NEWSLETTER

Issue 25 29th August 2017

Still Time to Have Your Say Thank you to the 29 families (53%) who have so far responded to the 2017 Parent Opinion Survey. This year due, to the online format, we have been able to invite 55 randomly selected families to participate. Last year we had 36 out of the 44 surveys returned (81.823%) and it would be great if we could improve on that response rate this year. Your unique family link to the survey was posted out 2 weeks ago. If you have misplaced your unique survey link please contact Michelle in the office to obtain it. The survey is conducted online by ORIMA Research and should take around 15 minutes to complete. The time to complete the survey has been extended until this Sunday the 3rd of September. Please be assured that your responses are completely confidential. The survey is conducted anonymously and it is important to us that you complete the survey as honestly as possible. Your comments in the final open-ended question will be provided back to the school.

Congratulations We have been fortunate enough to be able to translate Mr Steven Glover to an ongoing position with the school. Mr. Glover started with us in 2016 and has demonstrated his talent in building excellent relationships with students, staff and parents and effectively delivering high quality instruction in all of his classes and other duties.

NAPLAN Results The NAPLAN (National Assessment Program Numeracy Literacy) results for students in Years 3, 5, 7, and 9 were mailed out last week. The report shows your child’s level of achievement in a range of areas while also showing how their results compare with other Australian children of the same year level. Please remember that the NAPLAN reports show what your child achieved under test conditions on the designated testing days in May. NAPLAN results provide teachers with an additional piece of information to help them to plan the most appropriate programs and strategies for individual students and groups. As a staff we are extremely delighted with the overall growth in the students’ performance since the same students participated in the NAPLAN tests 2 years ago. Your child’s classroom teacher will be happy to discuss your

child’s NAPLAN report with you should you wish to arrange a convenient time to meet or talk on the phone. Please do not hesitate to contact the school if you have any questions regarding the NAPLAN testing program.

School Pride Building Project The concrete walkway has been completed outside rooms 1, 2 and 3 the painters have completed their work also in rooms 1, 2 and 3. We are still expecting to be able to move back into rooms 1, 2, and 3 before the end of this term.

School Council The next School Council Meeting will be Monday the 18th of September at 7:30pm.

Principal’s Report

Rainbow P-12 College 17 Albert Street

PO Box 223 Rainbow Vic 3424

P: 03 5395 1063 F: 03 5395 1192

E: rainbow.p12@edumail.vic.gov.au

CHANGE OF DATE

Parent teacher Interviews

will now be held on

Wednesday 6th September

Due to review commitments on the Monday

Junior School 2 to 5.30pm (in classrooms in Junior building)

Senior School 3.45-6.00pm (in hall)

Student progress reports will be going out in

the next few days The calendar is on page 2 this week……..

CALENDAR Term 3 August Meals on Wheels Wed 30 Father’s Day Stall 12 Aug-23 Sep China trip Fri 1 Sept Junior Cluster Athletics @ Rainbow Wed 6th Sept Parent teacher interviews Fri 8 Sept Footy colours casual day Mon 18 Sept School Council Mon 18-Fri 22 Year 10 Work Experience

Students of the week

Promoting good Mental Health and wellbeing in kids…. For this term the weekly wellbeing tip will include 10 tips to promote good mental health and wellbeing in kids... According to the Australian Psychological Society, one in seven children experience some type of mental health issue, with ADHD, anxiety and depression being the most common. Having good mental health doesn’t mean kids don’t experience difficulties or worries. Feeling worried, sad or fearful is normal. However, kids who are mentally healthy are equipped to hand many of life’s curve balls that come their way. They also don’t let their emotions overwhelm them. As a result they learn better and have more friends. As a parent, it’s helpful to reflect on the mental health habits that you promote in your children. Tip No. 7: Help them relax

Make sure your child has a hobby or activity that relaxes them. The ability to relax and get away

from the stresses of everyday life is essential. Some children who have real difficulty switching off

may benefit from practicing meditation or mindfulness, but most kids just need time to chill out so

they can relax naturally. We have been exploring and practicing mindfulness at school. The junior

students have been using ‘Mind Yeti’ and the senior students have been using ‘Smiling minds’.

These programs involve free apps so consider using either of these to help your child relax.

Senior school Bronte,

(Kayla from last week), Sophie,(absent Mikayla)

Junior school Ruby, Millie, Phoebe & Mitch

Carmel Small Professional Development Sessions for Writing Last Thursday and Friday, Carmel Small from Nelson Education, ran Professional Development sessions for teachers at Rainbow P-12 andthe Southern Mallee Cluster Schools about teaching children to write using different text types. On Thursday, Carmel worked with several classes to demonstrate to teachers how to best teach Recounts, Persuasive Texts and Information Reports. Teachers were briefed prior and then debriefed after the lessons so that they could gain a better understanding of her methodology. Carmel was very impressed with how the students cooperated and carried out their writing tasks. On Friday, Carmel spent the whole day working with teachers on the explicit teaching of writing and taking a “Whole School Approach” to writing. She pointed out the importance of linking reading with writing. The day was spent looking at good examples of different text types, a whole school Scope and Sequence for writing and how to cater for different ability groups in the classroom.

Parent information for Junior School Sports 1st September, 2017 Starting Time For the day parents need to have their children at the football oval at 9.15 sharp, or earlier if parents are helping with morning events/jobs. Bus travelers will be dropped off at the oval.

Uniform Our red, blue and white school shirt and black or dark coloured shorts or skirt. If it is cold we encourage the students to wear their school track suit over the top. All students will also need their school hat and suitable running shoes. Please note that all students must have their shoes on at all times.

Food They will need a drinker of water, play lunch and lunch if not purchasing from the parent club BBQ.

Cancellation If the sports have to be cancelled a message will be put over the radio on the Horsham 3WM station around 7.30 am on September 1st. If the sports are cancelled students are to come to school as normal. The backup day is Monday 4th September. At this stage all looks good.

Collecting students at the end of the day. Could parents please send a note by Thursday 31st August if they are going to take their child directly from the oval after the completion of the day. All other students will be returning to school and will be dismissed from there.

Programs Programs will be available at the administration table for $2 on the day.

Reminder for Photos at the Athletics Please take care when taking photos and remember that no photos should be taken of children, whether in the foreground or background, deliberately or accidentally, without their parents’ permission.

Parent Club BBQ & Catering Prices are as follows

Chicken steaks $4.50 Hamburgers $2.50

Sausages $2.00 Soup $2.50

Cakes & Slices $1.00 Tea & coffee $2.00

Soft drinks & water $2.50

Fathers Day Stall

Wednesday 30th August in the

Junior school

$5 limit per student

Parent helpers needed to start at 9am

SRC are selling Fried Rice on Thursdays and Fridays at

recess in the Multi purpose building for

the next few weeks. Cost $3.00 per bowl

Book Week This year, Book Week was celebrated with the senior students coming over to the Junior School to read their favourite books together with the younger students. It was wonderful to see the children so engaged in this activity and they enjoyed having the opportunity to share their books.

Cross- Age Tutoring In Mathematics This term the students in Miss Teasdale’s Year 7 Mathematics class have been preparing Mathematics games for the students in the Prep/1/2 classes. The older students have enjoyed working with the younger students and seeing their reaction to learning about Mathematics in a fun way. This certainly has been a win-win situation with both age groups benefitting from the activities.

Science Activities It has been wonderful to see our P-12 students working so well together. Recently the Year 7 & 8 Science students researched a number of Science experiments to demonstrate to the Junior School students. The children were put into groups and rotated around a variety of experiments such as- How Rain is made, How to shrink packets to make mini packages, making a rocket and many others. The senior students were very thorough with their preparation and presentation to the younger students. All students enjoyed their Science experiences and learnt a lot through these basic experiments.

PMP- Perceptual Motor Program During this term the Prep/1/2 students have been involved in a variety of motor exercises and activities to improve the stu-dents fine and gross motor skills in the PMP program. A number of stations are set up for the students to rotate around that are designed to specifically improve certain skills. The students are assessed on how they have managed these activities. Mrs Huff has been running the program with the assistance of Mrs Petschel.

Grades P/1/2 playing a number game

The maths class giving instructions for the games

Science activities in action

Memory test Hand eye co-ordination Balance PMP in action

Book Week reading

Vatican City

COUNTRY OF THE WEEK Each week in the junior school we will

pick a country out of a hat. Students will have a week to find out a fact about that country the facts will go into a box and one fact will be selected

each week to be pinned on our map board. Everyone that

enters a fun fact goes into the draw for a weekly prize.

STILL….

Canteen Roster Term 3 2017

August Tue 29 J. Thomas Wed 30 J. Fuller/N. Leach Thu 31 K. Kajewski

September Fri 1 E. Clarke/ N. Kruger Mon 4 D. Huff/ E. Staples Tues 5 D. Leggo/ P. Bennett Wed 6 C. Roll/ T. Gould Thu 7 S. Perkins Fri 8 S. George/K. Preston Mon 11 A. Sluggett Tues 12 J. Cocks/ R. Keller Wed 13 D. Camilleri Thu 14 K. Klemm/ K. McKenzie Fri 15 K. Weir/ C. Fisher Mon 18 G. O’Halloran Tues 19 R. Richards Wed 20 C. Cocks Thur 21 T. Tregenza/ S. Cocks Fri 22 T. Paech/ T. Bigham

Canteen Emergency List

Debbie Lowe 0488 115 973 Rebekah Richards 53226190 Cheryl Welch 5395 7250

Please note:

Canteen times are 12 noon—1.30pm. First named on the roster is to pick up the

goods from the Bow Bakery. Please remember to keep a check on the

roster to see when you are working

Shake Rattle and READ

Dates for Term 3…

September 12th

R U O K Day

Merchandise will be sold during the next

two weeks by

the SRC

Legacy Badges For sale at the

College (up until Sept 1st)

Badges from $2-$20

Pens $5 Wristbands $3

Keyrings $5 Teddy bears $15

(5 different types)