Welcome to Week Three of Term One. The school is buzzing with positivity and engagement! This week, teachers held their annual Term 1 Parent Meetings in their cohorts, informing parents about the year ahead.

This Friday our Year 6 Induction Ceremony will be held in the hall. We have a number of special guests attending to assist in presenting our school leaders with their Leader badges. The whole Year 6 cohort will be presented with their Senior badges and will recite our Calliope State School ‘Leadership Oath’. All parents of Calliope State School are welcome to attend.

Please save the following date in your diaries:

Connected Parenting with Lael Stone (Webinar)

Monday, 12 May 2025 6:30PM AEST

This is a Webinar made available through The Resilience Project. More information to come regarding how we will be presenting this.

Stop, Drop and Go

Please do not park in our Stop, Drop and Go to wait for children from other schools. We have a number of parents who are using our Stop, Drop and Go to sit and wait to collect their children from the local high school. Please ensure that you move off, away from Stop, Drop and Go as soon as you have collected your primary aged child/ren from our school. If you have a child/ren attending the local high school, I encourage you to collect them first from their Stop, Drop and Go and then move to the primary school. The high school has an earlier finishing time.

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The safety of our students is a priority at Calliope State School; please be patient when using Stop, Drop and Go. Do not park in the Stop, Drop & Go zones at any time as this congests the flow of traffic and blocks access to the kerb. Some key points to remember:

· Stay in your car and leave the car running so that you can move forward (this maintains a steady flow of traffic).

· Keep left while queuing for Stop, Drop & Go.

· Children must enter and exit cars from the kerb side only.

· Give way when exiting the drop zone.

· In the afternoon, delay your arrival to minimise traffic congestion.

· If your child is not yet at Stop, Drop & Go, drive slowly through the carpark and turn right just before the exit to re-join the queue.

If you are unable to use Stop, Drop & Go area in this manner, please park your vehicle to drop or collect your child.

Communication

If you would like to talk through an issue that you or your child is having at school, please ensure that you contact the classroom teacher as your first point of call. If you need further support after talking to the classroom teacher, please do not hesitate to organise a time, through the Administration Team in the office, to meet with a Deputy Principal (Raelene Norris P-3 and Christine Johnston Years 3-6). Please contact Administration on the following details between 8am and 4pm:

Phone: 4975 8333 Email: admin@calliopess.eq.edu.au