ROSEDALE REPORTING Be Safe Be Respectful Be Responsible

December 2019

2020 Primary School Captains – Clancy Doyle and Grace Sauer

UPCOMING EVENTS … Date Event

Friday 13th December 2019 Last day of Term 4

Week beginning 20th January

(except Thursday 23rd) 2020 School Office open

Monday 27th January 2020 Pulic Holiday

Tuesday 28th January 2020 First day Term 1 for all students

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Contact Us Rosedale State School P-12 Campus P&C

21 James Street, Rosedale Qld 4674 President – Mrs Leigh Sauer Phone: 07 41565777 Fax: 07 41565700 Secretary – Mrs Sarina Bettiens Email: principal@rosedaless.eq.edu.au Treasurer – Mrs Debbie Hills Web: www.rosedaless.eq.edu.au

School information line: 07 41565765 Email: pandc@rosedaless.eq.edu.au

From our Principal Mrs Kerri Moore

Dear Parents and Students

This will be the last newsletter for the 2019 year and I would like to thank you

for your ongoing support throughout the year.

On Friday 6th December we held our Primary Awards and Year 6 Graduation

and I would like to congratulate all our primary school award winners and our

2020 Primary School Captains – Grace Sauer and Clancy Doyle and House

Captains – Ayana Timms, Amazyne Godfrey, Tori-Lee Walker and Student

Council Chair - Izabella Sinn. Congratulations also to our Year 6 students who move into high school

next year. I would also like to thank Ms Prichard who is leaving us at the end of this year for her super

organisation and hard work over the past five years. Sarah has been an amazing teacher and we wish

her well in her new school.

At this point, our 2020 classes in Primary will be –

Kindy/Prep/1/2 - with Mrs Hills

3/4 – with Mrs Howard

5/6 - with Ms Cavallaro.

Student Reports for 2019 and the stationery lists for 2020 will be emailed out to all parents with current

email addresses or posted during this week. Stationery lists can also be accessed through the school

website.

Staffing is tentatively finalised for 2019. I would like to say fare well and thanks to a number of staff who

are transferring out next year. James Smith is transferring to Longreach, Sarah Arney (Prichard) to

West Bundaberg, and Allison Drady, and Andre Le Roux finish their contracts. Margaret Sypher and

Denise Bayliss will return in Secondary next year as does Sarah Tibble who returns part time. New staff

include Braden Andersen (HPE/Science), Rick Olsson (English), Holly Winzar-Dunn (Relieving) and

Kate Nunn (Science / Maths).

Trish Gibson our Head of Special Education Services (HOSES) is retiring after 38 years of teaching. I

would like to acknowledge the contribution Trish has made to the education and well being of students

with learning difficulties and students with disabilities. Trish has been a passionate advocate for these

students and their families not just in our school but across our cluster for many years.

Another person who I would like to acknowledge as he heads towards retirement at the end of the year

is Ross Coates our Senior English teacher. We have appreciated Ross’ skill and expertise in the

Humanities subjects and have seen a marked improvement in student outcomes due to his experience.

Thank you to both Trish and Ross and on behalf of our school community I wish you both a wonderful

and well deserved retirement.

I am currently interviewing for a new Head of Department for Special Education Services (HOSES) and

hope to have this finalised before the end of the school year. We will organise for all our Students with

Disabilities and their families to meet with the new HOSES early in the new year.

Don’t forget school starts on Tuesday 28th January 2020 for all students. (Monday is a Public Holiday.)

The office will be open from Monday 20th January 2020. We will be running Staff Professional

Development on Student Free Days on Wednesday 22nd January to Friday 24th January and will be

unable to do enrolments during these three days. However, you can make bookings through the Office

for enrolments from Tuesday 28th January. The Office will be closed for staff professional development

on Thursday 23rd January. Merry Christmas to all our families and I look forward to seeing you in

2020. Kerri Moore

From our Deputy of Senior School Mr Josh Morris

Final piece

Well what a year we have had in 2019. I can honestly say this has been the hardest

year that I have had since being employed as a teacher. Not only for me but I saw

this in the other administration staff, teachers and students. I would like to

congratulate you all on getting through this year and I look forward to 2020.

Our school laptop program will continue next year in the secondary school.

Students should have handed laptops in to be updated over the holidays. We have

had to change the laptops that we have been purchasing to a new model for our incoming year seven

students. These laptops will be a different brand but also come with more power and a solid-state hard

drive which allows them to be better at travelling as well as that little bit faster. Unfortunately these

improvements come with an additional cost. They will be $250/year over a four-year cycle. These are

only available to our year 7 students in 2020. They also may be available for new students enrolling in

the school if numbers are available. Students who are already involved in laptop hire programs will

continue with their current laptop at the rate of $100/year.

Forms and money are to be returned to the school office ASAP at the start of the year so that students

can start using their laptops in the classroom.

I would like to congratulate all of our students who put in 100% effort this year. I am sure that your

results will show this in your final report cards which will be emailed out to parents this week. As I talk to

students around the school about what they are planning to do when they leave Year 10 or Year 12 a lot

of them say “I don’t know”. Your homework over the holidays is to talk about future options for when you

leave school. If you are a parent please have these conversations with your students so that they see

the value in coming to school and learning for the future. We are all learning everyday to become better

than we were yesterday and to prepare us for tomorrow.

Have a safe and happy holiday period and I look forward to seeing everyone back here next year on the

28th of January.

Mr Morris

From our Head of Senior School Mr Anthony Holt

This term we were able to achieve 100% QCE attainment and were able to

celebrate this success at the school formal. The students decided they wanted to

change from the traditional dancing from previous years. The students decided to

do a mash up of three different dances. They were all eager and enthusiastic

especially Aiden Annets who showed some real dancing talent. Everyone got up

there and gave it a go. It was an awe inspiring moment to see the students on their

formal night.

At the secondary awards night recently we were pleased to announce Karrie and

Adam as our new senior leaders for 2020. They will lead the student body next year in conjunction with

other team members. This team recently attended a leadership camp at Chaverim Outdoor and

Environment Centre. Here the students worked together to build positive relationships and develop

leadership skills. The students were taught problem solving tasks by working as a team on different

obstacles. Spending this time with the students allowed Miss Munce, Mr Morris and myself to bond with

them and work on the visions and values of our school. It was great to see all members of the team

working together to overcome problems and take control in challenging situations. Although there were

boundaries that some had to overcome we all left with a sense of accomplishment. This camp will be our

annual event for all year 12 leaders at Rosedale State School.

Finally I would like to wish you all a safe and happy holiday and look forward to 2020.

Anthony Holt

From our Deputy Principal Primary School Mr Peter Jordan

As Term 4 quickly draws to a close I would like to extend a huge thank you to our parents and community members from all of the staff here, especially from the Primary teachers, for the support you have provided throughout the busy year to ensure that our students are receiving the best education possible. Together we have been able to ensure that every student is succeeding in our school. In Week 7 our Primary students had a visit from everyone’s favourite giraffe, Healthy Harold. Harold and the Life Education team came to the school to provide fun and engaging opportunities for our students to learn about a range of topics including building healthy friendships and maintaining a healthy lifestyle. We would once again like to thank the Life Education team for all of the great work that they do and for coming to share this important information with our students. On Friday last week we hosted the annual Primary Awards Ceremony in which we celebrated student achievement throughout the year. It was fantastic to have such a great turnout of parents and families to show support for our students. Congratulations to all of the students who received an award on the day, your continued efforts while you strive for success have really paid off. We would also like to extend another thank you to all of the parents and community members in our school who have directly volunteered their time to support educational programs here at the school. Your support has made a difference to the learning outcomes of our Primary students. Over the last two weeks the P/1/2 classroom has been a hive of activity as we have invited two new groups of students in to our school. It was great to meet our Prep and Kindy students for 2020 on the three immersion mornings over the two weeks. These new students had a wonderful time getting a taste of what school life looks like and we are looking forward to seeing you all in the New Year. Thank you again for your continued support in ensuring our students are succeeding. We’d like to wish all of our staff, students, families and community members a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. We hope you all have a restful break and we look forward to seeing everyone in 2020 ready for another great year of learning. Peter Jordan

From our Head of Junior Secondary School Mr Warren Creighton

TRANSITION TO SECONDARY

Last Tuesday we ran our final transition day for year 6 students coming to

Rosedale next year. It was a great day with students having the opportunity to

mix with students from other schools. Activities throughout the day included: a

team challenge, Optiminds, Geography, trivia and a talk from our chappy. We

look forward to seeing all these students early next year as our year 7 cohort.

ALTERNATIVE PROGRAM week 10

With this week being the final week of the school year, students in years 7-9 will be doing an alternative

activities program. There are a variety of fun activities on offer and students had the opportunity to

select different ones this week.

Finally, I would like to wish everyone a safe and happy holiday season. I look forward to seeing you all

again in the 2020 school year.

Transition Day photos of the Opti-MINDS Challenge.

Message from Head of Special Education Services Trish Gibson

This is my very last newsletter item, with my retirement looming fast. Education is

always a team effort; so I take this chance to thank everyone here at Rosedale

School, past and present who have shared my journey. I truly believe being an

educator is a gift – an

opportunity to learn about

others and ourselves. I

have loved working with

students in the HIVE

(Highly Individualised

Valued Education),

assisting students to meet

their challenges and help to

realise their potentials.

This term students in the Hive have visited the Littabella Alpaca Farm – you would have seen our pictures

on the face book page.

In the last week, we have been

making mosaicked stepping stones

for our garden areas. Thank you to

Sue Johnstone who volunteered her

skills and creativity to guide us

through the process.

Tiles are cut, positioned and glued.

Designs include the first letter of

students’ names.

After tiles have been glued into place

and left to dry, the grouting

completes the process.

The finished products look amazing.

I wish you a merry Christmas and a

safe, wonderful 2020.

PRIMARY AWARDS 2019

ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE

Year 3 – Linkin Files

Year 4 – Tori-Lee Walker

Year 5 – Ayanna Timms

Year 6 – Elexis Hampton

HIGHLY COMMENDED – students who

consistently deliver quality effort & behaviour in

their classroom:

Yr 3 – Nicola Ross

Yr 4 –Shelby Holt

Yr 5 – Grace Sauer

Yr 6 – Willow Punch

Sports awards Age Champions:

GIRLS

10 years girls for Athletics - Michelle Cash

10 years girls Cross Country – Tori-Lee Walker

11 years girls for Athletics – Jenna Sutton

11 years girls for Cross Country – Chantelle Cash

12 years girls for Athletics – Elexis Hampton

12 years girls for Cross Country - Elexis Hampton & Jaime Reti-

Derwin -

BOYS

10 years boys for Athletics and Cross Country – Jordy Andersen

11 years boys for Athletics & Cross Country – Liam Hall

12 years boys for Athletics & Cross Country – Logan Files

JUNIOR SPORTS PERSON OF THE YEAR:

Grace Sauer

Grace represented Rosedale State School at a District level for athletics this year. Pictured above

SPECIAL AWARDS

Mr White Special Reader Award:

Cambell O’Keefe

Kirihi Cash

Katie Graham

Zonta Award:

Elexis Hampton

Extra-Curricular Awards: Above: Readers award. Below: Zonta Award

Choir:

Elexis Hampton

Willow Punch

Hannah Walker-Fry

Grace Sauer

Sapphire Sincock-Murray

Tori-Lee Walker

Thank-you to Leigh-Anne Orr-McManus for

her coordination and choir conduction.

Instrumental:

Zac Batten

Michelle Cash

Zac Giacobbe

Bree Goldfinch

Gabrielle Paterson

Grace Sauer

Cohen Simpson

Tori-Lee Walker

Meira Walsh

Molly Weir

Anna Wellsteed

Opti-MINDS:

Ocean-Leigh Knox

Amazayne Godfrey

Bree Goldfinch

Jaime Reti-Derwin

Molly Weir

Anna Wellsteed

Above: Cutting of the Graduation Cake

Special Recognition Awards:

Junior – Jordaky Priestley for being a dedicated learner ans always trying his best.

Senior – Izabella Sinn for always maintaining a positive attitude towards her learning and striving

for the best.

Citizen of the Year:

Bree Goldfinch (pictured at right)

Attendance Awards:

97%

Katie Graham Thalia Hampton Clare Ostrofski Michelle

Cash Sam Graham

Kaleb McLaren Tori-Lee Walker

100%

Amy Graham

2020 House Captains:

SLATER – Ayanna Timms Below: 2020 House Captains

O’NEILL – Amazayne Godfrey

THORPE – Tori-Lee Walker

Student Council President 2020:

Izabella Sinn

Primary School Captains 2020:

Grace Sauer and Clancy Doyle

Graduating Year 6 Students:

Riley Burgess Ceadar Farrigua Logan Files Zac Giacobbe

Breanna Goldfinch Liam Hall Elexis Hampton Ryan Howard

Ocean-Leigh Knox Gemma Owen Willow Punch Jaime Reti-Derwin

Cohen Simpson Lincoln Simpson Jenna Sutton Hannah Walker-Fry

Meira Walsh Joseph Weldon Anna Wellsteed

Above: Mrs Arney and the 2019 Year 6 Graduating class

SCIENCE

Year 9 have been creating Earthquake resistant buildings.

The challenge was to create an earthquake resistant building using 40 paddle-pop sticks, half a length of blue tac, 4m of tape and a 40cm square of cardboard.

Some withstood up to 35 newtons of force.

MultiLit stands for making up for lost time in Literacy. It is a program adopted by Rosedale State School

to help struggling readers. It is run by Deb Little and Sue McFarlane who have been specifically trained

in this program. This year we ran 3 blocks of 10 weeks duration. All the children who were selected for

the program have done very well, improving their reading levels by one year level in most cases and

sometimes more! MultiLit will be continuing again next year, so if you receive a letter saying your child

has been selected for the MultiLit program please ask them how they are going and encourage them to

read every night at home.

MultiLit is made up of:- MiniLit (Year 1 in small groups of no more than 4), Reading Tutor Program

(Year 2 and above, one to one), Word Attach Skills Extension Program (Year 4 and above, one to one)

and MacqLit (Year 3 and above, in small groups of no more than 4). If you have any questions or

concerns about MultiLit please contact either Peter Jordan, Deb Little or Sue McFarlane.

Looking forward to another successful reading year next year from the MultiLit Team,

Deb & Sue.

Farewell from Miss Prichard/Mrs Arney

As most of you are now aware, I have accepted a position at a Bundaberg

school commencing in 2020. I have thoroughly enjoyed the past five and a

half years at Rosedale State School. It has been wonderful to get to know

and work with so many children and their families during this time.

Some real highlights of my time at Rosedale include:

- Reef Guardian FLEC days

- Aussie World excursion 2015

- Opti-Minds team challenges

- North Keppel camp 2019

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It has been a privilege to be a part of the Rosedale School community and I would like to thank you all

for your support over the years.

Wishing everyone a happy and healthy holiday season!

From our Library/Resource Room Ms Brenda Grills

Textbooks, Library books and other items loaned to your student/s during the year

are your student’s responsibility. If your student chooses to store items in classrooms

under their teachers’ guidance, these items still remain the student’s responsibility. If

items go missing from classrooms it is the student’s responsibility to look for them

and to check with their teachers. All missing items at the end of each year are

required to be paid for. New items will not be loaned out at the start of a new year

until all items from previous year are returned or paid for.

Vaccination is the best protection against measles

Measles is circulating in South East Queensland.

Measles is highly infectious and can have serious

complications such as pneumonia (lung infection) and

encephalitis (inflammation of the brain).

You need two doses of the Measles, Mumps and Rubella

(MMR) vaccine to be protected. Check your own and your

child’s vaccination history with your GP today.

Early symptoms include fever, runny nose, tiredness and sore red eyes. This is followed by a blotchy

red rash, which often starts on the face before becoming widespread.

If your school-age child is unwell, keep them at home, seek medical advice, and contact the school to

let them know.

For more information, visit Queensland Health or call 13HEALTH.

Rosedale P & C would like to thank all members for their help throught the year, and are looking

forward to your company again next year.

We would also like to extend an invitation to parents and community members to join our Parents and

Citizens Association in 2020. We are only a small group and would appreiciate any help/ time you can

give.

Raffle Thank you to all who supported us with the Christmas Raffle. WINNERS: Sally Doyle, Sheryl Simpson, Kim Pollock, Colin Schaefer, Steph Smith, Anthony Holt and Rachelle Bauer.

UNIFORM The primary school uniform will be compulsory from 2020. This includes shorts with a school logo embroidered on them. These are available from the uniform shop. Uniform Shop

Thursday 23rd January 2020, 9am – 12 noon.

Friday 24th January 2020, 9am – 12 noon

First week of school 2020, 8.30am – 10.30am

SCHOLARSHIPS The recipients for the 2020 Scholarships are Breanna Goldfinch, Ari McCollum and Brooke Collins. We would like to congratulate these students and look forward to seeing them in 2020.

TUCKSHOP We would like to thank Suzie Parmanand for taking over the role of Tuckshop Convenor for the remaining months of 2019. It was great to see your smiling face in the Tuckshop everyday. Tuckshop will be opened from the first day of school Tuesday 28th January 2020.