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The Emmaus Production

The Emmaus Production

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Earlier this term the students in years 4 and 5 were lucky enough to attend the production of Anastasia at Monash University performed by the students of Emmaus Collage,

So many of our students were amazed by the costumes, the lights, the storyline. Overall most of us thought the Production was amazing and the cast were brilliant!

This is what a couple of our year 5 students thought ….

Alexa: The production was amazing they did so quick with the dressing and did really well with the singing/lines.

Ethan: Amazing, no mistakes, clean and auto was very good.

We thank Emmaus College for the opportunity to attend the Anastasia Production and many of us will aspire to perform in productions like this in the future.

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Fathers Day Stall

Fathers Day Stall

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On Friday the 2nd of September Holy Trinity and St. Mary’s was buzzing with excitement for our Fathers Day stall. This year our Fathers Day stall took place in our Library / Tech area as both the Community and Great Space were being used for our Art Show. The stall felt extra special this year with everyone missing out on these over the past couple of years during the 2020 and 2021 lockdowns.

There were all sorts of wonderful items to buy for our dads, grandpas and other special men in our lives including lots of cool pens, puzzles and there was even a phone jail. The most popular items that were purchased from the stall were sudoku and sumo wrestler bobble head

We are very thankful to all the wonderful mothers who volunteered their time to help both with organising all the wonderful gifts and then to helping sell these items on Friday.

We hope all the wonderful men in our lives have a very Happy Fathers Day.

Here are some pictures from the stall ……..

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Mater Christi and St Joseph’s Taster Day!

Mater Christi and St Joseph’s Taster Day!

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It was a very exciting day for our year 4 students last Tuesday (30th of August) as they had an opportunity to go to secondary school for a special taster day.  This was a chance for the year 4 students to learn about what life is like at high school as the girls attended Mater Christi College, Belgrave and the boys went to St Joseph’s College, Ferntree Gully.

At Mater Christi the girls made some slime with rubbing alcohol in a science lesson and they learnt how to open a padlock which will be a skill they will need to use when using their lockers in secondary school.

At St Joseph’s the boys made elephant toothpaste and tested out a Tesla coil as part of their science lesson and they  tried out some of the musical instruments which is part of the music program at St. Joes. A few boys commented about the size of a ‘real life’ grand piano.

This is what the students thought about their experience of their secondary school taster day ….

“It was very fun, entertaining and I really like the sport activity.” Liam

“It was an amazing experience and the girls were happy to have us into their community.” Madison

“I liked the science lab and St. Joes was very spacious” Chavez

“It was really fun and the students and teachers were really nice. It was great to see all the art there.” Bella F

“I liked the canteen and indoor basketball court.There as a lot of varieties of musical instruments there.” Sam

Overall, the year 4 students really enjoyed their experience at St. Joseph’s and Mater Christi and are very thankful to the schools for this wonderful opportunity.

Here are a few photos from the day ….

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Book Week

Book Week

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After many weeks of anticipation the wait was finally over as HT & St. Mary’s celebrated Book Week for 2022. We celebrated with many fantastic events including teachers reading sessions in the library during recess, an exciting scavenger hunt based on characters in classic stories that we all know and the students writing a book of their own based on the major milestones of their life.

One of the major highlights of Book Week was on Thursday when everyone dressed up as their favourite characters. Everyone paraded around the assembly area and the colours of all the costumes along with the cheers of the community was amazing. The parade concluded with each student getting to read their milestone book to a student from another year level.

Another highlight of the week was when the students participated in an exciting scavenger hunt. Posters with clues about main characters in popular books were displayed around the school for everyone to find. Everyone who completed the scavenger hunt had their name put into the draw for a Dymocks book voucher. Kyan from year one was the lucky winner.

Overall, Book Week was a massive hit at HT and St. Mary’s and a big thank you must go out to our amazing literacy leader, Mrs. Dowling, who organized this exciting week.

Here is a video created by Seniora of the Book Week parade.

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5/6 Hoop Time

5/6 Hoop Time

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On Friday the 12th of August,  the 5/6’s went to Dandenong Stadium to represent Holy Trinity at the Hoop Time competition. During the day each team played at least four games and many won enough games to qualify for finals. Our All Star girls team made to the grand final but sadly they just lost by 2 points in overtime. This meant that they were able to make it through to the next level which is a fantastic achievement. The All Star boys made it to the finals as well but they lost in the semis against Kent Park.

Each of our Hoop Time teams had at least a win during the day and they were very excited about it. Everyone had a great time and represented our school with the usual pride in the Hoop Trinity uniform.

Here are some photos from the 5/6 Hoop Time day  …..

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100 days of Prep

100 days of Prep

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On Wednesday the 10th of August our Preps celebrated 100 days of being at school. The day began with a parade of the Prep students in their costumes on the basketball court and then they went to the Community Space to view a slideshow with photos of what we think the Prep students might look like when they are 100. All the Preps dressed up in all things to do with the number 100 such as an older person with a wig and a cain, …. whilst others dressed up with 100 pom poms or 100 spots on their top. Even the Prep staff dressed up as well! All students and staff did an amazing job with their dressing up.

During the day the Prep students participated in lots of different activities to do with the number 100 including making special crowns, making necklaces out of fruit loops and eating popcorn whilst watching movies that have something to do with the number 100. They even got to have a yummy cake!

Overall, the preps loved celebrating being at school 100 days and are excited what the next 100 days might be like.

Here are a few photos from the day ……

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ICAS @ HT

ICAS @ HT

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ICAS has begun and is well underway with students in years 3-6 completing the English assessment today and Writing and Digital Technologies last week.  The ICAS assessments will take place every Tuesday for the next 2 weeks. The assessments in the coming weeks will include Spelling Bee, Science and Mathematics. These are fantastic assessment opportunities which allow learners to challenge themselves and be recognised for their academic efforts.

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NBL Players Come to HT!

NBL Players Come to HT!

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On Wednesday the 10th of August, players from the South East Melbourne Phoenix NBL club came to HT. This visit was part of an RRRR incursion for the 5/6 students about managing emotions and feelings. The Phoenix players included Dane Pineau, Ryan Broekoff and Kyle Adnam who came to HT to talk to us about how they deal with the stresses of being professional basketballers as well as taking some time to play games with us on the basketball court. One of the highlights of the visit was that students could bring items for the players to sign. These items have become extra special now that they are autographed by famous NBL players and I’m sure the students will treasure forever.

Here are some photos from our recent NBL visit.

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Solar System Projects Have Begun in Yr 5!!

Solar System Projects Have Begun in Yr 5!!

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This Term the Year 5 students are learning all about the Solar System. One of the learning tasks is to create a model of the Solar System. The student were very excited to begin creating their Solar System projects this afternoon. They will continue to work on their projects at school next week and we are looking forward to the finished result.

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Maths Board Games

Maths Board Games

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On Monday, the Year 6’s began working in groups to create their own ‘maths related’ board game. We have been working together on these games during Maths sessions throughout week and tomorrow (Friday) we will get an opportunity to play some of these games in our class. Some of the games included Monopoly, Wordle and Calculate to the top.

Overall, making our own maths board games fun and we are looking forward to reviewing and playing these games with one another.

Here are a few of our groups making the games this week ……

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Winter sports (Football)

Winter sports (Football)

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Last Thursday a team of 5/6 students were chosen to represent HT in football at Lewis Road Oval. We played three games. In the first game we played against Boronia K-12 where we won by about 6 goals. In the second game we played against Bayswater West where we played well but were beaten by about 30 points. In our final match we played against Scoresby and played a great game where we won by 45 points.

Overall, everyone had a lot of fun representing HT and wish we could have played more matches together.

Here are a few photos from our day ……

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Narrative Writing Groups

Narrative Writing Groups

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In Year 6 this term we have been focussing on developing our narrative writing skills. As we wrap up our narrative writing unit this week we had the opportunity to showcase our skills by writing a narrative as a group. Each group got a prompt and a story starter then as a group we worked together to compose a detailed narrative. Some of the topics we wrote about include a boot in a forest that miraculously took a step forward, a girl named Astrid who was holding an imaginary light and four friends who got stuck in a jungle with a portkey.

Overall, everyone has had lots of fun working in their groups and enjoyed the opportunity to combine our great ideas together.

Check out some year 6’s working in their groups.

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Winter School Sports (Soccer)

Winter School Sports (Soccer)

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Last Thursday (16 th May), two teams of 5/6 students were chosen to represent HT & St. Mary’s at soccer. We all travelled to the Knox Park grounds by bus and each team played three games of soccer against the other schools.

In the boys games they scored 3 goals against Bayswater West, no goals in their match against St. Jude’s and 2 goals against Boronia K-12.

In the girls games they scored 1 goal against Bayswater West, no goals against St. Jude’s and 1 goal against Boronia K-12.

Overall, both teams played really well and represented our school with pride. Well done girls and boys!

Here are a few pictures from the day ……

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Downball

Downball

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On Friday the 27th of May, the 3/4’s and 5/6’s participated in a downball competition. The team from Downball Australia came to HT to teach us the game including giving us some expert tips and we all learned how to play officially play downball (old school edition).  It was a very fun day where we were able to have a epic grand final for each year level.

Congrats to the winners who were Brody, Sam, Joshua, Sean, Matthew, and Elliott.

Here is a video from our day ……

Written by Angel and Finn

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PJ Day Donations!

PJ Day Donations!

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Hi HT!

Our Mini Vinnies would like to thank everyone for all of your fantastic donations for our PJ Day!

Our school raised over $550 as well as a massive car load full of grocery donations. 

St Vincent de Paul will love all these wonderful donations which will hopefully help some of the needy people in our community.

Grade 5’s in their PJ’s!!!!

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1I1JVue3khnzKMCDA_4QEh-5cBj93sfpb8RFuT1Is1RQ/edit

Thank you for all of your support and help with making our PJ Day a success!

By Chantal, Saraya, Eden, Caden and Belle

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District Cross Country

District Cross Country

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On Wednesday, May 25,  a group of students from Years 3 to 6 were selected to represent HT and St. Mary’s at the District Cross Country around Knox Athletics Centre. These students were the ones that were in the top places from our school cross country races in March.

The students in Years 3 and 4 were required to run 2km and the students in Years 5 and 6 ran 3km. As always it was a tough event but HT & St. Mary’s performed very well.

These are the students that qualified for the next level of Cross Country representation …..

Luke W, James W, Wyatt C, Lachlan G, Liam D, Jackson R, Brodie R, June B, Grace S, James G, Avery W, Olivia H (Years 3 & 4) Darcy B, Oliver W, James G, Eden W, Amelia F, ( Ella D, Nathan P, Abbey G, Mya D, (Years 5 & 6)

Overall, Holy Trinity came first at the District Cross Country which is an awesome result and a credit to everyone for their hard work.

Here are a few photos from our the event ……

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Year 6 Confirmation

Year 6 Confirmation

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On Thursday (26th May) many of our year 6 students celebrated the Sacrament of Confirmation at St. Jude’s Church.  The ceremony began with carrying into the church with a special lantern that we decorated at our ‘spirit’ day. This same lantern will also be used for Graduation. When it was time for each of the candidates to be confirmed we went up to Fr. Tony who placed some oil on our forehead as a symbol of our commitment to God as our sponsor placed their hand on our right shoulder. It was special to be able to celebrate such an important milestone in our Catholic journey with our families and classmates.

Here are a few photos from our beautiful Confirmation evening …..

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National Reconciliation Week 2022

National Reconciliation Week 2022

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To mark National Reconciliation Week (27th May – 3rd June) the Year 5 students listened to Thomas Mayor, author of the story book “Finding Our Heart”, explain why he wrote the story. He also read the story aloud during the video we viewed.

Finding Our Heart, A Story about the Uluru Statement for Young Australians by Thomas Mayor | 9781741177176 | Booktopia

The Year 5 students reflected on the 2022 theme of Reconciliation Week “Be Brave, Make Change” and designed posters which included messages about how we, at Holy Trinity and St Mary’s, can work together to treat everybody equally and fairly.

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Year 2 learning

Year 2 learning

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This term in the Year 2 level there has been a big focus on developing their skills in writing and Maths.

In writing, the students have been writing information reports about some of the animals they have studied.

In Maths, the Year 2 students have been learning about addition and subtraction there has been a huge improvement in there overall mental maths skills.

Overall, it sounds like the year two students are really developing their skills well and it is awesome to see how much they have learnt.

Here are a few pictures of some of the work displayed in the Year 2 classrooms.

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