NEWSLETTER Week 2, 6th February 2020

Message from the Principal UPCOMING EVENTS

AGM of Ravenshoe State School—Local

Chaplaincy Committee - Wed 19th February

9am - Secondary Dining Hall.

. P&C Meeting—Tuesday 11th February—

5.30pm—Primary Campus Library

It is with great pleasure that I write my first newsletter article as Principal of Ravenshoe State School P – 12. I

am very excited to be working at Ravenshoe State School P- 12 leading our community school.

A little about me – I was a Deputy Principal at Atherton State High School for about 20 years. Prior to Atherton, I

have worked in P – 10 schools around Queensland – Herberton, Kilkivan and Roma. I have also taught P – 3 at

Bauhinia Downs in Central Queensland. My family are from FNQ.

In 2019, I was trained as a National Assessor for the Highly Accomplished and Lead teacher project. I have

worked very closely with teachers over the past number of years to improve student learning outcomes across

the whole school. I am super excited to bring this skill set to Ravenshoe to work with teachers to continue to im-

prove student learning.

My leadership philosophy IS TO CREATE AND SUPPORT THE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT SO THAT ALL STUDENTS

CAN ACHIEVE THEIR FULL POTENTIAL. TO DO SO, I SUPPORT TEACHERS TO BE THE VERY BEST EDUCATORS THEY

CAN BE IN UNDERSTANDING THEIR LEARNERS!

My first impressions of Ravenshoe State School P – 12 have been outstanding! The commitment and dedica-

tion of the whole staff is just amazing! The positivity and the work that all staff do to develop a wonderful

learning environment is just credible! Everyone is extremely helpful and definitely here to ensure that all stu-

dents succeed!

I am huge on high expectations! I believe in the development of high expectations to prepare students for

whatever they want to be into the future. I will work alongside parents, teachers, teacher aides and students.

My role of Principal exists to ensure that all students are learning and achieving every day in every class!

Helen Carne

I encourage all parents to work with our school. If there are every any issues or concerns, please contact

the school so the issue can be resolved as quickly and as smoothly as possible.

I encourage parents to join the P and C Association. The first meeting is next Tuesday 5.30pm in the pri-

mary campus library. I look forward to meeting all parents.

Yours in learning,

Ms Helen Carne

Principal

Berry Street Education Model

All Ravenshoe State School staff P -12 worked two days of the Student Free Days learning about the

Berry Street Education Model. The presenter from Melbourne worked with staff to train staff in trauma

informed practice. The domains within the Berry Street Education Model are: Body, Stamina, Engage-

ment, and Character, all anchored by Relationship. These five areas are pedagogical lenses: each do-

main reflects our durable understanding and evidence-based practice that inform daily classroom learn-

ing.

Staff at Ravenshoe State School P – 12 have now completed three of the four days. The final training

day is planned to occur later in the year.

Well done to the staff for your learning in this area.

NEW STAFF: We would like to introduce and extend a warm welcome to our new staff members at the primary campus.

Teachers: Alex Harris – Prep/1 Hello, my name is Miss Harris. I have completed my final year stud-

ying a Master of Teaching (Early Education) at QUT. Last year I com-

pleted my final placement at Ravenshoe State School and fell in

love with the town. I have a passion for Early Years education and I

am very excited about teaching Prep/1 this year.

So you know a little bit about me, I was born in Alice Springs and went to school in Brisbane. I have a

beautiful cat named Elvis. I love all types of music, sandwiches and camping!

Mathew Hopkins – Year 6

My name is Mathew Hopkins and I am the Year 6 teacher for 2020. I am incredibly excited to have the

chance to work with such a great bunch of kids this year and assist them in their transition to high

school.

Being the unfamiliar face around the school, I thought I would take this oppor-

tunity to introduce myself.

I am a recent graduate of James Cook University, but prior to commencing my

degree I worked as a chef in Sydney for about 20 years. I decided teaching was

my ultimate passion. I am an avid cricketer, and play for Norths in the upcom-

ing cricket season.

I look forward to working with you and your child.

Breakfast Club

Every Mon, Tue, Wed, Thurs

8:15-8:40

Donations of bread, milk, milo or spreads would be wonderful. If

you have any excess oranges or mandarins, we would love them for

our Breakfast Club. Please contact our Chaplain Debra Redfearn

dredf8@eq.edu.au

Message from the Secondary Deputy Principal

Senior Parade

Junior Parade

Every Monday 9.00am- Dining

Hall Every Monday 9.35am- Dining

Hall

Secondary Meet and Greet Even-ing

Tuesday 11th Feb – 4.40pm-Dining

Hall

Student Leader Induction Cere-mony

Thursday 13th Feb 9.15-10.15am Pri-

mary Hall

Secondary Calendar

Dear Parents/Carers,

Welcome to the first term of 2020. We welcome our new Principal, Helen Carne, to the campus as well as George Spero and Amanda Foskett who are now at the secondary campus this year. We also welcome Mr Jacob Gigliotti into the role of Junior Head of Department, and Ms Felicity Stoet-zel, who is Acting Senior Head of Department until Term 4. Our annual Teacher Parent/Carer Meet and Greet Afternoon is scheduled for Tuesday 11th of February in the Dining Hall at the secondary campus from 4.40pm. This is the perfect chance for parents/ carers to meet their child(ren)’s teachers and build a relationship early on. We look forward to sharing an afternoon tea and discussing with you how you can best support your child’s education. The Student Leader Induction Ceremony will be held in the Primary Hall on Thursday 13th February from 9.15-10.15am. Parents/ carers of student leaders are invited to attend to celebrate their child’s induction into leadership roles for 2020.

Secondary Student Leaders 2020 Our Secondary Student Leaders for 2020 are: School Captains: Skye Adamson and Darcy Kemp School Vice Captains Zac Fordson and Paige Groves Archer Sports Captains: Justin Bevan, Clayton Dalgety, Claudia Jones Cedar Sports Captains: Elinda Kurt, Shannon Stasse-Gallaher BEACON Ambassadors and Secondary Student Council Representatives will be announced at the Stu-dent Leader Induction Ceremony on 13 February. Year Level Coordinators The Year Level Coordinators at the secondary campus provide pastoral care as well as social/emotional and behaviour support for students. The following staff members have taken on this responsibility in 2020: Year 7-Ms Kara Nugent Year 8- Ms Frances Farmer Year 9- Ms Vilma Minisini Year 10- Mr Vimal Shankaran Year 11- Ms Glenda Seymour Year 12- Ms Janet Bathgate Parents/ carers are encouraged to liaise with the relevant Year Level Coordinator regarding any issues that their child may have throughout the year.

Uniform Shop—Secondary

Tuckshop

Secondary Uniform Shop will be

open from 8.30am-1.30pm

each day.

Week 4 17-02-2020 9am – 10am

Week 6 02-03-2020 9am – 10am

New Behaviour Management Processes This year, we have introduced a Reflection Room to the secondary campus for students who are truant from classes, who are persistently late to class and who are referred to a Buddy Class for disruptive be-haviour during class. This Reflection Room runs at second lunch daily and students are expected to attend if they have breached the expectations regarding class attendance, being punctual to class or behaving in a safe, re-spectful manner for optimum learning during class. If a student does not attend a scheduled session in the lunchtime Reflection Room, a parent/ carer will be notified and that will serve as a final warning for students to attend before a suspension for non-compliance with routine is issued by the School Administration. We encourage parents/ carers to support this system by encouraging them to attend all timetabled clas-ses, be on time and refrain from disruptive behaviour. Breakfast Club and Highland Bakery A sincere thank you to all of the school’s donors and volunteers for their contributions to the school Breakfast Club Program; Ravenshoe Highland Bakery and the Breakfast club men and women. Thanks for ensuring the students have a great start to their school day! Jessie Cairns

Secondary Deputy Principal

News from the Primary Deputy Principal

Primary School Calendar

Whole School Pa-rades

Every Monday 2.30pm- Primary

Hall

Primary Meet and Greet Evening

Monday 10th Feb – 3:15-5:30

Student Leader Induction Cere-mony

Thursday 13th Feb 9:30-11:00 Prima-

ry Hall

Student Leaders Camp

26th Feb – 28th Feb

TEEC

Dear Parents/Carers,

A warm welcome to all our new families to Ravenshoe State School this year and welcome back to all our ex-isting families. Students and staff have settled in well and we are all excited to start a fabulous year of learning. We are also looking forward to working with our new Princi-pal, Helen Carne. Helen will be at the primary on Monday and Thursdays. We all looking forward to meeting all our parents and car-ers at our Teacher Parent/Carer Meet and Greet After-noon. This is a wonderful opportunity to meet your child’s teacher, explore their classroom and create pos-itive relationships with staff. Our Teacher Parent Meet and Greet is on Monday 10th February starting at 3:15pm in your child’s classroom. Come along and learn more about what your child will be learning this year, the class expectations and how you can work with your child’s teacher to increase their educational outcomes. Tea/coffee and afternoon tea in the primary hall at 4.15pm to meet socially with staff and other parents.

Parent/Carer Meet and Greet – Monday 10th Feb 3.15 Explore your child’s classroom/s and

meet the teachers 4.15 Tea/Coffee – social afternoon to

meet all the staff in the Primary Hall

Primary Tuckshop Primary Tuckshop is open every Monday and Friday for both lunches. When it is a public holiday on the Monday, the tuckshop will be open on Tuesday. Orders can be placed in the morning before school. Primary Parade This year, Primary Parade will be held on Monday at 2.30pm in the primary hall. This will limit disrup-tion in the morning teaching session and will allow our new Principal, Helen Carne to attend both the Primary and Secondary parades. Please come along to our parade and celebrate learning.

Primary Student Leaders Our Primary Student Leaders for 2020 are: School Captains: Oliver Mason and Roman Brown Archer Sports Captain: Dallas Coker Cedar Sports Captain: Clancy O’Donnell Student Class Representatives will be announced in our next newsletter. Please join us on Thursday 13th February for our whole school Student Leader Induction Ceremony in the primary hall at 9.30am.

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 Contracep-tion, Continence, Menopause, Lifestyle Issues, Bowel Health, Domestic Violence, etc. All services are provided by a spe-cially trained Women’s Health Nurse.

Ravenshoe Community Health Monday 24th February Ph: 4097 6223

Mount Garnet Primary Health Centre Monday 2nd March Ph: 4097 4800

New Lunchtime Process This year we have implemented our new lunchtime process. This means that students have a 10 mi-nute Healthy Eating Break at 10am. They also go out to play at the start of each recess and have lunch outside their classroom at the end of play. This reduces the amount of lining up and allows stu-dents to calm down before entering the classroom. So far, it has been a huge success. The bell times are below: 8.45 students collected from A Block 9.00 school starts – Morning Teaching Session 10.00 Healthy Eating Break 10.10 Morning Teaching Session continues 11.00 1st play 11.30 1st eating break 11.50 Middle Teaching Session 1.30 2nd play 1.50 2nd eating break 2.00 Afternoon Teaching Session 3.00 Home Time

Donations:

We have our exciting new garden beds built in the Prep/1 playground. Our Year 6 students and Prep/1

students will be planting these garden beds in the next few weeks.

If you have any fruit or vegetable plants/seedlings or trees that you would like to donate to the school,

we would be extremely grateful.

We are also starting a whole school compositing system and require buckets with lids for each class to

collect their lunch scraps for our compost, and later in the year, for our chooks.

Please email Mathew Hopkins, mxhop3@eq.edu.au if you are able to assist with donations.

Thanking you,

Lurelle Hodge

Primary Deputy Principal

Dear colleagues

As you would be aware, the Australian Government has announced new measures that specifically address travel restrictions in relation to the management of the Novel Coronavirus. In summary, the Government has enacted border control measures that, in the short term, prevent the entry of for-eign nationals from mainland China, into Australia. While there remains a very low risk of transmission in Australia, these preventative measures are being instigated in the interest of public health. These restrictions do not apply to Australian citizens, permanent residents or their immediate family. However, these people will need to self-isolate for a period of 14 days from when they leave mainland China. I appreciate that these elevated travel restrictions may have some impact on our schools, our corporate operations, and our key stakeholders and it is important that we continue to work together to ensure this is minimised. Our schools will remain open as usual. As always, the health and wellbeing of our staff and students is our number one priority and I would ask that we all remain alert to each other’s and student wellbeing. Information will be posted to OnePortal with information on sup-port strategies for students and our employee assistance service - Lifeworks by Morneau Shepell is available on

1800 604 640 for staff. We continue to work closely with health authorities in relation to the management of this situation. Queensland had already announced and enacted restrictions last week for travellers who have visited China (including Hong Kong), and I reiterate this earlier advice from our health agencies, which remains current:

anyone who has been in contact with any confirmed Novel Coronavirus cases must self-isolate (self-isolation

means staying at home and not accepting visitors) for 14 days following exposure;

travellers who have visited Hubei Province of China need to self-isolate for 14 days after leaving Hubei Province

(noting that the Australian Government has announced this now applies to all of mainland China as explained above);

returned travellers who have visited China cannot attend school, childcare or TAFE for 14 days after leaving China including Hong Kong.

We continue to work with and take the advice of Queensland Health and the latest information is available at Novel Coronavirus on the Queensland Health website.

On a personal level, can I thank you for what you are doing every day and ask that we continue to support our stu-dents, each other and our school communities during this time. Regards Tony Cook Director-General Department of Education

Dear Parents & Caregivers

I am writing to update you on the Novel Coronavirus.

As you would be aware, the Australian Government has announced new measures that specifically address travel restrictions

from mainland China.

While there remains a very low risk of transmission in Australia, these preventative measures are being instigated in the inter-

est of public health.

I do not expect that these travel restrictions will have any major impact on our school operations and I want to assure you that

we will continue to work to ensure any disruption is minimised.

Our school will be open this week as usual as we progress through Semester 1 2020.

As always, the health and wellbeing of our students remains our number one priority and I would ask that you remain alert to

your child’s/children’s wellbeing during this time. Children can have a range of reactions during an event like this and, as al-

ways, teacher and guidance support is available. If you have any concerns, please discuss them with your child’s teacher.

We continue to take advice from Queensland Health and the Department of Education in relation to this matter and the latest

information is available at Novel Coronavirus on the Queensland Health website.

Queensland had already announced and enacted restrictions last week for travellers who had visited China (including Hong

Kong), and I reiterate this earlier advice from our health agencies, which remains current:

anyone who has been in contact with any confirmed Novel Coronavirus cases must self-isolate (self-isolation means stay-

ing at home and not accepting visitors) for 14 days following exposure;

travellers who have visited Hubei Province of China need to self-isolate for 14 days after leaving Hubei Province (noting

that the Australian Government has announced this now applies to all of mainland China as explained above);

returned travellers who have visited China cannot attend school, childcare or TAFE for 14 days after leaving China including

Hong Kong.

On a personal level, can I ask that as a school community we all look out for and support each other during this time.

Again, thank you for your understanding and attention to this important matter.

School Bus

Tully Falls Road

MONDAY 24th FEBRUARY

Conveyance Committee AGM

4:30pm start: 204 Bew Road. Tea, Coffee & Cake or BYO

Please try to make it as we only get together once a year

Ph: 40976006/0419799583