Principal's News

Labour Day Public Holiday /Pupil Free Day

Parents are reminded that there is a Labour Day holiday on Monday 9th March. There will be no school on this day, in addition to this a student free day will be held on Tuesday 10th March where staff are engaged in professional learning.

What a Great start to this years Community Clubs

Last Friday our first set of Community Clubs for this year started and even though these session didn't start until the afternoon the school, the buzz and excitement around the school was obvious from the moment the kids arrived in the morning. These sessions run on Friday afternoons for 4 week blocks. Some of the clubs on offer are onsite at school and others are in various locations in the Rochester Community. We had students bike riding, on scooters at the skatepark, Rec Sport, board games, STEM, 3D printing and cooking.

Clean up Australia Day

Last Friday was School's clean up Australia Day. Staff and students spent some time out in the Rochester community collecting rubbish to help make our town an even nicer place to be! Thank you to all involve.

NAPLAN 

The National Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) 2024 for Grades 3 and 5, will begin on Wednesday March 11th. These tests assess student knowledge and skills in Writing, Reading, Language Conventions and Numeracy. 

Hands on Learing - Parent Morning Tea

The HoL Café group would like to welcome parents and friends to attend a coffee & cake morning tea at Rochester Primary School on Friday 13th March 10:30 – 11:30. The students in the HoL group café  look forward to the opportunity to share with you some of the treats that they have been making. Cost $5:00 per plate which includes a coffee or tea and an item from the menu below 

Menu

Chocolate Cupcake with cream

Apple Tea cake with cream

Sausage rolls (x2) 

Rumball can be purchased at $ .50cents each

RSVP /Bookings by Thursday 12th for Catering purposes.

Inform & Empower - Cyber safety 

RPS is extremely excited to continue our ongoing partnership with Inform & Empower in 2026! The Inform & Empower is an invaluable resource to help create safer and more positiveonline experiences for every child.

As a parent, the best way you can support your child is by being proactive, learning the ins and outs of the online world.  A parent sessions called 'Raising kids in a digital world' will be offered to families on Wednesday 22nd April. Please see booking info below-

Reporting Absences

Parents are asked to call the office or go to the XUNO Portal to enter the reason for their child’s absence before 9.05 am the day of their absence. If parents have not recorded the reason by 9.05am you will receive an automated text, requesting that you please contact the office to explain the absence. If parents know in advance that their child will be absent or that the absence will be over several days, it can be entered on XUNO in advance.

We ask that parents do not email their child’s teacher as sometimes the emails are not read before school.

Kate Whitford