Book Club

Issue 7 of the Scholastic Book Club has been distributed this week.

Orders made be placed directly online using the Loop platform at

www.scholastic.com.au and your orders will be sent to school at no cost to you.

Cash orders must be clearly labelled with your child’s name and grade

including payment and returned to school by FRIDAY OCTOBER 18TH

Victorian Teachers' Games 2019

Congratulations to all of the Rollins staff who were involved in the VTG for 2019. The Games were held in Geelong during the first few days of the school holidays and were a lot of fun.

Rollins staff competed in Dodgeball, Lawn Bowls, Trivia and Netball with gold medals won in the Dodgeball and Trivia events. Well done to all involved!

Healthy Families

Healthy Families is all about giving you the information, knowledge and confidence to support the young people in your life – whether you’re a parent, guardian, grandparent, a favourite uncle or an awesome auntie. Beyond Blue is also here to help you take care of your own mental health and wellbeing. Visit: https://healthyfamilies.beyondblue.org.au/

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
91.9%	90.9%

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

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

74%

Grade	Prep	Grade 1	Grade 2	Grade 3	Grade 4	Grade 5	Grade 6
% attendance rate YTD	92.7%	90.8%	93.2%	90.4%	92.45%	91.6%	92.4%

Whole school late attendance year to date (YTD)	Whole school late attendance past fortnight
823	75

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

Sustainability

We are currently collecting bread tags, bottle tops and old mobile phones at school. This not only saves these items from landfill, but helps others less fortunate than us.

Thank you to everyone for all of your bread tags so far - we have collected about 6 kilograms of tags that will be delivered to Urban Upcycle, where they will be passed on and help contribute to the purchase of wheelchairs in South Africa. Please continue to bring them in and place them in your classroom collection box.

We are also collecting bottle top lids. These lids are being turned into 3D plastic, which is then used to make prosthetic limbs for third world countries. Please place any lids you have in the box outside the office. There is also a box for any old mobile phones you no longer need or use.

If you would like to further information about these projects, please follow these links:

Breadtags https://www.breadtagsforwheelchairs.co.za

https://www.facebook.com/aussiebreadtags/

Bottle tops https://envision.org.au/envision-hands/

Mobile phones https://www.zoo.org.au/get-involved/act-for-wildlife/theyre-calling-on-you

Thanks again for everyone’s support of these great causes.

Dates to Remember

October