Continuing COVID-safe measures at school
The school received another delivery of rapid antigen tests from the Department, with all students receiving another box of RATs which were sent home with them on Friday. We will be sending home RATs every fortnight and encourage you to continue testing your children every Sunday and Wednesday. Although rapid antigen testing is voluntary, it has certainly helped us to stay COVID-free at Rosewood Downs PS. With two young kids, I realise that conducting a rapid antigen test is not much fun for them. However, a few seconds of discomfort can help us to ensure that unwell students aren't attending school. Thanks to our families who are testing regularly and making sure they're children don't attend school when unwell. We are aware of ongoing positive cases in our community, but thankfully, the rapid testing has prevented many of these cases from attending onsite.
If your child is in Grade 3-6, please continue sending them to school with a mask, unless they have an exemption. If you're able to send your child with a reusable mask, that would be preferable. We have a few students that are collecting disposable masks every day and we would prefer they use reusable masks to minimise waste and reduce the number of discarded masks in our school.
For the remaining five weeks of Term 1, we will continue to restrict access to classrooms and events for parents. Although we look forward to welcoming parents back to classrooms, assemblies and other activities soon, we believe that our current measures are very important in keeping our students and staff safe and well. We really appreciate your ongoing support and understanding with this.
KABOOM Sports returns to Rosewood Downs
This really is a great experience for our students and we hope to see Kaboom Sports return next. Hopefully next time we'll be able to have parents attend the session and join in the fun.
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The media is currently saturated with confronting images and news stories. Please be mindful of what your child might be accessing on social media. TikTok, Facebook and Instagram have disturbing images and photos that are not appropriate for primary school-aged children. If you are a parent of a child in an older grade, we advise that you speak to your child about the seriousness of the situation in Eastern Europe and make yourself aware of what they may be viewing online.
The school will be undertaking a small project soon to express our solidarity with our families who have families and loved ones in the affected nations.
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Greater Dandenong Division Swimming Trials – Tuesday 8th March
Congratulations to the following students for being selected in our Swimming Team; Ruby 6S, Luke 6S, Daniella 6R, Fiona 6R, Maggie 6R, Mingqi 5S, Ivan5F, Isabella 4PT, Jada 4PT, Arya 4PT and Sarah 4W. They will be competing at the Noble Park swimming pool against students from around the Greater Dandenong Division. Thank you to the students and families who will be going along to support our team.
AFL Clinics and Auskick Program
It’s time for footy! With the AFLW season getting closer to the finals and the AFL season about to kick off, we are able to deliver FREE footy clinics for our students. The Grade 5 and 6 students will be visited by coaches from the St Kilda FC Academy over the next two Wednesdays starting in week 6. The Prep to Grade 4 students are invited to register for a four-week Auskick program on Thursday afternoons on our school oval. The sessions start on Thursday 10th March between 3:30pm and 4:30pm.
These sessions are part of the AFL community program that encourages children to participate in junior football, as well as other physical activities. The coaches will be emphasising the benefits associated with playing sport such as building teamwork, leadership skills and resilience. Students will also learn about the main aspects of AFL including the basic skills and rules to play the game.
Students are welcome to bring along football jumpers and boots to wear for the sessions, but normal school uniform is required for the normal school day.
Dad Joke of the week
Yesterday, my wife asked me if I had seen the dog bowl.
I said 'No, I didn't even know he could'
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