Rockingham Beach Primary School in Rockingham, Western Australia | Primary School

Rockingham Beach Primary School

Locality: Rockingham, Western Australia

Phone: 9591 6700

Address: 30 Bay View St 6168 Rockingham, WA, Australia

Website: http://rockinghambeachprimarycampus.wa.edu.au/primary

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25.01.2022 Please see below a link to this weeks newsletter. https://sway.office.com/ALCgZMg2V4l4E358?ref=Link

24.01.2022 A message from the P & C Just under 2 weeks until our school has a blast with our Colour Explosion How is your fund raising going?? A reminder fundraising closes on Monday 16th of November with any cash donations being returned to the uniform shop on Monday the 16th and Tuesday the 17th of November. Make sure you bring your white t-shirt in before the day and give to your teacher.. We have hit $7000 with 1 week left to go...

24.01.2022 Its Faction Friday! We cant wait to see you all in your faction shirts to get an Aspire token to earn points for your faction and go in the draw to win a prize!

24.01.2022 Our pre-primaries in EC1 and EC2 are designing and creating maze games during STEM and they need empty boxes please. If you have an empty cereal or shoe box please bring it in to EC1 or EC2. Thank you :)

23.01.2022 This Friday is Australian Primary Principals Day. Lets show our appreciation for our Principal and Deputies who do an awesome job leading our school.

23.01.2022 Congratulations to our community, we raised $227.15 from our Wheels Day to purchase gifts for children at the Lucy Saw Centre.

22.01.2022 Needing some STEMspirational activities to do with the kids at home? Check out Scitechs ideas at home web page. https://www.scitech.org.au/explore/at-home/

22.01.2022 Its R U OK?Day, a reminder that every day is a day to start a conversation that could change a life. A huge thank you to Melissa our fantastic chaplain,our Admin team and student leaders who set up this morning and encouraged everyone to ask R U OK? Theres more to say after R U OK?... Learn what to say when listening with an open mind Learn what to say when encouraging action Learn what to say when checking in Learn how to continue a conversation that could change a life. Head to www.ruok.org.au/how-to-ask

22.01.2022 Baseball : Have a Go Day. Sunday 16th August 10am - 2pm Hourglass Reserve, Gascoyne Way, Cooloongup

22.01.2022 Don't forget that swimming lessons start on Monday 23rd November for 2 weeks. Please ensure that your childs belongings have their names on especially towels and goggles.

22.01.2022 The sixth annual Netball WA Multicultural Carnival was held on Friday at Wembley Sports Park. Among the 97 teams from across the state who battled it out on the court across the day, our own Rockingham Beach teams competed and had an amazing day! Our two teams were very successful and even won the Pool A top division. We are very excited to see our male athletes joining in and giving netball a go. Huge thanks to Sensei Tate, Mr Bruijn and Mrs Guadagnino for the opportunity to experience netball and mix with lots of different cultures!

20.01.2022 Have you lost this? If so, please contact the school office on 9591 6700.

20.01.2022 Don't forget that from Monday 23rd November we have swimming lessons. Please make sure that your child's belongings are clearly labelled and they bring hats and water bottles as the weather is starting to warm up.

20.01.2022 The children in Room 7 are learning all about partitioning in maths. This means breaking numbers into smaller parts. They have been busy using hands on materials and their hands to partition numbers. Great work guys!

19.01.2022 Safety Bay Senior High School have limited places remaining for 2021 in their Specialist Football & Cheer-Dance Programs as well as their school-based Special Music Program! Special Music Program Safety Bay Senior High School is holding an additional Beginner Trial & Aural Test for current Year 6 students who live within their local intake area or who have been accepted into their Cheer or Football Programs AND have not already tried out this year. ... TUESDAY 1st September 2:45pm for 3pm start, register here: http://bit.ly/MusicBeginner If your child is in Year 6, lives within our local intake area and is already part of the Department of Educations Instrumental Music School Services Program, let us know if they are coming to Safety Bay next year here: http://bit.ly/MusicContinuing Specialist Football Program Safety Bay Senior High School are holding an additional Selection Trial! Join them from 4-5pm on the Safety Bay Senior High School Oval for the chance to join the Safety Bay SHS Specialist Football Program in 2021! Register here: http://bit.ly/SBSHSFootball Cheer-Dance Specialist Program Safety Bay Senior High School have limited places left in their Cheer-Dance Specialist Program for CURRENT Year 6 Girls or Boys who have Gymnastics, Dance or Cheer experience AND have not already tried out for the Program. Register now and they will contact you to arrange an individual trial: http://bit.ly/CHDTrials

19.01.2022 Its Fume Free Friday tomorrow. Choose to travel to school without a car. Meet your student leaders at the gate for a raffle ticket. Place your ticket in the Your Move box inside the library for a chance to win great prizes. We hope you feel the benefits of using active transport.

19.01.2022 Today, our year 5 students in room 17 & room 18 were visited by guest speaker Simon Collins from Western Power as part of the Circuit Breakers Program. Simon spoke about his STEM role and how Western Power are addressing sustainability of our environment and power production for the future. He is looking forward to seeing what our students create with Micro:bits during the program.

18.01.2022 Happy Fathers Day to all our Rocky Beach dads! We hope you have a fantastic Sunday!

17.01.2022 Welcome to our Enchanted Forest Book Fair. Wednesday 29th July until Friday 31st July See the attached flyer for purchasing times. This year due to the need for social distancing the fair will be held in the Undercover Area. We look forward to seeing you there.

16.01.2022 We are absolutely delighted to let you know that the Rockingham Beach Primary School Cyber Safety Hub is now live! This has been provided to you by the City of Rockingham. Our school’s unique Cyber Safety Hub address is: https://rockinghambeachps.cybersafetyhub.com.au/... The Parent Cyber Safety Hub provides a rich source of information directly from ySafe’s team of cyber safety experts. The hub includes cyber safety issues and frequently asked questions around platforms such as TikToc, Fortnite and Instagram. There are app reviews with age and safety recommendations, along with a range of guides and resources to help ensure healthy boundaries around screen-time & gaming, and step-by-step instructions for using parental controls and filtering out inappropriate content.

15.01.2022 A message from the P & C

14.01.2022 This weeks newsletter is now available to view.

13.01.2022 Interested in STEM? Check out news, events and resources on all things STEM in Western Australia. https://www.inspiringwa.org.au/

13.01.2022 Our superstars in EC2 have been "Little Scientists" this term. Through a series of different activities they have been investigating and identifying living and non-living things. They have two pet spiny stick insects called Beauty and Sweetie in the classroom, and Beauty has been laying lots of eggs. They are also investigating the life cycle of a butterfly and currently have a number of caterpillars in the room as well! Amazing work EC2

13.01.2022 Last Wednesday our Kindy and Pre-Primary students competed in their very own athletics carnival. A huge thanks to all the staff, volunteers and student leaders who helped make it a fantastic morning. Dont forget the Year 1-6 Athletics Carnival is this Friday, we cant wait to see you there!

10.01.2022 Today, our clever students in rooms 17 and 18 began learning to code with a Micro:bit during STEM. Some even coded a digital die by shaking the micro:bit for a number to appear on the screen! This is a part of the Western Power Circuit Breakers Program.

10.01.2022 https://www.take2stem.wa.gov.au/parents.html Did you know that our children use STEM skills in their everyday lives - at school, at home and for fun. There are plenty of things they already enjoy about STEM. You just have to ask them!

10.01.2022 All students participated at the beginning of the year to create this awesome 125 to kick off our celebrations. Huge thanks to a couple of our dads, Chris Lock and David Kime for doing this.

09.01.2022 Good morning, this is a polite reminder that the Fisher Street carpark is NOT a designated Kiss and Drop zone, when using this carpark please park in the bays only. Should you wish to drop your children without parking, please use the designated Kiss and Drop zone in the Bay View Street carpark at the front of the school. We appreciate your help in keeping your children safe.

07.01.2022 Our student leaders are fundraising! Did you know that 1 in 20 kids is born with a birth defect or genetic disease - thats one in every classroom! Wear jeans to school on Friday 7th August and bring along a gold coin donation.

07.01.2022 Jeans for Genes is about finding cures for sick kids. To support this fundraising event, wear jeans to school tomorrow and bring along a gold coin donation. Thank you #jeansforgenesau

06.01.2022 Our excited little learners in EC5 had great fun reading the story "Who Sank the Boat?". They then created their own boats using alfoil, and tested them to see how many animal counters they would hold.

05.01.2022 Please note that the Book Fair closes at 12.05pm tomorrow (Friday). Dont miss out!

05.01.2022 Friday 13th November is Diabetes Awareness Day, so come wearing your stripes for a gold coin donation. Monies raised will go directly to the Type 1 Diabetes Family Centre in Perth.

05.01.2022 Enrol now for October school holidays. https://www.education.wa.edu.au/vacswim

04.01.2022 Under the guidance of Mrs Mills-Poilly, our upper primary students have been busy planting trees to compliment the outdoor classroom created by Mr Walkey from the ESC. A big thanks to Mrs Mills-Poilly and Mrs Henning for applying to SERCUL for the donation. SERCUL provided these plants to our school as part of the Phosphorus Awareness Project grant it receives from the Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions (DBCA), which aims to educate the community about the environmental impacts of too many nutrients entering our waterways.

04.01.2022 Tomorrow students are invited to wear yellow in support of R U OK? Day

03.01.2022 Have a look at this example of how clever children in room 16 & 18 are with stop motion animation. Post 2/2

03.01.2022 Take a look at the fantastic honey bee infographics the Year 4 and 5 students in Room 11 completed as a part of their STEM project. Their eye catching work can bee seen around the school to educate others about the plight of honey bees

02.01.2022 Today we celebrated National Walk Safely to School Day, by walking around our oval as a campus. We were then treated to fruit platters kindly funded by the City of Rockingham

02.01.2022 Book Club orders are due on 9th August

02.01.2022 Murdoch University After School Program in Mathematics and Physical Sciences continues to offer students 10 years old and above 4:30 6:30 pm classes once each week for Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry. Murdoch expects to resume classes on South Street campus from today with physical distancing in place.

02.01.2022 During Science week, children in buddy classrooms 16 & 18 were asked What if all the oceans disappeared...? They brainstormed their ideas, chose a possible solution and collaboratively built their prototypes using Lego whilst re-designing them as they went. Finally, they created a stop motion animation with their prototype to demonstrate their ideas. Post 1/2

01.01.2022 The focus for Science Week 2020 was "The Deep Blue Innovation for the Future of Our Oceans." This year, as part of National Science Week, Kindy to Year 3 students were given the opportunity to enter a colouring competition. The Year 4 to 6 students had the task of answering a series of questions about the ocean, ranging from, what is a Seabin? to what is Aquaculture? Here are some of our amazing winners with their entries and prizes. A full list and display of winners is in our Library. Well done everyone!