Welcome to Week Four of Term Two. This Friday is Walk Safely to School Day.  Until they’re ten, children must always hold an adult’s hand when crossing the road.  More details can be found further down in our newsletter. 

The first strategy in in our AIP is Data – Use school and student performance data to inform teaching and student learning.  There are three actions to achieve this strategy.  They are:

• Develop and implement data analysis and evaluation systems, linked to the three phases of moderation, to improve teaching practice, through specific, informed data knowledge and the impact on student learning outcomes.
• Develop teachers’ data literacy skills to enable them to purposefully engage with data to inform teaching practices and improve student engagement.
• Clarify processes for using data when developing strategies to improve student outcomes for priority groups, to foster understanding by all staff.
  

Recently our staff have participated in moderation at school where each classroom teacher brings a sample of student assessment and the cohort discusses the achievement of the assessment piece.  In English all teachers know the acievement of every student from Semester Two of 2024. They develop targets and predictions.  Next steps to support students to continue to achieve at that level or move up to the next level are considered.

This week, teachers will participate in across schools moderation where they will share assessment work samples with other teachers across other schools in Gladstone.  This ensures consistency in marking across our schools.

Mystery Person – each week on assembly we have a mystery person who watches the classes across the whole assembly and then announces at the end who the class is that have displayed the best actions on assembly through entering quietly, sitting and listening and following all assembly processes.  We are looking for any parents who regularly attend who may want to be our “Mystery Person”.  Please let our office know if you are interested.

Bikes and Scooters

A reminder to our whole school community that bikes and scooters are to be walked out of the school grounds and on the foot paths in front of the school.  We have over 500 students in our school and it is busy at arrival and departure times.  This is for the safety of everyone. Each week students and adults are getting hurt where these rules are not being followed.  Please consider others by observing this rule for safety of our whole school community.

Walk Safely to School Day

This Friday, 16 May, is Walk Safely to School Day. We will be walking to school with families again this year. Students and families are asked to meet staff at the top of the hill near the Bowls Club – opposite Drakes at 8.30am to walk to school together.

RotaKids Update

Thank you to all the families who supported our ‘Wear Purple’ day on Monday. We will be donating $207 to our local Domestic and Family Violence community group.

Volunteers Morning Tea

Volunteers are a vital part of any school community. We would like to thank our school volunteers with a morning tea on Monday 26 May, during National Volunteers Week.

Morning tea will be in the Administration Building. Please RSVP to the school office on 4975 8333 or email admin@calliopess.eq.edu.au if you are able to attend.