Welcome to Week 8 – Sport’s Carnivals that were held last week were a great event for our school community.  Congratulations to Cathy Betts and the whole team at Calliope State School for all your effort in creating this event.  A huge thank you to our P&C who ran the food stall on the day.  The chicken burgers were fantastic.  Please consider attending our P&C Meeting which will be held next Tuesday at 5:30 pm.

Student Code of Conduct

Each week I will focus on an aspect of Calliope’s Student Code of Conduct.  This week the focus Intensive Teaching.

Research evidence shows that even in an effective, well-functioning school there will always be approximately 5% of the student population who require intensive teaching to achieve behavioural expectations. Intensive teaching involves frequent and explicit instruction, with individuals or in small groups, to develop mastery of basic behavioural concepts, skills and knowledge.

Some students may require intensive teaching for a short period, for particular behaviour skills. Other students may require intensive teaching for a more prolonged period. Decisions about the approach will be made based on data collected from their teacher or teachers, and following consultation with the student’s family.

 For a small number of students who continue to display behaviours that are deemed complex and challenging, then individualised, function-based behaviour assessment and support plans and multi-agency collaboration may be provided to support the student. This approach will seek to address the acute impact of barriers to learning and participation faced by students who are negotiating a number of complex personal issues.

Students who require intensive teaching will be assigned an individual case manager at the school that will oversee the coordination of their program, communicate with stakeholders and directly consult with the student.

Parent and Community Code of Conduct

Parents and other visitors to schools support safety by ensuring their communications and conduct at the school and school activities is respectful. 

Approaching other students in the school grounds to discuss concerns with them is not appropriate in any school.  Please refer to the Parent and Community Code of Conduct and request a meeting to discuss any concerns about your child’s education – allowing staff time to prepare and appreciating our time may be limited.

Upcoming Events Calendar

Some reminders of upcoming events from the calendar include –

Week 9 – P&C Meeting

Week 9 – Zone Athletics

Week 10 – Under 8’s

Week 10 – NAIDOC Week Celebration

Congratulations to 2D who had an amazing attendance rate for Week 7. Their attendance rate was 94.54% for the week! Remember, every day you are away is a learning day lost.

Student absences can be advised via:

1. QParents

2. Phoning the Absentee Line – 07 4975 8366

3. Send an email - absences@calliopess.eq.edu.au  

4. Website - https://calliopess.eq.edu.au/

5. Phoning the Office – 07 49758333

6. Send a note to school with your child.

Parents and caregivers must send children to school every school day under Queensland law unless there is an acceptable reason such as:

• Illness
• Competing in school events.

If your child is going to be absent from school, you must let the school know why the absence has occurred within two school days of their return. If possible, it is best to advise the school beforehand.

Avoid keeping your child away from school for reasons such as:

• Birthdays
• Shopping
• Visiting family and friends
• If they sleep in
• Looking after other children
• Minor check ups or care, such as hair cuts.

Routine medical or other health appointments should be made either before or after school or during the school holidays.

Establishing good routines around school can assist with regular school attendance. These include:

• Have a set time to go to bed
• Have a set time to get out of bed
• Have uniform and school bag ready the night before
• Have a set time for starting and finishing breakfast
• Set a time for daily homework activities
• Speak about school positively
• Send your child to school every school day including their birthday and the last day of term.

If you are experiencing difficulty in sending your child to school, contact the school for advice and support.

PBL Weekly Lesson

The PBL lesson focus this week is ‘Hall Expectations’. Across the school, students will look at the   activities they can play and where they can play them in the hall. They will also look at where they cannot play. If you would like a copy of the lesson that we do at school to reinforce at home, please email jxran4@eq.edu.au.

No sporting equipment or toys from home

Last Tuesday and Wednesday afternoon Calliope State School held its Junior Athletic carnivals. We had two fun-filled afternoons of sprints and athletic inspired rotational activities. Mrs Betts would like to give a huge shout out to the amazing Year 6 students who helped her out running stations at the carnivals. She was very impressed of how confident and reliable the older students were. On Thursday and Friday students in Year 3 to Year 6 participated in our school Athletics carnival. It was two great days of athletics and friendly rivalry between our house teams. Mrs Betts was very proud of the efforts and sportsmanship of all our students who took part.

The winning team of the day was Oxley.

Flinders was awarded the Ball Games trophy for the carnival.

2023 Age Champions

12 Year Old Boys- Deshawn D

12 Year Old Girls- Sienna W

11 Year Old Boys- Tyson B 

11 Year Old Girls- Jacinta W

10 Year Old Boys- Brax R

10 Year Old Girls- Allie C

9 Year Old Boys- Kai Mc

9 Year Old Girls- Lilly I

8 Year Old Boys- Hunter J                                  

8 Year Old Girls- Macie K and Nirvana F

Students who are in the 10, 11 and 12 year age group and who placed first and second in their events now have the opportunity to participate in the Country Coast Athletic trials on Friday 16^th of June at Miriam Vale State School.

Thank you all from Mrs Betts- Thank you to all our amazing staff for their help and support during athletics week!

Thank you to Mr Newby for helping prepare the oval for Athletics!

Thank you to Brett Smith for fixing our high jump stand in time for the carnival!

Thank you to Shane Gibson for his Little Athletics knowledge and support on Thursday!

Thank you to Calliope State High School teachers and Year 11 students for their help officiating our Athletic events on Thursday.

Thank you to our wonderful P&C ladies for providing food and drinks on Friday for our whole school carnival! 

Thank you to our wonderful tuckshop ladies for being very accommodating and supplying lunches to the High Schoolers who did not pack lunches on Thursday!

Hello everyone! What a big week we have had! Such a big thank you goes out to the wonderful volunteers who put their hands up over the last week and a half; at both the Tuckshop tent at the Athletics Carnival on Friday and Pizza Day the last two Mondays. Also, thanks to the lovely Tuckshop ladies who held the forte in the Tuckshop for the Prep-2 orders and supported the tent volunteers all day on Friday!  Our Fundraising ventures would not be possible without all your support and we’re incredibly grateful to everyone who lends a hand! All of our children benefit from each successful event, with all money raised being directly invested back into our children’s learning journeys.

Another avenue that we use to access funding is through applying for Community Grants. We are so fortunate to have Celisa Faulkner as our very talented and committed Grants Officer. Celisa is in her 7^th year as part of our school community and this is the 2^nd year that she has nominated herself for this important role in our P&C. In this role, the Grants Officer collaborates with the school’s Business Manager and Principal to submit funding grants available to community groups for specific or large improvements. Celisa has been instrumental in applying for numerous grants ranging from $500 to $75000 for anything from school supplies and equipment, infrastructure and student experiences and excursions.

As a Civil Engineer, Celisa’s grant submissions are extremely thorough and professional and we extend her a huge thank you for the effort and time she allocates to preparing these grant applications for the benefit of the whole school community.

Next Tuesday June 13^th is our next P&C Meeting; at 5:30pm in the Administration building. Please consider coming along! These meetings are a fantastic collaboration between the school’s leadership team, P&C executive members and P&C general members. You can become a member at any meeting to have a say on topics that are important to you or to just be informed about what’s happening around our school. You definitely do not need to leave a meeting with a job or a time consuming commitment! We constructively exchange ideas and concerns, solve problems and even have a good time and laugh!! As always, you can reach out to us via Facebook or email us at pandc@calliopess@eq.edu.au.

Warm regards,

Heidi, Geoff, Angela and Lisa.

As a school, we have a number of ways to communicate with our families.

1. School Newsletter – published weekly on Wednesday and emailed to families. It is published on QSchools App. A paper copy can be requested.
2. School Facebook Page – Calliope State School
3. P&C meetings –second Tuesday of the month at 5.30pm in the Administration building. Our P&C also have a Facebook page to communicate with our families.
4. QSchools – please see pictures with this post on how to download this app
5. Phone, letter or appointments
6. Parent / Teacher Conferences – twice a year or as requested by staff or parents
7. Class Newsletters – once a term, outlining important dates and curriculum information for the term

Communication is a two-way street, so please avail yourself of these array of opportunities to be engaged in your child’s learning journey and in our school community.

Police would like to remind parents and caregivers that the areas marked in yellow below on the map are ‘No Stopping’ areas, which means that you can’t pull up and wait an extended period of time for a car to leave a car park or stop to drop your children off.

These areas are clearly signed and marked with a yellow line.

Also a reminder that the Stop, Drop and Go area is limited to 2 minutes for the loading and unloading of passengers. Police have and will continue to issue fines for vehicles stopped along the yellow lines and parked in the Stop, Drop and Go area for an extended period of time.

The maximum penalty for these offences is 20 penalty units (one penalty unit = $143.75) and can attract
3 demerit points.

To avoid the end of school traffic congestion, consider parking a bit further away and walking to collect your children or delaying pick up for 5 – 10 minutes.

Remember school staff will be at Stop, Drop and Go until 3:30pm. 

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