Principal's News

Dear Parents/Guardians, 

This week!!

It may have been a short week but we sure made the most of it by packing in some great opportunities T20 Cricket today and P-2 Tabloid sports,  Community clubs and Sno Cones for sale tomorrow.

ANZAC Appeal

A friendly reminder we have $2, $5 & $10 badges available for sale at the office. Our captains have also been taking this around each morning providing students an opportunity to buy one.

Nude Lunchbox Challenge: Reducing Waste Together!

Next week, students across the school will take part in our second Nude Lunchbox Challenge, this is a fun and meaningful initiative designed to promote waste-free lunches and build awareness around sustainability.

Each morning, students will count the number of plastic wrappers in their lunchboxes and recorded their class total on a tally chart. The goal? To encourage students and families to think carefully about packaging choices and reduce single-use plastics wherever possible.

Sun Smart

As the weather warms up please remind students to wear their school hat while playing outside. Students without hats will be asked to sit in the library or wellbeing room.   NO HAT, NO PLAY! 

Emergency Management Procedure 

All schools are required to have an emergency management plan which includes a variety of processes for handling an emergency. These include at least one practice emergency drill each term. These include; evacuation offsite, evacuation onsite, lockdown and a zone lock out. We plan to hold an evacuation drill next Wednesday 12th November. If you have any questions or concerns, please let their classroom teacher know so that we can put some additional supports in place

Hands On Learning

Next Friday (14th) our Hands on Learning crew will be selling 'Frogs in a pond' for $2.50.

Christmas Raffle

Don't forget to collect and sell some tickets for our Christmas Raffle (formally known as Monster Raffle). Thanks to Nichol Trading for their generous donation of all 3 RBN vouchers. We have 10 prizes in total and the raffle will be drawn at our  End of year Assembly on Tuesday 16th December (save the date)!Please contact the office to collect a book of tickets. Tickets are in books of 5 and are $5 each. Any unsold tickets must be returned.

School fees/payments 

A friendly reminder, school fees for this year can be paid online or at the office. You will be please to hear our School council agreed to keep our fees the same for 2026.

*Please note Rochester Primary School  provide students with free instruction to fulfil the standard curriculum requirements and we want to assure you that all contributions are voluntary. Nevertheless, the ongoing support of our families ensures that our school can offer the best possible education and support for our students. For further information on the Department’s Parent Payments Policy can be found on our website.

Kate Whitford