“Learning Achieving and Growing Every Day.”

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NNeewwsslliinnkk Term 3 Week 6 18th August 2017 Dear Parents and Care Givers,

Book Week is Back On

Next week we will hold our annual Book Week Parade and Grandparents Morning Tea. Mrs Stone has done

an amazing job building the suspense and theme of ‘Escape from Everywhere’ across our entire school.

Last week on parade as aligned to our Book Week theme, our Writing Agenda and our Positive Behaviour

for Learning, I deliberately cancelled Book Week and gave our entire school a stern reminder about our

three student expectations – Be Safe, Be Respectful and Be a Learner.

Our students and teachers deserve to have their everyday learning environments maximised by all

students abiding by the above mentioned student expectations. Our school expects our students to:

As a result of this activity it has been very pleasing to see a renewed focus on learning within the

classrooms and better behaviour throughout the school.

In the Classroom

Be Safe

In the Playground

• Act with the safety of everyone

in mind

• Use equipment safely

• Keep your hands, feet and

objects to yourselves

• Work and play games safely

• Act with the safety of everyone in

mind

• Use equipment safely (including

bikes, scooters)

• Keep your hands, feet and

objects to yourself

• Work and play games safely

• Leave sticks and stones on the

ground

• Wear a wide brimmed hat

• Treat others with courtesy and

respect

• Share with others and take

turns

• Look after all property and the

environment

• Speak nicely to people

• Listen to all instructions

Be

Respectful

• Treat people and living creatures

with respect

• Share with others and take turns

• Look after all property and the

environment

• Speak nicely to people

• Listen to all instructions

• Be switched on for learning

• Give everyone the opportunity

to learn

• Listen to each other

• Take turns

• Co-operate

Be a

Learner

• Listen to each other

• Be ready to learn

• Take turns

• Co-operate while we discuss and

play

32a High Street, Toowoomba Qld 4350 Phone: 4617 7333 Fax: 4617 7300

Email: Principal@rangevilless.eq.edu.au Web: www.rangevilless.eq.edu.au

P & C: pandc@rangevilless.eq.edu.au.

Principal: Ben Kidd Deputy Principals: Kerri Hodgson and Matthew Henry

Head of Special Education Services: Julie Franklin Business Services Manager: Linda Robinson

STUDENT ABSENCE LINE: 4617 7366

“Learning Achieving and Growing Every Day.”

Mrs Stone and our school also achieved some wonderful persuasive texts written by our individual classes

that will be placed on display next week in the various escape rooms. I can’t wait to share and enjoy in

another spectacular Book Week at Rangeville next week.

NAPLAN Results

The collective school results for the 2017 NAPLAN test has been received. The student’s individual reports

will be received and distributed to families in the coming weeks. As a school we are proud of our solid

results for this year’s cohort of Year Three and Year Five students. Our quick analysis indicates that there

has been positive relative gains for our Year Five students in most areas. Our Reading, Spelling and

Grammar and Punctuation results for our Year Three students and our Reading, Writing, Spelling,

Grammar and Punctuation and Numeracy results for our Year Five students continue to match the Nation.

Further in-depth analysis will be undertaken by all members of the school in the coming weeks and the

Individual Student Reports will be sent home next week.

School Opinion Survey

Thank you to our parents who have completed the online School Opinion Survey. We currently have 51 out

of 610 surveys completed. Please take the five minutes to complete this important survey so that we can

continue to improve our wonderful school for the future.

QParents

How exciting! We will be launching our QParents portal next week, Week 7, in

conjunction with Parent Teacher Online.

From a parents perspective it will make YOUR lives so much easier and your child’s

information will be so much more accessible.

How I hear you say? Just two easy examples for you to get excited about:

• When you sign up to QParents, you’ll be able to pay for 95% of excursions and school activities

using the Qparents App. Therefore, because paying bills will be so easy for Qparent users, from

Term 4, all cash collections will be via the office and no cash will be received via the classroom.

• Your student information will be easier to access: Semester 2 Report Cards will be available on

QParents in Week 9 Term 4 and paper copies available Week 10 Term 4.

Parent Teacher Interviews

The PTO Letters will be sent home by the end of next week (Week 7) and our Parent Teacher Interviews

will be again held in Week 9 of this term following the same format as Semester One with teachers

offering a mix of before and after school interviews depending on their availability.

Staff News:

• Our Leadership Team will be undertaking the first round of Leadership Training with Dr Stephen Brown

this Friday. Thank you to Mr Steve Smith and Mrs Donna Sense who supported our students,

community and staff during our absence.

• Professional Learning Communities (PLC’s): The next round of Professional Learning Communities will

be occurring in the near future. These days are important in which our teachers are provided time to

review your child’s and the cohorts data against our identified goals and allows them to collaborate

and plan the next steps forward to support our student learning. The next round of PLC’s are:

o NAPLAN Focus: Tuesday Week Seven for Years Three and Five

o Numeracy focus: Weeks Eight & Ten for all year levels

Congratulations to all of our students who participated in this year’s Range Zone Athletics Carnival. Mr

Cobb and our entire school were extremely proud of your sportsmanship and achievements.

Best of luck to our 23 students participating in the Athletes With Disabilities athletics carnival at Glennie

this Friday. Mr Cobb and our staff are looking forward to our students also making us extremely proud

with their positive sportsmanship and personal achievements.

“Learning Achieving and Growing Every Day.”

Our Musical-‘The Artistocats’, under the leadership of Mrs Bridge is coming along beautifully. The cast are

working tirelessly learning their lines and chorography and it will be a very special evening again on the

11th of September at the Empire Theatre. We can’t wait for this wonderful event again.

Finally best of luck to our Senior Choir who will be performing with Josh Arnold at this Sunday’s Cultural

Festival. It will be a spectacular event to see and hear so many students uniting by voice and body for

Toowoomba and our positive future.

EISTEDFODD

Stage Band: Awarded Highly Commended

Jimmy, Mali, Hoani, Logan, Caitlin, Raymond, Carrie, Kaitlyn, Macey, Kiara, Amber, Sam, Cadence, Liviru,

Charlie, Bryce, Taj, Sophie, Joshua, Beau.

Saxophone Ensemble: Awarded 3rd

Caitlin, Raymond, Carrie, Kaitlyn, Macey, Kiara, Amber.

CAN YOU HELP

Can you help? We are looking for volunteers to join Mrs Dowling, Mrs Arday and Mrs Hodgen to make and

paint items for the musical. We are also looking for the following items for props:

Black feather duster, stationery exercise bike, 3 toy trumpets and 3 saxophones (plastic or blow up),

4 silver goblets, 1 silver platter, sheet to cover box (2.5m long x 2.5m high), extra-large bright blue sheets

or tarps. Any enquiries to Mrs Bridge in the music room.

FATHERS DAY STALL - CHANGE OF DATE Wednesday and Thursday 30th and 31st August (not open

Friday 1st Sep).

Father's Day Stall donations - the P&C is looking for items which can be sold at the upcoming Father's Day

stall, all proceeds from which will go towards a new P-2 playground. Donations can be left at the Tuckshop

on Wed, Thurs or Fri or by contacting Terressa Elliott on 0418 996 611. Suggestions are Nescafe coffee

sachets, Cadbury Rolls, wrapped chocolates or lollies, notebooks, pens, Sudoku or crossword books,

carwash gear such as sponges, coloured plastic bottles to put lollies in, bbq wipes, handballs,

handkerchiefs and socks or anything crafty. We are also looking for volunteers to help set up the Father’s

Day Stall on Tuesday 29th August as well as volunteers to serve at the Stall on Wednesday, 30th August

and Thursday, 31st August. Any shopping bags you have would also be kindly appreciated.

“Learning Achieving and Growing Every Day.”

YEAR 5 SCIENCE FAIR

“Learning Achieving and Growing Every Day.”

Year 6 Chinese Excursion

“Learning Achieving and Growing Every Day.”

Would you like to be part of QParents? If you do, please make sure that you have updated your email

address at the office. Invitations to be part of QParents will be sent via email during Week 7 of this term.

If you have any questions or concerns please contact Gillian Ganly (Master Teacher)

EARN & LEARN

Woolworths Earn & Learn begins again on 26 July to 19 September.

Anyone can help our school earn amazing resources:

Earn one sticker for every $10 spent at Woolworths

Complete sticker sheet (also available in store)

Drop sheets in a Collection Box for our school at The Range, The Ridge, Grand Central or at the school

office.

Earn 2 bonus stickers** when you purchase any products from participating brands until August 22nd!

Participating brands include Airwick, Australia's Own, Bega, Cold Power, Finish, Mr Kipling, Nature's Way, Tamar Valley,

Uncle Tobys, Vanish and Yumis. For the full list of products, click here.

“Learning Achieving and Growing Every Day.”

COMMUNITY NOTICES 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

Friday 1 September

3:30pm – 5:00pm

On Friday 1 September 2017 FAST Aquatic Centre will spend the afternoon hosting the annual Fairholme

Invitational Meet. We would like to invite your students to enter to compete in this charity event to raise

funds for Parkinson’s disease research and the Findlay Family. Please arrive at 3:30pm for a 3:45pm start

at FAST Aquatic Centre.

Now in its seventh year, this event was established to provide an opportunity for school children across

Toowoomba to participate in a swim meet that is both social and educational.

A nomination fee of $5 per swimmer applies, with monies raised split between Parkinson’s Queensland Inc.

and the Findlay Family on behalf of former Glennie Swimming Coach Mr Ian Findlay. This event is

registered as an official fundraising event for Parkinson’s Queensland Inc.

Nominations for the event close on Friday 25 August 2017. For more information, please contact Schools

Coordinator Madi Craven on FAST@fairholme.qld.edu.au or by phone 4688 4658.

We look forward to welcoming you to FAST Aquatic Centre.

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

REGULAR EVENTS

Wednesday School Banking

Mon & Thurs P&C Uniform Shop 8.30 – 9.15am

Wednesday P&C Uniform Shop 2.15 – 3.15pm

AUGUST

Mon 21st – Fri 25th Book Week

Tues 22nd Combined School Music Camp

Wed 23rd Combined School Music Camp

Get Set for Prep Morning

Thur 24th Combined School Music Camp

Fri 25th Book Week Parade

Grandparents Day

Sun 27th Optiminds

Tues 29th Darling Downs Athletics

Teams Chess Tournament

Wed 30th Father’s Day stall

Thur 31st Father’s Day

Fri 31st P/1 Sports Morning

Year 2 Sports Afternoon

SEPTEMBER

Sun 3rd Father’s Day

Mon4th – Thur 7th Parent Teacher Interviews

Wed 6th Maths Olympiad 5

Thur 7th Indigenous Literacy Day

Mon 11th School Musical

Wed 13th Get Set for Prep Morning

Thur 14th TYME

Fri 15th

Carnival of Flowers

Talk Like a Pirate Day & Dress Up

Last day Term 3