School Newsletter - Term 4 Week 5 - 2024

Principal's Celebration

2025 Classes 

Preparations for the 2025 year are underway.  As our staffing is based on student enrolments, it is critical to know if your family is relocating from Toowoomba or your child is not returning to Rangeville SS in 2025.  Please contact the office via email or in person at your earliest convenience.  

Swimming Carnivals

In this fortnight's newsletter, we have included an overview of the Carnival Days.  Please refer to the section applicable for your child for specific information.  

Tuckshop Day

Today, Friday 1 November, we celebrate Tuckshop Day to recognise the hard work and dedication of our tuckshop staff and volunteers. We’re incredibly grateful for the nutritious food they provide, which helps our students focus, learn, and thrive. Tuckshop Day is a special opportunity for us to express our thanks and appreciation for all the behind-the-scenes efforts that keep our tuckshop running smoothly.

We can’t wait to see our wonderful tuckshop convenor Nicky and her team of volunteers in their brand-new tuckshop facilities, with building progressing well! 

Thank you, families, for trusting us with your children’s health and nutrition. If you’re interested in joining our amazing team of tuckshop volunteers—even for an hour—we’d love to welcome you! To find out more, please contact Nicky via the Rangeville State School P&C Association Facebook page.

On behalf of our whole school community, we would like to say THANK YOU to the following community members for the important contribution they make to our school.  

• Nicky Scott
• Merryl Scott
• Ann-Maree Hagan
  
• Sandra Purnell
• Bronwyn Trott
• Stephanie Cocks
• Susan Sowerby
  

CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR SUPER STARS!

On the school holidays, five of our students represented Queensland at the National Futsal Championships in Brisbane.

Congratulations: 

• Toby - who played under 10s and his team made it to the Semi Finals.
• Tommy, Baily and Thomas - who played under 9s, with Baily's team making it through to the Grand Final.
• Teddy - who played under 8s and made it to the Semi Finals. He was also chosen in an All-Star team for his age group. 

The following students recently participated in the Australian Music Examinations Board exams for Instrumental Music.

Congratulations:

• Sally 5P who sat her clarinet AMEB clarinet Grade 1 exam and achieved an A result. Sally also plays the baritone saxophone.
• Abigail 6BT who sat her AMEB Grade 4 trumpet exam and achieved an A result. Abigail also plays the violin. 
• Zac 6T who sat his AMEB Grade 4 trumpet exam and achieved a B+ result. Zac also plays the violin. 
  

SHEP - State Honours Ensemble Program

We are delighted to partner with Open Conservatorium, Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University to present the State Honours Ensemble Program Toowoomba Primary from 1 - 3 November.  

SHEP is an initiative available to students from schools across Queensland.  It provides opportunities for students to work in intensive music based symbiotic relationships, through ensemble performance, with their peers and outstanding local, national and international conductors.  

The program consists of:

Friday 1 November 2024:      4pm-7pm

Saturday 2 November 2024:  8am - 4pm 

Sunday 3 November 2024:    8am - 12:30pm.  Final Concert 11am - 12:30pm

Before School Playground Supervision 

We love seeing our Prep students enjoy their playground each morning! Just a friendly reminder that this area is supervised between 8:20am and 8:40am to keep it a safe, happy space for everyone. Outside these times - before and after school - we ask that the playground stay off-limits.

The covered play area is supervised for students from Years 1 - 6 between 8:20am and 8:40am.  

Additionally, other playground equipment on campus isn’t supervised before or after school, so we ask that it also remain off-limits.

We understand some parents may like to supervise their younger pre-prep children here, but please remember that their health and safety are the family’s responsibility.

Thank you for helping us keep our prep playground a safe, joyful space for our students to enjoy!

Evacuation & Lock Down Drills

I am pleased to share that our recent lockdown and evacuation drills were completed successfully.  These drills are critical in ensuring everyone in our community knows the expectations in the event of an emergency.  

Staff and students responded efficiently.  This was particularly appreciated on Wednesday during our evacuation drill.  We were able to have students outside for a minimal amount of time! 

Students of the Week

Each week, we celebrate our Students of the Week. 

Congratulations to our Term 4 Week 4 & 5 recipients:

Deputy Principal - SWD Message

Top Tips to Support Mental Wellbeing

(Excerpts from the Smiling Mind Blog)

Move

Regular movement and exercise are not only beneficial for our physical health but also our mental health. Regular physical activity has been proven to alleviate feelings of depression, anxiety and increase our overall mood.

Sleep

A good night’s sleep plays an important role in our children’s overall wellbeing. Removing devices such as tablets 30 minutes before bed and sticking to a regular bedtime are great ways to set your child up for a good night’s rest.

Eat the Rainbow

Research suggests that eating a healthy and nutritious diet can improve mental health, enhance cognitive skills, like concentration and memory, and improve academic performance. Getting children in the garden planting fruits and vegetables or helping during the process of cooking are potential ways to get them involved and familiar with healthy foods.

Focus on the Good

Our mind is the most powerful tool we have for overcoming challenges. It is important that we take the time to focus on the good. Gratitude is being thankful for the good things in our lives. A simple way to do this is to ask family members to share ‘What went well’ in their day.

Term 4 Calendar of Events

Swimming - Term 4

Swimming

We are fortunate to have a school pool to access swimming twice each year in our PE lessons.  Daily lessons will occur in one week blocks as per the timetable below.  

Students will need to bring with them the following labelled items in a suitable swimming bag:

• Togs
• Goggles
• Towel
• Swim shirt
• Swimming cap
• Sunscreen

Please be sure to complete for the Swimming Consent Form, which has been emailed home and can also be found in the school office. Swimming is a valuable part of our PE curriculum, but if your child is unable to participate for any reason, kindly send a note from home.

Swimming Carnivals

This term, we will have all of our Swimming Carnivals to ensure we have our Zone nomination information for children born 2012 - 2015 ready for Week 2 Term 1 2025.  Please see the flyer below for details of each of the carnivals.  

In this fortnight's newsletter, we have included an overview of the Carnival Days.  Please refer to the section applicable for your child for specific information.  

Enrol 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. 

Music News

Recently, some of our Year 6 students had the incredible opportunity to participate in a workshop at the Empire Theatre, led by Jonny Ng and other members of the Brisbane Camerata. Throughout the morning, they joined other Year 6 and 7 students from across the Toowoomba in a string ensemble, and honed their skills in small group sectionals. A highlight of the morning was a performance of a Harry Potter classic, which left students and staff alike feeling inspired. It was a memorable experience that our Rangeville students thoroughly enjoyed.

Year 5 Emu Gully Camp

Congratulations to our Year 5 students who had a great time at the annual Emu Gully camp last week. The students had the opportunity to learn to think outside the square, listen to each other and identify strengths within their team.  The students were amazing and the adults who accompanied them thoroughly enjoyed watching them overcome their fears, support each other and achieve some wonderful things that they can come back and apply at school.  Well done Year 5!

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

Next meeting:

The next meeting date for the P&C Meeting will be Tuesday 12^th November.

We welcome you all to attend. 

Membership forms will be available. 

To access reports and minutes please click on the link: Rangeville State School P&C Minutes and Reports 2024 (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

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 

We have some exciting new Rangeville State School products for our students that can be ordered online! Please have a look at the flyer below for more information or follow the link.

https://harlequinkids.com.au/your-school/rangeville-state-school.html 

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

Please remember if your child/ren has misplaced a jumper, hat or lunchbox and water bottle it may be located near the Uniform shop on the verandah.  We encourage you to please clearly name the items as we have volunteers who sort and return to classes. 

Any items of great value such as glasses, watches etc will be handed into the office for collection. 

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

Programming at ROSHC: Our program focus runs each week on practices, principals and 5 key learning outcomes from My Time, Our Place. An area that we notice children really enjoy is from Outcome 4: Children and young people are confident and involved learners.

Children and young people engage when they are motivated and can participate in purposeful activities. Further, they are more likely to be confident and involved when their family, community experiences and understandings are recognised and included in the school age care setting. Children and young people are more engaged and interested when they are challenged and can demonstrate their capabilities. The educators’ knowledge of individual children is crucial to providing an inclusive environment, and experiences that will optimise learning and thinking. We believe that active involvement in play and leisure activities builds children’s understandings of concepts and the creative thinking and inquiry processes that are necessary for lifelong learning.

Vacation Care Bookings: Due to this term having 11 weeks the vacation care program will be emailed out to families at the end of week 9, the 29^th November. Please check your junk mail if you don’t receive it by 6pm Friday. The program will have important information for each day so please take care to read through the all days that you’re planning to book your child/ren in for.

Bookings: Before and After School Care booking session 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 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 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 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.

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!

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.