Principal's Message
Dear Families
On Tuesday we celebrated the beginning of the school year in our church with a prayer service organised by Taryn. This was followed by a Welcome Sausage Sizzle after school. It was great to gather firstly in our church and then to welcome our new families to our community. 'Their Care' (our after school care providers) supplied free coffee to enable parents to gather and mingle.
Mini Vinnies 2025
The St Vincent de Paul Society aspires to live the gospel message by serving Christ in the poor with love, respect, justice, hope and joy, and by working to shape a more just and compassionate society. Our Mini Vinnies team at school work as part of the Parish's St Vincent de Paul group. We work as a caring Catholic charity offering 'a hand up' to people in need. This year twenty-four students in Gr 5 & 6 have volunteered to work as part of our Mini Vinnies team. We will work in smaller groups to plan and implement fundraising activities for our school. We congratulate and acknowledge our Mini Vinnies Team for 2025:
Ash Wednesday and Lent
On Wednesday March 5th is Ash Wednesday and it starts the church season of LENT. During Lent we reflect on our lives and try to change the things we need to change in order to lead more meaningful and purposeful lives. This prayer is taken from The Australian Children's Prayer Book and it is simple and meaningful. You might like to share it with your family. I find reading a simple, short prayer before a special meal can be really positive.
LENT PRAYER
Loving God, as we begin this season of Lent
we pray that over these 40 days,
we will open our minds and hearts
to recognise and respond to the needs of others.
Help us to be kind to those around us,
especially friends and family.
Through prayer, fasting and giving to those in need,
may we be ready to enter more fully
into the days of Holy Week. Amen
Suggested New School Times
Presently the staff are workshopping a proposed change to our school daily timetable. Staff are wanting to promote the best structure to support student learning and are thinking about behavioural issues on the yard particularly at lunch times. The following bell time structure is proposed to start in term 2:
8.50am music starts 8.55am bell
10.55 bell to start eating time
11am bell to start recess
11.25 music 11.30 bell to finish recess
1.30pm bell to start eating time 1.40 bell to start lunchtime
2.15 music 2.20pm bell to finish lunchtime
3.20 bell to finish school.
The advantage of this structure is that students have two longer learning blocks, followed by a shorter learning block in the afternoon when they are tired. We believe the shorter lunch break will have a positive effect on the behavioural pattern of issues that often happen in the last 10 minutes of lunchtime. School will finish at 3.20pm rather than 3.30pm. We are interested in your thinking about this change. You can let your class teacher know what your thoughts are or you could email me principal@trafalgar.catholic.edu.au
Athletics Carnival
On Thursday March 20th we will be running an annual Athletics Carnival at the Geoff Watt track in Warragul. In Physical Education lessons in class we will be revising the athletic skills for the track and field events. Taryn will be organising the Athletics Carnival for us and will be asking for volunteers to help run the day soon. It really is a great day for everyone, so look out for further information to come.
A Few Reminders
Icypoles are sold in terms 1 & 4 for $1 each
