Principal's Report 

We are approaching the end of the term and Rangeview is living up to form and we are finishing with a bang! Over the last fortnight we have had Level 3/4 Hoop Time, Level 4 La Trobe Wetlands Excursion, Level 5/6 Library Incursion, the State Netball Finals, our Father's Day Stall, an Interschool Sports Day, an Orchestra Workshop with Vermont Primary School & Salvation Army Performance, Level 5/6 Life Education and Maths Olympiad, German Poetry Regional Finals, Level 1 Grandparents Day, and our Principal team attended the Riversdale Principal Network Day. This weekend we have the Term 3 Working Bee and The Rangeview Lego Masters Event, and next week we will have Level 2 Hoop Time and finish the Term with our Annual Billy Cart and Footy Colours Day! 

Orchestra Workshop

On Tuesday September 5th Rangeview hosted a group of students from Vermont Primary School together with some Vermont Secondary School students, for an Orchestra Workshop. The three schools worked together led by both our fabulous music teacher - Ms Campbell, and the VPS staff Travis Fraser, Ryan Condon, Al Straughan and Cyara Pittas. We extend our thanks to the amazing teaching team. We also had Sally and Jess from the Australian School of Performing Arts for the morning session to work with the students. we are grateful for their expertise and support. 

The students had a very productive learning session and then the day culminated in a special assembly for almost the whole school. We extend our congratulations and thanks to Ms Campbell for running such a successful event and to all of the students who participated. 

Riversdale Network Principal Day

Liam Kate and I attended the Riversdale Principal Network Day on Thursday this week and the Keynote speaker was Chris Varney the founder of the I Can Network https://icannetwork.online/about-i-can-network/   Chris was a 2018 Victorian Australian of the Year Finalist and recipient of the 2017 Supreme Court of Victoria’s Best Achievement in Human Rights Award.

Now in it's seventh year, I CAN Network’s knowledge of Autistic young people, schools and mentoring practice has enabled them to achieve widespread influence across the landscape of children’s rights and inclusive education and employment. I CAN Ltd is an ongoing member of the Victorian Government’s Autism Education Advisory Group and Autism Plan Advisory Group, the Australian Association for Special Education, the Child Rights NGO Taskforce and the Australian Autism Alliance.

In the past year alone, I CAN Network has mentored more than 2000 Autistic kids, teenagers and young adults. Since our inception in 2013, I CAN Network currently employees 99 people Australia-wide, 74 proudly Autistic. 

The attending Principal's were all very impressed with the work and approach of the I Can Network which is around connectedness, optimism, belonging and confidence. 

Billy Cart Day

On Friday of next week we will again hold the Annual Rangeview Billy Cart Day. We encourage students to come to school in Footy Colours (or the colours of their sporting team) and join in the fun of Billy Cart Day. Students must have pre-registered to race and must wear a helmet. 

There will be a Noel Jones Mitcham Coffee Cart for staff & parents to start the day and then pre-ordered toasted cheese sandwiches for students.  We look forward to this being an amazing day for our Rangeview Community. Come along to the grassphalt from 900am and watch the fun! 

Working Bee 

This Sunday 10th September from 9 - 12am we will be holding the Term 3 Working Bee. Please come along if you can spare an hour or two and help us keep our school beautiful and the playgrounds well supplied with softfall. We will finish the morning with a sausage sizzle to thank our hungry workers. 

Rangeview Lego Masters Event

Following our Working Bee we will be holding the Fathering Project's Rangeview Lego Masters Event. From 1pm - 5pm this fabulous event will see family teams pitted against each other in a challenge of creativity! Proudly sup[ported by Bricklum and Bricks 4 kidz, this will be a Lego-tacular event - registration details are below. See you there. 

Professional Practice Day (PPD) – 6th November

There is a Department of Education requirement that all teaching staff have two Professional Practice Days per annum to complete marking, planning, classroom preparation, professional learning or administration. One of these days is covered by CRT replacement and one is a whole school common day which is Pupil Free. We will be running this the day on the Monday prior to the Melbourne Cup public holiday – Monday 6th November. 

End of Term

Reminding our families that the term concludes on Friday 15th September at 2.30pm. We hope all of our families have a wonderful, safe and happy school holiday break and we look forward to welcoming the students back for Term 4 on Monday 2nd October. 

 

Marika Ferguson

Principal