Mt Rogers Primary Parents and Citizens Association

19/06/2026

♻️ Recycling isn't just about reducing waste, it's about building lifelong habits of caring for our environment.

By partnering with ReCollect, we're giving our school community an easy way to recycle from home while showing our students that sustainability can create positive change.

Simply book a pickup via the link in our bio and donate your containers to support the Mount Rogers Primary P&C.

17/06/2026

Have you seen the beautiful Canberra artworks created by Year 2?

Come through the Front Office Gallery to admire these gorgeous paintings, using watercolours and oil pastels, of famous Canberra landmarks including The National Carillon, Captain Cook Memorial Jet and Black Mountain Tower. Well done, Year 2!

17/06/2026

We're excited to have partnered with ReCollect to help reduce waste and teach our kids the importance of recycling. ♻️

By booking a container pickup through the link in our bio, you can recycle from home and support the Mount Rogers Primary P&C at the same time. Every pickup helps fund initiatives that benefit our school community.

Whether it's donating to a local charity, supporting a community project, or contributing to a global cause, your small contribution can make a big difference. 💰

14/06/2026

📣 P&C Meeting Tonight – Everyone Welcome!

Unfortunately our newsletter contribution wasn’t updated before publication, so we wanted to jump on and remind everyone that our next Mount Rogers Primary School P&C meeting is on tonight at 7:00pm.

Whether you’re a returning member, a new family to the school, or simply curious about what the P&C does, we’d love to see you there.

Over the coming months we’ll be busy with exciting projects and events, including:
🌿 Our Climate Responsive Naturescape Project
🎉 Trivia Night
🕺 Disco Night
💙 Supporting our school community through fundraising and volunteering

You don’t need any experience, and there’s absolutely no pressure to take on a role. Come along, meet some friendly faces, hear what’s happening around the school, and share your ideas.

📅 Monday 15 June
🕖 7:00pm
📍 Mount Rogers Primary School

Bring a friend if you’d like — everyone is welcome!

10/06/2026

📢 REMINDER - All ACT public schools are CLOSED this Thursday 11 June 📢

In order to enable industrial action and keep students safe all ACT public schools, including specialist schools and preschools, are CLOSED this Thursday.

The Education Directorate has decided to close schools to students for the day in the interest of student and staff safety.

The Australian Education Union has notified the Education Directorate that its members will take part in protected industrial action on Thursday. We expect a majority of ACT public school staff will participate in the work stoppage, meaning we are unable to confidently plan for safe and appropriate supervision for all students.

Be aware there will be no onsite supervision available for students on Thursday.

If you have any questions or concerns about how this closure impacts your school, please contact your school directly.

We acknowledge that school closures have significant impacts on families and these decisions are not taken lightly. The safety and wellbeing of our students and staff remains our highest priority.

More information can be found at https://bit.ly/4xdhahz.

27/05/2026

27/05/2026

Did you realise there are two public holidays about to be marked in the ACT?

We thought it was a good time to share this reminder of the remaining public holidays in 2026.

📅 Find out more: https://bit.ly/3ZBMUxP

21/05/2026

20/05/2026

Kindy has a beautiful art display in the front office gallery! They have designed new outfits for Phoebe, after reading the book Feathers for Phoebe by Rod Clement.

Keep an eye out in the gallery for the next art installation. What will we see next?

18/05/2026

🌿 Exciting News for Mount Rogers! 🌿

We are thrilled to announce that the Mount Rogers P&C has been awarded a 2026 ACT Communities Climate Action Grant worth more than $29,000 to help bring our Climate-Responsive Naturescape Project to life.

This funding allows us to begin transforming part of the South Oval into a vibrant, biodiverse space designed to work with nature — capturing and retaining rainwater to support native trees, shrubs, wildlife, and cooler green spaces for our school community.

🌏 What Is a Climate-Responsive Naturescape?

Put simply, it’s a nature-based play and learning space designed to respond to the challenges of a changing climate.

The naturescape will help retain rainwater, support biodiversity, increase shade and cooling, and create a more resilient outdoor environment that can better cope with drought, heavy rainfall, storms, cold winters, and rising temperatures.

🌳 Why Does It Matter?

This project is about so much more than landscaping.

It’s about creating a space where future generations of Mount Rogers students can:
✨ Play beneath trees and natural shade
✨ Explore and connect with nature
✨ Enjoy cooler outdoor spaces during hotter months
✨ Learn about sustainability and biodiversity firsthand
✨ Build confidence, creativity, resilience, and curiosity through nature-based play

It will support both non-directive play — climbing, exploring, cubby building, imaginative adventures — and more structured games and activities too (capture the flag, anyone?)

Nature itself becomes the playground.

🤝 A Community Project

One of the most important parts of this project is that it will be shaped with our community.

We want families, students, staff, neighbours, and community members to be part of the journey as we learn together about climate-adaptive design, sustainable planting, biodiversity, and creating spaces that strengthen both environmental resilience and community connection.

🗓 Community Forum

We’re currently locking in dates for our very first Community Forum — and we’d love for you to come along and be part of the conversation.

🌿 Learn more about the project
🌿 Meet the project committee
🌿 Hear about the vision and future plans
🌿 Ask questions
🌿 Share your ideas and feedback
🌿 Help shape this exciting community space together

More details coming soon!

💚 Want to Get Involved?

If you would like to volunteer, contribute ideas, or learn more about the project, please contact P&C President Shannon Butler (pictured at the grant announcement with Suzanne Orr MLA) at:

📧 [email protected]

We can’t wait to bring this vision to life together!