School Newsletter - Term 3 Week 9 - 2024

Principal's Celebration

We are excited to see you at our Junior Athletics Carnival scheduled for this Thursday.  Please see the Sports News Article for more details.  

As we come to the final week of another successful term, it is a wonderful opportunity to reflect on the achievements and accomplishments of our students. 

This term has been filled with learning, challenges and opportunities for every child to demonstrate the values that underpin our school community: being safe, respectful learners.  

In classrooms, on the playground and during extra-curriculum activities, our students have shown a strong commitment to creating a safe environment for all.  

We are incredibly proud of the way students engage respectfully with one another, staff and visitors.  Whether through kind words, active listening or supporting one another, we are committed to building a strong, inclusive community where everyone feels valued.  

Our students continue to demonstrate their commitment to learning, taking on challenges with determination, demonstrating curiosity and interest in the opportunities provided by our staff.  

On behalf of the Rangeville SS staff, we thank you for your ongoing support of our school as we continue to work together to ensure students are learning, achieving and growing every day.  

We wish you a restful and safe holiday period and look forward to seeing you in Term 4, refreshed and ready for another exciting term!

Australian Teacher Aide Appreciation Week

This week we celebrated our Teacher Aides.  The role of Teacher Aides is essential to the success of our students and the smooth operation of our classrooms.  We are fortunate to have a dedicated, compassionate and supportive group of Teacher Aides whose impact is felt by every student and teacher every day.  We thank our Teacher Aides for their unwavering commitment to our school community. 

Seussical the Musical

We are excited to share the hard work and efforts of staff and students at Monday night's Musical. 

Special thanks to Mr Henry for his dedication and enthusiasm for enriching student’s lives with the gift of music.  Mr Henry spends an enormous amount of his personal time, going above and beyond the expectations of a Music teacher to prepare, plan, teach and collaborate with outside organisations to provide these opportunities for our students.  Thank you, Mr Henry!

Special thanks to Toowoomba Regional Council Community Access Fund for the grant towards venue hire and Robertsons Bus and Coaches for their support through transport for our rehearsal.  

Thank you to our P&C Association for their efforts with the Musical Raffle.  Thank you to those who have donated amazing prizes!  Please see the P&C article below and consider supporting the local businesses that have supported us!

Students of the Week 

Each week, we celebrate our Students of the Week. 

Congratulations to our Week 8 and 9 recipients:

Parade VIPs

Congratulations to our Parade VIPs who used 150 Roar Paws to be special guests on Parade.  

Get Set for Prep 2025

Don't delay, enrol today!

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

Welcome to our new Deputy Principal

This week, we welcomed Lana Griffiths to our school.  

HELLO AND THANK YOU!

My name is Lana Griffiths, and I am thrilled to join our wonderful school community as Deputy Principal responsible for special needs education. It is a privilege to be part of a school that clearly values and takes pride in diversity, inclusion and the unique strengths that every child brings to our learning environment. I look forward to working collaboratively with our students, their families, staff and wider community. Thank you all for your kind welcome to this amazing school!

WHAT IS NEURODIVERSITY?

I am hoping each newsletter to share an update or a reading from our team.

The following is an excerpt from a Tip Sheet by Sue Larkey: Neurodiversity is the concept that neurological differences between people should be recognised and respected. Instead of using terms like ’dys - function’ ‘dis- abilities’ & ‘dis-orders’ neurodiversity is an enabling term that takes into account neurological differences. Neurodiversity is not one size fits all. We are all different and neurodiversity celebrates difference.

AUSTRALIAN TEACHER AIDE APPRECIATION WEEK 2 – 6 ^September

Australian Teacher Aide Appreciation Week is the perfect time to celebrate the wonderful work our teacher aides do in our school. Every day, these amazing people help both students and staff, creating a nurturing and inclusive environment where all students can thrive. Thank you to our aides for your unwavering commitment, patience, and the countless ways you make a difference in the lives of our students.

ICAS Dates and Times

Congratulations to the students who participated in the ICAS assessments this year.

It was great to see so many children taking on these challenging assessments. 

ICAS has now finished for this year. The students who participated have done a superb job at these tasks.  Thank you for the support from parents and teachers.

Once results and certificates are finalised, they will be presented to the students and sent home.  

Judy Keightley
ICAS Co-ordinator

Sports News

Class News

1CH 

1CH have been learning about natural, managed and constructed features in HASS. We read the 2024 Book Week shortlisted book, The Concrete Garden by Bob Graham. We had lots of fun drawing natural and managed features on the concrete just like the book!

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Toowoomba Teams Chess Championship

It was a great pleasure taking two teams of students to the Toowoomba Teams Chess Championships to compete in the junior and senior sections. There were some exciting battles throughout the day with all teams displaying a positive attitude. Our junior team came close to securing a place with the captain winning every one of his games.

Year 6 Brisbane Excursion 2024

On August 13 and 22, Year 6 students went to Brisbane to visit SparkLab (Queensland Museum) and have a traditional Chinese lunch.  At SparkLab, they had a chance to be a young scientist exploring and engaging with the 40 interactive stations to learn more about the wonders of the world. They saw and felt electricity as they touched the giant plasma ball and some even figured out how to build a bridge through teamwork. They explored the rest of Queensland Museum afterwards and saw lots of amazing exhibits like live specimens of insects and fossils of dinosaurs. In the afternoon, they ate an 8-course yum cha lunch at Landmark Chinese Restaurant and put their spoken Chinese and chopstick skills to good use.

The feedback received from students was that they had a wonderful day in Brisbane and we the teachers, were glad to be able to provide this educational and cultural experience for them.

Mrs Tay (Language Teacher)

There are amazing activities that you just have to see. It was a brilliant experience for both my friends and me. Sparklab was so fun with many activities and the food at the Chinese restaurant was simply superb and very filling.  

Isabel (6H Student)

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.

Carbal Health Hearing Screening

Carbal Health will be providing hearing screenings at Rangeville State School on Tuesday 15th October. 

We invite you to take advantage of this opportunity by completing the consent form and submitting it to the school office. 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.

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 meeting date for the P&C will be Tuesday 8^th October.

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)

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

Thank you to our generous Musical Raffle sponsors so far!

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 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.

https://community.flexischools.com.au/parents 

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.

Lost Property

The Uniform Shop verandah is currently inundated with winter jumpers, tracksuit pants, lunchboxes, and water bottles. Due to the recent rain activity, unfortunately a lot of items are now wet. If your child has lost a jumper this winter season, please have them visit the Uniform Shop to retrieve it as soon as possible. At the end of the Term, any unclaimed items are removed.

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.

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

Vacation Care Bookings Now open: Bookings are being accepted for Spring vacation care now. If you require bookings throughout the holidays, please send them through via the Xplor App. If requested days are full, you will be sent an email and children will be put onto a waitlist. On days that incursions are scheduled, there may be a capped number of children that are able to attend, please be sure to make your bookings as soon as possible to avoid missing out. Permission forms for incursions must be returned to the ROSHC Office. Please be aware that the vacation care cancellation policy is differs to the during term time policy, we require 7 days’ notice for cancellations. This can be done via email roshc@rangevilless.eq.edu.au or through the Xplor App.

Bookings: Before and After School Care bookings can be made by the 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 vacancies available.

Permanent bookings will take a priority over casual vacancies.

Casual booking requests must be made via Xplor app. 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 to a session booking via the Xplor Home app or if having difficulties with the app, please email:  roshc@rangevilless.eq.edu.au.

After the 3rd incident of failing to report 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.

Father’s Day Breakfast: Thank you to all the dads, grandads or male role models in the children’s lives that joined us for a Father’s Day breakfast on Monday 2^nd of September. It was wonderful to have you all here and celebrating with the children and enjoying a delicious breakfast. Thank you!

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News from the Community

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