The NSW Department of Education is working to support school communities affected by the summer bushfires to ensure a return to school as normal as possible for as many students as possible.
We encourage students and families who have been affected directly and indirectly to seek practical help through government and non-government agencies such as the NSW government’s Office of Emergency Management. The department also provides advice to assist parents, teachers and students.
The Office of Emergency Management has a list of bushfire recovery assistance contacts including emergency accommodation, animal welfare, recovery allowances and payments, farm and business assistance, legal assistance, water assistance, and counselling.
Affected staff can seek support through the Department’s Employee Assistance Program during the holiday and in term time, and counselling will be available for students and staff through their school once term begins.
The assessment of school buildings and facilities affected by the fires was started by officers of
Category: Updates from Rose Bay Secondary College
Book yourself in for Reading Hour
This Australian Reading Hour, encourage your child to discover or rekindle their love of a good book. Take the time to learn, escape and relax on Thursday 19 September and read for one hour.
Reading has been shown to reduce stress by 68% more than listening to music, going for a walk, or having a cup of tea.
Take the Book Swap Challenge
We all have favourite books that we come back to again and again.
To help celebrate Reading Hour take our Book Swap Challenge. We want students, teachers, staff and parents to try reading something new on the day. To get involved, simply pair up with someone and swap your favourite books.
Take a photo and tag it with #ReadingHour so we can see how you got involved.
Video – Ben Law asks students about their favourite author
Duration: 1:18
Author and #ReadingHour ambassador Benjamin Law talks with some of our students about their favourite books.
Bell Shakespeare performs at RBSC
English teachers often complain that Shakespeare should be performed and enjoyed in a theatre; and not just read, sitting down, in a classroom.
William Blue Dining evening
A group of eight Rose Bay Secondary College students (IEF and mainstream) have been participating in the the 10 week ‘Serve Up’ program at the William Blue Dining restaurant in the Rocks, Sydney.
How to be smart and safe on social media
Use our new Digital Citizenship toolkit to empower your child to understand how their online behaviour affects themselves and others.
You and your child can find information on:
how to ‘be positive’ by understanding online behaviour and its effect
‘be smart’ by thinking critically and being digitally aware
‘be safe’ by protecting your security, privacy and wellbeing.
A toolkit to empower you and your child
You can find articles and videos to equip and empower your child to minimise the risks and maximise the opportunities in our digital future.
We’ve partnered with leading researchers to produce a curated toolkit – aligned to the curriculum – which teachers and you can share with the young people in your lives.
Guide your child through important concepts such as:
managing privacy settings in social media
collaborating online
avoiding scams and hoaxes
understanding the law when it comes to online speech
Internet banking, shopping online and much more.
Keep your child safe and happy online
Visit and bookmark the Digital Citizenship website.
Wonderment through the looking glass
Our supportive RBSC community came together on a wintery Wednesday night in the school hall to be enthralled by a whimsical performance of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass.
Grand opening for the Bob Bellear Memorial Library
“The only thing that you absolutely have to know, is the location of the library.”
― Albert Einstein
Eden marine captain's exchange
This week our School, Vice and Community and Engagement Captains welcomed the School and Vice Captains from Eden Marine High School for an Exchange Program.
RAISE foundation’s investor’s dinner
On Monday June 24 our school captain Jackson and Deputy Principal Elise Waser spoke at the RAISE Foundation’s investor’s dinner alongside RAISE Foundation CEO Vicki Condor and foundation patron David Gonski AC.
Volleyball gala day at Olympic Park
Last Thursday the open boys, open girls and under 16 years boys volleyball teams participated in a volleyball tournament at Olympic Park.