Holy Trinity Primary Granville

The new Kindergarten children and their families enjoyed a great evening at the Kindergarten BBQ and Disco last week. The children and many parents and teachers danced the night away. I am sure the kinder children and their families feel part of our great community of Holy Trinity.

Thank you to those many parents who were able to come in and have a look at the classrooms with their children and then share their hopes with the teachers.

We hope the more informal approach gave you a better opportunity to meet with your child’s class teacher. If you could not attend last week, you are still very welcome to meet with the teachers, please make an appointment through the office.

PBS4L - Positive Behaviour Support For Learning:

To create a positive school environment centred on learning, all classes at Holy Trinity have been completing a set of lessons to help each child achieve their best.

These lessons include:

• We listen and respond to others. We follow instructions.
• We keep our hands and feet to ourselves.
• We respect the personal space of others.
• We care about the wellbeing of ourselves and others.
• We strive to do our personal best.
• We can take learning risks. We are problem solvers.
• We are in the right place at the right time.
• We move from place to place calmly.
• We take care of property.  We keep our school clean.

Shrove Tuesday 25th February:     On Tuesday we will be making pancakes for the children to mark Shrove Tuesday. This day traditionally was for people to clear out their cupboards before fasting during Lent. Often any leftover flour was used to make pancakes. We thank our wonderful parents,  Mrs Bou-Francis, Mrs Batistic, Mrs El-Hajj and Mrs Shamaa, who have offered to assist on the day.

Lent:     Lent begins next week with Ash Wednesday. On this day the children will receive a special cross of ashes on their foreheads which are made from the burnt palms we receive at mass on Palm Sunday. Parents are most welcome to join our Ash Wednesday Liturgy on the 26th February at 9:15am. During the six weeks of Lent, Catholics take part in penance and fasting, prayer and giving to the poor in preparation for Easter. 

During Lent we will again be taking part in the Project Compassion appeal which reaches out to people across the world who need our help.

Parish Mass Times:

                                                                                                                                                                                            RECONCILIATION

              SUNDAY MASSES                                                    WEEKDAY MASSES                                                   First Friday Of The Month   

                Saturday   6.00pm                                                    Monday 9.15am                                                                6.15pm - 6.45pm 

                Sunday 10.00am                                                        Tuesday 7.00pm                                                     Saturday 5.00pm - 5.45pm 

     Vietnamese Chaplaincy Mass                                         Wednesday 8.15am

                Sunday 5.00pm                                                        Thursday 8.15am                                                      HOLY MASS & ADORATION OF

        Ghanaian Chaplaincy Mass                                                Friday 8.15am                                                         THE BLESSED SACRAMENT

                Sunday 11.30am                                                        Saturday 8.15am                                                                    Tuesday 6.30pm

  (Second & last Sunday Of Each Month)                          Traditional Latin Mass                                                  First Friday Of The Month 7.00pm

                                                                                       First Thursday Of The Month 7.00pm

School fee statements have now been issued and are payable by the 18th March.

If you would like to discuss the fees, please contact the school office.

The students are to wear their Sports Uniform of the following days:

                        Kindergarten    -    Wednesday and Thursday

                        Year 1 and 2    -    Wednesday and Friday

                        Year 3 and 4    -    Thursday and Friday

                        Year 5 and 6    -    Tuesday and Friday

The school canteen is open on each day of the week.  The canteen is open from 8.30am to receive orders and sell breakfast foods.

To order lunch from the canteen you should write the order on the front of a large paper bag with the child’s name and class and the amount of money enclosed. If you are unable to place the correct amount of money in the bag, change will then be given to your child.

Or email Leila at:    orders@healthyharvestcanteen.com.au

The children place their lunch order bags in the tub in the classroom at the beginning of the day which is then sent done to the canteen.

At Holy Trinity there is a strict “No Hat No Play” rule.

Please ensure that your child always wears their hat to school each day.

We only have a limited number of second-hand hats that can be borrowed.

Both the school bucket hat and the wide brim hat are available to purchase from OZ Fashions, 115-127 Parramatta Road, Granville.

Please ensure your child’s name is written in permanent marker inside the hat.

We offer student banking our school. A school banking envelope was sent home last week with details. There is no obligation to bank.

A Youthsaver account is needed.

If you would like your child to participate, or to find out more information, please visit:

                                              commbank.com.au/school/banking

Student Banking is to brought into school on FRIDAY if you would like your child to bank.

10 school weeks in writing must be given to the principal before removal of a student or a full term’s fees will be payable. 

This requirement is in recognition by the family of the commitment to assist funding of the School by having their child take a place that could have been offered to another family.

Instructions for parents installing the SkoolBag app.

The SkoolBag school app is the easiest way for parents to stay up-to-date with the school events, notes, newsletters and all school communications.

Follow the instructions below to download the SkoolBag app and stay connected with what’s happening at Holy Trinity.

For iPhone and iPad users:

Click on the “Download on the App Store” button above, or go to the Apple App Store, search for “SkoolBag” and download the free SkoolBag app. After opening the app, add your school(s) and you’re ready to go!

For Google Android Users:

Click on the “Get it on Google play” button above, or go to the Google Play Store, search for “SkoolBag” and download the free SkoolBag app. After opening the app, add your school(s) and you’re ready to go!

If , at any time, you find that you have a concern with the school, you are encouraged to come to the school and speak with the teacher/s, assistant principal and/or principal, to identify your concern.

It is our aim to work with all members of our school community to ensure that we do the very best to provide a productive, safe and enjoyable learning experience for our students and professionally fulfilling experience for our staff.

If you would like to raise a concern, the Catholic Education Office has guidelines for ensuring that complaints are handled fairly. Information about how to handle complaints either informally or formally is accessed on the school website or system website. 

Congratulations to the following students who celebrate their Birthday in February:

    Peter L, Tigi K, Jermayne G, Lilly M, Rashad B, Joseph N, Jeremiah K, Edelina c, Matthew M, Emilia S, Charles B, Samipya P, Shishir K, Leila T, Yar M, Hany A, Anglelica S, Chezka P, Rowland L, Luv R.

Congratulations to the following students who celebrate their Birthday in March:

   Benjamin B, Joseph E, Julian Mouawad, Ashmith S, Jeer M, Naomi O, Grace B, Hannah J, Ephraim C.