Principal’s Report

Dear Parent/Caregiver

Graduation Assembly

Today was an exciting, yet sad day

as we celebrated the achievements

of our Year 6 and Year 10 students

at their graduation assembly. To the

few Years 6 students leaving The

Rock Central to explore the

education provided at other schools,

I wish you all the best and hope that

you will fulfil your dreams and

become the people you want to be.

To our Year 10 students, all of you

have journeys that are going to be

very different to one another. Some

will be going into Year 11 at schools

that meet their educational needs,

some will be going to TAFE and

others are off to work. Wherever

your destination lies, you will always

remember where it started, and

that was here.

School Sport—Swimming

This is a reminder that this

Thursday and next Thursday we will

be having swimming for sport. All

students are expected to

participate and any students who

feel the need to opt out will be

supervised at school doing theory on

water safety. With the holidays so

close, we do not want any students

to have an unhappy experience

around water or while swimming.

Please support this initiative with

your children.

Year 10 Formal

We are all looking forward to the

Year 10 Formal Dinner next Monday

evening, 2nd December, at The Rock

Hall. I know we always look forward

to the wonderful dresses and the

’dapper’ suits, the great food and

best of all the company of so many

friends and family all celebrating

the achievements of our Year 10

students.

The photo session commences at

6.00pm on Monday evening if you

would like to come down and support

the wonderful young people of The

Rock.

Donna Rockley

Principal

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School News

Primary Awards—Week 7

Kinder Ebony Jones

Tajah Louttit

Caiden Debono

Jack Hayes

James Merrills

Year 1 Jordan Barnes

Alice Kingston

Stella Emmett

Year 2 Callum Gardiner

Tyleah Reilly

Aleesha Robertson

Lucy Bourne

Calin Greenwell

Year 3 Josh Menz

Meg Hopkins

Nicholas Hartley

Erin Hogan

Charlie Bourne

Year 4 Annabelle Kingston

Tamara Stewart

Luke Rushby

Bryce Pfeiffer

Ned Mazzocchi

Year 5 Logann Phelps

Year 6 Nicholas Gorman-Cervini

Kathryn Niki

The Rock Central School Phone: 02 6920 2132 Fax: 02 6920 2023 Email: therock-c.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Ford Street (PO Box 58) The Rock NSW 2655 Web: www.therock-c.schools.nsw.edu.au

NEWSLETTER Week 8 Term 4 27th November 2013

QUOTE OF THE WEEK

Do not squander time,

for that is the stuff

life is made of.

Benjamin Franklin

VOLUNTEERS REQUIRED

If you would like to volunteer, or know

of a family/community member who

would like to spend 3 hours a week/

fortnight/month in our very modern

canteen, please contact me at the

school as soon as possible, so I can

start assembling my roster for 2014.

Canteen News Day & Date Name

Wed 4th Dec Gail Merrills

Thurs 5th Dec Volunteer required

Fri 6th Dec Sheree Terlich

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TRCS is now taking

enrolments for

Kindergarten 2014

(and other classes)

Please contact the front office.

Community News Launch of Re-enactment of the Kangaroo Recruitment March

(originally left Wagga on 1st December 1915)

on Saturday 7th December 2013 at 1.00pm, Victory Memorial Gardens

Come dressed in period costume (raid grandma or grandad’s wardrobe), if not

bring an umbrella, wear an old-fashioned sunhat or an old and battered

Akubra and watch children singing, displaying banners similar to the ones

back in 1915. Banner & Best Costume Competition

judged at 1.30pm. Wagga RSL will hold a sausage sizzle.

Come and enjoy a great day.

We recently held a softball game between the K-10 students and staff. It was a great

afternoon of fun, with the victors being the students by a ‘number of runs’. The challenge has been

thrown down by the staff for another game soon to see if they can redeem themselves and even the

score. We are all looking forward to that.

The Rock Central School Parents and Citizens Association

8 Ford Street, (PO Box 58) THE ROCK, NSW 2655

Email: therock-c.school@det.nsw.edu.au

27th November 2013 Dear Parents Here we are in the last few weeks of our child/ren’s school year at The Rock Central School and what a year our children have experienced!! A lot of the experiences the children have been able to participate in have been kindly sponsored and supported by the P & C.

The yummy sausage sizzle that was conducted in lieu of an operating canteen was organised and run by the P & C.

‘Hot Shots’ program, where children were exposed to tennis was a huge

success and again funded by the P & C. Swimming lessons at the end of Term 3 was partially funded by the P & C, with

transportation costs being fully funded to ensure your cost as parents was so low.

Involved in the planning and organising of, and providing all catering at The

Rock Central School Fete. These are just a few examples of how your P & C is active within the school, however, there have been many more activities within the school where the P & C have played an important role. We are asking of you now to help us as we move forward, by participating in the P & C. Involvement offers you the opportunity to help direct the school into the future, continuing to provide such an excellent environment until your child / ren leave us in Year 10. Please consider attending our meetings, which are held Wednesday evenings of Weeks 3 and 7 of each term. It would be great to see you at one of these meetings, so you can be involved in our planning for the future of The Rock Central School. Regards Deb Emmett Vice President, P & C

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Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

8

25 26 27

K-10 Graduation

Assembly(2.30pm)

28

Kinder

Orientation

Swimming

at The Rock Pool

K-10

29

9

2

YEAR 10

FORMAL

3

4

Year 7 for a day

(Year 6)

Volunteers

Morning Tea

5 6

10

9 10

PRESENTATION

NIGHT

Reports go home

11 12

GOLD DAY

(Narrandera)

13

11

16

YEAR 6

FORMAL

Class parties

17

18

STUDENTS

LAST DAY

19

Staff

Development

Day

20

Staff

Development

Day

November/December 2013

School fees are now due.

Return any library books to Mrs Evans before the end of

year.

TERM DATES 2014

Term 1 Term 2 Term 3 Term 4

Tues 28th Jan—Staff commence Mon 28th April Mon 14th July Mon 7th Oct

Wed 29th Jan—Yrs 1-7 commence Fri 27th Jun Fri 19th Sept Fri 19th Dec

Thurs 30th Jan- Yrs 8-10 commence

Fri 31st Jan—Kinder commence PLEASE NOTE STAFF DEVELOPMENT DAYS WILL BE ON

Fri 11th April 28TH JANUARY, 28TH APRIL, 14TH JULY