Prep “P” and 100 Day Celebrations

Prep “P” and 100 Day Celebrations

This year the Preps have had many special celebrations for their first year of school including “P” day and “100 Days of School” celebrations.

On June 21, our Preps celebrated “P day.” P day is a day when our preps dress up as something beginning with the letter P. Some examples include are pirate, princess, police, piggy and even Peter Parker. The preps really enjoyed “P” day and there were so many pretty and perfect costumes. P Day was a real hit for our Prep students.

Another major day for our Preps was when they celebrated 100 days of being at school. On their 100 days celebration they dressed up as something to do with 100!  Lots of students dressed up as grandmas and grandpas and so many of the costumes were very creative. The Preps got to decorate 100 biscuits and made a necklace with 100 lollies on it ….. yummy!!!

Safe to say I think the preps really like both of these days.

Here is a few photos from the Prep celebrations ….

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Clever Preps creating Clowns

Clever Preps creating Clowns

The amazing Prep artists have been creating crazy colour wheel clowns.
The little artists first of all created colour wheels using red, blue and yellow paint.
these were used for the clowns tummy.
Next they drew clown faces, mittens, bows and shoes. Finally they added some juggling balls.

These are super cute, well done Preppies

 

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SSV – Hoop Time

SSV – Hoop Time

On Thursday 3 August the 5/6 girls and boys All Star teams went to Boronia Stadium to compete in the Division finals for Hoop Time. The boys came close to making the semi finals but lost. The all star girls had hard competitions at the last two finals.

HT girls won all their games against:

Bayswater West, Knox Park, Kent Park, Scoresby and Wattle View Park.

HT boys played against:

Kent Park  (Won) ,

Bayswater West ( Lost)

Scoresby Primary ( Lost)

Boronia K-12 ( Lost)

Wattle View ( Won)

Even though the boys didn’t win a trophy, they were still very happy where they made and supported the girls

The girls came very close to losing the grand final to win HT a trophy but pulled through and won by one point against Kent Park.

A big thank you to Mr D for organising this amazing event . A thank to the girls coach, Stephanie Schimizzi and a thank you to both teams for always supporting each other

 

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Book Week 2023 READ GROW INSPIRE

Book Week 2023 READ GROW INSPIRE

The Book Week theme for this year was: READ GROW INSPIRE!

The students wrote on a leaf a character from a book or person that inspired them or that they admire and it was lovely to see our ‘tree’ grow! Some of their inspirations were: Harry Potter, The Hobbit, Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Ahn Do, Matilda, Taylor Swift, Ella Diaries, LeBron James, Messi and many more…..

 

The students enjoyed many activities throughout the week organised by Mrs Dowling, with the highlight being the book week parade! Here are some of the photos…….

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Wonderful Weavers

Wonderful Weavers

Year 3 and 4 students have been working diligently every week to create small woven wall hangings. They all persisted through any difficulties and achieved great results. They also learnt how to make a Pom Pom (or two, or three) using their fingers. 
I’m super proud of all their hard work!

 

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Prayer Service Celebrating Our Fathers & Father Figures

Prayer Service Celebrating Our Fathers & Father Figures

Father’s Day is a day for people to show their appreciation for their fathers, father figures and grandfathers. This special day reminds us how much we love our fathers, grandfathers and those who are like fathers to us. We take the opportunity to say THANK YOU for all they do for us.

Below is the Prayer Service I planned for Father’s Day. Teachers and students used this Prayer Service in their classes on Monday afternoon. We understand that not all the significant men in our lives could be with us. Families are encouraged to pray together as a family using the Father’s Day Prayer Service to recognise and thank the fathers, grandfathers and father figures in their lives.

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5/6 Scienceworks Excursion

5/6 Scienceworks Excursion

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

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

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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5/6 Interschool Winter Sports – Footy

5/6 Interschool Winter Sports – Footy

On Wednesday 7th June and Friday 16th June our Year 5s and 6s represented Holy Trinity in Footy . The boys and girls were put into one big team for their footy games.

In the first match the HT played against Kent Park. It was a hard fought match and in the end the scores were 23– 26 which meant HT  won their first match.

After HT’s  first game the next match that HT  played was against Bayswater West. At the end of the  match the scores were very close but in the end HT  won the match.

The next game, HT’s third game was against Boronia K-12. The match was once again super close but in the end HT took the game home & was undefeated for the whole day 1.

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

Big thanks to Mr D for coaching & Belinda for helping out!

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Storybox incursion

Storybox incursion

To consolidate their learning of “Then and Now”, Grade 1/2 s had the opportunity to participate in an incursion from “Storybox”. They were so eager and attentive much to the admiration from the teachers  and learnt how times have changed, clothes they wore, the games they played and the gadgets and the gimmicks they used. The best discovery was the bedpan which they thought was a mixing bowl!!!!!!

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Dreamtime Dioramas

Dreamtime Dioramas

The amazing Year 3 and 4 students have created Dreamtime Dioramas based on a Dreamtime story they wrote during their class literacy sessions.
After investigating the art work of author and illustrator Gregg Dreise the students created the diorama and then made the animals in the story using magiclay.

These look sensational, they should be very proud of their hard work.
This is just a few of the ones that have been completed.

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District Cross Country

District Cross Country

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

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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Predicting before Experimenting.

Predicting before Experimenting.

Today 1/2 s gathered together learning how different materials can be combined, including by mixing, for a particular purpose. They discussed similarities and differences between mixtures, explained why they thought different mixtures created different outcomes and also brainstormed what they already know about mixtures and their uses. The best part was predicting the outcomes before the experiments and some getting their predictions right! Definitely some future scientists in the making!!!!!! 

 

 

 

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Year 6’s Activities With Buddies

Year 6’s Activities With Buddies

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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Cross Country at HT

Cross Country at HT

On Monday (8th of May) all the students at HT and St. Mary’s participated in our school’s annual Cross Country event. The students walked to Egan Lee Reserve to complete the run. Even though the weather wasn’t ideal everyone tried their best & had fun! The younger students ran 1 lap of the track (1km long), the students in the 3/4 level ran two laps and the older students ran 3 laps.

The preps were lucky enough to run with their buddies. Even though many students felt quite nervous leading up to the event it was great to see so many students doing their best and ‘getting active’.

Thanks to Mr D for organizing this day and for all the parent volunteers for helping with running the event!

Here are some pictures of a some of our ribbon winners after their events ….

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