Perth Hills Festival Tree Decorating Competition
This Term the Year 3 classes in Block 4 entered a Tree Decorating Competition for the Perth Hills Festival, as it complemented their studies in Food and Fibre as part of the Design and Technology Curriculum.
The students also learnt about the lifecycle of fruit trees and how fruit gets from the orchard to the markets and then to us, and about the different fruit that is grown in the region of Roleystone and Karragullen.
The tree the students designed depicts the four different seasons and what fruits are produced in each season and what happens to the fruit trees during the seasons.
The result was a stunning 1.2-metre-tall tree which impressed the judges and just got pipped for first place.
Congratulations to everyone involved in creating the beautiful tree.
It will be on display at the Perth Hills Festival on October 12 at Karragullen.
Interhouse Athletics Carnival 2019
A very busy Term 3 culminated in this year’s Athletics Carnivals, with students from Kindy to Year 10 enjoying two fantastic days of athletics and fun events. All students excelled in sportsmanship and competed with pride in their House colours.
Our Year 5-10 students kicked off the carnivals on Friday 13 September, with some fantastic individual results but it was a hard fought and resilient win by the students in Chevin, which took the House honours this year.
POSITION HOUSE POINTS
| First | Chevin | 4685 |
| Second | Peet | 4336 |
| Third | Raeburn | 4333 |
| Fourth | Croyden | 3669 |
Congratulations to these individual winners.
| BOY | GIRL | |
| Year 5 Champion | Aiden Taylor | Mallory Dunn |
| Year 5 Runner Up | Hunter Deacon | Jenna Kilburn |
| Year 6 Champion | Mitchell Hole | Peppa Fairhurst |
| Year 6 Runner Up | Shackelton Fox | Jessie Bond and Georgia Lomas |
| Year 7 Champion | Callan Hutchinson | Cameron Dempsey |
| Year 7 Runner Up | Brendan Bosnyak | Reigan de Castro |
| Year 8 Champion | Michael Taylor | Aaliyah Harris |
| Year 8 Runner Up | Jason Garrett | Ella Carr |
| Year 9 Champion | Campbell Morgan | Madiysn Saciuk |
| Year 9 Runner Up | Luke Bosnyak | Jessica Millersmith |
| Year 10 Champion | Jay Rushworth | Lydia Monaghan |
| Year 10 Runner Up | Kyte Knowles | Sarah O'Neil |
On Friday 20 September our Kindy to Year 4 students hit the park, with the Pre-Primary students kicking off the day with their running races. They were closely followed by the students in Kindy who also had a blast competing in a new event for the first time – testing how far they could throw a squeaky chicken!
After a day of fantastic sportsmanship and enthusiasm from everyone, Raeburn was crowned the 2019 Junior Athletics Champion House.
POSITION HOUSE POINTS
| First | Raeburn | 2791 |
| Second | Croyden | 2616 |
| Third | Peet | 2389 |
| Fourth | Chevin | 2251 |
Congratulations to these individual winners.
| BOY | GIRL | |
| Year 1 Champion | Lachie Christidis | Mikayla Copland |
| Year 1 Runner Up | Leo Wolfenden | Liliana Kanyama |
| Year 2 Champion | Tristan Sherrington-Campo | Madison Kane |
| Year 2 Runner Up | Isaac Whan | Audrina Hill |
| Year 3 Champion | Jack Molloy | Layla Willsher |
| Year 3 Runner Up | Bailey Cabassi | Gabriella Allen |
| Year 4 Champion | Evan Cooper | Shianne Furk |
| Year 4 Runner Up | Taj Bennett | Jessica Kilburn |
Congratulations to everyone over the two days of competition for a wonderful display of sporting skills and sportsmanship.
RCC wins DDSA Cross Country
On Friday 23 August, Roleystone Community College hosted this year’s DDSA cross country carnival. The school was represented by 24 athletes from Year 3 to Year 6. The weather made it tough for our athletes, as it was windy and wet at times, but Roleystone Community College was represented extremely well, with great sporting spirit, competitively and professionally, and this year Roleystone Community College won the DDSA cross-country competition. Congratulations to all involved and a special mention to all our medal winners, listed below:
Yr 3 Gabriella Allen First
Luca Newton-Sykes First
Yr 4 Lily Summerfield Third
Samuel Hale First
Yr 5 Stevie-Lee Rainoldi Second
Sean Williams First
Yr 6 Mitchell Hole First
Dante Robinson Second
Nicholas Allen Third
Well done to all our athletes who showed great determination and physical resilience, on what was a fantastic day for Roleystone Community College.
Rebecca Jackson and Emma Karvinen
HPE Department
Appreciation for Education Assistants
Recently the WA Department of Education decided to acknowledge the work and support of Education Assistants in our schools across the state, by dedicating a special week to them.
EA’s work tirelessly in classrooms, assisting teachers and providing support to lots of students every day.
Here at Roleystone Community College we have many dedicated EA’s who work very hard every day helping our students learn and progress their education, contribute to their safety and wellbeing whilst at the college and support students with additional needs.
EA’s also provide tremendous support to our teachers, in and out of the classroom.
EA’s at Roleystone Community College lend a sympathetic ear, give a helping hand, and put a smile on the faces of students and staff.
We appreciate everything our EA’s do at RCC and thank them for their professionalism and hard work.
Apologies to those who aren’t pictured in the photos – but please know as a collective group you are all fantastic colleagues.
Vicki Sallur
School Officer
Principal’s Honours for 1st Semester.
On Thursday 8th August Principal Mark Brookes held a special morning tea for the Roleystone Community College students who achieved Principals’ Honours in First Semester.
79 students were the worthy award recipients.
In 2017, Mr Brookes introduced the Principal’s Honours to the College. In Semester 1, of that year RCC had 24 students who met the criteria for the award, which is presented to those students who demonstrate consistent excellence academically in their studies.
The award is presented to children in Pre Primary to Year 3 who have achieved an A- average in English and Mathematics without having worse than a C grade on their report.
And to students in Year 4 to Year 10 who have achieved an A- average in English, Mathematics, Science and Humanities and Social Sciences without having worse than a C grade on their report.
All award winners must have demonstrated appropriate attendance at school for the Semester.
Mr Brookes is extremely proud of the work done by staff and students over the past two years to make this amazing improvement.
Mr Brookes and staff of Roleystone Community College would like to congratulate all the winners for Semester 1, along with these 4 students who have received the Principal’s Honours each semester for the 2 and a half years it has been running.
Caitlyn Sheridan, Iona Harman, Talitha Judge and Rebecca Yates.