Welcome to Week Five.  Over the course of the week, I have been delighted to meet many students and staff at this wonderful school.  I was also privileged to attend last night’s P&C Meeting.  This group of parents and carers are small but mighty, and all are very invested in building a positive relationship between school and home.  I encourage you to come along to meet others, hear about the great things planned, and have your say about the future direction of Calliope State School. We are keen to work together with you. Thank you to our P&C for your dedication.

Our Book Week Parade will be held on Friday, 25^th August at 9:15am.  We understand that some students will be attending the Eisteddfod for their choir performance.  We invite them to change into their Book Week costume on their return to school.  I am very excited to see everyone dressed as their favourite book character.

Student Code of Conduct

Each week, we will focus on an aspect of Calliope’s Student Code of Conduct.  This week the focus is the school’s, students’ and parents’ responsibilities with regards to supporting a safe and supportive environment and not permitting items that jeopardise the safety and wellbeing of our school community.

 Responsibilities

 State school staff at Calliope State School:

• do not require the student’s consent to search school property such as lockers, desks or laptops that are supplied to the student through the school;
• may seize a student’s bag where there is suspicion that the student has a dangerous item (for example, a knife) in their school bag, prior to seeking consent to search from a parent or calling the police;
• require consent from the student or parent to examine or otherwise deal with the temporarily removed student property. For example, staff who temporarily remove a mobile phone from a student are not authorised to unlock the phone or to read, copy or delete messages stored on the phone;
• understand that there may be emergency circumstances where it is necessary to search a student’s property without the student’s consent or the consent of the student’s parents (e.g. to access an EpiPen for an anaphylactic emergency);
• require consent from the student or parent to search the person of a student (e.g. pockets or shoes). If consent is not provided and a search is considered necessary, the police and the student’s parents should be called to make such a determination.

 Parents of students at Calliope State School:

• ensure your children do not bring property onto schools grounds or other settings used by the school (e.g. camp, sporting venues) that:
  • is prohibited according to the Calliope State School Student Code of Conduct;
  • is illegal;
  • puts the safety or wellbeing of others at risk;
  • does not preserve a caring, safe, supportive or productive learning environment;
  • does not maintain and foster mutual respect.
• collect temporarily removed student property as soon as possible after they have been notified by the principal or state school staff that the property is available for collection.

 Students of Calliope State School:

• do not bring property onto school grounds or other settings used by the school (e.g. camp, sporting venues) that:
  • is prohibited according to the Calliope State School Code of Conduct;
  • is illegal;
  • puts the safety or wellbeing of others at risk;
  • does not preserve a caring, safe, supportive or productive learning environment;
  • does not maintain and foster mutual respect.
• collect their property as soon as possible when advised by the Principal or state school staff it is available for collection.

School Opinion Survey

To date, we have had 57 responses from our parents and carers – thank you for taking time to complete this survey.  If you haven’t yet, we would love your feedback so please consider completing our School Opinion Survey.  This will close on the 18 August 2023.

The survey will take approximately 5 minutes using a computer, tablet or smart phone. 

Parents/caregivers who do not have access to the internet at home are welcome to complete their survey online at the school. School computers/tablets will be available. Please contact our administration team to organise this.

Some reminders of upcoming events from the calendar include –

Thursday 10^th August – Eisteddfod for Instrumental Music students

Monday 14^th August – Show Holiday

Friday 18^th August – Bullying No Way Day - Wear Orange 

Week 7 –

Road Safety Week with QPS

Book Week (including parade) date TBC

Week 8 – Prep 2024 interviews begin

Friday 1^st September – Student-Free Day