It is hard for me to believe that it is week 8 already! As this is my last newsletter, I want to say a sincere thank you to all of you for welcoming me into this beautiful, vibrant Rosary School Community.
It has been an honour to work alongside you all. I have thoroughly enjoyed it and gained a great deal in my time here.
The Leadership Team have been working closely with Susan Hennessy over the past term - it has been exciting to see her vision for Rosary School. 

The students will receive their reports on Friday 4th December, inside the report will be the information about Book a Chat for 2021 which will be held in Week 2 of Term 1.

The 2020 End of Year School Mass will be held on Monday morning, 6th December at 9:30am in the Gymnasium. At this stage, no parents will be able to attend.

Next Tuesday 7th December the children will have a transition session during the morning to meet their teacher and class for 2021.

They will bring home a letter at the end of the day informing you about it.

The last day of Term is Wednesday the 9th December - it will be a casual day (free) and the finishing time will be 3pm.

We are welcoming the following new teachers into the Rosary School Community in 2021 - Maria Boccaccio, Claudia Withey and Shannon Mawhinney. They come highly recommended by their current Principal, students, staff and parent communities.

As you are aware Rosary School are excited to have engaged YMCA as the school OSHC service provider. This will be commencing on 27th January 2021.

YMCA have already received a number of enrolments and enquiries. 

For our year 6 graduating classes you have been resilient and adaptable! 

It has been said that it is not our abilities that show who we truly are, it is the choices we make – this is especially true when viewed through the lens of our 2020 Theme: 'A Heart that Sees'.

Being a student of Rosary School means being part of a community of strong, creative and caring people. As a group of year 6 student leaders, you have embodied a heart that sees in your wonderful leadership:

• Looking after our younger students - taking the time to mentor some of our reception       students - teaching them how to play and solve friendship issues

• Introducing the kindness awards and being role models by living out acts of kindness

• When the Black Lives Matter movement rose up this year across the world, you wanted to explore the issues and see what actions we could take as a community to ensure inclusivity

• Participating in the Hutt Street ‘Walk a mile in my Boots’

Congratulations to everyone for receiving their Premiers reading challenge awards.Students who competed the challenge for the first time have received a certificate, further awards are Bronze to Hall of Fame medals and the hall of fame reader for life certificate.

We were very fortunate to have 4 former Rosary School students return to share their stories and thoughts on learning and achieving goals in sport. They are all very successful in their own right. More impressive, however, is the humility and gratitude they have shown over the years and continue to model. We are very proud of their achievements and the young people they have grown to be.

In 2021 the school office will reopen on Monday 18th of January, it will be closed on the Wednesday 20th due to Professional Learning for all staff which will be held offsite. It will then reopen on the Thursday January 21st. 

From all of us at Rosary School we wish you all a Blessed and Holy Christmas season.

This year the P&F Committee has demonstrated a strong will, commitment and dedication to all parents and friends of Rosary by upholding the values of our school and community, continually improving the culture, driving change and delivering initiatives through active engagement. But most importantly paving the way forward to bring together parents, families, friends, students, teachers alike.

From “A Heart that sees” perspective it is fair to say we have all seen so much this year, these unprecedented times have brought much uncertainty, angst, anxiousness, challenges and change. However, through it all we have all adapted and conformed to the restrictions placed upon us; a true test of character, strength and courage but most importantly a sign of just how resilient we all can be. Please read more here.