Dear Parents and Carers,

Annual Swimming Carnival

Our annual swimming carnival was held at Dickson Pool on Wednesday. It was a wonderful carnival and well attended by our students. There was a full schedule of events as many students entered 50m and 100m races. The day ran smoothly thanks to the hard work of staff and our volunteers. The students also enjoyed the novelty events and splash park to gain water confidence or have some fun between events.

We had a great turn out of volunteers for the event and the carnival would not be possible without their help. I would like to offer a huge thanks to our sports coordinator, Mrs Elizabeth Fryar, for her preparation and calm running of the event on Monday.  I know she spent hours working on the carnival and many people commented on how successful the day was. 

We even had some unexpected entrants into some of the events - a local family of ducks! I wonder if they were the same ducks that joined us last year?!

We will present the place ribbons and winning house trophy soon. Some students will be selected to go on to represent Rosary School at the North Gungahlin district level carnival to be held on Wednesday 2 April at the AIS pool.   

2025 NAPLAN Completed

Over the past week and a half, students in Year 3 and Year 5 have participated in NAPLAN assessments. It is only some catch up assessments that are to be finalised now. The students have done very well and tried their best with each test.  Thank you to the teachers, classroom assistants and Mrs Liz Higgins for their organisation and support for the students. With predominantly online testing in place now, NAPLAN results will be available much earlier to parents and the school. 

Year 2 Liturgy

Today Year 2 had their Liturgy, which focused on the theme of "Forgiveness." The students participated beautifully making it a joyous occasion that highlighted the importance of living with love, kindness, and compassion.

A big thank you to the parents who were able to attend and to the Year 2 teachers, Mrs Liz Higgins, Mrs Beth Toole and Mrs Elizabeth Fryar, for their preparation of the students.

Best wishes for the week ahead.

John O'Brien

Acting Principal

Religious Education News: Term 1, Week 7

As we continue our Lenten journey this week, we join with our Year 3 and other students preparing for the sacrament of Reconciliation. Reconciliation is about coming back to God and having confidence in God’s forgiving love. Lent is a wonderful time to look seriously at our lives and discern what God wants from us, and where we have the opportunity to follow His calling.

We are reminded that God calls to us all in different ways and calls us to different paths. As parents, carers, and teachers; one of the things we are all called to is the support of the young people in our lives. To do this well, self-reflection and an honest examination of conscience can be very helpful. What do we do well? What could we do differently with God’s help? Lent is a wonderful time to make changes in our lives, to ask God for help and to shape ourselves more closely into the people He calls us to be, through prayer, fasting and almsgiving.

As we continue towards Easter, I would call on you to continue to pray for the Holy Father, who while working without pause, is still in hospital in Rome.

Kind regards,

Christopher Evans

Religious Education Coordinator (Acting)

Important Dates coming up:

Year 5 Mass - Friday Week 8 (28th March) 10 am

Year 3 Liturgy - Friday Week 9 (April 4th)10 am

Sacrament of Reconciliation - Saturday 5th April 10 am

• Think U Know - Monday 31st March - Rosary Primary Library 6PM
• My Body My Life - Year 6 - Tuesday 25th March
• Year 5 Mass - Friday 28th March - Holy Rosary Church 10.00am
• North / Gungahlin SSACT Swimming Carnival - Wednesday 2nd April - AIS Bruce
• Year 3 Liturgy - Friday 4th April - Holy Rosary Church 10.00am - All Welcome
• Sacrament of Reconciliation - Saturday 5th April - Holy Rosary Church 10.00am 

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 - Wednesday 8.00am - 9.00am (beginner) from week 2
• Italian Lessons - Friday 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 1-10)
• Zanshin Martial Arts - Tuesday 6.30pm Junior class / 7:30pm Senior class
• Artkids - Thursday 3.10pm - 5.00pm
• Musicorp (various instruments) / Piano Lessons - Friday 8:20am and during class time throughout the day
• Block Crafters - Tuesday and Wednesday from Week 2 - 3.15pm - 5.00pm Coding and Robotics After School Programme for interested students aged 8-12 years 
• Dance Club - PLAY - The Dance Agency - Wednesdays at Lunchtime from Weeks 2-9 - Kinder to Year 4

Please contact the school if you require further information.

Just a few reminders about the car parking and drop off / pick up arrangements:

• The speed limit is 5 km/hr in the car park and all road rules apply.
  
  
•  Pedestrians always have the right of way. 

• Park only in the designated parking spaces, facing forwards towards the university. 

• The white markings relate to traffic flow and parking (coloured markings relate to the children’s playing spaces.) 

• The area closest to the Peace Gates is reserved for Set Down Only in the mornings. Parents can stop in the marked bays long enough for children to alight from the vehicle on the quadrangle side and then enter the school through the Peace Gates. 

• For pedestrian safety there is no parking or stopping against kerb near Peace Gates after school. 

• Please note that no reversing is allowed from the bays marked on the courts. 

• Please follow the white arrows and drive in and drive out again in a forward direction only. This is to reduce the risk to children who cannot be seen by reversing vehicles. 

• Due to the spacing of the bays, parallel parking is only available in the area adjacent to the shade shelter on the oval. This area should be used by larger vehicles and trucks wherever possible. 

• Parallel parking is not available adjacent to the university grounds as this space is needed for vehicles to exit the parking area in a forward direction. 

• Parking on the courts is not permitted between 9:15am and 2:45pm as they are used for play at recess and lunch and by classes for sport throughout the day. 

• There is ‘Long Stay’ parking available in front of the hall for parents who spend time at the school after 9:00am. (This is the only area in which reversing to exit is permitted.) This ensures that the courts area is free for classes to use for sports lessons. 

• After school, some parents may need to see teachers or the front office staff. If this is the case, please leave your cars outside in the bus bay or behind the hall on Higginbotham Street as the gates are locked at 3:30pm. 

• All students travelling home by car are to wait in the quad until collected by a parent/carer. 

• Parents waiting for their children after school are asked to move well into the quad to assist access. 

• When children arrive at school, they are to enter via the Peace Gates in the quadrangle. Children are not to enter through the front office foyer. Likewise, children are not to leave through the front office at the end of the day unless catching a route bus. 

• No child is to meet a parent/carer anywhere other than the quadrangle area at the end of school. 

• The children must be supervised in the car park – they are not permitted to go to a parked vehicle without a parent/carer with them.