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- CONGRATULATIONS TESS MCKENZIE
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- CONGRATULATIONS KEIRA
- MATHEMATICS HELP
- HOMEWORK CLUB
- UNIFORM SHOP
- YEAR 7-10 STATIONERY REQUIREMENTS 2023
- 2023 TERM DATES
- STUDENT LEAVE
- STUDENTS LEAVING SCHOOL EARLY
- WE WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU!
TERM 1
To access the full College Calendar, please click on 'School Calendar' on the left hand side of this page.
WEEK 1
Friday 3 February 2023
- Opening College Mass 10am
- Bronze Award - Swimming 11:10am
WEEK 2
Monday 6 February 2022
- PAT Assessments - Years 7-10 students involved
Tuesday 7 February 2023
- PAT Assessments - Years 7-10 students involved
- Year 11 Parent Information Evening 5.30pm Venue: McAuley Science Centre
Wednesday 8 February 2023
- PAT Assessments - Years 7-10 students involved
- House Assemblies - Period 4
Thursday 9 February 2023
- PAT Assessments - Years 7-10 students involved
- Community Council Welcome BBQ 5.30pm-6.30pm Venue: Area outside school canteen
Friday 10 February 2023
- College Swimming Carnival Venue: Goulburn Aquatic Centre
WEEK 3
Tuesday 14 February 2023
- Year 12 Parent Teacher Interviews
Friday 17 February 2023
- Year 12 Mass
WEEK 4
Tuesday 21 February 2023
- Shrove Tuesday
- Pancake Breakfast
Wednesday 22 February 2023
- Ash Wednesday
- College Assembly - Ash Wednesday Service
- Long Distance Swimmiing Carnival
Thursday 23 February 2023
- NSW all schools Triathlon
Dear Parents and Caregivers
Welcome to the 2023 school year at Trinity Catholic College! No “RATs drive through” before school this year; thank goodness! I extend to you my very best wishes for a happy and healthy 2023. Our students returned on Tuesday and Wednesday; it was wonderful. It is a blessing we are back at school and it was truly delightful to see the excitement and enthusiasm of our new Year 7 students as they begin their secondary education journey. I welcome all our new families in Year 8, 9 and 10 and hope they enjoy everything the Trinity community has to offer.
Please note Trinity Talk will continue to be published on a Thursday this year.
WELCOME TO NEW STAFF
We welcome the following staff members to Trinity this year:
- Mr Stephen Barnard - Assistant Principal Pastoral Care
- Mrs Gemma Brooks - TAS and RE
- Mr Cameron Murray - English and HSIE
- Ms Poppy Perry - Visual Arts and HSIE
- Ms Linda Schembri - CatholicCare Counsellor
- Mr Jarrod Twaddell - PE and Mathematics
- Mr Sam Treloar - PE and HSIE
I wish them every success and happiness in their association and friendship with the Trinity Catholic College community.
SCHOOL THEME 2023
From this year onwards, we want our school theme to reflect our school motto of Faith, Strength and Unity. Our theme this year is attributed to St Mary of the Cross MacKillop, Australia’s first saint:
“So great is the strength we possess in our unity.”
Most things we accomplish during our day are hardly ever completed alone. Chances are more likely that there is some help. Whether it’s a colleague, family, friend, or simply another human being, there is little in this world that we can accomplish completely alone. Collaboration is a very powerful thing. All day I work with others in my role as a Principal. When I am working with someone else, the results are always better than if I had tried to do it alone. There’s strength in collective minds and success in sharing tasks. There is nothing better than bringing people together with varied skills to create something remarkable. Unity and collaboration produce some amazing and wonderful outcomes. Collaboration and partnerships happen at Trinity every day. Staff with staff, staff with students and parents, and students with students and their families. When unity is our strength, wonderful things can be achieved. As we go about our days this year, we will continue creating ways to work with others and collaborate to ensure the best educational outcomes for our students. Our school theme will be woven through our positive behaviours for learning rules of being respectful, being responsible and being a learner. We will continue to focus on being a community that values learning, kindness, empathy and compassion, and everyone being the best person they can be.
SCHOOL HOURS
- First Bell rings at 8.55am. Students move to Homeroom.
- Recess is from 11:10am until 11:40am
- Lunch is from 1:40pm until 2:20pm
- Final Bell is 3:20pm
COMMUNITY COUNCIL WELCOME BBQ
All new families are invited to a Welcome BBQ next Thursday 9 February 2023 commencing at 5.30pm on the school grounds near the Canteen. This gathering is organised so we can welcome our new families to the Trinity Community. Your company would be much appreciated and enjoyed. An RSVP google link was forwarded to new families earlier this today. If you have not received it, please contact Renee Funnell, Executive Assistant to the Principal, via email using renee.funnell@cg.catholic.edu.au otherwise by phone on 4821 3600.
ACADEMIC LEARNING AND PASTORAL CARE
As Principal, my focus will be on the wellbeing of each student and staff member, as well as ensuring that as a community of teachers we are continuing to improve our practice as it is the quality of the teaching and learning in the classroom that has the greatest impact on students making progress and achieving their educational goals and outcomes. Learning is the work for all students and teachers, the College’s Leadership Team and the Principal. Our core approach this year will continue to be creating a culture that focuses on learning and continuous improvement for students and teachers. Our learning goals will be:
- For students to be competent readers and writers
- To improve student achievement and progress in Numeracy and Mathematics
- To improve student achievement and progress in Religious Education
Trinity Catholic College teachers and classroom support assistants will continue to refine their skills in the classroom, along with other schools and staff across the Archdiocese, by participating in the professional learning program, CATALYST. It is an inspiring professional learning program which focuses on continuing to develop excellent teachers with a clear, coherent and accessible path to transform student lives through learning. Trinity Catholic College will be focussing on high impact teaching strategies, further developing the reading and writing skills of students and formative assessment.
STUDENT WELLBEING
To best meet the needs of our students, both academic and pastoral, we will continue with the Year Coordinator system. If you have an academic or pastoral concern about your child, please do not hesitate in contacting their Year Coordinator listed below:
Year 7 Mr John Galiazzo john.galiazzo@cg.catholic.edu.au
Year 8 Mr Paul Treloar paul.treloar@cg.catholic.edu.au
Year 9 Mrs Alexandra Dunwoodie alexandra.dunwoodie@cg.catholic.edu.au
Year 10 Mr Chris Arnold chris.arnold@cg.catholic.edu.au
Year 11 and 12 Ms Katie Suro katie.byrnes@cg.catholic.edu.au
CATHOLICCARE STUDENT AND FAMILY COUNSELLING SERVICE
Trinity will provide a full-time equivalent CatholicCare counselling service again in 2023. Trinity has been advised we will have two counsellors providing a counselling service to students and families this year. Linda Schembri will be available for students on Monday and Tuesday, and Madelyn Burns will be available for students each Wednesday, Thursday and Friday of term. If students are under 14 years of age, parental consent will be required for students to access the counselling service.
STUDENT BEHAVIOUR
Please know if we have any concerns about your child’s learning, wellbeing or we notice any change in behaviour, we make contact with the parents as quickly as possible. We don’t wait for weeks or months before we make contact. It is about working in partnership with our families to truly engage them in their child’s learning and wellbeing.
COLLEGE UNIFORM
Trinity Catholic College has a beautiful school uniform. I encourage students and their families to respect the uniform and associated policy. It is a requirement that students wear the complete, correct school uniform, both at school and when travelling to and from school. If a student is out of uniform, a note must be brought from home. This note should explain the reason and must be signed by a parent/carer. Uniform expectations, including hair and jewelry, are summarised in the student diary. Unfortunately, if a student is not in correct uniform and there is not a signed note, a lunchtime detention will need to be completed. Lunchtime detentions for uniform infringements will commence from Week 3. This will allow time for families to purchase uniform items if required. Students are required to wear the full academic summer uniform to school each day.
SUPERVISION TIMES BEFORE AND AFTER SCHOOL
Please note that school commences at 8.55am and concludes at 3:20pm. Supervision at the College does not commence until 8:25am in the morning and concludes after the last bus leaves in the afternoon. No responsibility will be taken by the College for any consequences of the activities of students outside those hours. Please assist the College in the interests of your child’s safety, by ensuring that your child does not attend or remain in the precincts of the school outside the hours of 8:25am and 3:20pm on Monday to Friday. If there are changes to afternoon transport routines, parents must advise the College in writing.
WALKING TOGETHER
Archbishop Christpopher Prowse has declared 2023 as the year of 'walking together' in our search for Christ in scripture, prayer and everyday life. This will work beautifully with our school theme of "So great is the strength we possess in our unity". Please find below the prayer which is prayed each week in our Parish masses around the Archdiocese.
The Risen Lord walked together
with the disciples on the road to Emmaus,
drawing them from anxiety to hope, from confusion to joy.
Jesus, centre of our common Emmaus walk, with You alone to guide us,
make Your home in our hearts; as we pour “new wine into fresh wineskins”. (Mk 2:22) Like Mary, imbued by the Holy Spirit, may we give birth to a renewed faith and united pastoral action in this Archdiocese in the year ahead.
I would like to remind parents that if you have any concerns about any aspect of your child’s progress, you are encouraged to speak with their subject teacher or Subject Coordinator. If you have a pastoral concern, please speak with your child’s Year Coordinator. If you would like to discuss any other aspect of school life at Trinity, please contact me using the following email address gaye.mcmanus@cg.catholic.edu.au . I look forward to the joys and challenges of 2023 with great care, joy and enthusiasm as always.
Yours in faith, strength and unity
Gaye McManus | Principal
The Premier's Back to School NSW Vouchers program provides 3 x $50 vouchers, totalling $150 for each eligible student.
The vouchers can be used:
- towards the cost of school uniforms, shoes, bags, technology, textbooks and other eligible expenses
- at registered businesses
- before 30 June 2023.
Back to School NSW Vouchers can be used to purchase uniform items at Trinity's Uniform Shop.
All Year 7 families and new families were sent an email this morning providing information about how to login to the Trinity Compass parent portal. Please make sure you login to the COMPASS parent portal as this is how we communicate with all our families. If you are having difficulties logging in, please contact the front office on 4821 3600.
Congratulations to Tess McKenzie, 2022 College Captain, who had her Body of Work selected for Art Express 2023. It is currently on display at the Art Gallery of NSW.
What an amazing achievement!
"Field of My Subconscious"
Welcome to a new year in what looks to be filled and jam packed with LOTS of sporting events. Before we move into the first term of sporting events, I would like to congratulate all the 2022 Sport Award Recipients. The Annual Sporting Assembly, held at the end of the year, recognised those who represented the College and themselves to a high level of achievement.
A special mention to our 2022 Sportpersons of the Year:
Junior Girl - Isabelle Galland
Junior Boy - Jett Edwards
Senior Girl - Georgie Smithers
Senior Boy - William Barker
Archdiocesan Senior Sportperson of the Year: Jack McEntee
Open on Thursdays from 3pm-6pm.
Please find below links to the stationery requirement lists for Years 7-10 students this year.
Year_7_Stationery._Requirements_docx.pdf
Year_8_Stationery_Requirements.pdf
TERM 1 2023
Tuesday 31 January 2023 - Thursday 6 April 2023
TERM 2 2023
Wednesday 26 April 2023 - Friday 30 June 2023
TERM 3 2023
Tuesday 18 July 2023 - Friday 22 September 2023
TERM 4 2023
Tuesday 10 October 2023 - Friday 15 December 2023
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.
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. Students sign out using their Student Compass Identity card.
6. Students wait for parent/carer to collect them.
Please note, parent or carer MUST present to the Office to collect student.
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