103-129 Oakgrove Drive Narre Warren South 3805 Phone: 03 9704 1970 Fax: 03 9704 1780 Principal– Mr Simon Dell’Oro Email: [email protected]www.trinitynarre.catholic.edu.au TERM 2 2015 WEEK 9 10th JUNE FRIDAY 12th JUNE MASS 9am Year 6 RECONCILIATION Grade 3M ASSEMBLY 2.30pm Year 5 FRIDAY 19th JUNE MASS 9am Year 3 RECONCILIATION Grade 5L ASSEMBLY 2.30pm Prep Dear Parents, A very good friend of mine, Will, has a disabled son Michael, who is now a young adult. Talking to Will about the journey he and his wife are on raising a disabled son is inspirational, challenging, heart breaking, motivating and thought provoking. It continually forces me to question myself as to how I would cope given the same situation. Would I be capable of such a challenge? Could I manage? Would I consistently have the energy to be Michael’s advocate in life as Will is? He has to undertake this role continually because Michael is not able to advocate for himself. Will talks about what it is like to be told that your child in the womb will most likely be disabled, the day that the hopes and dreams you have for your unborn child alter enormously. How harrowing the very first moments of Michael’s life were for him and his wife as they watched their child endure numerous operations and medical intervention to stay alive. Will tells the story of being a proud young father walking his son in the pusher through the country town that he lives in and seeing people that he knows cross the street because they were not comfortable enough to meet Michael, or the looks on people’s faces and the awkward silence if they looked in the pusher and saw that Michael had challenges. He speaks of how difficult it was to teach Michael how to eat, toilet, talk, walk to the best of his ability and dress himself. All of these are challenging enough when your child is able bodied. Will also speaks passionately about the issues Michael was faced with at school. Everything was extra difficult for him. How do you explain to your disabled child why he is different? Why he can’t run, jump, climb, learn and play like the other children? Why he doesn’t get an invite to a party or get to play over at a friend’s house? A particular aspect that Will found extremely challenging was the attitude of some of the parents towards Michael being in the school. The questioning of whether he should be there at all still upsets him to this day. I commenced teaching not just for the students that achieve well, and behave well, but hoping that I might be able to make a difference in all students lives. As a Catholic school we need to embrace difference, be welcoming and accepting. As a staff we are continually striving to be here for the needs and concerns of 100% of the students 100% of the time. At times it can be easy to sit back and judge, making assessments on people, situations and events without the full understanding. I thank God every day for the wonderful, healthy children that I have, they bring so much to my life. I know Will thanks God every day for bringing Michael into his family, the joy and the blessings that he has bestowed on his parents and his siblings. As parents, we have to lead by example and model what we want to see in our children. Rather than being quick to judge others maybe we should take time to consider what it would be like to walk a mile in their shoes? Interacting and dealing with Michael is not easy, he can be very challenging at times. However, he has been a wonderful teacher to me and I have learnt so much off him. He makes the world a much better place for those who meet him and truly get to know him. Regards Simon Dell’Oro Principal Trinity catholic primary school newsletter
A very good friend of mine, Will, has a disabled son Michael, who is now a young
adult. Talking to Will about the journey he and his wife are on raising a disabled son
is inspirational, challenging, heart breaking, motivating and thought provoking. It
continually forces me to question myself as to how I would cope given the same
situation. Would I be capable of such a challenge? Could I manage? Would I
consistently have the energy to be Michael’s advocate in life as Will is? He has to
undertake this role continually because Michael is not able to advocate for himself.
Will talks about what it is like to be told that your child in the womb will most likely
be disabled, the day that the hopes and dreams you have for your unborn child alter
enormously. How harrowing the very first moments of Michael’s life were for him
and his wife as they watched their child endure numerous operations and medical
intervention to stay alive. Will tells the story of being a proud young father walking
his son in the pusher through the country town that he lives in and seeing people
that he knows cross the street because they were not comfortable enough to meet
Michael, or the looks on people’s faces and the awkward silence if they looked in the
pusher and saw that Michael had challenges. He speaks of how difficult it was to
teach Michael how to eat, toilet, talk, walk to the best of his ability and dress
himself. All of these are challenging enough when your child is able bodied.
Will also speaks passionately about the issues Michael was faced with at school.
Everything was extra difficult for him. How do you explain to your disabled child
why he is different? Why he can’t run, jump, climb, learn and play like the other
children? Why he doesn’t get an invite to a party or get to play over at a friend’s
house? A particular aspect that Will found extremely challenging was the attitude of
some of the parents towards Michael being in the school. The questioning of
whether he should be there at all still upsets him to this day.
I commenced teaching not just for the students that achieve well, and behave well,
but hoping that I might be able to make a difference in all students lives. As a
Catholic school we need to embrace difference, be welcoming and accepting. As a
staff we are continually striving to be here for the needs and concerns of 100% of
the students 100% of the time.
At times it can be easy to sit back and judge, making assessments on people,
situations and events without the full understanding. I thank God every day for the
wonderful, healthy children that I have, they bring so much to my life. I know Will
thanks God every day for bringing Michael into his family, the joy and the blessings
that he has bestowed on his parents and his siblings. As parents, we have to lead
by example and model what we want to see in our children. Rather than being quick
to judge others maybe we should take time to consider what it would be like to walk
a mile in their shoes?
Interacting and dealing with Michael is not easy, he can be very challenging at times.
However, he has been a wonderful teacher to me and I have learnt so much off him.
He makes the world a much better place for those who meet him and truly get to
know him.
Regards
Simon Dell’Oro
Principal
Trinity catholic primary school
newsletter
PREP ENROLMENTS
SCHOOL FAMILIES Could all school families who have a child commencing Prep next year please return the Acceptance form by 15th June. Thank you to those families who have already
done so.
MID YEAR PARENT, STUDENT & TEACHER
MEETINGS Parent, Student & Teacher meetings will be held on the followings days:-
Tuesday 14th July 3.45pm – 6.00pm
Wednesday 15th July 3.45pm – 6.15pm
Thursday 16th July 3.45pm – 6.00pm
The Parent, Student & Teacher meetings will focus on goal setting for Semester Two. We ask parents to please bring their child’s report and portfolio to the meeting. Specialist Teachers
(Art, Performing Arts, Library, Japanese, PE and ICT) will be available for Parent, Student & Teacher meetings if required.
Online booking forms will be sent home on Wednesday 17th June.
Bookings will open on Thursday 18th June at 9.00am and remain open throughout the
holidays and close on Tuesday 14th July at 10.00am.
You may go in and change your appointment at any time you wish up until 10.00am Tuesday
14th July.
If you are having difficulty in making a booking please do not hesitate to call 9704 1970 or see Glenice or Romalie at the school office.
There will be no disruption to the school day as all interviews will be held after normal school
time.
During Parent, Student & Teacher meetings the Library will be open each day for our annual Book Fair.
SCHOOL CLOSURE DAYS Please note the following School Closure & Student Free Days
FRIDAY 26th JUNE (End of Term 2 student
free day)
MONDAY 13th JULY (Start of Term 3 student free day)
Let’s Celebrate Difference Day Thursday June 25th
On Thursday 25th of June Trinity is going to celebrate “Let’s Celebrate
Difference Day”. The Social Justice Leaders and the SRC decided we wanted to explore why people in our world are teased and bullied. When brainstorming reasons, we discovered
that most people comment on things about people that are different. We thought that being different was something to celebrate, as God made us all unique, so at Trinity we are trying to turn our thinking around by celebrating difference and finding similarities. We decided the best way to let people know
that we are proud of who we are, where we are from, what we look like, what we enjoy, and our strengths and challenges, was to share our stories to promote understanding, and to highlight these
things about us.
So on Thursday 25th June we are inviting everyone to dress up or bring something to show everybody
what’s different about them and celebrate it! It may be something they are teased about or self conscious about. We want you to ‘own’ it! For example you could wear a basketball jersey if you get
teased because you’re so good at basketball or you could bring something that represents your country if you get teased about your culture. We are doing this to celebrate differences in people that they may get bullied about, when in fact it’s something special about them to appreciate and learn
about!
Even if you’re absolutely perfect someone will find something to tease you about, so let’s turn it
around and let people know we are proud of ourselves no matter what anyone says!
We ask everyone to bring in a gold coin which will be going to Trinity Families. Trinity Families is a
charity which operates to provide funding for service providers who support families in the Gippsland and outer eastern suburbs of Melbourne. It makes annual disbursements to charities from the monies
earned from its trust fund investments. Disbursements are made without reference to faith or
denomination and are overseen by independent trustees.
Trinity Families runs the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sale Charitable Fund and was established in 2013
to replace the former Bishop’s Family Foundation.
We are requesting that the money raised by Trinity will go to organisations in our area that can
prevent bullying or support victims of bullying.
More information about Trinity Families can be found at http://www.trinityfamilies.org.au/
We look forward to a day where through our actions we can bring about justice and understanding!
Jordyn Coomber and Eliza Mae Cruz –
Social Justice Captains
2015 SCHOOL FEES
Account reminders for Term 2 fees have been sent home. Payment is now overdue and it would be appreciated if payment is made as soon as possible. Grade 4 Camp fees of $170
have been added to this account.
Payments can be made by Cash, BPay ($50 min amount), Cheque and EFTPOS. Payments
can be made in instalments. Direct Debit facilities are available.
Jesus was a big threat to the people with power – all because he told simple stories like the one in this week’s Gospel.
The mustard seed is a small seed that spreads quickly and stubbornly. It can take over an entire garden. According to Jesus, God’s Kingdom can grow in the same way. It can spread quickly through
all areas and relationships in our lives. Quickly and stubbornly, Jesus says, God can inspire disciples to spread through society working for the poor, the powerless, and the outcasts. That’s bad news for the people whose power and profit is based on keeping others poor and powerless.
So it’s not that hard to see why powerful people wanted him dead.
Jesus’ message is still explosive and threatening to people who abuse power and profits today. That’s why Christians are being martyred throughout the world. That’s why many people throughout the
world sometimes feel like outcasts.
Does God’s Kingdom invade all areas of your life – school, sports, family, work, friends, weekends, wallet? Do you let Jesus’ values of compassion, respect, forgiveness, and sacrifice for the powerless take root in all those areas? The more God’s Kingdom spreads, the more you might face resistance
from some people, especially those who say Jesus’ words are unrealistic or idealistic. They might even call you a Jesus freak. But the more you get to know Jesus, the more you won’t feel right unless you
let it spread. Why? Because you’ll see how your life more and more provides “shade” for so many people who need you.
In what area of your life is it hardest to let God reign?
The Action Response Plant some small seeds. Be kind to those who “don’t deserve it”. Forgive wantonly. Be more generous
than is sensible. Break the rules in favour of people.
GPBS Parables
This week it was again the Grade 4’s turn to work with the
iPad Cart and myself. We App smashed, which is using a variety of Apps together. We discussed what they have
learnt about in Religious Education about the sacraments, they then used a search engine to find information and
images to do with this topic. They saved these to the photo library. The students then opened the App Popplet
and created mind map using this information, they then inserted this image into another App called Explain
everything where they recorded their understanding of the information they had researched.
The students worked hard and had a great time using all these Apps.
Samantha Moss
iPad Learning Leader
iPad
News
Items in bold type will be
school closure days or
extremely important dates.
SCHOOL CALENDAR blue will indicate new
items added to the
Calendar that week.
Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun
1
6pm Confirmation Enrolment Mass
2 9.15am,
11am & 6pm Confirmation
Enrolment Mass
3 7pm P & F
Meeting
4 7.30pm
Confirmation Enrolment Mass
5 6 7 Year 6
Interschool Sport
8 10.30 First
Reconciliation Celebration
9
JULY 2015
AUGUST 2015
Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun
13
TERM 3
SCHOOL
CLOSURE
14
STUDENTS
START
TERM 3
3.45—5.45pm Parent/Teacher Interviews
15
3.45—6pm Parent/Teacher Interviews
16
3.45—5.45pm Parent/Teacher Interviews
7pm School Board Meeting
17 18
6pm First Eucharist Celebration
19
9.15am, 11am & 6pm First Eucharist Celebration
20
7pm P & F Meeting
21 22
7pm First Reconciliation Celebration
23 24
Year 6 Interschool Sport
25
10.30 First Reconciliation Celebration
26
27 28 29 30
Confirmation Enrolment and Parent Only Workshop OLHC 7.45pm
31 Year 6
Interschool Sport
Middle Excursion to Scienceworks
JUNE 2015
Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun
8 NO SCHOOL
QUEEN’S
BIRTHDAY
9 10
7pm First Reconciliation Celebration
11 12
MASS Year 6 Assembly Yr 5
13
10.30 First Reconciliation Celebration
14
15
7pm Carnival Meeting
16 17 18 9am
Parent/Teacher Interviews Open Online 7pm School
Board Meeting
19
MASS Year 3 Assembly Prep
20
6pm First Eucharist Celebration
21
9.15am, 11am & 6pm First Eucharist Celebration
22
Baked Potato Day
23 24 25 3.15pm
STUDENTS FINISH
TERM 2
26 END OF
TERM
SCHOOL
CLOSURE
27 28
Happy Birthday to the following children who will celebrate their birthday next week.
15th JUNE Kaitlyn, Amy and Sasha
16th JUNE Harrison
17th JUNE Alyssa and Tiana
18th JUNE Ethan and Zacharie
19th JUNE Jacob, Hayden and Sophia
20th JUNE Nikolina
21st JUNE Oscar
CANTEEN ROSTER TUESDAY — PREP and JUNIOR
THURSDAY — MIDDLE and SENIOR
+ 8.45—10.30approx # 11.45—1.30approx
THURSDAY 11th JUNE TUESDAY 16th JUNE THURSDAY 18th JUNE
+ Tracy Hynd + Luisa Locandro + Janelle Macdonald
# Leonie Kelly # Lisa Cini # Cherie Pettigrew
TUESDAY 23rd JUNE THURSDAY 25th JUNE TUESDAY 14th JULY
In the case of illness a phone call in the morning on the day they are absent.
If you are going on holidays or your child will be away for an extended period you must advise in writing BEFORE you leave.
Thank you.
All parents/Guardians wishing to help in the classroom, canteen or attend excursions MUST have completed the PARENT HELPER WORKSHOP and hold a current
WORKING WITH CHILDREN CARD.
Further details are available from the school office. All parent/guardian helpers must sign in at the office before proceeding to the classrooms. Your current Working with Children card must be displayed at all times when working in the classrooms and attending excursions.
A reminder to all Parents/Carers, supervision by School
Staff begins at 8.30am before school and after school only at the drop off area until 3.30pm.
Please observe and supervise your children, as they play
on the equipment.
TRINITY CAR PARK For greater safety and visibility, we are requesting that all
drivers reverse park into the marked bays.
Thank you all who use the pedestrian crossing area. You
are demonstrating to your children correct road safety practices. Once children cross the pedestrian crossing into
the parking area, they, for their safety, need to be placed into vehicles promptly. The car park is NOT a meeting area.
The lane around the edge of the car park (closest to the
oval) are for vehicles waiting to pick children up from the
Pick-up Zone ONLY.
The two parking bays closest to the office path are the PICK
-UP ZONES. These are NO STANDING zones. If your
children are not ready to get into your car as you pull up to the pick-up zone, you must continue on and rejoin the end
of the pick-up queue.
There is NO RIGHT TURN when exiting the car park. All
vehicles must turn left for the safety of others and to maintain traffic flow.
THE GATES CLOSE AT 9.00am AND RE-OPEN AT
3.00pm. Occasionally they might re-open slightly later due to school activities.
Thank you for your patience and consideration of others.
We Congratulate: The Robert Family (Jasmine Prep H, Savannah 4B) on the safe arrival of their new baby daughter.
We pray for: Mrs Anson (Ben 4I) who is recovering at home after a long stay in hospital; Noel, Jenny Haigh’s mother (Madeliene 6T and Poppy 4I) who is undergoing treatment; Astrid
Buissink’s Mother (Bradley2T) who is very ill; those awaiting the results of tests and those recovering from surgery.
We give thanks for the good results from some tests.
PLAYROOM: It is great to see the children using the playroom equipment but please put toys
away after use and pick up biscuit/snack pieces which have fallen on the floor. We have never had rodents in this room and we want to keep it this way. Thank you.
THANK YOU: for the good uniform pieces which keep arriving in such good order and in such numbers. The Other families are very
grateful for your thoughtfulness.
MELBOURNE’S CHILD MAGAZINE is delivered to the Playgroup each month. The copies are
just inside the Hall entrance doors and you are very welcome to take a copy. They are free and contain many good articles on children up to the age of Five.
WANTED : PLASTIC BAGS …THANK YOU IN ANTICIPATION!
This weekend we are back into Ordinary Time in the Sunday Readings. Just as we have
celebratory occasions, anniversaries, birthdays and the like, so does the Church. And then we
find ourselves in the dailyness of life and living - as does the Church community. So the
Readings this weekend are from the Eleventh Week in Ordinary Time Year B.( The Readings
are in a 3 year cycle on Sundays and a two year cycle on weekdays…makes for confusion
doesn’t it? but it does mean we get to hear more of the Scriptures!) We hear Mark’s version of
Jesus trying to explain to his listeners what the Kingdom of Heaven is like: a seed planted – a
mustard seed – (Mums show your children one if you have some in a spice jar – it is the
tiniest of seeds!) It is a little like the ad. for one of the Super Funds at present – ‘from little
things, big things grow”. Jesus uses what his listeners are familiar with to explain the truth He
is trying to get across!
Jesus, you are so conscious of the understanding of your listeners. Help us
to use familiar examples for your children when they ask questions of us for
which we stumble to find answers. Amen
OUR LADY HELP OF CHRISTIANS PARISH
DID YOU KNOW ? The Passover is an important Jewish feast which commemorates the deliverance of the people
of Israel from slavery in Egypt (see Exodus 12:1-13:16). The blood of a sacrificed lamb was daubed on the doorposts of the homes of the Jews so the angel of death would ‘pass over’ their
dwelling and kill only the first born of the Egyptians.
The Passover Festival included a ritual meal with the eating of unleavened read, cooked lamb
and the drinking of a ritual cup of wine. Jewish families still practice this ancient ritual today.
The Passover is more than a remembrance of a past event; it makes present again the reality
of God’s sav-ing action.
After Israel had been liberated from Slavery in Egypt, god entered into covenant with them at
Mt.Sinai. This is a special relationship. ‘I will take you as my people and I will be your God’ (Ex 6:7). This meant that Israel had to live in a certain way. They had particular obligations to
follow in keeping their side of the agreement.
PILGRIMAGE TO THE HOLY LAND IN 2016 Parishioners who attended the meeting on 23rd April regarding the Pilgrimage to the Holy Land, are asked to contact Steven Green at Olive Travel to confirm their interest. Any other parishioners or
friends, who may be interested in joining the pilgrimage, should contact Steven on one of the following: Telephone 03 8488 9696 or 1300 550 830; Mobile 0413 016 772 or email;
NEPAL EARTHQUAKE Donations to assist victims of the Nepal earthquake can be made through Caritas Australia
www.caritas.org.au who have people on the ground in Nepal and who are working closely with Caritas International to deliver aid and assistance. As mentioned on Caritas website: According to
initial estimations, 8 million people in 39 districts have been affected. Caritas Australia staff are currently on the ground and working alongside local Caritas Nepal staff to co-ordinate the emergency response, which will include providing emergency shelter, food, water and hygiene kits.
YARRA THEOLOGICAL UNION A Catholic College of the University of Divinity is taking enrolments for theological study in second
semester. Undergraduate and postgraduate courses are available. Please make an appointment now to see the Academic Dean, Ross Fishburn. Enrolment appointments are from Monday 8th June
2015 until Thursday 25th June 2015. Phone 9890 3771 or email: [email protected] for an appointment. Further details are available online at www.ytu.edu.au.
HOME MASSES The Parish Pastoral Council has initiated a series of Home Masses for the rest of this year. Each Mass will be celebrated in one of the 5 Parish Regions:
The Regions are: 1. Bethlehem (Berwick area)
2. Galilee (Hallam area) 3. Emmaus (Narre Warren South area) 4. Nazareth (Narre Warren North area)
5. Jerusalem (Narre Warren area) The Emmaus region was the first to celebrate a Mass last Thursday evening at the home of Ashley
and Annabelle Burrows. Eight families were very happy to share this Eucharist together and remained for fellowship with a cup of tea and biscuits. The next Mass will be on 18th June 2015, details to follow.
Committee Members General Naomi Sanchez
President Melissa Moore Anna Mangano
Vice President Carolyn Burge Amber Tavinor
Secretary Kerryn Cerchiaro Lisa Ferracane
Asst Secretary Tracey Thomas Claudia Sajeba
Treasurer Irie Findlay Jessica McLardie
Asst Treasurer Nicola Schultze Marlene Johnson
Board Rep Tania Johnson Allison Hellier
Sr Joy
Next P & F Meeting -
TUESDAY 20th JULY at 7pm in the
Staffroom.
MONDAY 22nd JUNE—Potato Day
TRINITY PARENTS & FRIENDS
NEWSLETTER WEDNESDAY 10th JUNE 2015
Hello everyone,
BAKED POTATO DAY
Not long now until our next fundraiser Potato Day on Monday 22nd June 2015.
All forms are due back NO LATER than Wednesday 17th June 2015.
To make this event run smoothly we would love as many helpers as possible.
If you are available to help out on the day, even if for only a short time, it would be greatly appreciated. Helpers are needed from around 11am until 1.30pm.
Please fill out the section at the bottom of the form and Carolyn Burge will
contact you.
BLINGO
Information about our Blingo night that is being held on Saturday 8th
August 2015, will go home to families in the coming weeks. Blingo is going to be a fun night with Bingo, Live Auction, Silent Auctions and other
Games.
DONATIONS
We would greatly appreciate donations towards our Blingo (adults only event) in August, and the Father’s Day Raffle in September. If you have any new items you would like to donate, please drop
them off at the office.
JOIN OUR COMMITTEE
We welcome any new members to the P&F Committee, it’s never too late to join us. If you cannot make our monthly meeting, that’s ok, we love helpers on the day of our events. Joining our
committee is a great way to meet new people. If you are interested or would like further
information please contact Melissa on 0416 025 494.
