School Newsletter - Term 1 Week 2 - 2025

Principal's Celebration

Welcome!

It is my absolute pleasure to welcome you to the 2025 school year at Rangeville State School.  We are particularly excited to congratulate our 2025 Prep students on a positive start to their first year of school.   

On behalf of the staff, we look forward to a wonderful year learning, achieving and growing together! 

Students are welcome onto the school grounds from 8:20am.  At this time, Prep students are invited to play on the Prep play equipment.  Years 1-6 students are able to wait in the eating shed or join in with the walking club on the oval.  These are the only areas under supervision before school.  

Special thanks to the parents who have been assisting on the South Street crossing in the absence of one of our Crossing Supervisors.  We are working closely with the Department of Transport and Main Roads to have this resolved as quickly as possible.  

Thank you for your patience during our covered walkway works outside the administration building.  Works are scheduled to be finished in the next few weeks.  We are very fortunate to be supported by our Regional Infrastructure team with updates to our school facilities.  

2025 School Direction

In 2025, we are committed to our continued focus on improvement and ensuring our school systems and processes are aligned with the Department of Education's state-wide improvement strategy of "Equity and Excellence."  

Our school Explicit Improvement Agenda (please see image below), includes our deliberate and intentional focus on:

• The Curriculum - our WHAT - The Australian Curriculum V9
  
• The Learning - our HOW - We use evidence-based strategies to engage students in learning
• The Learner - out WHO - We are proud to know and meet the learning and wellbeing needs of our students

Our 2025 focus will be discussed in the P&C Meeting on Tuesday evening.  We would love to see you there!

School Review

Every Queensland state school participates in a review at least once every 4 years.  Reviews are conducted by the Department of Education's School and Region Reviews team.  

Reviews are an important part in how the department supports school improvement to lift educational achievement, enhance student wellbeing and engagement, and strengthen culture and inclusion. It provides schools with independent feedback, tailored to their context and needs.

Rangeville State School has a School Review scheduled for Wednesday 19, Thursday 20 and Friday 21 of February 2025.  

The Reviewers are always keen to talk with members of our school community.  If you would like to receive a phone call from a reviewer, please contact me via email (admin@rangevilless.eq.edu.au). 

2025 Student Leaders 

Congratulations to our 2025 Students Leaders:

School Leaders: Thomas Bayfield, Lorelai Gillis, Georgia Grohn and Sally Lindenmayer

Music Leaders: Isla Fea and Bonnie Skerman

House Leaders: Brady Bidgood, Alexis Freeman, Henry Johnston, Munro Grover, Sadie Pendlebury, Charlie Lynam, Hugo Weedon & Diego Ryan.

Term 1 Calendar of Events

Students of the Week

Each week, we celebrate our Students of the Week. 

Congratulations to our Term 1 Week 2 recipients:

News from Mrs Griffiths

A STRONG START!

We are thrilled to congratulate our Prep students on a wonderful beginning to their first year of school! The enthusiasm, dedication and hard work of students and staff has set a positive tone for the months ahead. A special thank you to our families for helping to make this transition so smooth. We look forward to learning and working together throughout the year.

WORKING TOGETHER

A positive relationship between home and school is key to student success. When families and educators work together, students feel more supported, engaged, and confident in their learning.

Here are a few ways to strengthen this partnership:

• Stay Connected – Regular communication with teachers helps keep everyone on the same page.
• Be Involved – Attend school events, volunteer, or simply ask your child about their day.
• Encourage Learning at Home – Support homework routines, and celebrate achievements, big or small.

Together, we can create a supportive and enriching environment for every student.

GETTING THE CONVERSATION STARTED

“How was school today?” often gets a one-word answer. To spark more meaningful conversations, try asking open-ended questions that encourage your child to share details about their day.

Here are a few ideas:

• “What was the best part of your day?”
• “Tell me something new you learned today?”
• “Who did you sit with at lunch?”
• “Did anything make you laugh today?”

By asking specific and engaging questions, you help your child reflect on their experiences and strengthen your connection with them. Give it a try and enjoy the conversations!

NEURODIVERSITY

Neurodiversity – the natural variation in how people think, learn and experience the world – reminds us that differences are strengths. By fostering understanding and respect, we create an environment where all students feel included and supported. Simple actions, like practising patience, using kind language, and celebrating different ways of thinking, help build a positive school culture.

News from Mrs Hagley

Positive Education at Rangeville State School

At Rangeville SS we focus on the whole child by teaching the skills of both wellbeing and achievement. Through our Positive Behaviour for Learning (PBL) and Berry Street Education Model (BSEM) programs we strive to teach our young people the skills they need to increase resilience, release stress, anxiety and regulate emotions to assist them to make a good behaviour choices and focus on their learning.

Positive Behaviour for Learning (PBL)

PBL is our whole-school framework for behaviour support that has been enacted at Rangeville for the last six years.  PBL promotes positive behaviour and helps us to develop a safe and supportive learning environment. 

• PBL helps us to be consistent in the way we support and respond to behaviour.
• PBL enables us to develop our clear expectation of Being Safe, Respectful Learners and ensure that behaviour support is differentiated according to need.

Please ask your children about our ‘Roar Paw’ rewards and ask them if they or a friend have received a stamp/token over the last two weeks, and can they tell you what they did to receive this acknowledgement.

Berry Street Educational Model (BSEM)

BSEM is an approach to support our school with practical, classroom-based strategies to increase the engagement of all of our students, including those with complex and unmet learning needs. You might like to view this short YouTube clip to see what it is all about https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0bTobn62-c 

The BSEM provides techniques and approaches to support students’ self-regulation, relationships and wellbeing to increase student engagement and significantly improve academic achievement. 

During the Student Free Days, our whole staff completed the third day of training in the implementation of this program aimed at increasing engagement and achievement.  Please ask your children about the ‘Welcome Circle’ process for their class. 

Student Medication

If your child requires medication whilst at school, please ensure prescribed medications, asthma puffers, Epipens and current Action Plans are brought to the school administration building as soon as possible. You will be asked to complete a new Consent to Administer Medication Form when you handover medications. You are welcome to fill in the form at the office or find it below.

Please note that students attending Primary School are not permitted to self-administer asthma puffers according to the Department of Education policy. 

Classrooms News

Prep T

Prep T has had an amazing first week of Prep! It's been a fantastic start, full of enthusiasm and great progress. To celebrate, we all earned a postcard—such a wonderful way to mark the milestone. Looking forward to learning, achieving and growing every day. 

2CT

This week 2CT created a creative class mural to display in their classroom

Chess Lessons

Chess Lessons will be held

• for the whole of first break on Wednesday, in the library supervised by Mrs Prue Cunningham
• Mr Les Lord from the Toowoomba Chess Club will teach beginner, intermediate and advanced levels
• $40 for Term 1 lessons, paid in advance

Please contact the office for a consent form or email Mrs Prue Cunningham at pcunn1@eq.edu.au with your child’s name and class.

The Toowoomba district chess championship will be held on Tuesday, 11 March, 2024. Mrs Prue Cunningham will supervise a group of Rangeville students at the event. Parents will be responsible for transport to and from Toowoomba Anglican School. The cost to participate is $22. Further information can be found at the Toowoomba Chess Club website.

Please email Prue at pcunn1@eq.edu.au if your child would like to compete.

Sports News

Swimming Lessons

Swimming lessons play a vital role in developing both physical and life skills for children. Not only do they teach water safety and the ability to swim, but they also promote physical fitness, strength, and coordination. Learning to swim helps children build confidence in and out of the water, providing them with a skill they can enjoy and utilize throughout their lives. Furthermore, swimming lessons encourage discipline, focus, and perseverance as children progress through different levels of skill. Above all, ensuring your child is safe around water is invaluable, and early swimming lessons help reduce the risk of water-related accidents. Investing in these lessons is an essential step in fostering a child's growth and wellbeing.

Term 1 Swimming Timetable: Each class swims each day of the week in their allocated week as below:

Range Zone Swimming

Wishing our school swimming team all the very best at the Range Zone Swimming Trials.

     Date- Monday 17 February

     Where- The Glennie Aquatic Centre

     Who- 9-12 Years. Please see our amazing team listed below:

Lincoln G, Rose J, Isabelle B, Ava G, Theodore J, Clara K, Grace L, Georgia G, Frank B,

Oliver T, Henry B, Audrey S, Annika C, Asher S, Emilie MZ, Archer G, Ren T, Audrey C,

Liam F, Sadie P, Larni W, Ayrton C, Bonnie S, Lexie L, Aleah T, Alexis F, Henry J, Munro G

Hudson S, Hugo W, Caitlyn C, Theo L                     

These swimmers will be doing their very best to be selected in the Zone team to attend the Regional trials in Gatton on Wednesday 5 March.

Toowoomba Schools/Range Zone & Regional Sports Calendar- 10-12 Years Sports Trials

Please read the most up to date sports trial calendar that is attached with this newsletter. Any interested students in the 10-12 Years age group are to see Mr Morris to register their interest in trialling. Mr Morris will release all of the required trial information and consent forms closer to the trial date when made available by each of the convenors. Please note these trials are not ‘come and try’ days and students must be at a high standard and meet the criteria required to attend.

Book Club

WELCOME BACK TO BOOK CLUB! 

Book Club catalogues have been distributed, and they are kicking things off with LOTS of value for families, such as their FREE BOOKS offer + $5 PROMO CODES. 

All ordering occurs through the LOOP app. No cash payments are taken at school. You will need to update your child's class for the new school year and should then be ready to go. 

Orders are delivered to school two to three weeks after orders close and are then distributed to students.  

Ordering from book club generates credits for the school that are used for library and classroom resources. Thank you to the many families that order each term. 

Carbal Health Hearing Screening

Carbal Health will be providing hearing screenings at Rangeville State School on Friday 28 February. 

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. Consent forms must be returned by Friday 21 February. 

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.

Oral Health Care for Student

Dental care, with no out of pocket cost, is offered to all Queensland students from the age of 4 to the completion of Grade 10 through the School Dental Service.  Children aged 0 - 4 years and students in Year 11 -12, may be eligible for treatment if they receive Childhood Dental Benefit Scheme or if they have a current concessional health care card.  The Dental Team consists of a Dentist, Dental Therapists, Oral Health Therapists and Dental Assistants.  You will be advised if your child needs specialist dental treatment.

Students at Rangeville State School in Year 5 and 6 are now being offered dental treatment through the School Dental Service at the Rangeville Dental Clinic, located on school grounds.

If you would like your child/children to participate in the free dental care program, please complete each section of the registration form, sign and return it to the School Office by Monday 24^th February 2025 Please note that by signing this form, you are only advising our service of your wish to participate in the dental care program and providing personal information to allow us to contact you. 

Our process for making your child’s first appointment with us has recently changed.  Our first point of contact may be via SMS.  If responding via the Call Centre on 1300 082 662, please choose Option 3 to speak with School Dental Service.

Please remember

Students will be seen at the Rangeville Dental Clinic, located on school grounds.

• Parents/Legal Guardians must attend all appointments & must hold a current Medicare Card-please bring this card to the appointment.
• There are limited appointments available before and after school and most appointments will have to be during school time.
• Oral Health does not accept any responsibility for transport of the children to and from their appointments.

Appointment changes are often advised via SMS.  Please read all text messages carefully

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 

There will be lots of exciting things planned for the Rangeville School Community in 2025.  Please check out the newsletter and our Facebook Page for more information. 

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

2025 Operating Hours

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

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)

Welcome Back!

ROSHC would like to welcome back all our families and welcome all the new families that have joined Rangeville SS. We look forward to meeting with you all throughout Term 1. If you have any concerns or questions please come and chat to one of our ROSHC office educators or send an email to roshc@rangevilless.eq.edu.au

New Faces

As we start the new year families may notice a few new faces around ROSHC. This week we have Bella and Haylee joining us with big smiles, if you see them around, please say hi and make them feel welcome. They have been busy getting to know the children already and setting up fun activities to do. With our new faces we also have said some sad goodbyes this week to Tahnee who is off to spend more time with her family and Mikaela who is leaving to have a baby! We will miss both of you and the children have all expressed their heartfelt goodbyes this week. We wish you all the best and thank you for everything you have brought to the team.

Vacation Care

Thank you to all the families that joined us over the four weeks of summer vacation care. We had so many fun activities with our excursions and incursions. We have received lots of positive feedback about the variety of activities and catering to the many different interests of the children. The children took home many creations and we all just had fun. We are always looking for different ideas to include in our holiday program, if you have any suggestions, please let the educators know. Also, we would like to give a shout out to our very talented kitchen lady, Bec, who puts in so much time into serving foods that match the theme days and creating a delicious and nutritious menu for every holiday. Thank you Bec!

New enrolments or updating enrolment

If you would like 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.

 Bookings

Please be aware you will only be able to make bookings if you have your account all set up with us, so please ensure you have finished the enrolment process first. If you would like permanent bookings, email our office roshc@rangevilless.eq.edu.au and we can discuss availability and arrange bookings for you in xplor. If you are interested in casual bookings, this is can be done via the xplor app and you will be notified of the outcome via the app, and an email or phone call if unable to accept the booking. If you are unsure how to make casual bookings, please come and see the office educators, or alternatively all the information on this is in the setup of the xplor app. 

Absentees

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

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.