BOOK WEEK

Book Week is August 20-26 and Book Fair will be run throughout this week.

Book Week Dress Up Day is Friday August 19. All children are encouraged to dress up. The theme is ‘Dreaming with eyes open…’.

STAFFING

• Calliope State School’s substantive Principal, Moira, has extended her leave and will now return at the start of 2023.
• Coralie Ditchmen will be based up at Calliope State High School this week. Rebecca Crapp will be Acting Principal at the primary school, working closely with Coralie day to day.
• Amanda Whale starts as the new Student Learning and Wellbeing, Tuesday to Friday.
• Amanda Whale will take 1A on a Monday and as Karynne Peter’s reduces her fraction to work Tuesday to Friday.  
• Kate Terry starts as the teacher on 1D this week and will remain on this class for the rest of this year.
• Chappy Nici started with us last week. Chappy Nici will work with us Monday’s, Wednesday’s and Thursday’s for the remainder of the year.

WORKFORCE PLANNING – Combining classes

We are currently experiencing a larger number of staff out on leave than usual, due to the ongoing nature of managing COVID and the flu season. We have limited access to relief teachers for the same reasons.

In line with the COVID guidelines for schools, we have a plan in place to ensure the continuity of learning for all students and to minimise the disruption to student learning as much as possible. There will be times that we will need to combine same year level classes. We will try to limit this as much as possible; however, there will be circumstances where this will have to occur.

We appreciate your understanding and support during these times.

INCURSION

On Wednesday 17 August 2022,  Dion Drummond Indigenous Performance will be visiting Calliope State School as part of our Reconciliation Action Plan and NAIDOC Week celebrations.  In his school visits, Dion shares tales and artefacts from his cultures, teaching students about the different traditions of both Torres Strait Island and Aboriginal storytelling, song and dance.

FREE PREP VISION SCREENING

Good vision is important for a child’s educational, physical and social development. Vision screening checks for common eye conditions that may impact your child’s ability to see and therefore impact their learning and development.

A Registered Nurse will be visiting the school on Monday 29 August 2022 to conduct vision screening for children in their Prep year. If you wish to have your Prep child participate in this free vision screening program, please complete an online consent form by 23 August 2022. See link below. Parents do not need to be present for screening; however, if you would like to be, please contact the school to arrange this.

If your child’s vision is screened, you will be advised of the results in writing. If a vision concern is found, you will receive a phone call from the nurse to discuss referral to an eye health professional for further assessment. If a vision concern is identified and your child requires glasses, eligible health care card holders may be assisted with free basic glasses through the Spectacle Supply Scheme.

Participation in vision screening is not compulsory. If you do not wish for your child to participate in screening, please complete the consent form and indicate that you wish to decline screening.

Please click on the following link to access the Online Consent Form and Parent Information Letter: https://visionscreening.health.qld.gov.au/ParentalConsent/13126dUn.  Alternatively, you can scan the QR code below:

Regards

Coralie Ditchmen

Acting Principal