Welcome to Week Seven of Term One.  Prep A is being showcased on our foyer TV.  If you are at our school make sure you take the time to see the amazing work going on in this room. This week we have had our school photos taken.  It is great to see our students looking their best. On Thursday we have our students from Years 4 – 6 participating in the Combined Schools Musical Excursion. Congratulations to Mackenna, Priyah and April on representing Calliope State School in the Combined Schools Musical, The Little Mermaid. The girls are sea creatures in the performance. Shows begin this week and we wish them well.

The Student Resilience Survey

Resilience and wellbeing are key factors to ensure a happy and fulfilling future for our young people.

We are proud to partner with The Resilience Project to assist our students in their wellbeing journey. In order to gain an accurate understanding of our students’ strengths and challenges, we will be conducting a resilience survey developed by Resilient Youth Australia and the University of South Australia. In recent years, they have surveyed more than 500,000 Australian school students.

We will administer the Resilience Survey this year online in class time. Students typically take 30-50 minutes to complete the survey.

The data from the survey will be reported in aggregate descriptive form only, by year level and gender, and no individual student responses can be identified.

The Resilience Survey is completely voluntary and anonymous. The survey will provide valuable information to assist us to create and maintain the best culture of wellbeing and resilience that we can. If you have any questions or concerns regarding your child’s participation in this survey project, please contact Christine Johnston on 4975 8333.

We thank you for your support.

Equity and Excellence

Students across all Queensland schools are required to put their phones away for the day from the start of 2024.  As explained in my previous newsletter, this process has been in place at Calliope State School.  The following slide explains why this has been put in place across Queensland school.  I have also added some common question and answers, how you can help and a QR code with further information.

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