NEWSLETTER

Issue 8 28th March, 2017

Fete was Great! Many thanks go to the hard working and dedicated Parents Club members who organised and led our recent annual school fete. The event was extremely well organised with a wide variety of stalls, attractions and foods to satisfy people of all ages.

Fantastic Opportunity We are currently frantically trying to secure an opportunity for the Year 9 students at our school to participate in the Victorian Young Leaders and the School for Student Leadership tour to China in term 3 this year. You may recall that one of our students Maddison Senecko participated in this program last year. The program IF conducted will consist of a one-week pre-departure program at one of the School for Student Leadership campuses in the first week of term 3, and a six-week in Country component in China. Students will attend our school as normal weeks 2 - 4 in term 3, and depart on 12 August and return on 23rd September. The program is an experiential-education based leadership program with a focus on Language (Mandarin) and Inter-cultural understanding. It will be conducted at the Utahloy International School, Guangzhou China. This is a large Co-Educational International School in semi-rural China. Expression of Interest notes were sent home with students in attendance yesterday and today. Our participation will rely on our school receiving enough student interest.

Valour Under Fire! I would like to recognise the bravery of one of our staff who courageously faced danger at the fete on Friday evening. Despite being well and truly out of her comfort zone Mrs. Moira Fulton volunteered to help the Year 9 Dreamchasers raise funds by going on the dunking machine. Thanks also go to our local police member Tony Clark, teachers Malcom Smith, Stephen Leach and students Xavier Oakley and Max McKenzie.

Term 1 Holidays The last day for Term 1 2017 is this Friday the 31st of March. Students will be dismissed at 2.30pm and school will resume on Tuesday the 18th of April. On behalf of the staff we hope you have an enjoyable holiday and if you are travelling be careful on the roads.

2016 Annual Report to the School Community School Council will present the 2016 Annual Report to the School Community at 7.30pm on Wednesday the 14th of June. The Annual Report is prepared to inform parents and the wider school community of the school’s successes, activities and achievements throughout the year. Please contact the College for a copy of our 2016 Annual Report, view it on the Skoolbag app or you are welcome to attend the presentation evening in June.

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

OUR SPACE

This Wednesday during Periods 3 & 4 (11:30- 1:10) the whole school (from P-12) will

be working on specific areas of the school in an endeavour to keep our school looking

in tip top condition.

Each year level group (P-2, 3/4, 5/6, 7/8, 9/10 & VCE) will have designated areas, both out in the

yard and specific class areas.

The purpose of this activity (which will hopefully happen at least once a term) is :

To keep the school looking neat and tidy

To develop a sense of ownership and pride in the school

To encourage team work and community spirit

At lunchtime the SRC will be putting on a free BBQ for the whole school to enjoy.

The “Our Space” activity fits into our curriculum in a number of ways:

At senior level students will use some of their homeroom time to plan out the activities for the session.

It fits into our Positive Education framework under the M of PERMA which refers to meaning which relates

to our effort to encourage students to get involved in community activities

It also fits into the new Victorian Curriculum civics and citizenship component of the Humanities course.

If you have some spare time during 11:30-1:10pm you are encouraged to come down and see our kids in action.

Colourful Clowns Veronica Huff & Joan Solly BBQ cooks Brett Fisher & Brad Weir

Wellbeing tip from Chan Fisher Don’t be too serious: Laugh at yourself and enjoy life.

Parents and Friends Committee—Thank you from Kate McKenzie. Sincere thanks to everyone who participated in our annual fete on Friday evening. Your support is truly appreciated. Also thank all the group leaders for co-ordinating their groups. A special thank you to all the teachers who were adventurous enough to sit on the dunking tank.

To launch our My Space school project we will be having a

Sausage Sizzle for students and staff tomorrow

Wednesday 29th March.

The canteen will be operating as normal.

Students of the week in the Junior school are Oscar Clarke, William Boyle, (front row)

Phoebe Bigham and Nekeisha Bastin (back row) No Senior awards this week

Attendance: Everyday matters

School attendance is mandated for all students over six years old and up until children turn seventeen. At Rainbow P-12 College we recognise the importance of regular attendance and being on time to start school each day. Parents are required to explain absences and this can be done by sending a written note or using our skoolbag app. You may be contacted by our attendance officer Leonie Clarke if no explanation has been given.

Uniform The majority of students have been in full school uniform. After the holidays the morning will be cooler and everyone is reminded that casual hoodies are not part of our uniform. Long sleeved polo tops are available from Mallee Magic to wear under the rugby tops for senior students and blue polar fleece jackets for junior school students Reading, Reading, Reading By now all students should be into the habit of reading regularly with an adult or independently. Teachers and parents have the opportunity to project and model the importance of reading onto students. Some interesting statistics about reading are as follows: Reading less than 1 minute a day will read 80000 words a year. 4.6 minutes will read 282.000 words a year and 20 mins will read 1.8million words a year. How can they ever catch up? Our role as teachers is to provide explicit reading strategies that children require to be successful readers. As parents/carers, your job is to give them the opportunity to practice these skills at home by reading regularly.

Ballarat Swimming from Nekeisha Bastin

On Friday 24th March I went to Ballarat for swimming in the 50 metre relay. It was a really long trip. We all had to dive off the blocks and the other swimmers were really fast but our group gave it a really good try. It was really fun because we got to marshal outside and we talked about that. It doesn’t matter what we came. We were really nervous and excited at the same time. We also recorded a faster time than at Horsham. We were all really happy that we made it to Ballarat. Congratulations to Nekeisha and the rest of the Southern Mallee Cluster under 10 relay team who competed in Ballarat and achieved a PB time.

Breakfast Club is up and running

Please come to the Junior Building on Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday. Lots of delicious breakfast foods each morning.

SRC CASUAL DAY

This Friday

Gold Coin donation

towards SRC fundraising

The World Around Us

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. All 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.

This week’s country

Argentina

Thank you Thanks to everyone who donated coffee jars for the fete.

They were greatly appreciated.

Now we need excess bulbs & cuttings to brighten our

Prep to 2 garden area.

If you can help please drop them to the school office

ASAP

It’s that time again that we ask if each family

could supply a box of tissues

to be used in the classrooms

Please send them to school or drop them in

at the college office.

Gr 3/4 Students will be selling the YATES Raise- A- Patch

seedlings on THURSDAY 30th MARCH.

Packs for $3 or 4 for $10

Come and grab a bargain and

get your garden started.

Greater Western Region Swimming Report A great day was had by all students who attended the GWR swimming carnival at Ballarat on 24 March. Jo Thomas drove and Kirsty Preston accompanied the students on the trip to Ballarat. The girls 18-20 yr relay team of Lily Klemm, Bridget McKenzie, Sophie Thomas and Rachel Staples gained a placing of third which got them a medal. Matthew Thomas came 5th in the 15 yr freestyle and Liam Preston came 5th in the 16 yr breastroke. These students put in a huge effort to get these placings as the competitors came from the whole of the Western region of Victoria. Congratulations to all the students and thank-you for the effort of the parents involved.

School Banking

This weeks lucky winner is

Annika Petschel

Breakfast Club is up and

running

Please come to the Junior Building on Tuesday

Wednesday & Thursday. Lots of delicious breakfast

foods each morning.

CALENDAR Frid 30th Mar Last day of term– SRC School finishes at 2.30pm Term 2 Mon 17th Apr Easter Monday Tues 18th Apr School resumes Tues 25th Apr ANZAC Day Fri 28th Apr Senior school house athletics Fri 5th May Cluster cross country Tue 9th May MARC van Thur 11th P-12 Cross country Tue 23 May ROBOCUP/ Marc van Wed 24 may ENVIROED Tue 6th Jun MARC van Mon 12 Jun Queens Birthday Wed 14 Jun GAT Tue 20 Jun MARC van Mon 26-30 Jun Year 11 work experience Tue 27 Jun Careers expo

SCHOOL FEES

School Fees are now payable. If

you wish to know the amount

owing please contact the College.

Payment options are Cash,

Cheque, Direct Deposit or EFT.

Mathletics Top 10

Rainbow P-12 College

As a new challenge, we will be publishing our top Mathletics students from each week right here in this newsletter. Mathletics is the online learning tool used by most students in Years P-10. Students can earn points by either mastering learning activities or by participating in Live Mathletics which pits a student against other students from all over the world to answer math questions as quickly as possible. Today, we are publishing the results from week 8. Week 8 results

As you can see, Baxter earned the most points for the week with an impressive total of 4,407! His score was cer-tainly boosted by an impressive performance in Live Mathletics. It was great to see Jasmine Somerville score the most amount of activity points for the week with a total of 3,480. Congratulations to Kane as well, who did an outstanding amount of work this week.

Leader board for the Year so far

As you can see, our current leader is Lewis Cocks who is way out in front on 17,142 points. Haylee Tumeth is next on 13,345 points. Impressively, she has scored a total of 13,280 of these points in the activity section. Congratulations to all those who are in the current Top 10.

Hands on learning

On Thursday 16th March, the Hands On Learning Group were special guests at the grand opening of the Yurunga Homestead Fence. This is because our group sanded, painted and primed over 300 pickets and dismantled the previous fence that was worn and in need of refurbishing. To kick off the celebrations, we were presented with a thankyou cake baked and decorated by Mrs. Helen Fisher that Jasmine Sommerville and Ian Norris-Burnett cut. We had a big delicious morning tea that was put on by the Yurunga Committee. President of the Yurunga Committee Mrs Jenny Solly and Hindmarsh Shire Mayor Debra Nelson spoke of the hard work and volunteer hours that ourselves, drought relief and committee members had put in to the project. Josh McDonald and Mr Ewan Christian then cut the red ribbon that was tied around the fence and in true traditional style we all said 3 big cheers before throwing our hats into the air. This is yet another community project our group has been involved in, with students learning new skills that will stay with them for the rest of their lives. We would also like to thank Hands On Learning Australia for their generous $3000 grant that we were successful in applying for, that contributed to the purchasing of pickets and restoration of the Yurunga Homestead Fence.

Canteen Roster Wed 29th J. Fuller/ N. Leach Thur 30th A. Gebert Frid 31st D. Miller (Canteen will be operating as normal)

Canteen Roster Term 2 April Mon 17 Easter Monday Tues 18 S. Clark/ S. Smith Wed 19 R. Richards Thur 20 M. Ismay Frid 21 J. Keller/ N. Eckermann Mon 24 G. O’Halloran Tue 25 ANZAC Day Wed 26 C. Cocks Thur 27 A. Riordan Fri 28 T. Paech/ T. Bigham

May Mon 1 C. Stasinowsky/ E. Eckermann Tue 2 D. Leggo/ P. Bennett Wed 3 A. Ey/ C. Petschel Thu 4 A. Roberts/ T. Bigham Fri 5 J. Thomas Mon 8 C. Saul/ S. Millward-Coyne Tue 9 B. Eckermann Wed 10 R. Bastin/ K. Vassillo Thu 11 K. Kajewski Fri 12 N. Kruger/E. Clarke

Mon 15 T. James Tue 16 S. Perkins Wed 17 N. Leach/ J. Fuller Thu 18 T. Tregenza/ S. Cocks Fri 19 J. Williams/ R. Norris-Burnett Mon 22 E. Staples/ D. Huff Tue 23 J. Cocks/ R. Keller Wed 24 C. Roll/ T. Gould Thu 25 K. Klemm/ K. McKenzie Fri 26 K. Weir/ C. Fisher

Mon 29th A. Sluggett Tue 30th A. Riordan Wed 31st D. Camilleri June Thu 1st A. Gebert Fri 2nd K. Preston/ S. George

Canteen Emergency List

Desma Napthine 5395 1557

Debbie Lowe 0488 115 973

Rebekah Richards 53226190

Cheryl Welch 5395 7250

If you wish to be placed on the emergency list

please call the general office on 53951063.

Please note:

Canteen Times are 12 noon—1.30 pm

First named on the roster is to pick up

goods from Bow Bakery

Please remember to keep a check to see when

you are rostered.