Calliope State School eNewsletter

In Science we have been learning about exploring energy and electricity. Part of our learning involved creating an operating electrical circuit. We have also been investigating alternative energy sources and identifying the advantages and disadvantages of each.

Leading into Holidays

We would like to thank our school community for working with us this term to support our students. Our staff have done a fantastic job of implementing our “Core Business” of supporting students in classrooms to learn the Australian Curriculum, along with providing a wide range of extra curricula activities. Students have done an amazing job of engaging with school life this term. Our Year 5s are finishing their term by heading off to camp at the Capricorn Caves. Our attending staff give up their own time and family commitments to enable these amazing experiences and we thank them for doing so.

If you notice anything with our school as you are travelling past that affects our school, please contact School Watch.

We wish all of our families a safe and happy time together over our holidays and can’t wait to see you again after the break.

Staffing Updates

Congratulations to Naomi Hughes on her successful appointment through the merit process into our Deputy Principal – Curriculum role.
Dave Romagnolo will be joining our team as the Acting Principal in Term 4. He will be around a couple of days this week. Please say hello and make him feel welcome if you see him out and about in our school.
Mehan Gahan will join our Year 1 team on 1A for Term 4 and Karynne Peters will be taking on an LRT role based in our school. Amanda Whale will take on Student Learning and Wellbeing Teacher in a full time capacity as we start Term 4.
ChayleahWilson will be taking leave from Term 4 and we are currently advertising to backfill her Prep A role. We would like to take this opportunity to thank Chayleah for her valuable contributions as part of the Calliope team.

Swimming Update

Further to the updates provided previously, we would like to share some additional information in regards to the decision to modify the model for school swimming at Calliope State School. The planning to keep swimming as part of the Calliope State School educational experience had been one of the driving factors in moving forward with the model being implemented in Term 4. A variety of solutions were considered, and some of the available solutions involved students not being in the pool at all. The solution to be implemented will be “in addition to” to the subject of PE. Our previous model has been an overallocation of the expected implementation time for this component of the PE curriculum. The solutions have been under consideration, with a positive problem-solving approach applied, for a number of years now before any changes were approved to be implemented.

Individual parent queries and questions cannot be answered separately and all information will be provided in the newsletter and parent permission forms. Please refer to these as the correct information about swimming.

Pink Stumps Day

Pink Stumps Day has been organised by our Rotakids and their supporting staff for Wednesday 14September. Everyone is welcome to bring a cold coin donation and come dressed in PINK! There will be cricket games hosted with P-3 on the front oval and 4-6 on the back oval at first break. 4-6 will also be able to do this in second break on the back oval. There will also be arts and crafts along with face painting in the undercroft in first break for all year levels.

Rebecca Crapp

Acting Principal

P&C NEWS

We would like to thank all the volunteers we have had over Term 3. Wishing everyone a safe and relaxing school holidays and we look forward to seeing everyone in Term 4.

P & C Meeting

Next Meeting: Tonight - Tuesday, September 13, 2022 at 6:00pm in rhe Administration Building.

Calliope Rodeo Drinks Stall

This year our P&C will be holding a drinks stall at the Calliope Rodeo on Friday 23 September (4:00pm-10:00pm) and Saturday 24 September 2022 (12:00pm-10:00pm) So if you think you will have some time to be able to come down and help us out please let us know. A link has been put up on the Calliope State School P&C Facebook page where you can register your interest for a time slot. Jump on, check it out and come volunteer! Please see link to sign up - https://signup.com/go/AQmfawq.

Tuckshop News

Our fabulous tuckshop convener, Miss Lisa, has been working hard as normal filling hungry bellies this term. We would like to thank Miss Lisa and Miss Mel for their efforts every day and all tuckshop volunteers we have had over this term. Without all your help, the tuckshop wouldn’t be able to run like it does. So, Thank You all!

Miss Lisa can always use an extra set of hands or two each tuckshop day to make sure your kids get their food as quickly as possible at break times. If you’d like to lend a hand, please contact Miss Lisa via our Facebook page or pandc@calliopess.eq.edu.au

Parents are reminded that ice creams and ice blocks need to be collected from Tuckshop by the students with their paper bag.

150 Years Merchandise

Did you miss out on our awesome 150th merchandise or want to purchase more? Click on the link below to go to our online store. Items can be purchased and then collected from the school office (when we've let you know its ready) or we can ship them to you!

http://calliope-primary-pc-association.square.site/

Taste Buds Fundraiser

Taste buds is a variety of yummy spice blends, savoury salts & rubs and versatile mixes and the best part is you can order online, and they are delivered straight to your door. Just remember to use the code Calliope at checkout to fundraise for your kids. Feel free to share the link with friends and family. More information on the Calliope State School P&C Facebook page or Visit https://tastebudsfundraising.com.au/?ref=Calliope

Uniform Shop

Uniform Shop is via appointment only, if you need to make an appointment, please email the Uniform Shop email address below. Otherwise, orders can be done on QKR. *Please note orders can take up to three business days to fill after day of order. * These items are then taken to the office and the students are contacted to collect. If you haven’t received your uniform order please check, if it has been 3 days, that it’s not in your child’s school bag (we all have that one child) and that it’s not in the classroom. Please remember if you have any concerns the admin ladies are probably unlikely to be able to solve them, contact us via our Facebook page or email uniformshop.calliopess@gmail.com

Volunteer Reminder

I would like to take this moment to remind everyone that we are volunteers, we are parents, we are employed by other organisations or companies and that unfortunately, although it would be amazing, we do not have endless hours in the day. Please when contacting us be patient, be polite and be kind. We know it may be frustrating not getting a response straight away however please understand you are not being ignored, we just may be busy and will get to it as soon as possible. If you would like to help lighten the load and volunteer, please reach out we would love to have you on board.

Please don’t hesitate to stop us and say hi and ask questions.

Your P&C Team,

Cass, Tenielle, Kate, Bec & Geoff.

We would like to remind families to ensure that they supervise their children on their way to and from school. There have been some recent comments about unsafe road crossings and other disrespectful interactions. Whilst the students may come from our school, it is a parent/carers responsibility to ensure their child’s appropriate behaviour outside of school hours. Have you given your child/ren a reminder about safe, respectful and responsible actions whilst travelling to and from school recently?

Last Friday Calliope SS took part in R U OK? Day & Dress Up For Wildlife to raise awareness at our school. Students took part in lunchtime activities and enjoyed a sausage sizzle at second break, bringing everyone together and giving an opportunity to ask, 'Are You okay?'

A HUGE thank you must go out to Vanessa Druce from Lifestyle Church Calliope, who spent hours cooking sausages for our sizzle. Another shout out must go to Mel Platten & Miss Emma for helping, particularly during the clean up and all other amazing staff that assisted!!! ?Thanks also goes to the Rotakids, staff and Chappy Nici who arranged and ran the activities. Great job everyone! The students had a ball!

Enrolment packages are now available at the school office. Please visit or contact Administration on 4975 8333 for further information. Enrolment Interviews are now available for this Friday. Please book in a time for you and your child if they are starting Prep in 2023.

One of the important documents required to be sighted as part of enrolling in Prep is your child’s Birth Certificate. If you do not have a copy please click the link below to complete the application form and for information on steps to apply:

https://www.qld.gov.au/law/births-deaths-marriages-and-divorces/birth-death-and-marriage-certificates/birth-certificates/applying-for-a-birth-certificate

End of Term Parade - Congratulations to our ACE Award recipients for Term 3. Thank you for being fabulous role models for Calliope state School. Thank you to 3C for your performance on parade and well done to 5A on receiving the Term 3 Attendance Award.

Recruitment for 2023 has started for students interested in learning an instrument next year. Strings will be open to students in Year 3 upwards in 2023 and Woodwind, Brass and Percussion is open for students in Year 4 and above.

Forms are due back to the office as soon as possible.

On Wednesday 7September 2022, Pheobe and Gabrielle attend the Gladstone Cluster Extend Learning day for- 'Writing- Fast Fiction'. Students learnt different ways to explore and inspire creativity, work through the drafting, editing and publishing stages of writing. The girls enjoyed being able to write stories the way that they wanted to. Building relationships with peers from other schools and teaching each other different ways to extend writing. This will help both of us as we enter our new stage of schooling.

An example of Pheobe's work:

The Monster Inside Me

Lilly awakes by a rustling in the bushes outside her window. She slowly walks over to the window and sees her twin sister outside but she is not the same her eyes are red and here skin is curved in white scales. She was crawling around on the ground like a lizard. Then she looked at Lilly. Elsy disappeared. There was a fail smell like poo and Lilly’s sister appeared on the window her blood red eyes looking in to Lilly’s frightened white face. Staring at her, Elsy disappeared once again the smell had gone too. Lilly slowly backed away and ran to the front door and put her jacket on. She left the house and went to look for her sister.

Update Contact Details

We would like to remind all parents/carers to update your contact details. Have you changed jobs, address, internet provider or have a new phone number? Do you have a need to update your personal details, phone numbers, mobile numbers, addresses, email, emergency contacts, court orders to name but a few.

If you have had some changes to any of the above or wish to update your emergency contacts, please email: admin@calliopess.eq.edu.au or update through contacting our school office.

Early Collection of Student/s:

We realise that, on occasion, students may arrive late for school, or need to leave early; it is hoped that these occasions can be kept to a minimum so that the learning of the student, the class and the routine of the school is not unduly disrupted. In the event that your child is late or leaves early, please ensure that the correct procedure is followed to sign in/out by going to the Administration building signing out on the iPad, collect a slip and present it to the classroom teacher.

These processes are in place so that the teachers and school staff are aware of the movement of students at school. This is for the protection and welfare of all staff and students. It is important to look at the impact that late arrival and early departure have on a student/s education and those around them. It is not only disruptive to learning that is occurring in the classrooms at the time of arrival and departure, it is all time that accumulates to missed opportunities for learning. A student who is arriving late or leaving early by 15 minutes twice a week will miss, in total, the equivalent of 4 days of school across the year.

Messages to Students

As you know, schools and classrooms are very busy places!

To ensure our students are fully engaged in their learning, and our office staff are able to complete their multitude of daily required tasks, we ask that parents communicate clearly with their child at the beginning of each day where you will be picking them up from in the afternoon.

As you can imagine it is extremely difficult for our office staff to field scores of phone calls asking for messages to be passed on to children regarding pick-up information.

Should you need to contact your children throughout the day, please do this via the office. These should be emergency situations only. Messages received after 1.45pm may not be acknowledged by the class in time, so please ensure children know their pick-up arrangements.

If you have a child /children who will be leaving Calliope State School during, or at the end of Term 4 this year, can you please notify the school office as soon as possible. Please notify our office via email at admin@calliopess.eq.edu.au or phone on 4975 8333.

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