Community Engagement

St Roch's ANZAC Day Liturgy 

We were honoured once again to have Mr Gary Walker and Mr David Canny join us at our ANZAC Day Liturgy last Thursday afternoon. Gary, the Grandfather of Harriet in Year 6 and his wife Kaye have been a part of our ANZAC Day liturgies for the past five years. David is the Great Uncle of a past student Maggie and has joined us for the past three years. To have them lay a wreath with such reverenve and to hear their stories adds significance to this part of our history and culture. 

Both men served in the Vietnam War 60 years ago.  It is always a true priviledge to be able to honour and acknowledge their service of our country and to hear their stories. There presence is a powerful reminder of the spirit of ANZAC - courage, resilience and mateship.   History is made real for our students. 

As each person entered the Hall they were given a sprig of rosemary to hold. Sprigs of rosemary are often worn on Anzac Day. Rosemary grows in Gallipoli, Turkey, where many Australian and New Zealand soldiers lost their lives in World War One. Rosemary helps people to remember those brave Anzac soldiers. 

I would like to thank the SRC Representatives from Prep to Year 6 who led this assembly with such composure along with the SRC Leaders Rose Iles, Harriet Jones, Aira Merchant and our Community Leader Harper Connellan.  Thanks to all of the Year 6 students who contributed to the liturgy with complete reverence and respect. I would also like to thank the families who were able to attend and the staff who supported in many ways to make this liturgy a moving tribute. 

P & F Easter Raffle 

The much anticipated Easter Raffle was a huge success in the final week of Term 1. The excitement grew when the Easter baskets were displayed in the Reception foyer. Students couldn't help lingering, making secret wishes as to which hamper they might like to win as they collected lunch orders each day from the office. Huge thanks to Kate Bollard (Remi's Mum) and Bridie Parry (Lucy's Mum), our Prep Reps, and their team of helpers for their incredible organisation of the event and creativity in creating and displaying the baskets. Thanks to all the families who purchased more than huge number of tickets.   Your support of our school is very truly appreciated . 

Little Lane ELC Easter Egg Hunt at St Roch's 

There was great excitement on the last Tuesday of the term as we welcomed the students from Little Lane ELC to St Roch's.  The kinder students were assisted by the Year 6 leaders to collect hidden plastic eggs from the adventure playground. The Year 5 and 6 students had decorated an Easter basket for the little people and after a story it was time to go searching! The fun didn't end there because there were Easter bunny ears to make.  Such a great way to end the term building connections with our locals ELCs! 

Open Morning Tours 

We were delighted to showcase our amazing school this morning at our Open Day morning with our Year 6 school leaders. The families were incredibly impressed with the opportunities our students have to 'grow, lead and become'. We look forward to touring other perspective families on Thursday morning. Please come along if you have the chance to see what a special place our school is to belong to, to learn and to grow within!     

Future Open Day Tours

Monday 27 April 9.30am 

Thursday 30 April 9.30am 

Friday 22 May 9.30am 

Walk Safely to School Day 

Chess Club is Back! 

We are excited to be welcoming 'Chess for Schools' back to St Roch's in Term 2. 

There will be a 'come and try' free session offered this Wednesday at 11.00am for all interested students. Please encourage your child to come along! It would be great to see lots of students participate. Chess Club is open for students in Prep to Year 6 and will operate on Wednesday at 11.00am for eight weeks throughout Term 2. Please consider registering your child in this popular lunchtime club. There are many benefits both academically, socially and emotionally when children play chess. 

We welcome a new coach, Zach to St Roch's this term. Registration for St Roch's is now open on the Chess for Schools website and Term 2 registrations are open here:  

 Register Here - Chess For Schools

Singing Club, Performing Arts Club, Gardening Club, STEM Club and Dance Club

It's all happening at lunchtime at St Roch's! We are pleased to be able to offer extra curricular activities for our students throughout the week during break times. We are very excited to announce two new clubs at St Roch's...Singing Club and Performing Arts Club. 

Singing Club with Mrs O'Gorman and an enthusiastic group of students is held every Friday at 11.10am. Performing Arts Club will commence shortly led by our Arts Leaders Rose, Aira, Olivia, Matilda and Mrs O'Gorman. 

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! 

STEM Club is led by Mrs Jensen and our STEM Leaders Luka and Conner on Thursdays on a fortnightly basis at 1.50pm. 

Dance Club with Roxanne by Dance Fitness Victoria is held every Thursday at lunchtime at 11.10am and is open to all students from Prep - Year 4.

Please encourage to children to participate in any of these clubs should they wish to come along.  The more the merrier! 

Icy Pole Friday 

Our School Captains Mia and George will be selling icy poles for a gold coin donation at 3.30pm in the playground each Friday afternoon throughout Term 2. Your donations help to improve our school and the Gaga Pit has been a fantastic addition to our playground. Thank you for all of your support to keep improving our school.

Nadine Bolton  

Deputy Principal, Learning Diversity Leader and Student Wellbeing Leader