Rochester Secondary College in Rochester, Victoria | High School

Rochester Secondary College

Locality: Rochester, Victoria

Phone: +61 3 5484 1844

Address: Edward St 3561 Rochester, VIC, Australia

Website: http://www.rochsec.vic.edu.au

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24.01.2022 Congratulations to Aylee Treacy who has taken up the opportunity to share her photographic self-portrait (captured during RL) via the Heide Museum of Modern Art's Heide at Home Photography Challenge. Aylee's work appears on the Heide website in the Under 18 category.

24.01.2022 Please enjoy our special edition newsletter - Rochester Secondary College 2020 Awards. Thank you to our staff, students, families and community for your amazing support during 2020. https://newsletters.naavi.com/p/v5zkDNV/latest

23.01.2022 We farewelled some of our staff on our final day of school. We wish you all the very best and hope you enjoy your new adventures. Blake and Zahra successfully finished their traineeships gaining a Certificate III in Education Support. Ms Lauren Wood and Ms Hannah Gundry are both joining new schools after a year with us. Ms Kristin Ballinger leaves RSC after joining us in 2010. Thank you all for the positive impact you have had on staff and students at Rochester Secondary College.

22.01.2022 Although it was only a day, our Duke of Ed students had an amazing experience at Murray Life Adventures completing aspects of their practice adventurous journey!!

20.01.2022 Today I joined Dan Andrews to outline our roadmap out of lockdown. Importantly it includes some significant announcements for schools and early childhood servic...es I want to share with you. Students will begin returning to school next term in a careful, staged approach. For the first week of Term 4, all students will continue to learn remotely, except senior secondary students doing VCE/VCAL essential assessments on-site and, for VCE students, the General Achievement Test (GAT) on 7 October. Students in regional and rural specialist schools can continue to attend on-site. From 12 October, metropolitan Melbourne students in Prep to Grade 2, VCE and VCAL and specialist schools will return to on-site learning. Teachers will only need to be on-site to deliver classes if their students are, or to provide supervision for students who need to attend on-site. Otherwise they are able to work from home. All regional and rural Victorian students will return to on-site learning from 12 October. Schools will have local flexibility to determine the best staged approach for different year levels, with all students to be back on-site by Friday 16 October. Students in Years 3 to 10 in metropolitan Melbourne will continue remote and flexible learning, with a decision on their on-site return to be made based on future health data and expert public health advice. Early childhood education and care will be open to all children from 28 September, with parents/carers no longer requiring a permit. Sessional kindergarten will be open for all children to attend at the start of Term 4, and eligibility for outside school hours care attendance will continue to align with schools. I know how hard this period has been on everyone. I want to take this opportunity to thank all our brilliant school and early childhood staff, parents, carers and most importantly students.

20.01.2022 Tonight is our last transition information session for our 2021 year 7’s at 5:30pm via Webex. If you would like to join us and haven’t received an invite yet please call the school on (03) 54841844.

18.01.2022 Some great work coming our of the art department! Christmas wheels created by Year 10 Art & Ideas students and VCE Studio Art works.

18.01.2022 We would like to wish all fathers a Happy Fathers Day and remind them how loved and appreciated they are

18.01.2022 Today, September 10th is national R U OK Day. An important day on the calendar, reminding us all that one conversation can save a life. Reaching out to those around us can be a difficult and uncomfortable conversation but remember that you don't have to be an expert to care and support someone. Connect in a meaningful way, listen and encourage/support the person to take action. So don't forget to ask someone today R U OK ?

16.01.2022 This #NAIDOCWeek, we celebrate the history, culture and achievements of Indigenous Australians and Torres Strait Islander peoples. The theme Always Was. Always will Be celebrates the nation’s oldest continuing cultures on the planet. Looking to participate? Head over to the NAIDOC Week website and see how you can get involved. ... https://www.naidoc.org.au/get-involved/naidoc-week-events #NAIDOC2020 See more

16.01.2022 Please enjoy our latest newsletter.

16.01.2022 "...when we're kind... We help others, we help ourselves and we encourage others to be kinder too." Try practising empathy and kindness each day during December with this kindness calendar from the group at Action for Happiness. #DoGoodDecember

15.01.2022 Congratulations to our 2020 Dux - Samuel Coughlin with an incredible ATAR of 95.25. Our students have achieved outstanding results in a year we will never forget. Congratulations to Charles Ryan with an ATAR of 91.65 and Emma Palmer with an ATAR of 90.15. We have achieved our best results of the last ten years with 55% of students achieving an ATAR over 70.... Staff and students have worked together and demonstrated determination, courage and grit taking on all the challenges of 2020. We are proud of all our students and thank our community for their continued support.

14.01.2022 Thank you to our very supportive School Council for organising the Good Luck messages for our Year 12 students. We know the whole community will be thinking of and supporting our students as they begin their exams tomorrow - we are all so proud of you!

14.01.2022 Leading child psychologist, MICHAEL CARR-GREGG, in conjunction with the DE&ET, is hosting a repeat webinar titled, 'Managing the Coronacoaster'. It will focus on strategies and tools to assist families in managing wellbeing and dealing with uncertainty. Further information can be obtained from the link: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/managing-the-coronacoaster-

14.01.2022 The release of VCE results and ATAR is a little more than a week away. Have you registered your access password yet? Get it done early so that you're not delayed on the day. Register today at https://resultsandatar.vic.edu.au

12.01.2022 Join in the fun with our SRC competition - Feature My Creature. Be sure to get your photos to your Home Group Teacher.

12.01.2022 We are so proud of you Nat!

12.01.2022 We would like to congratulate all staff and students for successfully completing the most challenging year. We hope you all have a safe and happy holiday break and we look forward to seeing you all return in 2021. Stay safe and have a great break Thank you to Linda Belot for our amazing desserts today!

11.01.2022 A beautiful message from our Year 12s https://youtu.be/Hqu4C4agiaE

10.01.2022 This morning Mr Coghill took our athletes through their paces, focusing on agility. Students conducted the ‘Illinois Agility Test’ which is used in many advanced sporting programs. Great to see our students learning as well as being active!

10.01.2022 What a fantastic experience the Dukes had at the Summit Camp. Every student should be proud of how they worked together and grew as individuals. Some were scared, some were challenged but all got comfortable with being uncomfortable! Well done to our Duke of Ed class of 2020.

07.01.2022 Reminder that tomorrow is a casual dress day to raise money for the fight against MND. Please bring a gold coin donation to homegroup. Thanks to Letisha Mountjoy for organising!

06.01.2022 Art Club - where makers meet and creatives cluster - happens in Room 14 every Monday and Thursday lunchtime. Students - like Henry and Charles - set projects for themselves, making art in a range of materials - like 'Neon Bear' and 'Patrick.' Our senior students work alongside our juniors, sharing tips and tricks. AND, our art clubbers were so keen, Art Club happened during RL!

06.01.2022 While it has been difficult for school children across Victoria during lockdown, Rochester Secondary College students didn't let distance learning get in the way of their artwork.

04.01.2022 Great start to the Duke of Ed Adventurous Journey. On our way we stopped at Jumpz to used up some energy and looking forward to the next few days at the Summit Camp!

04.01.2022 Please find our newsletter attached https://newsletters.naavi.com/i/VJqob35

04.01.2022 16 year old Cameron Keenan's proving one of Central Victoria's young talents on the green, bowling at state and skipping in the Weekend Pennant. His father admits his son's starting to show him up, but the father- son duo's just happy to play on the same side.

03.01.2022 Thank you to the team at Paul Evans Welding for our new SunSmart shade. With the help of a grant from SunSmart we have been able to provide more shade to protect our students and staff.

02.01.2022 Year 7 Visual Arts students spent today's double exploring experimental printmaking. Students have been exploring Indigenous art and comparing the bird's-eye-view of some works with the use of perspective techniques in non-Indigenous or 'Western' art. During remote learning, students created a 'mud map' of their house yard, representing buildings and features with shapes and lines from a bird's-eye-view. Today they translated these drawings into prints, building up layers and representing their home within a 'Western' perspective of the Australian landscape by overlaying their images onto old book pages.

02.01.2022 Day 2 update from the Summit Camp...the Duke of Ed students have challenged themselves, played all in and overall had a great time. Well done to everyone for the amazing teamwork shown.

01.01.2022 Rochester Secondary College has found a new and creative way to show off the school values thanks to its year nine design adventures class.