School Newsletter - Term 3 Week 1 - 2024

Principal's Celebration

Welcome to Term 3

Welcome to our new and returning students and families!  I hope everyone enjoyed a rejuvenating break.  We have a busy Term 3 ahead of us.  Please check out the Calendar of Events in this newsletter as it provides an overview of planned events for the term.  This will be updated as required through our newsletter each fortnight.  

Parade

Beginning Friday 2nd August, Parade will be held at a NEW TIME of 2:25pm.  This coincides with the beginning of Interschool Sport for our Year 5's and 6's. 

Congratulations to our Symphony Orchestra and Junior Strings for their spellbinding performances on Parade on Friday 12 July.  Thank you to all students for their respectful audience manners!

100 Days of School

On Friday, our Prep students celebrated 100 days of school.  Friday marked approximately halfway through the academic year and was a wonderful opportunity to celebrate students' hard work so far! Congratulations to all students and staff on a productive and exciting first half of 2024.  

Queensland Conservatorium, Griffith University Project

On Thursday and Friday, we welcomed special guests Dr Rachel Howley, Mr Mark Sullivan and Ms Elizabeth Lawrence to work with our Instrumental Music students.  

Students engaged in workshops across Thursday and Friday with a culminating performance on Friday night at Centenary Heights State High School.

Spectacular performances were enjoyed from:

• Beginner Band, Conducted by Dr Howley
• Junior Concert Band, Conducted by Dr Howley
• Senior Concert Band, Conducted by Dr Howley
• Stage Band, Conducted by Dr Howley
• Symphony Orchestra, Conducted by Mr Sullivan
• Poco Strings - Year 3 Ensemble, Conducted by Ms Lawrence
• Super Strings - Year 4 Ensemble, Conducted by Ms Lawrence
• Junior String Ensemble, Conducted by Mr Sullivan
• Chamber Strings
• Senior Strings Ensemble, Conducted by Mr Sullivan

Special thanks to:

• our Students.  It was a HUGE 2 days and your effort, concentration and performances were delightful! 
• the Rangeville SS P&C Association for their generous funding of these workshops.  Without their support, this event would not have been possible.  
• our parents and families.  Thank you for supporting and enabling students to engage in our IM program!
• Mr Dan Lindenmayer (Principal) and Mrs Heidi Law (HOD - The Arts) from Centenary Heights State High School for sharing their magnificent venue for our Friday night performance and the CHSHS students who assisted with logistics and stage management.
  
• our Instrumental Music staff, Mr Naden Gray, Mrs Leia Jensen and Mrs Jess Johansen.  Our students are incredible and able to shine because of these dedicated and hard-working teachers who have supported our students to play together, listen to one another, watch and respond to directions with confidence and capability. 
• Mr Henry who is an extraordinary musician, teacher and organiser.  Mr Henry is the reason we are able to engage in such wonderful events to such a high standard. 
• Mrs Page and Mrs Brouwer who supported students backstage on Friday night!

Prep Enrolments 2025

Children born between 1 July 2019 and 30 June 2020 are eligible for Prep in 2025.  

Please apply for enrolment online as soon as possible at:                                https://eq.sobs.com.au/en/parent.php?schoolid=70862 or collect an enrolment pack from the school office.

Calendar of Events

NAIDOC Week Celebrations

NAIDOC Week Celebrations will be held next week.  Dusty from Dreamtime will be visiting on Thursday 18 July and Friday 19 July. Please see the posters below to view the activities organised for the week during lunchtimes. 

Carbal Hearing Screening 

A reminder that Rangeville SS will be welcoming Carbal to conduct hearing assessments on Wednesday 17 July for students who have consented to participate in their services. Please see the documents below which include helpful information.

ICAS 2024

How to sign up your child/children for ICAS assessments 2024:

A permission form will need to be completed if you wish your child to participate in this year’s ICAS. Completed permission forms need to be returned to the office or directly to Judy Keightley so that your child will be able to sit the assessment tasks you have chosen.

Please read the ICAS privacy statement through the link provided in the permission form.

Permission forms and Privacy Statement can be found on the RSS website>Support and Resources>Forms and Documents or permission forms can be collected from the office.

Parent payment system:

An entry fee is charged for each competition entered.  If you would like your child to sit the ICAS assessments this year, payment is made easier with an online Parent Payment System.  Through this system, parents need to pay for ICAS directly online while tests will still be held at our school.

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.icascom/pages/pp
3. enter our school’s access code –HAY220
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 registered.

Parent payments via PPS close on Monday 29 July 2024.

 Subject availability and year levels table:

The following subjects are available for the year levels stated in the table below.

Dates - sitting windows for ICAS assessments 2024:

ICAS Results and Certificates 

As the dates get closer, we will notify you of the dates that we run ICAS at the school and when your child’s ICAS results are ready. Once we have received your child’s ICAS certificate, we will send it home with your child.

If you require further information or assistance, please leave a message at the office and I will respond to your inquiry.

Judy Keightley
ICAS Co-ordinator

Sports News

Interschool Sport

Interschool sport will be commencing in Week 4.  Sports on offer are hockey, netball, soccer, rugby league and chess. Students have chosen their sports and training sessions will begin next Monday or Tuesday and will continue while Interschool sports are being held. Invoices will be sent out to families next week. 

Range Zone Athletics Trials

1500m Event- Wednesday 31 July @ The Glennie School, 3.45pm-5.00pm.

Main day- Monday 5 August @ O’Quinn Street Oval, O’Quinn Street, Harristown.

Congratulations to the attached list of students have been selected to represent our school at these Zone trials. This attachment also indicates the events each child will be competing in. Consent forms and other relevant information will be available soon. Best wishes to all students at these trials.

Rep Sports Selection Tracker

Look at how many Rangeville students have been selected in the following teams this year.  Well done everyone!

Music News

Eisteddford Timetable 

Please see below upcoming Eisteddford Events over Weeks 3 & 4

New Lunchtime Activities

Rangeville SS are running two new activities during lunchtimes throughout the week during Term 3!

Prep Vision Screening

Good vision is important for a child’s educational, physical and social development. Vision screening checks for common eye conditions that may impact your child’s ability to see and therefore impact their learning and development.

A Registered Nurse will be visiting the school on  15^th, 17^th & 18^th October 2024 to conduct vision screening for children in their prep year.

 If you wish to have your prep child participate in this FREE vision screening program, please complete a consent form, this can be done online until Monday 8^th May (Midnight) or paper forms can be handed in up until and including screening day morning.

Participation in this free vision screening program is not compulsory. If you do not wish for your child to participate in screening, please complete the consent form and indicate that you wish to decline screening.

Parents do not need to be present for screening, however if you would like to be, please contact the school to arrange this.

If you have concerns about your child’s eyes at any time, please take your child to see an eye health professional (optometrist/ophthalmologist).  

For further information, please scan the below QR code to visit the Program website or contact the Primary School Nurse Health Readiness Program on 1800 687 372.

Online consent forms will available from 5th June or you can find a paper copy in the school office.

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

The next date for the P&C Meeting will be Tuesday 13th August.

We welcome you all to attend.

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

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

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.  

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

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

Tuckshop News

We would like to thank all our volunteers that turn up to assist at the Tuckshop 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: The Winter holiday program was taken by delight from the children that attended. We were all kept warm with amazing foods prepared by Bec and some of the children on the daily. There were many activities to keep children busy from electronic games, loads of crafts, messy play, loose parts, active play, nature events, picnics, movies, bus rides (always a favourite), dance games, interactive games on the big screen and the abundance group games to keep everyone moving. Children also enjoyed the down time of the quieter places like reading areas, bush tucker garden, rainforest area and library. The unpleasant weather days didn’t dampen the educator’s activities and where possible we made the most of the outdoors on the lovely sunny days. Thank you to all the families that joined us, we had a great time. We will be starting to gather information from the children for the upcoming September holidays. If parents have any suggestions, please contact the ROSHC.

Bookings: Before and After School Care booking session can be made by account holders or an authorised nominee. This can be done via email roshc@rangevilless.eq.edu.au or via the Xplor App.

Casual bookings will only be available where the service has approved places available.

Permanent bookings will take a priority over casual vacancies.

Casual booking requests must be made via Xplor. If placement is not available at the time the request is made, the request will be placed on a waiting list.

Cancellations: Parents/guardians must notify the service of cancellations via the Xplor Home app or if having difficulties with the app please email roshc@rangevilless.eq.edu.au.

After the 3rd incident of not reporting a cancellation or absence a $5 fee will be applied to the account. Children are not to ring or email to cancel or make a booking.

If a cancellation is made less than 24hrs prior to the booking, full fee applies. If cancellation is made between 24hrs and 48hrs prior, half-rate fees apply.

Where the notice is less than 30 minutes, parents (or authorised nominees) are required to confirm these changes via phone also.

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

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