Albemarle Avenue, Rose Bay, 2029 T: 02 9371 4800 E: rosebay-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

School Newsletter – 26th SEPTEMBER 2018 Term 3 Week 10

Our solar power has arrived! This week our new 30kw solar power system was installed on the COLA and our hall.

We’re super proud that it’s one of the largest systems on a primary school in the Eastern Suburbs, and we are contributing in a positive way to environmental solutions!

The system will help us: • Power our learning facilities with renewable energy• Cut 20% off our annual energy bill• Produce clean green energy equal to powering 209 school computers each year• Avoid 37 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions - like taking 13 cars off the road each year

It’s a great way for our school to reduce our environmental impact and also educate our students about the benefits of renewable energy.

We’ve been able to go solar with the help of the Solar my School program. This is jointly run by Waverley, Woollahra and Randwick Councils to help schools across the Eastern Suburbs access the benefits of solar power easily. More info: www.solarmyschool.org.au

Thinking about solar at home? You can get obligation-free quotes from selected suppliers via a Council backed program: Call 1300 339 915 or visit www.ourenergyfuture.org.au.

Sportathon

We are thrilled to announce that we have raised over $30 000! Congratulations to all families who helped with sponsorship. Thank you for supporting the Rose Bay Public School Sportathon 2018.

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ROSE BAY PUBLIC SCHOOL EVER FORWARD

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What’s On…

September Friday 28 Last Day of Term 3

October Monday 15 Term 4 begins for staff and students Tuesday 23 2019 Kinder Transition Wednesday 24 – Friday 26 Year 5 Camp Thursday 25 2019 Kinder Transition Thursday 25 Year 3 Kurnell Excursion Friday 26 Last Day for Tell Them From Me Survey Monday 29 – Friday 9 November Year 2 Swim School

November Thursday 1 French Incursion Years 2-6 Tuesday 6 2019 Kinder Transition Wednesday 7 Battle of Minds – Hall all day Thursday 8 2019 Kinder Transition Thursday 8 3-6 DiscoWednesday 21Chess ChampionshipThursday 29Band Concert

December Wednesday 5 Year 3-6 Presentation Day Tuesday 11 Fun Day Thursday 13 Year 6 Graduation Tuesday 18 Movie Day Wednesday 19 Last day for students

*As of Wednesday 22nd August

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Sportathon 2018

$30 000We have raised

$33 000!Well done Rose Bay!

$33 000

Rose Bay Public School – Newsletter 2018

Albemarle Avenue, Rose Bay, 2029 T: 02 9371 4800 E: rosebay-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Survey

Rose Bay Public School is once again canvassing perspectives, opinions and ideas from our community using the Partners in Learning Tell Them From Me survey tool. Parents can access the survey by clicking on this link: https://nsw.tellthemfromme.com/rbps2018. The survey will take about 15 minutes to complete.

This parent survey helps to clarify and strengthen the important relationship between parents / carers and the school. We aim to run the survey at this time each year, to help the school identify trends and inform our school priorities. The survey is anonymous. It is available in 22 languages and can be completed on a mobile device or PC. The survey asks parents/carers about their perspectives on the school community feel, participation, support for learning, inclusion, safety, positive behaviours and information sharing.

For more information please visit http://surveys.cese.nsw.gov.au/ttfm-surveys/parent-survey .

The survey window will close on Friday 26th October. Thank you for your participation and continued support of Rose Bay Public School

SRC News

P&C News

Les élèves de français en classes de 1re, 2ème et 3ème ont eu l’occasion de déguster un vrai petit déjeuner

français à l’école avec les spécialités suivantes :

Un croissant, des tartines de baguette avec du beurre et de la confiture et du chocolat chaud à

volonté.

Le petit déjeuner français

Au Café de Paris, il fallait s’exprimer en français !

le chocolat chaud

Le croissant

Tout le monde a conclu que c’était délicieux. Les

enfants avaient l’impression d’être en

France.

La baguette

Junior As - 1st place Junior Bs - 3rd place Senior As - 2nd place Senior Bs - 2nd place

8/9s - 4th place 10s -

8th place Opens - 3rd place

Juniors - 2nd place Seniors - 12th place

Junior As - 3rd place Junior Bs - 1st place Senior As - 1st place Senior Bs - 2nd place

Juniors - 6th place Seniors - 3rd place

Congratulations to all PSSA players. Your commitment to training and playing each week shows how hardworking and dedicated you are to achieving your sporting

goals. Coaches noticed improved teamwork and game skills every week. Well done!

“I enjoyed playing PSSA soccer. My team played their best. We came 2nd out of 16 teams!”

Our SRC books stall raised $300 and our proud students presented a cheque to ourvisiting Author and Illustrator Gregg Dreise. Gregg is a very proud ambassador for the Indigenous Literacy Foundation and it was very special for our students to gainan understanding of how our school community can help to bring quality literature to Indigenous students living in remote areas of Australia. We look forward to continuing our school connection with Gregg and the ILF. Last Friday I had the pleasure of presenting to 200 Teacher Librarians from all around NSW at a conference run by the Teachers Federation. My presentation highlighted how ourquality text sets are used in the classrooms to support the learning of our students. Our students’ work samples presented were of a very high standard and a reflection of the hard work by our teachers and students. I would like to take this opportunity to thank the P and C and school community for donating these quality books at our Grandparents, Education Day and Harmony Day book stalls over the past five years. These sets of books are used daily in our classrooms and are a fantastic resource! Ms. Skelton (Teacher Librarian)

What is happening in ourschool library? SRC Bookstall

Book Week all term

Find your treasure

We are certainly celebrating Book Week all term! On the first day of term our school and Library was decorated with flags and posters for NAIDOC week. Our school community has had the opportunity to reflect on the 45 Years of NAIDOC week posters displayed in our Library with the task to SEE, THINK AND WONDER! This generated some very thoughtful discussions from our students. The outdoor library this term has featured all our collection of books that have an Indigenous perspective

NAIDOC WEEK

Because of her we can

Premier Reading Challenge

Certificates will arrive soon

Visiting Indigneous Authorand Illustrator visit - Gregg

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