Dear Families and Carers,

On Tuesday we will celebrate the Feast of the Transfiguration with our Parish school Sts Peter and Paul. Our students from Kinder to year 6 will be travelling over to Garren to celebrate Mass with Fr John, to complete activities with our buddy classes and share a delicious lunch. We are looking forward to spending the day together. 

Our learners have embraced the excitement of the 2024 Olympic Games with our opening ceremony last Friday. With each class representing a country in the Olypmics we held our very own Holy Trinity torch relay and lighting of the cauldron. It was an afternoon where we came together as a community and shared the spirit of being internationally minded and embracing the diversity across our school. Each class has been sharing facts and information about their chosen country at our morning messages each day, it has been wonderful to learn about their traditions and fun facts from around the world.

NAIDOC Mass and Awards

Last Friday we attended the NAIDOC Mass at St Christophers in Manuka. The message of the 2024 NAIDOC week was 'Keep the fire burning, blak, loud and proud' and Archbishop Prowse and Selena Walker (Ngunnawal Elder) spoke of the significance of family and community in ensuring we continue on our journey of reconciliation. Congratulations to Romeo C in Year 5 who was one of the NAIDOC week award recipients receiveing an Academic Award. 

2 Green Assembly

Year 2 Green presented assembly last Friday and shared their Unit of Inquiry, Where We are in Place and Time. The students confidently spoke of significant landmarks in Canberra and created costumes including a wonderful water fountain from Lake Burley Griffin, Parliament House and Telstra Tower. They shared their knowledge and understanding of different countries, the continents and the staes of Australia. The highlight was a quiz with 3 guest teachers, unfortunately Mr O'Rourke scored zero (it might have been the difficult questions). 

Mitch Tambo Performance

On Monday we welcomed Mitch Tambo, proud Gamilaraay man, to perform for our students from ELC to Year 6. Mitch blends traditional Aboriginal sounds and language with contemporary beats and production. He shared his language, culture and traditions with us. The students and staff were enthusiastically singing and dancing and it was a fantastic way to begin Monday. Mitch invited our indigenous students and friends to share a yarning circle to finish his visit at Holy Trinity.

Hats are back

From August 1 our students need to be wearing their hats during break times and PE lessons. Can you please ensure your child has their hat with their name on it ready for school tomorrow. As the sun warms up and the UV rating is increasing we need to protect our skin. 

Community Council Meeting

Our Community Council will be meeting on Tuesday evening next week at 7:00pm. All parents and friends of Holy Trinity are invited to join us for this meeting in the staffroom. 

I hope you find time to slow down and enjoy time together as a family this weekend. 

Yours in faith, hope and love

Prue

Mini Vinnies Winter Appeal

Our Year 6 Community Leaders are promoting the Mini Vinnies Winter Appeal starting this week. Please see the flyer below made by our year 6 leaders. We are collecting donations of warm clothing and non-perishable items to help those in need in our community this winter. Thank you for your generosity to St Vincent De Paul and the great work they do in our area.

Family Engagement in Prayer

Claire Mass, our school Youth Minister has prepared some suggestions for families to engage with prayer and faith formation at home. Claire is looking forward to working with our Year 6 Youth Ministry Group and being more involved in classrooms this term. We are grateful to have Claire as part of our HT community!

Sacrament of First Eucharist

If you have not done so already, please remember to register your child to make this sacrament via the QKR! App.

Thank you very much to the parents who were able to attend the First Eucharist Parent Information Night on Tuesday night via MS Teams.

If you were unable to attend the Parent Information Night, please see the links below to the following:

• Recording & Slides from the Information Night
• Please select a Home Group. Thank you very much to parents who have volunteered to be a home group leader.
• Please choose a Mass for your child to receive the Sacrament of First Eucharist.

If you have any questions, please contact Catherine Grinsell-Jones at the parish office on 6281 3999.

Catherine Joy

Acting Religious Education Coordinator

The power of a provocation

At times you will see the word 'provocation' used in a Toddle post or even on an excursion note. Chances are you may glance over the word and continue reading. But for some, you may pause and wonder, "what is the teacher talking about when they use the word 'provocation'?"

Some see a provocation as a hook, or something that captures a child's attention or engagement. Although this is not incorrect, a powerful provocation is much more than capturing engagement. It is an intentional decision, thoughtfully constructed to create cognitive dissonance, that gently pushes our young learners into the Learning Pit (of inquiry). Children are authentically invited into considering, forming, and sharing their experiences and beliefs - which are an essential component of the process of inquiry learning.

For our ELC children, we are excited by the possibilities that our most recent provocation - a visit to the National Zoo and Aquarium - will uncover for our children and the possibilities that it will create for our inquiry into living things and what they need to flourish.

Stay tuned to see how this provocation sparks our children's interests, affirms their experiences, and challenges them to think in new ways.

The Learning Pit - James Nottingham

Hats, Hats, Hats

Our SunSmart policy states that all children and staff are required to wear hats when outside from August to May each year. Please ensure your child has a clearly labelled hat each day and support them in applying sunscreen when they arrive in the morning.

ELC Facebook

Holy Trinity ELC now has a Facebook page, which we encourage you to follow. We will post updates, reminders and share some of the wonderful learning experiences that our children get up to.

Click here to follow us.

Hi All, 

Book Week Celebrations for 2024 are well and truly under way. 

The theme for this year is Reading is Magic.  

It’s our favourite week of the year with lots of fun activities being completed in the library as a build up to announcing the ‘Winner, Winner Chicken Dinner’ for each of the six categories. 

In Week 3 (next week) - The fabulous R.A.Spratt. will be here on Monday, 5th August to work with our 3/4 and 5/6 classes. 

In Week 5 - We will begin our actual Book Week celebrations… On Monday,19th August, we have been lucky enough to book the frightfully famous and very talented Micheal Webb aka Magic Mike to entertain us all for an hour or so. Micheal is a past student of HT, his mother Anne Webb was a teacher here for many years and Micheal still has a nephew at HT – so many family connections to our little school. 

On Wednesday, 21st August @ 9.10am on the tennis courts (weather permitting) we will have our Book Week Parade. 

In Week 6, (Friday, 30th August) we have the talented Aura Parker  here for the entire day working with all classes. 

Last but not least, Scholastic Book Club Catalogues were sent home last week. All orders need to be in by Monday 12th August (Week 4). 

God Bless Good Readers, 

Kate Mertz. 

Please notes dates can change

Students celebrating their birthday this week are: Vivenne S, Adriana L, Hannah L, Audrey F, Scarlett F, Eva M and Elias L. Wishing you all a wonderful birthday.