Newsletter 29 20 September 2013 PRINCIPAL’S OFFICE 421 Elizabeth Mitchell Drive Thurgoona NSW 2640 Telephone: (02) 6049 3402 Facsimile: (02) 6049 3490 Email: [email protected]ALBURY 421 Elizabeth Mitchell Drive Thurgoona NSW 2640 Telephone: (02) 6049 3400 Facsimile: (02) 6049 3490 Email: [email protected]WODONGA 34 Ellen McDonald Drive Baranduda VIC 3690 Telephone: (02) 6049 3480 Facsimile: (02) 6020 9125 Email: [email protected]WEBSITE www.trinityac.nsw.edu.au AFTER SCHOOL CARE ALBURY 0423 845 646 EARLY LEARNING CENTRE WODONGA 6049 3485 From the Principal Farewell to Year 12 Students This week the College farewelled its Year 12 students via a Chapel service at St Matthew’s Church in Albury and then a formal assembly at the College on Thursday. I take this opportunity to wish our Year 12 students the best of luck as they finish their formal classes and prepare for their external HSC exams commencing early next term. I hope that all Year 12 students make the best use of the limited time left between now and their HSC exams. It is important for them to maintain a good study routine, eat and sleep well and keep up some physical exercise on a regular basis! As I did at their farewell assembly, I pray for them, especially over the next few months, but for their futures beyond Trinity. I pray that their lives beyond Trinity will be fulfilling and rewarding:
This week the College farewelled its Year 12 students via a Chapel service at St Matthew’s Church in Albury and then a formal assembly at the College on Thursday. I take this opportunity to wish our Year 12 students the best of luck as they finish their formal classes and prepare for their external HSC exams commencing early next term.
I hope that all Year 12 students make the best use of the limited time left between now and their HSC exams. It is important for them to maintain a good study routine, eat and sleep well and keep up some physical exercise on a regular basis!
As I did at their farewell assembly, I pray for them, especially over the next few months, but for their futures beyond Trinity. I pray that their lives beyond Trinity will be fulfilling and rewarding:
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May love and laughter light your days, and warm your heart and home.
May good and faithful friends be yours, wherever you may roam.
May peace and plenty bless your world with joy that long endures.
May all life's passing seasons bring the best to you and yours!
To all of our Year 12 students – God bless and good luck!
Trinity’s Inaugural Art Exhibition: A Great Success! I am really pleased to report that last weekend the College’s inaugural Art Exhibition was a resounding success! On a cold and wet Friday night about 130 people still managed to gather to celebrate the official opening of the Exhibition and the announcement of the prize winners for the two main categories – the Emerging Artist award and the Acquisitive Art award. Friday night’s opening was also a terrific performance opportunity for a number of our student musicians and I thank Mr Haymes and Mr Spokes for their work in coordinating the musical entertainment. Thanks must also go to our student waiters who did a grand job ensuring that the crowd was well fed throughout the night.
Over the course of the weekend, the Exhibition was seen by around 400 visitors and 21 works of art were sold. This is a tremendous outcome and I know that the committee behind the event is very pleased with both the number of visitors and works sold!
I take this opportunity to sincerely thank the members of the Committee for their enthusiastic support of this initiative and for their commitment to presenting the event as professionally as possible. Those on the committee included: Rowena Newcomen Sarah Bradbury Kate Millan Trudy O’Connor Robina Maconochie Rebecca Bullock Belinda Hill Karen McLean Greg Davis Susan Delcour Chris Pidd
Of course, I am keen to acknowledge and publicly thank those businesses who happily sponsored the Exhibition. Their willingness to do so is appreciated and I hope that the College community will keep them in mind when they are out and about doing some shopping or looking for somewhere to eat. Our corporate sponsors were: Hume Country Motor Inn The Border Mail Freedom HotHouse Theatre The Commercial Club Quantum Print Services Evans Shoes In Style at Peards Rydges, Albury All Saints Estate Thurgoona Bakery Aroma’s Café The Albion Hotel The Manor House Motel Northpoint Bakery Stanton & Killeen Wines The Hume Inn Motel – Bonetti’s Pizza
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Overall, I am really pleased with last weekend and I look forward to next year’s Art Exhibition late in Term 3! Staffing News This week we farewelled Mr Christian Beattie from staff as he and his family move to Queensland. Mr Beattie has been teaching in a part-time capacity our senior Hospitality classes and we are sorry to see him move from the College. I am pleased to announce however, that Ms Mary Widdicombe has agreed to return to the College in a part-time capacity to take over the current Year 11 Hospitality class from Mr Beattie and take them through their HSC course commencing next term and finishing at the end of Term 3, 2014! I am grateful that we have been able to convince Ms Widdicombe to return to the College in this capacity – she is an experienced Hospitality teacher and much admired and respected by staff and students!
I am pleased to announce the following staffing appointments to commence in the 2014 school year:
1. Head of Junior School – Mr Steven Armstrong has been appointed to this senior leadership position and will bring to the position a lot of outstanding experience both as a teacher and educational leader. Mr Armstrong is currently head of the newly established Junior School programme at Oxley College in Bowral. A few years ago the Principal at Oxley asked Mr Armstrong to lead the process of establishing the K-6 programmes as the College Board decided that strategically it was time to expand their operations from a successful 7-12 Senior School to a K-12 model. Prior to this role, Mr Armstrong was the Deputy Head – Academic at Oxley College from 1997 – 2011. Mr Armstrong is a passionate teacher having taught across the primary curriculum more recently, as well as all levels of Mathematics and RAVE in the Senior School.
I am delighted that Mr Armstrong will be joining the Junior School at the Albury campus next year and know that the College community will warmly welcome him and his wife, Kate when they arrive!
2. Mrs Sarah Dunlop – with three Kinder classes graduating to Year 1 next year at the Albury campus, I am pleased to announce that I have appointed Mrs Sarah Dunlop to teach one of the three Year 1 classes from the beginning of next year. Mrs Dunlop is currently on staff at ASPECT and has taught in a number of primary schools in and around the region for several years. I know that Sarah is very pleased to be joining the Trinity staff next year and that she will bring great experiences and skills to this all important formative Stage 1 programme of our Junior School.
College Closed on Monday, 23 September Please note that the College will be closed on Monday, 23 September. As an important part of the construction of the new Science Centre, the electricians have to shut down the power for the entire day as they link the new facility to our mains power. As a result, the College office will not be able to operate next Monday but will return to normal vacation operations on Tuesday, 24 September.
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P&F Car Raffle – please return all ticket books and money! The ticket books for the car raffle have been recently recalled and I appreciate the effort people have made to return the ticket books and associated money promptly. However, there are still a good number of ticket books out there and I would ask that students and parents return them sold or unsold as soon as possible to the College office. Please drop the ticket books and money into the office as soon as possible during the vacation period!
Term 4 Reminders A reminder that starting dates for next term are as follows:
Wodonga Campus – Monday 7 October 2013
Albury Campus - Tuesday 8 October (due to the NSW Labour Day public holiday on the Monday)
The term will commence with ‘A’ week classes and students are reminded that they should return in correct summer uniform, including the College hat.
Steven O’Connor Principal
From the Director of Studies
Year 11 students: pattern of HSC study Our Year 11 students have reached the end of the Preliminary HSC Course and deserve congratulations for achieving this milestone.
During this week, all Year 11 students have received information about the processes they need to undertake in order to alter their pattern of study for the HSC. Whilst students are generally not able to commence new subjects (the exception being extension subjects), they are able to discontinue subjects in order to study a minimum of 10 units in Year 12. Many of the students have been contemplating whether they will continue to study all of the subjects within which they are currently engaged. The students are able to seek advice to facilitate these important decisions from Mr Malcolm Thomas, the Head of Senior School, Mrs Fletcher, the Careers Advisor, and myself.
The HSC course begins for the students upon their return to the College in Term 4; this is an exciting time for our Year 11 students.
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Year 12 students: completion The conclusion of 13 years of formal school education is a most significant milestone, and I would like to take this opportunity to wish all of the very best to our Year 12 students as they approach the culmination of all their efforts in the HSC examinations that commence in October.
Kym Armstrong Director of Studies
From the College Chaplain
William Wilberforce was born in 1759 in England, the son of a wealthy merchant. After studying at Cambridge, Wilberforce became a member of parliament. But it was meeting John Newton that changed his life.
Before he became a Christian, Newton had captained a slave ship; but God convicted him of the horrors of slavery. He turned his life around becoming a preacher and hymn writer. In fact, he wrote one of the most famous hymns of all time, Amazing Grace.
John Newton had a massive influence on Wilberforce. In 1787, Wilberforce initiated a campaign to make Great Britain aware of the atrocities of slavery and vote for its abolition. It was a fierce fight, and hard work. Politicians, industrialists, even religious leaders who had their own slaves opposed him. But William Wilberforce never gave up, always aware that the lives of millions were at stake. Twenty-six years later, near the end of Wilberforce’s life, slavery was abolished throughout the British Empire.
‘So let’s not get tired of doing what is good. At just the right time we will reap a harvest of blessing if we don’t give up’. (Galatians 6:9). How can we take up this challenge daily?
Rev Lee Weissel College Chaplain
Junior School News – Albury
Junior School Awards Congratulations to students who received Junior School Awards this week for making a significant difference inside and outside the classroom:
Storm Tanuvasa (1KS) Ariene Sorgdrager (1KS) Tara Swann (1TO) Bree Vandersluis-Christie (1TO) Jack Hutchens (2TC) Bianca Sparkes (2TC) Emillia Mitchell (2TD) Liam Pfeiffer (2TD) Avie Liley (3JT) Imogen Murray (3JT) Abigail Awdjew (3SO) Anish Patil (3SO) Thomas Aitcheson (3SO) Jamo Scott (4CS) Josie Russell (4CS) Sarah Horner (4CS) Olivia Edwards (4NP) Elle Weissel (4NP)
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Olympia Modra (4NP) Oscar Hope (5SM) Sophie King (5SM) Ethan Styles (5SM) Jaxon Solomon (5SM) Austin O’Neill (5SM) Robert Wilson (6KW) Patrick O’Connor (6KW) Chloe Vickers (6KW) Sophie Coleshill (6NC) Ruby Bradbury (6NC) Bodie Jones (KDP) Kit Senini (KDP) Emmet Whitehead (KKH) Phinn Morey (KKH) Murray Diver (KMC) Layali Nehme (KMC)
Deputy Principal’s Awards
Congratulations to the following students who received Deputy Principal’s Awards in recognition of excellent application to studies, community service and positive behaviour. Student Class No. Student Class No. Connor Oakey KDP 1st Anish Patil 3SO 1st Janithu Ruhunage KDP 2nd Thomas Aitcheson 3SO 1st Laura Hovar KDP 2nd Tihara Fernando 3SO 2nd Shishi Sun KDP 1st Jye Pigdon 4CS 1st Layali Nehme KMC 1st Mantej Singh 4CS 1st Zahlia Kelly KMC 1st Scarlet Charlesworth 4CS 1st James McCarthy 1KS 2nd Abbey Dicketts 4NP 2nd Lily Bowler 1KS 2nd Bronte Bass 4NP 2nd Harry Maddock 1TO 1st Chloe Martin 4NP 2nd Ruby Taylor 1TO 2nd Ella Trevaskis 4NP 2nd Alice Male 2TC 1st Hilary O’Connor 4NP 2nd Connor Schmidt 2TC 1st Zoe Broughton 4NP 2nd Jack Quirk 2TD 2nd Shenara Fernando 4TC 2nd Jacqueline Ching 2TD 2nd Aiyana Warren 5JH 2nd Lara Burdett 2TD 2nd Kalyia Jones 5JH 2nd Aiden Heinrich 3JT 1st Nic Lockhart 5JH 2nd Blake Elliott 3JT 1st Sidney White 5JH 2nd Brigitte Ford 3JT 1st Siobhan Simpson 5JH 2nd Chloe Davis 3JT 1st Adelaide Jacobs 6KW 2nd Ethan Leddin 3JT 1st Alice Wheeler 6KW 2nd Fletcher Clarke 3JT 1st Ebony Trebilcock 6KW 2nd James Smith 3JT 1st Esther Dionysius 6KW 2nd Kai Braddy 3JT 1st Heshara Fernando 6KW 2nd Khylan Wright 3JT 1st Ireland Hunt 6KW 2nd Natasha Collins 3JT 1st James Russell 6KW 2nd Oscar Bradbury 3JT 1st Laura Dick 6KW 2nd William Reid 3JT 1st Mehtaab Gill 6KW 2nd Patrick O’Connor 6KW 2nd
Chris O’Loan Head of Junior School
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Sports News
Tennis Championships – Years 7 and 8 What better way to spend a perfect Spring morning than a spot of tennis, punctuated by a companionable morning tea? Do you want to shrug off the sluggishness of Winter? Are you keen for a get together with good company, superb morning tea and social tennis? Or, do you want to test your competitive edge on the tennis court?
The Trinity Tennis Championships are fast approaching for students in Years 7 to 11. Our next competition is the Year 7 and 8 competition to take place Sunday October 13 (Term 4 Week 1) from 9.30am to 11.30 am at the East Albury Tennis Courts.
Year 7 and 8 students have received more information via the distribution of permission slips in Pastoral Care Groups this week. I am keen to see our Year 7 and 8 players take to the courts.
The competitions for students in Years 9 – 11 will take place on Sunday October 20 (Term 4 Week 2), and students will receive more information on their return to the College in Term 4.
Please see Miss Armstrong for notes, details, questions, recipes . . . Basketball Congratulations to the following three College basketball premiers, Trinity Triumphs, Trinity Swifts and Trinity Lakers.
The Trinity Triumphs, our boys Under 18 Years Division 1, did it easy winning 96 - 40 over Scots. Well done!
L to R: Liam Scholz, Jaydon Wright, Macca Cameron, Carl Pille, Nick Hynes and Jack Hunter
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Trinity Swifts won the Girls Under 16 Division 2 after going the whole season undefeated. Their grand final win against Panthers Storm was by a dominating 23 points! A big thank you to their coach Lauren Cavanough. By all accounts they have all had a great season and look forward to the next season together.
Trinity Lakers, coached by Mr Leary, also had a good win over Scots (32-18) to take out the Under 16 Boys Division 2 Grand final. All the boys played well in a great team effort. Bailey Waters and Bren Ingram joined the Lakers this season and made an excellent contribution. Zac Sproule was fantastic under the basket. Team stalwarts Sean Nielsen, Oliver Bradford, Harry Warner and Bailey Stewart led the team around the court very well.
“Thanks to Mr Payne for coaching the Trinity Tadpoles and teaching us all the cool tricks and strategies. We have all learned a lot from you. It’s been a really good season and we have had lots of fun playing together and learning new skills. Lauren Jackson better watch out!! We made it to the semi-finals but hopefully we will go even further next season.” (Bronte Bass)
Congratulations must go to all our basketball teams with a huge thanks to our coaches who have worked tirelessly. The new summer season begins Week 1 of Term 4.
Nash Clark Head of Sport
L to R: Keira Fee, Elyshia Poidevin, Mia Zitzlaff, Lauren Cavanough (Coach), George Cavanough and Britney Olsson
L to R: Andrew Leary (Coach), Harry Warner, Zac Sproule, Bren Ingram, Bailey Stewart, Oliver Bradford, Bailey Waters and Sean Nielsen
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Uniform Shop
Opening hours during the holidays will be as follows:
Orders can be emailed through to [email protected] over the first week of the holidays and every effort will be made to have them ready for pick up on the above days.
Cathy Katsoolis Uniform Shop Manager
Canteen News
Thank you to volunteers Jenny Moyle, Raelene Weissel, Lou Walmsley and Linda Garoni. Many thanks to all our volunteers this term; your help is greatly appreciated. If you wish to volunteer in the College Canteen in Term 4, please contact Margaret at the Canteen or leave your details at the Front Office.
There are a few changes to the Canteen Menu for Term 4. Please look for the updated Menu in this Newsletter or on the Trinity website. Items that were introduced in Term 3 such as Hot Dogs, Cheese Burgers and Chicken Schnitzel Rolls are now part of our regular Menu. Tuesday will continue to be our “special” day; watch out for some yummy salad specials in Term 4. There will also be some changes in our dairy lines, including “Oak” milks and “Pauls” custards.
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Please print Name, Class, Order & Money Enclosed, clearly on a Paper Bag. Lunch Bags + 20c. Strictly No Credit.
The Canteen provides lunch vouchers for children in the Junior School who forget their lunch and have been referred to the Canteen by their Teacher. Vouchers will be stapled into the student’s diary and it is requested that money is repaid promptly to the Canteen Manager. Menu prices are subject to change – notification via College Newsletter.
SANDWICHES made fresh on site HOT FOODS limited hot food available, please order
Vegemite $2.50 Sausage Roll – Medium $2.80 Egg $3.00 Sausage Roll – Jumbo $3.50 Egg & Lettuce $3.20 Traveller Pie 160 gm $3.50 Cheese $3.00 Aussie Meat Pie 175 gm $3.80 Cheese Salad $3.80 Cheese & Spinach Roll $3.80 Ham $3.60 Vegetable Roll $3.80 Ham & Cheese $4.00 Vegetarian Dim Sim $1.20 Ham & Salad $4.50 Gluten-free Chicken Strips x 3 $2.00 Ham, Cheese & Tomato $4.20 Gluten-free Chicken Strips x 6 $4.00 Ham, Cheese & Salad $4.80 Sauce $0.20 Chicken $4.00 Lasagne $3.80 Chicken, Lettuce & Mayo $4.50 Hot Dogs with sauce/mustard/cheese $3.00 Chicken & Salad $4.80 Cheese Burger (with lettuce & sauce on grain
roll) $5.00
Salad (Lettuce, Carrot, Cucumber & Tomato) $3.50 Schnitzel Roll (with lettuce & mayo on grain roll) $5.00 Wraps/rolls 50c extra
Beetroot/Pineapple 30c extra SNACKS
Sweet Chilli Chicken Wrap $4.80 Fresh Popcorn $0.20 By Order only White bread, Gluten Free Corn Thins
Bottled Water 600 ml $1.50 Cheese with Crackers $1.00
LOL – 99% Fruit Juice (Carbonated) $2.00 Vegie Sticks (Terms 1 & 4) $0.50
Oak Flavoured Milk, Low Fat 300 ml $1.80 Vegie Sticks with Dip (Terms 1 & 4) $0.80
Oak Flavoured Milk, 600 ml $3.00 Raisin Toast (Terms 2 & 3) $0.50
Fruit Juice 300 ml $2.00 Crumpet & Honey ( Terms 2 & 3) $0.50
Hot Chocolate (Terms 2 & 3) $2.00 Muffin $1.00
Slushy – 99% Fruit Juice $2.00 Custard $1.50 Gluten free/dairy free Muesli Bar $1.00
FREEZER
A variety of frozen treats priced $0.50 - $2.00
ALLERGIES
The Canteen does not sell foods with nuts as a specified ingredient. There are several menu choices suitable for those requiring wheat-free and dairy-free foods. Other special needs MAY be able to be catered for in consultation with the Canteen Manager. However, the Canteen is staffed in part by volunteers and responsibility rests with parents and children to purchase appropriately.
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Music News
Invitation
Parents and the local community are invited to attend the following performance free of charge on Thursday 31 October 2013 commencing at 12 noon in the MPH:
Musica Viva – Outta Africa – The Sound of Senegal - Tama, djembe, doondoon, balafon, fula and Griot - welcome to the musical traditions of West Africa. Teranga frontman Pape Mbaye is a Senegalese Griot; a poet, musician, storyteller and ‘praise singer’ renowned for quick wit and a sharp tongue. Combine this with some of the best African drummers this side of the Indian Ocean and you’re in for a rollicking ride through the rhythms of this fascinating content. It’s not all drumming; students will recognise melodic instruments like the flute and sousaphone. Outta Africa is essentially a rhythm-driven journey through song and dance into the heart of Senegalese culture. But what Teranga really does best is bring the rhythm of life, to life!
Community Announcements
Love your Sister – Actor Samuel Johnson is riding around Australia on a unicycle to raise $1m for breast cancer research (Garvan Institute) as a promise to his sister Connie, who is battling breast cancer. Donations can be made at any Bendigo Bank branch or by visiting www.bendigobank.com.au/foundation/loveyoursister Also come and support a family fun day at QEII Square, Dean Street, Albury on Monday 23 September from 10am to 1pm – sausage sizzle, fairy floss, jumping castle, face painting and much more.
Teranga
Have you changed any of your contact details recently …
If you have recently moved or will be moving over the holidays, changed any of your contact details (home phone, mobile, email address) etc , please let us know so that our records are accurate. Thank you!
Enjoy the holidays and we look forward to welcoming the students back in full summer uniform, including the College hat on:
Wodonga Campus – Monday 7 October 2013
Albury Campus - Tuesday 8 October (Mon 7 Oct NSW Labour Day public holiday)
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Trinity Car Raffle
You too could be a winner!
First Prize Ford Fiesta LX
Five Door Hatch 1.6L, Automatic Transmission, Model 17051VA, Alloy Wheels, Inc 12 months Registration, 3rd Party Insurance, Drive away (Value $20,274) The car is available for viewing at Blacklocks Ford or by request through the P and F.
Second Prize $4000 Travel Voucher
WODONGA TRAVEL & CRUISE
Third Prize $500 Fuel Dean Street Caltex
Can you display the car outside your business or sell raffle tickets for a day? Please contact Susan Collins 6021 5842, [email protected] or Kaz and Jenny at the College Front Office Can you help sell
raffle tickets over
the holidays?
Please leave your
name at the office
and we will be in
touch!
Each family is encouraged to sell a minimum of one book of 20 tickets at $5 each. Extra books are available and when you return your sold booklets your name will go into the draw for our weekly prize of a $20 iTunes gift card.
Only 4 weeks until the draw – please return your
raffle books (sold or unsold)
and money now!
Congratulations!
Harry Smith (7E)
Harry will receive a $20 iTunes voucher as the winner
