Rangeville State School
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Term 1 Week 4 17th February 2017
Regional Director and Assistant Regional Director Visit
Yesterday our Regional Director, Mrs Leeanne Wright and Assistant Regional Director, Mr Don Grobe visited our wonderful school. During this visit they informally met with a number of students and staff. Their observations were very positive about our grounds, the positive classroom learning environment, the students’ engagement and interactions with their teachers, the students’ academic results and the work our leadership team is doing to ensure Learning, Achieving and Growing every day occurs for all. Congratulations to everyone.
School Priorities for 2017
This year our school will be focusing on the following three areas as our school undertakes a priority school review in Term 2, 2017:
School Priorities for 20171. Writing: Every student to achieve a C or better in writing by the end of Semester 1 2017.
2. School Culture: Improve our school culture with a focus on school/staff morale.
3. School Culture: Inclusive Education: Support the development of a model of inclusion that ensures every child succeeds.
Specific strategies and frameworks are currently being introduced and constructed to ensure success for all. We will continue to keep our school community informed of our progress with our priorities throughout the year.
Staff Update
This week we began a nation-wide search for a replacement teacher for our Year 2/3 class. This position will hopefully be filled by March the 3rd in readiness to begin on March the 6th. We again thank Mrs Julie Atkinson who has agreed to continue to be the students’ teacher until the position is filled.
Parking
To support student and community safety the staff have designated car parks. These designated car parks are designed to reduce the strain on the parking for our families around our school. They are not for families to park in and are not walkways for students and families. We are only concerned about the safety of your children, and request that families cease dropping their students off in the designated staff car parks.
Looking forward to sharing a wonderful welcome to Rangeville Movie night with our community next Friday. Please remember that RSVP’s are due next Wednesday the 20th of February.
Have a great weekend everyone
Thanks, Ben.
Australian National Curriculum: Health and PE (HPE)
Between 2017 and 2020, state schools in Queensland will continue to gradually move away from the Queensland curriculum and implement the remaining learning areas of the Australian National Curriculum. This year at Rangeville we will implement HPE.
Parents can view the HPE National Curriculum at
http://www.australiancurriculum.edu.au/health-and-physical-education/curriculum/f-10?layout=1
We will be using C2C Health units as a resource in putting together our Health units, just as we have with other national curriculum areas.
The ‘You Can Do It’ Program
Our HPE program will be supplemented by the ‘You Can Do It’ program which we have delivered for a number of years across Prep to Year 6.
The core purpose of the program is the development of young people’s social and emotional capabilities. These capabilities are taught through the ‘5 Keys to Success’:
1. Confidence (social and academic)
2. Getting along
3. Persistence
4. Resilience and
5 Organisation
Our early years students meet five characters to help them learn strategies; Connie Confidence, Gabby Get-along, Ricky Resilience, Pete Persistence and Oscar Organisation. As our students progress with the program in the middle and upper years, these convert to ‘Keys to Success’.
As explained by Ben in a previous 2016 newsletter, the ‘Safe Schools’ program is not a part of our Rangeville Health program.
Jan Burton- Head of Curriculum
Library News
On Wednesday the 22nd of February we are having our 2017 Author Visit. This year Aleesah Darlison is our visiting authorand she has written over 20 books suitable for young children through to teenagers. She is an engaging speaker and will run 3 large group presentations for students as well as a writing workshop in the afternoon for students in years 4 - 6. The cost is $5 per child. Children who wish to participate in the writing workshop will need to sign up at the library. Numbers are limited to 30 and there is no extra cost. We are looking forward to it and some of her books are in the library for everyone to read. To celebrate this event next week we will be making unicorn hats to wear during the talks as one of Aleesah's series is called the Unicorn Riders.
Regards
Gayle Stone
SCHOLASTIC BOOK CLUB NEWS
Welcome Back to Scholastic Book Club for 2017. A big reminder to all parents and students: please check that you have placed your name, class and a contact number, on the book club form if you are paying by cheque or cash. We are getting orders in the Book Club drawer without these details, which means I am unable to process the order and return the enclosed money to the rightful owner. So to avoid disappointment, please check your details are written on the order form. Thank you.
How does Book Club work? :
· There are 8 Issues of Book Club sent out to students each year (2 Issues per term).
· All students receive a booklet and enclosed order form, via their classroom and will be informed by their teachers of the Due date for orders.
· After the due date, ordered books will take approximately 7- 10 days to be delivered to our School and then distributed to classes.
· There are spare order forms for each Book Club Issue, at the School Office.
· There is a notice on the Book Club drawer at the School Office, that lists the due date for that Issue.
· All orders earn reward dollars for our School. These reward dollars are able to be spent by our School to stock the library, ensuring every student can enjoy the rewards.
How do I order? :
There are 3 ways to order & pay :
1. CREDIT CARD : Go online to scholastic.com.au/LOOP or (download the app) and register your details. Once registered you can order books for your child/ren. Do not fill in the order form or return anything to school. It is all done online for you.
2. CASH : Complete the order form, including your child's name, class and a contact phone number.Place your completed order form, along with your cash payment, into the Book Club drawer located in the School Office. * If change is required, it will be sent home with the ordered books, when they arrive.
3. CHEQUE : Complete the order form, including your child's name, class and a contact phone number. Place your completed order form, along with your cheque payment, into the Book Club drawer located in the School Office. ** Please make cheques payable to : Scholastic Australia.
**If you are ordering books as a gift for your child, you can either 1. tick the 'GIFT' box that applies to online orders OR 2. Attach a note to your order form requesting me to contact you and arrange pick up, when the order arrives.
Any questions or concerns? :
Contact the School's Volunteer Book Club Co-ordinator : Suzanne Dittmann Ph: 0418 765 390 (*please leave a message or send an SMS and I will get back to you).
2017 RSS WELCOME NIGHT
Have you sent your RSVP for our welcome night on Friday 24th February 5.30pm – 8pm. Free sausage sizzle, Soft drinks, snow-cones and we will be showing Finding Dory on the Inflatable big screen. You still have till Monday to bring in your RSVP, we hope to see you there.
Harmony Day Celebrations 2017
On Friday 17 March 2016, we will be celebrating Harmony Day in Rangeville State School. There will be a special parade in the morning as per previous years and all are welcome to attend.
For Grades 3 – 6 students, the school has made arrangements with professional cultural performers to present various cultural activities including traditional dances and musical performances. This is an excellent opportunity for your child to engage in and be part of this vibrant and colourful celebration.
Cost per student :$6.50
Permission and payment letters have been sent out.
If you or your child would like to perform a cultural item at the special parade on that day, please contact Mrs San H. Tay at 46177333 or email .
Dear Parents/Carers
Being new to Rangeville State School, I am privileged to be working with your child/children and I am looking forward to developing a wonderful partnership with all Rangeville families to ensure the best learning for your child/children. All of the students have appeared to settle in quite well and have already demonstrated fantastic behaviour along with excellent work ethics in PE lessons. This term will be full of fun and learning.
Our Class Goals
Everyone doing their best during each of their lessons.
Learning how to work with your class mates and helping someone out if required.
Continuing to listen and learn each week to further enhance knowledge and understandings of swimming. The students who attend these lessons will benefit enormously.
Representative Sport
As we approach sports trials for Toowoombaor Darling Downsselection, I will continue to seek interest from the students and hand out permission slips/medical forms as required.
Range Zone Swimming
Congratulations to all the students who participated at the Range Zone Swimming Carnival. Each and every one of you displayed exceptional behaviour and sportsmanship. From the carnival we had four students selected in the Range Zone Swim Team. These individuals are Kaidan, Lincoln, Harry and Josephine.
Thanks
Mr Brendan Cobb
Helping and equipping your child to make good choices
OR
Gabbinbar State School has a vacancy for a cleaner.
A permanent cleaner is required for 24.25 hours per week. Application packages are available from the Gabbinbar State School Office.
Closing Date 24 February 2017
The successful applicant will be subject to a “Working With Children Check” and may be subject to a probation period of up to three months.
All enquiries to Gabbinbar State School on 4631 5222.
Application will remain current for 12 months.
CALENDAR OF EVENTSREGULAR EVENTS
Wednesday / School Banking
Mon & Thurs / P&C Uniform Shop 8.30 – 9.15am
Wednesday / P&C Uniform Shop 2.15 – 3.15pm
FEBRUARY 2017
Mon 20th / Auskick 3.15pm – 4.15pm
Tues 21st / P&C Meeting
Wed 22nd / Author Visit – Aleesah Darlison
Fri 24th / 2017 Welcome Night, Sausage Sizzle and Finding Dory on School Oval
Mon 27th / Auskick 3.15pm – 4.15pm
Tues 28th / Pizza Day
MARCH 2017
Wed 1st / Darling Downs Swim Carnival
“Learning Achieving and Growing Every Day.”