Dear Parents/Caregivers

 Four weeks into my role here and I have enjoyed all of my classroom visits that I have been able to make time for every day, and being out before school, breaks and after school most days. Looking forward to a strong final four weeks of term of teaching and learning.

 I talk to students about our core business and that is teaching and learning. The lunchtime behaviour has been improving and thank you to our staff, Deputy Principals, and HoD for the heavy presence to help with setting expectations, keeping play and after school smooth, as well as, there to resolve issues straight away. Thanks to our students who have worked with the staff and I on how students need to roll at lunchtime to have fun and play safe.

 Met the P&C for the final meeting of the year, and found a really caring and constructive group of parents giving up their time to work with the school. Thanks for all the great conversation and planned steps that we discussed to take from the meeting.

 Any issues please contact the school to step out in a constructive way. I am always looking for the most practical solutions to any issue. Sometimes, as a parent, and I have experienced this, it is hard to see inside the ‘institution’, which in this case the institution is our school. We work on ways to improve our communication and the visibility of our actions to show how we work at Calliope State School.

Kind regards

Pete Stansfield

Principal Teacher

Calliope State School