The View

Wellbeing & Engagement 

It has been an eventful two weeks since the last newsletter and the Rangeview students have continued to settle back into their classrooms and their friendships very well. The Count us In Celebration Day last Thursday was a wonderful example of grades working together to celebrate music and Australian diversity. Celebrated author Morris Gleitzman spoke through WebEx to our senior students and Level 4 experienced a virtual excursion to Polly Woodside. I am constantly surprised by the flexibility and resilience of our students to embrace new modes of learning with interest and enthusiasm.

 

COVID19 Safety Management Plan

All schools are operating under a COVID-19 Safety Management Plan (COVIDSafe Plan) which has been developed by the Department of Education based on advice issued by the Victorian Chief Health officer. 

 

The plan covers four key areas of risk; 

  • Infectious disease (infection prevention and control)
  • Working alone, in isolation or from home
  • Occupational violence and aggression
  • Mental health and wellbeing

 

The plan covers a vast range of risk management controls including but not limited to; maintaining health hygiene, effective use of PPE, social distancing, school wide cleaning & access to cleaning supplies, use of shared equipment, required signage, limitations around visitors to school grounds, use of outdoor spaces, the creation of workforce bubbles, management of suspected cases of COVID19, management of confirmed cases of COVID19, staff working from home supports and risk assessments, staff mental health and wellbeing supports and occupational violence and aggression supports. 

 

I would like to take this opportunity to thank every member of the Rangeview staff for their continued efforts to support our students throughout this year. We are also very grateful to the school community for your constant support. 

 

RRRR

Our Rights, Resilience and Respectful Relationships student leaders – Nyah Eadon and Diba Shokoohi – have written a piece for this newsletter and have been out in the playground taking photos of our students playing together. 

 

At Rangeview, we have been learning about gender norms in our R.R.R.R lessons. We have been exploring the importance of gender equality and the rights of everyone. Rights, Resilience and Respectful Relationships is a fun topic because it promotes and models positive attitude and behaviours. It is an important subject to students because it opens people’s minds about mental health. The students at Rangeview value gender equality in the yard and in the classrooms as you can see in the pictures below. It is awesome to see students respecting and being kind to each other. Nyah & Diba

 

 

Public Speaking Competition

Congratulations to one of our senior students – Ananya Seth. Ananya has won the 2020 Speaking for the Planet program with her speech ‘I Am Water’  Well done Ananya! 

 

 

Community Engagement Workshops - Whitehorse City Council Want to Hear From You!

 

Whitehorse City Council is developing a new Community Engagement Policy. Our Community Engagement Policy is council’s commitment to provide our community opportunities to help shape projects, strategies, services and decisions that affect you.

 

We would love to hear your thoughts about how we can better work together into the future and as part of this, we will be running online workshops in November to help us better understand community and stakeholder views about how Council undertakes community consultation and engagement, and how you want to participate.

 

These workshops will help us prioritise what is most important for community consultation in Whitehorse. 

 

Who should attend?

Anyone who lives, pays rates, works, plays, studies or has another connection with Whitehorse. We are interested in hearing from all community and stakeholders, regardless of whether you have or have not taken part in community consultation before .

 

To register: 

To register for one of two sessions please follow the below links: 

 

Celebrate NAIDOC Week 2020 by joining online event, Yarn with Nikki.

 

headspace Hawthorn are pleased to announce another NAIDOC Week collaboration with our friends at the Swinburne University Moondani Toombadool Centre. 

 

Nikki Madgwick is a proud Worimi-Biripi woman who lives and works on beautiful Wurundjeri Country. Nikki is a Community Engagement Worker at a local Aboriginal Health Service. In her spare time, Nikki writes and performs spoken work poetry. 

 

Hear from Nikki about her connection to culture, the creative process of writing poems and how we as a community can strive for reconciliation. 

 

When: Thursday 12th November 2-3pm 

Register: https://bit.ly/35DlieB

Autism and Teens - Free Online Webinars – Communication and social skills for teens

 

Keeping the communication lines open

 

  • Date: Tuesday 10th November, 2020
  • Time: 7:00pm – 8:30pm (Zoom Webinar)
  • Speaker: Stephanie Crawford, Speech Pathologist
  • Flyer attached

 

Social skills building in the teenage years

 

  • Date: Tuesday 17th November, 2020
  • Time: 7:00pm – 8:30pm (Zoom Webinar)
  • Speaker: Dr Louise Ford, Psychologist
  • Flyer attached

 

Contact: zara.ariarta@knox.vic.gov.au or call 9298 8000