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Author: Wilma Honeysett

GARDEN CLUB

GARDEN CLUB

We have been very busy in the garden this term harvesting our tomatoes, corn and zucchinis.

HT’s Environment Leaders for 2024 are Parthvi and Alexandria. They have been a big help with watering, harvesting and organising all the children that come to the garden.

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LIBRARY NEWS

LIBRARY NEWS

HT’s Learning Leaders for this year are Alyssa and Charlize. They have been a terrific help when the library is open at recess.

Some of our students enjoyed reading in the library today (where it was lovely and cool).

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THE BOOK FAIR IS HERE!

THE BOOK FAIR IS HERE!

Look out for your child’s wish list in their school bag! They should be coming home on Thursday 16th or Friday 17th of November.

The book fair is open on Friday 17th Nov. from 3pm to 4pm.

Monday 19th Nov. from 8.30am to 9am & 3pm to 4pm.

Tuesday 20th Nov. from 8.30am to 9am & 3pm to 4pm.

Wednesday 21st Nov. from 8.30am to 9am & 3pm to 4pm.

Parents, Grandparents & students most welcome!

 

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GARDEN CLUB NEWS

GARDEN CLUB NEWS

Yesterday in the garden we planted corn & tomato seedlings. We had a great crew of kids helping to plant, mulch & water the garden. Last week we planted pumpkin seeds in the garden bed closest to the mandarin tree. We usually plant seedlings, so it will be interesting to see how well they grow.

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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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National Simultaneous Storytime

National Simultaneous Storytime

Wednesday 24th May is National Simultaneous Storytime (NSS)!  Our book this year is The Speedy Sloth by Rebecca Young and Health McKenzie. Watch the slide show to learn more about NSS and some interesting information about sloths!

 

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Garden Club

Garden Club

Over the school holidays the garden has grown like crazy! Especially the zucchinis! Some giant ones grew, as can be seen in the photos. I’d like to say a special thank you to Sharon Hunter for watering the garden over the holidays. Without her assistance, the garden wouldn’t be growing as well. As you can see from the photos the tomatoes, zucchinis and pumpkins are all growing very well.

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GARDEN CLUB NEWS

GARDEN CLUB NEWS

Even though the  garden was very quiet over Winter we still managed to harvest a bumper crop of snow peas and about 4 good sized beetroot! However, the turnips weren’t quite as we’d expected! Let’s just say they got a little ‘too friendly’! This apparently happens when the soil is too compacted for them to grow freely.  The children really enjoyed picking and eating the snow peas straight from the vines! Yum! We also grew a great crop of spring onions that I didn’t take photos of.

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BOOK FAIR NEWS

BOOK FAIR NEWS

The Book Fair was a huge success!

The children had an exciting time looking at all the books and filling in their wish lists. The total sales amounted to just over $5600!!

This equates to nearly $1700 worth of new resources for the library!

I am blown away by the generosity of parents and I want to say a huge thank you for supporting the book fair! Our goal of $4000 worth of sales was well and truly smashed!

COMPETITION WINNERS!

The winners of our book fair competitions were announced on Friday 4th November!

Prep:    Madison Lepore Prep Yellow

Year 1: Matilda Bell 1 Blue

Year 2: Courtney Ioannides 2 Blue

Each of these students won a $10 voucher to spend at the book fair!

Students in years 3-6 needed to guess the amount of pages in these 5 books. 

There were 1633 pages in total.

Each of these students won a $15 voucher to spend at the book fair!

Year 3 Blue: Hudson Booth

Year 3 Yellow: Fred Humble

Year 4 Blue: Madison Stephens

Year 4 Yellow: Ava Bornman 

Year 5 Blue: Tyler Gleeson

Year 5 Yellow: Dekyn Foley-Johnson

Year 6 Blue: Mya Devlin

Year 6 Yellow: Angel Jacobs

Each winner has received a $15 voucher to spend at the book fair.

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THE BOOK FAIR IS HERE!

THE BOOK FAIR IS HERE!

The children were soooo excited to come to the Book Fair! Look out for your child/ren’s wish list in their school bag. On their wish list you will see the item name, the price and the location (BC1 or table). BC or bookcase indicates which number bookcase the item/s are from. Below you will see photos of all the bookcases (numbered at the top) so that you can see what your child/ren would like to buy. There is no obligation to buy, however every purchase earns the school a commission, which allows us to purchase more resources for the library. Please use this link to make a purchase  https://parentpayments.scholastic.com.au/BookFairs; write the receipt number on the back of the wish list. This year we are also accepting cash payments. Give the wish list to your child to bring back to school and I can then send the items home. If there are any items that parents would like to purchase as gifts, or for any queries please email me at whoneysett@htws.catholic.edu.au (or call the school after 2pm each day) and I can make arrangements for you to pick them up. Some of the more popular items may sell out quickly, so they will be placed on backorder and sent home ASAP!  Thank you for your support!

 

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LIBRARY NEWS

LIBRARY NEWS

BOOK FAIR COMPETITION YEARS 3-6 2022

FOR THIS YEARS BOOK FAIR STUDENTS IN YEARS 3-6 ARE PARTICIPATING IN A COMPETITION.

THEY NEED TO GUESS THE NUMBER OF PAGES IN THESE 5 BOOKS! THE CLOSEST GUESS TO THE ACTUAL AMOUNT WINS A $15 VOUCHER TO SPEND AT THE FAIR!

ONE WINNER CHOSEN FROM EACH YEAR LEVEL!

WINNERS ANNOUNCED ON 4TH NOVEMBER 

GOOD LUCK!

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LIBRARY NEWS

LIBRARY NEWS

For this year’s book fair the Prep’s, Year One and Two students can participate in a colouring competition!

They can choose 1 of 4 pictures to colour in and there will be one winner chosen from each year level. Each winner will receive a $10 voucher to spend at the book fair!

Please put your name and year level on the entry. Only one entry is allowed per student. Entries need to be in by Thursday 3rd November, with winners announced on Friday 4th November. Parents look out for your child’s colouring page in their blue pouch!

Good luck and happy colouring!

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CBCA BOOK WEEK WINNERS FOR 2022!

CBCA BOOK WEEK WINNERS FOR 2022!

AND THE WINNERS ARE!

BOOK OF THE YEAR-YOUNGER READERS

A GLASSHOUSE OF STARS

BY SHIRLEY MARR

Penguin Random House Australia

ISBN: 9781760899547

BOOK OF THE YEAR-EARLY CHILDHOOD

JETTY JUMPING 

Andrea Rowe
ill. Hannah Sommerville
Hardie Grant Children’s Publishing
ISBN: 9781760500658

BOOK OF THE YEAR-PICTURE BOOK OF THE YEAR

ICEBURG

Jess Racklyeft
text. Claire Saxby
Allen & Unwin
ISBN: 9781760526047

BOOK OF THE YEAR-NEW ILLUSTRATOR

THE BOY WHO TRIED TO SHRINK HIS NAME

Michelle Pereira
text. Sandhya Parappukkaran

Hardie Grant Children’s Publishing

ISBN: 9781760509361

If anyone would like more information about these or any of the honour books here is the link:  https://cbca.org.au/winners-2022

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NATIONAL SIMULTANEOUS STORYTIME (NSS)

NATIONAL SIMULTANEOUS STORYTIME (NSS)

On Wednesday 25th May Holy Trinity students, along with nearly 2,ooo,ooo other children around Australia and New Zealand joined in with NSS. NSS is a free event organised by the Australian Library & Information Assoc. (ALIA) each year. This year the children listened to the story Family Tree written by Josh Pyke & illustrated by Ronojoy Ghosh. The children had the opportunity to listen to a few different people reading the book, my favourite being the AUSLAN version. Below are some photos of the some of the children listening to the story and the artwork response from 4 Blue.

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Garden Club News

Garden Club News

PUMPKINS GALORE!

This week and last week we harvested all the pumpkins! We grew 26 pumpkins all up! Both Kent and Butternut. We also planted snow peas and picked some of the sweet mandarins.

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LIBRARY NEWS

LIBRARY NEWS

Holy Trinity school library has a standing order subscription with Lamont Books. They are an Australian owned and operated business based in Hallam. They supply high quality books written by talented Australian authors to school libraries. We receive the orders once a month and each month we receive a box of picture fiction, primary fiction and graphic novels. Included in the subscription are teacher notes for all the books which the teachers can use for their classroom planning. Here are some pictures of the titles that will soon be available in the library.

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