TERM 4

WEEK 8

29th November

WEEK 8

Friday 1st December

MASS

Yr 2

NO RECONCILIATION

NO SORRY SERVICE

ASSEMBLY

Gr 2M

WEEK 9

Friday 8th December

MASS

Yr 3 & Yr 4 Levels

NO RECONCILIATION

SORRY SERVICE

Gr 1B

ASSEMBLY

Gr 2 R

Dear Parents,

Last week the 2018 Classroom Allocations for the teachers was circulated to parents. Again in 2018 we will be operating 21 grades divided into three separate learning areas. The Junior Learning Area (Marian Building), the Middle Learning Area (Joyce Building) and the Senior Learning Area (Allen Building).

We are blessed here at Trinity to have a very professional and capable staff who put the students first in their decision making and regularly go over and above what is expected to provide the best opportunities they can for the children in their care. Teachers plan together to ensure that the curriculum is delivered in a consistent manner across all of the classrooms.

As parents we are the biggest influencing factor for our primary school age children to ensure that their transition from classroom to classroom is as smooth as it can be. A positive attitude from parents and gentle encouragement to your children that they will be fine goes a long way. It is said that they only constant in life is change. Therefore it is important that we develop the skills within our children to not just cope with change, but to make it a very successful change in their lives. We also must be careful that we are not putting our fears or anxieties onto our children.

The classes and rooms are listed below;

2018 Classes and Rooms

TRINITY CATHOLIC PRIMARY SCHOOL

NEWSLETTER

PRINCIPAL — Mr Simon Dell’Oro

103-129 Oakgrove Drive, Narre Warren South 3805

Email: info@trinitynarre.catholic.edu.au

Phone: 03 9704 1970 Web: www.trinitynarre.catholic.edu.au Fax: 03 9704 1780

Trinity Catholic Primary School is committed to providing an education that develops the whole person.

We believe that the social, emotional, moral, spiritual and physical wellbeing of our students

is pivotal to student health, safety, learning and success.

Level Teacher & Room Teacher & Room Teacher & Room

Founda-tion

Miss Waites Marian – Room 1

Mrs Vellin Marian – Room 2

Miss Watson Marian – Room 3

Level 1 Miss Loomes Marian – Room 4

Miss Cantwell Marian – Room 5

Miss Rogers Marian – Room 6

Level 2 Mr Gore Marian – Room 7

Mrs Head Marian – Room 8

Mrs Bitoin Marian – Room 9

Level 3 Miss Moore Joyce – Room 17

Mrs Cassar Joyce – Room 19

Mrs Schultze(3) Mrs Varsamis (2) Joyce – Room 18

Level 4 Miss Crispe Joyce – Room 21

Mrs Angliss (3) Miss Marsden (2) Joyce – Room 20

Miss Dunning Joyce – Room 16

Level 5 Mrs Wans Allen – Room 10

Miss Farrelly Allen – Room 11

Miss Cammarano Allen – Room 12

Level 6 Miss Lamb Allen – Room 13

Mrs Schinck (4) Mrs Davis (1) Allen – Room 14

Mrs Darwish Allen – Room 15

Foundation Orientation

Today we again welcomed our 2018 Foundation students to Trinity for the third and last time. The students had a wonderful morning familiarising themselves with Trinity. We look forward to having them as full time members of the Trinity community next year.

Education Board AGM

Last Thursday we held our Annual General Meeting for the Trinity Education Board. The 2018 Education Board members are;

Chair – Scott McLardie

Secretary - Lisa Ferracane

Parish Representative – Gail Rodrigues

Parents and Friends Representative – Lisa Ferracane (The Board agreed to leave this po-sition as it is until the trial of the new P&F organisation is completed and reviewed at the end of 2018).

Staff Representatives - TBC

General members – Jennifer Mansfield, Michael Locandro, Sabrina Giblett, Elizabeth Jones, Chantel Fischer, and Allison Hellier.

A big thank-you to our departing members, Tania Johnson, Claudia Sajeba, Denise Ryan and Lisa Fabien. I thank them for their time, effort and support over the year. Thanks also to the 2017 Staff Representatives Georgegina Nettleingham and Maria Scarton for their comprehensive report to the Board each month.

2018 Planning

Again we request that if you know that your family situation is changing could you please let the Office know. An accurate indication of student numbers assists us enormously. We have a waiting list and if we know you are leaving we can offer your child’s spot to another family.

Christmas Outreach Appeal.

Christmas is a very special and exciting time for families, but it can also be a very stress-ful time, especially for those experiencing financial hardship or illness. To help ease this pain, Trinity has once again teamed up with St Vincent de Paul in the hope of providing many families within the local community with a hamper filled with Christmas food and appropriate gifts. For two weeks from the 28th November – 8th December, a Christmas tree will be placed in the atrium when families have the opportunity to generously donate non-perishable items of Christmas food, small gifts or loose change. If you are able to assist us in reaching out to those in need, we would greatly appreciate your support.

Specialist

ART F-6 – Art Portable Mrs Moss LOTE F-6 – students’ classrooms Mrs Scarton

PE - Hall Mrs Cahill F – 3 Mrs Woolf 4 – 6 Extending Mathemat-ical Understanding Mrs Temby

Discovery Centre ICT – 5&6 Mrs Nettleingham ICT – F - 4 Mr Dannaoui

2017 SCHOOL FEES

The statement for Term 4 school fees have been sent home.

Since this is the final term for the 2017 school year all outstanding accounts must be finalised as soon as possible.

For families that are leaving Trinity all unpaid accounts will be forwarded to the Catholic Education Office.

If you are having difficulties please contact the office.

Payments can be made by Cash, BPay, Cheque and EFTPOS however it is recommended that fees are paid by Direct Debit. Forms are available from the office.

BPay transcation amounts are : Maximum $1000.00 and Minimum $50.00.

Payments for school fees can be made in instalments.

The Victorian Curriculum Water Safety Certificate and Trinity Swimming Program

Grade 2 swimming lessons have been completed, below is a reminder of the remaining swimming lessons. Permission notes for Trinity Swimming Program will be sent home to parents when their child’s Swimming Program begins. It is important that students wear appropriate swimming attire for a school swimming event.

In the past week students have been involved in many extra-curricular activities including Lego Education, Bully Busters incursion, Task Works incursion and excursion.

Many thanks to the P&F Committee for organising the Pyjama Disco on Friday afternoon and evening. More information is included in the newsletter.

Regards,

Simon Dell'Oro

Principal

Level Lesson Focus Venue Dates in Term 4

Founda-tion

Water Safety Session Paul Sadler Swimland 101 Seebeck Drive, NWS

Wednesday 6 December

Level 1 Water Safety Session Paul Sadler Swimland 101 Seebeck Drive, NWS

Wednesday 13

December

Religious Education News

IMPORTANT DATES

Grade 6 Graduation Mass Thursday 14th December @ 6am

End of Year Mass

Tuesday 19th December @ 9am

Christmas Play and Carols Tuesday 19th December @ 1:45pm

Advent

A time of anticipation and preparation. Advent is a time of prayer and preparation towards the coming of Christ. Normally, many people have an advent calendar to show how many days till Christmas. Children nearly always have chocolate in their advent calendar, but this is not the true meaning of Advent. Advent prepares you for the birth of Christ and comes from the Latin word meaning “coming.” Jesus is coming, and Advent is intended to be a season of preparation for His arrival. While we typically regard Advent as a joyous season, it is also intended to be a period of preparation, much like Lent. People around the world get ready to celebrate Christ’s birth with the focus on reaching out to others in need. The season of Advent officially begins this Sunday 3rd December. As we only have 4 weeks left of school, we began our Advent focus last week. Each week the students will explore the Sunday Gospel and their morning prayer will focus on lighting the Advent candles of HOPE, PEACE, JOY and LOVE. It will be a time for them to reflect on how they can prepare for the birth of Jesus and what they can do to reach out to those in need.

First Week of Advent Scripture Reference: Mark 13:33-37 Focus: HOPE

We know that Jesus came to save us. Still we do things that are wrong and turn away from God. The Advent readings remind us that not only did Jesus come, but he will come again. We must be ready, since we do not know when the Son of God will return. This week we light the first purple candle, the HOPE candle. The Candle of Hope is also referred to the Prophecy Candle. We can have hope because God is faithful and will keep the promises made to us. Our hope comes from God. Mary trusted God. He sent the Angel Gabriel to tell Mary that she was to have God’s son and she willingly accepted.

CONFIRMATION

Congratulations to our Year 6 students who received the

Sacrament of Confirmation recently.

The Sacrament of Confirmation is one of the seven sacraments

through which Catholics pass in the process of their religious upbringing.

According to Catholic doctrine, in this sacrament people are sealed with the gift of the Holy Spirit and are strengthened in their Christian

life.

Kathryn Pepper – REL / Student Support

SIMON DELL’ORO

Principal

ABN: 50 374 081 685

103 – 129 Oakgrove Drive, Narre Warren South. 3805 P.O. Box 171 Narre Warren.

3805 Phone : 9704 1970 Fax : 9704 1780 Email : principal@trinitynarre.catholic.edu.au

Trinity Christmas Outreach

Dear Parents / Guardians,

This year the Social Justice Leaders have teamed up with St Vincent de Paul to assist them in their

Christmas Outreach Project. Christmas is a very special and exciting time for families, but it can also

be a very stressful time, especially for those experiencing financial hardship or illness. To help ease

this pain, St Vincent de Paul are hoping to provide many families within our local community with a

hamper filled with Christmas food and appropriate gifts. This is where our students can help. For two

weeks from the 28th November – 8th December a Christmas tree will be placed in the atrium. We are

asking families to generously donate non-perishable items of Christmas food during this time and

kindly place it around the tree. There will also be a Christmas box where donations and loose change

can be placed in order to assist with the purchasing of age appropriate gifts. If you are able to assist

us in reaching out to those in need we would greatly appreciate your support.

Kind Regards

Kathryn Pepper

Religious Education Leader/ Student Support

SCHOOL EVENTS CALENDAR blue will indicate new items added to the Calendar that week.

NOVEMBER 2017

Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun

27

Prep—Yr 6 Incursion

28 29

2018 Prep Orientation

9am--10.30am

Yr 2 Incursion

30

Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun

1

Student Disco

2 3

4

Prep—Yr 6 Lego Incursion

5

Prep—Yr 6 Lego Incursion

6 7

Yr 3 Incursion

8 Casual Clothes Day

Carnival Mystery Jar

9 10

11 12 13 14 Yr 6 Graduation Mass & Dinner

15 16 17

18

Reports & Portfolios sent home

19

Last day for students

End of Yr Mass 9am

Concert 2-3pm

20

Staff Planning Day

21 22 23 24

25

CHRISTMAS DAY

26

BOXING DAY

27 28 29 30 31

DECEMBER 2017

Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun

29

STAFF RETURN 2018

30

STUDENT TESTING DAY

31

STAFF FIRST AID TRAINING

1

STUDENT TESTING DAY

2

STUDENTS BEGIN

3 4

JANUARY 2018

SRC photos were taken by Schoolpix recently. A form w ith the code to view and order the photo was sent home to all SRC members last week.

If a year 6 student received and envelope could this please be returned to their class teacher.

Happy Birthday to the following children who are celebrating their birthday this week!

28th NOVEMBER JOSHUA

LEVENIA

GEORGIANNA

AILANAH

30th NOVEMBER DANIEL

1st DECEMBER TIANA

SIENNA

DANIEL

2nd DECEMBER ERIC

3rd DECEMBER JORDAN

LEYA

CANTEEN ROSTER — TERM 4

If you are unable to attend on your allocated day please contact another person on the roster. In the event you are not able to swap contact Tracey Sligar 9704 1970.

Thank you for your help and support of our children and our school .

DATE 8.45 - 10.30 approx 11.45 – 1.15 approx

30th NOVEMBER Ivana Mioni Mariane Mikhael

7th DECEMBER Amanda Mair Astrid Buissink

14th DECEMBER Karina Anand Lisa Whittaker

Parish news

MASS TIMES

Saturday 6pm

Sunday 7.30am, 9.00am, 11.00am and 6.00pm

CAROLS ON THE GREEN The Parish of Our Lady Help of Christians Narre Warren warmly invites you all to our annual CHRISTMAS CAROLS event. It will feature our beautiful Tongan choir with appearances from our Youth Band and catechetic children. Everyone is invited to join in the songs. This year it will be outdoors so you can bring a family picnic, your deck chairs or picnic rugs and battery powered candles. There will also be a sausage sizzle and drinks and maybe even some icy poles (at a small charge to support our Youth group). Santa will be making an appearance with some treats for the kids. So do come along and make this a fun night and meet the people from the other schools and the parish community.

POSITION OF SACRAMENT CO-ORDINATOR OUR LADY HELP OF CHRISTIANS PARISH, NARRE WARREN As a result of an internal appointment, the position of Sacrament Co-ordinator has become available. This role will be 4 days per week. Suitable applicants can forward their resume via email olhc@olhc.org.au addressed to The Parish Priest, 496 Princes Highway, Narre Warren by 3.00pm on Thursday 7th December 2017. Please contact the Parish Office on 9704 7935 for a position description.

OLHC NEW YEARS EVE PARTY 2017 is on once again! We would love to have your company on 31st December to socialise and join in our New Years Eve dance with the theme “Many Cultures, One Parish!” There will be a live band and DJ to keep us entertained throughout the evening, along with raffles and prizes to be won. The parish is looking for volunteers to help run this event, prior to and on the night of the function. If you can donate prizes towards the raffle or help in any way, please contact either the parish office on 9704 7935 or call Gillian on 0413 011 789.

DIOCESE OF SALE ON FACEBOOK You can now find the Diocese of Sale on Facebook. Search for ‘Catholic Diocese of Sale’ on Facebook or go to www.facebook/dioceseofsale and ‘like’. You do not need to log in or join to see what is on the Facebook page. The page will have news and information from around the Diocese and supplement the news coverage provided by our Catholic Life Newspaper. Recent posts have included photos from the recent Diaconate Ordinations in Sale and the Migrant Sunday Mass in Pakenham. BAPTISM PREPERATION CLASSES - The parish Baptism preparation team is looking for new members to help run the classes on a Tuesday night at 8.00pm. If you can help or would like to be part of the team could you please e-mail Andre’ at

andremyddg@gmail.com or contact the parish office. Training will be provided.

1st December

Free Student Disco

TRINITY PARENTS & FRIENDS

NEWSLETTER

Committee Members General

President Kerryn Cerchiaro Anastasia Barker

Vice President Chrs Brember Natasha Ferreras

Secretary Lisa Ferracane Kate Henderson

Asst Secretary Mirelle Van Duin Joanne Knezevic

Treasurer Michelle Hofman Rachael Manley

Asst Treasurer Chantal Fischer Jessica McLardi

Board Rep Lisa Ferracane Claudia Sajeba

Melissa Yong

Trinity Pyjama Disco

Friday 1st December 2017.

Don’t forget to wear your pyjamas

Christmas Raffle

The last fundraiser for the year is our Christmas raf-fle to be drawn at assembly later in December

If you have any items you would like to donate to the Christmas raffle could leave them at the school office.

We appreciate your help and support for our children.

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.

CHILD SAFE STANDARDS WORKING WITH CHILDREN

Trinity has zero tolerance towards child abuse and is therefore committed to complying with the Victorian Child Safe Standards and Ministerial Order 870. 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 or the Justice Department website. 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. I f 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.

The Staff Car Park is for STAFF PARKING ONLY. Please do not use as a drop off/pick up for students.

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:

T.B.C.

Parish Representative:

Gail Rodrigues

Chairperson: Scott McLardie

Secretary: Lisa Ferracane

P & F Rep: Lisa Ferracane

General Members:

Allison Hellier

Chantel Fischer

Jennifer Mansfield

Michael Locandro

Sabrina Giblett

Elizabeth Jones

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

Pastoral Associates Conny James

Sacrament Co-ordinator Emily D’Sylva

Mass Times Saturday- 6.00pm

Sunday– 7.30am, 9.00am 11.00am & 6.00pm

PARISH OFFICE HOURS

Monday 12noon – 3.30pm

Tues-Friday 9.00 - 3.30pm

Trinity Catholic Primary School

2018 Carnival Sponsorship

Trinity Catholic Primary School Carnival Committee would like to give the families of Trinity and the local community the opportunity to support the

2018 Carnival with different levels of Sponsorship.

The Carnival Committee is made up of a group of parents from Trinity, who volunteer their time and effort to put together this amazing event, to

benefit all students of Trinity.

Different levels of sponsorship have been created, which allows you the opportunity to promote your business or family name to the Trinity

Community in a range of different ways.

Please take a look at our sponsorship levels in our proposal. We hope to have the opportunity to promote your business or family to the school and

local community.

Levels of Sponsorship Gold Level: $500 Sponsorship

* Advertising on Carnival Day around the school

* Advertising on the Carnival Page in the school newsletter

for term 1

*Advertising on Carnival Facebook Page

*Advertising on Carnival Flyer

*Certificate of appreciation

Silver Level: $300 Sponsorship

* Advertising on Carnival Day around the school

*Advertising on the Carnival Page in the school newsletter for 4 weeks before

the Carnival

*Advertising on the carnival flyer

* Advertising on Carnival Facebook Page

*Certificate of Appreciation

Bronze Level: $100 Sponsorship

*Advertising on the sponsorship board on Carnival Day

*Advertising on the Carnival Page in the school newsletter for two weeks be-

fore the Carnival

*Advertising on carnival flyer

*Advertising on Facebook Page

*Certificate of Appreciation

Family Sponsorship

Level 1: $50 Sponsorship

* Family Name or Students Name on Sponsorship Board

*Free Showbag to the value of $4 for each child/ren in the family

(Trinity Families).

*Certificate of Appreciation

Level 2: $20 Sponsorship

*Family Name or Students Name on Sponsorship Board

*Certificate of Appreciation

Please fill in the details below if you would like to assist Trinity

with Sponsorship

ABN:________________________________________

Business Name:_______________________________

Type of Business:______________________________

Address:_____________________________________

Contact Person________________________________

Mobile:______________________________________

Email:_______________________________________

Please Tick which Sponsorship Level

Gold Sponsorship $500

Silver Sponsorship $300

Bronze Sponsorship $100

Family Sponsorship Level 1 $50

Family Sponsorship Level 2 $20

(Please Note: if you would like to remain anonymous from the

sponsorship board please tick the box )

Please tick method of payment Cash EFT Cheque

Credit Card

Forms must be returned to the school office, no later than

Wednesday February 28th, 2018 or emailed to Luisa Locandro

luiet@hotmail.com

An invoice will be issued once registration has been made and you

will have 7 days to make payment.

Once money has been received a receipt will be issued.

Thank you

Carnival Committee