From the Acting Principal

Trinity Catholic College Lismore

the Lantern No 15 Week Ten Term Three

Wednesday 21st September 2016

Celebrating

130 Years

Dear ParentsGuardians

Reflection on last Sundayrsquos reading Luke 1610-13

Jesus said ldquoWhoever is faithful in a very little is faithful also in much and whoever is dishonest in a very little is dishonest also in much If then you have not been faithful with the dishonest wealth who will entrust to you the true riches And if you have not been faithful with what belongs to another who will give you what is your own No slave can serve two masters for a slave will either hate the one and love the other or be devoted to the one and despise the other You cannot serve God and wealthrdquo

True wealth consists not in what we keep but in what we give away As soon as a person has more than they need the extra they have belongs by right to the person who has not enough We are Godrsquos stewards All that we have belongs to him-our time our talents our money our property

There is an African proverb that says ldquoWhen you pray move your feetrdquo It is good to be silent and attentive in prayer But the love that grows in me through meeting the Lord in quiet prayer must translate into deeds of love Saint Ignatius of Loyola says that ldquolove is found in deeds rather than in wordsrdquo

There is a re-affirming message for us at Trinity

OUR FAREWELL WEEK FOR YEAR 12By the time you receive this Lantern half the week will be over and our Year 12 students will be preparing for their Graduation day ndash a very special event in their school history Earlier this week students were farewelled in House groups - speeches delivered gifts exchanged and gratitude expressed Our Graduation day ceremonies will tie off the week for Year 12 students in a special way Mass will be celebrated by Father Nicholas for the whole school and parents of Year 12 students Later on the same day we will hold a prize giving ceremony to highlight and celebrate the academic excellence achieved by Year 12 students in their school courses Some awards are held over to the Graduation Ball and the Dux will be announced in a special assembly

in 2017 Graduation day is always a great day for our whole College and parents of Year 12 students

FAREWELL MR ALF GREENRecently Mr Alf Green our Aboringinal Education Assistant resigned after almost 5 years in his position A more gentler and humble man would be difficult to find and Mr

Greenrsquos presence will be missed at Trinity We wish you well Mr Green

PRIVACY POLICYRecently there have been some changes to the CECNSW Privacy manual necessitating the College to revise its own Privacy policy and related guidelines The updated material is available on the College website or by following this link

httptrinitylismorensweduauprivacy-policy

SCHOOL ZONESThe Catholic Education Commission of NSW (CCERNSW) is keen to see that parents are aware of school zones thus

A reminder to all parents ahead of the break at the end of Term3 that school zones remain in place for the safety of our children and families

School zones operate on all gazetted school days which are all days that the school is open even pupil free days

For Trinity this will mean that Monday 10th October which is a staff day is also considered a school zone day

PARENT ASSEMBLYIn the last two Lanterns we promoted a Parent Assembly gathering titled lsquoWhy Parents Matterrsquo with presenter Mr Chris Hudson This was held last Wednesday and was an exceptionally good presentation I am sure those parents who attended would have left the evening being both reaffirmed and perhaps challenged in their roles as parents I would like to thank our Parent Assembly committee for bringing this opportunity to Lismore Tundra Snape Sue Miller Helen Heineman Jo Kelly Kylie Hawkins Zelinda Brown and Sr Mary Bruggy

CAPA EXCELLENCETrinity is well renown for the great achievements of the CAPA students and staff across Dance Visual Art Music and Drama Today I highlight Drama This year the following students have been nominated for inclusion in On Stage- a showcase of the best Drama presentations by all HSC students in the state

Sanjana Jose ndash individual and group nomination

Saskia Flynn ndash individual and group nomination

Carly Wardell ndash group nomination

Ayls Brown Trout ndash individual nomination

Emily Van Arendonk ndash individual nomination

This is tremendous recognition for these students and their

DiaryTERM THREE

2016

Week TenThursday 22 September bull 915am Year 12 Graduation

Mass

Friday 23 September bull Ignite Conferencebull 1156am College Assemblybull End of Term 3

TERM FOUR2016

Week OneMonday 10 October bull STAFF DAY

Tuesday 11 October bull Students Resume Classes for

Term 4bull India Immersionbull Year 11 Reflection Day

Wednesday 12 October bull India Immersionbull 1130am Year 10 Dio RE Testbull 1230pm Year 11 Dio RE Test

Thursday 13 October bull India Immersion

Friday 14 October bull India Immersionbull HSC Examinationsbull 1156am Pastoral House

Meetings

Week TwoMonday 17 October bull Year 7 Vaccinations

Tuesday 18 October bull Year 9 Geography Excursionbull Year 9 History Excursion

teacher Mrs Melhuish and we offer them a big congratulations

SJS BUILDING PROJECTRecently plans have been activated for the renovation and refurbishment of the SJS staff study and renovation of areas in SJS library We hope that the noisy demolition aspects of this building project will be completed in the coming holidays It is an exciting project and we look forward to the planned outcome The project should be completed early in the 2017 school year

HOLIDAYSThe last day of school this term is Friday 23rd September and all students are expected to attend unless illness prevents this Classes will resume on Tuesday 11th October For most students the holiday period will be a welcome break from the demands of a winter term but for Year 12 students it is not the case For these students a significant amount of time will need to be devoted to study in preparation for the HSC exams that begin early in Term 4 The College is opening up a silent study facility in SMS Hall on most days of the holidays Parents of Year 12 students should have received an email from me regarding this opportunity and Year 12 students have received information on how to book in to these sessions

INDIA IMMERSIONBest wishes to Mrs Spark Mrs Axman and Ms Mackney who will lead our group of Year 11 girls on immersion to India The group will depart next week and be away for almost 3 weeks There is no doubt the girls will return enriched with a greater awareness of those less fortunate than themselves

DELANEY CUPThey did it again Champagnat House finished atop of the pointscore Read more about it in this Lantern

LEAVING TRINITY AT THE END OF 2016Parents should your child not be returning to Trinity next year and you have not yet informed us could you please do so as soon as your plans have been finalized

Take care and God Bless

Mr John LoadsmanActing Principal

Year 12 Graduation Mass and Farewell

Thursday 22nd September 2016Mass begins at 915am

(please be seated at 900am)

1030 Morning Tea for Year 12 students ParentsCarers and Staff

1115am - 100pm Academic Assembly and Farewell

WHATrsquoS ON FOR YEAR 12Well the countdown has drawn to a close for Year 12 I sincerely thank Year 12 for maintaining focus in these weeks after the Trials no other Graduating class has been able to be on side right up until the last day I think this reflects the whole group and the caliber of them I encourage all of them not to lose focus at this stage enjoy these final days and know that the work completed now will hold them in good stead for the exams to follow next Term

Again I cordially invite all our Year 12 parents and friends to be present for Graduation Day We commence the day with Mass 915am All Year 12 students will need to be at the College by 830am to ensure a smooth start to this wonderful day We will be offering Morning tea from 1030am ndash 1115am and then we gather to award our Academic achievers and conclude with our Farewell to Year 12 by 100pm All Year 12 students will then depart the College with their families

WHATrsquoS ON FOR YEAR 11 I would like to thank all Year 11 students who contributed to the House Lunch Farewells held on Tuesday Your generosity towards the Year 12 luncheon was greatly appreciated Thursday is Year 12 Graduation Day and I would expect all Year 11 students to be present on this day to assist with our Farewells to Year 12 It is most important that the incoming leaders of the College support the outgoing leaders this is also where the junior school recognises what is important around here

I wish all members of our Senior School a restful holiday and look forward to Term 4 all feeling refreshed and ready for all that life holds for us

Mrs Karen Davies

From the Assistant Principal - Senior School

PRELIMINARY INTO HSC COURSESStudents in Year 11 have received their form to drop or pick up subjects into the HSC course These are due back on Friday 23rd September

HSC EXAMSThe HSC exams start with English on Thursday 13th October These exams continue until Friday 4th November

INTERIM REPORTSYear 7 to 10 students will receive an interim report on Friday this week Any student who receives an N (needs improvement) must attend a ParentStudentTeacher night in Term 4 Information about Parent Student Teacher Nights will be emailed next Term

Mrs Victoria Nicolas

From the Director of Curriculum

Many thanks to those parents and teenagers who have attended 10 with Teens In response to interest in 10 with Teens a series has been prepared for term 3 and 4 Below are the topics planned for the given weekends at 6pm on Saturday and Sunday evening

Term 3

1516 October Anxiety

Term 4

56 November Finding Direction

1920 November What was I born to do

34 December Popularity vs Faith

10 with Teens provides a forum for teenagers to explore the Catholic Faith and ask the big questions of life Over 10 minutes with the guidance of a priest varied topics related to the Catholic Faith will be concisely presented with opportunity for questions and discussion 10 with Teens seeks to assist the efforts of parents in the faith formation of their teenagers 10 with Teens will take place at 6pm on Saturday and Sunday in Doyle House beside St Carthagersquos Cathedral Parents are encouraged to be present during 10 with Teens If you would like more information please speak to one of the priests Fr Nicolas Maurice or Fr James Foster (p 6626 0200 e adminstcarthagesorgau) Please pray for this initiative to assist our teenagers and their parents

10 WITH TEENSFAITH FOR LIFE

As we come to the end of a very busy Term and are in the process of farewelling our Year 12 students it is also time to make some preparations for next Term With this in mind a large amount of planning has been going into an upcoming event for our Year 9 students During Week 4 next Term our Year 9 students will be participating in their annual outdoor education camp and Peer Leadership training days

The two night camp provides students with the opportunity to take healthy risks support help and encourage each other further develop respect for each other and the environment and practice listening tolerance and trust The camp is combined with two days of Peer Leadership training that not only leads into the running of our Peer Support program next year but also provides students with skills which are transferrable across a range of contexts The following skills are explored during the training relationship building communication empathy decision making problem solving creative thinking flexibility assertiveness facilitation

In completing the two days in conjunction with the outdoor education camp students are provided with a week long experience that helps tobull provide opportunities to develop and practise leadership skills which can be utilised in other areasbull develop confidence in studentsbull build positive relationships across the schoolbull assist students in gaining skills which are highly regarded by employersbull increase interpersonal skills and improves personal relationshipsbull provide opportunities to demonstrate initiativebull develop organisational and time management skillsbull enhance relationships within the year group

Along with many other staff I look forward to accompanying these students on what promises to be a highly valuable experience

R U OK DAYThursday 8th September 2016 saw Trinity participate in an awareness raising activity that was a collaboration between Trinity StandBy Response Service and Headspace R U OK DAY at Trinity involved students and staff in constructing and decorating some small kites and paper aeroplanes The focus was on positive messages strategies for caring for self and others and conversations about how we can support ourselves and others This activity proved to be a big hit with both staff and students What a great way to have some fun and raise awareness about some very important messages Some of you may have noticed an article in the Northern Star featuring two of our Year 12 students who also assisted and participated on the day Lucie Lawerence and James McInnes You can see by the photographs below the level of involvement and the students are to be commended for the way in which they embraced the messages and engaged in the activities on the day

UNIFORMAs many parents may be aware over the last few weeks a number of staff have been having conversations with students regarding uniform and the requirements here at Trinity As such it cannot be denied that for many students the times of rapid growth provide some challenges in regards to uniform and when we add in the complexities of adolescence combined with a variance in societal expectations from years past the challenges seem to mount up It is important to emphasise then the requirements as outlined in the College Planner to assist in limiting the amount of ambiguity that can occur in regards to expectations at the College Additionally all students have been reminded at various levels about expectations and requirements regarding hair cutsstyles jewellery the use of makeup and other sometimes fashion dependant additions to their attire

Acting Assistant Principal - Middle School

ldquoAll students are expected to have the correct full College uniform and to take pride in it A good public image is important and this should be promoted at all times If on a particular day a student is unable to wear any part of the uniforman INCORRECT UNIFORM NOTE (located in the back of the Planner) must be completed by the studentrsquos ParentCarer and presented to their Tutor at the beginning of the day Such a note would cover uniform articles at the dry cleaners the intention to buy a new pair of shoes as soon as possible etcetera The uniform when worn should be worn in full After school trips down the street or to ParentStudentTeacher Interviews should reflect the importance of public imagerdquo

In addition to the above please refer to the photos below which provide a visual reference regarding College uniform and student presentation Once a student puts on the College uniform they are not only representing themselves but rather the entire College thus it is important for this to be worn well displaying pride in themselves and the school community Thank you for your support in regards to this I am sure you would agree that our students really do lsquolook the partrsquo when wearing the uniform correctly

DELANEY CUPAt the conclusion of our assembly last Friday Champagnat House were acclaimed as the winners of the Delaney Cup for 2016 Congratulations to the students and staff of Champagnat House who will now have the opportunity to attend an excursion to WetrsquonrsquoWild water park early next term on Wednesday 19th October

The Delaney Cup provides students with an opportunity to be rewarded for their level of cooperation involvement and engagement in a range of activities at the College All students are to be commended on the level of House spirit displayed at various events at the College and the way in which they avail themselves of the extra curricular opportunities at the College that are participated in on a voluntary basis Our Delaney Cup assembly last Friday was most definitely a sight to see Numerous students representing their House with pride and enthusiasm in an activity that was both fun and engaging for all spectators created an extremely positive atmosphere allowing students to acclaim the participation of their peers

The students at Trinity demonstrate time and time again their willingness to get involved in awareness raising activities associated with both local and global issues Towards the end of our assembly staff and students were shown a clip about a global movement designed to raise awareness regarding mental health issues associated with returned service men and women Those of you familiar with the 22 pushups in 22 days phenomena that has gone viral across many social media

platforms would already be aware of this movement It was inspiring to see at the conclusion of the clip 220 of our own students (22 from each house from all year levels) complete 22 pushups in unison in front of the entire college community It was fantastic to witness and just goes to show that students at Trinity are able to recognise social justice issues and proactively respond in a way that not only shows support of those effected but also assists in educating others about the issue This is a great thought when considering that the students of today will be the leaders of tomorrow

Mr Tony Flood

Summer Sport Winter

Tournament of the Minds

Tournament of the Minds is a competition that challenges you your team work skills and your imagineering skills On 28th August Trinity sent two teams to Kingscliff to compete in the Regional Finals One of the teams contained Merina Penanueva ndash 7 Nicholas Vinall ndash 7 Brooke Toms ndash 8 Dakota Jones ndash 8 Elise Davies ndash 8 Arky Walker ndash 9 and Liam Baille ndash 9 their question looked at the studies of Language Literature specifically using the idea of a gathering where particular people have to be involved for a certain reason The people they used were Major Tom Alice in Wonderland and The Scream

The second team competing consisted of William Smith ndash 7 Tamati Ngatai ndash 7 Gabriel Halligan ndash 7 Lucinda Cochrane ndash 8 Blaire Alexander-Gordan ndash 9 and Amelia McGeary -10 who competed in the category of Engineering and Mathematics where they had to develop a mechanism that could determine whether or not a rectangle was in the golden ratio

Both teams had a 6-week period to answer their question and polish off their 10 min performance Fortunately the hard work paid off for the Engineering and Mathematics team who won at Regionals meaning that they would compete at State Finals in Sydney in early September Sydney was a similar ordeal with the same type of question but only 3 hours to come up with the answer and a 10 min performance The question at Sydney involved building a replica of a human out of paddle pop sticks and other resources that could complete the sport Standing High-Jump The replica human had to be as life like as possible and the bending of the knees action should be shown on the replica All together Tournament of the Minds is a fantastic competition that builds many life and performance skills and is a great experience

Amelia McGeary - Year 10

Language Literature TeamEngineering and Mathematics Team

YEAR 11 REFLECTION DAY

On Tuesday 11th October the Year 11 Reflection Day will take place It is being held at the Alstonville Baptist Hall Students will depart from Trinity Catholic College Lismore on bus at 900am and will return back to the College by 300pm

Members of the Marist Youth Ministry Team (MYM) who specialise in working with young people in retreat style settings will facilitate the day The Reflection Day will focus on preparing our Year 11 students for their final year at Trinity with them as leaders central to the dayrsquos theme

It is an opportunity for our students to reflect on their year so far and provide insights as to how they can make the most of their final year here at Trinity

Students are to bring their recess lunch and water bottle They are required to wear comfortable appropriate casual clothes Students may choose to bring an old cushionpillow for sitting on the floor

This day is a compulsory school event for all Year 11 students If your child is unable to attend the Reflection Day please contact Mr Luke Miller at the College prior to the event

Mr Luke Miller

Director of Mission

Earlier this year our students had the opportunity to participate in the Language Perfect Olympics which saw many of our students receive certificates to recognise their commitment to learning vocabulary for their foreign language

The awards were presented as follows-

Credit awards were presented to the top 20 of the 33000 students world-wide who participated - Mollie Greenhalgh-Boyd Natasha Hallinan David Normoyle Jemima Owen Sophia Walston

Bronze Awards for those in the top 10 were Beth Eastmon Indi Gambold Lochie Hughes Narika Snape and Halle Clark

A Silver Award was presented to Eleonor Logan-Cole which placed her in the top 5 of all competitors and the Gold awards which place the students in the top 2 went to Keely Foster Jacinta Wu and Laura Kinghellip and who this year answered a massive 23473 questions

The elite category places students in the top 02 of students and this year Calum Harrison of Year 11 answered a massive 25593 questions in the period that 2-week period

In late August also the Language Perfect State Championships were held as a follow up to earlier competitions and again Calum Harrison featured highly showing his commitment and coming in at 5th in the state I would like to congratulate all those students who took the initiative and entered these self-motivated tasks

Mrs Beth Grace - Head of LOTE

LOTE News

On Wednesday 14th September Trinity Catholic Collegersquos Parent Assembly hosted Presenter Mr Chris Hudson

Chrisrsquo seminar was based on the important topic of WHY PARENTS MATTER and it was great to see a good attendance on the evening

Chris spoke passionately about how valuable Parents are in their childrenrsquos lives (in spite of how Parents feel at times) Chris gave Parents practical insights and suggestions to achieve success with their parenting not just to survive the experience but rather to actually thrive throughout it and to succeed in raising healthy and happy young adults For further information and practical advice about this topic please click on the following link httpunderstandingteenagerscomauPDFparents_matter

A special thanks goes to St Carthagersquos Primary School for lending us their Library venue for the event

Thanks also must go to Sr Mary Bruggy and fellow Trinity Parent Assembly Parent team members Tundra Helen Sue and Kylie who helped organise this most successful and helpful event

We were grateful for the assistance of our senior students Narika Grace Jamilla Anna and Wil who provided assistance with handing out information bags and supervision of younger students during the evening

Mrs Zelinda Brown

Trinity Parent Assembly News

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTAs the Trinity Parent Assembly Reps we would like to acknowledge amp thank Sr Mary Bruggy Mrs Zelinda Brown amp Mrs Jo Kelly (Catholic Schools Office Lismore) for their support amp encouragement in helping the newly formed team plan amp organise the first of many informative Parent Assembly evenings at Trinity

Many thanks to all those Parents amp Caregivers who attended this successful event we look forward to sharing other opportunities with you in Term 4 Watch this space

Tundra Sue Kylie and Helen

Games Evening activities Outdoor activities in

beautiful surroundings

FAITH

FAMILY RETREAT

2016

Relax and enjoy quality family time and activities Meet and connect with other families All families welcome

FUN

Costs covered excluding some optional

activities

Click HERE or go to httpgooglUygRMH Choose either the date or the venue that suits you Northern Retreat October 2223 Tyalgum Ridge Retreat For more information contact Jo Kelly (m) 0407706454 Southern Retreat October 2930 SDA Convention Centre Stuarts Point For more information contact Peta Rourke (m) 0400420614

Join us for the 2016 Family Retreat Nourish Nurture Grow

HOW TO REGISTER

Programs for all ages 0mdashAdult Adult Sessions facilitated by the Missionaries

of Godrsquos Love Meeting you where you are at in

your faith journey Mass reconciliation prayer FREE

LISMORE CATHOLIC SCHOOLS PARENT ASSEMBLY

Promoting Faith and Family for a Fullness of Life

FAMILY

WHATrsquoS ON FOR YEAR 12Well the countdown has drawn to a close for Year 12 I sincerely thank Year 12 for maintaining focus in these weeks after the Trials no other Graduating class has been able to be on side right up until the last day I think this reflects the whole group and the caliber of them I encourage all of them not to lose focus at this stage enjoy these final days and know that the work completed now will hold them in good stead for the exams to follow next Term

Again I cordially invite all our Year 12 parents and friends to be present for Graduation Day We commence the day with Mass 915am All Year 12 students will need to be at the College by 830am to ensure a smooth start to this wonderful day We will be offering Morning tea from 1030am ndash 1115am and then we gather to award our Academic achievers and conclude with our Farewell to Year 12 by 100pm All Year 12 students will then depart the College with their families

WHATrsquoS ON FOR YEAR 11 I would like to thank all Year 11 students who contributed to the House Lunch Farewells held on Tuesday Your generosity towards the Year 12 luncheon was greatly appreciated Thursday is Year 12 Graduation Day and I would expect all Year 11 students to be present on this day to assist with our Farewells to Year 12 It is most important that the incoming leaders of the College support the outgoing leaders this is also where the junior school recognises what is important around here

I wish all members of our Senior School a restful holiday and look forward to Term 4 all feeling refreshed and ready for all that life holds for us

Mrs Karen Davies

From the Assistant Principal - Senior School

PRELIMINARY INTO HSC COURSESStudents in Year 11 have received their form to drop or pick up subjects into the HSC course These are due back on Friday 23rd September

HSC EXAMSThe HSC exams start with English on Thursday 13th October These exams continue until Friday 4th November

INTERIM REPORTSYear 7 to 10 students will receive an interim report on Friday this week Any student who receives an N (needs improvement) must attend a ParentStudentTeacher night in Term 4 Information about Parent Student Teacher Nights will be emailed next Term

Mrs Victoria Nicolas

From the Director of Curriculum

Many thanks to those parents and teenagers who have attended 10 with Teens In response to interest in 10 with Teens a series has been prepared for term 3 and 4 Below are the topics planned for the given weekends at 6pm on Saturday and Sunday evening

Term 3

1516 October Anxiety

Term 4

56 November Finding Direction

1920 November What was I born to do

34 December Popularity vs Faith

10 with Teens provides a forum for teenagers to explore the Catholic Faith and ask the big questions of life Over 10 minutes with the guidance of a priest varied topics related to the Catholic Faith will be concisely presented with opportunity for questions and discussion 10 with Teens seeks to assist the efforts of parents in the faith formation of their teenagers 10 with Teens will take place at 6pm on Saturday and Sunday in Doyle House beside St Carthagersquos Cathedral Parents are encouraged to be present during 10 with Teens If you would like more information please speak to one of the priests Fr Nicolas Maurice or Fr James Foster (p 6626 0200 e adminstcarthagesorgau) Please pray for this initiative to assist our teenagers and their parents

10 WITH TEENSFAITH FOR LIFE

As we come to the end of a very busy Term and are in the process of farewelling our Year 12 students it is also time to make some preparations for next Term With this in mind a large amount of planning has been going into an upcoming event for our Year 9 students During Week 4 next Term our Year 9 students will be participating in their annual outdoor education camp and Peer Leadership training days

The two night camp provides students with the opportunity to take healthy risks support help and encourage each other further develop respect for each other and the environment and practice listening tolerance and trust The camp is combined with two days of Peer Leadership training that not only leads into the running of our Peer Support program next year but also provides students with skills which are transferrable across a range of contexts The following skills are explored during the training relationship building communication empathy decision making problem solving creative thinking flexibility assertiveness facilitation

In completing the two days in conjunction with the outdoor education camp students are provided with a week long experience that helps tobull provide opportunities to develop and practise leadership skills which can be utilised in other areasbull develop confidence in studentsbull build positive relationships across the schoolbull assist students in gaining skills which are highly regarded by employersbull increase interpersonal skills and improves personal relationshipsbull provide opportunities to demonstrate initiativebull develop organisational and time management skillsbull enhance relationships within the year group

Along with many other staff I look forward to accompanying these students on what promises to be a highly valuable experience

R U OK DAYThursday 8th September 2016 saw Trinity participate in an awareness raising activity that was a collaboration between Trinity StandBy Response Service and Headspace R U OK DAY at Trinity involved students and staff in constructing and decorating some small kites and paper aeroplanes The focus was on positive messages strategies for caring for self and others and conversations about how we can support ourselves and others This activity proved to be a big hit with both staff and students What a great way to have some fun and raise awareness about some very important messages Some of you may have noticed an article in the Northern Star featuring two of our Year 12 students who also assisted and participated on the day Lucie Lawerence and James McInnes You can see by the photographs below the level of involvement and the students are to be commended for the way in which they embraced the messages and engaged in the activities on the day

UNIFORMAs many parents may be aware over the last few weeks a number of staff have been having conversations with students regarding uniform and the requirements here at Trinity As such it cannot be denied that for many students the times of rapid growth provide some challenges in regards to uniform and when we add in the complexities of adolescence combined with a variance in societal expectations from years past the challenges seem to mount up It is important to emphasise then the requirements as outlined in the College Planner to assist in limiting the amount of ambiguity that can occur in regards to expectations at the College Additionally all students have been reminded at various levels about expectations and requirements regarding hair cutsstyles jewellery the use of makeup and other sometimes fashion dependant additions to their attire

Acting Assistant Principal - Middle School

ldquoAll students are expected to have the correct full College uniform and to take pride in it A good public image is important and this should be promoted at all times If on a particular day a student is unable to wear any part of the uniforman INCORRECT UNIFORM NOTE (located in the back of the Planner) must be completed by the studentrsquos ParentCarer and presented to their Tutor at the beginning of the day Such a note would cover uniform articles at the dry cleaners the intention to buy a new pair of shoes as soon as possible etcetera The uniform when worn should be worn in full After school trips down the street or to ParentStudentTeacher Interviews should reflect the importance of public imagerdquo

In addition to the above please refer to the photos below which provide a visual reference regarding College uniform and student presentation Once a student puts on the College uniform they are not only representing themselves but rather the entire College thus it is important for this to be worn well displaying pride in themselves and the school community Thank you for your support in regards to this I am sure you would agree that our students really do lsquolook the partrsquo when wearing the uniform correctly

DELANEY CUPAt the conclusion of our assembly last Friday Champagnat House were acclaimed as the winners of the Delaney Cup for 2016 Congratulations to the students and staff of Champagnat House who will now have the opportunity to attend an excursion to WetrsquonrsquoWild water park early next term on Wednesday 19th October

The Delaney Cup provides students with an opportunity to be rewarded for their level of cooperation involvement and engagement in a range of activities at the College All students are to be commended on the level of House spirit displayed at various events at the College and the way in which they avail themselves of the extra curricular opportunities at the College that are participated in on a voluntary basis Our Delaney Cup assembly last Friday was most definitely a sight to see Numerous students representing their House with pride and enthusiasm in an activity that was both fun and engaging for all spectators created an extremely positive atmosphere allowing students to acclaim the participation of their peers

The students at Trinity demonstrate time and time again their willingness to get involved in awareness raising activities associated with both local and global issues Towards the end of our assembly staff and students were shown a clip about a global movement designed to raise awareness regarding mental health issues associated with returned service men and women Those of you familiar with the 22 pushups in 22 days phenomena that has gone viral across many social media

platforms would already be aware of this movement It was inspiring to see at the conclusion of the clip 220 of our own students (22 from each house from all year levels) complete 22 pushups in unison in front of the entire college community It was fantastic to witness and just goes to show that students at Trinity are able to recognise social justice issues and proactively respond in a way that not only shows support of those effected but also assists in educating others about the issue This is a great thought when considering that the students of today will be the leaders of tomorrow

Mr Tony Flood

Summer Sport Winter

Tournament of the Minds

Tournament of the Minds is a competition that challenges you your team work skills and your imagineering skills On 28th August Trinity sent two teams to Kingscliff to compete in the Regional Finals One of the teams contained Merina Penanueva ndash 7 Nicholas Vinall ndash 7 Brooke Toms ndash 8 Dakota Jones ndash 8 Elise Davies ndash 8 Arky Walker ndash 9 and Liam Baille ndash 9 their question looked at the studies of Language Literature specifically using the idea of a gathering where particular people have to be involved for a certain reason The people they used were Major Tom Alice in Wonderland and The Scream

The second team competing consisted of William Smith ndash 7 Tamati Ngatai ndash 7 Gabriel Halligan ndash 7 Lucinda Cochrane ndash 8 Blaire Alexander-Gordan ndash 9 and Amelia McGeary -10 who competed in the category of Engineering and Mathematics where they had to develop a mechanism that could determine whether or not a rectangle was in the golden ratio

Both teams had a 6-week period to answer their question and polish off their 10 min performance Fortunately the hard work paid off for the Engineering and Mathematics team who won at Regionals meaning that they would compete at State Finals in Sydney in early September Sydney was a similar ordeal with the same type of question but only 3 hours to come up with the answer and a 10 min performance The question at Sydney involved building a replica of a human out of paddle pop sticks and other resources that could complete the sport Standing High-Jump The replica human had to be as life like as possible and the bending of the knees action should be shown on the replica All together Tournament of the Minds is a fantastic competition that builds many life and performance skills and is a great experience

Amelia McGeary - Year 10

Language Literature TeamEngineering and Mathematics Team

YEAR 11 REFLECTION DAY

On Tuesday 11th October the Year 11 Reflection Day will take place It is being held at the Alstonville Baptist Hall Students will depart from Trinity Catholic College Lismore on bus at 900am and will return back to the College by 300pm

Members of the Marist Youth Ministry Team (MYM) who specialise in working with young people in retreat style settings will facilitate the day The Reflection Day will focus on preparing our Year 11 students for their final year at Trinity with them as leaders central to the dayrsquos theme

It is an opportunity for our students to reflect on their year so far and provide insights as to how they can make the most of their final year here at Trinity

Students are to bring their recess lunch and water bottle They are required to wear comfortable appropriate casual clothes Students may choose to bring an old cushionpillow for sitting on the floor

This day is a compulsory school event for all Year 11 students If your child is unable to attend the Reflection Day please contact Mr Luke Miller at the College prior to the event

Mr Luke Miller

Director of Mission

Earlier this year our students had the opportunity to participate in the Language Perfect Olympics which saw many of our students receive certificates to recognise their commitment to learning vocabulary for their foreign language

The awards were presented as follows-

Credit awards were presented to the top 20 of the 33000 students world-wide who participated - Mollie Greenhalgh-Boyd Natasha Hallinan David Normoyle Jemima Owen Sophia Walston

Bronze Awards for those in the top 10 were Beth Eastmon Indi Gambold Lochie Hughes Narika Snape and Halle Clark

A Silver Award was presented to Eleonor Logan-Cole which placed her in the top 5 of all competitors and the Gold awards which place the students in the top 2 went to Keely Foster Jacinta Wu and Laura Kinghellip and who this year answered a massive 23473 questions

The elite category places students in the top 02 of students and this year Calum Harrison of Year 11 answered a massive 25593 questions in the period that 2-week period

In late August also the Language Perfect State Championships were held as a follow up to earlier competitions and again Calum Harrison featured highly showing his commitment and coming in at 5th in the state I would like to congratulate all those students who took the initiative and entered these self-motivated tasks

Mrs Beth Grace - Head of LOTE

LOTE News

On Wednesday 14th September Trinity Catholic Collegersquos Parent Assembly hosted Presenter Mr Chris Hudson

Chrisrsquo seminar was based on the important topic of WHY PARENTS MATTER and it was great to see a good attendance on the evening

Chris spoke passionately about how valuable Parents are in their childrenrsquos lives (in spite of how Parents feel at times) Chris gave Parents practical insights and suggestions to achieve success with their parenting not just to survive the experience but rather to actually thrive throughout it and to succeed in raising healthy and happy young adults For further information and practical advice about this topic please click on the following link httpunderstandingteenagerscomauPDFparents_matter

A special thanks goes to St Carthagersquos Primary School for lending us their Library venue for the event

Thanks also must go to Sr Mary Bruggy and fellow Trinity Parent Assembly Parent team members Tundra Helen Sue and Kylie who helped organise this most successful and helpful event

We were grateful for the assistance of our senior students Narika Grace Jamilla Anna and Wil who provided assistance with handing out information bags and supervision of younger students during the evening

Mrs Zelinda Brown

Trinity Parent Assembly News

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTAs the Trinity Parent Assembly Reps we would like to acknowledge amp thank Sr Mary Bruggy Mrs Zelinda Brown amp Mrs Jo Kelly (Catholic Schools Office Lismore) for their support amp encouragement in helping the newly formed team plan amp organise the first of many informative Parent Assembly evenings at Trinity

Many thanks to all those Parents amp Caregivers who attended this successful event we look forward to sharing other opportunities with you in Term 4 Watch this space

Tundra Sue Kylie and Helen

Games Evening activities Outdoor activities in

beautiful surroundings

FAITH

FAMILY RETREAT

2016

Relax and enjoy quality family time and activities Meet and connect with other families All families welcome

FUN

Costs covered excluding some optional

activities

Click HERE or go to httpgooglUygRMH Choose either the date or the venue that suits you Northern Retreat October 2223 Tyalgum Ridge Retreat For more information contact Jo Kelly (m) 0407706454 Southern Retreat October 2930 SDA Convention Centre Stuarts Point For more information contact Peta Rourke (m) 0400420614

Join us for the 2016 Family Retreat Nourish Nurture Grow

HOW TO REGISTER

Programs for all ages 0mdashAdult Adult Sessions facilitated by the Missionaries

of Godrsquos Love Meeting you where you are at in

your faith journey Mass reconciliation prayer FREE

LISMORE CATHOLIC SCHOOLS PARENT ASSEMBLY

Promoting Faith and Family for a Fullness of Life

FAMILY

As we come to the end of a very busy Term and are in the process of farewelling our Year 12 students it is also time to make some preparations for next Term With this in mind a large amount of planning has been going into an upcoming event for our Year 9 students During Week 4 next Term our Year 9 students will be participating in their annual outdoor education camp and Peer Leadership training days

The two night camp provides students with the opportunity to take healthy risks support help and encourage each other further develop respect for each other and the environment and practice listening tolerance and trust The camp is combined with two days of Peer Leadership training that not only leads into the running of our Peer Support program next year but also provides students with skills which are transferrable across a range of contexts The following skills are explored during the training relationship building communication empathy decision making problem solving creative thinking flexibility assertiveness facilitation

In completing the two days in conjunction with the outdoor education camp students are provided with a week long experience that helps tobull provide opportunities to develop and practise leadership skills which can be utilised in other areasbull develop confidence in studentsbull build positive relationships across the schoolbull assist students in gaining skills which are highly regarded by employersbull increase interpersonal skills and improves personal relationshipsbull provide opportunities to demonstrate initiativebull develop organisational and time management skillsbull enhance relationships within the year group

Along with many other staff I look forward to accompanying these students on what promises to be a highly valuable experience

R U OK DAYThursday 8th September 2016 saw Trinity participate in an awareness raising activity that was a collaboration between Trinity StandBy Response Service and Headspace R U OK DAY at Trinity involved students and staff in constructing and decorating some small kites and paper aeroplanes The focus was on positive messages strategies for caring for self and others and conversations about how we can support ourselves and others This activity proved to be a big hit with both staff and students What a great way to have some fun and raise awareness about some very important messages Some of you may have noticed an article in the Northern Star featuring two of our Year 12 students who also assisted and participated on the day Lucie Lawerence and James McInnes You can see by the photographs below the level of involvement and the students are to be commended for the way in which they embraced the messages and engaged in the activities on the day

UNIFORMAs many parents may be aware over the last few weeks a number of staff have been having conversations with students regarding uniform and the requirements here at Trinity As such it cannot be denied that for many students the times of rapid growth provide some challenges in regards to uniform and when we add in the complexities of adolescence combined with a variance in societal expectations from years past the challenges seem to mount up It is important to emphasise then the requirements as outlined in the College Planner to assist in limiting the amount of ambiguity that can occur in regards to expectations at the College Additionally all students have been reminded at various levels about expectations and requirements regarding hair cutsstyles jewellery the use of makeup and other sometimes fashion dependant additions to their attire

Acting Assistant Principal - Middle School

ldquoAll students are expected to have the correct full College uniform and to take pride in it A good public image is important and this should be promoted at all times If on a particular day a student is unable to wear any part of the uniforman INCORRECT UNIFORM NOTE (located in the back of the Planner) must be completed by the studentrsquos ParentCarer and presented to their Tutor at the beginning of the day Such a note would cover uniform articles at the dry cleaners the intention to buy a new pair of shoes as soon as possible etcetera The uniform when worn should be worn in full After school trips down the street or to ParentStudentTeacher Interviews should reflect the importance of public imagerdquo

In addition to the above please refer to the photos below which provide a visual reference regarding College uniform and student presentation Once a student puts on the College uniform they are not only representing themselves but rather the entire College thus it is important for this to be worn well displaying pride in themselves and the school community Thank you for your support in regards to this I am sure you would agree that our students really do lsquolook the partrsquo when wearing the uniform correctly

DELANEY CUPAt the conclusion of our assembly last Friday Champagnat House were acclaimed as the winners of the Delaney Cup for 2016 Congratulations to the students and staff of Champagnat House who will now have the opportunity to attend an excursion to WetrsquonrsquoWild water park early next term on Wednesday 19th October

The Delaney Cup provides students with an opportunity to be rewarded for their level of cooperation involvement and engagement in a range of activities at the College All students are to be commended on the level of House spirit displayed at various events at the College and the way in which they avail themselves of the extra curricular opportunities at the College that are participated in on a voluntary basis Our Delaney Cup assembly last Friday was most definitely a sight to see Numerous students representing their House with pride and enthusiasm in an activity that was both fun and engaging for all spectators created an extremely positive atmosphere allowing students to acclaim the participation of their peers

The students at Trinity demonstrate time and time again their willingness to get involved in awareness raising activities associated with both local and global issues Towards the end of our assembly staff and students were shown a clip about a global movement designed to raise awareness regarding mental health issues associated with returned service men and women Those of you familiar with the 22 pushups in 22 days phenomena that has gone viral across many social media

platforms would already be aware of this movement It was inspiring to see at the conclusion of the clip 220 of our own students (22 from each house from all year levels) complete 22 pushups in unison in front of the entire college community It was fantastic to witness and just goes to show that students at Trinity are able to recognise social justice issues and proactively respond in a way that not only shows support of those effected but also assists in educating others about the issue This is a great thought when considering that the students of today will be the leaders of tomorrow

Mr Tony Flood

Summer Sport Winter

Tournament of the Minds

Tournament of the Minds is a competition that challenges you your team work skills and your imagineering skills On 28th August Trinity sent two teams to Kingscliff to compete in the Regional Finals One of the teams contained Merina Penanueva ndash 7 Nicholas Vinall ndash 7 Brooke Toms ndash 8 Dakota Jones ndash 8 Elise Davies ndash 8 Arky Walker ndash 9 and Liam Baille ndash 9 their question looked at the studies of Language Literature specifically using the idea of a gathering where particular people have to be involved for a certain reason The people they used were Major Tom Alice in Wonderland and The Scream

The second team competing consisted of William Smith ndash 7 Tamati Ngatai ndash 7 Gabriel Halligan ndash 7 Lucinda Cochrane ndash 8 Blaire Alexander-Gordan ndash 9 and Amelia McGeary -10 who competed in the category of Engineering and Mathematics where they had to develop a mechanism that could determine whether or not a rectangle was in the golden ratio

Both teams had a 6-week period to answer their question and polish off their 10 min performance Fortunately the hard work paid off for the Engineering and Mathematics team who won at Regionals meaning that they would compete at State Finals in Sydney in early September Sydney was a similar ordeal with the same type of question but only 3 hours to come up with the answer and a 10 min performance The question at Sydney involved building a replica of a human out of paddle pop sticks and other resources that could complete the sport Standing High-Jump The replica human had to be as life like as possible and the bending of the knees action should be shown on the replica All together Tournament of the Minds is a fantastic competition that builds many life and performance skills and is a great experience

Amelia McGeary - Year 10

Language Literature TeamEngineering and Mathematics Team

YEAR 11 REFLECTION DAY

On Tuesday 11th October the Year 11 Reflection Day will take place It is being held at the Alstonville Baptist Hall Students will depart from Trinity Catholic College Lismore on bus at 900am and will return back to the College by 300pm

Members of the Marist Youth Ministry Team (MYM) who specialise in working with young people in retreat style settings will facilitate the day The Reflection Day will focus on preparing our Year 11 students for their final year at Trinity with them as leaders central to the dayrsquos theme

It is an opportunity for our students to reflect on their year so far and provide insights as to how they can make the most of their final year here at Trinity

Students are to bring their recess lunch and water bottle They are required to wear comfortable appropriate casual clothes Students may choose to bring an old cushionpillow for sitting on the floor

This day is a compulsory school event for all Year 11 students If your child is unable to attend the Reflection Day please contact Mr Luke Miller at the College prior to the event

Mr Luke Miller

Director of Mission

Earlier this year our students had the opportunity to participate in the Language Perfect Olympics which saw many of our students receive certificates to recognise their commitment to learning vocabulary for their foreign language

The awards were presented as follows-

Credit awards were presented to the top 20 of the 33000 students world-wide who participated - Mollie Greenhalgh-Boyd Natasha Hallinan David Normoyle Jemima Owen Sophia Walston

Bronze Awards for those in the top 10 were Beth Eastmon Indi Gambold Lochie Hughes Narika Snape and Halle Clark

A Silver Award was presented to Eleonor Logan-Cole which placed her in the top 5 of all competitors and the Gold awards which place the students in the top 2 went to Keely Foster Jacinta Wu and Laura Kinghellip and who this year answered a massive 23473 questions

The elite category places students in the top 02 of students and this year Calum Harrison of Year 11 answered a massive 25593 questions in the period that 2-week period

In late August also the Language Perfect State Championships were held as a follow up to earlier competitions and again Calum Harrison featured highly showing his commitment and coming in at 5th in the state I would like to congratulate all those students who took the initiative and entered these self-motivated tasks

Mrs Beth Grace - Head of LOTE

LOTE News

On Wednesday 14th September Trinity Catholic Collegersquos Parent Assembly hosted Presenter Mr Chris Hudson

Chrisrsquo seminar was based on the important topic of WHY PARENTS MATTER and it was great to see a good attendance on the evening

Chris spoke passionately about how valuable Parents are in their childrenrsquos lives (in spite of how Parents feel at times) Chris gave Parents practical insights and suggestions to achieve success with their parenting not just to survive the experience but rather to actually thrive throughout it and to succeed in raising healthy and happy young adults For further information and practical advice about this topic please click on the following link httpunderstandingteenagerscomauPDFparents_matter

A special thanks goes to St Carthagersquos Primary School for lending us their Library venue for the event

Thanks also must go to Sr Mary Bruggy and fellow Trinity Parent Assembly Parent team members Tundra Helen Sue and Kylie who helped organise this most successful and helpful event

We were grateful for the assistance of our senior students Narika Grace Jamilla Anna and Wil who provided assistance with handing out information bags and supervision of younger students during the evening

Mrs Zelinda Brown

Trinity Parent Assembly News

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTAs the Trinity Parent Assembly Reps we would like to acknowledge amp thank Sr Mary Bruggy Mrs Zelinda Brown amp Mrs Jo Kelly (Catholic Schools Office Lismore) for their support amp encouragement in helping the newly formed team plan amp organise the first of many informative Parent Assembly evenings at Trinity

Many thanks to all those Parents amp Caregivers who attended this successful event we look forward to sharing other opportunities with you in Term 4 Watch this space

Tundra Sue Kylie and Helen

Games Evening activities Outdoor activities in

beautiful surroundings

FAITH

FAMILY RETREAT

2016

Relax and enjoy quality family time and activities Meet and connect with other families All families welcome

FUN

Costs covered excluding some optional

activities

Click HERE or go to httpgooglUygRMH Choose either the date or the venue that suits you Northern Retreat October 2223 Tyalgum Ridge Retreat For more information contact Jo Kelly (m) 0407706454 Southern Retreat October 2930 SDA Convention Centre Stuarts Point For more information contact Peta Rourke (m) 0400420614

Join us for the 2016 Family Retreat Nourish Nurture Grow

HOW TO REGISTER

Programs for all ages 0mdashAdult Adult Sessions facilitated by the Missionaries

of Godrsquos Love Meeting you where you are at in

your faith journey Mass reconciliation prayer FREE

LISMORE CATHOLIC SCHOOLS PARENT ASSEMBLY

Promoting Faith and Family for a Fullness of Life

FAMILY

ldquoAll students are expected to have the correct full College uniform and to take pride in it A good public image is important and this should be promoted at all times If on a particular day a student is unable to wear any part of the uniforman INCORRECT UNIFORM NOTE (located in the back of the Planner) must be completed by the studentrsquos ParentCarer and presented to their Tutor at the beginning of the day Such a note would cover uniform articles at the dry cleaners the intention to buy a new pair of shoes as soon as possible etcetera The uniform when worn should be worn in full After school trips down the street or to ParentStudentTeacher Interviews should reflect the importance of public imagerdquo

In addition to the above please refer to the photos below which provide a visual reference regarding College uniform and student presentation Once a student puts on the College uniform they are not only representing themselves but rather the entire College thus it is important for this to be worn well displaying pride in themselves and the school community Thank you for your support in regards to this I am sure you would agree that our students really do lsquolook the partrsquo when wearing the uniform correctly

DELANEY CUPAt the conclusion of our assembly last Friday Champagnat House were acclaimed as the winners of the Delaney Cup for 2016 Congratulations to the students and staff of Champagnat House who will now have the opportunity to attend an excursion to WetrsquonrsquoWild water park early next term on Wednesday 19th October

The Delaney Cup provides students with an opportunity to be rewarded for their level of cooperation involvement and engagement in a range of activities at the College All students are to be commended on the level of House spirit displayed at various events at the College and the way in which they avail themselves of the extra curricular opportunities at the College that are participated in on a voluntary basis Our Delaney Cup assembly last Friday was most definitely a sight to see Numerous students representing their House with pride and enthusiasm in an activity that was both fun and engaging for all spectators created an extremely positive atmosphere allowing students to acclaim the participation of their peers

The students at Trinity demonstrate time and time again their willingness to get involved in awareness raising activities associated with both local and global issues Towards the end of our assembly staff and students were shown a clip about a global movement designed to raise awareness regarding mental health issues associated with returned service men and women Those of you familiar with the 22 pushups in 22 days phenomena that has gone viral across many social media

platforms would already be aware of this movement It was inspiring to see at the conclusion of the clip 220 of our own students (22 from each house from all year levels) complete 22 pushups in unison in front of the entire college community It was fantastic to witness and just goes to show that students at Trinity are able to recognise social justice issues and proactively respond in a way that not only shows support of those effected but also assists in educating others about the issue This is a great thought when considering that the students of today will be the leaders of tomorrow

Mr Tony Flood

Summer Sport Winter

Tournament of the Minds

Tournament of the Minds is a competition that challenges you your team work skills and your imagineering skills On 28th August Trinity sent two teams to Kingscliff to compete in the Regional Finals One of the teams contained Merina Penanueva ndash 7 Nicholas Vinall ndash 7 Brooke Toms ndash 8 Dakota Jones ndash 8 Elise Davies ndash 8 Arky Walker ndash 9 and Liam Baille ndash 9 their question looked at the studies of Language Literature specifically using the idea of a gathering where particular people have to be involved for a certain reason The people they used were Major Tom Alice in Wonderland and The Scream

The second team competing consisted of William Smith ndash 7 Tamati Ngatai ndash 7 Gabriel Halligan ndash 7 Lucinda Cochrane ndash 8 Blaire Alexander-Gordan ndash 9 and Amelia McGeary -10 who competed in the category of Engineering and Mathematics where they had to develop a mechanism that could determine whether or not a rectangle was in the golden ratio

Both teams had a 6-week period to answer their question and polish off their 10 min performance Fortunately the hard work paid off for the Engineering and Mathematics team who won at Regionals meaning that they would compete at State Finals in Sydney in early September Sydney was a similar ordeal with the same type of question but only 3 hours to come up with the answer and a 10 min performance The question at Sydney involved building a replica of a human out of paddle pop sticks and other resources that could complete the sport Standing High-Jump The replica human had to be as life like as possible and the bending of the knees action should be shown on the replica All together Tournament of the Minds is a fantastic competition that builds many life and performance skills and is a great experience

Amelia McGeary - Year 10

Language Literature TeamEngineering and Mathematics Team

YEAR 11 REFLECTION DAY

On Tuesday 11th October the Year 11 Reflection Day will take place It is being held at the Alstonville Baptist Hall Students will depart from Trinity Catholic College Lismore on bus at 900am and will return back to the College by 300pm

Members of the Marist Youth Ministry Team (MYM) who specialise in working with young people in retreat style settings will facilitate the day The Reflection Day will focus on preparing our Year 11 students for their final year at Trinity with them as leaders central to the dayrsquos theme

It is an opportunity for our students to reflect on their year so far and provide insights as to how they can make the most of their final year here at Trinity

Students are to bring their recess lunch and water bottle They are required to wear comfortable appropriate casual clothes Students may choose to bring an old cushionpillow for sitting on the floor

This day is a compulsory school event for all Year 11 students If your child is unable to attend the Reflection Day please contact Mr Luke Miller at the College prior to the event

Mr Luke Miller

Director of Mission

Earlier this year our students had the opportunity to participate in the Language Perfect Olympics which saw many of our students receive certificates to recognise their commitment to learning vocabulary for their foreign language

The awards were presented as follows-

Credit awards were presented to the top 20 of the 33000 students world-wide who participated - Mollie Greenhalgh-Boyd Natasha Hallinan David Normoyle Jemima Owen Sophia Walston

Bronze Awards for those in the top 10 were Beth Eastmon Indi Gambold Lochie Hughes Narika Snape and Halle Clark

A Silver Award was presented to Eleonor Logan-Cole which placed her in the top 5 of all competitors and the Gold awards which place the students in the top 2 went to Keely Foster Jacinta Wu and Laura Kinghellip and who this year answered a massive 23473 questions

The elite category places students in the top 02 of students and this year Calum Harrison of Year 11 answered a massive 25593 questions in the period that 2-week period

In late August also the Language Perfect State Championships were held as a follow up to earlier competitions and again Calum Harrison featured highly showing his commitment and coming in at 5th in the state I would like to congratulate all those students who took the initiative and entered these self-motivated tasks

Mrs Beth Grace - Head of LOTE

LOTE News

On Wednesday 14th September Trinity Catholic Collegersquos Parent Assembly hosted Presenter Mr Chris Hudson

Chrisrsquo seminar was based on the important topic of WHY PARENTS MATTER and it was great to see a good attendance on the evening

Chris spoke passionately about how valuable Parents are in their childrenrsquos lives (in spite of how Parents feel at times) Chris gave Parents practical insights and suggestions to achieve success with their parenting not just to survive the experience but rather to actually thrive throughout it and to succeed in raising healthy and happy young adults For further information and practical advice about this topic please click on the following link httpunderstandingteenagerscomauPDFparents_matter

A special thanks goes to St Carthagersquos Primary School for lending us their Library venue for the event

Thanks also must go to Sr Mary Bruggy and fellow Trinity Parent Assembly Parent team members Tundra Helen Sue and Kylie who helped organise this most successful and helpful event

We were grateful for the assistance of our senior students Narika Grace Jamilla Anna and Wil who provided assistance with handing out information bags and supervision of younger students during the evening

Mrs Zelinda Brown

Trinity Parent Assembly News

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTAs the Trinity Parent Assembly Reps we would like to acknowledge amp thank Sr Mary Bruggy Mrs Zelinda Brown amp Mrs Jo Kelly (Catholic Schools Office Lismore) for their support amp encouragement in helping the newly formed team plan amp organise the first of many informative Parent Assembly evenings at Trinity

Many thanks to all those Parents amp Caregivers who attended this successful event we look forward to sharing other opportunities with you in Term 4 Watch this space

Tundra Sue Kylie and Helen

Games Evening activities Outdoor activities in

beautiful surroundings

FAITH

FAMILY RETREAT

2016

Relax and enjoy quality family time and activities Meet and connect with other families All families welcome

FUN

Costs covered excluding some optional

activities

Click HERE or go to httpgooglUygRMH Choose either the date or the venue that suits you Northern Retreat October 2223 Tyalgum Ridge Retreat For more information contact Jo Kelly (m) 0407706454 Southern Retreat October 2930 SDA Convention Centre Stuarts Point For more information contact Peta Rourke (m) 0400420614

Join us for the 2016 Family Retreat Nourish Nurture Grow

HOW TO REGISTER

Programs for all ages 0mdashAdult Adult Sessions facilitated by the Missionaries

of Godrsquos Love Meeting you where you are at in

your faith journey Mass reconciliation prayer FREE

LISMORE CATHOLIC SCHOOLS PARENT ASSEMBLY

Promoting Faith and Family for a Fullness of Life

FAMILY

Tournament of the Minds

Tournament of the Minds is a competition that challenges you your team work skills and your imagineering skills On 28th August Trinity sent two teams to Kingscliff to compete in the Regional Finals One of the teams contained Merina Penanueva ndash 7 Nicholas Vinall ndash 7 Brooke Toms ndash 8 Dakota Jones ndash 8 Elise Davies ndash 8 Arky Walker ndash 9 and Liam Baille ndash 9 their question looked at the studies of Language Literature specifically using the idea of a gathering where particular people have to be involved for a certain reason The people they used were Major Tom Alice in Wonderland and The Scream

The second team competing consisted of William Smith ndash 7 Tamati Ngatai ndash 7 Gabriel Halligan ndash 7 Lucinda Cochrane ndash 8 Blaire Alexander-Gordan ndash 9 and Amelia McGeary -10 who competed in the category of Engineering and Mathematics where they had to develop a mechanism that could determine whether or not a rectangle was in the golden ratio

Both teams had a 6-week period to answer their question and polish off their 10 min performance Fortunately the hard work paid off for the Engineering and Mathematics team who won at Regionals meaning that they would compete at State Finals in Sydney in early September Sydney was a similar ordeal with the same type of question but only 3 hours to come up with the answer and a 10 min performance The question at Sydney involved building a replica of a human out of paddle pop sticks and other resources that could complete the sport Standing High-Jump The replica human had to be as life like as possible and the bending of the knees action should be shown on the replica All together Tournament of the Minds is a fantastic competition that builds many life and performance skills and is a great experience

Amelia McGeary - Year 10

Language Literature TeamEngineering and Mathematics Team

YEAR 11 REFLECTION DAY

On Tuesday 11th October the Year 11 Reflection Day will take place It is being held at the Alstonville Baptist Hall Students will depart from Trinity Catholic College Lismore on bus at 900am and will return back to the College by 300pm

Members of the Marist Youth Ministry Team (MYM) who specialise in working with young people in retreat style settings will facilitate the day The Reflection Day will focus on preparing our Year 11 students for their final year at Trinity with them as leaders central to the dayrsquos theme

It is an opportunity for our students to reflect on their year so far and provide insights as to how they can make the most of their final year here at Trinity

Students are to bring their recess lunch and water bottle They are required to wear comfortable appropriate casual clothes Students may choose to bring an old cushionpillow for sitting on the floor

This day is a compulsory school event for all Year 11 students If your child is unable to attend the Reflection Day please contact Mr Luke Miller at the College prior to the event

Mr Luke Miller

Director of Mission

Earlier this year our students had the opportunity to participate in the Language Perfect Olympics which saw many of our students receive certificates to recognise their commitment to learning vocabulary for their foreign language

The awards were presented as follows-

Credit awards were presented to the top 20 of the 33000 students world-wide who participated - Mollie Greenhalgh-Boyd Natasha Hallinan David Normoyle Jemima Owen Sophia Walston

Bronze Awards for those in the top 10 were Beth Eastmon Indi Gambold Lochie Hughes Narika Snape and Halle Clark

A Silver Award was presented to Eleonor Logan-Cole which placed her in the top 5 of all competitors and the Gold awards which place the students in the top 2 went to Keely Foster Jacinta Wu and Laura Kinghellip and who this year answered a massive 23473 questions

The elite category places students in the top 02 of students and this year Calum Harrison of Year 11 answered a massive 25593 questions in the period that 2-week period

In late August also the Language Perfect State Championships were held as a follow up to earlier competitions and again Calum Harrison featured highly showing his commitment and coming in at 5th in the state I would like to congratulate all those students who took the initiative and entered these self-motivated tasks

Mrs Beth Grace - Head of LOTE

LOTE News

On Wednesday 14th September Trinity Catholic Collegersquos Parent Assembly hosted Presenter Mr Chris Hudson

Chrisrsquo seminar was based on the important topic of WHY PARENTS MATTER and it was great to see a good attendance on the evening

Chris spoke passionately about how valuable Parents are in their childrenrsquos lives (in spite of how Parents feel at times) Chris gave Parents practical insights and suggestions to achieve success with their parenting not just to survive the experience but rather to actually thrive throughout it and to succeed in raising healthy and happy young adults For further information and practical advice about this topic please click on the following link httpunderstandingteenagerscomauPDFparents_matter

A special thanks goes to St Carthagersquos Primary School for lending us their Library venue for the event

Thanks also must go to Sr Mary Bruggy and fellow Trinity Parent Assembly Parent team members Tundra Helen Sue and Kylie who helped organise this most successful and helpful event

We were grateful for the assistance of our senior students Narika Grace Jamilla Anna and Wil who provided assistance with handing out information bags and supervision of younger students during the evening

Mrs Zelinda Brown

Trinity Parent Assembly News

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTAs the Trinity Parent Assembly Reps we would like to acknowledge amp thank Sr Mary Bruggy Mrs Zelinda Brown amp Mrs Jo Kelly (Catholic Schools Office Lismore) for their support amp encouragement in helping the newly formed team plan amp organise the first of many informative Parent Assembly evenings at Trinity

Many thanks to all those Parents amp Caregivers who attended this successful event we look forward to sharing other opportunities with you in Term 4 Watch this space

Tundra Sue Kylie and Helen

Games Evening activities Outdoor activities in

beautiful surroundings

FAITH

FAMILY RETREAT

2016

Relax and enjoy quality family time and activities Meet and connect with other families All families welcome

FUN

Costs covered excluding some optional

activities

Click HERE or go to httpgooglUygRMH Choose either the date or the venue that suits you Northern Retreat October 2223 Tyalgum Ridge Retreat For more information contact Jo Kelly (m) 0407706454 Southern Retreat October 2930 SDA Convention Centre Stuarts Point For more information contact Peta Rourke (m) 0400420614

Join us for the 2016 Family Retreat Nourish Nurture Grow

HOW TO REGISTER

Programs for all ages 0mdashAdult Adult Sessions facilitated by the Missionaries

of Godrsquos Love Meeting you where you are at in

your faith journey Mass reconciliation prayer FREE

LISMORE CATHOLIC SCHOOLS PARENT ASSEMBLY

Promoting Faith and Family for a Fullness of Life

FAMILY

Earlier this year our students had the opportunity to participate in the Language Perfect Olympics which saw many of our students receive certificates to recognise their commitment to learning vocabulary for their foreign language

The awards were presented as follows-

Credit awards were presented to the top 20 of the 33000 students world-wide who participated - Mollie Greenhalgh-Boyd Natasha Hallinan David Normoyle Jemima Owen Sophia Walston

Bronze Awards for those in the top 10 were Beth Eastmon Indi Gambold Lochie Hughes Narika Snape and Halle Clark

A Silver Award was presented to Eleonor Logan-Cole which placed her in the top 5 of all competitors and the Gold awards which place the students in the top 2 went to Keely Foster Jacinta Wu and Laura Kinghellip and who this year answered a massive 23473 questions

The elite category places students in the top 02 of students and this year Calum Harrison of Year 11 answered a massive 25593 questions in the period that 2-week period

In late August also the Language Perfect State Championships were held as a follow up to earlier competitions and again Calum Harrison featured highly showing his commitment and coming in at 5th in the state I would like to congratulate all those students who took the initiative and entered these self-motivated tasks

Mrs Beth Grace - Head of LOTE

LOTE News

On Wednesday 14th September Trinity Catholic Collegersquos Parent Assembly hosted Presenter Mr Chris Hudson

Chrisrsquo seminar was based on the important topic of WHY PARENTS MATTER and it was great to see a good attendance on the evening

Chris spoke passionately about how valuable Parents are in their childrenrsquos lives (in spite of how Parents feel at times) Chris gave Parents practical insights and suggestions to achieve success with their parenting not just to survive the experience but rather to actually thrive throughout it and to succeed in raising healthy and happy young adults For further information and practical advice about this topic please click on the following link httpunderstandingteenagerscomauPDFparents_matter

A special thanks goes to St Carthagersquos Primary School for lending us their Library venue for the event

Thanks also must go to Sr Mary Bruggy and fellow Trinity Parent Assembly Parent team members Tundra Helen Sue and Kylie who helped organise this most successful and helpful event

We were grateful for the assistance of our senior students Narika Grace Jamilla Anna and Wil who provided assistance with handing out information bags and supervision of younger students during the evening

Mrs Zelinda Brown

Trinity Parent Assembly News

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTAs the Trinity Parent Assembly Reps we would like to acknowledge amp thank Sr Mary Bruggy Mrs Zelinda Brown amp Mrs Jo Kelly (Catholic Schools Office Lismore) for their support amp encouragement in helping the newly formed team plan amp organise the first of many informative Parent Assembly evenings at Trinity

Many thanks to all those Parents amp Caregivers who attended this successful event we look forward to sharing other opportunities with you in Term 4 Watch this space

Tundra Sue Kylie and Helen

Games Evening activities Outdoor activities in

beautiful surroundings

FAITH

FAMILY RETREAT

2016

Relax and enjoy quality family time and activities Meet and connect with other families All families welcome

FUN

Costs covered excluding some optional

activities

Click HERE or go to httpgooglUygRMH Choose either the date or the venue that suits you Northern Retreat October 2223 Tyalgum Ridge Retreat For more information contact Jo Kelly (m) 0407706454 Southern Retreat October 2930 SDA Convention Centre Stuarts Point For more information contact Peta Rourke (m) 0400420614

Join us for the 2016 Family Retreat Nourish Nurture Grow

HOW TO REGISTER

Programs for all ages 0mdashAdult Adult Sessions facilitated by the Missionaries

of Godrsquos Love Meeting you where you are at in

your faith journey Mass reconciliation prayer FREE

LISMORE CATHOLIC SCHOOLS PARENT ASSEMBLY

Promoting Faith and Family for a Fullness of Life

FAMILY

On Wednesday 14th September Trinity Catholic Collegersquos Parent Assembly hosted Presenter Mr Chris Hudson

Chrisrsquo seminar was based on the important topic of WHY PARENTS MATTER and it was great to see a good attendance on the evening

Chris spoke passionately about how valuable Parents are in their childrenrsquos lives (in spite of how Parents feel at times) Chris gave Parents practical insights and suggestions to achieve success with their parenting not just to survive the experience but rather to actually thrive throughout it and to succeed in raising healthy and happy young adults For further information and practical advice about this topic please click on the following link httpunderstandingteenagerscomauPDFparents_matter

A special thanks goes to St Carthagersquos Primary School for lending us their Library venue for the event

Thanks also must go to Sr Mary Bruggy and fellow Trinity Parent Assembly Parent team members Tundra Helen Sue and Kylie who helped organise this most successful and helpful event

We were grateful for the assistance of our senior students Narika Grace Jamilla Anna and Wil who provided assistance with handing out information bags and supervision of younger students during the evening

Mrs Zelinda Brown

Trinity Parent Assembly News

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTAs the Trinity Parent Assembly Reps we would like to acknowledge amp thank Sr Mary Bruggy Mrs Zelinda Brown amp Mrs Jo Kelly (Catholic Schools Office Lismore) for their support amp encouragement in helping the newly formed team plan amp organise the first of many informative Parent Assembly evenings at Trinity

Many thanks to all those Parents amp Caregivers who attended this successful event we look forward to sharing other opportunities with you in Term 4 Watch this space

Tundra Sue Kylie and Helen

Games Evening activities Outdoor activities in

beautiful surroundings

FAITH

FAMILY RETREAT

2016

Relax and enjoy quality family time and activities Meet and connect with other families All families welcome

FUN

Costs covered excluding some optional

activities

Click HERE or go to httpgooglUygRMH Choose either the date or the venue that suits you Northern Retreat October 2223 Tyalgum Ridge Retreat For more information contact Jo Kelly (m) 0407706454 Southern Retreat October 2930 SDA Convention Centre Stuarts Point For more information contact Peta Rourke (m) 0400420614

Join us for the 2016 Family Retreat Nourish Nurture Grow

HOW TO REGISTER

Programs for all ages 0mdashAdult Adult Sessions facilitated by the Missionaries

of Godrsquos Love Meeting you where you are at in

your faith journey Mass reconciliation prayer FREE

LISMORE CATHOLIC SCHOOLS PARENT ASSEMBLY

Promoting Faith and Family for a Fullness of Life

FAMILY

a night for Niko

Niko Vakararawa a much loved and respected 39 year old husband father of four volunteer coach

and small business owner of the Lismore community

After recently suering a stroke the many challenges that lie ahead are unknown

Please come along to help Niko and his young family on the road to recovery for a night of auctions 3

course meal and lots of fun

When

Where

Dress

RSVP

530pm 15 October 2016

Trinity Sports Centre (1 Dawson Street Lismore)

Smart Casual

3 October 2016

Tables of 8 availableTickets $100

Contact (02) 6626 6855 or anightfornikogmailcom

NIGHT

PROCEEDS FROM THE EVENT WILL GO TO

Saturday 15th October at 630pmSouthern Cross University auditorium Lismore

Student of the Week

Is this you caught on camera

Please see Mr Loadsman at SMS Office to claim your prize - a

Canteen Voucher to the value of $500 that can be redeemed at

either Site Canteen

2016 AUSTRALALASIAN MARIST CRICKET CARNIVAL

In December this year Trinity is hostig the Australasian Cricket Carnival

At present we are looking for host families to billet two male students (minimum) from various Marist Schools across Australia and New Zealand

If interested you would be required to host a minimum of 2 male students fom Tuesday 6th December to Tuesday 13th December

We require approximately 40 billet families to assist for the duration of the Carnival

If you would like to host students from our visiting Marist schools or if you have any questions please contact Mr Matt Barlow 6627 6662 or mbarlowtrinitylismorensweduau

Saturday500pm Vigil - St Carthages Cathedral

Sunday700am at the Carmelite Monastery900am St Carthages Cathedral500pm St Carthages Cathedral

Weekday MassesTues 520pm and Wed Thurs Fri 1220pm - St Carthages Cathedral

First and Third Sundays930am at Dunoon

Second and Fourth Sundays930am at Goolmangar

Fifth Sunday of the Month930am at Nimbin

St Carthagersquos Parish Mass Times

HOST FAMILIES NEEDEDfor Marist Cricket Carnival

YEAR 7 - 12Feel like a day of learning and light-hearted fun this school holidays Then consider registering to attend the Spring into Engineering ndash School Holiday Program for Aspiring Girls to be held at Lismore Campus of Southern Cross University on Tuesday 4 October 2016 During the day you will get to check out the engineering facilities and learn more about a career in engineering You can bring your lunch or buy something in the plaza Wersquoll take a stroll around the campus too In order to register please complete the Registration Form and return it to me before 27 September 2016 at engineeringscueduau

When 8 November 2016

Time 400pm - 730pm

Where U Block School of Environment Science and Engineering Southern Cross University Lismore campus

Doors Open is for students and parents and members of the community

There is something here for everyoneBe inquisitive with our seaside touch tank perplexed by our crazy chemistry enjoy fun with our robots see in and around our facilities collect course information along the way listen to community talks on sharks waste management regional and urban planning humanitarian engineering and so much more

Student of the Week

Is this you caught on camera

Please see Mr Loadsman at SMS Office to claim your prize - a

Canteen Voucher to the value of $500 that can be redeemed at

either Site Canteen

2016 AUSTRALALASIAN MARIST CRICKET CARNIVAL

In December this year Trinity is hostig the Australasian Cricket Carnival

At present we are looking for host families to billet two male students (minimum) from various Marist Schools across Australia and New Zealand

If interested you would be required to host a minimum of 2 male students fom Tuesday 6th December to Tuesday 13th December

We require approximately 40 billet families to assist for the duration of the Carnival

If you would like to host students from our visiting Marist schools or if you have any questions please contact Mr Matt Barlow 6627 6662 or mbarlowtrinitylismorensweduau

Saturday500pm Vigil - St Carthages Cathedral

Sunday700am at the Carmelite Monastery900am St Carthages Cathedral500pm St Carthages Cathedral

Weekday MassesTues 520pm and Wed Thurs Fri 1220pm - St Carthages Cathedral

First and Third Sundays930am at Dunoon

Second and Fourth Sundays930am at Goolmangar

Fifth Sunday of the Month930am at Nimbin

St Carthagersquos Parish Mass Times

HOST FAMILIES NEEDEDfor Marist Cricket Carnival

YEAR 7 - 12Feel like a day of learning and light-hearted fun this school holidays Then consider registering to attend the Spring into Engineering ndash School Holiday Program for Aspiring Girls to be held at Lismore Campus of Southern Cross University on Tuesday 4 October 2016 During the day you will get to check out the engineering facilities and learn more about a career in engineering You can bring your lunch or buy something in the plaza Wersquoll take a stroll around the campus too In order to register please complete the Registration Form and return it to me before 27 September 2016 at engineeringscueduau

When 8 November 2016

Time 400pm - 730pm

Where U Block School of Environment Science and Engineering Southern Cross University Lismore campus

Doors Open is for students and parents and members of the community

There is something here for everyoneBe inquisitive with our seaside touch tank perplexed by our crazy chemistry enjoy fun with our robots see in and around our facilities collect course information along the way listen to community talks on sharks waste management regional and urban planning humanitarian engineering and so much more

2016 AUSTRALALASIAN MARIST CRICKET CARNIVAL

In December this year Trinity is hostig the Australasian Cricket Carnival

At present we are looking for host families to billet two male students (minimum) from various Marist Schools across Australia and New Zealand

If interested you would be required to host a minimum of 2 male students fom Tuesday 6th December to Tuesday 13th December

We require approximately 40 billet families to assist for the duration of the Carnival

If you would like to host students from our visiting Marist schools or if you have any questions please contact Mr Matt Barlow 6627 6662 or mbarlowtrinitylismorensweduau

Saturday500pm Vigil - St Carthages Cathedral

Sunday700am at the Carmelite Monastery900am St Carthages Cathedral500pm St Carthages Cathedral

Weekday MassesTues 520pm and Wed Thurs Fri 1220pm - St Carthages Cathedral

First and Third Sundays930am at Dunoon

Second and Fourth Sundays930am at Goolmangar

Fifth Sunday of the Month930am at Nimbin

St Carthagersquos Parish Mass Times

HOST FAMILIES NEEDEDfor Marist Cricket Carnival

YEAR 7 - 12Feel like a day of learning and light-hearted fun this school holidays Then consider registering to attend the Spring into Engineering ndash School Holiday Program for Aspiring Girls to be held at Lismore Campus of Southern Cross University on Tuesday 4 October 2016 During the day you will get to check out the engineering facilities and learn more about a career in engineering You can bring your lunch or buy something in the plaza Wersquoll take a stroll around the campus too In order to register please complete the Registration Form and return it to me before 27 September 2016 at engineeringscueduau

When 8 November 2016

Time 400pm - 730pm

Where U Block School of Environment Science and Engineering Southern Cross University Lismore campus

Doors Open is for students and parents and members of the community

There is something here for everyoneBe inquisitive with our seaside touch tank perplexed by our crazy chemistry enjoy fun with our robots see in and around our facilities collect course information along the way listen to community talks on sharks waste management regional and urban planning humanitarian engineering and so much more

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