School Newsletter - Term 4 Week 7 - 2024

Principal's Celebration

Term Four Swimming Lessons have finished today.  Thank you to Mr Morris, Mrs Langton, Mrs Newton, Mrs Murphy, Mrs Fraser, Mrs Griffiths and Mr Howman for supporting students in the pool each week.  

At the end of Term Three, we replaced the pool heater and the water has been a very consistent and balmy 30 degrees this season.  We have also enjoyed great weather for the weekly lessons.  

We look forward to seeing you at the Swimming Carnivals.  Don't forget to check out the information included below for specific information and timings for each carnival.  

School Upgrades 

Our Department of Education Infrastructure Services is constantly working with us to update and upgrade our school facilities.  This week, both sets of external stairs on D Block (Year 5) were replaced!  It is lovely to have another refreshed space!

Drop off & Pick Up Times

Students are welcome onto our school grounds from 8:15am each day.  At this time, staff are rostered to duty to supervise students. 

Prep students are invited into the Prep Playground from 8:15am.  

We provide supervision in two areas before school for our Year 1 - 6 students from 8:15am:

1.  Year 2/3 Eating Shed - Students are invited to sit quietly in the shed on arrival to school.

2.  Oval - Students are invited to engage in before school walking club around the oval.

This term, we have had increasing numbers of students arriving as early as 7:30am.  Concerningly, we have had a number of incidents where children have tripped or engaged in unsafe behaviour during this early arrival. 

Please ensure your child is not arriving at school prior to 8:15am.  If required, Rangeville Outside School Hours Care is open from 6:30am.  

P&C Mango Fundraiser

Mango trays are scheduled to be delivered on Tuesday 19 November.  These will be ready for collection between 2pm and 4pm on Tuesday 19 November from the temporary Tuckshop location in P Block.  

Thank you for supporting our P&C Mango Fundraiser!  

Let's Celebrate!

This week, we have had so many opportunities to celebrate the extraordinary efforts of students within our school.  

Remembrance Day

On Monday 11 November, we recognised Remembrance Day.  Thank you to our Captains and Student Council members for their attitude and efforts in conducting our school service.  Thank you to our special guest, Mr Lindsay Shanks and all members of the community who attended.  We valued being able to observe this significant day with you present.  

2025 Leadership Positions

This term, our Year 5 cohort has had the opportunity to apply for a Student Leadership position in 2025.  

We have been so very impressed with the way students have approached this responsibility.  On behalf of our entire community, I would like to congratulate and acknowledge the efforts of all students who have indicated their interest in this process.  

Shortlisted students presented their speeches this week with confidence and clarity to the upper school staff and students.  

Thank you to Mrs Hagley for ensuring this process is fair and transparent.   

Instrumental Music Performances

During the past few weeks, we have been delighted with pop up performances by our Instrumental Music students conducted by Miss Johansen.  

What a treat!  

School Crossing Supervisor - Heidi

It is with regret that I share the news of the recent passing of one of our School Crossing Supervisors, Heidi.  Heidi has been a familiar face on the Rangeville State School crossings for the past 8 years.  

Tomorrow, Saturday 16 November, there will be a celebration of Heidi's life at Garnett Lehman's Park Link Reserve from 12pm.  Heidi's family have requested this information be shared with the Rangeville community.  

On behalf of the staff, students and community, we share our deepest condolences to the family for their loss.  

Students of the Week

Each week, we celebrate our Students of the Week. 

This term, we have trialled sending a text to advise parents when their child will receive a Student of the Week certificate.  It has been wonderful to see so many family members joining our weekly assembly to celebrate these achievements.  Thanks for coming along! 

Congratulations to our Term 4 Week 6 & 7 recipients:

Deputy Principal - SWD Message

TRANSITION – GAINING PARENT INSIGHT

As it starts to get towards the end of 2024, you might already be thinking about how you will ease the transition for your child as they enter a new class or move on to High School.

Transition includes both big and small changes. It can include change in teacher, change in room and change in students in the classroom.

Author Sue Larkey, likens transition for neurodiverse students to moving to a foreign country. “There is a different language (e.g. one teacher says ‘pack away’, new teacher says ‘clean up’.) Teachers and other students have different facial expressions and body language to interpret, new rules, new schedules, new smells, just to name a few”.

It is important that we talk about transition in a positive way. As a parent, you have so many invaluable insights that you can share. Now is the time to think about how you will share the things your child loves, their special interests, strengths, possible triggers, and strategies used at home that work.

Term 4 Calendar of Events

Swimming - Term 4

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 and the overview of the Carnival Days for details.  Please refer to the section applicable for your child for specific information.  

Music News

Darling Down State Honours Ensemble Program

Rangeville State School hosted the first Primary Darling Downs SHEP program from the 1 - 3 November. The Honours programs are educational programs for music students that help extend and encourage their pursuit of musical excellence. Primary students from 25 schools across the regional came to together to participate in rehearsals during the weekend for Wind Ensemble, String Ensemble and Choir, culminating in an exceptional concert on the Sunday afternoon. Rangeville was represented strongly in all three ensembles, with each student expanding their musical knowledge. Congratulations to all our talented students for their dedication and participation!

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. 

Book Club Update

Book club has not been running smoothly of late. This has been out of the school's control as Scholastic has had issues with the delivery company. They have now switched companies and things should start to run smoother but currently a third of the school have received their catalogues with the others yet to arrive. When they arrive, they will get straight to students.

Issue 7 books that were purchased are in transit and should arrive within the week. They will be unpacked and delivered straight to the excited children who are waiting. 

This issue closes on the 25^th of November. Thank you for the support of book club. It benefits the school and the credits generated by each purchase go towards purchasing books for the library and classrooms. 

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

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

P&C news 

Our next meeting will be 11^th February 2025.

The reports can be found here on the padlet:  

Rangeville State School P&C Minutes and Reports 2024 (padlet.com)

If in the next few months there are any enquiries or questions or you need to contact the P&C and we will respond as soon as possible. You can email secretary@rangevillestateschoolpandc.onmicrosoft.com or to the PandC@rangevilless.eq.edu.au 

Thank you for all your help and support with events this year, we look forward to what we can do for the school community in 2025.

We wish you a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

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)

ROSHC Christmas Appeal: It’s that time of year again! This year ROSHC has decided to give back to the community and support Tony’s Community Kitchen. This organisation supports families and children who are experiencing hardship and isolation.

We are asking for donations of non-perishable food items to assist families in having a great Christmas this year. If you would like to donate any of these items, please place them in the boxes available outside the ROSHC office by Friday December 6^th. Thank you to the families that have already shown their support for this cause, we really appreciate it.

Vacation Care Bookings: The program for the upcoming summer holidays will be posted and sent to families at the end of Week 9. We will be unable to take any bookings before the email is sent out. Please keep an eye out for this and be sure to check your junk emails as well. When booking vacation care days, remember to send all dates through the xplor app and make sure you have checked them off in your shopping cart.

The service will be closed for a two-week period this will be from Monday 23^rd December 2024 to Friday 3^rd January 2025. We will reopen Monday 6^th January 2025 for three weeks of fun activities to keep everyone busy before the big school year starts up again. We look forward to seeing you all.

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

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