Important Dates EVENT DATES VENUE. Tuesday 4 th May 3:20pm-5:00pm Whole School

Important Dates

EVENT DATES VENUE

Tablelands District Cross

Country Friday 30

th _{April Avenue of Honour}

Tinaburra

Labour Day Holiday Monday 3rd _May

Parent/Carer Teacher Interviews Tuesday 4 th _May 3:20pm-5:00pm Whole School Primary Hall

Whole School Photos 10th May 2021 Primary & Secondary Campuses

Life Education Van 12-14th _{May Primary Campus}

NAPLAN Online

Years 3, 5, 7 & 9 11-21 st _May

Proposed Primary Athletics

Carnival 17

th _{May Primary Campus}

National Sorry Day 26th May

National Reconciliation Week 27th _{May – 3}rd _June

Well Women’s Clinics Mon 7th June Ravenshoe Community

Health

Dental Van From 10th May Ravenshoe SS Primary

Campus

Term 2, Week 2 Newsletter

Message from the Principal

Welcome back to Week 2, Term 2. Term 2 is always an extremely busy term with a couple of short weeks. All students should have received their end of term 1 report card last Friday. If not, please contact the school office.

ANZAC Ceremony

Thank you to Jessie Cairns for organising and leading the school ANZAC Day ceremony last Friday. Well done to all students for displaying impeccable behaviour and respect. Thank you to the

community members who joined us on the day.

Thank you also to the staff and students who attended Sunday’s community ANZAC ceremony. Once again, thank you to Jessie Cairns for working with the students.

Staffing Updates

Welcome to the following new staff:

• Mr Gil Jansen Guidance Officer replacing Ms Lindsay Russell. Lindsay was advised on the last day of Term 1 that she had been successful in a permanent Guidance position at Cairns West State School

• Monique Scholte as the Admin Officer Public Relations. Monique will now coordinate the school newsletter, Facebook page, website and many other events

• Russell Kidd working in the dairy; and

• Jedda Walker working as a Teacher’s Aide in the Secondary.

Facilities Works

A huge thank you to Mark Rainey for coordinating the holiday works program. The Secondary D block (Sports Hall) will have the roof replaced starting on Monday 3 May. This building will be totally out of bounds during this time. Secondary G block is nearly finished! The Secondary Library will also have a re-roof in the June/July school holidays.

Parent Teacher Interviews

Parent Teacher Interviews will be held next Tuesday 4th May from 3.15pm at the primary hall. All parents and carers are requested to make a booking with your child’s teacher. Contact the school office to make the booking. Parent Teacher interviews are essential to developing the relationship with your child’s teacher/s.

Tablelands Cross Country

The Tablelands Cross Country 10 – 19 years will be held this Friday at the Avenue of Honour, Tinaburra. Ravenshoe has over 60 students attending this day. Thank you to Ms Cushing for organising. All the very best to our runners!

Have a great week and I look forward to seeing you at Parent Teacher interviews next Tuesday. Yours in learning

Helen Carne Principal

News from the Secondary

Deputy Principal

Senior Parade Mondays 9:35am—10:00am Years 7-9 Naplan Tests 11th—14th

Secondary Calendar

Welcome to Term 2 of the school year. As usual, we have many events planned for this term including Parent-Teacher Interviews, School Photos, Years 7-9 NAPLAN, school Athletics, Interschool Chess and several BEACON and sporting events, so it will be very busy!

School ANZAC Ceremony

Last week, we hosted the annual school ANZAC Ceremony. It was a very respectful event, with students hearing about the experiences of local veterans, Commander Des Scanlan, Royal Australian Navy (Retired) and Bombadier Kelvin Groves (Retired). Thank you to all staff and students who made this event memorable; Ms Felicity Stoetzel and the secondary Student Council, primary class representatives, Ms Naomi Cross and the primary choir, Mrs Tamara Otto and the school band, and Mr Rob Allen. A special performance by Mr Jacob Gigliotti and his daughter, Mikaylee, was much appreciated also, as was the poem, Our Generation Remembers, penned by Mr Peachey. Local band members, Shelley Shaw and daughters, Loretta and Mabel’s contributions were also very much

appreciated. Thanks is also extended to Mrs Gwen Connolly and her students for providing homemade ANZAC biscuits and refreshments after the

ceremony. Paul Bond and Home Hardware made the hall look special for the occasion.

We received some wonderful feedback on our Facebook page from one of our local Veterans expressing his appreciation for the schools ANZAC Ceremony:

“Thank you so much for a moving and exceptionally run ANZAC Service today. Your student leaders should be congratulated for their eloquence and for the manner in which they conducted themselves. It was so pleasing to hear the school choir singing the National Anthem and for the Gigliotti's stirring rendition of John Williamson's 'Diggers of the ANZAC'. A live performance of the last post by Shelley Shaw, the poetry readings and the heartfelt words of the 2 guest speakers were a poignant reminder of what it means to have served this great country. We commemorate the fallen and support the living. Well done to all the pupils who attended and to their teachers for instilling in them the meaning of our most sacred day. Lest We Forget”

Ken Carey

Chief Petty Officer Hydrographic System Manager Retd

Parent-Teacher Interviews

Term 1 Reports were issued at the end of Week 1. Some reports were not collected and are awaiting collection from the secondary office. Parents and carers are invited to attend the Parent-Teacher Interviews scheduled for Tuesday 4th May from 3.20-5.00pm at the primary hall. This is a great opportunity to meet with your child(ren)’s teachers to discuss academic behaviour, effort and behaviour. Please come along if you want further feedback or have any concerns.

Whole School Photos

The 2021 School photos are scheduled for Monday 10th May. A timetable will be issued to staff and students for the day. Parents/ carers will be provided with order forms- these can also be completed online. Please ensure your child is in school uniform on this day.

NAPLAN Tests Years 7 and 9

The 2021 NAPLAN Tests will be held in week 4 from Tuesday 11th May- Friday 14th May for Years 7 and 9 students. Students will participate in 4 online tests; Reading, Writing, Conventions of Language and Numeracy. A timetable for these tests will be publicised for students, and catch-up sessions will be hosted in Week 5 for students who were absent from any of the tests.

Regards, Jessie Cairns

Gold Awesomes

All students in Years 7-12 who did not have any behaviour referrals in Term 1 have been awarded a Gold

Awesome ticket for the end of year major prize draw. Congratulations to the following students:

YEAR 7 YEAR 8 YEAR 9 YEAR 10 YEAR 11 YEAR 12

Georgia Adam Laine Armstrong Finn Buckley Emma

Armstrong Waverley Brown Liam Coker Tearne Angove Sharmilla Butcher Shania Diprose Evie Carroll Zayden Crane Kira Cooper Charlie Baker Elizabeth

Higginson Daniel Fordson Kyan Collins Tazmin Cunneen Azura Cox James Barns Anthony

McKelvey-Vaughan

Tanna Holligan Gemma

Collins-White Marco Defaveri Angelo Defaveri Graeme Bong Annabelle

Roberts Krystal Lissa Jesse Cooper Lauren Hepple Kullem Dempsey Zachary

Bormann India Stucki Tayne Madigan Lachlan Czapracki Madison Hill Anniekan Harris Roman Brown Riley Murphy Laura

Hutchesson Jerome Hooligan Justin Hogarth Tierra Buckley Hunter

O’Donnell Beau Lyttle Mia Markswood Preston Howard Bailey Gillies Laura Pozza Luke Newman Alex McKelvey Shaznay Lewis Zoe Goodall Ruby Ryder Brittney Scott Jorja O’Donnell Katie McGrath Meleekah

Herbert Mathew Wilkinson Cleo Stucki Sophia Sambajon Andrew McKelvey-Vaughan Meika Madigan Angelina

Yeomans Luke Wieland Anastasia Theochari Aiden Murdoch

Olivia Mason Andrew Wilson Nahema Nelson

Alfred Mudd Tyson Yeomans Nicholas

O’Donnell

Clancy O’Donnell Morgan Payne

Kaylee Rattley Talia Rebech

Jacob Wilkinson Carlee

Sutton-Johnson

Darcie Winning Remy Vogler

Krystal Walker

Saraiah Walker

Melinda Wieland

Isabel Woo

Primary School Calendar

Whole School

Parades

Every Monday

10.30am- Primary

Hall

Life Education Van

12-14 May

NAPLAN Online years

3 & 5

11-21 May

Proposed Primary

Ath-letics Carnival

17 May

Rhyme Time – Prep

Friday 21 May

Rhyme Time – Prep

Friday 18 June

News from the Primary

Deputy Principal

Dear Parents/Carers,

Welcome back to Term 2. This is a very busy term with NAPLAN, athletics, photos and performances. There will be numerous notes coming home to obtain your permission for your child to attend events happening this term. We appreciate your support in returning these to the office staff as quickly as possible.

Parent/Carer Teacher Interviews:

On Tuesday 4 May, we will be holding our Whole School Parent/Carer teacher interviews. All teachers, specialist teachers and SWD teachers will be available for interviews on this day. They are held in the primary hall. Please phone: 40975 222 for primary student and 40975 333 for

secondary students. This is an opportunity for parents and teachers to develop goals and work together to achieve the best learning outcomes for your child. If you are unable to attend on this day, please phone the offices to organise an

alternative day and time.

Life Education Van:

The Life Education Van will be at the primary campus in week 4 (12-14 May) to deliver programs linked with our Health Curriculum. Permission forms have been sent home. Please return these as soon as possible. Students without permission will complete work with a different supervising teacher while their class attends.

NAPLAN Online 2021:

This year our school will be participating in

NAPLAN Online for Year 3, 5, 7 and 9 from 11- 21 May.

This will mean that students will complete the NAPLAN Writing, Reading, Conventions of Language and Numeracy tests on computers, excluding the Year 3 Writing test which will still be delivered using paper.

To find out more information about NAPLAN Online, visit www.nap.edu.au NAPLAN

assessments provide parents and schools with an understanding of how individual students are performing at the time of the tests.

NAPLAN is not a test that can be studied for and students are not expected to do so. At Ravenshoe State School P-12, we prepare students by embedding the skills and knowledge required for NAPLAN in our teaching and learning unit plans. Students can see the types of questions and experience the types of skills both at school and home by visiting:

www.nap.edu.au/online-assessment/public-demonstration-site.

Students will also be involved in a NAPLAN practice test session early in Term 2.

Attendance:

At our school, our attendance target for students is 90%. At the primary, teachers and students calculate the daily attendance rate and write it up on their classroom white board. Congratulations to our Preps who achieved 100% attendance this week on Wednesday — you rock! Well done also to Year 4 and Year 5 this week for exceeding the goal of 90% attendance.

ANZAC Ceremony:

On Friday, we held our school ANZAC ceremony. Our Primary school captains Ben & Chelsea spoke confidently, our choir sang beautifully and Jacob and Mikaylee Gigliotti sang their tribute song beautifully.

Thanking you, Lurelle Hodge

Hello all students, parents and staff and welcome to 2021 Term 2. We hope everyone had a very happy and relaxing holiday. A big thank you to all the staff for working hard to get students settled into learning this term. It has been a little bit hectic with all the upgrades to G Block. All the upgrades will be completed over the weekend.

A warm welcome to two valuable and experienced people who will bring with them extensive knowledge in working with and engaging diverse learners – Ms Jackie and Mrs Nicole Dewley. We hope they both enjoy their start to the year at Ravenshoe SS.

G Block staff are very proud of the accomplishments of all of our students.

• Ethan and Lars practicing turn taking social skills while they are using their maths knowledge in snakes and ladders.

• Aaron improving his place value skills using MAB blocks in maths.

• Richie is writing, improving writing skills as he learns his letter formations and his sounds.

• The year 12 students have been demonstrating their community engagement skills in preparation for ANZAC day. Jed and Preston are shopping for ANZAC Day to prepare ANZAC biscuits. Andrew is measuring ingredients for biscuits. Students are ready for ANZAC Day Ceremony.

We are privileged to share diverse leaning

achievements across various environments.

G Block News

Take Care, G Block Team

Sports News

Welcome to Term 2 Sport! We have begun the roll out of our ‘Sport – Expression of Interest’ forms. All students wishing to participate in sport are required to sign and return before collecting their official Tablelands District paperwork. This Expression of Interest form outlines the eligibility criteria for students to attend extra-curricular events. Students must maintain and uphold the schools values of safe, respectful learners and meet the 90% attendance target to be able to attend sport trials.

Upcoming sport events:

Wednesday 28th April (Week 2)

• 10-12yrs boys and girls Touch Football paperwork was due back today. These trials will be held on Wednesday the 5th _{of May at the Atherton International Touch Football grounds from 4pm – 6pm.}

Students will be required to make their own way to the event with their official paperwork.

Thursday 29th April (Week 2)

• Peninsula District 10-11yrs Rugby League (Vic Jensen Cup). This is the 2nd _{year the Peninsula}

District has been invited to attend this event. Good Luck to Reeve Fitzgerald who was successful at the Tablelands District trial.

Friday 30th _{April (Week 2)}

• Tablelands District Cross Country. Students successful in the school Cross Country event were eligible to attend. We had over 60 students eligible to attend the event across the Primary and Secondary campuses! Good luck to all Ravenshoe students participating in this event

• Tablelands District 13-15yrs boys and girls Basketball Nominations were due back today. These trials will be held at Atherton SHS hall on Friday the 7th _{May from 4pm – 6pm. Students will be}

required to make their own way to the event with their official paperwork.

Monday 17th _{May (Week 5)}

• Primary Athletics Carnival – This event will be held at the Ravenshoe State School Primary Campus and will run for the duration of the school day. Student will be practicing their events during their PE lessons with Miss Cushing. Parents / carers are welcome to attend the event. Please remember to sign in on the COVID-19 attendance forms before entering the school grounds

Monday 24th _{May (week 6)}

• Tablelands District trials 11-12yrs girls Rugby League nominations due back. Students will be issued their Expression of Interest from in the coming weeks. Once signed and completed they will be handed their official paperwork to be filled out in full and returned to the Primary campus on or before Monday the 24th _May.

• Peninsula District trials 11-12yrs girls Softball. There are NO Tablelands District trials for this event. Students must have some experience in the sport before attending the Peninsula District trial. Please contact Miss Stephanie Cushing [email protected] or phone the Secondary Campus for more information if you think your child / student would be interested in this event. Students will be issued their Expression of Interest from in the coming weeks. Once signed and completed they will be handed their official paperwork to be filled out in full and returned to the Primary campus on or before Monday the 24th May.

Remember, if you have any questions regarding sport please contact Miss Stephanie Cushing

[email protected] or phone the Secondary Campus.

Many thanks, Stephanie Cushing Sports Coordinator (P-12)

TIME RACE WRIST

BAND

TIME RACE WRIST

BAND 11.45 18-19Yrs Boys

8km

18-19Yrs Girls 6km

Yellow 12.15 14Yrs Boys 4km 14Yrs Girls 4km

Green

11.50 11Yrs Boys 3km 11Yrs Girls 3km

Black 12.20 10Yrs Boys 2km 10Yrs Girls 2km

Red

11.55 15Yrs Boys 4km 15Yrs Girls 4km

Blue 12.25 17Yrs Boys 6km 17Yrs Girls 4km

Orange

12.00 12Yrs Boys 3km 12Yrs Girls 3km

Gold 12.30 13Yrs Boys 3km 13Yrs Girls 3km

Purple

12.05 16Yrs Boys 6km 16Yrs Girls 4km

Pink

Well Women’s Clinics

(These clinics are available to Medicare eligible clients)

Service includes Cervical Screening Tests (Pap Smears), Sexual Health Screening,

Breast Awareness, also info on Contraception, Continence, Menopause, Lifestyle

Issues, Bowel Health, Domestic Violence, etc. All services are provided by a

specially trained Women’s Health Nurse.

Could $500 help with education costs?

Saver Plus is a free 10month matched savings and financial management program for parents. Participants make regular deposits into a savings account over 10 months and attend financial skills workshops. At the end of the program their savings are matched by ANZ up to $500, to be used for education costs such as school uniforms, books, excur-sions, sports fees and laptops.

To find out more about the program and to check your eligibility, please email or call your local Saver Plus Coordinator, Rachel on [email protected] or 0435 266 284 or visit saverplus.org.au.

RAVENSHOE PRIMARY SCHOOL

TUCKSHOP PRICE LIST

Wraps (Caesar or Hawaiian) $4.00 Toasties (Ham/Cheese or Chicken/Cheese) $2.50 Plain Cheese Toastie $2.00 Party Pies $1.50 Wedges (Sour Cream or Sauce) $3.00 Home-bakes $1.00 Ice-Creams Icy poles $1.50 Billabongs or Lifesavers $2.00 Packets of Chips $1.50

DRINKS:

Milk Poppers ( Strawberry or Choc) $2.50 Poppers (Apple, Apple/Blk Currant or Orange) Large $2.00 Small $1.00 Water $2.00

THESE ITEMS BELOW ARE AVAILABLE ON FRIDAYS ONLY ON A WEEKLY ROTATION SMS NOTIFICATION WILL BE GIVEN:

Hot Chips and Gravy $3.00 Mini Pizzas $3.00 Mini Hotdogs/Hamburgers $3.00 Nachos $3.00 Sausage Rolls $1.50 Hot Meals (Spaghetti, Lasagne, Cabonara and Fried Rice) $3.00

Thankyou Sincerely

RAVENSHOE SECONDARY SCHOOL

TUCKSHOP PRICELIST

MEALS:

Wraps (Caesar, Aioli or Sweet Chilli chicken) Toasted or fresh $5.00 Egg & Lettuce or Cold meat Sandwiches (Salami or Silverside) $4.50 Hot Meals (Assorted) $5.00 Toasties (Ham/Cheese or Chicken/Cheese) $3.50 Burger Day every Wednesday (Pork/Gravy, Hamburger, Fish, Loaded Hot Dogs) $6.00 Home Bakes $1.00 Packets of chips $1.00

DRINKS:

Small Choc Milk $3.00 Large Choc, Strawberry or Vanilla Malt Milks $4.00 Glee's Tropical, Raspberry, Bubble Gum and Black Currant $2.00 Kynton Springs Apple/Rasp or Lemon/Lime $4.00 Water $2.00 Orange and Passionfruit Juice $4.00 Ice-creams Billabongs, Choc Coated, Splits and Livesavers $2.00 Icy Cups $0.50c

GLUTEN FREE OPTIONS AVAILABLE

**Please ask if you have specific dietary needs we try to cater for everyone

Thankyou SIncerely

RAVENSHOE STATE SCHOOL

UNIFORM PRICES

Stationary/Accessories DIARY $15.00 APRONS $8.00 CALCULATOR $20.00 ANZAC BOOK $18.50 RSS SCHOOL BACKPACKS $30.00 Exercise Books $1.50 Pens (Red/Blue) $1.00 Lead Pencils and Erasers $1.00