NEWSLETTER Issue 39 29th November P-12 Magic! One of the advantages for staff working in a P-12 school is the opportunity to work with young people between the ages of five and eighteen. In last week’s newsleer I wrote about the wonderful VCE Dinner held on the 15 th of November. Last Thursday morning I was extremely lucky to be part of the Teddy Bears” Picnic with the Prep and year five and six students. The students were all very excited about bringing their favourite teddy or soſt toy along and having some party food. We shared a song or two and had a fun me singing “If you’re a Meerkat and you know it, look around!” It is that special me of year where the end of year celebraons and camps are beginning and the students are celebrang their achievements for the year and geng excited about being in a new year level next year. I look forward to ‘catching up’ with you at one of the celebratory events over the coming weeks starng with the Rainbow P-12 Music Students’ Annual Concert this Friday aſternoon in the school hall. Progress Update! The air-condioning contractors have been making excellent progress with the installaon of new air condioning in the hall. I sll expect that the air condioning for the hall will be fully operaonal for Presentaon Night on Tuesday the 13 th of December. The foongs have been installed for the shade area, adjacent to the Mulpurpose Building. The shade area is expected to be fully completed prior to the start of the 2017 school year. We are waing on an alternave price for the reinstatement of the hall canteen before a decision is made regarding the compleon of this project. The School Pride funding allocated to the original high school building on Albert Street is expected to commence in term 1 2017. Pupil Free Days Tuesday the 20 th of December is the final pupil free day for 2016. In 2017 Monday the 30 th and Tuesday the 31 st of January are both pupil free days with the remaining 2 days to be confirmed once professional learning sessions are finalised. Posion Adversed We currently have a one year contract posion reference #1069865 for a full me Computer Studies Informaon Technology teacher on the Recruitment Online link on the Departments’ website. Rainbow P-12 College 17 Albert Street PO Box 223 Rainbow Vic 3424 P: 03 5395 1063 F: 03 5395 1192 E: [email protected]Principal’s Report—from Mr Coffey
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NEWSLETTER
Issue 39 29th November
P-12 Magic!
One of the advantages for staff working in a P-12 school is the opportunity to work with young people between the ages of five and eighteen. In last week’s newsletter I wrote about the wonderful VCE Dinner held on the 15th of November. Last Thursday morning I was extremely lucky to be part of the Teddy Bears” Picnic with the Prep and year five and six students. The students were all very excited about bringing their favourite teddy or soft toy along and having some party food. We shared a song or two and had a fun time singing “If you’re a Meerkat and you know it, look around!” It is that special time of year where the end of year celebrations and camps are beginning and the students are celebrating their achievements for the year and getting excited about being in a new year level next year.
I look forward to ‘catching up’ with you at one of the celebratory events over the coming weeks starting with the Rainbow P-12 Music Students’ Annual Concert this Friday afternoon in the school hall.
Progress Update!
The air-conditioning contractors have been making excellent progress with the installation of new air conditioning in the hall. I still expect that the air conditioning for the hall will be fully operational for Presentation Night on Tuesday the 13th of December.
The footings have been installed for the shade area, adjacent to the Multipurpose Building. The shade area is expected to be fully completed prior to the start of the 2017 school year.
We are waiting on an alternative price for the reinstatement of the hall canteen before a decision is made regarding the completion of this project.
The School Pride funding allocated to the original high school building on Albert Street is expected to commence in term 1 2017.
Pupil Free Days
Tuesday the 20th of December is the final pupil free day for 2016.
In 2017 Monday the 30th and Tuesday the 31st of January are both pupil free days with the remaining 2 days to be confirmed once professional learning sessions are finalised.
Position Advertised
We currently have a one year contract position reference #1069865 for a full time Computer Studies Information Technology teacher on the Recruitment Online link on the Departments’ website.
Kane Bastin At the Teddy Bear’s Picnic we had some food and games and Mr Coffey sang some songs. Giaan Eckermann I went to the Teddy Bear’s Picnic. We played some games and had some food and Mr Coffey played his guitar. Annika Petschel Today we had a Teddy Bear’s Picnic. We played games with our teddies. My teddy is tiny! We had some songs with Mr Coffey and we played musical chairs. We had a good day and we had good food. Hannah Downs I liked it when we played games and I liked the songs. Lily Saul Today we had a Teddy Bear’s Picnic. The food was nice. The games were fun. I loved the picnic. Addi Fisher At the Teddy Bear’s Picnic we played some games like musical chairs and then we played Teddy says. We also had some food. We had fun.
ROBOT NEWS Wednesday we had a representative from Aldebaran come to our school to teach some tips and tricks about caring for, and using our NAO Robot. Jonathan spoke to us about the potential that our robot has, and all the different things that out robot is capable of doing. The part that stood out to me the most was the way that NAO Robots are used all around the world to teach children with autism, and also how they are used in hospitals including the Royal Children’s Hospital in Melbourne, to complete rehabilitation programs with children. I thought the session with Jonathan helped me to gain a better understanding of how our robot works, and what it is capable of doing. I am very excited to see what opportunities and skills our robot will provide to our students, and how it will be used throughout the school. I believe we are very privileged to have our very own NAO Robot at this school, and it will be a very valuable learning source in the future.—Mikayla Keller The arrival of our Nao robot to Rainbow P-12 College named Tanoshi (Gertrude-Bruno) is both an exciting time and iinnovative time for our school. Tanoshi is an amazing opportunity for all students and teachers in our school. The robot will allow our school to be a part of the technological revolution. The robot has many useful benefits for our school some include allowing student to have hands on coding experiences , Tasnoshi can speak many languages including German , can be programed to dance and is able to have conversations with students. This is very important for our school as our school takes the step in becoming a technological friendly school.—Kimberley Roll On Wednesday I learnt how to program our NAO robot. It was a new experience that I found fun as well as interesting. It was awesome learning how to talk to it as well as getting it to say stuff. I also got to see it dab, which was awesome! Overall it was an incredible experience. I hope I get to learn more about programming it. —Kayla Norris-Burnett
Rainbow P12 Music Students Annual Concert
When: This Friday December 2nd, 2016
Time: Starting at 1:30pm until 3:30pm
Where: Rainbow P-12 College Hall
Who: Everyone is welcome
Cost: Gold coin donation
Afternoon tea provided at the conclusion of the day.
Grade 6 Celebration of 7 years of primary education The celebrations began straight after school
with movies and pass the parcel with dares.
Next it was tea with our parents. Then it was
games with our parents. Unfortunately Jessie
was ill and unable to attend. We really missed
her and her parents.
Phoenix – It was great with all the people.
Gracie- It was a great night and everyone had
fun.
Paddy – It was a memorable night with lots of
laughs.
Lachie – It was great fun and all the year sixes enjoyed it.
Sarah- I had an amazing night.
Lachlan D- It was a lot of fun and I had a good night.
Senior Students of the Week This week—Alannah James (absent)
Jamieson Huff (centre) Last week—Nicholas Roll, Liam Preston,
Ryan Sluggett (absent)
Junior Students of the Week Lachie Staples, Clarissa Bigham, Baxter Stasinowsky, Eliza Clarke
Paddy, Gracie, Sarah, Lachie S, Phoenix & Lachlan D
First Aid- Junior School I enjoyed learning about the how to be safe around the house. Never leave a pot handle facing outwards. Tash, Gr 2
I learnt that some things are emergency and some aren’t. Baxter, Gr. 1
I learnt to call 000 in an emergency when someone is having a heart attack. Lenny, Gr. 1
I learnt to do the ‘crab pinch’ if someone doesn’t respond. Fletch, Gr. 2
I enjoyed learning about first aid, so that if I was in an accident I would know what to do. Holly, Gr. 3
I learnt how to do CPR. Clarissa, Gr 4
I learnt how to put someone in the recovery position. Ben, Gr 3.
I enjoyed learning about CPR because it can be very useful in the future. Dylan, Gr 4.
I learnt DRSABC- D is for danger, R is for response, S is for send for help, A is for airways, B is for breathing and C is
for CPR. Heidi, Gr 4.
Parents are encouraged to complete the quiz online: https://www.stjohnvic.com.au/quiz/
Grade 1/2/3/4 Students have been busy completing their Student Led Conferences, narrative texts, Mathletics tasks, reading records and getting organised for their end of year concert.
Left: Kamsi & his mum, Below left: Chan & Will Fisher and Jenny Heinrich, Below: Travis, Oscar & Ella Clarke.
Student Led conferences Throughout the week students, with their parents and carers, completed their student led conferences. They all had the opportunity to share their work, talk about their goals and reflect on their progress and achievements for the year. We would like to collate all the feedback from parents so please send back the feedback sheet by the end of the week.
Narrative Unit To finish our Literacy unit on Narratives, Mrs Andrews’ Literacy Group read their
narratives to the prep class. It was great for the little kids to listen to others read
books they had created. It was equally as exciting for the bigger kids to read to
different people! Well done to Mrs Andrews’ Literacy Group for the hard work they
put into the Narrative unit. Thank you to Mrs Solly for lending us the preps!
ORANGE CASUAL DAY
This Friday, 2nd December
Gold coin donation
To raise money to support Ava Lester and her family.
DEB MEETING
This Thursday, 1st
December @ 7pm in the
Junior School Building.
This is an information
night for Debs and
Parents.
Krissy Weir—JRFNC Deb
Co-ordinator
RAINBOW SWIMMING POOL
MORNING LAP SWIMMING
6.00am—7.30am
Weekdays Monday—Friday
Commencing Monday 5th December
Adults $3.70
Children $2.60
(Season pass holders no extra charge)
Canteen Roster
Nov Mon 28th Lesley Robinson Tue 29th S. Gelligen/T. Tregenza Wed 30th Cindy Roll/C. Petschel Thur 1st K. Klemm/K. Preston Fri 2nd Lynley Robinson/K. McKenzie Mon 5th G. O’Halloran Tue 6th D. Lowe Wed 7th J. Thomas Thur 8th S. Schilling Fri 9th N. Kruger Mon 12th C. Saul/S. Millward-Coyne Tue 13th B. Eckermann/P. Bennett Wed 14th D. Napthine Thur 15th R. Rose/K. Kajewski Fri 16th L. McKenzie/S. George
NAME ……………………………………………………………. PHONE NUMBER…………………………………………………
Preferred days to work……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
Would you prefer to work by yourself or rostered with someone? ………………………………………………………………
I will be paying an emergency worker to do my turn? YES
PLEASE RETURN TO THE OFFICE BY DECEMBER 9TH SO A ROSTER CAN BE DRAWN UP FOR NEXT YEAR.
IF WE DO NOT RECEIVE YOUR FORM YOU WILL BE ROSTERED ON THE SAME DAY AS THIS YEAR.
CALENDAR
December Fri 2nd Musical Concert at 1.30pm in the Hall Mon-Wed 5th-7th Year 7/8 Surf Camp Mon 5th-9th Dreamchasers Camp Tue 13th Kinder Transition PRESENTATION NIGHT Reports Handed out March 2017 Fri 24th Twilight Fete
If any student, parent or community member can help set up the night before and on the day please contact Allira on 0427972290.
