Principal's Piece
Every state school in Queensland in 2020 is required to have a Student Code of Conduct, which will replace the school’s existing Responsible Behaviour Plan, Statement of Expectations and Code of School Behaviour.
It will be the school’s behaviour policy outlining expected behaviour and responses and the whole school approach to discipline, with information about school rules, consequences, processes for addressing bullying and the responsible use of technology and critical incident management.
It will include references to the following suite of DOE revised policies and procedures:
Over the coming months, we have plans to consult and collaborate with you to develop this key document for our school.
We will invite you to participate in this process in the following ways:-
- Participation in P&C Consultations
- Feedback through our suggestion box – via the office window
- COVID Guidelines allowing in the future – stakeholder consultation groups.
We thank you in advance for your vital support, participation and feedback in this process.
If you have any queries or need clarification, please contact the office.
School Camp Funds
Earlier this year many of our Year 5 and 6 parents will have paid camp deposits. Some families have requested refunds. We ask families to discuss prior to requesting a refund whether they would like this refund to be retained by the school to go towards the cost of the alternative activities we are currently in the process of planning. There will still be a cost associated with these activities.
Wellbeing and Relationships
One of our main areas of work aside from Curriculum is supporting student wellbeing and their relationships with others. Not all childhood conflict is termed as “Bullying”. Childhood conflict is a normal and necessary part of childhood development, just as much as learning to crawl, walk and talk. It provides for children a learning opportunity for how to handle uncomfortable feelings in an appropriate way. It helps them learn relationship skills that will be vital as they progress through their lives and develop into adults. Just as they will learn and use their reading and writing skill throughout their lives, thy will use their conflict resolution, relationship and emotional regulation skills. Should you have any questions or concerns around your child’s development in this area, please discuss this with your child’s classroom teacher. We have many Student Welfare supports in our school.
Learning Walls
As part of our Reading Improvement Journey we are focussing on the use of “Learning Walls” in our classrooms. We would like to encourage you to talk with your child about their reading goals and what their strategies are to help them reach their goal. The Leadership Team look forward to visiting classrooms this term. Our visits focus around five key questions:
- What are you learning?
- How are you doing?
- How do you know?
- How can you improve?
- Where can you go for help?
Feedback
We are always open to feedback as this helps our school to continuously grow and improve. There are many appropriate ways to provide feedback to our school and we appreciate the time and effort people have taken to ensure they are using these avenues. At the moment we have modified some of our avenues for providing feedback. The most effective way in this present situation is to email our admin@calliopess.eq.edu.au email address or via a phone call.
Kindest Regards,
Rebecca Crapp
Deputy Principal