Junior School

Welcome to the 2026 school year. As we begin this new chapter together, I want to share how we support every child to feel safe, connected, and ready to learn each day.

Our Regulation, Readiness and Connection Process gives students a calm and predictable structure, helping them understand expectations and build confidence. This is strengthened through early, ongoing partnership with families—because students thrive when home and school work closely together.

Across our school day - formal learning, Creative Pursuits, co‑curricular activities, and the community‑building routines of GO Time - we celebrate each child’s strengths. Everything we do is shaped by our Anglican values, guiding the way we care for one another and build a respectful, compassionate culture.

We also continue to embed two key frameworks:

• the Berry Street Education Model, supporting emotional regulation, safety, and strong relationships
• The Resilience Project, helping students grow gratitude, empathy, and mindfulness

Together, these practices help students manage challenges, build resilience, and engage positively with others.

How We Support Your Child

Class Teacher – First Level of Support

Teachers use Berry Street strategies, Resilience Project practices, GO Time routines, and values‑based expectations to help students feel settled and supported. They are also the first to notice changes in behaviour or wellbeing, and they contact families early so we can work together.

Stage Leader – Additional Guidance if Needed

If challenges continue, the Stage Leader helps create a simple, consistent plan and ensures support is aligned across lessons, Creative Pursuits, specialist programs, co‑curricular activities, and transitions.

Deputy Principal – When More Support Is Required

For ongoing or more complex needs, I work with you, the Stage Leader, and your child’s teacher to design a comprehensive support plan that remains strength‑based and grounded in our Anglican values.

Building a Safe and Respectful Culture

This year, we are further strengthening two key cultural messages:

Upstander, Not Bystander

We teach and model how to speak up kindly, include others, and take positive action when someone needs help. Being an upstander builds empathy, courage, and a safer community for everyone.

Triangle of Focus

Students learn that success comes from three partners working together—students, families, and staff. When all three are connected, consistent, and communicating, children feel secure and ready to thrive.

What Matters Most to Us

• Early, open partnership with families
• Evidence‑based approaches from Berry Street and The Resilience Project
• Celebrating each child across learning, Creative Pursuits, co‑curricular programs, and GO Time
• A culture shaped by Anglican values
• Calm, consistent and predictable support

• A whole‑school team around every child

   

Our hope for 2026 is simple: that every student feels supported, capable, and deeply connected to their school community.

Congratulations to Year 6 student, Izayah Gill!

Izayah was recently accepted into, and awarded a scholarship for, the University of New South Wales GERRIC program. In January, he took part in the three-day workshop Brain Hacks: Cognitive Learning through Neuroscience, where he enjoyed a thought-provoking experience exploring how the brain learns and functions.

Well done to Izayah on this outstanding achievement.

Everyday English at Trinity

We are delighted to be partnering with Boas Language Academy to offer free after-school English classes for students, parents and carers.

Is English your second language?

Would you like to feel more confident using English in everyday situations?

What you’ll gain:

• Greater confidence speaking and understanding English
• Support with reading school communications and forms
• Opportunities to meet other parents and build connections
• A welcoming, relaxed and supportive learning environment
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Please complete this expression of interest form HERE, or contact our office for more information at office@trinityac.nsw.edu.au.

Return and Earn Program 

Did you know that a plastic bottle can take between 450 and 1,000 years to break down? At Trinity, we can help protect the environment by recycling materials such as glass, plastic and aluminium through the 10-cent Return and Earn program. By recycling, we reuse valuable materials instead of creating new ones, while also raising funds for our school.

Each year level will have a Return and Earn blue barrel at the front of their pod where students can bring bottles and cans from home and help their year level become the Enviro Champions for 2026. Students may also place bottles and cans into their classroom collection tub.

If you prefer to visit a Return and Earn recycling facility yourself and donate the proceeds to the school, Trinity’s code is #359.

Last year, we raised $330, which allowed us to purchase a shirt press for melting plastic bottle caps and transforming them into new items. This year, we are aiming to purchase a laser cutter so we can create digital solutions using our reused plastic.

Please remember to keep bringing in bottle caps so we can melt them down and turn them into something new. Thank you for supporting the Trinity community in our environmental endeavours. Small steps really can make a positive difference to our world. 

Hsiang-Yun and Hailey, 

🌏 Trinity’s 2026 Enviro Captains 🌏