Principal's Piece
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Key Summary Parent Information Meetings – sessions this week Life Education – visiting at the end of this term Parent Volunteer Workshops – volunteers need to attend a workshop before assisting in the classroom / school P&C Meeting – first meeting for 2021 tonight at 6.00pm Reading – continues to be a focus area in 2021 Student Leaders – badge presentation this Friday on parade |
Week 3 is well underway and it is lovely to see how well everyone has settled back into school life for 2021. I have enjoyed visiting the classrooms, sharing ‘Good News’ letters with students, looking at amazing work from students and even being able to make some good news phone calls to parents about the fabulous work their child shared with me. Calliope students are ready to ACE 2021 by
A – Attending - Every day counts!
C – Confidently participating
Parent Meetings
It was lovely to see parents attending the Class Parent Information Sessions this week. The teachers are able to share their classroom routines and expectations with you. We still have several sessions to go this week, see timetable below. Class newsletters are also currently being sent home from all the classes with information about Term 1.
Life Education
Later in the term we will welcome Life Education to Calliope State School. Life Education happens every two years at the school. All classes will have the opportunity to attend the session with the Life Education educator. The cost will be $6.00 per child and more information will be sent home in the next few weeks.
Parent Volunteer workshops
We look forward to inviting parents back into classrooms to assist with a variety of activities. All volunteers are now required to attend a mandatory training workshop before they are able to assist in classrooms / tuckshop etc. There are two sessions offered over the next week: Thursday 11 February at 9.15am and Monday 15 February at 4.00pm.
Another session will be offered later in the term, so please give feedback about suitable times if you are unable to make either of the earlier times.
P&C Meeting tonight
Reading
Reading continues to be a focus area at Calliope State School in 2021. There are many ways to support your child with reading, but one of the best ways is to just to share a book with your child/children. You can read the book to your child, they can read to you, or you can both read parts of the book. It might be a picture book each night, a favourite book or a chapter book that can be read over a number of weeks. Students are always welcome to borrow books from the school library to take home as well.
Time Out
We have been contacted by a family about a confirmed case of Hand Foot and Mouth disease. We follow the Department of Health ‘Time Out’ guidelines that meet the requirements of the Public Health Act 2005. Please see the Time Out recommendations for a variety of illness attached to this newsletter.
Student Leaders
This Friday on parade, we will have the pleasure of presenting our 2021 School Leaders with their badges. Our leaders have started the year well, already presenting at parade. We look forward to their work within the school this year.
Kinds Regards
