13 September 2023

Principals Report

Dear All,

I would like to invite you all into the school on Thursday September 28 from 2:00 - 3:30pm for the Rosetta Student’s World of Learning Part 2 event. We heard your feedback – hence the day and the time change and we agreed with you that we needed to have another one.

Our classrooms and specialist areas will again be open throughout the school and ready to share the learning which has continued since our last event. Each Prep – Grade 6 class is sending home a work sample from the Science curriculum on Tuesday 19 September, and you are welcome to see more of the science they have done in the classroom along with their English and Maths. Students will demonstrate what they have learned so far this year and talk about how their classroom operates, you may engage in some of their learning with them.

Our student school leaders will be available to show you to the specialist areas where you might join in some karaoke, see the art displays and session or join in a game on the oval.

More details will be out soon along with an invitation from your child. It would be wonderful to see you there.

Kind regards
Deirdre

Coming Events

Notices sent home from 30 August – 13 September

Merit Certificates

The following Merit awards were presented for Courage

Swimming Carnival Grade 3-6

The annual swimming carnival is coming up soon on Tuesday 19 September . The carnival this year will return to a spectator event, and we encourage parents & carers to come and cheer on our students. We ask spectators to stay in the spectator area to ensure our carnival runs smoothly.

We are running our swimming carnival as 2 smaller carnivals again to encourage participation. The grade 3 and 4 carnival will be held first from 9:30am – 11:00am with students leaving school at 9:00am and returning before 12:00pm.

At 10:30am the grade 5 and 6 students will depart from school. At around 11:15am there will be a changeover at the pool where we will then commence our grade 5 and 6 carnival. This will conclude at 1:00pm. Students will return before 2:00pm.

We wish all students involved the best of luck!

Mr Johnstone
HPE Teacher

Kinder Enrolments 2024

We are now accepting enrolments for kindergarten 2024 (for children born in 2019). We encourage all families with children starting kindergarten in 2024 to complete an enrolment form available from the school office.

Families are welcome to join our pre-kinder program on Wednesdays 12:30pm-2:30pm.

Administration Team
Mrs Davis
Pre-Kinder Teacher

Lets Talk Body Image

On Tuesday 26 September, grade 5 and 6 students will be attending a Face-to-Face session “Let’s Talk Body Image”.  This will take place at school.

Mrs Lenthall

Grade 6 Celebrations

As we near the end of the year, our Grade 6 students are eagerly anticipating the special events that occur at the end of Term 4.  Here are the relevant dates and times.  

Tuesday 19 December – The Twilight Celebration (5:30pm for 6:00pm start, concluding at 8:45pm)

Thursday 21 December – Farewell Meeting (9:15am start)

Thursday 21 December – Pool Excursion

More information regarding all events will follow next term.

Mrs Tyson

Sports Colours Day

On Friday September 29, the Student Parliament will be holding a Sports Colours Day. Come dressed in your favourite sporting team's colours for a gold coin donation. All funds raised will go towards supporting the Ten Lives Cat Centre. The Student Parliament appreciates your support. 

Student Parliament 

Jump off Day Program

To celebrate all the great efforts the students have made contributing to the Jump Rope for Heart and the Heart Foundation we will be having our Jump off Day on Friday September 15 after lunch at 2:00pm -2:35pm.

Parents and spectators are welcome to watch the performance and join classes for some skipping to finish the day.

Kinder to Grade 2 Athletics Carnival

Due to the inclement weather and the poll that was completed in term 1 by families, our Kinder to Grade 2 Athletics Carnival will now be held in term 4. This Carnival will now be scheduled for Tuesday 31 October. The Carnival will start at 9:00am and finish at 11:00am

Students will be able to participate in events including Egg and spoon races, Sack races, Paddle ball challenges, Obstacle courses, relay races, an 80m running race and a 200m running race. There will also be a throwing event for students.

Rosetta House Captains and some Montrose High School Leaders will help with our Kinder to Grade 2 carnival.

We welcome spectators and supporters to our carnival but ask them to be respectful of the students and allow them to finish and stay with their classes.

Mr Johnstone
HPE Teacher

Updates from the Arts Programme

At Rosetta, students across the lower and middle grades have been working studiously on a variety of projects during Term 3.

Students across the Prep, Grade 1 and Grade 2 classes have been focusing on the elements of colour, shape and balance when designing their construction site pictures.  Students utilised a variety of mediums in the process of producing their pictures, creating some wildly colourful work sites!

The students in our Grade 3 and Grade 4 classes have been working on producing compare and contrast landscapes.  Their focus has been on investigating how we create contrast, what that might mean and how we can use visual representation to reflect our ideas. 

We would also like to congratulate Evie, who is this week’s Student Artist of the Week.  Well done Evie for your beautiful and colourful Symmetrical Insect!

As a final note, thank you to all the parents and carers who are working so wonderfully in exploring different artistic practices with our students at home.

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Ms Burgess
Visual Arts Teacher

E Team

Recently the E Team students noticed that students at the primary playgrounds were leaving their litter around the equipment. They have written and delivered a letter to Mrs Chick asking for a permanent bin to be placed at both playgrounds. Mrs Chick will meet with us when she returns from holiday.

Our fun fact this week is about living sustainably….

When we talk about living in a sustainable way, we are generally talking about developing ways to live that don’t harm the environment, or that cause the lowest possible impact on it. Living sustainably means that people try to manage their needs in a way that will allow future generations to do the same.  Sustainable living means finding ways that we can make the planet’s resources last as long as possible, ideally forever.

Children’s University

All Children’s University passports need to be submitted for tallying by the end of Term 3, Friday 29 September. Activities from the holidays and Term 4 can be added towards 2024 Graduation.

Graduation is on either 14 or 15 November….confirmation asap.

STEM Challenge

Recently, 4 Smartbot students, Christopher, Nirjan, Felix and Damien created their own video game to enter an Australia wide STEM challenge. The boy’s entry passed through to the second round which was a wonderful result, however missed the final. Congratulations to all the boys on their hard work and commitment.

Brixhibition Lego Competition

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Well done to all the students who entered the Lego competition….I have seen some amazing creations including colourful trucks, a cute cat, cool cars, a wonderful double storey house complete with solar panels , a fireplace and forklift and some very interesting lego creatures.

Congratulations to the following winners.
K – 2 winner   -    Oakley         Navy Base
3-4  winner      -     Annabel    My house
5- 6 winner      -     Rory          Fire and Ice

The overall winner from all age groups is Toby Shelton who designed a wonderful transformer.

Toby’s entry will be on display at the Brixhibition Show at Sorell during the upcoming school holidays.

Thank you to everyone who supported this competition.

Mrs Devereux

Family problem solving

Choose one of these problem-solving activities to complete as a family. Bring your answers back to the front office to go in the draw to win a prize.

Mr Bourke and Mrs Webb will announce the winners on Thursday the 21 September. Keep an eye out for future problem-solving activities for more chances to enter and win some exciting prizes.

Mr Bourke
Mrs Webb

School Health Nurse

School Contact Details

32 Riverview Parade                                                  
Rosetta 7010
Phone 6208 1200
Email: rosetta.primary@decyp.tas.gov.au
Web: http://rosettaprimary.tas.edu/
Facebook: http://facebook.com/rosettaps/

MGM Messaging System

Text/SMS 0427 016 460 with your child’s name, date of absence and the reason they are absent or late. Please note this number is for Text/SMS only not voice messages.

Late Arrivals/Early Departures

A reminder to parents if your child is arriving late/leaving early they must be signed in/out on the office kiosk. If you wish to pick your child up early on Assembly days, please do so before 2:00pm.

Administration Team

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