TERM 3 WEEK 7A

FRIDAY 2 SEPTEMBER

• Year 9 Mass 10.30am

TERM 3 WEEK 8B

THURSDAY 8 SEPTEMBER 

• Immunisations Year 7
• Year 7-11 Parent Teacher Interviews 4pm-6pm via phone

FRIDAY 9 SEPTEMBER

• Year 11 Preliminary Exams begin 

TERM 3 WEEK 9A

WEDNESDAY 14 SEPTEMBER 

• Confirmation Reflection Day

THURSDAY 15 SEPTEMBER 

• Rugby Club Presentation

FRIDAY 16 SEPTEMBER

• Year 7 Mass 10:30am
• Year 12 Activities 

Term 3 concludes on Wednesday 21 September 2022.

UNWELL STUDENTS

If students are displaying flu-like symptoms at school, parents will be required to collect their child from school and have a COVID test. If students are unwell, they must remain at home. Please continue to inform the front office via phone 4821 3600 or via email absences.tccg@cg.catholic.edu.au if your child tests positive for COVID.

HOUSEHOLD CONTACTS

Parents are required to follow NSW Health directions when their child is deemed a household close contact and must notify the school to advise they are a household contact. It is strongly recommended that if a student is a household contact, they study from home where it is practical to do so. A household contact must wear a face mask in any indoor setting that is not their own home, if they are aged 12 years and over. Only students in Years 7 to 12 will be required to wear a mask when attending school if they are a houshold contact. Where a student attends school they must undertake a COVID test prior to returning to school and then each day for 5 days and may only attend a school if they have no symptoms.

Next week is Wellbeing Week! The Year 12 Student Leaders, together with the Pastoral Team, including our fabulous school counsellors, Kimmy and Madi, will be bringing us a week of Wellbeing information, strategies and opportunities for learning and growth! See the attached PDF for full details of what's happening across the week! 

WELLBEING_WEEK_2022_Coping_and_Connecting_STAFF_STUDENTS_OVERVIEW_1_.pdf

Keeping Gaming a Healthy Hobby

Video games are a popular form of entertainment for many teens and young people. While gaming can be an enjoyable hobby, for some it can lead to addiction, becoming an unhealthy habit that is prioritised over everything else. Additionally, when games are played online, there can be safety risks associated that are important to monitor. Here are some useful tips and resources to help when your child is gaming at home.

How Much is Too Much?

While there are no set number of hours that are classed as “too many” for gaming, the general idea is that your child is playing too much if it starts to negatively impact them and/or your family. These negative impacts can look like:

• Your child not wanting to engage in any of their other hobbies and only wanting to play games
• Your child getting angry when asked to stop gaming, when they lose a game, or when the game isn’t working
• General irritability, restlessness and fidgeting from your child when they are not playing the game
• Tiredness, trouble sleeping, headaches and eyestrain

It is important to enforce boundaries with young people and gaming, especially if they are showing any of the above signs. It can be a good idea to do this collaboratively with your child so that they feel included in the decisions. Agree on a time limit and frequency of when they can play and stick to this. Continue to encourage other hobbies, especially those that do not use screens and involved physical activity or going outside.

For more useful tips on how to manage time spent online and gaming, follow these links:

https://www.esafety.gov.au/parents/big-issues/time-online

https://childmind.org/topics/screen-time-technology/

Safety Online

Playing games online comes with risks such as bullying, being exposed to distressing images/games, and hacking/fraud. Here are some ways you can manage your child’s safety online.

• Make sure that the gaming console, television, or computer are in public areas of the home. This means that you can monitor when your child is playing online.
• Take advantage of parental controls and locks available on devices – for instructions to do this see https://www.esafety.gov.au/parents/skills-advice/taming-technology
• Monitor who your child is playing with and assess the appropriateness (e.g., that they are the same age, that they are not chatting privately etc.)
• Be aware of what games they are playing and assess if they are appropriate. Some games include graphic images and actions and can be a negative influence. For information about how to do this, see https://www.classification.gov.au/classification-ratings/whats-ok-for-children/does-your-child-play-violent-video-games

More info

This video gives a great outline about how gaming can impact our brains and mental health https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_1eRqcJnes

More information and resources regarding screens and screentime can be found here https://crehab.org/teens-screen-time-addiction/

Trinity Wellbeing Talk

Kimmy Murchie

School & Family Counsellor

Joey's Cricket Registrations are now available for the Highlands District Cricket Association Competition

SJCC Cricket 2022/23 are FINALLY LIVE with the new registrations! If you are interested, jump on and get these completed ASAP so they can start getting organised for the upcoming season! Any problems please get in touch with Amy Edwards via amylee1005@gmail.com

Juniors 

U10 and U12

https://www.playhq.com/cricket-australia/register/d92c16

Juniors

U14 and U16

https://www.playhq.com/cricket-australia/register/9ab467

Seniors

2nd and 3rd Grade

https://www.playhq.com/cricket-australia/register/8f10a5

Touch Football Season

The Touch Football Season is just around the corner…If you are interested in playing touch football in the local Goulburn Competition as part of a school team, you must email the College Sports Coordinator as soon as possible at jasmine.wareham@cg.catholic.edu.au. Teams will need to be finalised soon.

If you are wanting to play external to the College, be sure to register your team and get all the season information via www.goulburntouch.com  

Level 1 Touch Referee Course 

Goulburn Touch are seeking expressions of interest for an upcoming Level 1 Referees course to be held here in Goulburn in September/October of this year. The course will be free and is designed to introduce new referees to the rules of Touch Football, allowing them to officiate games at a local level. In addition, accredited referees will receive a referee shirt and will be paid for each game they complete this season.

Once a date and venue has been finalised, Goulburn Touch will contact the applicants to register into the course.

Go to tinyurl.com/gtarefs2022 to register your interest.

A team of NSW Health Nurse immunisers will be visiting Trinity on Thursday 8 September to continue with the following vaccine program being offered to students in 2022: 

Catch-up vaccination will also be made available for any missed doses for students that had a consent form signed in 2021 including: 

• Year 8 (for HPV and dTpa vaccination)
• Year 11 (for Meningococcal ACWY vaccination)

If your child did not receive a consent card or has received the vaccine elsewhere or you wish to withdraw consent for any reason, please also contact Goulburn Public Health on 02 4825 4968 or 02 4825 4969.

For more information about the NSW School vaccination Program, please visit https://www.health.nsw.gov.au/immunisation/Pages/schoolvaccination.aspx

The Archbishop is responsible for the oversight of all Catholic Schools within the Archdiocese of Canberra and Goulburn. The Catholic Education Commission (CEC) was established to support and advise the Archbishop in his responsibilities for Catholic schools in the Archdiocese. The Catholic Education Commission is seeking expressions of interest from parishioners and community members who may be interested in becoming a member. Please click on the link below for further information.

220812_EoI_NewCommissioners.pdf

Mathematics Help is held in the Library on the following days:

• Tuesday (Year 11 and 12) 8am-8.55am
• Friday (Years 7-12) 8am-8.55am

Online Enrolments:

https://www.trinitycollege.nsw.edu.au/enrol-online/

Please see attached an information guide on how to use the parent portal for absences.

Parent_Portal_Visual_Guide_230221.pdf

When your child needs to leave School early, please make sure they complete the following steps:

1. A written note signed from their parent/carer. This note can be made in the Student diary on the day of the planned absence, or on a separate piece of paper.

2. The student then takes the note to Homeroom and asks their Homeroom teachers to sign it.

3. The note must also be signed by a House Coordinator. 

4. The student comes to the front office with their signed note.

5. Front office staff assist student to sign out.

6. Students wait for parent/carer to collect them.

Please note, parent or carer MUST present to the Office to collect student.

The College should be notified of any foreseen student leave. An Application for Exemption Form is available from the College Office and is required to be completed by parents/carers and returned to the College at least 10 school days prior to any leave. Leave or travel over 10 days requires a different form; please contact Reception. If, during the period of leave, your child has assessments due they should also complete the Notification of Planned Absence form which is in the appendix of their student assessment handbook.

We love to hear about our students' achievements, so please feel free to send through any information about your child's achievements to info.tccg@cg.catholic.edu.au by Tuesday of each week. We look forward to hearing from you! Also, be sure to visit our facebook site!

https://www.facebook.com/OfficialTrinityCatholicCollege