TERM 2

WEEK 11

22nd JUNE

2016

Dear Parents,

As the first semester draws to a close we asked some of the Foundation students this week to share their thoughts about their first six months of

school. Below are their responses;

I love school because we learn how to write and read. Tarryn FH

I love school because I like writing about my weekend. Callum FH

I love school because I have made lots of friends. Olivia FH

My favourite thing to do is to study my focus words. Preetal FH

My favourite thing to do is to play with my friends. Mitchell FH

My favourite thing to do is to write stories. Mia FH

I have learnt how to share the things with other people. Illara FH

I have learnt to be nice to people. Cruz FH

I have learnt how to write sentences. Thomas FH

I love school because I can learn. Angus F M

I love school because I make new friends. Charlie F M

I have learnt how to read. Olivia F M

My favourite thing at school is practicing how to write. Lexi F M

My favourite thing to do is ART. Jason F M

I have learnt new games in Maths such as the ‘Chunk On’ game. Holly F M

My favourite thing to do at school is to play and to write about what I want to

be when I grow up. Imogen FW

My favourite thing to do at school is counting. Arnav FW

My favourite thing to do at school is to draw pictures about Jesus. Chantelle

FW

My favourite thing to do at school is reading to Miss Watson. Veronica FW

It has been a pleasure having our 2016 Foundation students with us, they

have settled really well into school life. It was nice to hear how much they

have enjoyed their first six months at Trinity.

Reports and Portfolio’s

Parents should have received your child’s report and portfolio yesterday.

Please look over these carefully and use them as a basis for discussions at

your Family Learning Conversations. Due to staff heading on leave grades 6T,

1J and 2N will be holding their Family Learning Conversations this week. For

all other grades they will be on the 18th and 19th of July. Online booking

details are contained within this newsletter.

FRIDAY

24th JUNE

MASS 9am

Grade 3S

(Open area in

Allen Building)

SORRY

SERVICE

Foundation H

NO ASSEMBLY

FRIDAY

15th JULY

MASS 9am

Grade 3D

(in Sr Joy’s

Room)

SORRY

SERVICE

Foundation 2C

ASSEMBLY 2.30

Dance Club

TRINITY CATHOLIC PRIMARY SCHOOL

NEWSLETTER

PRINCIPAL — Mr Simon Dell’Oro

103-129 Oakgrove Drive, Narre Warren South 3805

Email: info@trinitynarre.catholic.edu.au

Web: www.trinitynarre.catholic.edu.au

Phone: 03 9704 1970 Fax: 03 9704 1780

Cross-Country

Our Trinity Cross-Country was planned for this Friday, however, unfortunately the weather has

not been kind to us this week and Friday’s prediction is not good. Due to this a decision has been made to postpone the event. We will reschedule a time for next term and inform parents

when it is organised.

Year 5 Excursion

Our Year 5 students are heading to the Melbourne Museum on Thursday as part of their Australian Immigration and Colonisation unit. The students are to wear their sports uniform and

the buses will depart at 9.00am sharp. The students will return at 3.15pm. Emma Lamb is the

teacher on charge of the excursion.

Building Program

Work is progressing quickly on the renovation of the Marian Building. All demolition work has been completed and the builders are now constructing the new design. As mentioned previously in several newsletters, after careful consideration and discussions amongst the staff and the

School Education Board, it has been decided that the Marian Building will become the F-2 area upon its conclusion. The reasons behind this decision are as follows;

The Marian Building will now have the capacity to house all of the F-2 classrooms creating a

junior learning hub.

At the conclusion of the whole build the external student toilets will be removed and all

toilets will be internal. Removing these ‘wings’ will create a great open play area just out

the front of the Marian Building, an ideal spot for junior play.

The Joyce Building will be the new Middle 3/4 area and the Allen Building will be the Senior

5/6 area.

Placing all of the junior and middle grades together will then give the school a distinct

Junior, Middle and Senior area. Currently we have F/1, 2/3/4 and 4/5/6 areas.

This will be less disruptive for the classrooms during the building process. The F/1 students

will only move once, into their new rooms. The grade 2 students move straight back into their new rooms at the completion of the Marian Building. The grade 3 and 4 students can remain where they currently are until the Joyce building is completed (next to be

renovated) and then all move to their new area.

The adjustment compliments and aligns with the new learning outcomes in the Victorian

Curriculum.

Anticipated build times are;

Marian Building – Completed by late July. Joyce Building - Commence early August and completed by mid October.

Allen Building – Commence mid October and completed late January. Administration – Commence late January and completed early May

This is a very exciting time for Trinity as the building progresses and we create more

contemporary, flexible and welcoming learning spaces. The aim of the project is:

To build more contemporary, flexible, collaborative and welcoming learning spaces for the

students and staff. Trinity currently has a large amount of space that is not used as

effectively as it could be.

To have all student toilets housed internally to increase student safety.

The new building will not create a large open ‘barn style’ learning area.

The contemporary new learning spaces will be a more open collaborative environment,

however, it still has walls and dedicated break out areas for each classroom. It will more adequately and creatively use all of the space within the buildings and be furnished appropriately to accommodate 21st century learning. You could equate it to comparing a

1970’s style home to a more contemporary 2016 open plan style home. You still have dedicated rooms and specific purpose areas but overall the design is more open and

welcoming.

Students will still have their own grade and their own class. It will not be all grades in

together.

The administration area of the school does not cope with a school our size. The

refurbishment will create increased security for our students (an unfortunate reality of our

times), a new parent entry, a more adequate first aid room, a new staff work area and

staffroom, new meeting rooms for parents and staff as well as a new office area.

The Multi-Purpose Room will have a Sanctuary created at the ‘playground end’ so when we

are celebrating Mass at school there is a permanent altar and sacred space.

I will continue to keep parents updated as to the progress of this very exciting initiative as it

develops. To get an understanding of what students, parents and staff can expect to enjoy I encourage you to come to school in the morning during these winter days, the lack of light gives you a great view into the building. Alternatively you can take a virtual tour through the

administration area by following the link; https://www.hightail.com/download/bXBZZUN0Q1JUWUMwYjhUQw Please note that colours and finer details are still to be decided

upon. A virtual tour of the Marian building can be viewed at https://www.hightail.com/download/ZWJYZXQ2UENlcEp2Zk1UQw

I am sure as you take a virtual tour through the rooms you will see how much more welcoming, collaborative and contemporary the new space is whilst still allowing individual classroom spaces for each grade. Please note that the virtual tours are concept drawings and whilst they are very

close, they are not 100% reflective of the building.

Staffing

Miss Donna Johnston has been selected as one of only three primary school teachers in the Sale Diocese to be a sponsored attendee at the 2016 World Youth Day in Poland. This is a huge

credit to Donna and we wish her all the very best on her journey. Donna is looking forward to sharing her experience and learning with the Trinity community upon her return. We welcome back Felicity Cramp from maternity leave for the first four weeks of next term to teach Donna’s

grade during her absence.

Miss Michelle Nolan will be getting married to her partner James on the holidays and then honeymooning for the first seven weeks of next term. We hope that she has a wonderful

wedding day and a safe and enjoyable honeymoon. Thanks to Nicola Schultze who will be

teaching grade 2N whilst Michelle is away.

Miss Tara Todisco has accepted a position at St Joseph’s in Hawthorn commencing Term Three. We wish her well in her new position. It is with pleasure that we welcome Miss Stephanie Barker

onto the staff who will be taking over Tara’s grade 6 class. Stephanie is an experienced teacher

who is excited to be joining Trinity. I am sure that she will be made to feel welcome by all.

I will be on Long Service Leave for the first two weeks of Term Three. Liz Jones will be the

Acting Principal in my absence and Kathryn Pepper the Acting Deputy Principal. It is reassuring

to know that the school is in such capable hands in my absence.

I wish all families a very safe and relaxing holiday and I look forward to working with you all

again in Term Three.

Regards,

Simon Dell'Oro

Principal

CHOICE THEORY REVIEW

Throughout the Term we have explored many aspects of Choice Theory. This week I thought I’d

take the time to revisit some of the key messages covered over the past 10 weeks. Choice Theory attempts to explain that people choose their behaviour and that this choice is

based on their needs at a particular time. William Glasser explains that we have survival needs, as well as the needs of love and belonging, power, freedom and fun.

People have an internal world that is referred to as the quality world. The quality world is our ideal place, the place where all our basic needs are met. The real world is the world that we

perceive through our sensual, total knowledge and value filters. We are constantly attempting to align our perceived world with our quality world. When they are in balance with each other, we have no need to behave in a way that tries to adjust our perceived world. When our perceived

world is markedly different from our quality world, then we behave in a manner that attempts to bring these worlds into balance. Behaviour in itself is neither good nor bad; it is learnt and

serves the useful purpose of bringing our perceived world into balance with our quality world. It is when the behaviour we choose brings us into conflict with the people around us that there are problems.

According to Glasser all behaviour is Total Behaviour, and is made up of four components:

1. Acting (e.g., walking, talking) 2. Thinking (e.g., reasoning, fantasising)

3. Feeling (e.g., angering, depressing) 4. Physiology (e.g., sweating, head aching)

Glasser states that while every behaviour is made up of the four parts, only two of the parts –

our thinking and our acting – are under our direct control. Our feelings (emotions) and our physiology (i.e. – heart rate, eye dilation, breathing, etc.) reflect and/or come into line with our thinking and acting, but we cannot control them directly.

Total Behavior is often compared to a diagram of a car, with the front wheels (those that we

directly steer) representing thinking and acting, and the back wheels representing feelings and physiology. Because of this reality, Choice Theory reminds us to focus on the front two wheels – thinking and acting – as much as possible.

SCHOOL CLOSURE DAY Please note the following School Closure & Student Free Day

MONDAY 15th AUGUST 2016

CHOICE THEORY REVIEW

Choice theory provides us with “Seven Caring Habits” and “Seven Deadly Habits” that affect our

relationships with others and either bring us closer together or push us further apart.

Reality Therapy is the process of applying Choice Theory. It is a counselling tool which can help stimulate a person’s intrinsic motivation to choose a more appropriate form of behaviour. It helps people to examine what they are doing and then teaches them to evaluate their behaviour

and plan to do better. People are responsible for their own behaviour and they must accept responsibility for it in order to move forward.

The procedure commonly used in Reality Therapy that leads to change is known as the “WDEP” system.

W Wants

What do you want? (Help people clarify his or her Quality World pictures in the specific situation) D Doing What are you currently doing to get it?

E Evaluation Is what you are doing helping you get what you want (now or in the long run)?

P Plan Would you like to try something different? Make a plan.

In summary, Choice Theory states that all behaviour is communication and that it is our best attempt to get what we want. In the process, we may break laws, disregard rules and hurt

others but those are really just side effects of doing the best we know how to get our needs met. We are all doing our best—some of us simply have better tools, resources and behaviours at our disposal than others.

Have a safe and enjoyable Winter break with your family and friends.

Kathryn Pepper - REL/Student Support

2016 SCHOOL FEES

TERM 2 FEES ARE NOW OVERDUE. PLEASE FINALISE BY THE END OF TERM.

Thank you to those families who have finalised their Term 2 account.

BOOK FAIR IS COMING !!! We will be holding our annual Book Fair next term during the week starting Monday

18th July. This will be an ideal opportunity for you to browse the shelves with your

children before or after your Family Learning Conversations.

The Library will be open

Monday 18th July 3.15pm – 7.45pm

Tuesday 19th July 3.15pm – 6.00pm

Wednesday 20th July 3.15pm – 4.00pm

Thursday 21st July 3.15pm – 4.00pm

There will be a huge variety of books to choose from and the prices are very reasonable with lots of specials. It is well worth a visit and

all purchases help to support the library by enabling us to build up

our shelves with many more good quality books.

The children will be able to browse the book fair shelves during class

time and will have the opportunity to write a “wish list”. Parents this

is only a wish list, so please do not feel obliged to buy.

SCHOOL CLOSURE

DATE CHANGE FOR

YOUR CALENDAR The school closure date originally scheduled for

Friday 9th September has been moved to

Monday 17th October. This was because the

date clashed with the Lightning Premiership

Day for the Grade 5 and 6 students.

FAMILY LEARNING CONVERSATIONS

Monday 18th July 3.30pm – 8.00pm & Tuesday 19th July 3.30pm – 6.30pm

All classes except Yr 1 J & Yr 2N. Year 6 T families will be also required to make a time to meet with Miss

Stephanie Barker.

For log in details please refer to the following information.

If you have any queries regarding any of the above meetings please call the school office on 9704 1970.

SPORTS NEWS TRINITY HOUSE CROSS COUNTRY POSTPONED

Our House Cross Country, scheduled for Friday, 24th June has been postponed due to inclement

weather. This event will be rescheduled for later in the year.

AFL FOOTY CLINIC POSTPONED

Regretfully the AFL Footy Clinic scheduled for tomorrow has been postponed until further notice.

This is due to the inclement weather forecast and the wet and muddy condition of our playground. A make-up session is being arranged late next Term for classes that missed out last

week.

LAST WEEK’S FOOTY CLINIC

Most classes were fortunate enough to participate in last week’s Footy Clinic before the rain forced us to take cover and cancel the rest of the day. The

students had a wonderful time practising and developing their skills. They rotated through various

activities, drills and games.

Kind Regards,

Catrina Charman and Nicole Cahill

Items in bold type will be

school closure days or

extremely important dates.

SCHOOL CALENDAR blue will indicate new

items added to the

Calendar that week.

Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

8 9 10 11

District

Athletics

12 13 14

15 SCHOOL

CLOSURE DAY 5pm OR 7pm

Confirmation

Workshop

16

5pm OR 7pm

Confirmation

Workshop

17

5pm OR 7pm

Confirmation

Workshop

18

5pm OR 7pm

Confirmation

Workshop

19 20 21

AUGUST 2016

JUNE 2016

Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun

11 TERM 3

COMMENCES

8.45am

7pm P&F

Meeting

12 13

7pm First

Reconciliation

Celebration

14 15 16

10.30am First

Reconciliation

Celebration

17

18

3.30—8pm

Family

Learning

Conversations

Book Fair

19

3.30-6.30pm

Family

Learning

Conversations

Book Fair

20

Book Fair

21

Book Fair

22

Book Fair

23 6pm First

Eucharist

Celebration

24 11am

First

Eucharist

Celebration

25 26 27 28 7.15pm

Confirmation

Enrolment &

Parent Only

Workshop at

OLHC

29 30 31

JULY 2016

Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun

20 21 22 1.45—6pm

Family Learning

Conversations

for Grades 1J

and 2N ONLY

7pm First

Reconciliation

Celebration

23 Grade 5

Excursion

3.30—7pm

Family

Learning

Conversations

for Grades 1J

and 2N ONLY

AFL Footy

Clinic

24 Trinity

Cross Country

TERM 2

FINISHES

3.15pm

25 26

ABSENCE FROM SCHOOL

In the case of illness a phone call in the morning on the day they are

absent.

If you are going on holidays or your child will be away for an extended

period you must advise in writing BEFORE you leave.

Thank you.

All parents/Guardians wishing to help in the classroom,

canteen or attend excursions MUST have completed the

PARENT HELPER WORKSHOP and hold a current WORKING

WITH CHILDREN CARD.

Further details are available from the school office. All parent/guardian

helpers must sign in at the office before proceeding to the classrooms.

Your current Working with Children card must be displayed at all times

when working in the classrooms and attending excursions.

A reminder to all Parents/Carers, supervision by School Staff

begins at 8.30am before school and after school only at the drop

off area until 3.30pm.

Please observe and supervise your children, as they play on the

equipment.

Thank you for your co-operation

TRINITY CAR PARK ETIQUETTE For greater safety and visibility, we are requesting that all

drivers reverse park into the marked bays.

Thank you all who use the pedestrian crossing area. You are

demonstrating to your children correct road safety practices. Once children cross the pedestrian crossing into the parking

area, they, for their safety, need to be placed into vehicles

promptly. The car park is NOT a meeting area.

The lane around the edge of the car park (closest to the oval)

are for vehicles waiting to pick children up from the Pick-up

Zone ONLY.

The two parking bays closest to the office path are the PICK-

UP ZONES. These are NO STANDING zones. If your children are not ready to get into your car as you pull up to

the pick-up zone, you must continue on and rejoin the end of

the pick-up queue.

There is NO RIGHT TURN when exiting the car park. All

vehicles must turn left for the safety of others and to maintain

traffic flow.

THE GATES CLOSE AT 9.00am AND RE-OPEN AT 3.00pm.

Occasionally they might re-open slightly later due to school

activities.

Thank you for your patience and consideration of others.

SCHOOL BOARD

board@trinitynarre.catholic. edu.au

Ex-officio:

Fr. Brendan Hogan

Principal

Simon Dell’Oro

School Representative:

Maria Scarton

Georgegina Nettleingham

Parish Representative:

Denise Ryan

Pastoral Coordinator:

Sister Joy

Chairperson: Scott McLardie

Secretary: Lisa Ferracane

P & F Rep: Lisa Ferracane

Parent Representatives:

Tania Johnson

Michael Locandro

Claudia Sajeba

OUR LADY HELP OF

CHRISTIANS PARISH

496 Princes Hwy

Narre Warren 3805.

Phone-9704 7935

Fax – 9704 7023

Parish Priest

Fr. Brendan Hogan

Assistant Priest

Fr. James Fernandez

Permanent Deacon

Rev Peter Stringfellow

Pastoral Associates

Conny James

Sacrament Co-ordinator

Emily D’Sylva

Mass Times

Saturday- 6.00pm

Sunday– 8.00am, 9.15am

11.00am & 6.00pm

PARISH OFFICE HOURS

Monday 12noon – 3.30pm

Tues-Friday 9.00 - 3.30pm

Happy Birthday to the following children who will celebrate their birthday next week.

27th JUNE Caileb

28th JUNE Angus

29th JUNE Gabrielle and Anastasia

1st JULY Ashwin

2nd JULY Mikayla and Finn

3rd JULY Luca

CANTEEN ROSTER TUESDAY — PREP and JUNIOR

THURSDAY — MIDDLE and SENIOR

+ 8.45—10.30approx # 11.45—1.30approx

2016

THURSDAY 23rd JUNE TUESDAY 12th JULY THURSDAY 14th JULY

+ Kathy Harman + Elena Baraian + Luisa Locandro

# Sherie O’Meara # Kate Henderson # Kerryn Cerchiaro

TUESDAY 19th JULY THURSDAY 21st JULY TUESDAY 26th JULY

+ Maie Drew + Nina Gore + Allison Hellier

# Adele Pettenuzzo # Sherie O’Meara # Linda Vozzo

PARISH PRIEST’S CORNER

WHO DO YOU SAY THAT I AM

Have you ever been asked in the course of a conversation when meeting someone for the first time, what do

you do? It is certainly one of our regular questions when we are introduced to one another. Our chosen

career says a lot about who we are. I know that whenever I go for a haircut the question usually arises.

Once I say that I am a priest you can feel the conversation change.

Jesus’ question to his disciples that we hear in the gospel this weekend is challenging. “Who do you say that

I am?” He wants to know whether they are hearing his message and truly understanding the implication of

the relationship with him. There is no mistaking his words: you need to pick up your cross and follow Him.

When it comes to belonging to a parish there are many aspects that sustain the life of our community. One

of the powerful gifts in our community is our volunteers. Whether that be our sacristans, Ladies who

arrange our flowers, cleaners, catechetic leaders, altar servers, finance committee, Pastoral Council, Legion

of Mary, welcome group and the list goes on. Our Volunteer ministries are constantly saying that Jesus is

one who came to serve and not to be served.

We pray that the life of our community will always have the generosity of our volunteers who sustain the

vibrancy of our parish. One of the aspects of volunteer ministry is that it is time related, at different

moments in our lives we are able to give, in fact we want to give. Knowing Christ is revealed in our service

to one another. Fr Brendan

OUR LADY HELP OF CHRISTIANS PARISH

Diocese of Sale

Ph: (03) 9704 7935 Fax: (03) 9704 7023

Email: olhc@olhc.org.au

OLHC KIDS SPACE

PASTORAL CARE NEWSLETTER 22nd JUNE 2016

We pray for Danielle McPartlane’s grandfather who died this week (Brooke 6E, Cameron

3D)

We pray for: Miss Michelle Nolan and her fiancé James, as they marry each other

during the holidays; Miss Johnston who heads overseas to World Youth Day; Miss

Tara Todisco who moves to a new school; those Mothers expecting babies; those parents undergoing treatment for Cancer; those awaiting the results of tests; for

the needs of all our Families and for the builders working on the renovations to our school and for all of us that we enjoy the next two weeks of relaxation and refreshment.

LOST PROPERTY BOX IS OVERFLOWING!!!! So please come in before the holidays to retrieve your child’s lost jackets and jumpers or better still wait

outside while they look for them themselves.

REMEMBER

NEVER DO FOR YOUR CHILD WHAT THEY CAN DO FOR THEMSELVES. Never do for your child what they can nearly do for themselves.

And never do for your child to please yourself!

SCHOOL COOK BOOKS: ”A TASTE OF TRINITY” are available for $5.00 from

the Office or from Sister Joy.

VILLAGE CINEMAS MOVIE TICKETS: Oakgrove Community Centre has tickets for sale at $14.00 for Adults and $11.50 for children. So, if you are

thinking of going to the movies during the coming school holidays you might

like to call in to the Centre and save yourself some money and help them in their fundraising.

A WORD FROM POPE FRANCIS: ”God is not impatient like us, who often want

everything all at once, even in our dealings with other people. God is patient with us

because God loves us, and those who love are able to understand, to hope, to inspire confidence; they do not give up, they do not burn bridges and they are able to forgive. (A

Year with Pope Francis on the Family’ page 196.)

HAVE A SAFE AND RELAXING BREAK

DATES FOR THE DIARY

Term 3: Term 4:

- Father’s Day Stall: Tuesday 30th August - Student Disco Friday 14th October

- Father’s Day Raffle: Friday 2nd Sept (assembly) - Christmas Raffle

- Bunnings BBQ Saturday 1st October

Whether you are travelling to enjoy the warmth of the sun, the coolness of the snow or just staying at home

with the children we wish you a safe and relaxing holiday.

Next P&F Meeting: Monday 11th July 2016 at 7pm in the Staffroom.

From your P&F Committee

Next P & F Meeting: Monday 11th

July 7pm in the Staffroom

30th August—Father’s Day Stall

2nd Sept — Father’s Day Raffle drawn

TRINITY PARENTS & FRIENDS

NEWSLETTER

Committee Members General Naomi Sanchez

President Kerryn Cerchiaro Anna Mangano

Vice President Chantal Fischer Carolyn Burge

Secretary Lisa Ferracane Natasha Ferreras

Asst Secretary Claudia Sajeba Melissa Yong

Treasurer Michelle Hofman Jessica McLardie

Asst Treasurer Irie Findlay Marlene Johnson

Board Rep Lisa Ferracane Anastasia Barker

General Joanne Knezevic Sr Joy

Tania Johnson Nadia Abdel-Hamid

SAVE THE DATE 23rd OCTOBER 2016

FACEBOOK PAGE The Carnival has it’s own Facebook page. Please have a look at the page, (Trinity

Catholic Primary School Carnival) follow and like it. You will be able to keep updated with what’s happening!

WANTED!!! If you have any unwanted cane baskets at home could you please drop them into the office. They would be most appreciated.