Principal's Message
RotaKids Rainbow Free Dress Day – November 7
All students are invited to come to school dressed in their ‘Rainbow’ best on Thursday 7th of November.
Please bring a gold coin donation to be donated to Calliope Scouts.
2024 Week 4 or Term 4, Week 11 (December 9 to 13)
Every 6 – 7 years, our school academic calendar requires a recalibration and in doing so we have an extra week added to the school year. Normally we have 10 weeks of learning per term, amounting to 40 weeks for the year. This year we have 41 weeks in the academic calendar. This is being resolved in 2024 by making Term 4 and 11-week term. This is what is being called Week 41 (or Week 11 of Term 4). Calliope State School will be open for all students in Week 41 (or Week 11 of Term 4), but we wanted you to be aware of some changes during this week.
All school learning, programs and events will be completed by Friday 6th December.
At Calliope State School, that means by Friday 6th December, we will have completed:
- All learning necessary for the year
- All ceremonies (e.g., Year 6 Graduation, End of Term Parades and Open Classrooms)
- All prep and high school transition days
- Allocation of 2025 classes and classroom transition activities
Report Cards will be sent home via email on Thursday 12th December.
In Week 11, from Monday 9th December, we will be taking this opportunity to have an enhanced focus on student wellbeing activities through alternate programs. It should be noted:
- Students may not necessarily be supervised by their regular teacher
- Students will be combined into diverse groups varying ages depending on the students who are present at school
- There will be no formal learning of the Australian Curriculum
- Activities will comprise of tasks that a multitude of age groups can participate in
- Groups of teachers will be taken offline to work on deep planning and preparations for 2025 in line with the Australian Curriculum
- Uniform is still expected to be worn each day
Prep Enrolments 2025
Prep Enrolments for 2025 are now open!
Enrolment packs are available from the school office. If you haven’t already booked in a time, please book one as soon as possible through our school office.
Intentions for 2025
If you are intending on leaving Calliope State School in 2025, please let our friendly office staff know, as we are in the planning stages of our classes for next year. Please email our office staff at admin@calliopess.eq.edu.au
Planning for classes in 2025 has already begun. Our first step is to finalise our anticipated enrolments for 2025. If you know of families considering Calliope State School in 2025, please encourage them to contact Administration as soon as possible. If your family intends on leaving our school next year, could you please notify Administration so that this planning can be as accurate as possible.