27 Churinga Ave., Mitcham 3132 phone: 9874 6381

www.rangeview.vic.edu.au rangeview.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au

25th July 2018

From the Principal’s Desk Reminder about Uniform Wearing the school uniform instils recognition that each student is an integral part of the school community and encourages pride in representing our school. It has been pleasing to notice that the vast majority of students have been wearing their correct school uniform. This has helped to: •Enhance and maintain a positive image of our school throughout the local community •Promote equality amongst all students •Allow all students to identify with our school community and feel a sense of pride in representing Rangeview Primary School •Promote consistency in the appearance of our students with a uniform that is easily recognisable during whole school and interschool excursions and events

At the first assembly I reminded students about the importance of the correct uniform. Our uniform is compulsory and I expect all students to be in full school uniform. Lost property is well managed by Rachel, one of our parents who ensures lost, named items get back to their owners. Please have all jumpers easily identifiable with legible names. Students need to provide a note if they are out of uniform. Non-school items including hoodies will be confiscated during the school day. Hair accessories should be in school colours only. I have noticed the Rangeview logo (new) on some uniforms is showing signs of wear. This is unacceptable and I do urge you to let our suppliers, Primary School Wear (PSW) know. I visited the PSW warehouse during the holidays showing them a comparison photo of the logos. They encourage you to let them know of this fault. You can check their address, phone number and trading hours on their website: www.psw.com.au.

Pupil Free Day in Term 3 Reminder for the pupil free day in term 3 on Wednesday, 29th August. We will be working with our 3 FISO schools – Park Orchards, Wonga Park and Mt Pleasant Road primary schools. OSHClub is available if your child require care (charge).

ICAS English Clash We note that next Tuesday, 31st July is the ICAS English testing. Should your child be unable to attend the testing due to the Level 4 Museum excursion or Level 6 Girls AFL Day, they will complete the testing the next day, Wednesday 1st August.

Parent Opinion Survey online The Parent Opinion Survey is completed annually by the Department of Education and Training and is conducted amongst a sample of randomly selected parents at every school in Victoria. Approximately 30% of parents have been invited to participate. All responses to the survey are anonymous. Invited participants have been sent an email on Monday that includes secure log-in information to access the sur-vey. The survey helps our school gain an understanding of how you view our school climate, student engagement and relationships. Our school will use the results to inform school planning and improvement strategies. It should take approx. 15 minutes to complete.

Enrolment reminder Planning is well underway for Foundation in 2019. Even if you have a child already attending Rangeview and a sibling is due to start Foundation next year, we request that you submit their enrolment form as soon as possible. Our first Foundation 2019 Transition session is in 2 weeks’ time i.e. Wednesday, 8th August. To assist with planning, we also request that if your child/children will NOT be returning to Rangeview next year (excluding L6 students) to please advise the office by email: rangeview.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au or in writing.

Absence Alerts All schools are required to inform families in a timely manner of a child’s absence. Please approve an absence through the Sental Parent Portal. Families will be sent an SMS informing them of their child’s unexplained absence.

Sport Congratulations to the Tee Ball and Mixed Netball teams. Both teams played well and the students enjoyed the opportunity to compete at this level showing a high level of sportsmanship. Well done and thank you to the coaching by Mr Evans and Mrs Natoli.

School Council meeting this Wednesday at 7pm in the staffroom.

First Aid Training for staff this Wednesday afternoon.

Open Afternoon in Maths – Families Invited Next Wednesday, 1st August classrooms will be open from 3.30pm - 4.30pm for a valuable opportunity to see Mathematics learning with your child or children.

Mrs Liz Barr - Principal

Diary Dates Term 3

Term 3-July Tue 24th RPF Sushi orders due Wed 25th Maths Olympiad School Council meeting 7pm Fri 27th RPF Sushi Day Lunchtime chess starts (Dark Horse) Sat 28th Mum’s Night Out—RPF Sun 29th RPF Vision Portraits Mon 30th Senior Lego L3-6 JUNIOR assembly L2 100 Days of School Tue 31st ICAS English L6 AFL Girls Day L4 Melbourne Museum excursion Author Leigh Hobbs inc.-levels 1-3

August Wed 1st ICAS English (those students who missed out on Tue 31st) Maths Afternoon 3.45pm Opera Australia incursion-whole school Fri 3rd National Principal’s Day Mon 6th Junior Lego club / SENIOR Assembly

* Times/dates may be subject to change

Student of the Week – JUNIOR assembly Monday, 30th July

eSmart Production—Whole School Incursion We had some exciting viewing last week with the Brainstorm Productions show of ‘Buddies’. Students had the opportunity to sit with their buddy during the show. They used their imagination and were engaged in themes around the importance of eSafety and friendship. Throughout the show, Lucy and Charlie faced real life problems, which they had to overcome and earn ‘Friendship Discs’ that restored the ring of friendship.

Fnd A

Thomas

Jurie

Maya

For the progress you have made in your writing. We enjoy reading your Sizzling Starts! Keep up the great work, Thomas!

For beginning to use Sizzling Starts in your writing. Your writing has improved so much! Well done, Jurie.

For the effort you put into your writing. You are becoming more confident at having a go sounding out words and remembering to include full stops. Well done, Maya!

Fnd B

Evie

Riley

For your excellent writing! Evie you are a Star Writer! I like the way you are using many M100 words in your writing and making an excellent effort to spell unknown words in your writing as well. A fabulous effort, Evie! Well done!

For your fabulous effort with your reading and writing. You have been working extremely hard to sound out unknown words in your writing and you have been learning many M100 words. Well done, Riley! You are a Foundation star!

Fnd C

Arya

Dana

For being a writing star! Arya, your writing has improved each day this term! You are using interesting words and creating great sizzling starts. Well done Arya.

Dana, you have been working so incredibly hard to improve your reading. You are challenging yourself to sound out tricky words and building your vocabulary. Well done Dana.

Fnd E

Jeremy

Sophia

Sienna

Shaivi

For trying hard to improve his pencil grip. Keep up the great work!

For using a loud voice for everyone to hear. Congratulations Sophia we love listening to you!

Excellent reading by sounding out letters to decode unknown words. Fantastic work!

For displaying resilience when starting at Rangeview P.S. Welcome Shaivi, we are glad you are joining F.E.

1/2D

Stella C.

For terrific persuasive writing ideas to convince the reader why dogs are valuable. You showed great thinking in your writing. Fantastic.

1/2 E

Archer Kyle

For making terrific improvements in his writing. Archer has been including lots of detail and writing in a clear way. Well done, Archer.

For making a very good effort at our swimming lessons. Kyle came every day and tried hard to learn the different strokes.

1 A

Josephine

Olivia For making a big effort to present very neat work. A great improvement Josephine!

For working very hard to improve her reading and writing, with fantastic results. Well done, Olivia!

1 B

Kiah Harry

For consistently being a good friend to others, supporting and encouraging his peers in times of need. Well done Kiah! For making a great effort with your writing, especially your punctuation-the Writing trait called Conventions.

1C Joel For being a reliable and focussed learner, who always tries to do his best. Very impressive.

2B

Marcus For working so hard on correct letter formation. Your writing is so neat and tidy! Well done Marcus!

July 25th July Avish Darcy 26th July Riley Jaymie 27th July Leilani 28th July Victoria 31st July Zach

August 2nd Aug Lily

Mitchell Ashleigh 3rd Aug Charli Suranjana Amelia 6th Aug Beau 7th Aug James Jake Ellie

Happy Birthday to the following Students Animal Duty ROSTER

Families on Duty : For the weekend 28th July, Family Temple/Watson

will be on duty

For the weekend 4th August, Family Barnes-Read will be on duty

Level’s on Duty: For the period: 16th to 27th July Level 5A (Ms Wilson) will be on duty

For the period: 30th July to 10th August Level 4C (Mrs Mehta) will be on duty

Beth Joyce (3A ) -Animal Welfare Co-ordinator

Notification of Student Absences All Victorian government schools are required to contact parents/carers on the same day of an unexplained student absence. If your child is absent on a particular day and you have not logged their absence on the Student Parent Portal, the absence will be marked as unexplained.

If your student has an unexplained absence, an SMS will be sent from the number +61439259227 on the same day. It is recommended that you change this number into a contact in your phone with a label to represent Rangeview Primary School Absence Notification. Do not reply to this number, as it does not receive returned messages or phone calls. The SMS will advise that your child has been marked as absent and will ask you to log onto the Sentral Parent Portal to explain the absence.

To explain the absence: Log on to the internet at: https://sentral.rangeview.vic.edu.au/portal

Use your current Student Parent Portal Login Name and Password (Please contact the office if you do not have your login and password)

Click on Portal Version 2 (top right hand corner of the page) If you page appears already in Portal Version 2, you can omit this step

4. Click on Absences in the side menu

5. Click Notify of an Absence

6. Select your child with the tick box

7. Click on the drop down arrow in the Type box and select the absence type

8. Select the Start Date for the absence

9. Select the End Date for the absence

10. Type a comment if required Click on Send Absences can still also be provided by phoning the school on 03 9874 6381 and dialing 1. Ms Kate McLeod - Assistant Principal

Library BLOG Click HERE to access the BLOG—and it will be live and current from now on the HOME Page of the school website: www.rangeview.vic.edu.au Any book reviews to add? Read about Rangeview’s upcoming author visit on Tuesday, 31st July, for students in Lev-els 1 to 3, where we welcome Leigh Hobbs to the school. Robyn Blythe & Kyla Petrilli

Order your Entertainment Book or your Digital membership online

at:www.entbook.com.au/1877g29 Or over the counter at Rangeview P.S. general office

ONYA Reusable Shopping Bags Thank you for supporting the environment and Rangeview Primary School. We hope you get lots of use out of your reusable bags!

Unfortunately, if you ordered a bread bag or some lunch wraps, due to unprecedented demand, delivery for these items has been delayed for a few weeks. We will send them home with your child as soon as they arrive.

Thank you for your patience and understanding,

Heather & Kiri On behalf of the Rangeview Parents & Friends

SORRY!!!! Proposed Disco date, Friday 3rd August has been POSTPONED

DATE CHANGE- Father’s Day Stall to Tuesday, 28th August

Book Club Orders for issue 5 are on by Wednesday, 1st August (midnight).

Please note that we only accept online orders through the Parent “LOOP”. Any questions please contact me (Tracy) at tbeckter1@bigpond.com.

Not only does the Book Club offer you some great prices on books, activities and stationary but every time you buy, the school benefits too. And, out of these benefits the teachers are able to enhance their learning and literacy programs. For example:

The Level 4’s purchased a book set to share between the classes and some new pencil tubs.

The library has added some beautiful coloured cushions-see photos opposite. The Parents and Friends have purchased a variety of books to use to acknowledge literacy achievements by our students (coming soon).

Reminder that the Vision Portraits are being taken in the Hall this Sunday, 29th July. A big thank you to Bec who has coordinated this event.

Last week at OSHClub We celebrated our theme 'Taste of the holidays". The children who came to the holiday program had a chance to share with their OSH friends what activities they did on the holidays. They brought in their art work that they made in the

holidays and their baby photos for "once upon a time " day. Children suggested that we make/ re-do some of the activities we did at holiday program, like slime, painting, making recycled art and play big group games like hockey, soccer and skittle ball.

What's on this week at OSHClub ? This week is 'shark week' so bring in your life jackets and snorkeling equipment to OSHClub!!. At OSH we had a group catch up where the children suggested ideas about what activates they wanted to do and what themes they wanted to do in term 3, so we came up with ideas for clubs which they would like to run in term 3.

Parents From the start of next week, Foundation students will not be picked up from their classes or dropped to class so please ensure you are reminding your child of this when they are coming to OSH. We will still give the teachers a list of the children who are attending OSH so they can also remind the children. Please know that OSHC loves recycled materials. If you have a large amount of recyclables feel free to bring them in. (we can only accept clean, hygienic materials that have NOT been associated with any 'nuts' or 'eggs') Thank you! Parent Information OSHClub Program phone: 0428 882 764 Operating Hours: BSC 7am-9am ~ ASC 3:30pm6pm Coordinator: Vidhisha S Assistants: Cory M & Emily K OSHClub Head Office: 1300 395 735 *Please note: All families must be enrolled online to attend the Program, remember it is FREE to enrol!! Please create an account online at www.oshclub.com.au All bookings and cancellations can also be managed via your online account. For ‘on the day’ bookings please contact the Coordinator directly at the Program.

MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY

BSC Dress up Quiet tent area 2 leg race Handball Race course

ASC Hang man Animal cos- Hop scotch Sharks craft Shark tiggy

Tee Ball & Netball Division Finals

The mixed netball team contested the Whitehorse Division Finals on Friday 20th July. Of three games, they were defeated by St Thomas, Blackburn and won their remaining 2 games.

The Rangeview community can be proud of the team members’ skill acquisition, ability to take direction, sportsmanship and support of each other on court.

All players should be proud of their performance in this Competition and we wish St Thomas good luck in their pursuit of back to back State Championship Titles.

Family Fun Maths Afternoon

Wednesday August 1st 3:45-4:45pm

We would like to invite all of our Rangeview families to attend a fun afternoon of Mathematics. This is a great

opportunity to see the kinds of games and activities that shape and develop your child’s Mathematics learning at Rangeview, including our Coding and STEM program.

The following rooms will be open and we encourage you to participate in games across all year levels:

Foundation - Room 7 and 9

Level 1 - Room 14

Level 2 - Portables

Level 3 and 4 - Room 5 & 6

Level 5 and 6 - Senior Hub

We look forward to a fantastic, fun afternoon. Hope to see you there!

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