Community Engagement

Parent & Friends Welcome Evening 

A great night was had last Friday evening as parents and staff gathered for the much anticipated Parent & Friends Welcome Evening.  It was great to welcome the new families in Prep and from across our school. Enormous thanks to Kimberly Bawden and Monique Burke who led this event and to the team of year 6 parents who supported them. 

Open Morning and Kinder Visits 

This week we enjoyed showcasing our beautiful school at our first Open Morning for 2025. Our School Captains Ethan and Kora and Vice School Captains Will and Grace proudly toured the prospective families around our school. They confidently shared the strengths of our school and community and highlighted the amazing learning that takes place on a daily basis across our school. We have five further opportunities to open our classrooms and learning spaces to allow visitors to see our school in action.  Please fell free to join any tour and hear our Year 6 share what they love about St Roch's. 

Future Open Day Tours 

Tuesday 25 February 7pm

Wednesday 19 March 9.15am

Wednesday 30 April12pm

Friday, 23 May 2025 9.15am

Angie and I visited our local kindergartens and Child Care Centre's last week to continue to build the positive relationships we have with each of these educational settings. We are are very excited about collaborating with them throughout the year, to provide opportunities for shared experiences across both settings with our Year 6 leaders and staff. 

Art Club, Gardening Club, Chess Club, STEM Club and Dance Club 

It's all happening at St Roch's! 

We are pleased to be able to offer extra curricular activities throughout the week.  So far Chess Club, Dance Club and Art Club have begun with other lunchtime clubs to commence shortly . Please encourage to children to participate in any of these clubs should they wish to come along.  The more the merrier! 

Chess Club is open for students who are interested in learning to play chess or who would like to improve their chess skills. Chess for Schools run weekly sessions each Wednesday at lunchtime. See flyer below. 

Gardening Club is held every Wednesday at 1.50pm and is open to all students from Prep - Year 6. Mrs Meseha has a real 'green thumb' which is rubbing off on our students who love helping her keep our veggie gardens looking amazing! Delicious tomatoes were taste tested last week and they were a real hit. 

Dance Club with Maddie from Dance Fitness Victoria is held every Thursday at lunchtime. Dance Club is open for all students from Prep to Year 2.

Art Club is being run by our very own Arts Leaders Michael and Evie and our Art Specialist teacher Ms Boers. This week their will be a special activity especially designed for students in Year 3 - 6 and their will be art activities on offer for students in Prep to Year 2. There is always a lot of fun being had in the Art Room. 

We are looking forward to welcoming you all to our first Assembly for the year on Friday 21 February. The Year 6 leaders will introduce themselves and share their leadership plans for the year. 

On Sunday 23 February we can't wait to see lots of Year 3 and 4 families at the Year 3 & 4 Working Bee from 11.00am - 1.00pm. It's amazing how much we can achieve in two hours! 

Nadine Bolton 

Deputy Principal, Learning Diversity Leader and Wellbeing Leader