27 Churinga Ave., Mitcham 3132 phone: 9874 6381 www.rangeview.vic.edu.au rangeview.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au Issue 1 8th February 2017 From the Principal s Desk What a great start to 2017 we have had! On Tuesday, it was great to see students and families return to start the 2017 school year. This year we welcome 94 new Foundation students and 19 students from Level 1-6 to the school. Staff returned to work last Monday. I hope you have had a chance to enjoy the summer holidays. 2016 was a highly productive year and 2017 is looking to an equally exciting and productive school year. This year we have 2 more pupil free days in term 1 on Fri 10th March & Mon 20th March. We will be working on aspects of deep learning with other NPDL schools on March 10 th. Dyslexia will be the focus on Monday 20 th March. The spread of pupil free days is throughout the year, targeting different aspects of professional learning. The leadership team met on Wednesday 25 January, before staff returned, to look at the 2017 directions in teaching and learning reflected in the School Strategic Plan 2014-17 and the draft AIP (Annual Implementation Plan). There is one remaining pupil free day for 2017 after term 1, which is yet to confirmed. The first pupil free day was Monday, 30th January which allowed for AIP time, student wellbeing, start up processes in schools and team meetings, and classroom preparation for the start of the term. It was an invaluable learning time together and also allowed a smooth transition for new and returning students over Tuesday and Wednesday. JANUARY WORKS - The school was a busy place in January with a number of projects undertaken. The massive clean-up of the grounds and veggie patches needed to be done in readiness for the start of the year. The installation of the new level 3 portable was completed and then made ready for the first day. Student Leaders - At the Monday assembly this week, the 2017 School Captains, Joshua & Jessica led their first school assembly. They had worked on the first Rangeview News for the year with the Technician Leaders, Kim and Heydon and interviewing staff and students. This was shown at assembly and the 2017 student leaders were also presented with their badges by the local State Member for Ringwood, Dee Ryall MP. These students will meet as a team regularly to develop a greater understanding of the role and set their own personal goals. There will be further opportunities for other students to lead, such as the Newsletter Reporters or the eagerly awaited Foundation Buddies or on the sporting field as we look at the education of the whole child. FOUNDATION 2017 On Wednesday 1st February we hosted Cheers & Tears morning tea for Foundation parents and grandparents. This important milestone was celebrated by parents and gave them the opportunity to introduce themselves to other new families and ask any questions they still may have had. There certainly was more cheers than tears to celebrate the start of the year and the years ahead as members of our school community. Continued over page Wed 8th Thur 9th Mon 13th Wed 15th Thu 16th Diary Dates 2017 February RESPECT TEAMWORK RESPONSIBILITY LEARNING Student Leaders 2017 No Foundation students to attend for first 6 Wednesdays RCC Meeting 9.15am Assembly 2.50pm(every Mon) School Banking recommences Parent/Teacher-Getting To Know You Interviews. Fnd Classrooms Open 6-7pm 2018 Fnd School Tour 9.15am Chess Club starts (cost involved) District Swimming Carnival 2018 Fnd School Tour 9.15am Leaders GRIP Conference Fri 17th Mon 20th Tue 21st Fri 24th March Wed 1st esmart Parent session Thu 2nd Twilight Sports & Fnd Picnic Fri 3rd SEDA Clinic Mon 6th L2 Swimming Program begins Fri 10th Pupil Free Day Mon 13th Labour Day Holiday Tue 14th SchoolPix School Photos Thu 16th House Cross Country Mon 20th Pupil Free Day Tue 21st L 1 Swimming begins Fri 24th SEDA Clinic Sun 26th School Working Bee Mon 27th L1 Swimming continues Tue 28th Harmony Day Fri 31st SEDA Clinic / Last Day Term 1-2.30pm dismissal
Principal s Repots continued Reminder: Due to individual testing, foundation students don t attend school on the following dates: Wednesday 8th, 15th, 22nd February & Wednesday 1st, 8th & 15th March. Parent Teacher Interviews: The Getting to Know You Interviews will be held during next week starting Thursday, 16th February from 3.40 to 7.30pm (7.20pm last interview time slot) with a 30 minute dinner break. Wednesday 15 th February is the early finish at 5pm. Families are required to book interviews online through the schools online system, Sentral Parent Portal. Information will be sent home with times and access information. New families to Rangeview will receive their unique access number to log onto the Sentral Parent Portal. Getting to Know You Interviews are valued by parents, students and teachers. If you do not have Internet access at home, please ring the school office on 9874 6381 for alternative arrangements to be made. Foundation Families - Please note: there will be no Foundation interviews due to the interviews undertaken earlier in the year but an Open Rooms will be held in the 5 Foundation rooms on Thursday 16 February between 6.00pm and 7.00pm at which time you are most welcome to attend. TWLIGHT SPORTS EVENING and Foundation Families Picnic in previous years we have run the twilight sports evening during first term. Save the date: Thursday, 2 March. More information will start to come home over the next few weeks. If you wish to help please contact the office or use the signup link for helpers on page 3 of this newsletter. Car park - Please be aware of the various parking restrictions around the school. The local council do enforce restrictions with infringement notices. The school car park off Churinga Ave., is for staff only, except for Out of School Hours Care usage (& 2 Disabled spots). Parent Class Representatives renamed CLASS AMBASSADORS - In recent years we introduced the Class Representative scheme for Rangeview Primary School. If you are interested in supporting your child s classroom teacher, please complete the form in this newsletter and return it to the office by Friday, 10th February 2017 or use the helpers link.. RCC Meeting this Thursday at 9.15am - Invitation over the page. Congratulations - to Mr Ryan Evans & Ali and Mrs Melissa O Brien & Steve on the safe and happy arrival of their daughters, Charlotte & Isobel (respectively). Wonderful news! Mrs Liz Barr - Principal Level 6 Camp - Monday, 5th June - Friday, 9th June L5/6 Production - Possible Dates 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 9th, 10th, 11th August (to be advised shortly) Welcome back to an exciting term of Music! Junior and Senior Choir Changes to Enrolments A notice was sent home last week for Level 2 6 students interested in joining the Junior, Senior choir and band. Students needed to fill out an application form and hand it to the office by Wednesday, 8th February. Please be aware that due to overwhelming interest in joining both the Senior Choir and Junior Choir last year, there are some changes to the structure of these ensembles: Junior Choir will now take Level 2 and 3 students (with Miss Hubbard) Senior Choir will now take Level 4, 5 and 6 students (with Mrs Melitsis) For Level 1 students interested in joining choir, there will be opportunities later in the year to come along to some rehearsals and experience what it s like to be in a choir! This year, Junior and Senior Choir will be accepting a maximum of forty-five students. This is to ensure students are getting the most out of rehearsal and performance experiences, as well as continuing to establish high quality choral performances. After the process is complete, any students who have missed out will be placed on a waiting list. You will be contacted if an available spot becomes free. Weekly rehearsals will commence in Week 3 of this term. Senior Choir will begin on Monday 13 th February from 8.15am in the Music room. Junior Choir will begin on Tuesday 14 th February from 8.15am in the Music room. Band will begin on Wednesday 15 th February from 8.00am in the Music room. If your child/ren would like to join any of these groups, it is important to remind them that this is a yearly commitment and that it is important to attend rehearsals every week on time. Instrumental Lessons Instrumental lessons will commence in Week 3 (week beginning 13 February). We are very lucky to have a fantastic 2 nd hand Bernstein piano, located in the Resource room for piano lessons! Instrumental lessons are available to students from Level 1 to 6. You can request to have a lesson during school time or after hours. We offer woodwind, brass, strings, drums and piano lessons. Creative Music is our keyboard and guitar provider. If you require more information about how to enroll in Instrumental lessons, please obtain a flyer from the office or speak to Mrs Melitsis. Junior Choir Auditions - Dear Potential Junior Choir Students (Level 2-3 only) Thank you for your interest to join the Junior Choir this year. Due to an overwhelming response, the fairest way to choose participants is to hold an audition. These auditions will take place this Thursday lunchtime at 1.10pm in the Music room. The auditions will be in a whole group and will be a fun and simple group activity. Students will be notified of the outcome as soon as possible, if they are to begin Junior Choir on Tuesday, 14 th February. Thanks for supporting the Junior Choir and the Music program at Rangeview Primary School - Mrs K Melitsis (Performing Arts/Instrumental Coordinator Senior Choir/band leader) and Miss M Hubbard (Foundation teacher Junior Choir leader)
Rangeview Community Committee 2017 Please join the School Council President, Mr Lloyd Lazaro and Principal, Mrs Liz Barr to hear about the exciting new Rangeview Community Committee direction for 2017. On: Thursday, 9th February 9.15am Staffroom, Rangeview Primary School Everyone most welcome to attend! The RCC is initiating new ideas to enable a fair and even distribution of volunteers across the whole school. We plan on changing things up a bit this year, and are asking for Class Ambassadors (previously Class Reps) across the levels to combine as a level to create and/or support an event. Sign up link Please use this link to sign up to continue to help, or start the 2017 with a bang! www.volunteersignup.org/dl9t9 If you have any ideas you would like to add please feel free to contact the school on: rangeview.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au or ring the office on 9874 6381. ----------- ----------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------- CLASS AMBASSADORS FOR 2017 Please complete and return this to the School Office by Friday, 10th February, 2017. I would like to be considered for the role of:- Classroom Ambassador/s for class:-...... Child s Name:. Parent Name:-... Parent\Guardian Date:-....
Student of the Week - Monday, 13th February 2017 Fnd B Ella For showing great confidence and initiative in the classroom in your first week at school. You have been a kind and caring friend towards some of our class members when they have been feeling upset. Thank you, Ella. You are a Foundation Star! Fnd C Rowan For showing great responsibility and leadership skills during Fnd C s first whole school assembly. You were a great leader and role model for our class. Keep up the amazing work Rowan. You are a superstar! Fnd H Joel For a fabulous start to Foundation, Joel is a kind student who has worked hard to follow the school routines and make lots of new friends. Well done Joel! Fnd K Chris For showing great thinking of how to be a friendly and responsible Fnd K member. You shared the dice around to make sure everyone had a turn in our game. You are already a great class member Chris! Fnd N All of FN For a great start to the beginning of school life. Fantastic listening. You are all stars. L 1/2 H All of 1/2H For becoming great classroom citizens who are learning together as a team. L 1 DG Amelia For making a wonderful start to the school year. You are already demonstrating the school values of Respect & Responsibility by being a good listeners and trying your best. Well done! L 1G All of 1G For making a fantastic start in Level 1. You have all helped each other and shown great teamwork. I m looking forward to a fantastic year together. L 1M All of 1M For a wonderful start to the year. You have all worked well as a team and shown all the school values. Well done! L 2K Roxie For showing great perseverance and determination with your story writing. A terrific effort Roxie. L 2T Will H For your fantastic presentation about your holiday. It looked like you had a terrific break from school! Well done Will. L 4WS William Thank you for organising the laptops in the yellow trolley, William. You listened carefully to the instructions you were given and carried out the task efficiently. L 5W Nicola For demonstrating outstanding teamwork and responsibility when supporting Level 1 students during our first buddies session. L 6M Luna For assisting some new Foundation students by translating English to Mandarin and helping to make them feel happy on their first day of school. Fantastic Luna! 6M Michelle For helping some of the new Foundation students to feel safe and happy on their first day of school by translating English to Mandarin. Thank you Michelle! Students from 3-6 heard from Len Mason from the NRL, together with Cameron Smith, captain for Melbourne Storm and Australia and Melbourne Storm player Tahu Harris speaking about 2 main values that promote a respectful and successful team - belonging and celebrating differences. It was a great presentation that fits Rangeview as we build learning communities within classes and focus on relationships and belonging.
Animal Duty ROSTER A HUGE thank you to everyone who helped with the animals during the school holidays! Term 1 - Families on Duty: For the weekend 11th February the Roe Family are on duty For the weekend 18th February the Ragg Family are on duty For the weekend 25th February the Woodland (Goddard) Family are on duty Term 1 - Class on Duty: 30th Jan to 10th Feb - 3J (Mrs Joyce) class on duty 13th Feb to 24th Feb - 3K (Mrs Bell) If anyone has time to volunteer for the dates: 14-17th April (Easter break) to look after the animals that would be greatly appreciated!!! Please contact Mrs Joyce or the office on 9874 6381. Beth Joyce (3J ) Animal Welfare Co-ordinator Term Dates 2017 Term 1: 30 Jan to 31 March Term 2: 18 April to 30 June Term 3: 17 July to 22 Sept Term 4: 9 Oct to 22 Dec The first day of Term 1 is a student-free day in all government schools to allow for appropriate planning to take place for the arrival of students. Each year government schools are provided with four student-free days for professional development, school planning and administration, curriculum development, and student assessment and reporting purposes. The remaining three student-free days are determined by each individual school and advised throughout the year. READING EGGS/READING EGGSPRESSS Rangeview subscribes to Reading Eggs/Reading Eggspress which promotes literacy development. Students have home access. Teachers are in the process of reallocating students on the website. During this time you will not have access. Class teachers will send home your child s log in details shortly. Marita Horvath - Literacy Coordinator
SCHOOL BANKING 2017 Resumes - Wed, 15th Feb Rangeview Primary School participates in the Commonwealth Bank School Banking program to help children develop essential saving skills and to raise funds for our school. We are pleased to offer School Banking for students at Rangeview Primary School, however, we have decided not to participate in the School Banking Rewards Program. We are happy to continue School Banking in the traditional way by encouraging our children to create regular saving habits. School Banking accounts can be opened on-line: commbank.com.au/schoolbanking and click on the link to open a Youthsaver account. Or In Branch: Visit a Commonwealth Bank branch with identification for yourself and your child, like a driver s licence and birth certificate. School Banking day is every Wednesday before 9.30am. **Please disregard any correspondence relating to the Rewards Program you may receive from the Bank. Then.. Prep 2011 Now Level 6 2017
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