10 April 2025

Principal’s Report

After nine years and one term as principal at Roleystone Community College, this is my last newsletter article. From the beginning of next term, I will be undertaking a new role with the Department of Education seeing me support other principals across the state.

This is a bittersweet moment for me. It is exciting to be undertaking a new challenge, but it is also tinged with sadness as I leave a school and community I truly feel at home with. I have reflected in recent weeks as to the growth in the school over these nine years, and I can with honesty say that the school has never been in a better position.

When it comes to leadership, I have every confidence that the staff leading different portfolios in the school are directed, strategic and motivated to continue improvement across the school. In terms of staff, both teaching and non-teaching, we have a wonderful group of people who have a clear focus on care and progress. And if we look at resourcing, the school sits in a good position financially and poised to implement a suite of improved programs once our building program is finished in the next 12 months.

Roleystone Community College has developed into a school of which I am immensely proud. With a focus on care, improvement and high standards, we do not experience many of the major issues seen in other schools across the metropolitan area. This has required considerable hard work and focus for all members of staff to maintain the high standards we now demonstrate. The implementation of The Resilience Project in the school has seen me focus on what we have, not what we do not have. This has never been more evident than when we welcomed Director General Jay Peckitt to the school last week. We showed off the way in which The Resilience Project was being implemented in the school, and the common shared language and approach for all students from K-10. Needless to say, he was considerably impressed by what he saw and experienced. I was immensely proud of the staff and students and the way in which the college presented itself. It is obvious that the implementation of this program is a key to ensuring a development of gratitude, empathy and mindfulness across the college and hence an improvement in the resiliency of our young people.

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It is for all of these reasons that I feel confident that now is the time for me to leave. Whilst the school continues to improve and is well placed to remain one of the gems of the Department of Education.

I have been touched and humbled by the messages of thanks I have received from parents, community members and most importantly students. It is these memories I will have of Roleystone… a part of the school I am more than happy to take with me.

I wish the school and its community the best of luck moving forward, and I will take more than a cursory interest in its progress in the future.

Kindest regards
Mark Brookes
Principal

Building Update

Our building works continue to roll on – but here’s a quick update.

There are many bulldozers being used now behind our Digital Media block, as they carve out the area for our new Gym and Performing Arts building.  A huge blue fence has been erected to keep us all out of the area and safe, and the huge hole in the oval has now been filled in with lots of sand!  Please be careful when walking around the college, as there are a lot of tradespeople on site, working on different areas around the school.  Also please do not use the driveway as a Kiss and Drop off, as the entry from Raeburn Road is for staff and visitors only.

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Term 2 Monday 28 April – Friday 4 July

Dates to Remember

Kaartdijin-Compass is coming to RCC!

 Dear Parents/Caregivers

As we transition to Kaartdijin-Compass, our new school information system being implemented by the Department of Education across all public schools in Western Australia in Term 2, it is essential that we have the most up-to-date details for your child/children. 

Please take a moment to click the following link and update your child/children information if you have had any changes over the last 12 months in the following: 

• Home Address
• Mobile/Home phone changes
• Parent/Caregiver 1 and 2 Active Email changes
• New emergency contact
• Medical Alerts 
• Medical Needs

Ensuring your email is correct and active is particularly important, as Compass will become our primary platform for attendance communication. 

We appreciate your support in making this transition smooth and ensuring you stay informed about your child's education. If you have any questions or need assistance, please contact the school office on 9391 6222 or email Roleystone.CC@education.wa.edu.au

New SMS Notifications for Attendance Coming Soon!

Dear Parents/Caregivers

Roleystone Community College is transitioning to a new system, this means all Attendance SMS messages will now come from a new contact RoleyCC.

The new system will notify parents, guardians, and caregivers of unexplained absences or late arrivals.

What will change for Parents?

The new system starts Week 3, Term 2 on Thursday 15 May 2025. It will send parents an SMS on their mobile phone when their child is marked absent without an explanation.

You will get this SMS with a link if your child is marked absent without an explanation. You should use this link to add attendance notes about your child’s absence.

Please see attached sample message for your perusal.

 We are really looking forward to embracing a new system. As with any new processes we expect there to be teething issues. We ask for your patience as we work through these issues as they arrive. 

Natasha Burke
Associate Principal
Natasha.Burke2@education.wa.edu.au

Parenting Support

Wanslea early childhood Information Session

Chaplain’s Chat

Kindy Applications 2026

We are now taking applications for our Kindy 2026 program.  Please pick up an application form from the front office or download one from our website.  Please ensure you have the relevant documentation to accompany it.

Applications must be received by Friday 18 July.

Pre-Primary Reminder – 4-Year-Old Immunisation Certificates

STIRK Interschool Swimming Carnival Yr 3-6

STIRK Interschool Swimming Carnival Yr 3-6

On Thursday of Week 8, our Year 4 - 6 swimmers made a splash at the Stirk Interschool Swimming Carnival, proudly representing our school and securing an impressive 5th place overall!

A big thank you to all the parents and friends that came down to cheer our swimmers on, and to Mrs Burns for jumping in at the last minute and doing an amazing job as chief judge.

A special shoutout to the Year 5 girls, who dominated their races throughout the day, and to Olivia Rampling, who took out Year 5 Champion Girl—an incredible achievement!

We are stoked to see such big improvements from last year and can’t wait to build on this momentum in 2025. Mr Poole recommends lots of winter swimming!

HPE Team

Constable Care Excursions – Year 5 and 6

Road trauma remains one of the leading causes of death and hospitalisation for children in WA, making road safety education an essential part of our curriculum. To bring these lessons to life, our Year 5 and 6 students embarked on an exciting excursion to the Constable Care Safety School in Maylands.

The Safety School features an intricately designed replica of Perth’s streets, complete with scale buildings, working rail platforms and crossings, traffic lights, intersections, roadworks, school zones, and public transport elements. Every travel scenario a child might encounter in daily life was represented, allowing students to practise identifying potential hazards and responding safely. Our Year 5 and 6s took part in both bike and pedestrian safety workshops, learning about road rules, staying alert in traffic, and using public transport safely.

It was a fantastic opportunity for our students to build confidence and practical road safety skills - and as you can see, they had a lot of fun in the process!

Mrs Fletcher, Miss Kell, Miss Yaksich, Mr Bullimore & Mrs MacAngus

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Crochet Club Creations

It is so wonderful to see the interest in our Crochet Club growing. Every week there are some new faces, and some wonderful new creations. We’ve even managed to get Mr. Bullimore down to try his ‘hand’ at finger knitting!

Don’t Forget:

• Crochet Club runs every Thursday lunchtime in T1.4 (the secondary Drama Room) after the eating bell. Bring your own work-in-progress, or there are a few spare items to borrow.
• Check out some of our regulars with their fibre arts.

Mrs Callaway

Assembly PP-Yr 3 Thursday 3 April

Hosted by Room 4.6

Mrs Norman’s Year 3 class in Room 4.6 entertained us on Thursday 3 April with the Great Penguin Huddle!  The students proudly presented the very entertaining play, which they had written themselves. The cheeky penguin antics in 'The Great Penguin Huddle' kept the audience entertained. The performance was also jam packed with information about how penguins cope with freezing weather, which allowed the Year 3s to showcase their wonderful knowledge about heat transfer.

Well, done Room 4.6. It was fantastic!

Mrs Norman

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Merit Certificates

Congratulations to all our Merit Certificates recipients.  Keep up the good work!

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Golden Broom Award

At our Assembly on Thursday 3 April, our Student Leaders announced the winner of our new Golden Broom Award. This award is given to the tidiest and most clean looking classroom in our school. Our School Leaders award points to each classroom, and Mrs Brookes PP/Yr1 class, with 48 points has taken out the award!

Well done to those students – great job!

Harlan Higgins and Tyla Beasley were the lucky students to receive the Golden Broom and take it back to their classroom, where it will be proudly displayed!

Secondary Student Leaders 2025

Congratulations to our School Captains, Marshall Prince and Olivia Brown. We know these Year 10 students will represent RCC with pride and respect and we wish them well on their journey this year.

Congratulations to our Secondary Student Leaders.

Congratulations to our Secondary House Captains

Kindy Life

Life for us, as three - or four-year-olds, in Kindy is very busy. This term we have begun to learn how to sit on a mat, how to cut on the line, how to colour in, paint without making a mess, make friends and share – oh - and also start to learn our numbers, shapes, sounds and colours! Our days can be exhausting!

Through the Resilience Project we are learning about our feelings, and about mindfulness (being in the moment). At playtime, instead of doing the obstacle course, playing in the sandpit or playing with our new friends a number of us stopped, took a moment and stood fascinated as the excavator filled in the trench near our Kindy fence. What a wonderful mindfulness moment!

Mrs Ashboth and Mrs Cirillo

Busy making rainbows in Kindy Room 1.1!

After a few weeks of having a ‘Paint shop’ in the classroom where we focused on playing with colours and revising all the colours, we finished off with some beautiful rainbow work!

The students used their pincer grip to slowly drop colours onto the white cotton pads to match the rainbow picture. The students also built rainbows and recognised all 7 colours of the rainbow.

Their artwork is amazing!

Relaxation outside!

Kindy 1_2 have also enjoyed dabbling in the Resilience Project! This week we had our relaxation outside looking up at the clouds.

We spoke about how the clouds are moving and we can’t control what they do.  We then made connections to how emotions are sometimes feelings we can’t control! We then spent the day talking about emotions and what they look like on our faces.

We read a wonderful story called “In my heart” and discussed what things make us feel happy, sad and angry. 

Mrs Ashboth

Easter Activities in Kindy 1 and 2!

The last two weeks of term involved some wonderful Easter craft! 

In Kindy 2, students loved creating loose part bunnies and decorating eggs with pretty things! 

The Easter corner in Kindy 2 was also a huge hit where students could colour eggs, play with small world sensory play and enjoy a free colouring table. 

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Kindy 1 students were also busy working on Easter craft and creating some lovely Easter paintings. The students were also practicing their hand, eye coordination skills and their counting with a cute song at the start of the session!

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Kindy Easter Fun Day – Monday 7 April

It was an egg-citing start to Kindy in the last week of term with a hoppy Easter Fun Day! Lots of family members stayed to watch their little ones enjoy some fun easter activities and even take part with them!

Our Kindy students really enjoyed searching in the sandpit for eggs (not real ones yet!) and had a ball on the obstacle course.

Thanks to our Student Councillors, who helped wrangle the little ones on all the apparatus, and who all looked fantastic in some very loud Easter outfits!

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Pre-Primary Students Build Boats!

Who Sank the Boat?

Pre-Primary Room 2.3 listened to the story ‘Who Sank the Boat’ by Pamela Allen.

We designed our own boats and drew a plan. Then we listed in detail all the materials that we would need to make the boats.

The next task was to become boat builders and follow our plans to complete our boats. They looked amazing!

However, it is not all about looks! We had to test them to see if they would float or sink.

We looked closely at the boats and predicted what we thought would happen, then we launched them into the water and waited. We left them in for ten seconds and then discussed our results. We thought about our designs and whether we should change anything to make our boats more successful.

We had an absolute blast!

Mrs Cogle

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Room 2.1

In Mrs Brookes’ Pre-Primary class, we have been reading the story “Who Sank the Boat,” so we decided to make some boats and see if they would float. We had a variety of materials, and we had to work with a friend to make our boat. It was a lot of fun designing the boat. We also had to make sure that one animal could fit in our boat. When we finally finished making our boats, we had to wait for the glue to dry. The next day we were very excited to see if our boats floated.

Once our boats were in the water, we carefully put our animal in the boat.

Do you know who sank the boat?

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How to Make a Bunny Biscuit

We have begun a new procedure unit in Talk for Writing. It was really exciting, as we had to follow the instructions closely to make our own bunny biscuit. First, we washed our hands. Next, we spread the icing onto our biscuit. Then we put 2 banana lollies on top for the ears. After that we added the face with M & M eyes and a marshmallow nose. Lastly, we got to eat it!

The best part of it was when we got to eat our bunny biscuit. Yum!

Pre-Primary Room 2.2
Mrs Mantell

Pre-Primary Oz Animal Olympics

During Week 7 all Pre-Primary students participated in a maths investigation called Oz Animal Olympics.

About the investigation:

Students experienced team sports as they applied the concepts of counting, ordinal numbers, positional language and graphing. They negotiated, planned, participated in and helped collect and record data for their own Oz-animal Olympics.

In the investigation students used critical thinking skills to explain how they knew which team won the Oz-animal Olympics. By the way, the Cockatoo Team won!

Important words that we learned:

fast/faster/fastest, high/higher/highest, long/longer/longest, in front, behind, in between, more, less, the same as, ordinal numbers: 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th.

We all had such a great time applying the maths we had been learning about in class and using it in a real-world context.

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Clay Magic in the Art Room

Our lucky Year 4’s got to work with art teacher extraordinaire, Mrs Littlewood at school this term, as she helped them create some magic with clay!  They are working on a special present – so our lips are sealed! But everyone loved the activity – and I’m sure whoever the recipient is will love the end result too!  Ms van Aalen’s class got their hands dirty and produced some great work!

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Cool Experiments in Block 5!

Room 5.6 and 5.7 have been learning about states of matter and what happens to their properties when heated and cooled. See our latest experiment here!

Ms Kell

Civics and Citizenship in Room 5.3

In our Civics and Citizenship studies this term, we have been exploring the Australian Parliamentary System. In Room 5.3, this has included constructing scale models of the House of Representatives and the Senate.

Building these rooms required us to take a closer look at the spaces where federal laws are made. We identified elements borrowed from the Westminster system, on which our own system is based—such as the traditional green and red chamber colours and the Speaker’s Chair, a historic gift from England.

Some students took on the role of architects, designing the layout and setting the foundation for the U-shaped seating, while others focused on symbolic elements like the ceremonial mace, flags, and coat of arms. From the table of the house to the press gallery, there was plenty to keep everyone busy!

We also familiarised ourselves with the names and faces of the 47^th Parliament, with each student researching 8-10 members and senators. From Bob Katter and Andrew Wilkie’s pig costume protest against supermarket profits to Anthony Albanese’s attempt to connect with younger voters by using phrases like ‘delulu with no solulu’ in his speech, we’ve discovered just how creative some politicians can be in getting their messages out! Students have carefully selected LEGO mini figures to represent each of these political figures, who will take their seats once our construction is complete.

As we gather in groups to build our chambers, we have been debating bills we’d love to see passed into law, such as lowering the voting age to 16 or banning social media platforms. As Australian citizens, we all have the right to run for government when we come of age—so watch out, you may just see one of us grow up to become WA’s next senator!

Mrs Fletcher

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Room 5.5 with Mrs Crocker

We have enjoyed lots of hands-on learning experiences this term, including Science and Maths Investigations.

Maths

We made our own graduated measuring cylinders by recycling an empty plastic bottle and creating a scale on the side to measure the capacity of different containers.

Science – Forces

We continued investigating forces through experimenting with friction and air resistance to see how we can speed up or slow down the movement of objects.

Friction Investigation

We rolled vehicles down ramps onto different surfaces to see how the type of surface would affect the distance the car travelled before stopping.

Zippy Ziplines

In groups we made 2 zipline carriers to transport a passenger. One had to move as slowly as possible and the other had to be fast. We tested out different materials to try to create low or high friction and air resistance and make our carriers travel faster or slower.

Mrs Crocker

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Indonesian News!

On Harmony Day in Indonesian classes students learn about cultural differences, respect, friendship, the importance of belongings and understand people from many different backgrounds. 

Ibu Dian and her students had a very colourful time celebrating this year’s Harmony Day.

Ibu Dian

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Drama in Primary

This term, our young performers have been diving into exciting new techniques, building on their knowledge of setting, stagecraft, and character development. Here’s a look at what’s been happening in our drama lessons!

Pre-Primary and Year 1 students have been focusing on the basics of voice and movement in performance. They’ve been learning how to use their voice clearly and expressively, experimenting with tone, pitch, and volume. In addition, they've explored how their body language, gestures, and facial expressions can help tell a story and show emotion. These skills are crucial for creating engaging performances and helping students connect with their audience.

Year 2 students have been focusing on story arcs, identifying the beginning, middle, and end in well-known stories. This has helped them understand how a narrative unfolds and how each part of a story serves a purpose in engaging the audience.

They’ve also been exploring the importance of props in storytelling, experimenting with how objects can enhance a scene, convey character, and support the plot. Through improvisation exercises, students have been using props creatively to bring their stories to life in new and exciting ways. I’m looking forward to seeing how they continue to integrate these elements into their performances over the next few weeks!

Year 3 students have been exploring story structure by working together to create their own original performances. They’ve focused on developing unique characters, considering their personalities, motives, and relationships with others. In addition, they’ve learned how to establish the setting of their story, using the environment to enhance the mood and action of each scene.

Students have also been structuring their stories with a clear build-up, climax, and resolution, understanding how these elements keep an audience engaged and help bring their narrative to life. I’m excited to watch these stories unfold in the coming weeks as they bring their creative ideas to the stage!

Year 4 students have been focusing on voice in drama, exploring how to use tone, pitch, and volume to express emotions and create distinct characters. They’ve also been developing their improvisation skills, practicing quick thinking and adaptability through various exercises and games.

In addition, they’ve been working on movement in performance, particularly through mime. By using only body language and facial expressions, students have been learning how to tell stories and convey emotions without words. It’s been exciting to see their creativity and confidence grow as they experiment with these new techniques!

Year 5 students have been exploring relationships in drama, focusing on how characters interact with one another and how these connections drive a scene. They’ve been examining different types of relationships — from friendships to conflicts — and how these dynamics influence the characters' actions and emotions.

Additionally, they’ve begun learning techniques to build suspense and tension in their performances. Through strategic pacing, timing, and dramatic pauses, students have been experimenting with ways to engage the audience and create a sense of unease or anticipation in their scenes.

As part of their work, they participated in the "Mystery Box" exercise, where a random prop was hidden in a box. The students had to improvise and incorporate the prop into a suspense-building scene. This exercise encouraged them to think on their feet and build tension by creating an atmosphere of mystery and anticipation. I’m excited to see how they continue to develop these skills in their upcoming performances!

Year 6 students have been exploring realism in performances, focusing on creating authentic characters and scenarios that reflect real-life experiences. They’ve worked on making their performances relatable and grounded, paying close attention to natural dialogue and body language.

Students have also dived into the world of physical theatre, experimenting with movement, gestures, and non-verbal communication to tell a story. This has encouraged them to use their bodies as an extension of their character and emotions.

Students have also been working on building tension and suspense in scenes, using techniques like pacing, silence, and physicality to keep the audience engaged and heighten the emotional stakes.

I’m looking forward to seeing how they continue to bring these elements together in their upcoming performances!

Miss Fisher

Roleystone Community College Choir

Our school choir has started off on a high note this term! The students have shown great enthusiasm and dedication, making fantastic progress in their vocal skills and confidence.

We’ve been focusing on warm-ups to improve breath control, articulation, and vocal range, along with correct posture and vocal projection for stronger, clearer singing. Students are also enjoying learning rounds, helping them develop part-work and musical listening skills.

Excitingly, we’ve begun practicing songs for our first performance at our lower primary school assembly in Term 2! We can’t wait to showcase their progress.

Ms. Gorman and I are also planning larger out-of-school performances throughout the year, giving students more opportunities to showcase their talent and experience performing in new settings. Our first excursion community performance will be at Dale Fest in early May (details will be released soon). We are so excited!

We’re so proud of each student’s enthusiasm and commitment and look forward to another fun term of singing and music-making!

Thank you for your support. If you have any questions, please reach out to either me or Ms Gorman.

Miss Fisher

Reflecting on Music in Term 1

As Term 1 ends it’s a nice time to reflect on progress we’ve made this term in Music. Many students across Years 1-6 can now accurately keep in time the beat (the pulse of the music) and rhythm (the pattern of the words) of songs we sing, and those in upper years can also perform accelerando (getting faster). We have also been playing lots of singing games like Charlie Over the Ocean, Frog in a Meadow, and Money and the Key. A special thank you goes to Makayla, Harrison and Nicole Donnelly for donating a large djembe drum to our Music room. We’ve been having fun using it to keep the beat in many classes!

Very recently students in lower primary have been drawing beautiful responses about the sea creatures they hear when listening to Aquarium (Carnival of the Animals, Saint-Saens; please see some student responses attached), while students in upper primary have written about how they might use the song Black Betty in a movie or reflected on the use of the song Popular in the musical Wicked.

In Term 2, we are moving on to a new theme of “Let’s Play” and will translate the skills we’ve been developing around rhythm, melody, form, dynamics, tempo and timbre into learning how to play classroom instruments, including percussion, recorder and ukulele. As always, please get in touch if you have any questions or need to share with me information about your child’s learning needs relevant to Music.

Ms Gorman

No Chairs in Block 5!

In Block 5 this term, our teachers shocked our students when they arrived at their classrooms and there were no chairs to sit on! All the chairs had been stacked and taken away! What was going on?  The teachers then told them that each person had to write a persuasive text as to why they needed their chairs to sit on. The students all got to work pretty quickly – and luckily, because they are all fantastic writers, and their persuasive texts were brilliant, they were all able to reclaim their chairs!  By the end of the day, they were all happily sitting in their chair!

Good job students – and teachers!

Year 7 Ignite

This term the students have been working on the Hobby section of the Ignite program. Each week they have chosen a new activity, ranging from indoor tasks such as coding through to outdoor tasks such as gardening. The students, under the guidance of the school gardener, Kim, weeded and tidied up the vegetable garden behind Home Economics. Kim showed the students how to safely use a variety of gardening tools including secateurs. The students topped up the beds with soil before planting new seedlings and mulching.

They definitely earned their icy poles at the end of the job!

Ms McVea

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Year 9 English

English Teacher Mrs McVea has included some writing samples from her Year 9 students’ persuasive text unit.

The final assessment was to select a topic from the 16 topics that were provided and write a persuasive text. The students were then given time to plan their arguments and then complete research to find statistics and data to support these arguments.

Mrs McVea is so impressed with her students and was extremely happy with all their efforts.

Year 10 RAC BStreetSmart Excursion

On Tuesday of Week 8, our Year 10 students attended the RAC BStreetSmart excursion at RAC Arena, an eye-opening event focused on road safety and the realities of dangerous driving.

Students witnessed a powerful crash scene re-enactment featuring real first responders, giving them a firsthand look at how emergency services respond to road accidents. They also heard personal stories from individuals who have experienced road trauma, reinforcing the serious responsibility that comes with being behind the wheel.

Our Year 10 students represented the school exceptionally well throughout the day, engaging with the program and showing great maturity. We are now looking forward to beginning the Keys4Life program next term in Health, where students will take the next steps in developing their knowledge and skills for safe driving.

Mr Poole

Year 8 Lightning Carnival

On Monday, 7 April, a selected group of our Year 8 students headed to the Southern Districts Netball Association in Langford, for the Year 8 Lightning Carnival.

All Players showed off some impressive teamwork, determination, and sportsmanship skills.

The students competed in a total of seven games, winning all but one. Their incredible performance earned them third place overall, a testament to their skill, resilience, and teamwork on the court. Congratulations to every player—you should be incredibly proud!

A huge thank you goes to our umpire Neve Burns and our supporting parents who attended the event.

Mrs Cover

Mr Poole also took a group of selected students to the Ray Owen Centre, for the Basketball Lightning Carnival.  His team tried hard all day showing some great skills on the court and demonstrating wonderful teamwork and sportsmanship.

Although they didn’t win as many games as they would have liked, it was a great teambuilding exercise and all of them enjoyed the experience.

The Arts Showcase

Year 10 Visual Arts: Transforming Warhol with Scamper

Our Year 10 Visual Arts students have transformed Andy Warhol’s Campbell’s Soup Cans using SCAMPER—substitute, combine, adapt, modify, put to another use, eliminate, and reverse. Through bold colour changes, creative combinations, and unique design modifications, they have given this pop art classic a fresh new look.

The final pieces highlight their creativity and ability to think outside the box, demonstrating how the SCAMPER technique can breathe new life into iconic artworks.

Year 8 Visual Arts: Wildlife Wonders

Our Year 8 Visual Arts students have explored Australian flora and fauna through observational drawings and painting. Using acrylic paint and POSCA pens, they created vibrant artworks featuring a native plant and animal, enhanced with intricate and repetitive patterns.

Their final pieces demonstrate technical skill, attention to detail, and a thoughtful exploration of Australia’s unique wildlife through art.

Miss Allison

What’s Up in Secondary Performing Arts?

As we near the end of our first term of secondary drama, here is a little insight to what we have all been up to this term. The Year 7s have been developing their circus skills every week in preparation of their final performance in Week 10. It is amazing how many acrobats and clowns we have hiding in amongst our students. As a part of their Children’s Theatre unit, the Year 8s have been busy writing and rehearsing their very own fairy tale plays to perform for some of the Pre-Primary students next week. Finally, the Year 9 and 10 class have successfully completed their first scripted performances and have moved onto a Contemporary Dance unit. Such a lot of talent here at RCC!

Mrs Callaway

Home Economics News

It has been a phenomenal first term in home economics, with students cooking and sewing up a storm.

Year 7

The 7’s have started their semester in Home Economics in the sewing room. Their first project was to make a hand embroidered felt bookmark of their own design. Everybody took to the task of learning a new skill with enthusiasm - even those students who had some embroidery experience challenged themselves by learning new stitches to use in their designs.

Over the last few weeks, the 7’s have finally had the chance to learn how to use the sewing machines and have begun machine sewing tote bags out of fabric they tie dyed themselves.

Year 8

The year 8’s have launched themselves back into Home Economics and have been able to show off how much they learned last year. They've made some great pocket cushion covers with their own designs on the pockets, learning applique and other decorative sewing skills. They're now part way through the process of designing, planning and making stuffed toys.

Easy Entertaining and Catering

The catering class have been working collaboratively over the last few weeks to plan, prepare, and serve a buffet brunch to share with their friends. Working together as a whole class they planned the whole menu, ensuring a great balance of options to suit everybody, then worked out who would be responsible for what aspects of the event. They then worked individually and in small groups to put their plan into action, preparing many dishes ahead of time and many fresh on the day. The spread came together beautifully and was a great success. Mr Brookes even came in towards the end, though there were slim pickings left for him by then!

Goodbye Mr Brookes

RCC would like to wish Principal Mark Brookes good luck on his new appointment, and we hope he enjoys his new role as a Collegiate Principal.  We will all miss him at RCC, as he has been a dynamic force at the school in his management, communication and persuasive skills and enthusiasm to improve and enhance RCC for students, families, staff and our community.

Thank you, Mr Brookes, for all your hard work.

Here is a little snapshot of your time at RCC!

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P and C News

Congratulations to the winners of the P&C Easter Raffle!  The prizes were fantastic and most of them were donated by our wonderful families.  The raffle raised $1,530, and the P&C could not have done it without the support of our school community. Thank you all.

The winners are:

Community News

South Fremantle School Holiday Football Clinic

Auskick and Junior players
South Fremantle | Botany Park, Hammond Park
Monday/Tuesday – April 14 and 15
9:00am – 12:00pm
Auskick (5-7)
Superkick (8-12)
For More Information Contact Roleystone Junior Football Club

Armadale Gymnastics Club

This sporting club is based at the Armadale Arena and is offering gymnastics-based classes, over the Easter holidays!

Please contact Alicia Hamilton Head Coach for more details at headcoach@armadalegc.com.au or phone 0448 922 844

Mulberry Tree Kids Club

City of Armadale Health News

‘The Library’ News!

Check out what is on offer and what is happening at our local Libraries in the City of Armadale.