Key Summary Points

- Education Improvement Branch School Review document on our Website

- Student Code of Conduct commencing 2021 – available on our Website

- Staffing

- Year 6 Camp and Graduation

- School Watch – protect OUR school

- 2021 Leaders

- Year 6 Transition day

Our School Review

Our Executive Summary from our recent school review is a publicly available document. This has been uploaded to our School Website. We are very proud of the many aspects our school to be celebrated, particularly noteworthy is our culture of care and support for every member of our school community. Feel free to have read and celebrate with us!

Student Code of Conduct

From the beginning of 2021, we will transition from the “Responsible Behaviour Plan for Students” to our “Student Code of Conduct”. This has been uploaded to our School Website. Throughout 2021 we will be running information sessions around this.

Staffing Changes

Welcome to our incoming Principal, Moira Mackenzie, along with Ms Diaz (Year 3) and Mrs Peterson (Strings).

We say a sad farewell to a number of staff and wish them all the best in their new adventures:

Mrs Kylie Kettle

Mr Carl Green

Ms Peta Everingham

Miss Carmen Tuttle

Mrs Shay Gilliland

Mr Brian Rowe

Mr Aaron Widderick (Strings teacher)

Mrs Shelley Kerr; and

Chappy Mel

Please be sure to wish them well if you see them out and about.

Year 6 Camp and Graduation

Thanks to all our staff, students and our P&C for the amazing work that was done to put together the Year 6 Camp and Graduation. It was wonderful to be able to have our parents join us for this amazing week culminating in the Year 6 Graduation. A massive thank-you also to our parents for respecting our COVID guidelines throughout the event.

School Watch – working together to protect schools

Please keep watch over our school and help safeguard against vandalism, theft and arson. LOOK, LISTEN and REPORT any suspicious activity outside of school hours or during school holidays. If you see anything irregular or suspicious, report the issue to School Watch on 131 788. If it’s an emergency, call Triple Zero (000). Remember, we can all help to keep our school safe.

Prep Open Classrooms

It was so wonderful to be able to have our 2021 Prep students and a parent visit our classroom under the new COVID event guidelines for schools. This is a very important part of the transition process. We look forward to having our new cohort of Preps join us in the new year.

School Leadership Process

Our Year 5 students have been busy running for our school leadership positions. These have been announced on our most recent parade video. Our Year 5 leaders have already proven their value by setting up the Year 6 Graduation. If this is their start, I can’t wait to see the amazing work they are yet to do in 2021. Congratulation to all our incoming leaders.

Year 6 Transition Days

Many of our Year 6 students have been taking advantage of the two transition days offered by our local high schools with most attending Calliope State High School. Our teachers had the pleasure of visiting the transition and it was pleasing to see Calliope State School students carrying forward their values of Safe, Respectful and Responsible into the high school setting. They were able to experience a wide range of high school experiences including unpacking the school creed and working on a range of STEAM activities.

STOP, DROP, GO

The modifications in conjunction with the Queensland Police Service have seen a dramatic improvement in the efficiency and safety of our Strop Drop Go zone. A massive thank-you to all our parents who access this facility for your patience and co-operation. The most effective strategy is to wait until 3:15 before arriving so that you are in the flow of the line, rather than arriving early. If you do arrive early, please access one of the parking spaces. A reminder that we have a yellow line in the front of the Administration building. Yellow lines mean “No Parking”. Please be sure to drive the few metres extra to drop your child off in the Stop Drop Go zone.

Feedback Welcome

Calliope State School is committed to ensuring that ‘everyone at Calliope State School is working together to ensure that every day, in every classroom, every student is learning and achieving’. We want to know from our parents, carers and students, what we are doing well, and if there are any areas we can improve on or do differently.

You can give feedback at any time to a staff member, coming into the school office, or leaving a message in our Suggestion Box (in the office foyer). Please be respectful when providing feedback.

If you have a complaint we ask that you:

1) Arrange a time to speak with the class teacher as the first point of call.

2) If your concern is regarding the classroom teacher or a staff member, contact the office to speak with a Deputy Principal responsible for your child’s sector.

· Miss Raelene Norris is the P-2 Deputy

· Mrs Naomi Hughes is the 3-6 A/Deputy

· Mrs Rebecca Crapp is the A/Principal.

We ask that you refrain from using social media platforms to comment about issues or incidents involving our school. We have a great school with great students and staff and together we can continue to promote our school as a fantastic learning venue in our community. By following the above process we can work together to ensure any concerns you have are addressed in a proactive and solution focused way.

Acting Principal