Rozelle is a place where Aboriginal children learned, played and celebrated their culture for thousands of years on this beautiful, natural land. As we learn, play and celebrate together on this land, we honour the Wangal people of the Eora nation and pay our respects to elders both past, present and emerging.
SEMESTER ONE… IT’S A WRAP!
Today we reach the halfway point of the year with Semester One coming to a close. Although there have been some challenges, especially with the never ending run of wet weather and the impacts of COVID, there have been many highlights and achievements.
The year began with Kindergarten successfully transitioning to school and very quickly the school formed 22 classes. As students settled into the new school year the run of extreme wet weather played havoc with planned activities and events. There was minor flooding across the site which led to our preschool being closed for two days. The swimming carnival was postponed and the school had to submit a Zone Team based on times provided by students. It all worked out with Rozelle winning the Balmain Zone Schools’ carnival. We were eventually able to have our school carnival at Drummoyne Pool which was a great success with high participation rates.
Despite the impacts of COVID on staff and students, it was great to have the band, strings choir and dance rehearsals commence. Performing arts programs were particularly impacted by COVID over the past two years and we have certainly missed them at Rozelle.
This term has also been a busy and successful period for the school. The Colour Run was a highlight for many of us. The excitement of our students could be heard across the suburb as they were covered in bursts of coloured dye. It was a great way to start the term.
PSSA has recommenced this year after last year’s cancellation. Our senior students are certainly enjoying the opportunity to compete against other local schools in soccer, netball and touch football. They have had great results and continue to demonstrate sportsmanship and teamwork.
After a two year interruption, the Inner West Debating Competition has resumed. Our debating team has shown significant improvement in their debating skills. Not only are they presenting prepared arguments, they are also rebutting their opponents points of view. This requires good listening skills and quick thinking. Thank you to Mrs Horton and Mrs Taylor for your work with our debaters.
Over the past fortnight our Year 2 & 3 students have been participating in a two week swim school at Ian Thorpe Aquatic Centre. This is the first time in two years that we have been able to run this program and in just a short space of time, the swimming ability of our students has improved significantly. Staff who have attended have been very impressed by the quality of tuition provided by the swimming instructors. Thank you to Mrs Ronsen for your detailed organisation.
This week, your child’s Semester One report was sent home. I hope they provided you an insight into your child’s progress across the semester. Mrs Svinos and I particularly enjoyed reading the general comments and learning more about your child, their strengths, qualities, achievements and suggested areas for growth.
Wishing all our community a happy and healthy winter break.
