Annual Implementation Plan (AIP)

Our Priority for 2023 is “Calliope State School embraces Equity and Excellence for All.”  We have three strategies to achieve this.  Our third strategy is Expectations for All. Our third action is “Reorientate perception of student behaviour and engagement through internal and external communication of the Student Code of Conduct, PBL and the Student Learning and Wellbeing Framework.”  Each week in the newsletter, the PBL (Positive Behaviour for Learning) team features information for our community.

Calliope State School Parent/Caregiver Survey

Thank you to everyone who responded to the Parent/Caregiver Survey. We had 176 responses to the survey. There was some great positive feedback on what the school is doing well with and what parents would like to see continue. We also had some awesome feedback on what we could be doing differently. I will be sharing this feedback with the executive of the P&C and then we will take trends back to the next P&C meeting. There were 157 respondents to the swimming consultation question. Of those 31 respondents chose Royal Life Saving as their preference for a Swimming Program at Calliope State School. 13 respondents preferred another external provider and 113 preferred Calliope State School’s PE Teacher and Coaches. Many comments were provided on the benefits of each program that we have run and how each program can be improved. When threads are pulled together, the preference is for all year levels to be swimming in the pool each year. Our school will now work on the Swimming Program for Term 4 this year based on this consultation.

Parent voice and student voice is valued at Calliope State School. Each term we will survey parents/caregivers to anonymously receive your feedback. Survey Monkey is used as a platform as we can gain quite a bit of insight into your opinions. It is anonymous and we can’t identify what each individual has written. We just get the list of comments.

Student Code of Conduct

Each week I will focus on an aspect of Calliope’s Student Code of Conduct. This week the focus is on our Multi-Tiered System of Support

Calliope State School uses the Positive Behaviour for Learning (PBL) multi-tiered systems of support as the foundation for our integrated approach to learning and behaviour. PBL is a preventative, differentiated model grounded in practical strategies, targeted planning and data-informed decision-making. Based on a problem-solving model, staff match increasingly intensive interventions to the identified needs of individual students.

Equity and Excellence

A compelling vision that is clear, shared, and represents what we stand for helps to define a system or a school community.

Every time you engage in parent teacher interviews, respond to the School Opinion Survey, help out in the classroom, pick up the phone, send an email, come in for a conversation,

attend an assembly, school event, or a P&C meeting, we learn more about what role you expect the school to play within the community. Thank you for all that you do to support the school.

2023 will be an exciting next step for education in Queensland. The department of education has conducted research, and engaged in consultation throughout 2022 in order to inform a new strategy that will guide our work from 2023.

The past couple of years have reminded us all, that the education of our children relies on a partnership between school and home and the whole local community. It has also highlighted the need for intentional strategies to ensure that every student has the opportunity to be the very best they can be, no matter where they live or what kind of learning challenges they may face.

The Education strategy, Equity and Excellence: Realising the potential of every student is the next evolution of our work. It builds on the successes of our past and leads us into the future by providing a clear vision for a progressive, high-performing education system.

The strategy identifies key priorities and priority measures for use in schools. It identifies 3 key focus areas and introduces system initiatives that will underpin teaching and learning in state schools across the state.

Equity and Excellence will be supported by investment in empowering teachers and school leaders, digital innovation, collaboration between schools and community and sustainable investment in schools for the future.

It will open up some new conversations, and support us to continue the great work that are doing already to support the learning and wellbeing of all our students.

Universal Design for Learning

One pedagogy that Calliope State School is focussing on is Universal Design for Learning (UDL). This pedagogy starts with the student and looks at their strengths and barriers. It allows for student choice is learning and demonstrating their learning. 6A have been busy creating settings to match the settings in the novel 'Don't Pat the Wombat'. The meticulous focus on detail was evident, as the created setting exactly match a part in the story. The student could also explain how the setting moved the plot along and how it allowed the reader to form a relationship and have a deeper understanding of the text.

Below are photos of student work completed in 6A where students had a choice in how they demonstrated their understanding. Notice one student chose to draw while others chose to create a three-dimensional artefact of their learning. Amazing work 6A.

Upcoming Events Calendar

Some reminders of upcoming events from the calendar include –

Week 4, Wednesday, 10 May – Mother’s Day Stall

Week 5, Monday, 15 May - Wear Purple for D&FV Awareness Month

Week 5, Monday, 15 May – Volunteer’s Morning Tea

Week 5, Thursday, 18 May – RotaKids Fun Activities @ first break

Week 5, Friday, 19 May – Walk Safely to School Day

(For more details on these events see information included in this newsletter)

This term, the Year 3 cohort are going to repurpose an old shirt during Technologies.

To get our brains into gear, 3B have been repurposing paper from old magazines. We started with drawing and labelling our plans to then creating our products.

There were many creative and inventive ideas that came to life.

We had lovely handbags, dress ties, microphones and telescopes; just to name a few of the great ideas. Look out world, 3B have some entrepreneurs coming through the ranks!

Congratulations to 6A who had an amazing attendance rate for Week 3. Their attendance rate was 96.65% for the week!

Also, congratulations to the 8 classes which were at or above our school attendance target of 94% for week.

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

PBL Focus

This week students are focusing on keeping their hands and feet to themselves. 

Calliope SS Athletics Carnivals  

                    Families are welcome to attend

                        Tuesday 30th May- 1:45am- 3:15pm Prep                          Sports Carnival

                         Wednesday 31st May- 1:45am- 3:15pm Year 1 and Year 2 Sports Carnival

         The Junior Sports carnivals will kick off with sprint races, followed by fun athletic inspired rotational activities.

                 Thursday 1st June- Finals for 800m race, high jump and discus

Students have qualified for these events during PE lesson time and will be notified of their selection, and reminded at the start of Week 7 of their event time. A timetable of events will be in the Week 7 newsletter on Wednesday and posted on the school Facebook page. The 800m will be ran in the morning, followed by high jump and then discus finals will begin around lunchtime. Students will still be in class on this day and only the finalists will attend their competitive event.

Friday 2nd June 9am-3:15pm Years 3-6 Athletics Carnival

Please Note: The Friday Program has been modified due to our school not having a long jump pit.

The Senior Carnival will start at 9:30 with 100m and 200m heats. The top qualifiers will race in the finals. The students will then split up into their age groups and complete rotational activities of high jump, shot put and ball games. Students who made the shot put finals will compete in the competitive circles during this time. The day will finish off with 100m and 200m finals, relay races, team war cries and presentations.

Hi everyone! We hope you’re surviving the chilly mornings. Don’t forget the Uniform shop is open Friday mornings 8:30-9:00am (payment via QKR) and is stocked up with jumpers!!

The Mother’s Day Stall was wonderful today. It is always so much fun helping the students select gifts they want to take home to their beloved Mums, caregivers, and even Grandmothers. A big thank you to all our wonderful volunteers we had help out at the stall today. A special big thank you goes to our Treasurer Angela Kummerfeld who has really hit the ground running with her new role and taken on the task of arranging the stall this year! Angela is in her 7th year as part of our school community. She spent the first few years helping out in the classrooms and the last couple of years has been regularly volunteering in the tuckshop. Before motherhood Angela was a bookkeeper and we’re so fortunate and grateful that she nominated herself to be the Treasurer this year!

We would like to send out a big thank you to two different local businesses in our community that have recently made donations to the P&C. Thank you so very much to the Billabong Op Shop for their very generous donation of $300!

A big thank you also to Farmyard and Pet Supplies for several donations from their in-store gift line to our Mother’s Day Raffle!

We are so appreciative to have such amazing support from our local business community.

Yesterday evening we had our May meeting. It was great to see a couple of new faces there and better yet a couple of new members! You can join at any of our meetings so come along and check out what it’s all about. You don’t have to leave a meeting with a job, it is a great way to find out what is happening within the school for our students. Last night we spoke about the 2023 swimming program and how it is proposed to look this year!

Some key dates to note in the next week are:

• Friday May 12th – Mother’s Day Raffle Drawn at Parade; tickets on sale every morning before school in the Undercroft.
• Monday May 15th – Students are invited to wear purple to school for a gold coin donation to raise money and awareness for Domestic & Family Violence.

Feel free to get in touch with the P&C on pandc@calliopess.eq.edu.au

Warm regards,

Heidi, Geoff, Angela and Lisa.

TICKETS TO GIVEAWAY TO THE CAT IN THE HAT

The Cat in the Hat is coming to the Gladstone GECC in the June/July school holidays!

Calliope State School are pleased to offer one lucky family a double pass (2) to this exciting live performance, worth over $80.

If your attendance is 85% or higher during Term 2, you will automatically go into the draw to win this fantastic prize which will be awarded to one lucky family on Principal's Pararde in Week 10. 

For more information on the show please visit our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/Catinthehataustralia or website: www.catinthehatlive.com