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Serving Up Success: Bella Shines at Regional Tennis 

On Thursday 30 April, Bella proudly represented Trafalgar Primary School at the Gippsland Regional Schools Tennis Cup at the Traralgon Tennis Centre, competing against some of the strongest young tennis players from across the region.

Regional tennis is a challenging format, requiring students to compete in a series of singles matches that test skill, consistency, resilience, and composure under pressure. Bella rose to that challenge brilliantly, producing a number of strong performances throughout the day and finishing with 2 wins from 6 matches — a wonderful achievement at such a high level of competition.

Just as importantly, Bella represented Trafalgar Primary School with great sportsmanship and determination, showing the kind of character we are so proud to celebrate. Competing at regional level is a fantastic achievement in itself, and Bella should be incredibly proud of her efforts.

Congratulations Bella, on an outstanding day of tennis and on representing our school so well. 🎾👏

Podiums, PBs and Proud Moments: A Fantastic Day at Divisional Athletics

Fourteen Trafalgar Primary School students proudly represented our school at the West Gippsland Divisional Athletics Carnival on Monday 4 May, competing against some of the strongest young athletes from across West Gippsland.

Our students delivered an outstanding day of performances on both the track and in the field, demonstrating determination, resilience, and excellent sportsmanship throughout the competition. Competing at divisional level is a significant achievement in itself, and every student should be extremely proud of the way they represented Trafalgar Primary School.

A huge congratulations to our ribbon winners:

🏆 Divisional Champions (1st Place)

Jett J – 9/10 Boys Hurdles

Peyton H – 9/10 Girls 100m

Addison B – 11 Girls 200m

Layla R – 11 Girls Hurdles

11 Girls 4x100m Relay (Addison B, Layla R, Havana B, Veronica V)

🔴 Red Ribbons (2nd Place)

Ted C – 9/10 Boys Shot Put

Peyton H – 9/10 Girls 800m

Mack P – 11 Boys Shot Put

Addison B – 11 Girls 100m

🟢 Green Ribbons (3rd Place)

Peyton H – 9/10 Girls 1500m

Layla R – 11 Girls 200m

Havana B – 11 Girls 1500m

We also celebrate several fantastic top five performances:

Ted C – 4th Discus

Jack W – 5th High Jump

Connor M – 4th High Jump

Havana B – 4th 800m

Knox S – 5th High Jump

Zane C – 4th Shot Put

Libby B – 4th 1500m

Isla C – 4th High Jump

A special congratulations goes to the students who have now qualified for the Gippsland Regional Athletics Championships later this year:

Ted C – Shot Put

Jett J – Hurdles

Peyton H – 100m, 800m, 1500m

Mack P – Shot Put

Addison B – 100m, 200m, Relay

Layla R – 200m, Hurdles, Relay

Havana B – 1500m, Relay

Veronica V – Relay

We are incredibly proud of all students who competed and represented Trafalgar Primary School with such pride, positivity, and determination. Congratulations on a fantastic day of athletics.

The Arts Are Alive!

Hi all and welcome back to another week in the Art Room!

This week Foundation students have been mixing coloured inks with washing liquid to create bubble prints. The bubbles pop on the paper to make some fun potion art. 

Grade One have been finishing off their space scenes adding rockets and a bit of tin foil for shine and sparkle. Their autumn leaf images from last week also look amazing with the addition of yellow and red inks to make the leaves really stand out. 

Grade 2 finished off their leaf drawings as well and are now working on Autumn burrows. These are full of vibrant reds and yellows, oil pastel leaves and soon they will have sleepy little creatures added. They are going to look so good when done. 

Grade 3 mixed media cactus pots are coming along with classes at the assembly stage. Last week, students painted their landscape backgrounds, and this week they will finish off their pots and cactus, cutting them out and gluing them onto their backgrounds. 

Grade 4 have almost finished off their neurographic insect pictures. They are choosing their pops of colour to add with oil pastel, and they are starting to look really good. 

Grades 5 and 6 are doing an amazing job of their oil pastel element dragons. The colours and blending of the oil pastel look so smooth and vibrant. We can’t wait to see them all finished. 

Have a great week and don’t forget to be creative!

Alexa & Isla

TPS Visual Art Captains

Do It For Dolly Fundraiser

What a wonderful sight it was on our Do it for Dolly Day fundraiser, to see a sea of blue throughout our school.

Thank you for your enthusiasm and for the generous donations, as a school we raised $345.00. What an amazing effort!

Our new junior school councillors for the remainder of 2026 and the first term of 2027 were announced at assembly. This year students made a speech to their fellow classmates, indicating why they would like to apply for junior school council and what would make them an ideal candidate. It was a very hard decision with so many excellent candidates.

Congratulations to the following students – 

Carter M, Ollie O, Harriet K, Rowan B, Gracie G, Layla W, Ted C, Eloise G, Darcy R, Jack VB, Liam P, Ally V and Rylee M.

I am looking forward to working with you all.

From Mrs Sneddon.