School Newsletter - Term 1 Week 10 - 2024

Principal's Celebration

As we come to the end of Term One, I would like to acknowledge the work of our staff in ensuring a strong start for all students. It has been a busy term across the school with a variety of sporting and music events on top of our regular curriculum activities.  

Thank you to the Rangeville community for ensuring students are at school ready to learn and supporting the work of our school.   

It has been my pleasure to be part of the Rangeville school during Term One. I am thrilled to advise that I have accepted an extension as Principal for Term Two. The process that has been undertaken means that in the event Mr Kidd extends his leave beyond the end of Semester Two, there will be consistency in the Principal position.  

Congratulations to our students who have successfully engaged in learning both in and outside the classroom. Students who have participated in representative sports and music activities are also acknowledged for their outstanding efforts.  

I wish you all a wonderful school holiday and look forward to Term Two.  

Calendar of Events

Prep 2025 Enrolments

If you have a Prep aged child to enrol in 2025 but have not yet done so, please apply online as soon as possible here https://eq.sobs.com.au/en/parent.php?schoolid=70862 or feel free to collect an enrolment pack from the school office.

PBL Rewards Term 1 2024

Music News

St Mary’s College Show Band

On Wednesday 20 March our Year 4-6 classes attended a performance of the St Mary’s College Show Band conducted by Benn Tracy, Director of Music at St Mary’s.  It was such a treat to have them perform their New Orleans style jazz for our school and the students really enjoyed their performance. We wish them all the best in their upcoming performance at the Toowoomba Show.

Strings Techniques Workshops

On Friday 22 March, Mark Sullivan from the Open Conservatorium, Queensland Conservatorium of Music, Griffith University attended Rangeville to take workshops with all of our string players and the Symphony Orchestra.  The workshops were a great success and Mr Sullivan once again commented on the high level of musicianship of our students, their beautiful manners and also their eagerness to learn new things.  Many thanks to Jess Johansen for organising this incredible opportunity for our young musicians.

CHSHS Music Immersion Day

Rangeville nominated nearly 50 students for the upcoming CHSHS Music Immersion Day on Thursday 28 March. 39 students have been accepted for this day and we wish them every success on the day of rehearsals and also the evening concert.

Whole School Cross Country

Congratulations to each and every one of our cross country runners for their fantastic participation and sportsmanship at Thursday's Cross Country event! It was a fantastic day!

Special congratulations to our end of day relay runners, in particular our 5 and 6 year old boys and girls: 

Range Zone Cross Country

The following students have qualified for the Range Zone Cross Country trials which will be held on Friday 26^th April at Kearney Springs.

Lots of Socks!

Last Friday, our school celebrated World Down Syndrome Day with colourful socks! A special thank you to Zac, Nieve and Clara who brought joy and warmth as they addressed our school assembly with information about World Down Syndrome Day.

Harmony Day 2024

Here is a glimpse of the essence of our Harmony Day celebrations at Rangeville State School through a selection of photographs, which capture the spirit of unity and cultural diversity. These joyful moments and shared experiences define our vibrant community.

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School Disco

Carbal Hearing Health Screening

Carbal Health will be providing hearing screenings at Rangeville State School on Wednesday 1 May 2024 at 9:00am.

We invite you to take advantage of this opportunity by completing the consent form and submitting it to the school office no later than Monday 29 April 2024. Copies of the consent form will be available from the office.

Invoices from Carbal will be sent home with participating students.

For any additional information or enquiries, we encourage you to contact Carbal directly on 1300 379 558.

My First Year 2024

The Toowoomba Chronicle is pleased to advise that My First Year 2024, a pictorial memento of Toowoomba's prep students, is available in an online gallery now and will be published in the Toowoomba Chronicle newspaper on Wednesday 27 March 2024.

Bus Queensland (Toowoomba) Transportme Bus Passes

Please see important communication regarding changes that commence on 15 April 2024. 

Not receiving our emails or SMS messages?

If you've recently changed your contact details like email address, mobile number, home address, family circumstances, workplace, or emergency contacts, please reach out to us at admin@rangevilless.eq.edu.au or give us a call at 4617 7333. This way, we can ensure your information is current and keep you in the loop. Your cooperation is greatly appreciated!

QParents

QParents  is a secure, online portal that has been created by the Department of Education to provide parents of Queensland state school students with 24-hour access to their child's information. The portal allows you to securely access information about your child and communicate directly with your child's school.

QParents provides secure, online access to student information such as:

• attendance details
• consent forms
• payment of invoices
• payment history
• behaviour
• report cards and assessment dates
• upcoming events
• timetables
• student photo

In addition to the information provided, it's important to note that the QParents portal only sends invoices to the parent/carer who is responsible for 100% of the student's school fees. This means that if there are multiple parents or carers who share responsibility for fees, only one of them will receive the invoice through the portal. It's important for parents and carers to communicate and coordinate payment arrangements if they are sharing the responsibility for fees. 

We encourage you to register for QParents. To do this, simply express your interest by emailing mllew16@eq.edu.au or by phoning 4617 733 and Mrs Llewellyn will email you an invitation to register (which includes your log-in code) and your childs unique EQID. Your child's EQID can also be found on your child's Semester Report Card.

Rangeville State School P&C Association

There will be a meeting on April 16^th at 6:30 pm in the Resource Room.  We welcome you all to attend. 

Membership forms will be available. 

To access reports and minutes please click on the link below:

Rangeville State School P&C Minutes and Reports (padlet.com)

Contact details:

www.rsspandc.com.au

Email: pandc@rangevilless.eq.edu.au

Phone: P&C Ops Office:  07 4617 7354

P&C Facebook page - Rangeville State School P&C: https://www.facebook.com/rangevillepc

If you are interested in joining the P&C team, membership forms are included below and are available from the website www.rsspandc.com.au or email us at secretary@rangevillestateschoolpandc.onmicrosoft.com 

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 and how we can assist you.

See our P&C website www.rsspandc.com.au for more details around our businesses and helpful information for families.  

P&C Pie Drive

We are looking for volunteers for set up, collecting orders and pack up for Wednesday 15 May 2023 between 1:30pm to 4:30pm.

If you can help (even if for a short time) complete our form https://forms.gle/EvGTA7sytM1WdcZM7

We thank you for any orders you make. The profits from this event will go towards the tuckshop refurbishment. Parent letters have been emailed out to families from the school and include ordering information and pick up information.

You can order online using the Flexischools app OR complete the order form and bring to the uniform shop during opening hours to pay via card facilities. All details are outlined in the parent letter.

Please remember the P&C is cashless and does not accept cash payments.

Rangeville Outside School Hours Care Services

Rangeville Outside Hours School Care services are available for families if you need before school care, after school care or vacation care.  If you want to know more about what is available, please contact the staff located in the Big Hall (W Block). There is also information on the P&C website  www.rsspandc.com.au  or email at roshc@rangevilless.eq.edu.au 

P&C Facebook page - Rangeville State School P&C

Did you know that we have a Facebook page? We would love you to follow us so that you can hear all about what's happening around Rangeville State School.

https://www.facebook.com/rangevillepc

Show this digital card for the P&C to get great rewards and in turn help raise funds for our community! 

Volunteers

We are always seeking volunteers who can help with fundraising events or to help us with different things such as sorting lost property.  If you want to know more about how you can help us please let us know, we can be contacted via the Facebook page, email or call the office and they can forward your message to us. 

Thank you to all of those that have supported and made contributions to our school and the P&C.

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

We would like to thank all our volunteers that turn up to assist at the Tuck shop each week. We are always looking for volunteers so please let us know if you are interested.  

For those who are new to Flexischools and need help navigating the system, please click the link below for further instructions.

Flexischools Instructions

Uniform Shop

2024 Operating Hours

If you are interested in volunteering in the uniform shop, please contact us via the P&C Facebook page or phone Nicky on (07) 4617 7333.

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

Vacation Care Bookings Now Open

Our vacation care bookings opened last week. We are already fully booked on a number of days so if you need care, please get in quick! If we have days that are full, we will email you to let you know and put you onto our wait list. Please ensure to review the program thoroughly, as it contains information about specific events scheduled on different days, including all corresponding activities for each day. Children coming to vacation care need to bring with them each day - broad brim hat, closed in shoes, water bottle, spare clothes and a bag for all their belongings and any crafts to take home. We supply breakfast, morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea. The menus have been sent out to all families and will be on display in the foyer. However, if your child is wanting their own lunch box of food that is okay, we just ask that you please be NUT AWARE when packing this.

Cancelations for vacation care run differently to before and after school care and require 7 days notice to avoid charges. If you require any further information on this please email roshc@rangevilless.eq.edu.au  

Public Holidays

Please take note that our centre will be closed on Friday 29^th March and Monday 1^st April 2024 for the Public Holidays. We will be reopening for vacation care Tuesday 2^nd April 2024.

New enrolments for term 2 or updating enrolment

If you are wanting to enrol your child/ren in ROSHC please send our office an email at roshc@rangevilless.eq.edu.au and we will send you through our enrolment forms, fee structure, parent handbook, children’s handbook and the booking app xplor information. If any of your personal information has changed, please email all changes through and we will update them in our system.

Absentees

If you have a booking at the service and your child goes home early from school, is absent or not coming for either BSC or ASC please let us know via your Xplor app (preferred option) or email roshc@rangevilless.eq.edu.au as soon as possible.

Lost Property

Please remember, if your child has misplaced any items such as jumpers, hats, lunchboxes, or water bottles, they may be found near the Uniform Shop on the verandah.

We kindly ask you to clearly label these items, as our volunteers assist in sorting and returning them to their respective classes.

Any valuable items, such as glasses or watches, will be securely stored in the office for collection.

News from the Community

Please note that although the following notices may be included in the school’s Newsletter, they are published in good faith and do not necessarily have the school’s endorsement.