Newsletter 19
21 June 2013
PRINCIPAL’S OFFICE 421 Elizabeth Mitchell Drive Thurgoona NSW 2640 Telephone: (02) 6049 3402 Facsimile: (02) 6049 3490 Email: [email protected]
ALBURY 421 Elizabeth Mitchell Drive Thurgoona NSW 2640 Telephone: (02) 6049 3400 Facsimile: (02) 6049 3490 Email: [email protected]
WODONGA 34 Ellen McDonald Drive Baranduda VIC 3690 Telephone: (02) 6049 3480 Facsimile: (02) 6020 9125 Email: [email protected]
WEBSITE
www.trinityac.nsw.edu.au AFTER SCHOOL CARE ALBURY
0423 845 646 EARLY LEARNING CENTRE WODONGA
6049 3485
From the Acting Principal
It is amazing the different literature that comes across the desk of a school Principal. Some of it finds a home very quickly, while other articles are interesting and make me think of how I can make use of the message and who I should share them with? One such article written by Michael McQueen is included for your interest. The Galileo Effect In the late 16th century, a medical student in the Italian city of Pisa observed a swinging chandelier with interest. Later, after scrutinising a collection of chandeliers of all shapes and sizes arcing from left to right the student, one Galileo Galilei, concluded that whatever their form or size, chandeliers take roughly the same time to complete one arc.
Galileo’s subsequent experiments led to theories that rocked the prevalent school of thought in Europe at the time – namely that the universe revolved around the Earth.
Galileo’s new theory which placed the sun at the centre of the universe was seen as threatening to the scientific and religious assumptions of the day and led ultimately to a decree denouncing it as heresy. Despite this, Galileo staunchly defended his theory and was placed under house arrest for his heretical stance until his death in 1642.
Although Galileo suffered greatly for his views, the ground-breaking discoveries he made in the fields of mathematics and astronomy laid the foundations for what would later become known as the Scientific Revolution. Today he is even referred to as the father of modern science.
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Great minds think … unalike History is punctuated by great thinkers like Galileo who posed questions others were unwilling to ask – and who saw things that others failed to see. These great men and women were able to think beyond the paradigms of their times – and dramatically change the world as a result.
Although conventional wisdom tells us that “great minds think alike,” the reality is that many of the greatest minds have thought decidedly unlike their peers. From the scientific and medical through to the organisational or commercial fields, history shows us that continually relying on past assumptions and practices can prevent mankind from taking giant leaps into the future.
As such, the secret to innovation and creativity is to re-frame the realities we see – to actively look to see things from different perspectives or points of view. This goes to the very heart of the theme of innovation. As Dr Wayne Dyer put it, “When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.” The Power of Fresh Eyes Futurist Alvin Toffler once argued that Old information looked at through new perspectives makes new information, and he’s right. Quite simply, leveraging the perspective of those who have fresh eyes or a different point of view is a powerful way of imagining new opportunities and solutions that may not otherwise have been apparent.
During the 1960s space race, for instance, the US spent millions developing a pen for astronauts that would work in zero gravity. When faced with the same challenge, the Russian solution was to have their cosmonauts use a graphite pencil instead. The idea was so simple and obvious, but somehow had not occurred to NASA’s best and brightest.
From a business perspective too, fresh eyes can be a uniquely powerful source of creativity and innovation. In IKEA’s early days, a marketing manager was struggling to fit furniture back into a truck at the end of a catalogue photo shoot. Watching as one attempt after another met with failure or frustration, the photographer suggested removing the offending table’s legs – a simple but genius idea. Following on from this suggestion, it occurred to IKEA’s leadership that if all their furniture could be shipped and sold disassembled that they could save significantly on freight costs. This one suggestion from a fresh eyes perspective became the foundation of IKEA’s enormously successful flat-pack business model. Having assembled my fair share of IKEA furniture over the years, I often wonder how many relationship breakdowns that one photographer has been indirectly responsible for in the years since! Who is your Galileo? In an era where imagining new ways of competing and doing business is critical for staying relevant and competitive, it is vital that leaders allow for and embrace the input of their own Galileos – those with fresh eyes or different perspectives. Galileos can come in a variety of forms. They may be:
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1. The ambitious and naively optimistic young employee who has just joined your team. Blissfully unaware of ‘how things have always been done’, this young team member will often ask the most important innovation question of all – why do we do things that way? This question alone is powerful because it breaks the spell of the status quo and forces us to ask ourselves whether the way we have done things in the past is appropriate in the future.
2. Those who are new to the industry or who are from a different area of specialty. The
value of this second group’s input is that they have no trouble thinking outside the box as they don’t know what the box even looks like yet.
3. Outsiders who have no vested interest or insider knowledge. This may be in the form
of customers or the general public – people who don’t know your business as well as you do. Such outsiders have an uncanny ability to see things that don’t make sense and can point out the gaps (and even solutions) that those too close to the situation often fail to see.
While the input of those with different points of view can be revealing and revolutionary, it can also be highly uncomfortable and confronting. Like the 17th Century Catholic Church, many organisations see fresh eyes perspectives as a threat and therefore dismiss or reject such views to their own detriment. This is a mistake that leaders must be careful to avoid if they hope to remain ahead of the curve as times change. Galileos may come in many shapes and sizes but their voices are amongst the most important to be heard. So who is your Galileo?
Peter O’Neill Acting Principal
From the Acting Deputy Principal
RoboCup Competition After months of building and programming the Year 7 team of Harry Smith, Rohan Smith and Jackson Walmsley reached the finals of the Riverina RoboCup competition in Wagga last week. The competition involves programming a Lego robot to complete a number of obstacle courses that get progressively more difficult. After five rounds of competition the boys finished in third place and took on Wodonga Senior Secondary College Year 12 students in the semi-final. Although they were beaten in the semi-final, the boys had a fantastic day and can be proud of their achievement. The Year 8 team of Luke Davis, Martyn Allwood and Doug Watson had a day where everything that could go wrong did! With Doug unable to attend, Luke and Martin had their work cut out on the day. Having a last minute major rebuild of their robot and issues with their sensors challenged their patience and good humour.
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Both teams learnt a lot about working under pressure and the importance of team work. The time spent in class and after school in preparation was worthwhile and both teams are keen to tackle the competition again in 2014. End of Term Assemblies Parents are welcome to attend the End of Term assemblies that occur on the last day of term. Assembly times are:
Malcolm Thomas Acting Deputy Principal
From the College Chaplain
The Trinity We long for community that is significant and creates earnest relationships with others, so in turn we become part of a people devoted to something greater and larger than our individual lives. In the school setting this can happen, although imperfectly, and enables people to pour out themselves for the benefit and well-being of others. But why does the longing persist, especially in the face of frustration and disappointment when it fails? The reason is that the desire is a reflection in us of the community of God. The God of the Bible is Triune, Father, Son and Holy Spirit. The Trinity is the first
community and the ideal of all communities. The diversity of God the Father, Son and Spirit is perfectly connected, serves humbly and interacts peaceably. To put it another way, God is a Friend and has Friends. God is Father, Son and Holy Spirit. One God. Three persons. While the word Trinity does not appear in Scripture, this One who is three concept very clearly does. The word Trinity is used as a shorthand way of explaining a great biblical truth. It is first used by the church father Tertullian (155-220AD). To say that God exists as a Trinity does not mean that there are three Gods, or that one God merely manifests himself as either Father, Son, or Holy Spirit. Rather the Bible tells us that there is only One God, and that there is no other like God. It also affirms that God is Father, Son and Holy Spirit – three distinct persons, equally declared to be God. How are we to understand this? Perhaps 1 John 4:8 best sums it up, ‘God is love’. This perfect,
Albury Junior School - 9.05am
Wodonga Junior School – 11.50am
Senior School – 2.10pm
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eternal community is the God of the Bible. The amazing outworking of this comes when God invites us to become part of this community through Jesus. Do you know community like this?
Rev Lee Weissel College Chaplain
Woolworths Earn and Learn – Albury and Wodonga
As you know, Trinity has been participating in the Woolworths Earn & Learn program. The program has now finished for this year, so a big thanks to everyone who supported us!
We are now at the important stage of the program where Point Sheets are collected and lodged as our Earn & Learn claim. We will then be able to get new educational equipment for our school. The more we collect, the more we can redeem. So this week please send in your Woolworths Earn & Learn Points Sheets and any loose Earn & Learn Points Stickers you may have. Remember to check your handbag, the car glove box or they may be stuck on the fridge. Every little bit helps. Thanks again for all your support!
Chris O’Loan Simon Fairall Head of Junior School Campus Coordinator
Junior School News – Albury
The Cold and Flu Season – prevention tips To stop the spread of colds and the flu, it would be appreciated if you could reinforce the following tips with your children to stop the spread of germs:
1. Cover your cough or sneeze with your elbow or a tissue/handkerchief.
2. Dispose of the tissue in a bin. 3. Wash your hands with soap and water or alcohol-based liquids,
gels or wipes. 4. Keep well hydrated. 5. Keep warm, wear the College jumper and if very cold the
College spray jacket (remember the spray jacket cannot be worn without the College jumper underneath).
6. The College recommends your child have a day at home to repair his / her body and mind, should one of the winter bugs set in.
Chris O’Loan Head of Junior School
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Hume’s School Banking
With the end of Term 2 school holidays approaching please be advised that Hume’s school banking program will conclude with the last collections taking place during the week of Monday, 24 June, 2013. School banking will resume in Term 3 with collections starting during the week of Monday, 22 July.
Junior School News - Wodonga
Early Dismissal Term 2 concludes on Friday, 28 June. The Wodonga campus students will be dismissed at 2.10pm to allow our bus travellers to catch their buses as the Government school are traditionally dismissed one hour earlier than normal for term breaks.
Final Assembly A reminder the Wodonga campus End of Semester Assembly will be held at 12pm on Friday 28 June in the MPA. During this assembly we will recognise the efforts of students throughout the semester. Students will be awarded with certificates acknowledging their efforts in:
Subject-based academic achievement
Subject-based academic endeavour
Service to the College
I hope to see a lot of parents and friends of the College at this assembly to celebrate the efforts of our students this semester.
Parent Dinner Our annual Parent Dinner is just around the corner and the students are busily preparing for the evening. Notes have gone home this week for booking purposes and to finalise catering numbers. With the growth of the campus and the overwhelming popularity of the evening in past years, we have had to cap our family numbers this year to 3 GUESTS only for the dinner. I ask any family for which this poses difficulties to contact the College Office to see if we can arrange support.
To assist families with younger children, we will be running a crèche on the night at the Early Learning Centre with a small cost of $3 per child. The children will be supplied with pizza for their dinner. Please note that we have to cap the numbers for the crèche as well and it will only be available to the first 30 bookings we receive.
Our Trinity Wodonga students will be supplied with pizza on the night for their dinner. There is no charge for this. Any student not wishing to have pizza can bring their own pre-prepared dinner with them.
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Junior School Athletics Carnival A reminder that the College Junior School Athletics carnival has been re-scheduled for:
Wednesday 26 June at Alexandra Park Albury All students from P-6 will attend this event in what is always a fun and energetic day.
Simon Fairall Campus Co-ordinator
French News
Year Four in Full Voice! French culture came to the Junior School Assembly last week when 4CS and 4NP joined forces to sing The French National Anthem, La Marseillaise. With great enthusiasm and superb French accents, Year 4 gave a memorable rendition of this famous anthem. Summer Hudson-Halford was named the official French Flag Bearer (who should be commended for her dramatic flag-waving) and the anthem was introduced in great style by Amy Auwardt, Lucy McDonnell and Courtney Fagence. Three “young revolutionaries” were enthusiastically played by Kate Bickerton, Harrison Leddin and Lucy McDonnell. Congratulations to Year 4 for their diligent preparation. Vive la France!
Tina Zitzlaff French Teacher
From the Careers Office
Information related to careers can be accessed on the Careers page on the Trinity College website. This page is updated weekly and I encourage all parents of students in Years 10-12 to access this site at least once a week for the most recent information, particularly regarding University Open Days and Information Nights.
Careers newsletters and information are emailed weekly to students in Years 10-12. If parents also would like to receive the newsletters by email, along with information about careers events, please email me: [email protected].
Careers Events Please contact me if you would like more information for any of the following events. Alternatively you can look on the Events and Information tab on the Careers section of the Trinity website.
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University of Melbourne – UniExperience - Thursday 11 and Friday 12 July.
Trade Information Day - Thursday, 18 July (week 3 of our holiday break).
teach.NSW Scholarship - applications close October 2013 http://www.dec.nsw.gov.au/about-us/careers-centre/school-careers/teaching
Careers Department subscriptions The Trinity Careers Department subscribes to various career information providers, one of which is MHSCareers. This service provides the NSW and Victorian newsletters that are accessible via the Newsletters link on the Careers page of the Trinity website and emailed to students in Years 10-12. As part of this subscription, students and parents have access to a website. Go to www.mhscareers.com and then login with: student or parent and the password: mhs2013.
Kathy Fletcher Careers Advisor
Sports News
CIS Cross Country Though it may have been one of the smallest Trinity teams sent to CIS Cross Country, it was definitely the most successful. Five of the College’s best Cross Country runners were in Sydney to compete against the State’s best on Thursday, 13 June. By all accounts they did a wonderful job at the Eastern Raceway Track. Isabel Kelly and Lachlan McEachern can hold their heads high, doing the College proud on what is a very difficult course. Special mention must go to Zarlie Goldsworthy who came fourth in the 8/9 Years age group and Ella Maclean who came seventh in the 13 Years. Both girls have now qualified for the NSW All Schools competition later in the year. We wish the girls all the best and look forward to hearing how they go. Keep an eye out for them training across town! Junior School Athletics Just a reminder to parents that the Junior School Athletics Carnival has been rescheduled to be run on Wednesday 26 June. I appreciate your patience and trust all fingers are crossed. Trinity will host BIPSA Athletics which is scheduled to be conducted on Wednesday 7 August (Week 3, Term 3), again at the Alexandra Park Athletics Complex.
Nash Clark Head of Sport
Co-curricular Activity – Born to Knit
The Trinity knitters group will meet again in D3 at 3:15pm on Wednesday, 24 June. Parents and friends are very welcome.
For more information contact: [email protected]
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P & F News
Canteen News
Thank you to volunteer Jo Goodwin.
Fried rice is now available on Tuesdays! $4 Roster Week 9, Term 2
Month Day Helper
June Monday 24 Linda Garoni
June Tuesday 25 Volunteer Required
June Wednesday 26 Volunteer Required
June Thursday 27 Volunteer Required
June Friday 28 – End of Term BBQ! Sausages and Drinks $1.50 each
Margaret Cochrane Canteen Manager
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6049 3440 Uniform Shop
Thank you to all the mums who helped out during our busy times during the term. Your help was greatly appreciated. Netball Dresses – All netball players (except for those participating in PSSA) are required to return their netball dresses to the Uniform Shop by the end of the Term, preferably by Thursday 27 June 2013.
Cathy Katsoolis Uniform Shop Manager
Uniform Shop Operating Hours During School Holidays
One day only:
Thursday 18 July 2013 8:30-10:30am and 2:30-4:00pm
Uniform Shop Operating Hours During School Terms
Mondays 8:30 – 10:00 am 2:30 – 4:30 pm Cathy Katsoolis Tuesdays Closed
Wednesdays 8:30 – 10:00 am 2:30 – 4:30 pm Cathy Katsoolis
Thursdays 8:30 – 10:00 am 2:30 – 6:00 pm Cathy Katsoolis Fridays Closed
BASKETBALL
Special Two Day Holiday Program for Trinity Students with Border
Bandits imports
Wednesday 17 & Thursday 18 June
$90 - each child will receive a basketball and T-shirt
Notes coming home today!
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Year 3 Strings concert
Parents had an opportunity to see and
hear the progress of the Year 3 strings
students when the group performed a
half-year concert in the Multi Purpose Hall
on Tuesday. Well done to all!
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Trinity Car Raffle
You too could be a winner!
First Prize Ford Fiesta LX
Five Door Hatch 1.6L, Automatic Transmission, Model 17051VA,
Alloy Wheels, Inc 12 months Registration, 3rd Party Insurance,
Drive away (Value $20,274) The car is available for viewing at
Blacklocks Ford or by request through the P and F.
Second Prize $4000 Travel Voucher
WODONGA TRAVEL & CRUISE
Third Prize $500 Fuel
Dean Street Caltex
Can you display the car outside your business or sell raffle tickets for a day? Please contact Susan Collins 6021 5842, [email protected] or Kaz and Jenny at the College Front Office.
Can you help sell
raffle tickets?
Volunteers needed for:
22 June – Location needed 29 June – Location needed 7 July – Bunnings Wodonga 15 July – Wodonga 27 July – Peards Nursery Albury
Each family is encouraged to sell a minimum of one book of 20 tickets at $5 each. Extra books are available and when you return your sold booklets your name will go into the draw for our weekly prize of a $20 iTunes gift card.
Thank you! Natasha and Shani Collins, Mackenzie Lawson, Nicholas Coleshill, Luke Davis and Ben Sampson who helped sell tickets last Saturday and to Ema Souness for selling Raffle Tickets at the Rotary Markets on 2 June.
Congratulations!
Ema Souness (8D)
Ema will receive a $20 iTunes voucher as the winner of our
weekly draw
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