Principal's Message
Welcome back to Term 2 everyone. This week students are preparing for ANZAC Day services. The school will have its ANZAC Day School Commemorative Service this Friday in the Hall commencing at 9:15 am. I encourage all parents and caregivers to attend. There will be no usual assembly activities this week. Our school will also attend the following services on Tuesday, April 25.
Dawn Service – meet at Brumby's in the Valley Shopping Centre at 5.15am
Calliope Service - assemble at Bunting Park at 10:30 am to be ready to march to the Calliope Cenotaph at 10:45 am. The service will commence at 11:00am. There are further details in this newsletter.
Last night our P&C held their Annual General Meeting. The outgoing executive committee have put many years of personal time into our school and we thank them for all the work they have done in assisting to make Calliope the school it is, through their support and fundraising efforts. A huge thank you goes to our outgoing 2022/23 executives.
President: Tenielle Wode
Secretary: Kate Whitehead
Treasurer: Geoff Kerr and Bec Harlow
Congratulations to our incoming executives for 2023.
President – Heidi Jackman
Vice President – Geoff Kerr
Secretary – Lisa Newby
Treasurer - Angela Kummerfeld
Guidance Officers
We welcome Katelyn Blake and Lucy Hodgkinson to our school. Katelyn is our new Guidance Officer and will be with us until the end of the year at this stage. Lucy is our Engagement & Student Wellbeing Guidance Officer as part of the Student Wellbeing Package. Lucy will be working at our school every Wednesday and Thursday.
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. Our second strategy is Curriculum Implementation. Our second action is Embed the Australian Curriculum General Capabilities and Cross-Curriculum Priorities through the implementation of the CSS Whole School Approach to Moderation. All teaching staff participated in in-school moderation this week. Some of our staff will be attending between schools moderation this Friday.
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 expectations for parents and the standards we commit to as staff.
student code of conduct.pdf (eq.edu.au)
Valuable Items/Money/Toys
Another friendly reminder to all families that toys and personal items and valuables need to remain at home. Already in the last couple of days I have seen toy cars brought to school by students. Children love to share. When items are given away and then there is a change of mind, this often causes escalation and valuable teaching time to sort out incidents is lost. Please assist by not allowing personal items to be brought to school unless it is a designated celebration day.
Queensland Engagement and Wellbeing (QEW) Survey
In the next couple of weeks our students from year 4 - 6 will participate in the Queensland Engagement and Wellbeing (QEW) Survey. The Queensland Engagement and Wellbeing (QEW) Survey aims to collect information from Queensland state schools in a consistent and systematic way to gain a better understanding of the engagement and wellbeing of our students. It asks questions about many aspects of students' wellbeing, engagement and experience at school. Data from the survey will help schools monitor their school culture, school engagement and student wellbeing in line with the Student Learning and Wellbeing Framework and our Department’s Equity and Excellence: realising the potential of every student vision.
Calliope State School Parent/Caregiver Survey
Next week parents/caregivers will be emailed a survey that is designed by our school. This survey will consist of two parts. The first part has questions that are included in the Department’s School Opinion Survey, in addition to some other questions. Your response to this will give us some data on how we are progressing with our priorities from Term 1. There will enable us to adjust our strategies can continue to improve.
The second part of the survey includes consultation on the nature of Calliope State School’s swimming program and activities and to assist in deciding whether the programs will be facilitated by school-based staff or an external provider.
The survey will open on Wednesday 26 April and close Wednesday 3 May.
Upcoming Events Calendar
This newsletter will include our upcoming Events Calendar that can be printed and put on the fridge. This week’s newsletter will only have this month, but as events are finalised the whole term will be included in the calendar. Sometimes, due to unforeseen circumstances changes occur. We aim to keep these to a minimum. A great example is the weather. If an event needs to change we will notify you via Facebook. We now have our SMS system ready for extreme circumstances. In these instances you will receive a text. Please ensure your details are correct on our system and that we have your current mobile phone number so you can receive these texts when required.
