It has been another busy couple of

weeks here at Rockbank with Fa-

ther’s Day and our AFL 9s a couple

of the highlights of the last couple

of weeks.

Father’s Day

We had a huge turnout at the Fa-

ther’s Day Breakfast on Friday

morning. We used our new BBQ

that was purchased through the

hard work of our fundraising com-

mittee to cook sausages for the

Dads. A huge thank you to Kathy

and all who helped to make this

event happen. I hope all the Fathers

had a wonderful Sunday.

Father’s Day Stall & Raffle

A massive thanks to Lyn, Maria and

Sharon Alton for organising the

Father’s Day Stall and Raffle. A lot

of preparation and planning goes

into making this a success. I would

also like to thank all the parents

who gave up their time to assist

with the selling of items.

AFL 9s

Congratulations to our Girls who

participated in the first AFL 9s com-

petition for girls at Arnold’s Creek.

They looked fantastic in our new

reversible sports tops and did really

well by achieving 2 wins and 2 losses

on the day. A great effort by Mr Cas-

sano, the AFL 9s team and Kane and

Ali who helped with training the team

before the tournament.

Footy Colours Day

Footy Colours Day has be-

come a must on our school

calendar over the last couple

of years. Next Friday, stu-

dents are encouraged to

come to school wearing

their favourite team guern-

seys or colours. Students

are asked to bring a gold

coin donation to assist with

the Grade 6 end of year

activities. We wish your

team all the best if they are

in the finals.

Sleepover

Next Friday is also our P-2

Sleepover. Students will be

sleeping at school overnight

and participating in lots of

fun activities. It is a great

way for students to begin to

develop independence.

Darryl Spiteri

Principal

Principal’s Message

Newsletter F R I D A Y 7 T H S E P T E M B E R 2 0 1 8 I S S U E 1 3

FOOTY COLOURS

DAY

Friday 14th September

P—2 SLEEPOVER

Friday 14th September

3—6 CAMP

Monday 17th—

Wednesday 19th

September

LAST DAY TERM 3

Friday 21st September

(2:30pm finish)

FOR YOUR

DIARIES

We love seeing the various bird

species around the school.

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Angela Mitten

Wellbeing Coordi-

nator

School News

Hi, my name is

Angela Mitten. I am

the Student Wellbe-

ing Coordinator at

Rockbank PS. I have

been a teacher for a

long time and have

been a classroom

teacher, a Reading

Recovery teacher

and an art and music

teacher. Throughout

my teaching journey I

have always found

myself drawn

towards helping the

children who find

learning challenging

or face challenges

outside of school

that make being at

school difficult. I love

learning and

completed a Masters

in Counselling with

Monash University

earlier this year.

When I am not study-

ing I enjoy leading

community singing

workshops, yoga,

pilates and having

breakfast with my

friends on Saturday

mornings.

Meet Our Staff

REMINDERS FROM

THE OFFICE

Bank Account details for

direct deposits

For parents/guardians

wanting to pay school

levies/camps/excursions

etc. by direct deposit, we

have this available.

BSB No. 313-140

Account No. 12055616

(Bank Australia)

Please make sure you

put your surname and

what payment is for in

the description part of

deposit.

Celebrating 150 Years

Do you know anyone from this Prep photo from 1989? Invite them to our celebra-

tion. We need more of your photos to create a wonderful display.

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School News

Happy Birthday to the following students who celebrate a

birthday in September:

Navjit Singh Maddison Wellington

Chezney Sigg Haragam Singh

Angel Singh Aryian Singh

Nakita Davies Isabel Ingram

Daniel Farrugia Mia Bosworth

Gurshan Lidher

Announcements September Birthdays

Footy Colours Day Friday 14th September

Gold Coin Donation to wear your favourite footy colours or

team clothes Activities and

games throughout

the day

GRADE 6 DAY

OUT

FUNDRAISING

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School News

Meet Rocky

Our students have expressed an interest in starting a lunch time garden club - and we are

looking for your support.

The aim of the Garden Club is to teach children how to grow and look after plants at a young

age so that they will become keen gardeners as they become older.

Our Garden Club would take place weekly during break time (either 11:10 - 11:40am or

1:45 - 2:15pm)

Initial set up would include planting flower beds, fruits and vegetables and fresh herbs in our

school gardens, with the support of a parent volunteer. The volunteer would then continue to

work with the students to maintain the garden, including watering, mulching, re-potting and

planting seeds.

If this is something you are interested in, and able to commit your time once per week, we

would love your help.

Please see the office or Mr Cassano if you are interested in running our Garden Club.

Parent Volunteers—Garden Club

Rocky is our new

attendance mascot Each week, the classroom

with the highest attendance

will have Rocky visit their

classroom for the week.

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School News

Football—Girls AFL Congratulations to Kirra, Alex,

Emilee, Irae, Sophie, Anneliese,

Maddison, Karina, Nykia, Jamilla,

Carmel & Dakota for representing

Rockbank Primary School at Arnold’s

Creek Reserve in the girls AFL 9’S

team.

Our school won two games out of

four.

Pick My Project is a Victorian-first community grants initiative, with funding available across the state.

Rockbank Primary school has joined this initiative with a proposal for a Rockbank Community Memorial.

Voting is quick and simple, and open until 5pm, Monday 17 September:

1. Visit https://pickmyproject.vic.gov.au/

2. Select your local community by entering your suburb or ad-dress.

3. You will then see a number of projects including Rockbank Community Memorial

4. Submit your votes.

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School News

Come to school

every day, and

on time, and be

recognised for

your great

achievement!

2018 stats at 06/09/18

Our Goal:

All students will have at least 95%

attendance all year .

Current school wide student

average:

90%

Number of students

with 100% attendance

in term 3

28 Names of students to go

into a raffle for a prize

will be announced at

the last assembly of the

term.

Year to date classroom

statistics

Blue

(Prep—2) 90%

Yellow

(Prep—2) 95%

Purple

(Prep—2) 88%

Green

(3—6) 88%

Orange

(3—6) 89%

Class with highest attendance at end of term

will be recognised with a class celebration with

If your child is sick or absent, you are required

to notify the school as soon as possible on the

day of absence, by FlexiBuzz or phone.

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Celebrating Our Successes

House Points—Term 3

Missen 10740

Peacock 10570

Fisher 14760

Harrison 14070

Following our school values in the classroom, and the yard, is acknowledged with House

Points. Our House Captains tally the results at the end of each week.

Yard Star of the Week Making great choices in the yard is recognised with our Yard Star awards. Yard Stars are

awarded with House Points, and our Yard Star of the week earns extra points for their house

and is published in the newsletter and recognised at assembly.

Edward Munroe

Harrrison House

31st August

Diesel Smeaton

Missen House

7th September

Kirra Courtice

Missen House

7th September

Kiarah Pace

Missen House

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Celebrating our Successes

Students of the Week A class member from each class is recognised weekly with our Student of the Week Award.

This award recognises students who consistently display our school values.

Thank you for demonstrating our school values by:

Grade Prep– 2 Yellow

Miss Mundie

Jhett being an excellent role model for his classmates.

Maddison W being a smiling and welcoming member of P—2

Yellow

Grade Prep –2 Blue

Miss Lane

Jackson G helping others during pack up time in the Blue room.

Gwyneth being a kind, caring and helpful person in the blue

room.

Grade Prep—2 Purple

Mrs Niemiecki

Annabella consistently trying your best during reading and mak-

ing excellent progress. Well done!

Grade 3—6 Green

Miss Zemunic

Nate staying on task and entering the room in a settled

and orderly manner.

Grade 3—6 Orange

Miss Ninkovic

Jamie working really hard during maths. Well done on

counting beyond tens of thousand. Keep it up!

Mrs Marozzi

Art

Seth helping unload the M.A.R.C. van and setting up the lesson. You are extremely generous and I appreciate it very much.

Ira

We are Respectful

We are Learners

We Value Togetherness

We are Safe

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