Newsletter Term 1 Week 2
Executive Report
Welcome back to School 2025
From the Principals Desk
A warm welcome back for 2025. The excitement was palpable on Thursday with many new students and Year 7 entering the College for the first time. Our first day commenced with rolling assemblies to welcome students back, introduce the vision for the College and remind our students about our current expectations.
College Vision
In 2025 our mantra is: the classroom is the heart of the College. On day one at every assembly, I spoke to all our students about the classroom being the “room where it happens” and encouraged them to set one learning goal to support them in being active learners. Over this term I am planning to attend every class so I can see the learning and express the value of what our students and teachers do every day. I will also be commencing lunchbox chats with a range of students to check in and get their view of the College. Invitation to bring your lunch to the Principals office will commence from Week 4 with the aim to build relationship with and hear directly our students’ view of their College experience.
College focus for 2025
Learning: The two themes this year are personal challenge and working with failure as these two attributes are key to success. We learn and achieve through failing and trying again, (determined persistence). Success comes from challenging ourselves and discomfort is a natural part of this process.
Attendance -The College will continue to monitor, encourage, and support attendance with an aim to increase the percentage of student’s attendance above 85%. Even one day absence or lateness to class can impact students learning and wellbeing. (see The Rose Bay Secondary College Student Behaviour Management Plan on the website for more details).
Community pride: Uniform -our uniform checks will continue to promote College pride and identity. If you child is out of uniform, non-uniform items will be collected and held for parent collection.
Litter and graffiti – we will be promoting absolute cleanliness and pride in our College. Students littering or graffiti will be involved in school service activities to develop civic responsibility and pride.
Student support and Wellbeing -The College has strong wellbeing supports. If you have any concerns or need to inform staff of additional information, please contact the Year advisors and (if urgent) the Year Deputy.
Additional supports are our Counsellors with student self-referral through QR code or parent referral. Our Anti Racism Officer is Ms Janaki Kremmer. Students can self-refer to Ms Kremmer or be referred by the Wellbeing team or Deputy as part of our commitment to a safe and tolerant College.
Ms Nadia Kaye is our Community Liaison Officer, she can be contacted through the school switchboard, email or through the contact no provided on the Year WhatsApp groups.
At the start of the year, we all want our students to settle in well for the academic year. Often students have some nerves about changes to their core class. Classes are carefully planned and constructed to support your child’s learning. We encourage students to face the challenge of change. We often receive requests to change classes. This will not occur except in extenuating wellbeing circumstances, and I would request parents in conversation with their child to frame change as a positive to support building student resilience, a key quality for success post school.
Upcoming dates
Tuesday February 18: P&C meeting 7 pm
Tuesday February 25: Welcome to Year 7 (3:45-5:00 pm) and Open Night (5:30-7:30 pm)
Thursday February 27: Year 11 Parent Webinar (5:00 pm)
Friday February 28: Swimming Carnival
Tuesday March 4: Year 12 Parent/Teacher Conferences (2:30-5:00 pm)
Mobile Phones
A reminder to all parents that all mobile phones are banned in NSW Secondary schools. Rose Bay Secondary College has a gate to gate policy which means that phones and air pods are switched off and in bags before entering the College gates and do not come out of bags until students exit the College gates OR enter the gymnasium to assemble for buses at the end of each day. Lunch orders can be preordered or a debit/credit card/cash used to purchase food at the canteen.Any student with their phone out or hot spotting from their phone, will have the device confiscated and collected by parents at their leisure. Repeated breach of these expectations could lead to disciplinary action.
Please find the link to the RBSC Communication document and FAQ on our website here
SCHOOL PHOTOS
School photos will take place on the following dates:
Whole school photos– Tuesday 25th February
Staff and Year 12 and group photos - Wednesday 26th February
Catch up photos on Wednesday 12th March.
Students are required to be in the RBSC school uniform.
Photos can be ordered online, please see the flyer below.
CAPA News
Welcome from CAPA!
Happy 2025 Rose Bay community! Welcome to new year of exciting Creative & performing Arts classes, events and opportunities.At the end of 2024, we farewelled out much loved and highly experienced Head teacher, Ms Kelly Vine who has been fortunate to secure a position in Cheltenham girls. We will miss her talent which graced our Rose Bay community and her outstanding expertise in leading a dynamic CAPA faculty. We wish her well on her new adventure!
We welcome two new CAPA staff in 2025, Ms Chloe Woodward who will be teaching dance & drama as well as running dance ensembles, and Ms Reid who will be teaching Visual Arts and TAS. They are excited to be teaching in CAPA and can be found in B block staffroom.
New York CAPA Trip
Thank you to the students who expressed interest in a New York Creative & Performing Art Trip.An information session will be coming soon for a potential trip in 2026. Please stay tuned for further information.
WE WILL ROCK YOU! THE MUSICAL
This year Rose Bay is proud to present the musical "We Will Rock You", written by Ben Elton and featuring the songs of Queen in a dynamic, show stopping production.New students as well as those who have not had a chance to join last year are encouraged to attend a meeting in the hall, Tues 18th Feb Break 1 with callback and rehearsals due to begin Wed 26th Feb.
Sign up FORMS will be available in the TEAMS for All year levels as well as the musical team.
Below is an information pack about the show:
Any further queries, please see Ms. Alonzo in B block staffroom.
Join the Dance Ensembles in 2025!
The Rose Bay SC Dance Ensembles offer dance training and performance opportunities to students from years 7-12. We cater to students of all experience levels from beginner to advanced. Our ensembles will perform at a range of events throughout the year, and students have lots of opportunities to participate in enrichment activities. Commitment to the ensembles involves weekly rehearsals before school, and attendance at all performance events.
How do I get involved?
Open auditions will be held in week 4. SIgn up at this link https://forms.gle/r53yrVaNYjqQp6Fy8
Years 9-12 - Tuesday 18th February, 7:45am arrival for a 7:50am start
Years 7-8 - Wednesday 19th February, 7:45am arrival for a 7:50am start
The auditions will be held in the studio, room B532 (across the corridor from the hall).
The audition will consist of a dance class in which students will learn a short routine.
Please wear form-fitting dance clothing (eg t-shirt, leotard, singlet, shorts, leggings), or your school sports uniform, and arrive on time ready to begin.
If you are unable to attend your year groups’ audition time, please contact Ms Woodward to make alternate arrangements.
Complete the form now to register your interest. If you have any questions, please see Ms Woodward in the B Block staffroom or email chloe.woodward4@det.nsw.edu.au
YEAR 11 & 12 OnStage excursion, Seymour Centre
OnSTAGE is an annual showcase presented by the NSW Education Standards Authority, highlighting exemplary works from the 2024 Higher School Certificate (HSC) Drama students. This year, Year 11 and 12 drama students from Rose Bay Secondary College attended the event, where they were deeply inspired by the exceptional performances and creative projects on display. The showcase featured a variety of student works, including live performances, video dramas, and individual projects such as costume and set designs. The students were captivated by the high level of artistry and innovation, sparking new ideas and motivating them to push the boundaries of their own creative work.
Library News
It’s been exciting to welcome all of our students back after the long break and hoping that many of them have enjoyed their holiday reading. While we have an excellent physical collection of books, our students also have access to over 3,000 digital books through the “My School Library” icon on their student portal page. We are here to help if anyone has difficult navigating the route to the e-borrowing of these amazing titles which are being continually updated as new books are released for publishing. This year we have also subscribed to the audio versions and so students have a choice of reading or listening to books online wherever they are.
YEAR 7
The “tiles” above can be found on the homepage of “My School Library” on the student portal page. Behind the tile is a green Year 7 tile is a wealth of information assisting our Year 7 students in several subjects. This is being continually updated as changes to texts and programs occur.
The link to the Premiers Reading Challenge (PRC) provides information about the 2025 PRC and links for registering their reading logs. If these are successfully completed certificates from the Department are presented at a Year assembly in Term 4.
Welcome to the NSW premier's Reading Challenge for another year!
In Week 5 our library reading periods begin. All Year 7 classes will come to the library once every cycle with their English teachers to learn how to use the resources here for their research and also to embark on a program tracking their reading progress. Good reading habits strengthen all areas of literacy and creative composition.
PROGRAMS / WORKSHOPS
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