: 8 Science game is fun- living, adventures

3/4 TR: 9 RE, learning about forgiveness and healing

3/4 ZC: 8 performing Arts and puppet theatre

3/4 VA: 8 Inquiry -Aboriginal elders - learning about Reconciliation

5/6 BOC: 8 Science- creating our own animal adaptations

5/6 FA: 8 writing a fable, Summer Gala sports day

5/6JJ: 8 literacy- and RE the story of Easter

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

Prep AD: 7 we need to remember that when our teacher is away we still need to do the right thing

Prep SC: 7 we need to listen and follow instructions

1/2 KT: 7 when we are in class we should not worry about our friends

1/2 DG: 6 we need to remember to listen to each other and follow instructions and listen when the teacher is talking

1/2 EA: 7some people are helping and others are not

3/4 TR: 9 we are all working together and Mrs Recce is happy

3/4 ZC: 8 we are helping each other but sometimes we are a bit bossy

3/4 VA: 8 working well and following instructions

5/6 BOC: 7 we can improve in working together and sharing opinions

5/6 FA: 10 working together in the scenes in Performing arts

5/6JJ: 8 we are whispering quietly in group work

Learning and events at Trinity this week:

School photos today - Monday
Swimming for Year 3-6 students starts this week
Summer Gala Sports Day for Year 5/6 students
Reconciliation for Year 3 students on Wednesday at 6 pm
FITCLUB every Thursday from 7.45

What can we improve on this week:	Class	Actions
NO TAG on the adventure playground	all	Any student playing TAG on the adventure playground equipment will have a time out
Noise level on the stairs and moving around the school during specialist lessons	all	We move safely and quietly on the stairs so we do not disrupt the other classes that are learning
NO jumping from the steps on the junior deck	PREP	We move safely and look out for others

Suggestions from the SRC

PJ day to raise money for something - something to do at the end of the year

Safety issues from the SRC

Running and TAG games on the adventure playground- especially for our Prep friends

The Berry Street Education Model is a set of strategies developed through research that are being used within our classrooms and our school. BSEM is used to provide safe, inclusive and positive learning environments and to build strong relationships.

This approach enables all staff to work with all students to improve learning outcomes and also teach our students how to deal with different situations both in and out of the classroom.

Brain breaks in the classroom at Trinity

Brain Breaks:

Quick, easy activities to help students re-energise, refocus and give their brains a boost.
Are short lesson ‘interruptions’ to enable a renewed focus on learning
Research shows that giving students frequent brain breaks to reset their energy level improves their ability to focus, retain more information, and stay on task.
Take less than 4 minutes
Build individual student self-awareness and develop self-regulation of energy and emotions
Reinforce positive classroom behaviours
Provide positive escalation - to increase student energy if they are feeling ‘flat’
Provide positive de-escalation to calm/centre students if they are escalated and need to reset for learning

Brain breaks vary from year level across the school.

Teachers use brain breaks as useful strategies to build their positive classroom climate.

Brain breaks provide positive emotions through individual, partner or group activities.

Students can engage in a burst of physical movement, including going outside for a run or a mental challenge, a fun game or something to share and discuss together .

Here are some examples, try them at home!!!

For more information about Brain breaks please watch this short video

Brain Breaks - What are they and why are they important for learning?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyaDw0h09VM

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

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