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The Year 12 SRC students were outstanding with their organisation, enthusiasm and exemplary behaviour on the day. They serenaded students and staff, handed out roses and chocolates to students that were lucky enough to have a have special Valentine that had purchased these for them. Over $1,400 was raised on the day and this money will be used by the Year 12 SRC to fund the normal Year 12 annual obligations such as the purchase of a departing gift for the school. A very big thank you also to Ms Moon, Mr Papadakis, Mr Wright and Mr Regina for their work in making the day so memorable and enjoyable. A huge thank you to the GAT Band for their stellar performance at lunch time in the plaza. The day was a wonderful event for students and staff and we would like to thank everyone involved for making the day so special.

 

All welcome to our open night Tuesday Feb 19 at 6pm-7:30pm

College tour, meet the principal, talk with students, teachers and parents.

This week we held our annual meet the teacher for parents of Year 7.

Despite the squally weather, a large contingent of committed parents assembled in the newly renovated classrooms in A block to hear teachers outline the content and learning expectations of their specific subjects. Additional information was given about key dates and events for Year 7 over 2019.  

Mr Benn Newton, our P&C President welcomed all parents and organised refreshments for each classroom. This provided space for parents to meet each other and mingle.

A special commendation is reserved for our SRC representatives who greeted and guided our parents and assisted the P&C in preparing refreshments. The presentations from this evening will be uploaded to our website for the benefit of those parents unable to attend.

Congratulations to Daniel and Patrick, both in year 9, who won a silver medal in the U14s board rescue event at the Sydney Surf Life Saving Branch Carnival. This event involves one team member swimming out to a buoy and signalling for help. The other team member paddles out to “rescue” them on a board. Both team members then return to the shore on the one board.

They are now qualified to compete in this event for their club, Coogee SLSC, at the State Junior Life Saving Carnival to be held at Swansea/Belmont on the first weekend in March!

Congratulations also go to Maya in year 8 who won silver in the 2km soft sand event for North Bondi SLSC.

Well done to all.

Students in all years have been enjoying the recently installed artificial turf, in what was, up until recently, a very underutilised section of the school. This has brought students together at both Break times, providing them with more ‘green’ space to enjoy socialising with their friends. It also provides another outdoor learning area for students in the IEF to plant and cultivate a sensory garden, that they will use for both Project Based Learning (PBL) activities, as well as contributing their skills in helping to beautify the school environment, for everyone’s use’. We would like to acknowledge the very generous contribution that the P&C made to this project. 

Tuesday February 19 was our annual RBSC Open Night and it was once again a resounding success.

The Open Night is a wonderful evening where we showcase all the fantastic faculties and extra-curricular activities that we offer. Even though the School Renewal project at the front of the school was not completed in time for this event, the school looked amazing and our passionate and committed staff and students presented professionally and enthusiastically.

The event was attended by over 400 people with many commenting on their departure to the senior executive staff that; “You should be very proud of this school”, “You have passionate and dedicated staff”, “Your students are so mature and were excellent ambassadors for the school”.

Overwhelmingly, the feedback we have received since the event has been extremely positive.  Parents were very impressed with the efficiency and high quality of the presentations.

A very big thank you to all students and staff who assisted in making this event so successful. 

We spoke with a group of Kindergarten students to find out what they had to say about going against the herd. They had some wise words for us on how we can care, respect and support each other in our schools.

Let’s start the year off right and prevent student bullying happening in our playgrounds, classrooms and online. If a group of 5-year-olds know the difference between right and wrong, shouldn’t everyone?

Video – Wise at 5

Duration – 1:08

 

We are always looking for parents to assist us as parent representatives on merit selection panels for staff at our school.

The panel selection online training can be done online at your own pace.​ The link:

 https://www.teach.nsw.edu.au/jobsnsw/selectionpaneltraining/

Please follow the prompts for the teacher training –

·         Online Training – click on GET STARTED

·         Introduction – click on NEXT

·         Welcome to the Overview – click on PANEL MEMBERS

The online training will take approximately 1.5 hours to complete the modules. There are 6 Topics/modules and a quick quiz at the end of each module to complete before you can progress to the next module. 

Please read both Introduction pages carefully.

At the conclusion of the course please print the certificate and e-mail it to

Rosebay-h.School@det.nsw.edu.au  – Attention: Principal

Last week Rose Bay Secondary College was fortunate to receive a visit from NSW Minister for Education, Mr Robert Stokes, as well as our local member, Mrs Gabrielle Upton. Upon the minister’s arrival, he was greeted by the principal and school captains Ashley Fyfe and myself at our new upgraded front entrance, a government funded project. It was a fantastic opportunity for myself as I’m currently undertaking legal studies so I was able to ask questions and clarify my inquiries with the Minister. Ms Bernadette Hayes, a P&C representative and chair of the P&C building subcommittee was also present and gave her perspective as a parent to Ms Upton and Mr Stokes.​ Mr Stokes kindly gave us three books as a donation to the library.