Principal's Report

Book Week Parade

Another fantastic Book Week parade on Monday- a kaleidoscope of colour as the tradition lives on with our annual parade which was a stunning collection of costumes and book characters.

Weekaway Camp – Grade 4

Last Wednesday 80 students, accompanied by 8 staff members, travelled to ‘Weekaway’ in Lancefield for a two-night camp. The weather was kind to us. There were a wide variety of challenging outdoor activities presented by the camp staff, such as hut building and canoeing. The students return as more resilient people, as they've had to cope with unfamiliar situations, including taking care of themselves and their belongings, and sleeping away from home. They will try new things, make new friends and really come out of their ‘shells’. I would like to acknowledge the staff who leave families to attend camp and ensure the successful camp experience for our students. The camp program cannot run without the dedicated staff support- thank you to Anju Mehta, Karen Hastie, Mitchell Clark, Michael Sacchetta, Megan Campbell, Marika Ferguson, Sue Hargrave, Sam Carter and Liz Barr (me) for attending.

Preparations are well underway for the grade 3 camp in a few weeks’ time. I know the students and staff are looking forward to our first grade 3 camp.

Foundation 2020 Transition sessions

It was wonderful to see so many preschool children at Rangeview enjoying lessons with our current foundation team. This is certainly a very helpful program to assist these children and their parents to become more comfortable and aware of the school surroundings. Special thanks to the Foundation team together with the student leaders who assisted with greeting and directing parents. The next transition session is on Tuesday, 27th August from 11:45 am to 12:45 pm.

Mental Health

A focus on mental health within our curriculum is vital – for the wellbeing of all students. We explicitly teach the Rights, Resilience and Respectful Relationships curriculum in every grade once a week. If you would like to learn more about this please go to: http://fuse.education.vic.gov.au/Resource/LandingPage?ObjectId=7327c6bf-696a-41c4-8fc3-3c45dccdc8bd