This term, we have been participating in a Buddy read with the Preps on a Friday. The students look forward to this each week as it gives them the chance to interact and practise our reading to a younger audience. Not only do we get the chance to practise our reading, but we get to refine our reading skills of pace, tone of voice as well as building our confidence while reading to a younger and very forgiving audience. We also get the chance to hear the preps read as well, and help them as needed.

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

Welcome to Week 6! This week's PBL focus is ‘Resilient through assessments’. The lesson focuses on students using the Zones of Regulation and how to recognise what they are feeling while completing assessments. 

Congratulations to 5B who had an amazing attendance rate for Week 6. Their attendance rate was 97.6% for the week!

Also, congratulations to the 6 classes which were at or above our school attendance target of 94% for Week 6.

Remember, every day you are away is a learning day lost.

Is your child starting Prep in 2023?

If your child is born between 1/07/2016 - 30/06/2017, they are eligiable to be enrolled into Prep in 2023.

Please contact the office ASAP on 4975 8333 for arrange an Enrolment Pack and organise an Enrolment interview. 

Planning for classes is underway and it is important that we have all our new Prep students enrolled and on our system, ready to be allocated to a class. 

For further information, please contact the office. 

 Year 7 (2023) Enrolment Interviews 

Starting high school at Calliope SHS in 2023? It is time to book your enrolment interview now!

If you require assistance or need to book an interview, call Calliope State High School on 4975 9777 between 8am and 4pm, Monday to Friday.

Tuckshop News  

We need you!!! 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. Friday is Miss Lisa’s busiest day; it is always a rush to get your child’s food ready and packed on time, so an extra pair of hands would be appreciated. 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 the tuckshop by the students with their paper bags. Without your help, the tuckshop will not be able to continue to run as it does.  

Taste Buds Fundraiser  

Taste buds are 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. 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  

The 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 that orders can take up to 3 business days to fill after the day of order.* These items are then taken to the office, and the students are contacted to collect them. If you haven’t received your uniform order, please check, if it has been three 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. As a group of volunteers, we understand how difficult it is to find time for everyday life, let alone adding fundraising events to the calendar, so thank you for sparing some time to help us work towards providing funding for the children of our school. 

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

***Please note: Subway day for Prep to Year 6 has been cancelled for Term 4 - Due to lack of volunteers. ***

Your P&C Team,  

Tenielle, Kate, Bec & Geoff.