School Improvement

“Every student succeeding is the shared vision of Queensland state schools. This strategy underpins regional and school planning to ensure every student receives the support needed to belong to the school community, engage purposefully in learning and experience academic success.”

This is the strategic vision provided by the Department. Here at Calliope State School, we are always working towards strategies that bring this to life. The school mantra of “Together for Student Learning” guides our decision making processes and our policies. We regularly share information around these at our P&C meeting. If you would like to know more, please feel free to join our P&C meetings. Another great way to be involved in our school is to join our Positive Behaviour for Learning committee who meet each month on a Wednesday afternoon. If you are interested in doing so, please contact the office for further information.

This year we will continue our focus area of “Reading Improvement”. We are relentless in our use of data to inform the next steps for our learners. This week our teachers will all begin meeting with members of the leadership team to work together to identify these next steps.

Learning to read should be a fun time at home. Below are some ideas for our early readers.

Parent Volunteers

Thank you to all the parents, grandparents and carers who were able to attend one of the recent Volunteer Mandatory training sessions. The teachers are excited to start having volunteers in the classrooms soon. We will run another session in the coming weeks, so if you are interested, please let us know your preferred day.

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.

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.