Cadets Kick Off!

Term 2 saw the long awaited return of our Bushranger Cadets, with old and new members revelling in the experience.

World Giraffe Day!

Tuesday 21 June is an annual event to celebrate the tallest, and one of the cutest, animal in the world.

Tim Winton Award for Young Writers

Entries open on Monday 18 July for the Tim Winton Award for Young Writers! All Year 1 - 10 students are eligible to submit work.

National Recognition Week

As part of the NRW RCC is participating in a range of activities to support reconciliation.

Have you got your RATs?

A reminder to our Parents to please pick up their free Rapid Antigen Tests, from the Front Office. Families are entitled to 20 free RATs per child enrolled at RCC. We have already distributed over 10 000 to parents!

EduDance is on!

This fun dance program kicks off in Term 3 and all students from Years Pre-Primary to 6 can take part.
So get your permission form and payment in by Friday 1 July. Spare notes are in the Front Office.

World Environment Day 2022

This year’s focus is ‘Living Sustainably in Harmony with Nature’ as we have ‘Only One Earth’.

Ignite to the Rescue!

Our Yr 7 Ignite students are currently on a mission to help the RSPCA WA in its Blanket/Towel Run campaign.

National Reconciliation Week 2022

Here at RCC our Cultural Awareness Committee is working hard to support and celebrate cultural responsiveness, with events to promote NRW, the first on our agenda.

National Volunteer Week 2022

This year we say thank you to all our volunteers, as we are ‘Better Together’, to help make change.

Our Story Dog Team is Back!

Have you seen Fergus and his Handler Pat around the College yet? They are our amazing Story Dog team, here to help our students again this year.

Magnificent Mandalas

Our Year 2 students in Room 3.4 and 3.5 recently got their hands dirty out in our bush as they tried their hands at creating a Mandala.

SunSmart RCC!

Recently the College installed two new UV (Ultra Violet) Meters, a wonderful addition to re-enforce our Sun Awareness message.

Premier's Reading Challenge

It’s back in 2022 and RCC is encouraging all of our K-10 students to get reading and register this year!

Armadale Young Writers Award 2022

RCC has some great writing talent – so heads down and start ‘scribbling’ as entries open next month.

ANZAC Day Commemoration

On Friday 29 April, RCC celebrated ANZAC Day, a bit differently this year, with a virtual ceremony.

2022 Student Leaders

Congratulations to our students, and good luck with their duties this year.

Check It Out!

It’s official – our new canteen mural is finished and looks AMAZING!

Breaking News!

The Snack Shack has a new name! Welcome to the Quenda Café!

Snack Shack Mural Update

Roleystone’s beautiful wildlife and natural bush setting is coming to life on the walls of our Snack Shack as a magnificent mural takes shape.

Harmony Week Celebrations

COVID-19 didn’t dampen RCC’s celebration of this special week with our students participating in lots of different activities that promoted cultural respect for everyone who calls Australia home.

Hop to the Library

A very special guest has its made itself at home in our RCC Library!

Aussie of the Month 2022

This program recognises and celebrates Primary students who actively display citizenship qualities and community spirit within our school.

Snack Shack News

Keep your eyes peeled – as something special is brewing at the Snack Shack!

Harmony Week in Home Economics

Our Year 9/10 Home Economics students celebrated Harmony Day by planning and cooking a multicultural lunch.

2022 Shaun Tan Art Award

The call has gone out for all our artistic school students to get creative, with the return of the well know Shaun Tan Award for Young Artists.

Block 4 Garden Gurus

Students in Rooms 4.1 and 4.3 have been very busy establishing a fantastic garden outside Block 4 as they learn about lifecycles in Biological Science.

RCC Masked Ninjas

Term 1 has been interesting for our Primary students, as new COVID-19 protocols mandated masks must now be worn for our Year 3- 6 cohort.

Harmony Week 2022

The message of Harmony Week is ‘Everyone Belongs.’

Indonesian News

Term 1 has really busy in our Indonesian room.

Twosday (22/2/22) in Year 2

What a special day it was on Tuesday 22 February, and here at RCC the Year 2’s in 3.1 had a super fun day, creating and working with the number 2!

National Art Award

RCC has very exciting news, with our fantastic Art Specialist Teacher Anita Littlewood, selected as a Finalist in a National Art Award!

Head Boy and Girl 2022

RCC would like to congratulate our Year 10 students, Brendan Bosnyak and Rebecca Yates as they begin their new duties at RCC as Head Boy and Girl.

RCC Kicks off 2022

The new school year has been very hard for many of our schools, with COVID-19 outbreaks, but at Roleystone Community College, our teachers and students have hit the ground running.

Farewell to Roleystone Teaching Legend

Most of our students, Parents and Caregivers will have noticed that Mrs West has not been at the College for a very long time, as she was enjoying some well-deserved Long Service Leave.

Welcome to New Staff 2022

RCC would like to say a big Roley Hello to our newest members of staff. We are very lucky and excited to have these teachers on campus this year, and wish them the best of luck in their teaching journey.

Reading Dog Fergus

RCC had one last visit for 2021 from our gorgeous Reading Dog Fergus.

End of 2021!

The week of Monday 6 December to Friday 10 December saw a full week of events at the College.

Year 4 Museum Excursion

On Friday 3 December, rooms 4.1, 4.2 and 4.3 made a trip to Perth City and visited the WA Boola Bardip Museum.

Kaarakin Excursion

On Tuesday 30 November, Block 3 ventured out to Kaarakin Black Cockatoo Reserve for the day!

Parliament House visit

On Friday 25 November, Room 5.6 went to Parliament House to accept their well-deserved 1st prize in the state-wide competition of "What would Edith say".

Spelling Bee – Years 1- 6

On Monday 29 November, we held the annual RCC Spelling Bee. It was a fantastic event with lots of cheering from the audience as we watched our 12 finalists battle for the ultimate title of 2021 Spelling Bee champion.

Cake Challenge in Home Economics

The year 9/10 students in Home Economics have been busy this semester planning food for special occasions.

Christmas Competition Winner

This year the Year 3 classes participated in a competition for creating a Christmas card cover for Mrs Donna Faragher MLC who is going to use the design on her Christmas cards she sends to her constituents.

National Bandanna Day for Canteen

On Friday 29 October RCC took part in a special day to raise funds for CANTEEN, with everyone encouraged to wear a bandanna, on the free dress day.

DDSA Events for 2021

On Friday 29 October and Friday 5 November two teams of our Year 3-6 DDSA athletes took on schools in our district for the DDSA honours for 2021.

Maths Fun

Who says Maths can’t be fun! Mrs Crocker’s students in Room 1.3 recently had a blast in a great Maths lesson.

Film Award

A special congratulation goes to Year 9 student Tyson Peel for his winning effort in the Synthesis Film Festival for 2021.

Wonderful Donation

RCC would like to thank local restaurant owners and parents at our College, Seb and Kristina Sindermann for donating $600 to our P and C.

World Teachers’ Day

Today we thank our teachers for everything they do for our students.

Bread Tags

Who knew those annoying bits of plastic on the neck of the plastic bags our bread comes in, can be so useful, when recycled?!
Our Students here at RCC have so far collected nearly 3 kilos of bread tags!

Free Dress Day

On the last day of Term 3, we had a student free dress day for Telethon. The total raised through the gold coin donations was $903.

Years 5- 10 Interhouse Athletics Carnival

On Friday 16 September the Year 5 to Year 10 participated in the Secondary Athletics Carnival.

Edith Cowan Prize

Roleystone Community College congratulates Primary teacher, Mrs Anita Paice and her Year 5 students, along with Mr Dan Holliday and his Year 8 Digital Media students who recently won the WA Parliament Edith Cowan Competition.

Kelmscott Show Winners

RCC has some fabulously talented artists amongst our midst and two were recently rewarded for their creative work.

P & C Raffle 2021

The RCC P&C is participating in the Bendigo Bank raffle again this year. It's a fabulous fundraiser and an amazing chance to win $20,000!

P & C Mental Health Week.

HAPPINESS CAN CHANGE A LIFE, EVEN SAVE ONE

RCC’s P & C received a grant for ‘Happiness Co’ to come in Week 2 so the College as a whole could recognize Mental Health Week.

National Bandanna Day

Our student leaders have started selling the bandannas for National Bandanna Day for Canteen on Friday 29 October. They are only $5.00 each, so don’t miss out.

Creative Artists

RCC has some fabulously talented artists amongst our midst and two were recently rewarded for their creative work.

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Walk to School Morning

On Wednesday 15 September RCC students in Block 3 walked to school!

Harmony Wings

The Cultural Awareness Committee is excited that our spectacular Harmony Week Wings, are now on display on the external wall of Block 2 – ready for Expo Night!

PP-Year 4 Interhouse Athletics Carnival

On Friday 10 September the PP to Year 4 students participated in their Interhouse Athletics Carnival.

RCC Goals

What a week of achievements for RCC! – Goals scored by our students in Athletics and Music!

Where’s Roley?

Can you tell where Roley has been squawking this week?!

K-6 Book Week Competition

What is happening in our Classrooms? What worlds have our students visited?

All will be revealed next week as Book Week launches on Monday 23 August at RCC.

Cooking up a Storm!

Our Year 9 and 10 students recently completed a magnificent meal task, which three guest judges got to savor and eat!

Winners are Grinners!

On Thursday 5 August the Year 7 Advanced Mixed Netball athletes scooped the pool and won the Grand Final game in their first ever interschool competition.

Yr 6 Science Fair

On Thursday 5 August our Year 6 students, showed off what they have been learning about Science this term.

Aussie of the Month Awards

Congratulations to our newest Award winners!

Festival of Maths

This fantastic festival which promoted problem solving, fluency and some other great Mathematical activities, culminated in our Maths Speed Challenge on Thursday 29 July.

Teddy Bears’ Picnic

It was a beary special day on Friday 30 July at RCC, with the College enjoying a Teddy Bears Picnic whilst celebrating International Friendship Day!

VacSwim 2021

Enrol your child/ren in VacSwim swimming lessons during the October and summer school holidays.

It’s a great school holiday activity, and helps build your child’s confidence and skills in the water. Visit the website and enrol...

P&C DAY WA

On Friday 23 July RCC celebrated our fantastic and hardworking P & C, by acknowledging the wonderful work our very committed band of volunteers do at the College every day and to say thank you, thank you thank you.

Book Week Dress Up Parade PP - Year 6

Get your thinking hats on and get your costumes ready for this year’s Parade, which will be held on Wednesday  25th August (Week 6) at 8.45am, during Book Week which kicks off on Monday 23 August.

RCC Music Video Release

Earlier this year our Year 9 and 10 Digital Media students took part in filming and producing a music video, for award winning Fremantle artist, Lincoln MacKinnon, at a local Roleystone property.

One Big Voice Tickets ON SALE NOW!

for One Big Voice Concert on Friday 20th August!

Permission notes will be issued soon but before buying the tickets:

1. Please ensure you check the map in the link to find out which seats are the best to view Roleystone Co...

Giant Pencils Mark Values

Recently RCC took delivery of a number of giant totems, in the shape of very colourful pencils. These are our statement ‘Values Pencils’, which the College will use to promote our values of Respect, Challenge and Contribute, in a very fun, bri...

New Shelters for Students.

Recently at the College a number of our Year 9 students put their tradie hard hats on and got busy building and helped erect a number of new shelters.
The four new picnic tables and seats, complete with a roof, complement a number of tables a...

Primary Drama- Update

This semester our students have really enjoyed Drama classes and it has been fantastic to watch them engage in lessons, exercise their imaginations and talk with positivity and enthusiasm.

The Years 5 and 6 Drama classes have been studying...

Aussie of the Month Award

Congratulations to our first worthy recipients, recognised recently.

Layla Jones –   Year 4

Sam Crocker – Year 1

This prestigious award has been on offer to school children for over 20 years and...

DDSA Winter Carnival

On Friday, 18 June, 82 Year 5 and 6 RCC students took part in this year’s DDSA Winter Carnival, competing in Soccer (2 teams), Hockey (1 team), Netball (2 teams) and AFL (2 teams). Our students had been training really hard over the past term an...

Interhouse Cross Country

On Friday 25 June, the sun gods came out and blessed us with a beautiful day for our annual Cross Country Carnival, for students from Year 1 to Year 10.

The hard training put in during Term 2 was evident with exceptional improvement and co...

RCC Leaders for Change

The College is focussing on sustainability and making the Change we all would like to see – so remember to do your bit for the College and the environment and clean up after yourselves after Lunch 1 and 2. Please put rubbish into the correct bin...

Festival of Maths

For most of us Maths is a painful learning experience, but here at Roleystone Community College our Teachers decided to break down some mathematical barriers and celebrate everything about Mathematics.
The theme of our Festival is “Maths ta...

Tectonic Plates in Year 9 Science

This term in Year Nine Science, students have been learning about tectonic plate movement. The students in class 9.2 completed a project that involved researching buildings designed to withstand an earthquake, and testing models constructed in cla...

Extraordinary Art

As always our Art Specialist Mrs Littlewood has been working her students very hard, with fantastic projects and wonderful art creations emanating out of our art room. Here is just a taste of what our students have been busily creating this semest...

RCC Hits a High Note

Congratulations to Year 4 student Hannah Debenham for her successful solo audition for the ‘One Big Voice’ music festival.

Hannah will be given a solo part to sing at WA's biggest choral festival held at RAC Arena in August performing ...

Containers for Change

Do your bit for the College and the environment and remember to clean up after yourselves after Lunch 1 and 2 and pop all rubbish in the bins provided or if you have any bottles or can containers, don’t forget to pop them in our Containers for C...

Armadale Young Writers' Awards

Entries are now open for this annual writing competition!

All students in Years 3-10 are invited to enter and there are some great prizes to be won. Please click on the link below for further information.

Read more ...

Araluen Bulb Planting

A tradition was started many many years ago when teachers at the now decommissioned and recently demolished Roleystone Primary School, began taking students to the Araluen Botanical Park, to help gardeners plant tulip bulbs, for their Spring Tulip...

National Reconciliation Week Thursday 27 May to 3 June.

Theme for 2021 -  More than a word. Reconciliation takes action -  urges the reconciliation movement towards braver and more impactful action.

National Reconciliation Week (NRW) is a time for all Au...

yLead Excursion

In Week 7 of Term 2, Mr Brookes and Mrs Brophy took a group of Year 9 students, selected by their teachers, to a leadership conference at the Perth Convention Centre. Mr Brookes and Mrs Brophy were both extremely proud of our students and the way ...

STEM Classroom Cash Competition

RCC is participating in The West Australian newspaper competition to win a share of $25,000 to boost the STEM budget here at the College and to support further opportunities for our primary and secondary students in STEM education.

We need...

Director-General Visits RCC

Roleystone Community College hosted a visit from Ms Lisa Rodgers, Director General, Department of Education, and Mr Jim Bell, the Deputy Director on Tuesday 24 May.
COVID-19 restrictions last year and the lock-down in Term 1 this year, delaye...

Genetics in Year 10

The Year Tens have been learning about Genetics in Science this term. During week four, they undertook a DNA extraction, in which they precipitated Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA) from strawberries. This activity allowed them to view the important mol...

Netball Winners Are Grinners!

On Thursday 13 May, the Year 8 Advanced Netball students showed off their brilliant netball skills and claimed First place in their first carnival of the year.

The RCC team played with excellent determination, great physical resilience and...

Positive Ageing High Tea

On Tuesday 4 May, the Year 10 Duke of Edinburgh Award students and our Head Boy Dylan Barrett and Head Girl Charlie-Jane Church, attended the Positive Ageing High Tea. This event is run by the Intensive Care Foundation and is part of the annual Ci...

National Simultaneous Story-time

Wednesday 19 May was National Simultaneous Story time! This event is run throughout Australia and is an opportunity for all students to read the same story, on the same day. This year, the chosen book was ‘Give Me Some Space!’ by Philip Buntin...

Fergus the Story Dog

Fergus the Story Dog is back with his handler Pat! You may have seen him around the school on Tuesday mornings, reading with some lucky Year 2 students. Fergus will be at our school each week. If you see him around, feel free to say hello, but rem...

Life Education Van - Parent Information Session

The Life Education Van is heading to our College later this term and during its stay here it will be open for all K-6 parents from 2.30pm to                            ...