Dear Parents and Carers

Staffing News

Mr Read’s Appointment

I would like to announce that Mr Rob Read has been successful in a position as classroom support teacher at St John’s Florey commencing in 2026.  I congratulate Mr Read on this appointment and wish him well  as he continues his career path as a Classroom Support Teacher in Catholic Education.  You may be aware that Mr Read has acted in this position at Rosary in 2025, supporting our students, their families and staff involved in the Classroom Support Program.

Mrs Meg Millband will return to her position as Classroom Support Teacher at Rosary in 2026, following her 12 months leave.

Mr Read and Mrs Millband will both be available to assist in planning for student transitions for the 2026 year, including our new students for Kindergarten next year. New Kinders will have their Kindergarten Orientation sessions very shortly.

We will have an opportunity to farewell Mr Read towards the end of the term and thank him for his contributions to Rosary School over the past 4 years.

New Classroom Support Assistants join our team

We also have three new Classroom Support Assistants who have joined our staff for Term 4. Welcome to Mikayla Kemp, Maria Sanchez-Worsnop, Sylwia Ward.  They will be working to support students across the school. 

STUDENT as PRINCIPAL for a Day!

Yesterday we were able to celebrate our great colour run fundraiser with the ‘Student as Principal for a Day!’  It was a really enjoyable day.  The student randomly drawn from our sponsorship cards to be our Principal for a Day was Zac Anderson-Rule from Year 4 London. 

Zac was an amazing principal and met the school community at morning assembly and announced some new and fun activities for the day.  The activities included:

• Uniform Free Day
• Extra play at recess time
• Being allowed to play on the oval at recess (Yrs 2-6) and novelty games on the junior playground (K,1)
• Bring a small toy or soft toy to school
• Board game or card game session in class
• More ‘brain breaks’ in school time
• Handball and ping pong competitions at lunch time   
• A ‘zooper dooper’ ice block treat

Zac also visited all classes and gave our principal stickers for the good work that he saw.

Zac also introduced a new student to Rosary named ‘Greg.’  Greg wasn’t sure which class he should be in so he went around during the day to try all of the classes to work with them and also play at recess and lunch with lots of students. He made lots of new friends at Rosary and said it was a lovely school!    

2026 Kindergarten Orientation Sessions Coming Up

Our first 2026 Kindergarten orientation session is next Thursday 13 November from 9.30am - 11.00am.  During this first session, new students will spend time in Kindergarten and the parents and carers participate in an introductory parent session in the school library.

The second Kindergarten orientation session is scheduled for Thursday 20 November (Week 6) from 9:30am to 11.00am.

We look forward to welcoming our new Kindergarten students and their families as they begin their journey at Rosary School - which gets a little closer during orientation. 

Rosary Student Wins ACT Tennis League Tournament

This week we shared this news at a morning assembly. Zachary Lim (5 Casablanca) had great success in a recent tennis tournament. Zach and his team/club (Campbell Tennis Club) won the finals of the Tennis ACT Junior Canberra Tennis League (Spring 2025 - Green Ball Division 2 comp) after an 8-week (8-round) long competition against other tennis clubs in the ACT.

On match day, Zachary and team won all their singles and doubles matches to win the Div 2 comp with an impressive 29 points against their opponent (Queanbeyan Park Tennis Club’s) 13 points.     

Congratulations to Zac and his team! What an achievement.

Students Leaving Rosary Primary School - Please advise the school

If your child is leaving Rosary School at the end of this year and will attend a different school in 2026, please advise the school office in writing of your decision - with the exception of our current Year 6 cohort.  We are required to document student movement to new schools. 

Rosary has students on a waiting list for places in most year levels, so we appreciate the notification of your child leaving.  

At the end of the year we will farewell our leaving students and wish them well. 

Year 5 and Year 6 Mass

Today we celebrated a Year 5 and Year 6 combined mass in the church at 10.00am.  It was a beautiful mass.  Thank you to the parents and carers who attended.   

Remembrance Day Liturgy next week - 11 November

Next Tuesday 11 November the Rosary School Community will commemorate Remembrance Day in a special liturgy commencing at 10.40am in the ANZAC Garden near the Higginbotham courts entrance to the school.  You are warmly invited to attend the commemoration. 

Wishing a wonderful weekend.  God Bless.

Greg Walker

Principal

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION NEWS

Catholic Mission - Socktober Fundraiser - thank you!

Thank you to everyone for joining in Crazy Sock Day and your generous donations. We raised $665.25 which will be sent directly to Catholic Mission to support their initiatives helping communities in Zambia.

Mass and Liturgy Dates

7 November - Year 5 & 6 Mass @ Holy Rosary Church, 9.30am. All welcome!

21 November - Year 4 Mass

28 November - Kinder Liturgy

5 December - Year 1 & 2 Liturgy

Dedication of the Lateran Basilica

Year C | Sunday 9 November | white 

“Today salvation has come to this house."

Please click on the link below to access the readings and reflections for this Sunday

November 9 - Dedication of the Lateran Basilica

Peace and best wishes,

Liz Higgins

Religious Education Coordinator

• Remembrance Day - Tuesday 11 November 
• Year 6 Excursion Mulligans Flat - Wednesday 12th November
• Kinder 2026 Orientation (Session 1) - Thursday 13th November
• Kinder 2026 Orientation (Session 2) - Thursday 20th November
• Kinder Liturgy - Friday 28th November - 10am Kinder Classrooms - New Date
• Disco / Treat Day - Wednesday 3rd December
• Year 2 Liturgy - Friday 5th December - New Date
• Year 1 Liturgy - Friday 5th December - New Date

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 1-9)
• 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.

ACT 2025 primary stuent attendance dates

ACT 2026 primary stuent attendance dates

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.