From The Principal's Desk - Rocky River Public School
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Wednesday 17th March 2021
Term 1, Week 8
From The Principal’s Desk
Sporting Success
Congratulations to Alex in Year 5 for being selected to attend the North West hockey trials in the coming weeks. Alex was
successful in competing at the Armidale Zone trials last week. Well done Alex!
NAPLAN
The National Assessment Program for Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) will take place from 11-21 May 2021 (Week 4, Term 2)
for all students in Years 3 and 5. The program will assess students in writing, reading, aspects of language and numeracy.
Students at Rocky River will complete the assessments using an online format. If you have any questions about the NAPLAN
process, please contact me at the school.
Tell them From Me Surveys
All public and high schools in NSW are asked to survey students, parents and the community about various aspects of the school
and the programs we offer. In the past, I have created the surveys myself, but this year, the Department of Education has
commissioned a program called Tell Them From Me to assist in this process. Our students in Upper Division will be asked to
complete two surveys, one this term and another in Term 4. Results from the anonymous surveys will be provided to schools to
support our planning.
Assembly Tomorrow
We will hold our next assembly for this term, tomorrow at 2.15pm. As it is Harmony Week, we will focus on this year’s theme of
Everyone Belongs. We are asking students to wear something orange, or a similar colour such as red or yellow. I invite all
members of our school community to come and celebrate the wonderful learning at Rocky River!
Cross Country Next Week
Students have been busy preparing for our upcoming cross country to be held next Wednesday 24th March at Bellevue Oval,
UNE. Just a reminder that the bus will leave at 9.00 sharp and will be back by 2.45pm.
School Leaders at Street Stall
Thanks to Ella and Alex for their help in supporting the P&C street stall last week.
Our school leaders worked for an hour to sell tickets and produce, while enjoying a
chocolate milkshake. Well done to our P&C members and parents who helped to
make the fundraising event such a success!
Brad Hunt
Principal
Principal : Brad Hunt
Teachers: Jess Brien, Emma Schaeffer &
Leah Miller
School Administration: Anne Miller
General Assistant: Chris Schaeffer
Look what’s happening in Lower Division
SCIENCE - In Science, we have been learning
about constellations and had a go at creating our own by planning
and using
spaghetti and marshmallows. We learned about the moon and
how the Sun lights up parts of the Moon as it moves around the
Earth. We used this knowledge to draw Crescent, Gibbous and
Full Moons on the concrete with chalk.
ART WITH MRS SCHAEFFER - The kids are learning about Matisse the
artist and are recreating ‘The Goldfish’ which is one of his most famous fauve
paintings from 1912.
NEW DESKS!
Year 1/2 were lucky enough to
receive some new whiteboard
desks. They are loving being
able to practise their spelling,
work out maths problems on
them and stay organised! We
also got a brand new ‘Jelly
Bean’ table with a whiteboard HARMONY WEEK
top for Guided Reading We look forward to
seeing you at assembly
on Thursday and can’t
wait to show you what
we have been learning
about for Harmony
Week! - Jess Brien
Classroom Teacher
Look what’s happening in Upper Division On Monday, students in Upper Division were fortunate to have a visit from Kristy from Birdlife Australia and Struan from Southern New England Landcare. They spoke to the students about our local bird life and especially the endangered Regent Honeyeater, there are only around 300 of these birds left in the wild. Students were able to look at 3D models of the Regent Honeyeater and then went outside with binoculars to see what birdlife they could find around our school environment. They saw an Eastern Spinebill, a Yellow Rumped Thornbill and a magpie. Our Year 5 Sports Captains were busy this week completing a stocktake of our sports equipment, removing old and worn out pieces and then ordering new equipment to replace what was thrown out. Students were given a budget in which they had to stick to as part of their maths work. They not only had to think about their own interests, but also sports equipment for our K-2 students as well. Well done to our students on their responsible approach to this activity. We look forward to receiving our new equipment soon!
Community News Harlequins Hockey Club Harlequins Hockey Club are seeking expressions of interest from players interested in playing junior hockey this year. We will be fielding teams in Under 8s, 11s, 13s and 15s girls and 13s boys/mixed comp. Girls can play in all divi- sions and boys are welcome to play in the under 8 and 11s girls competition. The boys/mixed comp (11s, 13s and 15s) will be played on Monday evenings and the girls comp Saturday mornings. Please send an email nominating your child's intention to play, which age division they want to play in, date of birth, address and parental email and phone contact. Please contact: Louise Vaughan (junior co-coordinator) at vaughan79@bigpond.com
Community News
THE URALLA ROTARY ART SHOW
School News
Student absence submissions via SkoolBag
Just a reminder to parents and carers that you can
make an absentee submission for your child if they are
away from school using the SkoolBag app.
Select the school logo on the home page of the app
and then select EFORMS, then Absentee Form and
complete the details.
ROCKY RIVER P&C STREET STALL
1st Prize – Load of wood donated by Melissa and Nathan Swan – won by Anne Hyatt
2nd Prize – PPP Electrical/Plumbing Voucher donated by Chris Philp – won by Joyce Goode
3rd Prize – Sweet box by Natalie donated by Peta & Stephen Swilks – won by Debra Kohn
4th Prize – Hamper (rug donated by Pat Philp, Wine donated by Crystal Peterson, Chocolates donated by
Erica Peterson) – won by Brian Weis
$100 club – won by Therese McGrath.
Thank you to all who donated their time and goods to make this such a
successful street stall, together we raised $1679.00!
We extend a big thank you also to our Uralla community for so generously
supporting us.
School News
School Calendar - TERM 1
School Hats
Tomorrow: School Assembly 2:15 pm
Harmony Day
23rd March: Cross Country (at UNE)
We currently have a lot of students who are misplacing
1st April: School Assembly 2:15 pm hats or forgetting to bring them to school. Please ensure
Easter Hat Parade your child’s name is on their hat and we encourage
Last Day of Term 1 students to leave their hats in their trays in the classroom
19th April: School Development Day at the end of each day. Due to our sun safe policy,
students who don’t have a hat cannot participate in
20th April: First day of Term 2 for students
outdoor activities.
Harmony Day Assembly
CANTEEN
Thursday 18th March 2.15pm
Price List:
Macaroni & Cheese $3 Everyone is most welcome to come and
Pizza Singles $3 join us!
Chicken Nuggets (4) $2
Please note all visitors will need to sign in as part of
Beef Lasagne $3
Potato Bake $3 our COVID safe plan.
Fried Rice $3
Sausage Roll $3
Pie $3
Ice Cream $1.50
Popper $1.50
Milk (with flavoured straw) $1.50
Fruit Icy Pole $1
Our canteen operators are aware of the
COVID-19 regulations for food handling and
will adhere to them at all times.
Please send lunch orders in a clearly
marked bag with the correct money if
possible as change is not given out. Rocky River School Annual Report
2020
Our canteen is run by
parent volunteers. If you
are able to help with The Rocky River School annual report is now available on
canteen on any the school website for viewing -
Wednesday and would like to be included https://rockyriver-p.schools.nsw.gov.au/
on the roster please contact
If you would like a printed copy please contact us at the
Leanne 0432 779 291 or
school .
Erica 0422 054475
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