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NEWSLETTER
Issue 13 16th May, 2017
New Arrival! We are very proud to announce the arrival of a new addition to our ‘family’ of school vehicles. Thanks to Tony “Auto” Welch, Chloe Welch and Peter Stasinowsky we are now the proud owners of an immaculate 12 seat Toyota Hiace minivan. The minibus will provide us with greater flexibility in transporting smaller numbers of students to excursions and camps. As a truck/bus licence is not required to drive this size vehicle we will also gain the advantage of having a greater number of staff to drive the vehicle than we currently have with the larger bus. Thank you to staff member Murray Robinson for the original idea, School Council for supporting and financing the initiative and Chloe, Tony and Peter for sourcing and registering the minibus.
We Still Want You! As part of our self-evaluation process for the priority review we distributed Parent Feedback Forms attached to recent newsletters seeking your feedback on how we are performing. Mrs. Petschel has also devised a method of parents submitting their responses electronically through the Skoolbag app. We now have 10 responses! Please return your valuable feedback by either method by this Friday the 19th of May.
Keeping Warm As the days are becoming cooler we will be collating orders for the ‘Nitro’ jackets that were the latest inclusion to the approved school uniform. The sample jackets for sizing will arrive soon and we will notify families via the Skoolbag app once the samples are here. The sizes range from XS to 5XL. The cost including embroidery will be $150.00. Stay tuned for more information. Just remember the school Uniform Policy states there will only be 1 order for the year.
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.
School Council The next School Council Meeting will be Wednesday the 14th of June after the presentation of the 2016 Annual Report.
Principal’s Report
Rainbow P-12 College 17 Albert Street
PO Box 223 Rainbow Vic 3424
P: 03 5395 1063 F: 03 5395 1192
Year 10 students doing a final inspection
STUDENTS OF THE WEEK
Junior– Back row Lewis Cocks. Front row Hannah Downs, Nekeisha
Bastin & Eckermann
Senior– Hayden Jamieson, Jasmine Robins, & Sophie Thomas
Junior School Milkshakes Friday 19th May
At the start of lunchtime Cost Medium cup $2.00
Small cup $1.00 Flavours Chocolate or Strawberry
Money raised will go towards new Junior school playground equipment
Our Character Strengths in action Prep/1/2 Class Pets Adventures
The students in Prep/1/2 classes have 2 class pets- Rosie and Rufus the dinosaurs. They are taking them home each night to write about what they do. The next day their adventures and photos of what they did are shared with the class. On Friday, and over the weekend Rosie and Rufus had their first adventure at the Eckermann’s house. We will keep you informed from time to time with their adventures.
Rosie and I had fun. We played the ipad together. Rosie slept on my bed. The next morning we waited for the engagement party. Then we played a puzzle together. We had the best days of our lives. Giaan Eckermann
Rufus and I went to the engagement party. We ate tea and watched TV. I slept with him. We rode my scooter and had a go on the swing and the trampoline. We said “Hi” to Mrs Solly at the party. We had breaky and he had a nap. We hugged each other. We had the best day of our life. He went in the car. Amaya Eckermann
Wellbeing Tip from
Chan Fisher
Try to have an
internet and TV free
day each week
Junior– Back row Lewis Cocks Front row Hannah Downs, Nekeisha Bastin and Amaya Eckerrmann
House Cross Country Senior School Report The Rainbow P-12 cross country was held on Thursday 11 May with good weather conditions and a very enthusiastic group of participants. The following are the runner up and age group champions from the secondary houses. Liam Preston (Hindmarsh) made a sterling effort to break the record for the 16 year old boys by running the course in 19:49 min. This broke Darcy Jones 2007 record of 20:20.00 min.
The overall winning house was Hindmarsh with a score of 112 points which was ahead of Albacutya with a score of 84 points. Congratulations to all competitors and in particular the Hindmarsh students whose participation won the score for their team.
The results for the age groups are as follows, with first place specified followed by second place in brackets.
13 Yr boys Phoenix Oakley (Murphy Leach) 13 Yr girls Sarah Bennett (Haylee Tumeth) 14 yr boys Nicholas Roll 14 yr girls Erin Preston (Jessica Staples, Ericka Harberger- Fischer, Alannah James). 15 yr boys Maxwell McKenzie (Jordan Leach) 15 yr girls Mikayla Keller (Maddy Senecko) 17 yr boys Hayden Jamieson 17 yr girls Rachel Staples (Bridie O’Halloran) 18-20 boys Ryan Sluggett (Josh McDonald) 18-20 girls Rylee Cocks (Bridget Ismay)
Junior School report from- (Tessa Leach)
On Thursday the 11th of May the whole school went by bus to Lake Albacutya for the House Cross Country. Everybody did their best whether they ran 200m, 400m, 2km, 3km, 4kms and 5kms and all students who participated should be proud of themselves. A very special thanks to the incredible people that cooked the delicious baked potatoes for all the hungry runners!! Junior School results 5/6 Girl Champion – Taylor Fisher Hindmarsh 5/6 Boy Champion – Clancy Weir Hindmarsh 7 Girl Champion – Lydia Paech Albacutya 7 Boy Champion – Riley Muggeridge Hindmarsh 8 Girl Champion – Millie Fennell Hindmarsh 8 Boy Champion – Ryder Gould Hindmarsh 9 Girl Champion – Sally Smith Albacutya 9 Boy Champion - Will Fisher Albacutya 10 Girl Champion – Nekeisha Bastin Hindmarsh 10 Boy Champion – Cooper Stasinowsky Albacutya 11 Girl Champion – Shanae Bastin Hindmarsh 11 Boy Champion – Lewis Cocks Albacutya 12 Girl Champion – Tessa Leach Hindmarsh 12 Boy Champion – Flynn Smith Albacutya Congratulations to all the age group winners and all students who competed.
Junior Cross Country Champions
HOUSE CROSS COUNTRY
Pictured above - The start of the X Country At right; Rylee Cocks, Welcome back Ava, Jakob Cocks, Heidi Smith, Lewis Cocks & Flynn Smith
Clancy Weir & William Boyle
Above: Madi M, Bridie & Maddi S.
Below: Holly takes the lead!
Miss Newton & Mrs. Gregory
Below: Jamieson Huff.
Cody in action
Once again Rainbow P-12 College encourages all students to participate in the National Walk to School Day on Friday the 19th May, 2017. As a reward to all junior students who participate in the activity by walking to school on Friday will be given 5 house points, certificate and a sticker. Bus students can walk to the bus stop or can go for a walk with their parents the night before to gain the points and a sticker. Parents that walk with students are most welcome to have a coffee/tea in the open area of the junior building. Please note that the “Walking Bus” will be returning later in the year.
Headlice
Can parents please be vigilant and check their students hair
for headlice. Long hair needs to be tied up
at all times.
WE’RE TAKING IT IN OUR STRIDE ON FRIDAY 19 MAY 2017
Well it’s that time of year again when our school seriously starts talking about walking!Walk Safely to School Day asks that we all consider our transport habits and try to incorporate more walking as part of a healthy, active way to get around. And alt-hough walking all the way to school isn’t realistic for many of us, it’s quite easy to figure out how you can build a walk into your family’s daily routine.
You can teach your child the healthy habit of walking more by:
Walking with them the whole way to school If they get the bus or train, walk past your usual stop and get on at the next stop If you have to drive, park the car a few blocks away from the school and walk the rest of the way.
Regular exercise like walking with your child not only helps them (and you!) beat chronic problems like obesity, heart disease, behavioural and mental health issues and diabetes. It also gives you a great opportunity to teach your child safe ways to be-have around roads and traffic.
Remember, Active Kids are Healthy Kids so get planning your own Walk Safely to School Day journey for Friday 19 May 2017!
For more information, visit www.walk.com.au
On Tuesday 23rd and Wednesday 24th May we will have a number of sessions from the good folk at EarthEd.
TUESDAY – ROBOCUP JR (5/6 & 7)
Students will be involved in a number of workshops using Lego NXT Mindstorms robotics kits to compete in robotic competitions in the area of dance, rescue or soccer.
WEDNESDAY – EARTHED
FOSSIL HUNTERS – GRADE 3/4 Students will be introduced to the work of palaeontologists through a series of hands on activities including The Great Fossil Find, Skeleton Dig and Fossil Footprints.
IT’s ELECTRIFYING – GRADE 5/6 In this session students learn about electric charge by investigating the build-up of static electricity using EarthEd’s impressive Van de Graaff generator and electric charge and discover other exciting properties of electricity
PJ Day (for VCE Our Space Project)
Junior students & staff in PJ mode!
Canteen Roster Term 2 May
Wed 17 N. Leach/ J. Fuller Thu 18 T. Tregenza/ S. Cocks Fri 19 K. Preston/ S. George 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 M. Boehm Mon 5 G. O’Halloran Tue 6 S. Smith/S. Clark Wed 7 R. Richards Thu 8th L. Heinrich Frid 9th T. Bigham/T.Paech Mon 12 Queens Birthday Tue 13 M. Ismay Wed 14 C. Cocks Thu 15 K. Kajewski Fri 16 N. Eckermann/ J. Keller
Canteen Emergency List
Desma Napthine 5395 1557 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 good from the Bow Bakery.
Please remember to keep a check on the roster to see when you are working
CALENDAR Term 2 Tue 23 May ROBOCUP/ Marc van Wed 24 May Earth Ed Simultaneous reading day Mon 5th May GWR X Country Tue 6th Jun MARC van Mon 12 Jun Queens Birthday Wed 14 Jun GAT School Council meeting Thur 15th Fed Uni visit Yr 10/11 19th –23rd June Production week 19th-23rd June Student Led Conferences Tue 20 Jun MARC van Mon 26-30 Jun Year 11 work experience Tue 27 Jun Careers expo
Canteen
Can students please
Bring smaller change for canteen
REMINDER Can each family please send along a box of tissues to be used in the
classroom.
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