Appologies there will be no Principals Report this week.

We hope you all have a great weekend.

• NAPLAN Test Period - Year 3 and Year 5 Students - Wednesday 13th March - Monday 25th March
• Kinder Liturgy - Friday 15th March - Kinder Classrooms - 10.00am
• School Disco - NEW DATE - Friday 5th April  - please note the change of date from Friday 22nd March
• Year 6 Assembly - Friday 22nd March - School Hall - 2.20pm
• My Body My Life - Year 6 - Wednesday 27th March 
• Holy Thursday - Thursday 28th MArch
• Good Friday Public Holiday - Friday 29th March
• Easter Monday Public Holiday - Monday 1st April

Marlia Lonsdale
Augie Herbert
Tandy Dorjee
Ruby Armstrong
Mikaela Rudd
Deki Yangden
Lam Phuong Vo
Polly Young
Maeve Coughlan
Kate Smyth
Christina Ngyuen
Jake Andonovski
Zoegrace Fleming
Pippa Kee
Quley Tshokey
Louie Garreffa  
Claire Pasfield
Olivia Hall
Sophie Kelly
Sophia Lemke
Jackson Dalle
JettMcInerney
Lachlan Kohlman

Chess

Yesterday, an invitation for girls who are interested in competing in the ACT Junior Chess League’s Girls’ Chess Competition went home. The cost of the day is $15 which needs to be returned in an envelope by this Friday. Students will need to make their own way to and from the venue. If you did not receive a note or would like more information, please contact Mrs Dawson.

Also, just a friendly reminder regarding collection from Chess Club. Please ensure that your child is aware of their collection arrangements and a reminder that collection is at 4.30pm sharp. Thank you for your assistance in this matter.

Library

In mid-February students in K-6 commenced the Chief Minister’s Reading Challenge. This is a challenge that Rosary has participated in for over 20 years. Students are required to read or be read 30 books before 5^th July 2024. Students in Yrs K-2 will complete this challenge as a class group so this will be completed at school. Students in Yrs 3-6 will need to choose, listen/read, and record a variety of books that they will need to be read at home and school to complete the challenge. In previous years, schools that have completed the challenge have received vouchers towards books for the school Library. Please support us by encouraging your child to read every night and take opportunities to read to your child. If you have any questions about the challenge, please feel free to contact me in the Library.

Just a friendly reminder that all students are expected to bring a library bag to and from school to protect our valuable and expensive books. Even a short stint in a school bag with a cold drink bottle with condensation can render a book destroyed. Any bag is fine.

Reminder- Library Days Term 1

Library days are as follows: 

Monday- Kinder Nagoya, Kinder Paris

Tuesday - 4 Dublin, 4 Rome, 3 Cairo

Wednesday – 2 Osaka, 2 Barcelona, 5 Panama, 5 Washington, 3 Bangkok

Thursday – 6 London, 6 Athens, 1 Hague, 1 Vienna, 3 Casablanca

Mrs Dawson

Librarian

Get your best PJ’s on and get READY TO DANCE for Rosary’s upcoming PYJAMA DISCO - Friday 5th April! 

More information and attendance forms will be going home with students soon. 

Please note the change of date from the school calendar (previously Friday 22nd March).

Hello lovely Rosary Primary School families! My name is Sarah Foley and I have been part of the MaryMeadCatholiccare Student and Family Counselling team since 2006.

I am a registered Psychologist with a passion for working with children, young people and their families. I have previously worked in marketing, community based aged care, crisis counselling and the homelessness sector.

In my school counselling work -I provide short term client centred support to children and their families drawing from Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Strengths based, Mindfulness and Trauma Informed approaches in a developmental context. For more complex issues I also provide referrals and information/parent consultation. I am at Rosary all day Mondays and Tuesdays during each school term.

How to make an appointment

If your child was seen by the School Counsellor last year and you would like them to receive support in 2023, we require you to complete a new counselling registration form. Please either contact your child’s class teacher or Greg Walker- the Principal for further information.

Similarly, new referrals and requests can be made by contacting your child’s class teacher or Greg Walker- the Principal for further information.

Parent consent for counselling continues to be required for all primary school students and will be sought and provided via email. Where parents are separated, we require the written consent of both parents. Once the referral has been received by myself- School Counsellor- I will make contact with parents on my next day at Rosary to further discuss the referral.

More about School counselling/how to access school counselling at Rosary Primary School

As part of the pastoral care program for students at Rosary, students have access to a Student and Family Counselling service provided by MaryMeadCatholicCare Canberra & Goulburn (MCCG). MCCG are contracted by the CEO to provide a counselling service to students and their families on site. There is no fee to access this service. The service offers short term counselling support (roughly up to six sessions per referral issue) to children and their families – the counsellor can also provide referrals for more complex issues requiring intensive or long term therapy/support.

The role of the counsellor is to focus on the emotional, social and educational well-being of the students. Counsellors welcome contact with students having difficulty with some part of their life, the problem does not have to be a big one. It is better to seek help sooner rather than later. Some typical

concerns that counsellors work with include: anger, anxiety, behavioural problems, low mood, family changes/separation, grief and loss, learning and educational challenges, parenting challenges, peer and other social relationships, school avoidance, stress and study skills. As well as individual sessions with students, counsellors can run groups, consult with parents and teachers and make referrals to other services and supports.

Student and Family Counsellors subscribe to a set of professional ethics that include duty of care and respect for the individual rights to privacy and confidentiality. The counsellors’ obligation is to ensure the safety, well-being and confidentiality of the student they are working with. All counsellors are mandated to report any disclosure or sign of abuse (including self-harm) or neglect to Child Protection Services. Outside of our mandated requirements, all counselling sessions are confidential and the details will not be discussed with other parties unless written consent is given by the client.

Sarah Foley- is onsite at Rosary Mondays and Tuesdays during term.

New Menu Item - Gluten Free Nuggets

Gluen free chicken nuggets are now available for purchase.

Thank you or supporting our canteen.

Canteen Menu

Cold and Flu season is almost upon us. To assist in preventing the spread of illness, we seek your co-operation keeping children at home if they are unwell and regularly reminding children about basic hygiene practices including:

Hand Hygiene: frequent washing of hands with soap and water. Using hand sanitizer where apporpriate.

Coughing/Sneezing Etiquette: covering of the mouth and nose with a tissue when coughing or sneezing, disposing of the tissue in the bin and washing hands. Alternatively, coughing into the elbow.

We thank you for your cooperation with this matter.

Our tree donation initiative is in full swing as we prepare to plant Stage 1 of our trees.

Following last year's 60th Anniversary party, many generous Rosary families have already donated $200 each to plant a tree on school grounds in their child or children's name. 

Watch the tree grow with your child and look forward to sitting together under its shade in the future. 

If you would like to join this council-driven fundraising endeavour, please consider donating via the Qkr app https://qkr-store.qkrschool.com/store/#/merchant/ROSPSWAT/MERCHANT802466942_LOC802466952_PRODUCTGROUP834223102

or by contacting the front office directly. 

If you have any questions, email: rosarycouncil@gmail.com 

Whole Day Absences

If your child is absent from school for a whole day or longer, please submit details of the absence via the Parent Portal. This should be completed within 7 days of the absence.  There is no need to adjust times for whole day absences.

If your child will only be absent for a partial day, the absence will be recorded as your child is signed in or out via the kiosk at the front office. You do not need to add an early pick up or late drop off via the Parent Portal.

Unexplained absences for your child will be displayed on your homepage when you log in to Parent Portal.

If an unexplained absence appears that you believe to be incorrect, please send an email to the front office for investigation.

Access to the clothing pool will now be as follows:

Monday - Friday - Before and after school only

Thank you to our wonderful parent volunteers who maintain the space for our community.

Please note: All donations of preloved uniforms (in good wearable condition) are welcome at the front office.

There are many extracurricular activities available onsite for our Rosary Students.  Please note all of these activities attract a fee and are delivered by external providers.  Please see the timetable below for details:

• French Lessons - Monday 3.10pm - 4.20pm (continuing) / Wednesday 8.00am - 9.00am (beginner)
• Action Tae Kwon-Do - Monday 6.30pm Children class / 7:30pm Adult class
• Chess Club - Tuesday 3.10pm - 4.30pm (Weeks 2-10)
• Zanshin Martial Arts - Tuesday 6.30pm Junior class / 7:30pm Senior class
• Artkids - Thursday 3.15pm - 5.00pm
• Italian Lessons - Friday 8:00am - 9:00am (beginner) 
• Musicorp (various instruments) / Piano Lessons - Friday 8:20am and during class time throughout the day
• Block Crafters - Wednesday Week 2 - Coding and Robotics After School Programme for interested students aged 8-12 years (currently fully booked).
• Dance Club - PLAY - The Dance Agency - Tuesdays at Lunchtime from Weeks 3-10 - Kinder to Year 4

Please contact the school if you require further information.

Sophie Kelly from 6 Athens will be performing in Billy Elliot at The Q - Queanbeyan Performing Arts Centre on the following dates:

Wed 10/4 Preview

Fri 12/4

Sat 13/4 Evening

Tues 16/4

Thurs 18/4

Sat 20/4 Matinee

Sun 21/4 Matinee

Wed 24/4

Fri 26/4

Sat 27/4 Evening

Thurs 2/5

Sat 4/5 Matinee

Sun 5/5 Matinee (closing night and Soph’s birthday!)

Tickets are on sale NOW - https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://theq.net.au/whats-on/billy-elliot-the-musical/__;!!Ax-PnKpllFIIgPxB!nIqQWjGotZUZt8-5mYj8h8u6tDvPBO48kY_SugBAHc5ue7VNTYPXg-sraYiUoSpjDXh-8OUYaGfPywTRwHjlwc3wyxO1B5Pon5U9CrQ$

**TICKETS ON SALE NOW!**

Tickets are now on sale for Pied Piper's production of Madagascar JR - A Musical Adventure. This show is full of lots of talented local youth, amazing costumes and energetic singing and dancing to bring this show to life. 

With plenty of colourful characters and humour, this is a wonderful show for all the family.

There is a full week of performances across the April school holidays. And in the tradition of high quality Pied Piper Productions we have no doubt tickets will sell fast for all shows!

Get your tickets now: https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing/1091967