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 Lily in Prep AD for being a caring and kind member of our classroom,

by comforting her friends when they were upset. Well done Lily!

Class Awards Week 3 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.

Grade	Student’s Name	Awarded for...
Prep SC	Denzel	Being incredibly friendly to his classmates and putting in extra effort to show his best behaviour during learning time.
Prep AD	Georgi	Being a wonderful self manager and taking care of our classroom resources.
1 / 2 EA	Samayra	for her shining smile and resilience when things get tough
1/2 DG	Sophie	For your wonderful effort in your work and for keeping our class tidy without being asked.
1/2 KT	Maya	For being hardworking and putting her best effort into everything she does. Well done Maya!
1/2 KT	James	For using his listening skills and being kind to his new classmates.
3/4 TR	Chelsea	For being a helpful responsible class member and for taking pride in the presentation of her homework.
3/4 ZC	Reeve	For participating so well in each subject and for his kind manners towards his classmates
3/4 VA	Olivia	For her enthusiastic participation in class and working hard in all subjects.
5/6 FA	Sophie	For being voted house leader of 5/6 FA for Semester 1. Well done Sophie
5/6 BOC	Georgia	Thank you Georgia for always asking insightful questions. We love your enthusiasm for learning!
5/6 JJ	Abuk	Abuk, your contribution to class discussion has been outstanding, you listen attentively and make connections with your prior learning. Keep up the amazing work.
Visual Arts - Ms Denise	Daniel 1/2KT	For having a great start to visual arts and drawing a fantastic self portrait.
Performing Arts- Ms Stanton	Tie 5/6FA	For being an example to his peers by showing active listening, respectfully sharing his ideas, and performing with a positive attitude.
Sport- Mrs Mcleary	Ruby Prep AD	For being a kind and caring classmate by looking after someone who fell in PE.
Mandarin- Mr Su	Jyrus 3/4 VA	For being a role model showing very good listening during the lesson, and great focus on completing the learning task.
Science- Ms Jai	AJ 1/2EA	Your enthusiasm and knowledge about animals has been outstanding. Thank you for your detailed drawing of plankton.

Student Leaders and SRC Meeting

Term 1 Week 4

Present: Evie Lily Maple Isabel AJ Daniel Eilidh

Tsnu Thomas Akur Humphrey Tie Anthony Sophie

Lucas Olivia Clem

Date: Monday 17 Feb 2025

Teacher Present: Mrs Antonella

Class Leaders to remind their class about:

HATS - must be worn everyday outside
Rubbish in the yard - put your rubbish in the bin!
Listening to the music - it is a 5 minute reminder before the bell- stop playing, go to the bathroom, get a drink, collect your things and line up
ICY POLES are only sold on Tuesday at snack $1

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

Prep AD - 8 learning sounds are fun with Milo monkey

Prep SC - 8 science, and letters to make words

1/2 EA - 7 writing recounts about the weekend

1/2 DG - 7 collecting information about our favourite things

1/2 KT - 7 sounds, vowels and recounts

3/4 TR - 8 literacy, learning about similes and compound words

3/4 ZC - 7 everyone is trying their best in maths

3/4 VA - 7 maths number bonds and inquiry

5/6 BOC - 9 we are finishing all our work

5/6 FA - 8 persuasive writing

5/6 JJ- 8 reading and writing

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

Prep AD - 7 we cheer each other up

Prep SC - 6 we need to follow instructions

1/2 EA 7 we can improve in keeping our room tidy

1/2 DG 7 helping each other with our writing and drawing

1/2 KT 7 we put our hand up when we speak in class

3/4 TR - 7 improve to tidy up the classroom

3/4 ZC - 7 partner work should be quiet

3/4 VA - 7 group learning in maths needs to be fair

5/6 BOC - 9 we are all co operating

5/6 FA - 9 working well together

5/6 JJ - 8 using our manners and showing respect to everyone

Learning and events at Trinity this week:

Mini Vinnies Team 2025 announced and badges presented on Monday
District Swimming for selected students
Family welcome night on Thursday 5.30-7.30
FITCLUB on Thursday
CERES student leadership summit with Ms Belinda on Tuesday
Xavier student Community service with Year 1/2

What can we improve on this week:	Class	Actions
Returning sports equipment borrowed from the sport shed	House Leaders	It is your responsibility to return the equipment when you have finished playing or the bell rings House Leaders should not need to chase up students ONLY the House Leaders on duty should be in the sports shed and NO ONE should be inside the MPR
Using our manners when we speak to each other and the teachers	seniors	RESPECT everyone
Reminders about the Quiet area Eating area	everyone	Play quiet games in the quiet area NO eating past the library Eat only in the quiet area
Chewing gum at school	seniors	No gum is allowed at school

Suggestions from the SRC

Can we eat inside at snack- this would help with the rubbish left outside on the yard at snack

Safety issues from the SRC

Blocks are to be packed up neatly every day in the black tubs
Giant Chess and checkers outside need to be kept in the big tubs near the church

This week our Monday morning assembly we announced our Mini Vinnie Team for 2025 and the students were presented with their badges.

Congratulations to Olivia, Eilidh, Tsnu, Dirk, Abby, Esther, Lenora and Lucas from Year 4.

The students made a commitment to continue the ''good works'' of the St Vincent de Paul Society by reading a pledge and prayer at assembly.

Their first initiative will be to lead The Caritas Australia "Project Compassion'' during Lent.

This will be launched on Ash Wednesday, 5th March.

Students in Years 3-6 in have reviewed and discussed the safe use device policy (ICT)

and online safety as part of their learning.

It is really important to have these conversations regularly at home as students

navigate the online world for study, games, applications and social interactions.

The theme for 2025 from the eSafety Comissioner is Connect. Reflect. Protect yourself when online. Consider the following tips to help protect yourself and your devices when online.

Connect safely by keeping apps and devices secure and reviewing your privacy settings regularly.

Reflect on how your actions online may affect others or your safety.

Protect your information and ensure that you have parental supervision and locks on your devices.

This is vital as we need to monitor our own use and our children's use of technology in today's society.

In the link below you will find two webinars focusing firstly on discussing actionable strategies for parents and caregivers to navigate the digital landscape safely and effectively.

The second webinar in this series focuses on screen time, the use of video games, and social media in relation to children's wellbeing.

https://schools.happyfamilies.com.au/the-screen-smart-series-answers-with-justin

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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