Category: Updates from Rose Bay Secondary College

The Year 7 social last week was a great success with 120 parents attending and lots of wonderful feedback!

At the end of last year, Rafael took part in the CODE4FUN Christmas Coding Challenge where he was asked to create an interactive resume that highlighted his skills, interests and achievements. It was an exciting project as it’s now his fourth year coding and it allowed him to put all the skills he had learnt into practice.

Former RBSC student, Dex (right) was presented with Queen’s Scout award at Government House last Saturday.

Scoliosis (spinal curvature) is an important health problem for adolescent girls. Twenty-give girls per thousand are at risk of developing a significant curve and three girls per thousand require active treatment. 

It is recommended that school girls participate in the National Self-Detection Program for Scoliosis. For more information, click here

On Monday April 22, Jess flew to Hobart to the Institute of Marine and Antarctic Science facility were she was lucky enough to be included in the XAS101 ‘A practical  introduction to temperate marine biology’. Out of almost 300 applicants only 24 were chosen.

The annual NSW State Nippers Carnival was conducted at Blacksmiths Beach from 1st March through to 3rd March. Over the years RBSC has always had very strong representation but this year was possibly not only the biggest RBSC representation but also the one with the best results. All of these nippers should be very proud of being nominated to attend the NSW State Nippers Carnival as this is a great achievement in itself. To make it into a final is an amazing achievement. To medal is simply sensational. RBSC is proud of all of our future Lifesavers. They will most certainly participate with aplomb as the water safety for the annual Year 7 Life Saving Week in December.

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You can apply now for grants from $20,000 – $200,000 for projects that will make a difference to your community. Projects could include new playground equipment, sports facilities, paths or ramps to improve access, public art or a community service.

The local community can vote for their favourite projects in July and successful projects will be announced in September.

Project applications close 15 May 2019.

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On Wednesday afternoon March 6 after a long day of teaching, Rose Bay Secondary College teachers gathered at 4pm to take part in our inaugural twilight session.  This was the first of four afternoon sessions which replace the two staff development days usually timetabled after the last teaching day of Term 4 in December.

The session was a huge success – out of almost 80 staff attending, 97% reported that they were extremely or very satisfied with the session.

Term 1 of 2019 has seen the launch of a brand new House System at Rose Bay Secondary College. Working collaboratively with students, teachers, and the wider school community, the new house system has been designed to promote an increased sense of school-wide engagement whilst also maintaining the unique identity of the college.

This week the female school captains and a group of singers from RBSC attended the Waverly Seniors International Women’s Day high tea. 

They were joined by a number of local community members and Dr Kerryn Phelps AM MP.  Jessica, from the student leaders, delivered a moving speech about her achievements and dreams and how our school is helping her achieve those dreams. She received a roaring round of applause with many of the members of Waverly Seniors commenting on how she is an inspiration to them.