Book Week

What a great time we had during Book Week!

Staff Wellbeing Session

Last week some members of our staff took part in a wellbeing session run by Heather Alexander. The session included some yoga and mindfulness activities designed to help calm the body and mind. This initiative was designed to remind staff of how much they are valued and how important their own wellbeing is. Happy and calm students learn the best, and happy and calm school staff support students the best. We look forward to other staff wellbeing initiatives in the future.

Attendance

Rollins Primary School recognises that being at school on time and attending every day contributes towards a student's learning and that maximising school attendance enhances academic outcomes.

We take attendance very seriously at Rollins PS and have a goal to have as close to 100% of student attendance as possible.

Whole school attendance rate year to date (YTD)	Whole school attendance rate past fortnight
92.06%	89.3%

Student Attendance Level: Proportion of students attending 90% or more YTD

(90% equates to missing one day a fortnight or a week a term)

73%

Grade	Prep	Grade 1	Grade 2	Grade 3	Grade 4	Grade 5	Grade 6
% attendance rate YTD	92.5%	91.3%	93.1%	90.7%	92.4%	91.8%	92.3%

Whole school late attendance year to date (YTD)	Whole school late attendance past fortnight
753	54

For more information regarding attendance please follow the link to the Education Department's Attendance Policy

Sustainability

We are currently collecting bread tags, bottle tops and old mobile phones at school. This not only saves these items from landfill, but helps others less fortunate than us.

Thank you to everyone for all of your bread tags so far - we have collected just over a kilogram of tags that will be delivered to Urban Upcycle, where they will be passed on and help contribute to the purchase of wheelchairs in South Africa. Please continue to bring them in and place them in your classroom collection box.

We are also collecting bottle top lids. These lids are being turned into 3D plastic, which is then used to make prosthetic limbs for third world countries. Please place any lids you have in the box outside the office. There is also a box for any old mobile phones you no longer need or use.

If you would like to further information about these projects, please follow these links:

Breadtags https://www.breadtagsforwheelchairs.co.za

https://www.facebook.com/aussiebreadtags/

Bottle tops https://envision.org.au/envision-hands/

Mobile phones https://www.zoo.org.au/get-involved/act-for-wildlife/theyre-calling-on-you

Thanks again for everyone’s support of these great causes.

Dates to Remember

September