8 November 2017

Newsletter Articles

Principals Report

This week our Grade 6 students are in Canberra supported by Mr. Brad Hastie, Mrs. Liz Mason, Mr. Brent Pearce, Mr. Terry Jones and myself. It was with great anticipation we arrived at Hobart Airport at 4.15am on Monday morning to commence our journey. During this week we will be seeing the sights of our National Capital such as Old and New Parliament House, The War Memorial, The National Capital Exhibition, The Australian Institute of Sport, The Royal Australian Mint and Questacon. On Thursday morning we will travel to Sydney by coach and spend time at Manly then a harbor ferry cruise and a walk around the Opera House and return on Thursday evening at approximately 9.00pm.

Such a trip as this takes an enormous amount of preparation and planning and I would sincerely like to thank our wonderful Office staff for all their assistance. On behalf of the parents and students I would also like to thank the staff for their commitment to this trip.

I am extremely grateful that I work with staff who see the value in this trip and are prepared to be away from their own families to support our students to have this opportunity. Thank you to our parents for their support of our Canberra trip and trusting us with your precious children and to all those who particularly assisted with the fundraising to ensure we reached our target of $100 spending money for each student.

In my absence Mrs. Lauren McCallum and Mrs. Gemma Bennett will be Acting Co Principals and I know all in our community will be supporting them fully. We look forward to sharing our adventures in Canberra on our return.

Bernadette Brooks
Principal

Prayer and Reflection

Glenorchy Awards

Safer Communities Awards 2017

Congratulations to the following students who each received an award at the Glenorchy City Safer Community Awards. It was an absolute pleasure to support these students and their families on Tuesday 24th October. Listed below are the citations written on each students award certificate and read out by the Acting General Manager of the Glenorchy Council.

Cooper Nichols Grade 1

Cooper Nichols always shows respect and consideration to his peers, class mates and staff members. He is kind and caring, ensuring he includes everyone in activities. He is thoughtful and takes time to consider his responses. During classroom, sporting and outdoor activities, Cooper always plays fairly and safely.

Reilly Murray Grade 2

Reilly is kind, compassionate, respectful and fair. He independently recognises when another student needs help and actively assists them, often putting their needs ahead of his own. He takes great pride in everything that he does and ensures that he completes every task to the best of his ability.

Eli Stalker Grade 3

Eli is a kind and caring member of our school community. He always assists others if they are struggling or seek help on their behalf. Eli will often identify a task that needs to be completed and will willingly gives of his time on behalf of others.

Isabella Whelan Grade 4

Isabella is the type of student to whom showing respect and support for classmates and staff comes naturally. She demonstrates pride in her school; from her daily routines, to the ‘extra’ tasks Isabella takes upon herself to make the school run smoothly.

Thomas Weeding Grade 5

Thomas Weeding is a thoughtful and respectful member of our school community. He is part of a small group of students who started “No Waste Wednesday” at Holy Rosary, an initiative aimed at reducing the packaging in school lunch boxes. He is also an active member of the local Scouts.

Bonnie Clark Grade 6

Bonnie is a very caring, helpful and respectful Year Six student. She consistently offers support and assistance to those around her earning the respect of all staff and students at Holy Rosary Catholic School. Bonnie displays wonderful leadership qualities and service to others happily volunteering to help out around the school community. She is an excellent role model to younger students and with her strong sense of self and commitment to social justice, is an active advocate for tolerance and inclusion.

We have many very caring and kind students here at Holy Rosary

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We have many very caring and kind students here at Holy Rosary

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Surf Life Saving

Grade 1 & 2 classes were lucky enough to have a visit from Dylan. He is a volunteer life-saver. Dylan came to speak to us about the Bush to Beach program and remind us of the importance of keeping safe around water this Summer.

Dylan taught us the meaning behind the acronym F.L.A.G.S.:-

F=Find the flags - when we go to the beach we should always look for the red and yellow flags. If they are up, we need to swim between them at all times.

L=Look for signs - there may be signs around the place telling us things, like shallow water, rocks underneath etc.

A=Ask for advice - Ask a local if you're not sure where to swim, or where the toilets are etc.

G=Go with an adult - ALWAYS go swimming with an adult, someone to look out for you.

S= Signal for help - If you get into trouble in the water, then you wave your arm with a closed fist and someone will come for you and help you.

We looked at lots of the different equipment that the lifesavers use. There are over 1500 beaches in Tasmania and only 14 of them are manned by life-savers during the Summer, so it's really important that we all know what to do and how to keep safe in and around water.

Dylan taught us about the Bush to Beach program

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Dylan taught us about the Bush to Beach program

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Kindergarten News

Welcome Back Everyone to Term 4 in Kindergarten. We welcome Mrs Andrea Quick who is currently our Kinder C/Q teacher on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. We also welcome Ms Lillian Cooke and Ms Rachel French who are assisting in Kinder P whilst Mrs Angela Fraser is on leave. This term we are exploring our world through provocations, experiences and activities which enable our students to have a sense of the world in which they belong, including home, community, school and our world. We have enjoyed visits from local farm animals, Community workers and have an opportunity to explore the creek area which lays below our school property. Later in the Term we will visit Cornelian Bay and several parks around the Derwent River.

We love experiencing and exploring in Kinder

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We love experiencing and exploring in Kinder

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Correct Procedure and Protocol

Parents are respectfully reminded that they need to direct their concerns, queries and suggestions to those who are able to listen, provide correct information and possible solutions, that is, with the teachers and Leadership Team. Discussion amongst parents regarding any concerns is not encouraged as information may be ill informed, misdirected or incorrect advice given.

Dino’s Pizza Community Fundraiser

On Tuesday the 24th of October we held a community fundraiser for Dino's Pizza. Thank you to all those who brought in coins to help spell the word COMMUNITY and to the Parish who donated $300. In total we raised $1255.90 which we will present to Dino’s staff at our Assembly on November 20th.

We love being a part of our COMMUNITY

School Buses

Social and Emotional Program for Term 4

Students of the Week

SWPBS Awards

Bronze Award

Congratulations to the following students who have constantly displayed our three expectations of Respect, Safety and Learning and received their Bronze Award for 100 Bernies.

Silver Award

Congratulations to the following student who has constantly displayed our three expectations of Respect, Safety and Learning and received her Silver Award for 150 Bernies.

Uniform Shop

White Socks Girls Single Pack - $2.00
Sizes 5-10, 2-8

Navy Stockings - $4.00
Sizes 3-5, Avg, XTall

Rugby Jumper (old stock) - $20.00
All sizes except Size 8

Polar Fleece - $10.00
Sizes 14, S, M, L

Tartan Trousers - $20.00
Sizes 12, 14, 16, 18

Catering for Gifted Children

Parent Notice Board

2018 Planning

If parents know that they will not be continuing enrolment of their child/children at Holy Rosary Catholic School in 2018 please let the Principal know as soon as possible. The realities around budgets in schools rely heavily on maintaining the right numbers of students. It helps our school out immensely with maintaining staffing, allocating resources and balancing classes whether any students will be moving schools.

Soccer Trophy Night

The Village

The Holy Rosary Catholic School Birth to 4 program has commenced on Wednesday’s from 9:00am – 10:30am.

Autism Tasmania

Autism Tasmania will be offering a series of information sessions for parents and family members of children on the autism spectrum aged over 7 years. These sessions provide an opportunity to learn about and discuss a variety of autism specific issues in a friendly and supportive environment.

St John’s Catholic School Richmond School Fair

Taking place on Friday 17th November from 4.00pm – 7.30pm.

Sacred Heart College Open Day

Enrolments are now open at Sacred Heart College for Year 7, 2019, and are due by 29th March 2018.

To assist families in making decisions around secondary education for their children, we are conducting our next Open Day on Thursday, November 9th from 4pm-6pm.

The school Administration Office has Enrolment packs for your convenience.

FREE Volunteer Training

Early Support for Parents is a volunteer home visiting program supporting parents. ESP is in need of volunteers who can spare 1-2 hours a week to support parents in their own communities.

Christmas in the Barn

This community event will be held on the 24 November at 12 noon.
Cost: $15 per head.
All are welcome.

Chigwell House

Find out what is happening in our Chigwell Community. See the attached flyer for more about The Community Garden, Community Lunch, Second Bite and The Health Clinic.

Carols on the Hill

Guilford Young College Oval, Barrack Street, Hobart on Sunday 17th December from 7pm – 9pm.

Term 4 Assemblies and Liturgies

Parents and Friends are most welcome and kindly invited to join us for our School Assemblies which are held at 1.45pm and our Liturgies which are held at 12.00 noon on the following dates in the School Hall or St Bernard’s Church unless noted differently.

Upcoming Events