P&C News
Hello Calliope! Can you believe it is Week 6 of term already?! Time feels like it is flying by; must be due to all the exciting things going on! It was wonderful to announce on Friday that, after a huge effort and collaboration by many wonderful people in our community, our school zone speed limit times have been permanently extended to 9:30 in the mornings. This is such an important success for the safety of our children since our first bell rings at 9:05am. We are aware that we’re still waiting for the Muirhead St sign to be changed and Bryson Head MP has already contacted TMR about this. So keep an eye on the times and your speed when travelling through our school zone.
We hope you got your pizza orders in yesterday?! All Preps, Year 1’s, 2’s and 3’s will be receiving their pizza orders at first break this Monday May 29th. If you have completed your mandatory training and have some time to spare Monday from 10:45am, we would love a few extra hands please to help sort and hand out pizzas to our hungry students.
Have you heard about the warm Milos available for purchase at the Tuckshop before school Tuesdays to Fridays?! A wonderful way to warm up before class; Milos are only $1.00 each! From 8:30-9:00am Year 5&6 students will be selling Milo tickets in the tuckshop area which can then be presented to our lovely tuckshop ladies for a warm cup of Milo! Yummy!! Thanks again to Helping Hands for donating the Milo for this delicious fundraiser!
Have you noticed that our can cage out front near the pool is now empty again?! Mr Newby and an amazing group of parent helpers emptied it on Sunday afternoon and all your donated cans and bottles filled a trailer! On Friday we will be cashing these in; can you guess the dollar value that we will receive for such a haul?? Head over to Calliope State School P&C Facebook page and leave a comment on the can cage post with your guess by Friday 9am! The first correct (or closest) guess will win a $10 Tuckshop voucher! While you’re on our page; why not click ‘Follow’?! All of the above information is posted on our page and this is a great way to keep up to date on all that is happening with the P&C, around the school community and see all the fun we have supporting our students at school.
Don’t forget all year levels will have their sports afternoons/days next week. And if you’ll be at the Yr 3-6 Athletics Carnival on Friday June 2nd, why not pop into the tuckshop tent and lend a hand for a little while? This is such a wonderful team to be a part of and we love meeting new members of the school community who love this school as much as we do!
Leading this amazing team this year is our President, Heidi Jackman! Heidi is now in her 8th year as a member of our school community and has been volunteering around the school since day one! Heidi values each of our students’ education and has spent many years in classrooms assisting with literacy groups, even in Prep rooms long after her own children had moved up through the grades. She is committed to supporting the school in every way possible! Heidi is particularly driven and dedicated to improving community and parent engagement and encourages everyone to have a say! You can email us at pandc@calliopess.eq.edu.au and/or come along to a meeting! Our next meeting is Tuesday June 13th in the Admin building at 5:30pm. We would all genuinely love to see you there!
Warm regards,
Heidi, Geoff, Angela and Lisa.