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The Month of October
The Month of the Holy Rosary 2022 begins on Saturday, October 1st, and ends on Monday, October 31st. Traditionally, Catholics dedicated the month of October to the Most Holy Rosary. This is primarily due to the fact that the liturgical feast of Our Lady of the Rosary is celebrated annually on October 7. It was instituted to honour the Blessed Virgin Mary in gratitude for the protection that she gives the Church in answer to the praying of the Rosary by the faithful.
Medical Management- New Guidelines
MACS - Melbourne Archdiocese Catholic Schools Melbourne has introduced a number of new policies and procedures for schools to manage the medical conditions of students.
Parents are required to complete a medication authority form if their child requires the administration of medication at school. This includes ventolin for asthma, epipen for anaphylaxis or antihistamine for allergies. This week we will send home the form for students who we have on record with these medical conditions.
It is a requirement for parents to also complete a medication authority form, if your child requires medication at school for a short period of time such as antibiotics,cough mixture or panadol. We are no longer able to administer medication to students without this completed form.
A copy of the form can be located on the school app or on the left hand side of the newsletter in a folder labelled “Medical”
Throughout this term we will contact parents of students with a health condition/healthcare need to complete a medical management plan, to ensure we have the correct information and plan in place to support the student.
Curriculum Term Outlines
Teachers will email parents this week the curriculum term outlines for term 4. This will include information about the learning for this term, along with important dates for year levels.
IMPORTANT DATES:
11th October Yr 3-6 Excursion
12th October F-2 Excursion
12th October Yr 3 & 4 Mass 10:00am
15th October P & F Trivia Night
18th October Socktober
20th October Whole School Assembly 3:00pm
26th October Whole school Grandparent & Special Friend Mass and activities 9:00am - 11:40am
Monday 31st October School closure day
Tuesday 1st November Melbourne Cup holiday
2nd November Hour of Code
11th November Remembrance Day assembly
18th November Athletics Day
21st - 24th November Book Fair
22nd November RACV Safety Squad incursion
24th November Kaboom Sports day
27th November 1st Sunday Advent
28th November St Catherine Laboure Feast day
30th November Whole school Mass for St Catherine Laboure Feast day 10:00am
1st December School Christmas Carols 5:00pm - 7:00pm
4th December 2nd Sunday Advent
5th - 9th December F-4 swimming program
11th December 3rd Sunday Advent
14th December Whole School end of year Mass & Foundation Nativity 10:00am
Monday 19th December End of Term for students 2:30pm
Carmel Donlon on Leave
Carmel Donlon is currently on leave and is planning to be back at school towards the end of November. Please contact me directly if you require any assistance, queries or questions. During her absence Maree Hills will be released for leadership responsibilities on a Tuesday. Maree will be replaced in the classroom by Kelli Martinelli. Megan Moore will be released for leadership on Fridays. Megan will be replaced in the classroom by Sandra Renehan.
Our Patch- Term 4 Specialist Program
This term Our Patch, our before and after school care provider will be offering a specialist program on Tuesdays.
If you would like your child to attend you will need to register your child with Our Patch and book them to attend after school care on Tuesdays. Please see Our Patch’s website link below.
18th October
Here in Australia, October marks World Mission Month, a celebration of the global work of the Church and the dedication of missionaries, both religious and lay, as they reach out and support children and communities in need around the world.
This term our Inquiry concept is all about community and our involvement in this project provides a wonderful way for our school community to help others.
Catholic Mission, as the Australian agency of the Pontifical Mission Societies, contributes funding and provides project support to critical church-run initiatives in Africa, Asia, Oceania and South America as well as remote dioceses within Australia.
Throughout World Mission Month in 2022, Catholic Mission are highlighting stories of mission from our partner country, Ethiopia. Across Australia, students will learn about a different reality to their own, and support the nutrition, health and education needs of children in remote communities.
To participate in Socktober this year on the 18th October the students are asked to wear crazy socks and bring along a gold coin donation that will be sent to Catholic Mission Australia. The students will still need to wear their school uniform on the day but they can be as creative as they like in how and where they wear their socks.
The game of soccer unites communities around the world. On the 18th each class will be allocated a time to go and shoot as many goals as they can over a time period. The students will be using the same home made soccer balls used by the children around the world including Pope Francis when he was a boy in Argentina. The classes will be making soccer balls from recycled materials next week. Please send along some odd socks, plastic bags, twine or wool to your child’s classroom by the 14th October. The following link shows how the sock balls are made. How to make a sock ball
Everyone is invited to come along to our whole school assembly on the 20th October at 3:00pm in the learning hub.
Our Year 6 Sustainability and Faith and Mission leaders will lead us in a prayer service for Mission week. We will be joined by our local member of Parliament Mr Nick Staikos who will be presenting the Lorraine Francis award to one of our Year 6 students.
Thank you for ongoing support,
Maree Hills
Granparents/Special Friends Welcome
Coming up next month.....
A great day was had by all and a special thanks to my wonderful Sport Leaders and year 6 students who helped out on the day.
GOOD LUCK!
Good luck to Zara (1500m), Nathan (Long Jump), Alexander D (200m) and Xavier (High Jump) who are competing in the Beachside Athletics Carnival tomorow.
What an acheivement to get to this level
For the first time, Holy Trinity Parish is participating in the Combined Catholic Parishes Raffle. This is a major fundraising opportunity. Tickets are just $2, and every ticket sold generates $1.50 for Holy Trinity Parish.
The raffle will run from Sept 16th to Nov 2nd drawn on Dec 3rd, 2022.
The Grand Prize will be a $19,500-drive-away Kia Picanto S Auto, with many good consolation prizes.
There are 10 raffle tickets in each book; books sell @ $20, tickets are only $2.
To order your raffle book, please visit the parish website here and to select your preferred collection point.
Prizes:-
1st Prize: $19,500 Drive away Kia Picanto S Auto. 1.4 ltr Auto, Wireless Apple Car Play & Android, rear parking sensors, 7 Year unlimited km warranty, cruise control and reverse Camera.
2nd Prize: Gift Card to the value of $5,000
3rd Prize: Gift Card to the value of $2,000
4th Prize: Gift Card to the value of $1,000
5th Prize: Gift Card to the value of @ $500 each
6th Prize: Gift Card to the value of @ $500 each
