Student Requisites

School Council has set Parent Payments for 2020 at the following:

$165 per child or

$110 with a valid Health Card which must be presented at the office.

We would appreciate payment by Friday 13th December 2019. All pre-paid book packs will be delivered to the children in their classrooms on the first day of Term One 2020.

Parents are also invited to make a donation to the school for the our new oval seating area and shade cloth if they wish. This donation is tax deductible and would be very much appreciated as we are focusing on our oval and building facilities in 2020.

Many Thanks.

"Thank You" Morning Tea

We invite all Parents and Carers who have helped at Rollins during the year to come along and join us for morning tea on Friday 29th November at 11am.

Your support makes a world of difference to our school and we truly appreciate all that you do to support the learning of our wonderful students.

Super Effort

The Rollins School Council would like to formally express our sincere thanks to Mr Steve Posterino (Rising Star Productions) who continually devotes many hours to filming our school concert. He also devotes a day before the concert filming the students rehearsing, films the actual concert and then edits and compiles the DVD’s. The sale of the 2019 DVD's(which are amazing) raised over $2000 for the school outdoor classroom. We thank Steve for his tremendous contribution to our school, as it is volunteers like this that help us to purchase a number of engaging resources that would otherwise be impossible. Thank you so very much Steve- from the Rollins School Council and the entire Rollins community.

Teachers 2020

The teachers for 2020 have been decided and are as follows:

Prep - Silvana Trajanovska, Jordan Tomkins, Hayley Womersley

Grade 1 - Monique Coventry, Jennah Sobevski, Hayley Baxter

Grade 2 - Paul Cornell, Anna Zanghi / Liana Calder

Grade 3/4 Batesford- James Ziekemijjer, Pat White

Grade 3/4 Rollins- Lachie Wright, Diana Jovanovski, Jack Day

Grade 5/6 - Daniel Chittenden, Doug Ilsley, Mary Drzazgowski/ Gary Hindle

As usual the student will be involved in a 2 day Transition Program on Monday 9th December and Tuesday 10th December. Children will spend these days in their new grade area. Grades will be randomly selected and are not an indication of grade placement in 2019. Students will get a chance to find out how their new unit operates, chat about programs that operate at that level, where to line up etc. These days will give students a feel for their new grade. Parents will be formally notified of grade placement on Wednesday 18th December.

Attendance

Rollins Primary School recognises that being at school on time and attending every day contributes towards a student's learning and that maximising school attendance enhances academic outcomes.

We take attendance very seriously at Rollins PS and have a goal to have as close to 100% of student attendance as possible.

Whole school attendance rate year to date (YTD)	Whole school attendance rate past fortnight
91.49%	89.3%

Student Attendance Level: Proportion of students attending 90% or more YTD

(90% equates to missing one day a fortnight or a week a term)

69.5%

Grade	Prep	Grade 1	Grade 2	Grade 3	Grade 4	Grade 5	Grade 6
% attendance rate YTD	92.2%	91.2%	92.8%	89.7%	92%	90.8%	91.4%

Whole school late attendance year to date (YTD)	Whole school late attendance past fortnight
1154	80

For more information regarding attendance please follow the link to the Education Department's Attendance Policy

Principal's Pondering

A Growth Mindset message...

Research has explained a growth mindset as ‘a willingness to confront challenges, viewing failure as a springboard for growth, and a passion for learning. Not surprisingly, this type of mindset is strongly linked to greater happiness and achievement in life.’ Children who are happy, comfortable, safe and confident have a greater outcome with learning and socialising.

Here’s a child friendly video as made by one of our communication apps, Class Dojo, that explains it brilliantly. - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zrtHt3bBmQ

Dates to Remember

November