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Lego Engineering Program

Lego Engineering Program

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This term in Digitech the students in years 3 to 6 have been participating in the Lego Engineering program. The students work in groups to build the Lego model whilst learning about the forces that help to make it work. Most models require a motor and some use a special bluetooth motor that can can be controlled using the Wedo program on our Chromebooks.

The 3/4 students have built a variety of models including a crane, railroad barrier and a towing vehicle. The 5/6 students have built a forklift, battle-tank and a caterpillar robot.

We are all learning lots of skills and knowledge about how different machines work in our world as well as having fun with building the different Lego models.

Here are some photos of models that we have built recently.

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3/4 GREEN ASSEMBLY

3/4 GREEN ASSEMBLY

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During our reading lessons the Year 3’s and 4’s have been working on Readers Theatre.

Readers Theatre is a reading activity that involves reading a script aloud in small groups.  It is a fun and interactive way to improve our reading skills, such as improving our fluency and expression as well as developing our confidence when speaking in front of an audience

The first group is called ‘The Foiled Robbery’. The second is called ‘The Science Experiment’. We hope you enjoy our presentation.

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5/6 Scienceworks Excursion

5/6 Scienceworks Excursion

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On the 24th of July, the 5/6 level went on an excursion to Scienceworks as part of our current Science topic about Matter. Matter is everything around us that exists as a solid, liquid and gas.

We went to the planetarium and learnt about how physics would allow a aeroplane to fly in space and how a black hole behaves.

We also got a really cool demonstration on how things can boil when they become incredibly hot or cold by pouring liquid nitrogen onto a squeaky duck.

Overall, our Scienceworks Excursion was really fun and we enjoyed learning about all the different states of matter.

Here are some photos from our excursion to Scienceworks …..

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5/6 Interschool Winter Sports – Netball

5/6 Interschool Winter Sports – Netball

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At the end of last term nineteen girls were chosen to represent Holy Trinity in netball for Winter Interschool Sports.

We had been practising hard for a few weeks and it was great to see how well each teams improved throughout the competition.

This is how our teams went during the competition ….

A team

Game 1: Played St Judes and WON

Game 2: Played Bayswater West and WON

Game 3: Played  Wattleview and WON

Game 4: Played Boronia K-12 and WON

Final: In the final HT played against Bayswater West and we needed to go into overtime to find a winner. We ended up WINNING which meant that the A Team is the Champions of the Scoresby District.

B team

Game 1: Played Wattleview and WON

Game 2: Played Scoresby and LOST

Game 3: Played Knox Park and WON

Game 4: Played  Kent Park and TIED

DIVISION CHAMPIONSHIPS

In the Division championships we played against

Game 1: St. Andrews and WON

Game 2: Bayswater West and WON

Game 3: Regency Park and LOST

In the final match we played against Templeton and we needed to win by one goal to make it through to Regional Championships.

Overall, we won 5 out of the 7 matches which is an amazing effort.

Overall, we did a great job to come third in the Division Championships. We are thankful for Mrs. Rocha, Mr. D and the parent helpers for your fantastic support.

Here are a few photos from our netball days….

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5/6 Interschool Winter Sports – Soccer

5/6 Interschool Winter Sports – Soccer

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On June 7th 2023 the year 5/6’s participated in Interschool sports soccer at Knox Park.

Each game was about 30 minutes long with a break in the middle. We also had a 20 minute break between each game.

Here are our Day 1 scores

HT Boys Games:

1st game HT Vs Saint Judes 0 – 1 Loss

2nd game HT Vs Kent Park 3 – 0 Win

3rd game HT Vs Knox Park 1 – 0 WIn

4th game HT VS Boronia K-12 6 – 0 Win

HT Girls Games:

1st game HT Vs Scoresby Mixed 2 – 0 Win

2nd game HT Vs St Jude’s 1 – 0 Win

3rd game  HT Vs Knox Park 0 – 2 Loss

4th game BYE

Division Competition:

HT Girls played in the soccer division championships as well.

These are the overall results ….

HT Vs  Mount Waverley  0 – 6 Loss

HT Vs   Heritage College  1 – 4 Loss

HT Vs    Knox Park   0 – 1 Loss

Overall the 5/6s really enjoyed representing our school in soccer and had a great time!

 

Here are some photos from the day!

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District Cross Country

District Cross Country

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On Friday 19th of May 58 students from years 3 to 6 participated in the Scoresby District Cross Country. The event took place at Jells Park. Despite the cold and wet conditions, these students represented our school with pride and tried their best. We are very pleased to announce that HT were the overall District champions, which is a wonderful achievement following our recent success at the Athletics District event. We are very proud of all the students! A number of students have also qualified for the Division Cross Country on the 2nd of June.

A big thank you goes to Mr. D and all the parents who have helped to train us to be ready for this cross country event.

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5/6 Interschool Winter Sports – T Ball

5/6 Interschool Winter Sports – T Ball

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On Wednesday 7th June and Friday 16th June our Year 5s and 6s represented Holy Trinity in Tee Ball. The boys and girls were separated into two teams for their T Ball games.

In the first match the HT boys played against the Scoresby boys. It was a hard fought match and in the end the scores were 17 – 16 which meant the HT boys won by 1 run!

In the first match for HT girls they played against Knox Park girls. Unfortunately for the girls lost even though they learnt a lot from the match.

After their first games the next match that each team played was against each other! HT boys Vs HT girls. At the end of the interesting match the scores were very close but the HT boys won the match.

For the boys, their third game was against Scoresby mixed. The match was fair but there was a big gap in the scores and HT boys won once again!

The HT girls third match was against Knox Park boys. Against all odds the scores ended up being the exact same that means the match was tied.

The fourth match and final match for the HT boys was against Bayswater boys. This match ended up in a tie but then the two teachers decided to do a sudden death round to decide on the result. In the end HT boys ended up winning by 2 points.

The fourth match for the HT girls was against Scoresby. The game scores ended up losing in a close fought match.

Overall, both the boys and girls represented HT with pride and played really well!

Thank you to all the teachers and parents that helped support us with our games.

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Year 6’s Activities With Buddies

Year 6’s Activities With Buddies

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The year 6’s this year have been doing lots of activities with their buddies. Once every two weeks the year 6’s go over to be with the preps and have lunch together. We also have done lots of different activities with them that include showing them around the school to teach the school rules, learning about different emotions and once we even just got to play together during a buddy session which was fun.

Overall, it has been so much fun being with our buddies and we are so proud of how well they are doing at school.

Here are some photos of what we have done…

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How can we strengthen our relationship with God?

How can we strengthen our relationship with God?

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This was the question the year 3/4 students explored during their prayer unit this semester.

They were invited to deepen their understanding of ‘what prayer is?’ and ‘what it looks like?’ through authentic dialogue and experiencing various types of prayer. Students came up with responses such as ‘prayer is communicating with God’, ‘prayer is tuning into God’, ‘prayer is loving God’ and/or ‘prayer is waiting on God’. Students learnt the skill of locating and reading scripture (Luke 11:1-5) from the Bible and made connections to how it relates to their own lives (The Lord’s Prayer).

As part of this unit of study, the year 3/4 students set up prayer spaces in their classrooms by designing and creating a class prayer cloth. Some classes even took them home to design with their family members as a way of praying and sharing their learning.

Check them out below!

 

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St Patrick’s Day Excursion!

St Patrick’s Day Excursion!

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On the 17th of March, ten Year 6 students attended the St Patrick’s Day Mass at the St Patrick’s Cathedral with Mr Harvie. It was a good opportunity to meet up with lots of other catholic schools around Melbourne. We also had a chance to explore the huge cathedral after mass including all the different chapels throughout the  building. Many people choose a pray in one of the chapels for a particular cause such as the Holy Souls chapel. The statues of saints in the Cathedral were also very detailed and really helped to make the chapel so special.

We also had the special honour of getting to meet ArchBishop Peter Comensoli. We even got to take a photo with him which we put into the newsletter. Father Mark was one of the celebrants during the Mass which was also very cool.

After mass we got to enjoy a special concert where the high school students performed together with all the other students who attended mass.  It was a really nice experience watching all the high school students perform.

Here is the link to the the website about the event.

St Patrick’s Day Event

Overall, our St. Patrick’s Day celebration was an amazing experience and we are very thankful to Mr Harvie for organising this excursion and Kylie for assisting us!

Here are some links with our thoughts about the day…..

Chantal, Zoe and Saraya’s Thoughts

 

Sean and Tyler’s Thoughts

 

Here are some photos from the day …..

 

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Year 4 Mater Christi Taster Day

Year 4 Mater Christi Taster Day

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Our time at Mater Christi was so much fun, all of the girls in year 4 had a blast! We played with mini robots, made slime and even explored the school and answered questions too. 

When we first arrived at Mater Christi we used these mini robots that you had to control with an Ipad. You could change its colour and make it go wherever you wanted. For morning tea they gave us popcorn and juice.The highlight of the day was visiting the really cool science lab where we made slime but before we could make the slime we had to wear a lab coat and safety goggles. After we made the slime, some year 7s gave us this marker and told us to write on the sink then put the slime on top and the writing from the marker vanished on to the slime. 

Towards the end of the day we played monopoly scavenger hunt ‘Mater Christi version’. We had to go around the school and answer lots of questions and the students were able to decide which classrooms to visit. . At the end of the visit we received a goodie bag. 

The year 4 girls had such a fun time we wished we could go there again. 

Asha, Vivienne and Aryana

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Year 4 Camp

Year 4 Camp

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On the last week of term one our Year 4 students travelled to Yarra Junction for their camp at ADANAC.

It was a very exciting camp for everyone with great weather and lots of fun activities.

Everyone seemed to really enjoy themselves particularly as it was the first overnight camp for many of our students.

Here are a few pictures of our year 4 students in action at camp ….

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Government in 5/6

Government in 5/6

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In our 5/6 level we have been learning about the different types and levels of Government for our Inquiry unit. Some of the different topics we have learnt about include the different levels of Government (Local, State and Federal) and the different houses of Federal Government which are The House Of Representatives (Green House) and the Senate (Red House). We also learnt about how laws are made and that there is an incredible 4500 rooms in Parliament House.

To demonstrate our learning of this topic the 5/6 students created a presentation showcasing what we had learnt. Some students completed a poster and other completed a slide show.

Here is some of the work from 5/6 Red.

Enjoy!

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Buddy Breakfast 2023

Buddy Breakfast 2023

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Last Thursday (March 30th), our Year 6’s and Preps came to school early along with their families for Buddy Breakfast.  This event is a special opportunity for everyone to get to know each other and enjoy some yummy food together. One of the most special parts of our Buddy Breakfast is when the year 6 students present their Prep buddy with a special ‘Buddy Bear’. The purple buddy bear is an initiative from the Alannah & Madeline Foundation that helps to let every student know how special they are in our HT / St. Mary’s community. Many year 6 students still have their purple ‘Buddy Bear’ which is a symbol of how special the prep / year 6 buddy relationship is.

Overall, everyone really enjoyed our buddy breakfast and are thankful for the opportunity to gather together.

Here are some of the photos from the day ……

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Prep – Yr4 Swimming

Prep – Yr4 Swimming

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Each Friday this term there has been lots of excitement amongst our Prep to Year 4 students as they have been have been participating in swimming lessons at Swim World in Glen Waverley. Each week the students dress with their swimming costumes underneath their school clothes. At their allocated time each class gets ready by putting on their swimming caps and goggles and then they go on the bus to Swim World.

During swimming lessons the students have been learning a variety of skills including floating, water safety techniques and practising the different swimming strokes.

Last Friday, the students brought along some old clothes to wear in the pool to practise what a person should do if they were to fall into the water. The students seem to really enjoy this adventure!

Overall, the students are having a great time at their swimming lessons and are looking forward to the last fun lesson this Friday.

Here are a few photos of the students in action …..

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Harmony week in 3/4 Yellow – Everyone Belongs!

Harmony week in 3/4 Yellow – Everyone Belongs!

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As part of Harmony week celebrations this week, Daniel Mobtadi from 3/4 Yellow shared part of his Iranian culture with his classmates during morning prayer. He shared his family traditions around celebrating Nowruz (Persian New Year) which was on the 21st of March. Daniel created an informative slideshow about Nowruz and prepared a Sofreh Haft-Sin, which means ‘The cloth of seven dishes’. He explained the significance of each of the 7 symbols and why they are used to celebrate the beginning of the Iranian new year. Daniel finished by giving everyone a red apple that symbolizes beauty and health.

Daniel showed great courage as he shared insights about his culture which was well received by the class. What a great way to embrace diversity and show respect towards others at HT!

#loveoneanother

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School Athletics Day

School Athletics Day

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On Monday 20 February the students from Grades 3 to 6 went to the  Bill Sewart Athletics track in Burwood to participate in our school athletics day.

Students participated in a range of athletics events including the field events of long jump, discus, high jump, shot put and the running events of 800 m, 200 m and 100 metre sprint.

There were so many impressive results with lots of students achieving personal bests and some even participating in events that they had never participated in before.

Everyone had a great time and many students were chosen represent the school in district athletics championships in May.

Our Age Champions for this year were ….

Year 3 – Patrick S & Peyton

Year 4 – Owen V & Audrey & Asha

Year 5 – Josh R & June

Year 6 – Lizzie & Darcy

The winning house for the day was Dominic (Red) with Bunurong (Yellow) – 2nd, Mackay (Blue) – 3rd and MacKillop (Green) – 4th taking the remaining places. Congratulations to everyone in Dominic House!

Here are a few of the photos of some of our age champions and Oliver displaying holding the shield as the winning house captain.

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Ash Wednesday (Lent)

Ash Wednesday (Lent)

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Currently, we are in the Lenten season. Lent begins on Ash Wednesday (which was a couple of weeks ago) and on this day we celebrated Ash Wednesday Mass in the Community Space. During our Ash Wednesday Mass each person had ashes placed on their foreheads in the shape of a cross to help us remember Jesus during this special time.

Lent is the time leading up to Easter where all Christians decide to make changes to their lives as a way to turn back to God. Christians try to turn back to God in three main ways …..

  1. Prayer – through trying to pray to God regularly.
  2. Almsgiving (giving to the poor – at HT we do this by donating to Caritas)
  3. Fasting – by giving up certain foods such as red meat on days such as Ash Wednesday and Good Friday.

By doing these things we are preparing for the special celebration at the end of the Lent called Easter.

The new Liturgy Leaders helped set up and play the Mass slideshow. This was the Liturgy Leaders first Mass for the year so they were really brave to do something like this.

Here are some of the slides from our recent Ash Wednesday Mass ….

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🎄Christmas Carols Night🎄

🎄Christmas Carols Night🎄

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Carols night was an amazing, fun experience for everyone with lots of singing and dancing. It was a perfect event to get the whole of the Holy Trinity and St. Mary’s community into the holiday Christmas spirit. It was an event we have been waiting for a long time and with COVID affecting the past two years we have not been able to gather for concerts. Not only was this the first school carols night for our Prep students but also for our year one and two students. Our carols night took place on the basketball court instead of the oval due to the ongoing rain we had been having throughout the week.

Each year level did an amazing job with their performance and everyone’s Christmas outfits were fabulous.  It was a nice way to farewell our year 6s and the departing staff and students.

Thank you to Seniora Formichelli for all her hard work with helping us to prepare for the evening and to her family for helping to set up all the sound equipment so that everyone could get into the spirit of the night.

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