Principal's News

Dear Families,

Several weeks ago we were contacted by a representative from the Alannah and Madeline Foundation who were looking for three bright, confident young children who might like to appear in some of their promotional videos. This presented a small problem for me as I know we have so many children who would fit this bill. However, after some thought I asked, Isabelle in Year 1 and Edie and Oscar from Year 6 if they would like to give it a go. Of course the answer from all three was a big yes. Many thanks to Isabelle's mum and Edie's mum who kindly offered to take the children to the studio in South Melbourne where the videos were being filmed. As I am sure you all know, the Alannah and Madeline Foundation was created by their father, Walter Mikac, after both girls, aged just three and six, were tragically killed alongside their mother and 32 other people at Port Arthur in Tasmania on 28 April 1996. Walter and a team of volunteers were driven by the belief that all children and young people should be able to live a happy and safe life, free from violence and trauma.

After 25 years, our fight continues. 

We fight for every child's right to be safe, so their future is strong.                                                                   Walter Mikac

When a child is Happy: Isabele

When a child is safe: Oscar 

When a child is strong: Edie 

25 Years of Alannah & Madeline Foundation

Prayer:  A prayer for the protection of children.

Almighty father in heaven, I ask for your strong arms of protection To be around our children. That they may be held safely within your love. Fill their days and nights with hope and joy Fill their hearts and minds with your truth and light. We trust in you. Amen.

Congratulations District Athletics

What an absolutely wonderful surprise we all got as our Senior Athletics Team returned from Clifton Hill District Athletics yesterday, very proudly waving their Runners Up Flag. This was a superb effort from our students who all competed and particpated so well throughout the day. Special thanks to Mrs McLeary for all the work she put into preparing the children and organizing the day. Thank you to those parents who were able to attend to offer their support. Go Trinity!

School Concert

With just under two full weeks to go before our school concert, Offline and On Stage, our teachers and students are working hard to polish their performances to be ready for Wednesdsy 31st August.

A reminder again to check the letters below for information regarding date, times, venue and costume requirements

Concession Tickets available for Seniors. 

Children under 18 Free

Marketing & Promotion Meeting

A big thank you to several parents who have already shown interest in getting together to meet and discuss some marketing and promotion ideas for us at Trinity.  We would love more of you to volunteer to be part of this important discussion. If you are interested in joining us next Monday 22nd August you can email me here: principal@tcs.catholic.edu.au

Father's Day Breakfast Friday 2nd September

It's just around the corner and we would love every one of our father's and father figures who can make it to be there to join us for this special breakfast. 

Child Safety & Wellbeing

The RIPPLE wellbeing check in trial we have now been using for over a week is providing us with some invaluable data in relation to how our children are feeling each day. The snapshots are giving teachers the opportunity to check in with individual students or the class as a whole. One very pleasing result has shown us that our children's sense of safety and connectedness are veryh striong at Trinity. This is something we have been working extremely hard on this year with the introduction of our Positive Behaviours for Learning practices. 

Student Learning

NAPLAN

The NAPLAN results will soon be available to parents and after viewing our preliminary reports it apppears considerable improvement and progress hasd been made across the areas assessed through the national; testing program. I am confident that this growth is a direct result of the focussed and targetted teaching of our children. With school leaders, classroom teachers are constantly reviewing their student data to ensure each child's learning is specific to their individual needs. Once the finmal test results are released I will inform parents who will then receive a detailed report for their child. 

Science Week - Mrs Foley

Check out Mrs Foley's Science page in this week's newsletter for an update on our Science Week activities.

Dance Club

Mr Su has been taking a small group of very keen dancers each week for 'Dance Club'. As mentioned when Mr Su joined us at Trinity, he is not only a very well qualified Language Teacher, but also hapens to be a professional dancer. Needless to say, a great deal of fun, is had each week and we are now eagerly looking forward to a presentation at one of our Friday afternoon assemblies. 

Book Week (See our Special Book Week Page in this Newsletter for all the details)

ABC Music Lessons now available at Trinity!

(See Local Community Page)

Also advertising 

• Irish Dancing Christine Ayres
• Lennox Market
• Karate Lessons
• Fitzroy City Soccer Club
• Dance Lessons
• Music Lesson
• Kind Regards

Mr Nigel Rodrigues 

Principal