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OCTOBER COLLEGE BULLETIN
The latest bulletin is available as a link from the College Bulletins page
MUSIC ENSEMBLE DIRECTOR GREAT NEWS
Luke Gilmour made the semi finals for a National Conducting Fellowship. www.htfoundation.com.au
This is a huge opportunity with the winner getting access to work with the Sydney Symphony, Opera Australia and Australian Ballet as well as a pretty big cash prize. Luke is one of 9 selected nationally. Good luck Luke. Rose Bay is privileged to have Luke directing and conducting our ensembles.
ROSE BAY STAGE BAND PERFORMS AT THE SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE
Our Stage Band played at the Opera House on Sunday night 27 September as part of the Sydney Region Music Festival and looked and sounded fabulous. They did us proud! Congratulations to Luke Gilmour for getting them to such a high standard.
ROSE BAY STUDENTS WIN PRESTIGIOUS AWARDS
School Captain, Corey Smith was awarded the 2009 Minister's Award for Excellence in Student Achievement on Thursday 17 September 2009 in the William Wilkins Gallery, Department of Education head office. Corey was one of only two awarded to Sydney Region students.
Todd Stephens was awarded a 'Deadly Kids Award' at a ceremony on Friday 18 September at the Carriage Works Theatre. This award recognises the significant achievements of Aboriginal students in Sydney Region schools.
TRIVIA NIGHT
The college P&C are holding a Trivia Night on Saturday November 7 to raise funds to support our students. It will be held in the staff common room. You will enjoy the company, the competition and the view. Click this link for the ticket order form.
ROSE BAY WALKS ON WATER
On Friday 21 August students and staff had the opportunity to 'walk on water'. A section of the playground was dammed and filled with a non-Newtonian fluid. This experiment was a part of our National Science Week celebrations. If you want to know the science behind the experiment, ask one of our students.
THE GREAT DEBATES
Rose Bay students participated in the Sydney Region Indigneous Debating Series day held in Legislative Assembly chambers at State Parliament House last Friday 21 August. The day was a great success. Our team of 3 boys performed brilliantly and won their debate. The school captain, Corey Smith was master of ceremonies. Two of the boys also received special mention from the Minister of Education's representative.
Our team consisted of: Jerroa Rovedi; Elliot Rovedi
and Todd Stephens
They were exemplary ambassadors for the school.
DR KARL VISITS ROSE BAY SC
On Monday 17th August, Dr Karl Kruszelnicki visited the college and gave the whole school a wonderful talk and audio-visual presentation about his recent journeys to Antarctica and walking across Spain. Dr Karl also gave some interesting scientific observations, particularly sharing his views about renewable energy.
Dr Karl Kruszelnicki is a medical doctor and a physics lecturer with degrees in physics, mathematics, biomedical engineering, medicine and surgery. He has a media career in TV, journalism and radio and has written over 20 books.
YEAR 9 CURRICULM PROGRAMMING AND ASSESSMENT BOOKLET AVAILABLE
This booklet contains a comprehensive summary of the learning, homework and assessment program for year 9 students. You can find it by following this link.
CORE RULES
A link to the Core Rules booklet can be found in the Policies section of this website. This is an important document that describes the standards of behaviour expected from our students. FORTNIGHTLY NEWSLETTERS
The college distributes a comprehensive newsletter to parents each fortnight by email. The newsletter contains up-to-date information for parents and students about college activities: events; excursions; homework and assignments due etc...
PRELIMINARY COURSE CURRICULUM AND ASSESSMENT INFORMATION UPDATED
Information for preliminary course students is available by following the link from Y11 above.
STARTING HIGH SCHOOL
Please have a look at the way we support students starting high school at Rose Bay Secondary College. The video was filmed for the Department of Education and Training at our orientation day in 2008.
Click here to play the video
BUS ROUTES
The bus routes and times are now available. Follow the link to school buses
LOCKERS
A limited number of lockers are available. Click here for the Locker Policy and Agreement
COLLEGE HOMEWORK POLICY NOW AVAILABLE
Please go to the Policies link and download the homework policy. The uniform shop is now selling the 2009 diaries for $10.The new diaries are colourful and full of useful educational information and are well worth having.
SUCCESS IN THE HIGHER SCHOOL CERTIFICATE
IMPORTANT ADVICE FOR STUDENTS AND PARENTS
The 2008/2009 HSC Assessment Policy and HSC assessment task calendar are now available
ENROLMENTS INTO YEAR 11 2010
If you are considering an expression of interest for enrolment into year 11 in 2010, please follow the Senior course information link.
YEAR 7 CURRICULM PROGRAMMING AND ASSESSMENT BOOKLET AVAILABLE
This booklet contains a comprehensive summary of the learning, homework and assessment program for year 7 students. You can find it by following this link.
YEAR 8 CURRICULM PROGRAMMING AND ASSESSMENT BOOKLET AVAILABLE
This booklet contains a comprehensive summary of the learning, homework and assessment program for year 8 students. .
COLLEGE TOURS
Our popular tours are held once a month on Thursday commencing at 4pm. They are conducted by the principal, Jim Linton. For tour bookings contact Paula Vecchio on 9301 0300.
MUSIC ENSEMBLE PROGRAM WEBSITE
The college’s music ensemble program (MEP) is one of the most exciting and rewarding features of the school, providing students with the opportunity to perform music at a high level and learn from top-flight musicians. The Music Ensemble Program now has a website. Go to Co-curricular Music Ensemble Program for the link.
P&C
A reminder to all parents that P&C meetings are held on the first Tuesday of each month in the staff common room. Meetings start promptly at 7:30
IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR SENIOR STUDENTS
Please go to the 'Policies' page for more information
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