On Friday the 8th of February, the whole school had our very first Friendship Group for 2019. The first friendship group was so fun for everyone, especially for the preps. There are 16 groups in total and the students were with a  teacher that may not be their class teacher and different kids from Prep – Year 6. Friendship Groups is a way to reach out to new friends and learn what the T.O.R.C.H values are. They also find out what our school motto really means at Holy Trinity. Now that this is my 7th year at HT I can tell that since prep I have learnt so much about the T.O.R.C.H values and now I display them every day.

Here are some photos from our Friendship Groups today….

 

Today (Friday 8 February) marks the end of our first full week back at HT and St. Mary’s for 2019. Our assessment days last week were very successful and helped to give the teachers some good knowledge about where they can help support the students with their learning this year. One big change in 2019 is that all classes now straight grades which will be particularly different for the older levels of our school.

We have also had a lot of classroom changes including the year 4 classes moving over to where the art room and after school care used to be and the year 3 students moving in to the Amazing Space.

In addition, there has been some new ‘sound proofing’ curtains have been added to this space which are really helping with the students learning there.

  

Parent / Teacher meetings ran smoothly this week and today we all went over to St. Judes to celebrate mass as a parish community. We were lucky to also have recess where we got to play on St. Jude’s playground with all 3 schools together (St. Mary’s, St. Jude’s & Holy Trinity).

 

It’s hard to believe that we have only been back for a week.

Overall, it has been an ‘action packed’ beginning to the school year and it is great to see so many happy faces as we settle into 2019.

Thank you to our wonderful PA who work hard to help us purchase items to enhance the experiences we can offer our students!! We are  very appreciative  of your hard work and efforts.

Check our the ukuleles the students will get to use next year!!!

The PA have put money into a future running track, musical instruments, technology, tubs for preps and some new sandpit toys.

THANK YOU !!!!!!!!!

 

Congratulations to the following artists whose work has been accepted into the Catholic Education Melbourne Visual Arts Exhibition 2019.  Schools from all over Victoria submit work to be exhibited and the standard of Art work is very high.  It is a real honour to have our artworks selected by the curators.  The Exhibition is held at the Catholic Leadership Centre  576 Victoria Parade East Melbourne Tuesday 13 March – Sunday 18 March 2018

Alyssa Chen  Grade Prep

Night Owl

 

Charlize Chuah Grade Prep

One Fish

 

Rebecca Orr Prada Grade Two 

Rainforest Bird

 

Keira Lam Grade Six

Second Sky

Torch Values Skate decks Grade Five and Six Extension Art group

Ella Hoskins, Beatriz Panlilio, Cheyenne Van Ravenstein,            Zander Downie, Keeley Maloney,     Will Ferguson, Audrey Huang

Tolerance, Optimism, Respect, Confidence, Honesty

 

Congratulations to Bella, Eden, Trent and Daniel for the massive achievement of being awarded the TORCH bearer of the term at this afternoon’s assembly. These students consistently display the TORCH values of Tolerance, Optimism, Respect, Confidence and Honesty in their respected year levels. These students’ photos will be displayed in our office area as a reminder to always try your best at showing these values.

So proud of the Grade Three and Four students who have been learning to sew over the last few weeks. They learnt how to do running stitch and back stitch and approached learning these new skills with enthusiasm. These were some of the quietest lessons in the art room as they used all their energy to concentrate on their sewing.

This morning we had an award ceremony to present some prestigious awards to our students. The awards were presented by representatives from Local, State and Federal government. We were lucky enough to have the following government representatives available to present the awards.
Mr Alan Tudge ( Federal Member for Aston)
Mr Nick Wakeling( State Member for Knox)
Councillor Lisa Cooper ( Local Member for Ferntree Gully)

Awards and recipients
Aston Shield (James Hunter and Sienna Mallia)
Endeavour Award (Lizzie Dunn)
Scott Award (Lucy Gutteridge)
ASPIRE award (James Zheng)
WONDER award (Mach Yout)
SSV Sports Achievement Award (Cheyenne Van Ravenstein)
Academic Excellence Award (Audrey Huang)

Congratulations to all award recipients !!! You should all be very proud of your achievements.

Thankyou to our wonderful PA parents who supplied a delicious morning tea for the teachers this morning. We are feeling spoilt and are very appreciative.

 

This week we began work on our mural in the breezeway near the Great Space. Earlier in the year the Grade Five and Six artists designed a graffiti character. Each student designed and drew their character onto brick wall type paper.

Three of theses designs have been chosen to feature on our ‘Love is all around us’ mural.

Congratulations to the three artists – Chloe McLean, Aleisha Elliot and Caitlin Paull. The wall is going to look amazing. The girls began work on their characters on Friday. Here’s a sneak peek.

 

A group of wonderful Grade Five and Six artists have been busy crocheting, knitting and creating pom poms to ‘yarn bomb’ the vintage bike. Its only just the beginning but it looks awesome. If you get a chance have a look at it, its in the great space next to the library.

Working Bee Sunday 2nd Dec

Thanks to all the wonderful workers who helped at the Working Bee on Sunday!! Many tasks were completed and the school is looking neat and tidy!

 

 

This past couple of weeks in 3/4 , we have been exploring poetry. We have been learning about different types of poems and have been practicing creating our own. Here are some poems that some of the students from 3/4R have written.

 

Over the last two weeks (November 7 to November 16) the Preps to Year 4s have been participating in swimming lessons at Knox Leisureworks. The students have been travelling to the pool each day by bus and the lessons last for 45 minutes. They are learning to do lots of cool ways of swimming,  The students come to school each day with their bathers underneath their school uniform so they can be all ready to swim when they get to pool. The last couple of days the students have had to wear their pyjamas in the pool which is pretty cool. Here are some of the students in action …..

So proud of the awesome Grade Five and Six artists who are mastering some sewing skills and creating Emoji or Donut Cushions.  They have shown persistence and a willingness to assist and encourage others. They look amazing. 😃