2025 Term 2 Week 11

From the Principal

As we wrap up Term 2, I’d like to take a moment to reflect on the wonderful progress and achievements of our students. It's been a busy and productive term filled with learning, creativity, and growth. From classroom milestones to sporting events, excursions, and performances, our students have continued to demonstrate our whole school expectations of being safe, resilient, respectful and responsible.

Guided by our school motto—Faith, Hope and Love—our learners have embraced challenges, supported one another, and lived out Jesus’ teachings in their words and actions.

A big thank you to our dedicated staff for their ongoing commitment, and to our families for your continued support. Together, in partnership, we are helping our students thrive.

Wishing everyone a safe, restful, and happy holiday. We look forward to seeing you all refreshed and ready for a fantastic Term 3!

First Day Back Next Term For Students- Tuesday 22^nd of July

Monday the 21^st of July is a pupil free day where the staff will be at school learning together. This means that Tuesday the 22^nd of July id the first day of Term 3 for students.

Reports and Family Learning Conversations

School Reports were made available to families through PAM on Monday.  Families now have the opportunity to discuss the reports at the Family Learning Conversations either this afternoon or tomorrow afternoon/evening.  Please remember that it is common for children not to move on their report at the end of Semester One as sometimes not all the content has been taught, or your child has demonstrated five months growth during this time and six months growth is required to move the dot.  This is why the FLCs are so important to enable the teacher to share exactly where your child is at and what the focus will be moving forward.

Scholastic Book Fair

Our annual Scholastic Book Fair is happening over the Family Learning Conversation nights (tonight and tomorrow night). This is taking place in the multi-purpose room.  Thank you to Mrs Gatehouse for her organisation of the event and the staff who will be looking after the event on the nights. A percentage from all books and resources sold will go towards purchasing new books for the library.  

Term 2 Important Dates

Term 3 Assembly Dates

Week 2:        Thursday 31^st July- 2.30pm: Grade 2 hosting

Week 4:        Thursday 14^th August- 2.30pm: Foundation hosting

Week 6:        Thursday 28^th August- 2.30pm: Grade 5 hosting

Week 8:        Thursday 11^th September-  2.30pm: Grade 4 hosting

Term 3 Important Dates

Please check PAM for Year level events, excursions and incursions. 

Religious Education - Term 2, Week 11

Dear Families, 

St Vinnie Winter Appeal - Pyjama Day
In Term 3, Friday 25th of July, Trinity Catholic Primary School will be holding a Pyjama Day to raise much needed funds for the St Vincent de Paul Winter Appeal. Students are invited to come to school dressed in their cosiest pyjamas and bring a gold coin donation to help support people in our community who are doing it tough this winter.

We are proud to be working alongside the Our Lady Help of Christians Parish team as we join efforts to make a real difference in the lives of others. All funds raised will go directly to St Vinnies to provide warm clothing, blankets, food, and emergency support to those in need.

This initiative ties in beautifully with our Term 3 focus on Catholic Social Teaching Principles, particularly the principle of the Dignity of the Human Person. At Trinity, we believe that every person is made in the image of God and deserves to be treated with respect, care, and compassion. Supporting the Winter Appeal is one way we can live out this belief in action, recognising the inherent worth of every individual, especially those experiencing hardship.

We look forward to seeing our students wrapped up in their warmest pyjamas not just for fun, but for a powerful cause. Let’s come together in faith, hope, and love to make a difference in our community.

Level Six Learning - Exploring Cleopas

This term, our Level Six students have been deepening their understanding of Scripture by exploring the story of Cleopas, one of the disciples who encountered Jesus on the road to Emmaus. This powerful Gospel story has offered students a rich opportunity to reflect on faith, recognition, and the presence of Jesus in our everyday lives. Students examined Cleopas' key traits—his confusion, grief, hope, and eventual joy—as he came to recognise the risen Jesus. They explored how Cleopas moved from doubt to belief and how his experience of walking with Jesus transformed his faith and understanding.

Kind regards, 

Emily Rogers 
Religious Education Leader

Term 2, Week 11 - MHiPS: Supporting your young person during the holidays

Kids Roar

Kids Roar is a program which our students participated in throughout Week 7. The program is designed to empower our students with simple strategies for whenever are faced with an unsafe situation. Research suggests that evidence-based early intervention programs delivered to children can significantly reduce a child's vulnerability to all forms of abuse. 

Through taking part in the program, children will have developed a greater understanding of how to ROAR. Recognise - feelings, safe/ unsafe situations, warning signs and unsafe secrets. Own - their body and understand it belongs to them. Assert - the confidence to implement the 'STOP! I don't it!' strategy. Report - to the their trusted adults if feeling unsafe, worried, or confused, and the importance of persistence. 

Through developmentally appropriate sessions, our Foundation to Grade 4 students learned to recognise and respond to early warning signs, distinguish between safe and unsafe secrets, and understand the importance of speaking to trusted adults until they feel safe. They also learned to identify and correctly use the anatomical names for the private parts of their bodies.

Our Grade 5 and 6 students took part in the 'We Can ROAR' workshop, where they explored topics such as personal safety, respect, consent, online safety, and the potential consequences of making others feel unsafe.

All students through Kids Roar will have been asked to think about who their safe adults are. This links to an activity students complete each year on Day for Daniel. An example of this is below, which can be completed or spoken about at home with your children. 

CHILD SAFE STANDARDS WORKING WITH CHILDREN

Trinity has zero tolerance towards child abuse and is therefore committed to complying with the Ministerial Order No. 1359 – Implementing the Child Safe Standards – Managing the Risk of Child Abuse in Schools and School Boarding Premises. 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.

Trinity Car Park Etiquette

• Please abide by the 5km/h limit the WHOLE TIME you are in the park area.
• For greater safety and visibility, we are requesting that all drivers reverse park into the marked bays in our school car park.
• Thank you to 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 NOTa 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 only PICK-UP ZONES.  These are NO STANDINGzones.  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 either park or rejoin the end of the pick-up queue.
• THE GATES CLOSEAT 8.50am. They will RE-OPEN AT 3.00pm. The gates close for the day at 3:30pm. Occasionally they might reopen slightly later due to school activities.
• The Staff Car Park is forSTAFF PARKING ONLY.  Please do not use it as a drop off/pick up for students.

We really need commitment from families to NOT TURN RIGHT when exiting the car park.  All vehicles must TURN LEFT for the safety of others and to maintain traffic flow.

We also have families double parking along Oakgrove Drive and letting their children out. This is unsafe, prevents traffic flow and against road rules.

We have also been contacted by Casey Council, which patrols the area, about families performing U-turns on Oakgrove Drive. Their advice is as follows:

Ø  U-turns are dangerous during the peak school times for pedestrians but also other drivers.

Ø  They recommend NOT performing U-turns in this area. This is dangerous for children and pedestrians around a school precinct.

Ø  They recommend driving further up to the roundabout on Oakgrove Drive, where you can turn around safely or exit away from the school.

If you have others picking up your children, such as Grandparents, can you please inform them of Trinity’s protocols or etiquette.

Thank you for taking the time to read this email and I look forward to your continued commitment to keep our students and families safe. 

SAFE AROUND Trinity Catholic Primary

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Scholastic Book Fair 2nd & 3rd July,