HOLY ROSARY SCHOOL

Hi Everyone,

Welcome back campers! Thanks to the efforts and planning of Nikita Rees and Peter Scutti, supported by a number of our other staff, camp 2023 has been a wonderful experience for them. This occasion provides children with many opportunities to learn about themselves and one another, to grow and enjoy one another’s company, to be challenged and to try new and different things. In all, this is a rich mix of opportunities, making memories to be shared all year. It is a special time and I thank everybody who has embraced camp and supported our children on their journey.

There is plenty on next week - NAPLAN finishes, our Student Leaders attend the GRIP leadership conference, our Swimming Carnival is on Friday, and our School Audit takes place on Thursday and Friday.

Happy St Patrick's Day!

Mark

Friday 17 March

Parent/teacher Interview bookings open

Tuesday 21 March

P & F Meeting 6 - 7pm in the Staffroom - All welcome
SAC Meeting 7 - 8pm

Friday 24 March

Swimming Carnival HBF Stadium - Years 3-6

Monday 27 March

Confirmation Retreat

Friday 31 March

Edudance 'C' Concert 2-3pm
Bookings for Parent/teacher Interviews close

Monday 3 April

Edudance 'D' Concert 2-3pm

Tuesday 4 April

School Closes 12pm
Parent/Teacher Interviews

Parent/Teacher Interviews

The Holy Rosary Parent/Teacher interviews will be held on Tuesday 4 April. Our Specialist Teachers are also available for interviews. School will close at 12pm and children will need to be collected at this time so that teachers can have a short lunch break. Interviews will begin at 12.30pm. Just a reminder the interview appointment slots go for 10 minutes so please ensure you arrive on time.

The booking link will close on Friday 31st March at 3pm.

Please click the link below to book your appointment.

https://www.schoolinterviews.com.au/code/t9c9j

Parking #3

A reminder where to park. Please check the map below. We are getting some flak on some parking practices alleged to have happened, in particular:

From one of our churchgoers:

people using the angled parking bays in front of the Church. A number of regulars, some elderly, come early to Church to recite the rosary, and park there. Please leave these bays clear.

From a resident of Huntriss Road:

Parking on verge where it is clearly signed to not do that
Parking in the no standing spots where it is clearly marked
Parking in the bus zones (I saw the bus driver of the 412 stop his bus this morning in the middle of the road to let out kids and then go write offenders a ticket)

These rules are for kid’s safety and the free, safe and unimpeded passage of road users. I have also informed the Stirling council of my concerns. I hope they conduct a fine blitz to reinforce your anticipated communication to these drivers.

I don’t think any of us can argue with any of these points. There is plenty of parking available around school as evidenced by the map and we ask everybody to be mindful and honour the expectations we have.

Thank you for your support.

Happy St Patrick’s day! The green books are out, and Irish tunes and landscapes set the scene in the library this week. Students watched brilliant videos made by our year 6 Pastoral Care Group on ‘How to make a paper plane” in preparation for our lunchtime plane fun in week 9. Round 1 of Junior Chess is now complete, with all winners progressing to round 2 over the next couple of weeks. I will try my best to accommodate students who are sick and miss their game. Thank you for letting me know and staying home if you are unwell.

In week 9, we will hold our annual Project Compassion Second Hand Book Sale. If you have any books to donate, please hang on to them and see the newsletter next week for more info. I hope the year 6’s enjoyed camp, I really missed my Library Monitors this week!

Mrs Butson

“Christ beside me, Christ before me, Christ behind me, Christ within me, Christ beneath me, Christ above me.” Saint Patrick

Please support our Year 6 Christian Service Group as they collect food items for our local Vinnies pantry. Vinnies are particularly in need of:

Long Life Milk (UHT)
Pasta
Pasta Sauce
Noodles
Jam
Vegemite
Cereal

You can drop any donations to your child’s classroom by next Thursday 23rd March, week 8. Thank you for your support.

A reminder about the amazing eSafety parent resource to support you on your technological parenting journey. With technology becoming a bigger part of our outside of school world, this resource is a great tool that is always up to date. As an educator and parent I find it very handy!

https://www.esafety.gov.au/parents

Holly Butson

Online Ordering: https://quickcliq.com.au/

Monday 20 March - Z Zarb, L Lee

Wednesday 22 March - F McLean, V Gillespie

Friday 24 March - Swimming Carnival

*** FRIDAY 24 MARCH - SWIMMING CARNIVAL - PLEASE NOTE ONLY PP TO YEAR 2 CAN ORDER FROM THE CANTEEN ON FRIDAY**

Leanna 0414 953 958

The P&F have been busy organising some great events for the year. The next one is an event we haven’t had in a while…

Mothers' Day Breakfast!!

Save the Date: Friday 12th May - 7.30am

We are really excited about this one, so please keep an eye out in the newsletter for more information to follow.

Message for all Families:

As Bogan Bingo approaches we are gathering together some fantastic auction prizes for the night, If there are any families within the school that own a business and would like to be involved please get in touch for more information. You can email the front office and the message will be forwarded to me.

Thank You

Your P & F Committee