Principal's News
Trinity Primary School
Dear Families & Friends,
Term 4 has really only just begun but it already feels like we have been back at school for a long time. Our Junior Swimming Program has managed to go ahead so far without any disruptions and we hope that our good fortune with the weather can last one more day. Thanks again to all those parents who were able to assist in walking down to the pool and helping out once the lessons were completed. It would be impossible to run our swimming program without this volunteer support from parents and other family members and so I encourage you, that if you were unable to this time, then next year you might be able to lend a hand.
Sacrament of Confirmation
Last Saturday a number of our Year 6 students, with their teachers and a large cohort of students from St Kevin's College Toorak, gathered together at St Ignatius Church to celebrate the sacrament of Confirmation. As Bishop Trinh said during his Homily, this sacrament is such an important one as it gives each child the opportunity, as a developing Christian, to say, in their own words, that they wish to belong and participate in the Catholic Church. There was much excitement at the end of the mass as families gathered for photos and to congratulate the children. Special thanks to Ms Annie, all our Senior teachers and of course Fr Trung and Licia for their support.
OHSC - Before and After School Care
I am very conscious that our OHSC program is an essential service for many of our families and so I would like to re-assure you all that, whilst our current provider MACSEYE will no no longer be able to provide both before and after care next year, we will have a new supplier working with us. These services require adequate numbers to maintain their costs and so I encourage all families to utilize the service especially our before school care program as this will ensure a strong and enduring program can be provided for our children. I will be able to announce the new provider soon who we know is an established and well known brand eager to work in the Catholic Education System.
2027 School Fees
Shortly I will be sending a letter to all our families outlining the changes to 2027 school fees. These changes reflect the system wide need to raise fees in line with ever increasing operational costs and to ensure ongoing services and programs essential to our children's wellbeing and education.
End of Year Planning and Preparation
As we move further into Term 4 we have already begun essential planning for 2027. Staffing, Class Groups and locations, budgeting, transitions etc all need to be finalized to ensure we have a smooth start to the year. To assist in this process Friday 11th December will be a student free day. Staff on this day will be meting in their new teams to plan and prepare for our Orientation Weeks, particip[ate in transition meetings to allow for current teachers to share important information an data about theoir students do that the new teachers for 2027 will be able to plan and prepare over the holidays for the many and diverse needs of their new students. I thank you in advance for supporting us in being able to have this time to complete this important work.
Term 4 Learning Overviews
I have included again our Learning Overviews for Term 4 in case you did not have the oportunity to look over these last week.
SPORTS X | STILL SPACES AVAILABLE!
Start Soccer X or Basketball X this week and use code "missed2"
for a pro rata fee ($36 off).
Basketball X | Tuesdays | 3:20 - 4:20pm | School Hard Court
Soccer X | Wednesdays | 3:20 - 4:20pm | School Soccer pitch
Register here:
Basketball: https://sports-x.com.au/melbourne/product/trinity-primary-school-richmond-2/
Soccer: https://sports-x.com.au/melbourne/product/trinity-primary-school-richmond/
Please see a video which shows what we do: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHgmT2Yb-RM
ABC Music Program :
Nigel Rodrigues
Principal
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