Rozelle Public School Newsletter

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.

WALK SAFELY TO SCHOOL DAY

Today is National Walk Safely to School Day, an annual event where Primary School students are encouraged to walk and commute safely to school. It’s a community event seeking to promote road safety, health and the environment. This week teachers have taken the opportunity to deliver important pedestrian safety messages including:

• Holding a grown-ups hand when crossing the road (up until at least 10 years old)

• Using a safe place to cross the road

• Stop! Look! Listen! Think! every time you cross the road. 

At Rozelle we have a number of students who walk independently to school and cross busy Victoria Road. I strongly recommend, on occasions, walking to school with your child, modelling and reinforcing the safe crossing of Victoria Road. Have those conversations with your child regularly. 

CROSS COUNTRY CARNIVAL

How lucky were we to have our cross country carnival yesterday, as today the wet weather has returned. It was great to see our students competing, cheering and having fun. There were some fabulous results and no doubt Team Rozelle will be a competitive group at next week's Balmain Zone Cross Country Carnival. Once again I would like to thank all the parents who attended and volunteered their time. Miss Rolland and Mrs Singleton did a fantastic job of organising this year’s event. 

KEEPING UP TO DATE

Rozelle is a busy school with many events, activities and programs on offer. Sometimes it can be hard for busy parents to keep across everything. The following platforms offer parents current information and calendar dates:

• The fortnightly newsletter published on Skool Bag
• The calendar, found on the Skool Bag App
• The calendar on the school website

ENROL NOW FOR 2023

Do you have a child starting school next year? Are you looking to enrol your child in preschool for 2023? Now is the time to get your enrolment forms submitted for Kindy and Preschool 2023. Importantly….preschool applications must be submitted by the end of this term - Friday 1 July 2022. Please let your local friends and neighbours know.

ROOFING PROJECT TO COMMENCE 

Next week, work will commence to install a new roof on Block E which includes the library and gallery spaces. The project is expected to take at least 4 weeks to complete and there will be scaffolding surrounding the entire building. The scope of works includes removal of old solar panels, with new replacements. The rain over the past few months has caused extensive damage and this capital works project is much needed. 

What a day we had at the Cross Country yesterday! The weather held off for what ended up being a gorgeous day for a nice long run. Well done to each student who entered into their race and did their very best. We are taking a very strong team of 48 runners to the zone carnival next Wednesday 25 May Federal Park Chapman Street, Glebe.

Thank you to all our parent volunteers who came along to help on the day, it is very appreciated and also our Rozelle students and teachers for another great carnival. 

Students in Kindergarten and Year 1 also enjoyed their own mini cross country carnival at school. Here are some photos from the day. 

 Be Brave, Make Change.

Reconciliation Assembly will be in Week 6 (Monday 30 May) at 2pm in the school hall for students from Y1-6. All parents and siblings are welcome to attend. 

National Reconciliation Week (27 May to 3 June) is a time for all Australians to learn about our shared histories, cultures and achievements and to explore how each of us can contribute to achieving reconciliation in Australia.

The National Reconciliation Week 2022 theme, “Be Brave. Make Change.” is a challenge to all Australians — individuals, families, communities, organisations and government — to Be Brave and tackle the unfinished business of reconciliation so we can Make Change for the benefit of all Australians.

You may have noticed our brand new, student designed Street Library boxes at various spots around the school. Please feel free to take a book home, or leave a book for someone else to take. They are free and you can keep any books you take. You can also add to the boxes if there's a book that you really enjoyed and are happy to share with others. Please don't overfill the boxes though as we don't want books to get damaged in the wet weather. Remember: "Books are a uniquely portable magic" Stephen King

Congratulations to Oliver Johnston (6 Komodo) for his performance in the State PSSA Tennis Championships. Oliver participated in the 4 day event representing the Sydney East Team. Oliver should be commended for his determination and persistence through all his matches and helping his team finish 5th overall.  

When parents are up at the school they may have seen the lost property trolley which is wheeled regularly into the Darling Street playground. Should your child misplace a hat, jumper, water bottle or lunchbox…you may find it in the trolley.

Applications for enrolment into the preschool program have now opened. All the necessary information and application forms are available on the school website at  https://rozelle-p.schools.nsw.gov.au/ or from the school office. Children are eligible for enrolment in preschool classes from the beginning of the school year if they turn four years of age before July 31 of that year. Applications close at 3pm on Friday 1 July.

There is no priority for the order in which enrolments are received by the office. The Preschool Placement panel, consisting of the Principal, the President of the P&C and one of our preschool teachers, considers all applications in accordance with the priorities of the Department of Education and Communities' Preschool Enrolment Policy and the Rozelle Public School Preschool Enrolment and Fee Policy.

The P&C is pleased to be supporting the fundraising efforts of Year 6 (sausage sizzle) and the Rozelle Band Program (cake stall) at the Rozelle Public School polling location on Saturday. Please consider making a purchase from their stalls when you cast your vote. 

Any donations of savoury or baked goods for the stall from outside the band families will be gratefully received! Baked items can be delivered to the school canteen/uniform shop this afternoon or dropped directly to the stall from 8am on Saturday.

There is only a handful of tables left for our Trivia Night to be held on Saturday 28 May. Hosted by professional quiz master Simon Whale, this event will be held in the school hall where you can BYO snacks and drinks. Book the babysitter and purchase a team table of 8 or individual tickets from https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing?eid=901597&

DONATIONS SOUGHT FOR PRIZE HAMPERS

Can you donate something delicious to go into the prize hampers for our winning teams and runners up? The social and fundraising committee is looking for items of smaller value such as gourmet treats, books, coffee beans, bottles of wine, homemade goods etc. Donations can be left at the front office or the uniform shop before next Friday 27 May.

ONLINE RAFFLE TICKETS FOR TRIVIA NIGHT

Can’t make Trivia Night but still want to support it? Now you can – buy a ticket in our online raffle to win some wonderful prizes donated by our school community members and local businesses.

Purchase tickets here: https://www.raffletix.com.au/?ref=vm7nb

On Friday 6 May a team from RPS joined with a great group of mums from Father John Therry, Birchgrove, Balmain and Nicholson St Public Schools to take part in a fundraising Mothers Day event in aid of the Be Centre, supporting childhood trauma through play therapy. 

Almost $2,500 was raised for this wonderful organisation and a lot of fun was had by all. There are plans for another event to celebrate the local Dads closer to Father’s Day.

The Uniform Shop continues to supply online orders placed via Flexischools. The shop also opens on Friday mornings between 8.45am and 9.30am for cash or credit card sales of our new and second hand items. Order enquiries can be made via rozelleuniformshop@gmail.com

Thank you to our 2021/2022 sponsor Cindy Kennedy from the McGrath Team Balmain for your financial support of our P&C events.