Trinity
Gardens School holds many annual events which bring the students
and the wider community together in celebration, learning
and activities. All staff and students, from the Early Learning
Centre to year 7, are involved in these events, and families
are also encouraged to take part.
Pancake
Day
Pancake Day is an event held around Australia
each year on Shrove Tuesday to raise awareness about poverty
and disadvantage in Australia. It is also a great opportunity
for families to come together to enjoy a community breakfast
of delicious pancakes at the school. Parents, children and
staff are encouraged to arrive early to school on Tuesday
to help cook and eat a delicious pancake breakfast. Pancake
Day helps to raise money for homeless, abused and vulnerable
children and adults, the frail aged, families in crisis and
people with disabilities.
Sports
Day
Sports Day at Trinity Gardens is about each
child participating and enjoying a wide range of activities,
improving their own skills and being part of a team. This
annual event, held on the school oval, takes place towards
the end of first term and involves all the students in the
school. Families are invited to attend to support their children.
Students are divided into four house teams, St Morris, Devitt,
Trinity and Wellington. The emphasis on Sports Days is on
being confident and having a go. Events include athletics
such as sprints, discus, and long jump, and team events such
as relays and tunnel-ball.
End
of Year Celebration
This celebration, held towards the end of
the school year, commemorates the year that has just passed
with an evening of items prepared by each class. It is a wonderful
opportunity for staff, families and students to gather together
to enjoy a community BBQ or picnic tea and watch each class
present their item before the school breaks for the Summer
holidays.
Harmony
day
Harmony Day, which began in 1999, occurs
on 21 March each year and celebrates Australia's success as
a diverse society united by a common set of values.
Since 1945 more than six million people have
settled in Australia and in 60 years of post-war migration
Australia 's population has jumped from 6 million to approximately
20 million.
Bookweek
Bookweek, an initiative of the Children’s
Book Council of Australia, takes place in schools every year
in mid to late August. It revolves around a theme to do with
books and reading. At Trinity Gardens School Bookweek involves
various activities such as the traditional Bookweek parade,
a special assembly, story-telling and visits from authors.
Grandparents
Day is also annually incorporated into the Bookweek celebrations,
when grandparents are invited to come to the school and enjoy
the Bookweek parade and visit their grandchildren’s
classrooms. This is always taken as a great opportunity to
be amazed at the differences to learning in the 21st century
from their days at school! A book display is set up in the
library over Bookweek and many grandparents choose to purchase
books to donate to the Resource Centre. Grandparents are also
invited to attend morning tea in the Resource Centre.

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