6 November 2024

Coming Events

Principal's Report

Welcome to Week 4 of Term 4. Such an eventful time with so many learning opportunities and upcoming events. Many events are related to sports, the arts, and the assemblies that recognise student achievement. Later in December the end of year reporting information will be provided to families. Currently classes are undertaking the annual PAT assessments and this valuable tool assists with informing data for providing quality teaching practice. Well done to the staff who have been conducting the assessments and the Teacher Assistants who have supported individual students in the classrooms.

This Thursday the Interschool Swimming Carnival Team will be represented by 38 students from Grade 3-6.  We wish them a successful Carnival. Mr Johnstone and Ms Button will be accompanying the team.

On Wednesday 6 November the students who are transitioning to Montrose Bay High in 2025 have been invited to view the annual Dragonfly event. This is an excellent opportunity to make connections with the local high school.

On the eve of the Show Day holiday The School Association arranged a Silent Disco event for students. There was a great turn out of students to support this event. It is always a pleasure to see students enjoying a relaxed and out of school hours opportunity. A big thank you to the organising team of parents and friends who assisted in making this a successful community event.  

This week’s assembly featured the value of Growth - aspiring to learn and improving even when it is tough. This is evidenced every day in our school in so many different ways. Our students constantly amaze us in what they can achieve and how they succeed in their learning, wellbeing, sports, and arts activities both inside and outside of school hours. Our newsletters constantly remind of this as they represent these growth moments.

Ms Arendt is currently on leave this week and we wish her a relaxing and safe holiday.

Enjoy the upcoming pleasant weather and stay safe – especially if the predicted temperatures for Wednesday reach the high 20’s.

Regards,

Nola

Nola Lenthall

Assistant Principal

Hello from the Executive of Student Parliament

This week we would like to report that:

• A letter has been sent to Mr. Dobransky. This is to convey our thanks for his considerable contribution, to the wonderful work of the mural.

We acknowledge the generous contribution that he has made to our school community.

We ask all students and community members to demonstrate our school value of respect for this new artwork in our playground.

• Starting later this week, we will have a roster for the dress up clothes to be placed in the gazebo. We are encouraging students who use the dress up clothes to please return them to the containers when they have finished using them.
• We will also be collecting food items (in date and not damaged) like tins and toys for The Hobart City Mission Christmas Appeal. There will be containers in the front foyer area for families wishing to donate. Donations will be collected in early December.
• If anyone has any suggestions for The Student Parliament, they can post them in the Letter Box on the white shelf in the front area of the library. Respectful and positive suggestions are always welcome.
• The next Student Parliament meeting is scheduled for Thursday 7 November in the Learning Centre - this week at lunchtime all student representatives should attend, and other interested students are always welcome. Student Parliament will meet on Assembly weeks.
• Next Assembly we are reintroducing the Suitcase for the classes Prep-2 and Grade 3-6 who have shown respectful behaviour throughout the Assembly. Suitcases will stay with classes until the next Assembly.  Please be respectful of the items in the suitcase and enjoy.

Prepared by Mateo and Wesley

Student Parliament Executive Members

Kinder to Grade 2 Athletics Carnival

Our Kinder to Grade 2 Athletics Carnival will be held on Tuesday, 19 November. The Carnival will start at 9:00am and finish at 11:00am. Students will need hats and water bottles, and we encourage spectators to wear sunhats and sunscreen as well.

Students will be able to participate in events including Egg and Spoon Races, Sack Races, Paddle Ball Challenges, Obstacle Courses, Relay races, an 80m Running Race and a 200m Running Race. There will also be a throwing event for students.

Rosetta House Captains and Montrose Bay High School Leaders will offer support with our Kinder to Grade 2 Carnival.

We welcome spectators and supporters to our Carnival but ask them to be respectful of the students and allow them to finish and stay with their classes.

Mr Johnstone
HPE Teacher

Excursions

Grade 2A and Grade 2B Excursion - Playhouse Theatre

On Friday 6 December Grade 2A and Grade 2B will be going on an excursion to The Playhouse Theatre to view 'The Princess and the Pea'. Afterwards we will be stopping at the Cornelian Bay Park for a play. Classes will be departing school at 9:10am and returning in time for lunch at 12:50pm.

Mrs Bayley and Mrs Stanton
Class Teachers

Kinder Excursion to The Playhouse Theatre and Giblins Reserve Playground

Kinder A and B will be travelling to The Playhouse Theatre to watch 'The Princess and the Pea' on Thursday 5 December.               

Classes will leave school promptly at 9:15 am for a 10:00 am performance at the theatre. At 11:00 am we will travel to Giblins Reserve in Goodwood.

Kinder parents are most welcome to meet us to enjoy lunch with the children at Giblins Reserve. We will return to school at approximately 1:00 pm.

Please pack morning tea, lunch and a drink for the day. Also don’t forget your child’s hat.

If you have any queries, please let us know.

Mrs Davis and Mrs Douglas
Class Teachers

E Team

As the Summer is approaching, we have found we have to do more watering to keep our plants growing.

Our E Team meetings usually involve lots of watering and weeding as we want to give our plants the best chance to survive.

We have an excellent team of helpers and have no trouble picking up a few extras!!

Our fun fact this week is about watering gardens…

Many people wonder how best to water a garden. They ask, “How much water should I give my garden?” or “How often should I water a garden?” It's really not as complicated as it seems, but there are some things that should be considered. These include the type of soil you have, what your climate or weather is like, and the types of plants you are growing. Different plants have different watering needs. Larger plants need more water as do newly planted ones.  Most container plants need watering on a daily basis— sometimes twice or even three times a day. The most suitable time for watering is morning, which reduces evaporation, but late afternoon is okay as well. 

Mrs Devereux

E Team

Children's University Graduation

Children’s University graduates will be attending their Graduation this year on Tuesday 12 November at 1:30 pm, at Stanley Burbury Theatre UTAS.

All students will travel by bus leaving school at 1:00 pm. Students will either leave the Graduation with parents or return to school on the bus. As the return time will be after 2:45 pm, parents may need to make alternative arrangements for siblings.

Students are asked to wear school uniform on that day.

We wish all graduating students an enjoyable occasion.

Mrs Devereux

AST

Halloween Competition Winners

Congratulation to all students who entered the Halloween Colouring in Competition or to those from the 5-6 A class who wrote stories and poems. The standard of all entries was very high.

  The winners were:

Students received some spooky prizes on Thursday 31 October.

Mrs Lenthall

Assistant Principal

Rosetta Primary School-Tassie Researchers

For the last two weeks selected students have participated in a program we were very lucky to take place in.  It was run by the UTAS group. The program was called Tassie Researchers. They evaluated and researched the 2022 Wellbeing Strategy, and critiqued it, and made presentations of our thoughts. We made a book to present our group findings. We would like to thank the Researchers that came and gave us this INCREDIBLE opportunity – Becky, Noeline, Satchi and Megan.

We all enjoyed our time very much. We will be sharing pur work with the rest of the school and community soon.

Mary (5-6A student) -on behalf of the Rosetta Tassie Research Team.

The Rosetta Research Team: Emily, Annabel, Toby, Wesley, Mia -Rose, Rory C., Isidora, Maika, Esther & Mary.

Unavailable for the photo: Ryan and Thomas.

Mrs Lenthall

Assistant Principal

Save the Date

Planning has started for this year's Christmas Carols event to be held on Friday 6 December from 5:30pm-7:00pm. Keep an eye out in coming newsletters and on our school Facebook page for details. 

We will also be holding a Christmas Raffle. Raffle books will come home with students next Friday 15 November and there will be some amazing prizes to be won! The raffle will be drawn at the Carols event. 

RPS Admin Team

Maths Problem Solving

Coral Tulloch Book Launch

A message from artist Coral Tulloch: This is the launch of the book I was working on while at Rosetta Primary at the beginning of the year. The launch of ‘Into the Ice’ will be at The Hobart Bookshop, this Thursday 7 November from 5:30 pm. I would love it if any of our Rosetta community and staff wanted to attend. You will need to pre-book for the event (which is free but ticketed).The Hobart Bookshop has put together a small invite that can be viewed here: https://www.trybooking.com/CWMTR Dana Bergstrom will be launching the book.

School Association News

Thank you to everyone who came along and supported our recent student disco.  Kombi Krew kept the music flowing and the students didn’t stop dancing the whole night! We hope that everyone enjoyed themselves and look forward to holding another one next year.

Thank you also to Putters Adventure Golf for donating prizes and to all of our volunteers who helped on the night. Thanks to Kim, Nicky, Kel, Jill, Betty, Jason and Miki.

Our next School Association meeting will be held next week.  This will be our final meeting for the year.  We encourage all interested families to come along to this meeting, as we set our goals for the coming year and celebrate the achievements of our School and School Association for 2024.

When – Thursday 14 November

Time – 5pm (until approx. 6/6:30pm)

Where – Learning Centre

School Association Committee

A Good News Story

Ryan has recently competed in the All-Schools Primary Athletics Competition representing Rosetta Primary School. From this event he has been selected to represent Tasmania in four upcoming events at the Sydney Olympic stadium for Nationals at the end of the month. Ryan is super excited about representing his state and it is a dream come true for him.  He is representing Tasmania in the 100m, 200m, long jump and the combined event which incorporates 100m, long jump, shot put and 800m events. His results were 3^rd in the 200m, 4^th in the 100m, 3^rd in the long jump and 2^nd in the combined events.

Rosetta Primary are delighted for Ryan and wish him all the best for the upcoming National Athletics Carnival.

We are always delighted to hear such good news stories and learn about students pursuing their dreams and having the courage to accept challenges and embrace opportunities. Ryan’s successes truly demonstrate his growth in his preferred sport and the courage to fulfil his dreams.

Well done, Ryan.

Mrs Lenthall and Mr Johnstone

Regional Basketball Championships

Over the past 8 weeks our grade 3/4 and grade 5/6 Basketball Teams have been training in preparation for the Basketball Tasmania Regional Basketball Championships.

Our Grade 3/4 team will be competing this weekend, we wish them good luck in their games Saturday and Sunday.

Our Grade 5/6 team competed over the weekend of October 26 and 27, coming up against St Brigid’s, Immaculate Heart, Risdon Vale and Dodges Ferry Primary Schools.

They showed amazing sportsmanship and determination throughout the weekend.  Our division 3 fixture did not have finals, however our final game against Dodges Ferry was all but that, with both teams going into the game undefeated and the winner taking out top position for the division.  Our players fought back from being 9 points behind at half time to take the lead in the last minutes of the game with a 10 to 2 last quarter!

Congratulations to the Grade 5/6 boys, finishing undefeated and top of Division 3!

Well done to Rory, Toby, Felix, Ryan, Joel, Mason, Damien, Thomas, Riley and Emmanuel.

Special thanks to Montrose Bay High for providing us the use of their gymnasium for training sessions and to the coaches Daniel Willing, Jason Shelton and Heidi Hancock for providing their time and expertise.

Mrs Hancock

Basketball Coordinator