Year 3 First Reconciliation

Year 3 First Reconciliation

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We congratulate all of our year three students who received the Sacrament of Reconciliation for the first time last week: Charlotte Harrup, Chanelle Meelky, James Kambouris, Jessica Gazik, Michael Chen, Dominica Lampa, Tasmin Ferdinands, Jesse Modica, Delinda Modica, Trent Green, Remy McCoy, Kasey Maloney, Tyrone Van Ravenstein, Cooper Warrin, Joshua Ferdinands, Catherine Habjan, Hannah McBurney, Thomas Evans, Aston Michel, Pippa Wilhelmsen, Monica Dell’Orso, Sienna Hunter, Marlee Williamson, Charlie Mawdsley, Riley Wood, Liv Bilston, Ava Bilston, Joshua Aguado, Nicholas Fisher, Aiden Barker, Annaliese Beggs, Gabriella Gazzini, Alexander Bondini, Dakotah Schwarze, Jordan Apostolopoulos, Ryan Rinnovasi.

Father John celebrated two beautiful liturgies with families on both Wednesday and Thursday evenings. Thank you to Mr John Downie, Mrs Becky Breen (from St Jude’s), Mrs Sally Campbell, Ms Jayneen Howes, Miss Liz Humphris and Mr Zac Natoli, for planning the celebrations and preparing the children to receive this important Sacrament. In October, these children will receive the Sacrament of First Eucharist.

House Fun Run

House Fun Run

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They’re off and racing in the whole school house fun run. Congratulations to all of our enthusiastic participants. Special mention to Mackay House who won the overall Fun Run trophy and MacKillop for their enthusiastiasm and winning the SPIRIT shield for cross country.

Good luck to all year 4-6 students who will be competing this Friday in the SSV Scoresby District Cross Country Carnival.

Mother’s Day Breakfast

Mother’s Day Breakfast

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Mothers were treated to a sumptuous  breakfast in the hall this morning, which was decorated beautifully with fresh flowers, fairy lights and candles. Children were also provided with a smorgasbord of toast, fruit and cereal.

Dedicated staff of Holy Trinity were up early in order to provide the well deserving mums their opportunity to be waited on.

By the look of all the smiling faces everyone enjoyed their ” cuppa and danish”. The sound of the chatter was a good sign the community had come together and were ready to share a few stories.

A huge thank you to all involved for making such an effort in celebrating “Our mums.”

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Invasion at HT & St. Mary’s – the Ozobots Have Arrived!

Invasion at HT & St. Mary’s – the Ozobots Have Arrived!

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The 5/6 students began learning about our new Ozobots which we have purchased thanks to a generous donation from our Parents Association. An Ozobot is a small robot that can be programmed to do different actions such as go faster, turn left or change colour according to the commands (or codes) the user gives them.

Here is a picture of an Ozobot.

Today the students drew coloured lines into codes that they hoped moved the Ozobots in a certain ways.

Here is the 5/6 students hard at work.

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Many groups had success with their Ozobots and more importantly learnt lots of new skills that they will use in future lessons.

Here is one successful attempt.

Learning about Lions in 1/2M

Learning about Lions in 1/2M

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In 1/2M we are learning how to write an information report and we have been learning about lions. We have done lots of research about lions. We have learned that lions live in a group called a pride and they are carnivores which means that they eat meat. The male lions have manes and they eat first because they need energy to protect their family. Lions are mammals and they feed their cubs milk. Some of the keywords we are using in our information reports are habitat, carnivore, omnivore, herbivore, breeding and endangered. The photo of the lions was taken in Africa by Miss McGing and we labelled it with their features. We are having lots of fun taking turns labelling photos on the Interactive TV.
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Mad about Science!

Mad about Science!

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On Friday, 28th April, the year 5 and 6 students participated in an engaging “Heat and Energy Workshop” incursion. Throughout the workshop the students explored the properties of heat and other energies in a fun way. They were able to produce useful heat energy through friction, motion, electrically and chemically. They also explored transferring heat through conduction.  The students enjoyed the opportunity to explore the amazing ways in which heat can generate change!

  

On Thursday, 4th May, the level fortunate to have a visit from Fr. John who shared his knowledge of chemical science. He showed the students the periodic table of elements and discussed how and why changes occur to matter in its different states.

The students from 5/6R presented their new knowledge to the school community at assembly this afternoon!

School Closure Day – Monday, 24 April

School Closure Day – Monday, 24 April

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On Monday our school closure day centered around our involvement in the University of Melbourne Network of Schools. We had the opportunity to develop a whole school focus that directly aligns with our School Improvement Plan.  Part of the day involved staff viewing and discussing a presentation by John Hattie. We will inform the school community about the outcome of our day through our school newsletter in the coming weeks.  Stay tuned!

 

 

 

Our Torch Bearers for Term 1

Our Torch Bearers for Term 1

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Congratulations to our TORCH Bearers  for Term 1. Holy Trinity’s TORCH Values are Tolerance, Optimism, Respect, Confidence and Honesty. This is a very special recognition that only one person from each level receives because they regularly show these values both in the classroom and around the school. They should be proud of being such good examples of our school.

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Engineering in Year 5/6

Engineering in Year 5/6

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After school programs – Young Engineers Australia

 

The Year 5/6 students were fortunate to have the opportunity to participate in an engaging, hands-on learning experience today. They used Young Engineers lego kits, including battery operated motors, to create ferris wheels!

Thank you to Devna and Nav Nagpal for supplying the kits for today’s sessions.

Visit the Young Engineers website here for more information on this fantastic program.

         

ANZAC Day reflection

ANZAC Day reflection

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On Friday afternoon the students from 5/6W lead the school community in a reflection as they gathered to commemorate ANZAC day. Every student in the school contributed by making a poppy which were displayed in the community hall. We gathered, not to glorify war or praise victors, but to remember those who have served our country during times of conflict and crisis, and to reflect upon their selfless sacrifice. We also acknowledged the losses and sacrifices of their families.

ANZAC day is set aside for us to collectively give thanks to all those men and women who have put their lives at risk and in many cases paid the supreme price.

God of love and liberty, we bring our thanks this day for the peace and security we enjoy, which was won for us through the courage and devotion of those who gave their lives in time of war.

We pray that their labour and sacrifice may not be in vain, but that their spirit may live on in us and in generations to come. That the liberty, truth and justice which they sought to preserve may be seen and known in all the nations upon earth.

This we pray in the name of the one who gave his life for the sake of the world, Jesus Christ our Lord.

Amen

 We thank Mrs. Liz Storey for making the wreath used in today’s reflection.

News from the Art Room

News from the Art Room

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Come with us to a world of Pure Imagination

There is an air of excitement in the art room as work begins on creating some of our pieces for the Art Show. Keep Tuesday, 5th September free as that will be the opening night of the art show. Students will be working hard next term to create some amazing art works to go into the show.