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Welcome to Week Ten. It was great to see our amazing families last week interact with our classrooms and have a picnic on our lawn. Our Friday Dance group have moved to under the Undercroft and it was beautiful to see parents join in the dancing. Thanks to all parents/caregivers, especially the dads I saw join in. It is times like this that makes Calliope State School the great school that it is. Friday will be our last day of term. I wish every family from our school community a safe holiday and rest from school routine and look forward to seeing all students back next term.
Student Code of Conduct
Each week I focus on an aspect of Calliope’s Student Code of Conduct. This week the focus is Cybersafety and Reputation Management (CRM)
The Department of Education employs a dedicated team of experts to assist in maintaining the integrity of the department's reputation with regards to cybersafety and reputation management issues, effectively leading the development and implementation of departmental cybersafety processes.
This team provides direct support for schools to respond to concerns of inappropriate online behaviour and misuse of information and communication technology.
The team provides a guide for parents with important information about cybersafety and cyberbullying, and suggestions about what you can do if your child is a target or responsible for inappropriate online behaviour.
Some reminders of upcoming events from the calendar include -
Week 10
13 September – Year 5 Camp
14 September – RU OK – Wear Yellow
15 September – Last day of Term 3
Term 4 - Week 1
02 October – Public Holiday; King’s birthday
03 October – First day of Term 4; 9:45 am – Bundy State High School Band Performance for grades three – six.
This year has provided a wide variety of opportunities to undertake exciting hands-on learning tasks with the students of 3/4D.
Hi everyone! Can you believe that Term 3 is all but over?! We hope that the Year 5 students have a wonderful time at camp this week. We were so pleased to be able to subsidise the bus cost to keep camp costs as low as possible for families.
Did you know we are part of the Drakes Community Dollars program? Remember when we used to have key tags to scan when we made purchases at Calliope Drakes Supermarket? Now you can download the myDrakes app to your smart phone, select Calliope SS to support through the Community Dollars program and scan your phone when you shop in store. What an easy way to help raise funds for our school!
Thanks to our Breakfast Club Funding, we are able to hold another sausage sizzle breakfast on Thursday September 14th, which is also R U OK day?! This is a great opportunity to encourage conversations and connections while sharing a free breakfast! All students are welcome to come to the Tuckshop for a free sausage in bread from 8:35-9:00am, while stocks last.
Last night we held our monthly P&C Meeting. Topics discussed include; 2024 senior shirts, Yr 6 Graduation, future Fundraisers and community grants on offer that we are applying for. The best way to have a say in decisions being made is to come along to a meeting! Our next meeting will be in Week 2 of next term on Tuesday October 10th at 5:00pm in the Administration building.
We hope everyone has a wonderful and safe school holidays. May you have the opportunity to relax and refresh for which is always a very busy Term 4!!
Please contact us at any time with your thoughts and ideas on: communication.calliopess@gmail.com for our Communication Officer or pandc@calliopess.eq.edu.au for our Executive team.
Warm regards,
Heidi, Geoff, Angela and Lisa.
Pop up shop in Gladstone for families doing it tough with back to school supplies. More Information to come!
PBL Focus
This week, the students are reviewing toilet procedures and the expectations around this system. The students will be going over how they speak safely, respectfully and responsibly. If you wish to have a copy of the PowerPoint that the students will be engaging in to reinforce at home, please email jxran4@eq.edu.au.
The Great Cool Coin Race
Our Cool Coin Winners are 5A and 2D. Congratulations!
Normal opening hours:
Friday 8.30am to 9.00am
Uniform Shop located at the entrance to the Multipurpose Hall (closes to the oval). Uniform can also be purchased through the QKR app.
As a school, we have a number of ways to communicate with our families.
- School Newsletter – published weekly on Wednesday and emailed to families. It is published on QSchools App. A paper copy can be requested.
- School Facebook Page – Calliope State School
- 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.
- QSchools – please see pictures with this post on how to download this app
- Phone, letter or appointments
- Parent / Teacher Conferences – twice a year or as requested by staff or parents
- 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.
SCHOOL HATS
Parents, can you please check your child's hat has their name on it and not someone elses. We have had many hats go missing and are trying to help families out by finding out their where abouts and returning them back to their rightful owner.
Thank you for your help in this matter.
- ARTICLES FOR OUR SCHOOL NEWSLETTER: If you wish to publish a NOT FOR PROFIT COMMUNITY article in our school newsletter you can do this by sending an email to admin@calliopess@eq.edu.au with all the relevant details. This will then go through our approval process prior to publishing.
- REMINDER TO PARENTS: Reminder to parents and visitors to the school to drive carefully when accessing the front entrance of the school. Please drive slowly, abide by the speed limit, normal road rules and be mindful of your surrounds. We appreciate your attention and understanding.
- COLLECTING YOUR STUDENT EARLY FROM SCHOOL: 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.
- RETURNING CALLS TO THE SCHOOL: We ask parents to assist us by checking their message bank before returning calls to the school, to establish which staff member has phoned. Due to the high volume of staff within our school it is not possible for us to identify who may have called you. Please call the member on their direct number if they have provided this as this will free up the office phone lines.
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MESSAGE 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.
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 and signing out on the iPad, collecting a slip and presenting 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.
