Thursday 3rd May 2018 – Issue 6

MOTHER’S DAY STALL REMINDER We will be holding our annual Mother’s Day stall on Tuesday 8th May (Batesford Campus) and Thursday May 10th (Rollins Campus). To all the mums in our Rollins community I hope you have a really relaxing Mother’s Day- Make sure everyone looks after you on this special day. ATTITUDES TO SCHOOL SURVEY We value Student Voice as a means of improving student engagement, wellbeing and quality instruction. To further enhance our students input into their education, Rollins will participate in an annual survey offered by the Department of Education and Training. Students from Year 4-6 will participate in the survey. All responses to the survey are kept anonymous and only general trend data is returned to the school for future planning. Last year the survey results were influential to our whole school review and helped identify key improvement areas to further assist your child’s learning opportunities. PREP TOURS FOR 2019 We have been delighted at the number of prospective parents that attended our recent Prep 2019 Tours and Information sessions. If you have a sibling who will be starting school at Rollins in 2019 please ensure you have completed and lodged your enrolment documentation as soon as possible as places are filling at an extremely fast rate. COMPASS- 3 WAY INTERVIEWS I would like to thank all parents who attended our 3 Way Interviews on Monday 30th April. This was a great opportunity to meet with their child’s teacher and gave our students the chance to showcase all the fantastic things they have been working on in the classroom. It also gave our students another opportunity to increase their public speaking skills and gain greater control when planning their educational experiences. We have uploaded a very simple parent survey on COMPASS so parents can provide some reflections on this

new initiative. Students and staff will also be surveyed. Early responses from this survey have been extremely positive with parents being very proud of the way their children conducted themselves during the interviews. I would also like to sincerely acknowledge the work of my staff as they prepared the students for their interviews and conducted the day with a great deal of dedication and enthusiasm. I really am grateful to have such a great team. I look forward to your continued support as we work together to ensure the best possible education for your child. ANZAC DAY My thanks go to our School Captains, Jordi and Abby, who attended the Geelong Schools ANZAC Ceremony at Johnstone’s Park on Tuesday 24th April. Jordi and Abby laid a wreath on behalf our entire school community and represented us with a great deal of pride.

Photo A- School Captains who represented our school at the ANZAC service at Johnstone Park.

Photo B- Memorial Service conducted at the Batesford Campus.

IT’S A GIRL! Congratulations to Lauren and Blake Stephens on the arrival of their beautiful little girl- Ellie Anne Stephens. Ellie arrived on 28/04/18 at 9.13pm and weighed 3.5Kg. Mum and bubs well and dad is super excited. Our very best wishes for many sleep-filled nights! Jenny Hassett Principal

Thursday 3rd April 2018 Issue 6

Extra-Curricular Activities Peer Support Friday May 11th

District Cross Country Wednesday May 9th

ROLLINS STAR OF THE WEEK!

For the week ending Friday 4th May 2018

Prep H Lexie Mayer-Murphy For being such a dedicated learner. All your thinking, hard work and home practise shows.

Prep T Luka Perisic For his amazing ‘Ouch Story’ writing. Luka used his draft to complete his good copy with no assistance. Keep it up Luka.

1C Summah Fursland For working so hard in all areas of her learning. Keep up the amazing work Summah!

1W Tahliya Sharma For having an amazing start to Grade 1. Keep up the great work!

2W Kyle Sinclair For always aiming to improve on his skills. Superstar!

2Z Ben Ahmad For working hard this week. Keep it up!

34C Eren Ozdokuma For working hard to improve his writing this year. Well done Eren!

34D Tyler Ollis For always putting in an amazing effort with his work!

34H Robert Kotevski For working hard to improve his writing this year. Well done Robert!

34L Riley Lazzarich For a great presentation and being an ambitious Maths learner. Keep it up Lazer!

34W Noah Croft For being a super role model at Batesford and giving his best in all subjects.

56C Eden Harrison For conducting a great 3 way interview.

56J Claudia Katny For always taking pride in the presentation of her work and being focussed on all set tasks.

56M Jordan Ollis For an amazing effort during narrative writing. Your stories are always a great read.

ART Natasha Hazad For working hard to finish her wonderful hot ait balloon.

Music Nate Bush Great listening and answering questions in Music.

PE Lauren Sznicer For some great BOCCE bowling.

Indonesian Kane Hathway For showing enthusiasm towards singing songs in Indonesian and for sharing some known words with the class. Bagus!

Mothers Day

A reminder that donations of gifts can be left at the office any time. We thank you for your support in this initiative.

5 Cent Fundraiser

is underway for 2018

NEW STUDENT ABSENCE REGULATIONS

The Department Of Education has outlined new regulations surrounding student absences. From the end of this term ALL Victorian government schools are mandated to comply. If your child or children are not at school on any particular day, Rollins Primary School must be informed. Initially, a message will be sent to the Primary parent listed, requesting that they complete a reason for absence via the Compass Portal electronically. If this does not occur, Rollins Primary School is required to make contact with the listed emergency contacts (such as Grandparent or Aunt) to ascertain the whereabouts of the student. The Department Of Education has outlined that this contact must be made on the SAME day that an absence occurs. For families who may know of upcoming appointments or absences, we remind you that these times can be pre dated in Compass so that you do not forget to tell the school. This is an easy way to keep your child’s record of attendance up to date at all times If you require assistance accessing Compass please contact Sandy in the office – she is more than happy to help.

SCHOOL COUNCIL MEMBERS President: Erin McGill Vice President: TBA Secretary: Sharni De Jong Treasurer: Kristi Washington Parent Members: Jasmina Bagojevic , Brenda Glazner, Davina Reid, Sally Griffin and Bernie Ward Community Member: Tim Callaghan DEECD Members: Jenny Hassett, Silvana Trajanovska

Jess came to talk to us about germs and hand hygiene. We learnt a lot. We washed our

hands, then used special cream and it glowed in the dark if we hadn’t washed well enough!

Thanks for the posters, songs and goodie bag

Jess. In class we did a craft follow up called ‘cover your cough’.