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Diary Dates 2015

July Wed 22nd Fnd-Cybersafety Incursion Tue 28th ICAS English Wed 29th School Council Fri 31st 100 Days of School

August

Sat 1st Aug RCC Trivia Night

Wed 5th School nurse visit-Fnd Mon 10th Prod-Performance in hall Tue 11th ICAS Maths Wed 12th L4 Camp starts Fnd-Fireman visit Prod-Performance in hall Fri 14th L3 Cranbourne Gds Exc. L4 Camp returns Tue 19th Fnd 2016 Transition Sess.1 11.45-12.45 L5&6 Production-VSC Wed 20th Fnd-Fireman visit Tue 25th Pirates of the Curry Bean Wed 26th Pirates of the Curry Bean Fri 28th Summer Interschool Sport

September

Tue 1st Fnd 2016 Transition Sess.2 11.45-12.45 Wed 2nd Father’s Day Stall Fri 4th Found-Grandparents Day District Athletics Mon 7th L3 Fdn Swimming

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Issue No. 21 22nd July 2015

Parent Opinion Survey 85 of our families were randomly selected through our Cases program to receive a Parent OpinionSurvey form on Wednesday, 22nd July. This survey is conducted each year in all schools throughout Victoria to determine how best schools can support their students. If you are a recipient, please fill out this survey as soon as you get it and return it to the school office. The envelopes are sealed and go straight through to the Department of Education. All forms MUST be returned by Friday, 31st July.

Survey Monkey Thank you to all the families who responded to the survey regarding the new student reporting format as we had 132 responses from all levels throughout the school. There were 5 questions about the student reports and the newly introduced Self Assessment by the students. A number of changes will have been evident in the reports and the feedback from the survey has indicated that parents have found this information about their child’s attitudes, behaviour, effort and achievements valuable. One major change was the separation of effort and behaviour in the classroom from the specialist areas. The introduction of student Self Assessment, where students are asked to reflect on their learning to be included in the for-mal report and shared with parents and guardians, has also had a favourable response. Some parents have noted that their child is harder on themselves than their teacher, whilst others have commented on the correlation in the report to the areas for improvement, from the student and teacher’s perspectives. Below are the questions and responses: Q2 The new report format clearly conveys my child’s progress and achievements .

Strongly Agree -31 (23%) Agree - 88 (67%) Disagree - 10 (8%) Strongly Disagree - 1 (.8%)

Q3 Behaviour and Effort has been assessed across the curriculum areas and the specialist areas. I have found this assessment information useful.

Strongly Agree - 43 (32%) Agree - 79 (60%) Disagree - 7 (5.3%) Strongly Disagree - 2 (1.5%)

Q4 Self- Assessment by the student. Did you find this useful?

Strongly Agree - 39 (29%) Agree - 72 (54.9%) Disagree - 18 (13) Strongly Disagree - 2(1.5%)

Q5 Self- Assessment – covered how my child thinks they are going with their learning and how they behave and interact with others.

Strongly Agree - 29 (22%) Agree - 82 (62%) Disagree - 19 (14.6%) Strongly Disagree - 1 (.7%)

Q6 Personal and Social Development has been as-sessed in line with our school values. This was helpful.

Strongly Agree - 31 (23.6%) Agree - 91 (69.4%) Disagree - 8 (6.1%) Strongly Disagree - 1 (.7%)

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From the Principal’s Desk

Principal’s Report Continued

Lost Property Reminder If you or your child are missing clothing, hair accessories, containers or toys, please head to the Lost Property tubs. Sample photos of the lost property can be found on the Rangeview Facebook page.

Education State Consultation On Friday, 10th June 2015 the Premier, Deputy Premier and Ministers Mikakos and Herbert released two consultation papers outlining the government’s vision for the Education State and the associated consultation processes. These two consultation papers will guide discussions across the community and with government: one provides a general overview; the other is more targeted to schools. Principals are encouraged to promote the opportunities for consultation with their school community, including school council, staff, parents and students as appropriate. This may include: Items in school newsletters directing individual parents to the opportunity to provide direct feedback through the Education State website. Principals use part of school council or staff meetings to obtain parent and teacher feedback. The consultation timeline is short with the formal process concluding at 4.00p.m, Friday 31 July 2015. In line with this consultation opportunity, I have met with the Monash Wa-verley Principal network, with representation of secondary, special and primary schools to answer questions about the future of education in Vic-toria and how to build the leadership, teacher capacity and ensure quality education system that meets the needs of all students. These responses have submitted to the Department of Education. Our School Council and parent groups will also have an opportunity to participate in this review process during the July meetings.

Focus on schools

The future world of work and life is changing, and our schools face an increasingly complex and demanding set of challenges in preparing stu-dents for the workplaces of the future. Our school system must equip every student with the knowledge, skills and attitudes that will see them thrive in their world, regardless of where they start out, the path they pursue or how the world might change around them. We want to hear your ideas and aspirations for the Victorian school sys-tem, and how we can make sure our schools are providing the very best education for our children and young people. The Victorian Government’s Schools Consultation Paper is designed to start the discussion – we invite you to read the paper and have your say on how we can make Victoria the Education State. The Victorian Government has appointed former Premier, the Hon Steve Bracks AC, to conduct the Schools Funding Review, which will examine future funding arrangements for schooling in Victoria for the period be-yond 2017. To participate in this review, visit the Schools Funding Review consulta-tion site.

Enrolment reminder Planning is well underway for Foundation in 2016. 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 by the end of this week, thank you.

Mrs Liz Barr Principal

Pirates of the Curry Bean - L5 & 6 Production Production Tickets -Notices regarding the purchase of tickets will be sent home on: For Level 5 & 6 & Foundation families- Wednesday, 22nd July For L1 to L4 families - Wednesday, 29th July All students in L1 to L4 will be able to enjoy this production as they will be able to attend a special performance at school, before the evening ones. A $2 charge will be included on the T3 Activities Planner for this event. It is going to be a fantastic production and I cannot wait to see it performed on stage!

Wow, what a great bunch of pirates around the school. Students dressed up for the Dress as a Pirate Day last term and are getting very excited about the upcoming School Production.

Student of the Week - Monday, 27th July F B Amelia For your fabulous effort with your reading and writing. You are increasing your knowledge of the M100 words and you are using this

knowledge in your reading. You are also trying very hard to hear the sounds in words and write these in your stories. Well done, Amelia! You are a star!

F D Naomi For the fantastic writing you did about the Sleeping Beauty Puppet Show. You used your own ideas and some very interesting words to describe characters and the things that you liked about the show. Well done Naomi you are a star!

F G Sam For your fabulous effort with your reading. Your sounding out is amazing and you are using the picture to help you. Keep up the ex-cellent work!

F H Molly For demonstrating excellent teamwork and helping others with their learning. Molly brings enthusiasm to the classroom and is always kind and thoughtful. You’re a superstar!!!

F N Xavier For trying his best to complete all work in set time frames. Great focussing quickly on the task Xavier. Well done!

1G Oliver For being a caring, reliable, supportive and forgiving friend. For providing a role model of good behaviour and showing perseverance and resilience in the playground. Oliver you should be really proud of your achievements.

1 H Sascha For careful maths work on her iPad. You did a good job showing halves of a group Sascha.

1 L Gus For showing great character in the manner he chooses to interact with others. Gus can always be relied upon to treat people with respect and consideration. Well done Gus!

1 M Mikayla For working so hard to improve your reading and writing. You always try your best and have a go even when the task is difficult for you. Keep up the great work, Mikayla!

2 M Paige For her extra handwriting work, for her amazing organisation skills and for her willingness to help others at all times. Keep up the great work Paige!

2D Joanne For writing a fabulous recount about your holiday. It was full of interesting sentences and had lots of great details. Keep up the wonderful work, Joanne!

3L Ellie For always doing lovely handwriting in our handwriting book. You have a fast and neat handwriting style. Keep up the great work Ellie.

3/4S

Kade Eva & Priya

You responded very positively to help you were given to improve a story you wrote. You added detail to create images in your reader’s mind and chose good words like ‘suddenly’ instead of ‘then’. You worked collaboratively with your partner on your aboriginal project, quietly talking and sharing the tasks you were doing. Because you stayed focussed, you are close to completing what is expected. Well done!

4A Chelsea Lilly

You embrace extra opportunities to work with class helpers, the teacher and to also complete tasks outside of school. Your attitude shows motivation, dedication and appreciation for anyone that helps you in your learning journey and these character traits make you highly employable!! For considering your passion for writing stories and how you can improve your writer’s skill set through a term long plan. You used peer and teacher feedback as examples to illustrate WHY you should set your SMART goal around editing skills. I look forward to seeing how your plan works out over the coming weeks!

4H Kim For her valuable contributions to class discussions. Keep it up Kim!

5 M Markus For doing detailed research about the Australian Coat of Arms using class time efficiently. You showed great focus and determination and completed this task to an excellent standard. Well done!

5 E Ginger For her willingness and desire to be helpful and useful in all aspects of the class. From helping other teachers do the roll to or-ganising the classroom and constantly looking for ways to extend herself in her work, you're always trying to get the most out of school. You're an asset to the grade.

5 W Zac Naveen Lajeen

For writing an outstanding and informative reflective diary about your production experiences so far using Book Creator. Well done!

For demonstrating creative writing and presentations skills when writing an acrostic story about 'Monkeys' as inspired by Pirates of the Curry Bean. Great effort.

For completing an outstanding reading assignment based on the novel Paper Towns, including a concise yet informative book summary. Fantastic effort!

6 K Marli Isabella

For wonderful writing about Peter Pan . You engaged the reader and used great imagination. Well done!!

6M Josh J For being an exceptional Foundation buddy to Josh and for helping Paddy as well when his buddy was away. Your are a wonderful role model Josh!

Mr Evans is looking for an old BMX (or similar) wheel. It doesn't matter if it's a little bent or buckled, but it still needs to move rea-sonably freely. The plan is to use it as the rudder/steering wheel on one of our sailing ships for the production, so it will be modi-fied. The perfect donor would be a buckled rim from a cheap bike that you don't mind not getting back, as the tyre will be re-moved and the rim likely drilled. Please contact Mr Evans directly before bringing it in, as he doesn't want to have to organise a hard rubbish collection for the other 134 wheels that get brought in by our wonderfully helpful Rangeview community!

Thank you! Mr Evans

This week’s theme is Olden Days so we will be learning how to play lots of games like marbles, quoits, hopscotch and many more. Some people may have already noticed the signs up about our community project. This term we will be collecting used children’s goods for ‘St Kilda Mums’

Shelter. The items that we are collecting are art and craft materials, books, CD/ DVD’s and toys (no soft toys), games and puzzles. Please bring them to the OSHClub office between 7am-9am and 3pm-6pm and ensure that the items being donated are in good work-ing order. Please no large items as we don’t have the space to transport them. Thank-you

Reminder: Lately, we have noticed that some iPads aren’t being put in the OSHC office for safe keeping during Before School Care and After School Care. Parents can you please remind students to do this so that they are kept safe.

OSHClub Program phone: 0428 882 764 Coordinator: Hannah Ambrose Assistants: Chloe Tomkins, Zac Parr, Randy Senn, Penny Low, Stephanie Burns and Stephanie Porteous

OSHClub Head Office: 03 8564 9000 All families must be enrolled to attend the program, remember the enrolment process is free!! 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 direct at the program.

Yee-Haw! - Only 10 days to go until Rangeview Trivia Night

Don't forget to book your tickets (link available on school website) by Friday, 31st July. Some of the prizes and silent auction items available on the night include: movie tickets, bike shop voucher, gym memberships, coffee vouchers, a tree, butchers voucher, bread vouchers, Foundation canvas, Grade 6 art canvas and many many more! Bring your partners, your mates, your dancing feet and your quiz minds. Please return all raffle tickets (including unsold) and money by NEXT WEDNESDAY 29th July. If you would like more tickets please collect from the office.

To book your ticket please go to:

www.trybooking.com/IAEW (Closes on Friday, 31st July 9.00am)

You can specify people you want to be on a table with on the trybooking site and/or by going to the tables lists located

opposite the RCC room (next to the library) or for Foundation classes there are lists on class lockers.

You are able to write your name(s) on the list and then pay online OR the RCC will write your table up when we receive

the payments. Thanks to those who have already paid and or written up their table selection.

Woolworths Earn & Learn is back! . Last year more than

14,500 schools and Early Learning Centres participated.

It's simple to participate. From Wednesday 15th July to

Tuesday 8th September 2015, when you shop at Woolworths

you can collect Woolworths Earn & Learn Stickers from the

checkout operator or through an online order and place them on a Woolworths Earn & Learn Sticker Sheet. There’ll be one

Woolworths Earn & Learn Sticker for every $10 spent (excluding liquor, tobacco, and gift cards). Once completed, simply place the

Sticker Sheet in the Collection Box, either at your local school or at your local Woolworths.

Woolworths Earn and Learn is back! Earn 1 sticker for ever $10 you spend at Woolworths. Stick them on a Woolworths Earn & Learn Sticker Sheet or stick them onto the Sticker sheet located near the general office/OSHC Club office.

All the proceeds go towards equipment for the Art and Physical Education!

For more information, go to www2.woolworthsonline.com.au and follow the prompts

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Scholastic Book Fair Helpers Name: ..............................................................................................Phone: .................. ...............................................

Child‘s name and Level (class): ............................................................................................. ............................

I can help on the following days after school from 3.30pm – 4.15pm:

Thursday 13th Aug ................................................................................ Friday 14th Aug................................................................................

Monday 17th Aug………………………………………………………….. Tuesday 18thAug.....................................................................

I can help with packing up the Book Fair Tuesday 18th 4.30 – 6pm ………………………………………………………….……….