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- Principals Report Week 6 Term 1
- Religious Education News
- Protective Behaviours – Body Awareness and Body Ownership.
- Uniform Free Day - Friday 11/03/2022
- Dates for your Diary
- Veritas Awards
- BEST Awards
- Whole Day Absences - please submit via Parent Portal
- Clothing Pool Open during School Hours
- School Counselling Services
- 2022 School Photos
- Extracurricular Activities at Rosary
- 2022 Term Dates
- Rosary Eagles Junior Rugby Union Club Come and Try Day Tomorrow
- Merici College Enrolling Now
- Parentline
- Hand Washing Poster
- Coughing and Sneezing Etiquette Poster
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Principals Report Week 6 Term 1
Dear Parents and Carers
This week I am involved in a number of professional learning sessions with key leaders from Catholic Education. This involves the principals from our 56 archdiocesan schools. There will be some sessions dedicated to strategic planning for our schools as well as faith formation and spirituality. Our Director Ross Fox and Archbishop Christopher Prowse will lead our main sessions.
I will have more information to share with you in the coming weeks.
Staff News
Mr Peter Ederle (School Janitor) Retiring Soon
I am writing to inform you that Peter will shortly retire from his position as our school janitor. Peter’s last day will be Wednesday 23 March 2022 (Week 8). Peter joined Rosary in October 2016 so has been with us for five and a half years.
I’m pleased to have had the opportunity to walk around the school a number of times with Peter to learn about the school site, services locations and general maintenance of the building and grounds.
I want to take this opportunity on behalf of the staff and the community to thank Peter for his time at Rosary and for keeping up the maintenance and cleaning of the school.
Good luck to Peter as he prepares for the next chapter of his life.
I wish you all the best for the long weekend ahead with your family.
God Bless.
Greg Walker
Principal
SECOND SUNDAY OF LENT
Year C | Sunday 13th March | purple
"As Jesus prayed, the aspect of his face was changed,
and his clothing became brilliant as lightning."
Click on the link below to go the readings and activities for this Sunday.
March 13 - Sunday 2 LENT (yearcprayingwithchildren.org)
Project Compassion
Thank you to families who have already donated to project compassion. Your donations to Project Compassion enable Caritas Australia, the Catholic Agency for International Aid and Development, to work with local communities around the world to end poverty, promote justice and uphold dignity.
We are encouraged to put our compassion into action this Lent through prayer, fasting and almsgiving by supporting Project Compassion. Each classroom has a Project Compassion box for donations. All donations will be greatly appreciated!
Peace and best wishes
Liz Higgins
Religious Education Co-ordinator
Protective Behaviours – Body Awareness and Body Ownership.
Dear Parents,
As part of the Protective Behaviours program, students will be learning about body awareness and body ownership.
Teach your child that they are the boss of their body. Talk with your child about the names and functions of both the private and public parts of their bodies. As soon as a child is old enough to begin to understand their feelings and name their body parts, they are old enough to have conversations about keeping safe. As they grow older, the protective behaviours conversations become more detailed as appropriate to their age level and understanding.
It is important to use the correct anatomical names for private parts of the body.
Using the correct anatomical names:
- promotes positive body image
- increases self confidence
- improves parent-child communication
- discourages people from touching children inappropriately
- in the possible event of abuse, helps children tell adults what has happened to them.
If anyone ever touches any part of their body and they feel uncomfortable, your child can tell that person to stop, move away (regain their personal safety) and tell someone on their network. These conversations are important and don’t need to be difficult.
Kind regards,
Julie Godfrey
Coordinator
Uniform Free Day - Friday 11/03/2022
As part of our Wellbeing Week, this Friday (11/03/2022) will be a uniform free day.
Please ensure that your child wears runners, a school hat (or sun-smart hat) and suitable clothing that covers their shoulders (no crop tops or singlets).
During Wellbeing Week, we focus on physical and mental good health practices. Students are not assigned any homework tasks and staff have a meeting-free week. Wellbeing week is a good time to focus on spending quality time with family and implementing some self-care as well as enjoying the beautiful surroundings God created for us.
Due to current restrictions, there are limited events planned for the following two weeks. If any events are able to proceed, information will be provided via Compass.
- Uniform Free Day - Friday 11th March
- Canberra Day Public Holiday - Monday 14th March
- School Photos - Full School Uniform - Tuesday 15th March
Jules Bingley
Myles Dahal
William Heaton
Holly Ellem
Luca Pyne
Ryan Dahal
Julia Liso
Sophie Kelly
Ethan Smith
Nel Baraniecki
Sohpie Hannaford
Tom McAlary
Ethan Pyne
Congratulations to the following students who received a BEST Award:
Colton Longworth
Willow Graham - Matheson
Christina Nguyen
Mila Jovic
Audrey Hinds
Charlotte Roland
Kosta Kouparitsas
Lincoln Wright
Sophia Lemke
Mason Mullens
Taula McAlister
James Coughlan
Elizabeth Rego
Molly Dawson
Whole Day Absences - please submit via Parent Portal
If your child is absent from school for a whole day or longer, please submit details of the absence via the Parent Portal. This should be completed within 7 days of the absence.
If your child will only be absent for a partial day, the absence will be recorded as your child is signed in or out via the kiosk at the front office. You do not need to add an early pick up or late drop off via the Parent Portal.
Unexplained absences for your child will be displayed on your homepage when you log in to Parent Portal.
If an unexplained absence appears that you believe to be incorrect, please send an email to the front office for investigation.
Clothing Pool Open during School Hours
The Rosary Clothing Pool is open to families to purchase second hand uniform items for $5 per piece. Please note that currently only one family is allowed in the room at any one time and hand sanitisation is required upon entry and exit. A key is available from the front office to access the room during school hours for your convenience.
All new uniform items can be purchased from Personally Yours. They are located at 218 Gladstone St, Fyshwick ACT 2609 and can be contacted on 6280 4166.
The school counsellor, Hilde de Raadt-Abma, is available every Thursday and Friday.
You can refer your child for counselling by filling in a referral form available on Catholic Care’s website or follow this link: https://catholiccare.force.com/housing/s/school-referral-form
After you have filled out the referral form you will automatically be sent an email requesting your consent for your child to access the service. In the case of families where parents are separated, consent of both parents is normally required. If this is difficult for you please feel free to discuss with Hilde.
Hilda can be contacted via the school or email (hilde.deraadt@catholiccare.cg.org.au) on Thursdays and Fridays.
School Photos will take place on Tuesday 15th March 2022.
All students are to come in full school uniform (not sports) on the day.
If you wish to place an order for school photos, please do so online. See below flyer for details. A physical copy of the flyer has gone home with the eldest student in each family today.
Sibling photos MUST be ordered before the photo day. All other photos can be ordered at any time.
Extracurricular Activities at Rosary
There are many extracurricular activities available onsite for our Rosary Students. Please note all of these activities attract a fee and are delivered by external providers. Please see the timetable below for details:
- French Lessons - Monday 3.10pm - 4.25pm (continuing) / Wednesday 8.00am - 9.00am (beginner)
- Tae Kwon-Do - Monday 6.30pm Children class / 7:30pm Adult class
- Mandarin Lessons - Tuesday 3.10pm - 4.25pm
- Chess Club - Tuesday 3.10pm - 4.30pm (Weeks 2 - 10)
- Zanshin Martial Arts - Tuesday 6.30pm Junior class / 7:30pm Senior class
- Artkids - Thursday 3.15pm - 5.15pm
- Italian Lessons - Friday 8:00am - 9:00am (beginner) and 3.10pm - 4.25pm (continuing)
- Musicorp (various instruments) / Piano Lessons - Friday 8:20am and during class time throughout the day
Please contact the school if you require further information.
The school year is divided into four terms. Term dates for the year 2022 are as follows:
Term 1 (10 weeks) Monday 31 January - Friday 8 April
Term 2 (10 weeks) Wednesday 27 April - Friday 1 July (Tuesday 26 April is a system wide Pupil Free Day)
Term 3 (10 weeks) Tuesday 19 July - Friday 23 September (Monday 18 July is a system wide Pupil Free Day)
Term 4 (10 weeks) Monday 10 October – Friday 16 December
Rosary Eagles Junior Rugby Union Club Come and Try Day Tomorrow
REMINDER
Rosary Eagles Junior Rugby Union Club Come and Try Day Tomorrow
Repeat notice:
MERICI COLLEGE ENROLLING NOW CAMPAIGN
A wonderful opportunity for prospective families to see the College in action, meet our students and attend the Principal’s Address, Year 7 and 11 Information Evenings and lots more.
We are enrolling now for 2023 and beyond!
Please visit www.merici.college for all dates and information for our Open Day, Be a Merici Girl Days and Talk and Tours. Register online now!
Open Day, Principal’s Address and Year 7 2021 Information Night: Tuesday 3 May
Be a Merici Girl Days: 29 April, 2 and 9 May
Talk and Tours: 30 March, 7 May, 20 August, 22 October
NOTICEBOARD