School Newsletter - Term 2 Week 9 - 2022

Principal's News

What a massive two-week period we’ve all had at Rangeville. Congratulations to our students, staff and P&C for all of their efforts, fantastic behaviour and achievements at the various events, activities and assessment opportunities.

Regional FANFARE – Junior Strings Regional Winner

Dear Jess, Matt and Ben,

Congratulations on your school’s regional finals’ performance yesterday!  It’s very impressive to have 2 out of the 4 primary ensembles from the region come from you school and, of course, have Jess take out the secondary prize too 😊 Congratulations to the Junior Strings for winning the DDSW Regional Fanfare – amazing.

From here, the adjudicators will chose 5 primary schools from all over the state when each region has finished with their finals to perform at the State finals in mid-August. Fingers crossed!

Congratulations to all of your students involved and to their families as well.

Sharon Gilbert : Regional Instrumental Music Co-Ordinator: DDSW: Department of Education

DANGATTI House – Overall Athletics Carnival Winners

Congratulations to Dangatti House who were our overall winners at this years Athletics Carnival. Congratulations to all of our athletes for their efforts, sportsmanship and team contributions over the three days. These are the days that you fondly look back on during your schooling. We could not have asked for three better days of weather, sportsmanship and athletic ability on display. Well done everyone. Thank you to our P&C for their efforts in organising the Centenary Heights State High Students who ran the coffee and cake stall each morning. This emerging partnership is a wonderful budding relationship that meets the needs of our high school students and our whole school community. We look forward to further opportunities to work together again.

Congratulations to our staff for their collective efforts across the three days to ensure that our students had a wonderful time and achieved their best at all times.

Congratulations to Mr Morris for all of his significant organisation, communications, and efforts. A successful carnival such as this week is no easy feet and Mr Morris did an absolutely fabulous job as our organiser and convener to ensure its success. Thank you Mr Morris for all that you did.

Outdoor Learning Environment: EDUMarking

We thank our P&C for their generous donation and support of this long standing facilities upgrade. We know that these enhancements will help brighten our wonderful school learning environment and I have absolutely loved listening to the students and staff discuss and utilise the wonderful stencils for games and learning opportunities as well as watching our students and their families explore the various stencils throughout the school. 

Facilities Upgrades over the June July Holiday

Asbestos removal: During the first week of the school holidays (27/6 – 1/7) the asbestos containing material in the flooring and ceiling of A Block will be removed. During this time our staff and ROSHC will not be permitted to be onsite. Once the all clear is provided by QBuild, I will email clearance to all staff, ROSHC Staff and P&C Executive. I apologise for the inconvenience this will cause our families and ROSHC staff and the financial impact this will have for our P&C.

B Block Covered Link and Ramp: During the second week of the school holidays, work will commence on the installation of a covered link and an accessibility ramp in front of B Block. This work will potentially take a month to complete and we are awaiting to find out if we will need to relocate our Year 4/6 and Year 6 classes during this time.

Instrumental Music Room Upgrade: Starting next week, our instrumental music room will undergo an upgrade that will include removal of walls and a swap of storage and teaching spaces to enable a larger learning space. This work will be completed by the start of the Term Three. Instrumental music lessons will be disrupted from Wednesday next week.

As this will be the final newsletter of the term, on behalf of my staff, we wish everyone a safe and restful holiday and we look forward to Learning, Achieving and Growing again in Semester Two.

Outdoor Learning Environment: EDUMarking

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Calendar of Events

Student of the Week

Congratulations to our Student of the Week recipients in years P-2!
Due to the three days of carnival this week, no year level parades occurred for Year 3-6.

Crazy Hair Day!

Calling all Rangeville State School students to come along next Friday 24 June (last day of term) with your craziest hair and gold coin donation! Cooper Bothmann has raised close to $2500 for Blood Cancer research and with Rangeville’s help we can help him reach over $3000. Mr Kidd has generously agreed to shave his head for winter if we can raise $1200!

Asthma Medication at School

Now that we are entering the winter season, we are currently reviewing the most recent requirements for self-administration of asthma medication.

A parent/carer can advise the school administration of their decision to allow their child to be responsible for self-managing their asthma if a parent/carer believes that their child can:

• confidently, competently and safely administer the right dose of their own asthma medication at the right times
• can store their medication securely, and
• is aware of the importance of attempting to notify staff if they feel symptoms and intend to self-administer their medication, but not to delay self-administration if they can’t notify a staff member in time.

For primary school students, the principal/delegate is required to complete a risk assessment, considering the maturity of the student.

The principal/delegate may overturn a parent’s/carer’s/student’s decision at any time if there are any significant risks associated with the student self-administering medication during school or school-related activities.

If your child currently carries asthma medication in their school bag or has asthma medication held at the office or classroom, please ensure you first notify the office of your decision to allow your child to self-administer their medication via email admin@rangevilless.eq.edu.au and ensure your child’s current asthma action plan is attached. The principal/delegate will then carry out a risk assessment.

Should you wish for staff to administer your child’s asthma medication, please ensure asthma medication is labelled by a pharmacist and brought to the office. You will be required to complete a medication form at the office which will be held with your child’s medication and action plan.

If you have any questions about the above procedure, please contact the office on 4617 7333.

ICAS Assessments

We would like to inform you that Rangeville State School has now registered for the ICAS Assessments this year. We encourage you to consider entering your child into ICAS this year. The assessments are suitable for students wishing to extend themselves academically and take up the personal challenge of competing in an international assessment. These assessments will take place during the day at school. Days and times will be communicated as sitting dates draw near.

Learn more about ICAS here https://www.icasassessments.com/products-icas

ICAS Assessments are now online allowing greater accessibility for students and faster delivery of results.

What you need to do:

2022 Participation

Our school has signed up for the ICAS Assessments parent payment system (PPS) for all subjects. Through this system parents need to pay for ICAS directly online while tests will still be held at our school.

N.B Please read the ICAS privacy statement on the RSS website under Support and Resources - Forms and Documents.

Parent payment system

If you wish for your child to participate in ICAS this year, please: 

1. read about ICAS subjects and prices here: (https://www.icasassessments.com/products-icas) 
2. go to Parent Portal here: (https://shop.icasassessments.com/pages/pps)
3. enter our school’s access code –AIN287
4. enter your child’s details, select the tests you would like to purchase, then proceed to payment. 

Please check cut off dates for each subject register.

A permission form will need to be completed if you wish for your child to participate in this year ICAS. Permission forms can also be found on the RSS website - Forms and Documents or collected from the office.

Regards,                                                                                                                
Judy Keightley
ICAS co-ordinator

Guidance Officer News

Family and Child Connect: Helping families through lifes ups and downs

Family and Child Connect is a free, confidential service that can connect families to the practical support they need to bounce back in tough times. Family and Child Connect can connect you to local services that help with:

• managing your child’s behaviour
• building better family relationships
• stopping violence at home
• budgeting and managing money
• alcohol, drug or gambling problems
• accessing housing, health care or other community or government services.

Family and Child Connect services are provided by trusted, local organisations who are experienced in working with families.

To find out more about Family and Child Connect, call 13 FAMILY (13 32 64) or visit familychildconnect.org.au. Access to interpreters is available.

Family and Child Connect brochure:  https://www.familychildconnect.org.au/resources/facc/family-child-connect-brochure.pdf

Rangeville State School P&C Association

Next Meeting

Our next meeting is Tuesday July 12^th at 6.30pm in the Resource Room. We hope you can join us. 

New to Rangeville? A warm welcome is extended to our new families. We have a very active and involved P&C here at Rangeville State School. We would love to meet you and have a chat about the many different ways you can be involved.

P&C is Cashless

The P&C wishes to thank all families for supporting us in going cashless. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact the P&C Executive directly at rssparentlink@gmail.com 

Contact details  

P&C Committee – rssparentlink@gmail.com 

Operations Manager – opsmanager@rangevilless.eq.edu.au  

Phone P&C office - 07 4617 7354 

Book Club  

A gentle reminder that Scholastic Book Club is run by P&C volunteers and for each issue, deliveries from Scholastic generally arrive over the course of a few days. If your order isn't sent home on the exact day as others, please leave it a few days before emailing or ringing the school.

Looking to volunteer to help the termly Book Club deliveries? We would love your help! Please email opsmanager@rangevilless.eq.ed.au and we will add you to our volunteer's email list. 

Athletics Carnival Food Stall

Thank you so much to Emma for organising with Centenary Heights State School for students to serve coffee and home baked treats at the Athletics Carnival each day.

Cookie Dough Fundraiser - THANK YOU!

Thank you so much for supporting our Rangeville State School P&C.

This week 3.5 pallets of cookie dough were delivered which equalled;

• 179 boxes
• 647 orders
• 1419 tubs sold
• $5676 to go to the school to help fund the P&C community hub!

Thank you to our absolutely amazing volunteers for all their efforts on the day. It was a huge day and the number of volunteers really did make everyone's job easier. We thank you for your fundraising efforts and being so helpful at collection time and checking orders.

Upcoming Fundraisers

• Colour Run – are you interested in helping out Term 4? Please click here
• Father's Day stall - are you interested in volunteering date TBC? Please click here

We thank you for your ongoing support and look forward to meeting some new volunteers at some of the upcoming events. If you are new to the school, we also ask you to visit us, as we have so many ways that you can help, we just need to meet you.

Tuckshop News

Crazy Pizza Meal Deal

Get excited! It’s the end of another crazy term and we want to celebrate. We have teamed with Urban Pizza Middle Ridge and Homestyle Bakery to have a Pizza & Donut Meal Deal on the last day of term, Friday 24th June.

Place your order on Flexischools by this Sunday the 19th June. No late orders will be accepted. Please note there will be no regular tuckshop on that day.

Uniform Shop

The new Rangeville Reversable Bucket Hats are now here and they look incredible!

Each hat is navy blue with the school logo on one side then reversable to your house colour on the inside. $20 each and in stock at the uniform shop or available to order on Flexischools.

Please note Flexischools orders are not same day delivery. If orders are placed on Flexischools before 4pm, they are generally delivered to the classroom the following day. In peak times it can take up to two school days, but we do our very best to get them delivered as soon as possible.

Avoid the rush on those cold mornings and get in to organise your jumpers, anorak jackets and tracksuit pants now. If you're unsure of sizing, please pop in and see Nicky.

Lost Property

Rangeville State School P&C Association Outside School Hours Care (ROSHC)

Have you seen our fun filled Vacation Care program? Our educators have worked with the children to create exciting days for all ages. If you are yet to book, please get in quick as our early bird fees finish this week. Bookings made on or before Friday 17th June attract the early bird rate of $67.10 per day. Bookings made after Friday 17th June 2022 attract the full fee of $72.30 per day.

There may be additional charges for excursions or incursions which are listed on the program.

Cancellations must be made at least 7 days in advance to avoid charges.

Remember to book through the Xplor App for all bookings or cancellations.

Children need to bring the below items EVERYDAY:

• Water bottle
• Spare clothes - essential
• Towel
• Broad brimmed hat
• Enclosed shoes
• Wear suitable clothing for play and getting dirty
• Pharmacy labelled medication (if required)

Make sure you check each day on the program before you come for any extra things needed that day. The main day you will need to bring in something extra these holidays is the Hubba Bubba Bubble Paint and Colour Day. Children need to bring in a white or black shirt for the colour run and wear their favourite colour or crazy hair.

Please be advised that our operating hours are from 6.30am to 6pm Monday to Friday.

Due to asbestos works being done at the school during the first week of school holidays we will unfortunately be closed from Monday 27th June to the 1st July 2022.

The service will be operating for vacation care from Monday 4th of July to Friday 8th July 2022.

The service reopens for before and after school care on Monday 11th of July 2022.

We look forward to seeing you here for all the fun, otherwise have a wonderful two weeks off, whatever you get up to, we look forward to hearing all about it when you are back for term 3!

South and High streets traffic signal installation project

Work will start on the southwestern corner of High and South streets. Council will be working in this area from Monday 20 June for approximately 1.5 to 2 weeks, weather permitting.

While Council are working in this location:

• Pram ramps and associated footpaths will be renewed
• Supporting infrastructure for traffic signals will be installed
• Three parking bays opposite 54 South Street will be closed
• There may be short-term closures of parking bays and loading zones in the wider area outside school drop-off and pick-up times
• Access to the zebra crossing along High St will be open during school drop-off and pick-up times
• The footpath in this area will be closed outside school drop-off and pick-up times.

Please find an image below showing the work zone for the next fortnight.

News from the Community

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