Welcome to Week 9. Yesterday we celebrated Harmony Week by wearing the significant colour orange to school. It was amazing to see our students recognise all cultures in our community.

Annual Implementation Plan (AIP)

Our Priority for 2023 is “Calliope State School embraces Equity and Excellence for All”. We have three strategies to achieve this. This week I will continue to focus on our first action, Approach to Pedagogy. Our fourth strategy is targeted use of resources to support student engagement, learning and wellbeing – physical, financial and human resources. As a school we strategically utilise allocated resources to support students to achieve their best possible outcomes.

Student Code of Conduct

Each week I will focus on an aspect of Calliope’s Student Code of Conduct. This week the focus is on a Whole School Approach to Discipline. A copy of Calliope State School’s Student Code of Conduct can be found in the following link.

Calliope State School uses Positive Behaviour for Learning (PBL) as the multi-tiered system of support for discipline in the school. This is a whole-school approach, used in all classrooms and programs offered through the school, including sporting activities and excursions.

PBL is an evidence-based framework used to:

• analyse and improve student behaviour and learning outcomes

• ensure that only evidence-based practices are used correctly by teachers to support students

• continually support staff members to maintain consistent school and classroom improvement practices.

At Calliope State School we believe discipline is about more than punishment. It is a word that reflects our belief that student behaviour is a part of the overall teaching and learning approach in our school. Our staff take responsibility for making their expectations clear, for providing supportive instruction about how to meet these expectations and strive to use behavioural incidents as opportunities to re-teach.

The development of the Calliope State School Student Code of Conduct is an opportunity to explain the PBL framework with parents and students, and gain their support to implement a consistent approach to teaching behaviour. The language and expectations of PBL can be used in any environment, including the home setting for students. Doing everything we can do to set students up for success is a shared goal of every parent and school staff member.

Any students or parents who have questions or would like to discuss the Student Code of Conduct or PBL are encouraged to speak with the class teacher or make an appointment to meet with a member of the leadership team.

End of Term Events

As the term comes to an end next week, we have several upcoming events to celebrate our learning over Term 1.

• Cool Coins – At the end of this week Cool Coins will be counted and the winning classes (Lower/Upper) announced. These two classes will have a free dress day next week. Stay Tuned !
• Monday 27 March – Cross Country
• Week 10 – Parent Interviews
• Wednesday 29 March – Arts & Technology Party
• Friday 31 March – Easter Celebration (Assembly, Easter Hat Parade, Open Classrooms, Picnic on the Lawn)

I am looking forward to seeing amazing Easter Hats next Friday. After our short assembly and Easter Hat Parade, parents are invited into classrooms for a “Celebration of Learning” where you can view all the amazing work your children have done this term. Parents are also invited to stay for a picnic with your children at 11:00 am on the grass area near the Undercroft. Please bring a picnic rug if you like. We thank Mrs Smith-Ashton and her class for organising this.