Happy Public Education Week!
It is an incredible honour to be a part of such a wonderful school community, and I'd like to take the chance to say a huge thank you to every student, staff member and parent/carer for your part. Public Education Week is a chance to celebrate our amazing teachers and students, and the many achievements of our school. This week, I'm particularly proud of our diverse curricular and co-curricular programs that have occurred, really demonstrating the quality education we offer. Firstly, our NAPLAN results were impressive, with Year 9 results demonstrating exceptional growth and many students were above state average. Well done to all our students and their teachers. Our HSC Trial Examinations are going well, with our invigilators reporting outstanding effort and behaviour from our students. Good luck for the final week! Our Year 9 Sports Gala Day was a huge hit, with both the boys and girls enjoying the activities and time getting to know each other. It was great to see so many parents and carers at our Years 8,9 and 10 Parent Teacher Night on Tuesday. Thank you for coming and engaging in some productive conversations about your child's progress. Today, Year 11 students participated in the MyFutures wellbeing program, reflecting on their top five strengths and how they can be utilised in the next few years as they transition from high school into tertiary education or careers. Finally, I'd like to celebrate the everyday teaching and learning that goes on in classrooms. We aim to provide a nurturing, inclusive and inspiring learning environment, and hope that every member of our school community has something to celebrate this week!
The 2024 Paris Olympics close this Sunday 11th August 2024; however, the RBHS SRC want to continue the competitive spirit with a few sporting events of our own!
Next week we are running the following events:
• Volleyball competition (lunchtime in Gym) on Monday 12 August 2024
• 3v3 Basketball competition (lunchtime in Gym) on Tuesday 13 August 2024
• Sprint running competition (lunchtime at Running Track) on Thursday 15 August 2024
• Futsal competition (lunchtime in Gym) on Friday 16 August 2024
Students must register their interest before the competition. The sign-up sheet can be found outside Staffroom 1. Come along, compete, and earn some house points!
Special thanks to Alper Cetin (Year 11 SRC) for designing these posters to promote next week's events.
The 2024 Show Sponsors
Randwick Boys' and Randwick Girls' High Schools express their gratitude to all proud sponsors of the 2024 production of the Show, "A Brand New Day."
Library Upgrade – $136K Grant Funding
After an extensive planning phase over the past year and starting the process of ordering new furniture and equipment for our library, we are very pleased to announce that the final orders for some extra audio-visual equipment have been placed last week and we are all very excited to see the final project come together in a few weeks! Our new library furniture is already being used by our students and we can’t wait to show you what the final upgrade looks like, so watch this space over the coming weeks!
P&C BBQ and CAKE STALL, SUN 8 Sept - We need your help!
It's time to get the BBQ out! RBHS has again been chosen to host the Sydney East Regional Final of this year's Tournament of Minds on Sunday 8 September. RBHS P&C would like to extend a warm welcome to the hundreds of students and their families attending from across our region with a fundraising BBQ and Cake Stall. We're looking for parents and carers to help with setting up, serving and packing up from 7:30am-4:30pm, as well as donations of sweet and savoury items for the Cake Stall. Please let us know what you can do using the link below. This is a great opportunity for us to make a good impression and contribute to the school, so please lend a hand if you can!
P&C Meeting Tuesday 20 August 2024 - 7.00pm
Please come and join us for this month’s P&C meeting on 20 August - find out what’s going on at school, hear the updates from the Principal and meet your fellow parents! More info closer to the date
Free Parent Webinar: Making Technology the Ally (& not the Enemy)
School Absence Notification System
Regular attendance at school is essential to assist students to maximise their potential. At Randwick Boys' High School, we must ensure our school has effective measures in place to monitor and follow up students absences. We are required under Section 22 of the Education Act (1990) to undertake all reasonable measures to contact parents promptly and within two school days of absence. We have implemented additional measures to ensure we are upholding the NSW Department of Education standards here at Randwick Boys' High School. Our school absence notification system consists of a text message, follow up email and Sentral notification in the parent portal, to minimise unexplained absences. An absence is unexplained if parents have failed to provide an explanation to the school within 7 days. Thank you for your understanding and assistance.