School Photos

Don't forget School photos are on Monday 16th February. Please order online and bring the envelopes in on the day.

Term 1 Class Leaders

Each class has nominated two class leaders for this term. These were formerly known as Class Captains. These students have the responsibility of running class meetings and reporting to Mr Ross, our Student Voice Leader 3 to 4 times per term to share any thoughts and ideas students have for improving our school.

Class		Class
Prep Pascoe	Patch & Darci	3/4 Irwin/Ietto	Olivia & Flynn
1/2 Acocks/Whitfield	Liam & Piper	5/6 Nihill	Mackenzie & Jack
1/2 Carroll	Immy & Levi	5/6 Blackman/Watson	Penny & Will
3/4 Ross	Jack & Lahni	5/6 Rasmussen	Riley & Alva
3/4 Fawcett/Blackman	Maya & Noah

Pupil free day - Term 1

Each year schools are granted 4 pupil free days and a Professional Practice Day by the Department. These dates may change each year depending on the needs of the school and must be approved by School Council. Our first pupil free day for this year is on Tuesday 10th of March. This give families the option to take an extra long weekend if they wish to and aligns with the pupil Free day at Rochester Secondary.

Welcome Morning

Next Friday we are inviting our parents in to visit the classrooms before school between 8:30 -9am. We will then hold a Dance Showcase as a wrap up of our sessions with the Kinect 2 Dance program. Parents can also purchase a coffee from the coffee van from 8:30 onwards.

Safe Drop off & Pick up

Our school community is committed to keeping every child safe, confident and ready to learn. One of the busiest and most important times of the day is before and after school, when roads near the school are at their busiest.

To help keep everyone safe, we ask all families to:

Use the pedestrian crossing whenever possible
Walk children across the road—do not let them cross alone between parked cars
Model safe road behaviour by stopping, looking, listening and holding hands
keep the loading bay and disabled park areas free to increase visibility.

Why this matters?

Children can be hard to see between cars
Drivers may not see children stepping onto the road unexpectedly
Young children are still learning road safety skills and need adult guidance

By using the crossing and walking children across the road, you are helping us live our school values:

Be Kind – look out for every child and family
Be Safe – make safe choices around traffic
Be Brave – model safe habits and speak up if something feels unsafe

Thank you for helping us keep our school community safe every day.

Sno Cone Day

Due to the popularity of last weeks sno cone day we will hold another next Friday the 20th. No orders needed, just bring along $3.

School Council Elections

Our School Council is calling for nominations from parents to be a part of this dynamic team. School Council meets twice a term on a Tuesday evening and provide direction around a diverse range of school areas ranging from Finance, Curriculum and Grounds and Facilities. Two thirds of the Council needs to be non- DET employees to ensure a strong community voice. Please consider nominating. Forms are available at the Office and self-nominations are accepted. If there are more nominations than vacancies an election will be held.

Notice of election and call for nominations	Monday 9th February
First School Council Meeting (Current committee).	Tuesday 10th February 6:30pm
Closing date for nominations	Monday 16th February by 4.00pm
Annual Meeting (Election of office bearers)	Tuesday 17th March 6:30pm

Our first School Council meeting was last Tuesday. This was the final meeting for our current committee. Our annual meeting will be held on Tuesday 17th March. At this meeting we elect this year’s Officer Bearers and then hold the General meeting and get our School Council business underway. School Council exists to represent parents and to provide a strong voice in what happens at the school. If you are interested in joining School Council please collect a nomination form from the office.

Bringing Valuable Items to School

Parents, students and staff are reminded that personal property brought to school are not insured for loss or damage. Students are discouraged from bringing anything to school that is particularly valuable or special.

Kate Whitford

Rochester Primary School Newsletter

Respect, Resilience, Responsibility

Term 1 Week 3 · 12 Feb 2026

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