District Swimming

The Heidelberg District Sports Association Swimming Trials will be held on Monday 4 March at Watermarc in Greensborough, from 9.30am – 12.30pm. Children aged between 9 and 13 have the opportunity to compete at the trials in the following events....

- 50 metres freestyle

- 50 metres backstroke

- 50 metres breaststroke

- 50 metres butterfly

Please be aware that teachers will not be supervising this activity. Therefore, parents are responsible for transporting and supervising their own children on the day.

Children are only allowed to participate in 2 events. If you would like your child to compete, please complete the attached permission slip and return to the office by Monday 26 February.

These slips are also available at the office for students to take home, or for parents to complete.

Kelli Zeally

Sports Coordinator

Library News

Welcome back to a new school year at Rosanna Primary School. I hope you have all had a relaxing Christmas and New Year. A small number of students still have overdue books from last year, so if any library books have shown up at home over the holiday period could you please return them to the library as soon as possible. Students will commence borrowing in the library next week. To protect the library books from damage it is preferable that students bring a library bag with them when they borrow.

I am looking for parent volunteers in the library to help with shelving throughout the year. If you are interested in helping please email me at michelle.woolacott@education.vic.gov.au I will be in touch with you over the next few weeks.

Michelle Woolacott

Library Coordinator

Big Group Hug

PJs, Jocks, and Socks is BACK! We want kids to face every day with confidence - whatever challenges they might face!

However, last year alone, we received a whopping 4,902 requests for clothing packs for newborns aged to 16. Each pack includes at least two pairs of PJs, four pairs of underwear, three singlets, and three pairs of socks, totaling a massive 55,460 items for the year!

Despite our PJS, Jocks, and Socks drive collecting 11,191 items last year, it only lasted a few months! With your help this February, we aim to reach at least 25% of our total target - 13,750 pieces.

We can achieve this together! Every item makes a difference for Victorian children in need.

Please drop any donations to the office.

Book Club - Issue 1

Magazines for Issue 1 of Book Club will be coming home soon.

Every purchase from the Scholastic Book Club not only gives your child wonderful educational resources at home, but also contributes to the school Library collection which benefits all of the school children.

There are 4 ways to order:

1. By credit card using LOOP, where you complete the book order and pay online – nothing needs to be sent back to school

2. Credit card over the phone, you still need to complete an order form & return it to school with the 11-digit receipt number

3. Cash (correct money) in an envelope with the completed order form

4. Cheque (made payable to Scholastic Australia) with the completed order form

Orders are due back to school by Friday 16 February, with delivery around one week later.

RPS Garden Crew

Join us Fridays after school in the veggie patch (starting this Friday). We work together to grow the garden and our community!

We hope to do some of these fun activities in Term One:

Harvesting coriander seeds and making dukkah
Making seed packets and seed balls
Prepping garden beds for autumn planting
Composting!
Planting!

Please note: everyone is welcome but all kids must be accompanied by their grown up. We gather together after school most Fridays, but don't meet when the weather is too hot/windy or otherwise wild! Join our Whatsapp for the most up to date Garden Crew chat. [Please text Jackie on 0413 218 761]

We hope to see you there, from Kate, Maude, Jackie and the rest of the garden crew.

Chicken Update

Welcome back to 2024. I hope everyone had a refreshing break, ready to start the year.

As many of you know, RPS has 4 chickens which have brought such delight to our garden area.

The chickens can eat kitchen scraps. So if you have anything to bring up to feed them, they will LOVE it. They eat most things apart from onion, potato, and avocado. We also don’t give them meat so that we don’t attract rodents. A full list of foods can be found hanging on their coop. We prefer the food stays in the coop rather than thrown into their yard, or else the pigeons will get a free feed too. Make sure the scraps are small enough to go through the little feeding windows on the coop wire. (See pic).

We currently have a dedicated group of about 15 families who help to look after them on the weekends and school holidays.

We are always looking for more families to join our flock. So if you are interested, this can be a great way to connect with the school community. It’s very easy to look after the chickens on the weekends. They get let out each morning and put away before sunset. And you would need to check their pellets/grain and their water, and perhaps scoop a bit of poop. For your efforts, you will get to keep any eggs that they lay. If this is something you think you can help with, please text Jackie on 0413218761, and I’ll add you to the WhatsApp group.

I will be holding a chicken orientation session at the end of week 3. Friday 16th of Feb, 3:35, after school in the chicken coop for all families who would like to learn more about how to look after the chickens. Please come along if you can.

See you there ☺️

FORPS, Parents & Community