Welcome to Week 9 of Term 2. Students are finalising their assessments this week and teachers are finalising report cards.  Report Cards will be emailed and available on QParents next Thursday afternoon. This Friday is our final assembly for the term, with Week 10 being our Principal’s Parade followed by our Resilience Project presentation to parents/caregivers.

 School Dress Code

As the cooler months are approaching us, students have been bringing their jumpers and tracksuit pants.  By lunch time it is getting a bit warmer and these are being discarded.  We have quite a few jumpers and tracksuit pants in our lost property.  Please ask your children to have a look if they have lost their warmer clothes or when you are up next week for our Resilience Project lunch, pop past the lost property (in the undercroft) and have a look.

Resilience Project

It is only one week to go before we bring the Resilience Project to our families.  Our school has been incorporating The Resilience Project into our school since the beginning of the year.  In the last few weeks I have noticed the language of some of 

our students begin to change from negative words to a more positive outlook on life. As a reminder, on Friday of Week Ten we are bringing the Resilience Project to our families.  We will have our normal Principal’s Parade, followed by a presentation for all our families on the Resilience Project and how you can be resilient as a family. This will be followed by our open classrooms where you can see Resilience Project lessons in action. Families are then welcome to join your children for a picnic lunch on our grassed area. Rotakids have activities related to the Resilience Project in the hall during the play break. Please put this day into your calendars.

Staffing

Mrs Laura Kale has accepted a new position in a new location commencing next term.  Mrs Karynne Peters has accepted a position in another school in a secondary setting which commenced this week.  We wish both Laura and Karynne all the best in this next chapter of their careers. Mrs Naomi Hughes has taken some unplanned leave for the last two weeks of this term and Sheree Mastromanaco is Acting Deputy on Monday – Wednesday and Fridays for both weeks.

What is Happening this month at Calliope State School

Some reminders of upcoming events from the calendar include 

Week 9 -

14 June - Zone Athletic Day

Week 10 -

17 June - Under 8's Day and Cleaners Day

20 June - Reports cards emailed out

21 June - End of Term Parade followed by The Resilience Project for families, Open Classrooms and Picnic lunch on the lawn. 

Under 8s Morning

Calliope State School will be holding our annual Under 8s morning on Monday 17 June from 9.15-10.45am. Our Prep – Year 2 students will be participating and we welcome parents and younger siblings to this event. Our local Kindy friends are also welcome to attend with parents. More information has gone this week.

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Empathy

Working on empathy helps us to identify, understand and feel what another person is feeling. When we show empathy or we do something kind for someone else our brain releases oxytocin. This leads to increasing our self-esteem/confidence, energy levels, positivity and overall happiness.

Whole Family Activity:
Neighbourhood Kindness Challenge
As a family, choose an act of kindness from the list below that you would like to do for a neighbour or family friend. Each family member can select one to commit to, or you can choose to do one together.

• Cook them something delicious like a cake, hot bread, or cookies.
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• Write a note to put in their letter box thanking them for being a great neighbour or friend.
• Design them a Thank You card.
• Pick or buy some flowers to deliver to them.
• Choose a little plant from your garden to give them.
• Make them a gift from things around your house.
• Offer to do a job for them, like wash their car or water their garden.
• Offer to take their pets for a walk.
• Invite them over for afternoon tea.
• Invite them on a walk.
• Recommend one of your favourite books to borrow and read.
• Ask them if they need anything from the shops next time you buy groceries.
• Say hello next time you see them and ask them how their day is going.
• Feel free to do more than one and spread the kindness even further!
• Report back to each other in one week and share how your acts of kindness were received, and how doing them made you feel.

Family Habit Builder:
Every night at dinner, have each person thank another family member for something they’ve done or said today or give another family member a compliment.

Congratulations to 2A who had an amazing attendance rate for Week 7. Their attendance rate was 95.23% for the week!

Also, congratulations to 1 other class which was at or above our school attendance target of 94% for Week 8.

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

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.

Hi Families

Firstly, we would like to thank Ang, Michelle, Danielle, Aimee, Crystal, Leanne, Heidi, Sarah and Jason who gave up there day to help in the “pop tuckshop” on Friday. Friday was a fun day with so many smiling faces and congratulation to the winning house.

Did you know the P&C covers the cost of transportation for the students to attend camps, excursions and extra-curricular events such as strings and choir.

Currently the P&C are fundraising towards transportation cost for the Year 6 to attend their camp. So, if you are a parent of a year 6 student or other grades and have an hour spare on Sunday 16^th June, please put your name down to help with the Bunnings sausage sizzle.

The sizzle will commence at 9am and we will be cooking through until 4pm. We need volunteers for the following time periods.

• 9am -11am (Serving)
• 11am -12 lunch (Cooking)
• 12- 1pm (Serving)
• 3.30pm -4.30pm (clean up and back down)

No volunteer mandatory training required or be a P&C member to help with this event.

If you can’t spare an hour, and you are in town, pop by and grab a famous Bunnings Snags and support our schools P&C in doing great things for our kids.

Last night we held our monthly P&C meeting. Again, it was great to see more new faces and membership. At last nights meeting, many topics were discussed from road safety updates, possible prep uniform change to assist with identification and a safety concern, Senior and Staff Shirts along with an in-depth update from the school leadership team about positive improvements and initiatives they have planned for the school. We can’t wait to see what is installed in the months to come.

Word is out… Calliope State School was successful in being approved for a new tuckshop funded by the government. This is very exciting news for our wonderful tuckshop convenors Lisa and Mel. As it progresses, we will keep the school community updated.

Tuckshop News

Next Friday is end of term picnic. There will be a change to the tuckshop menu offering some wonderful meal deals on first break.

• 3 Chicken nugget meal deal - $5
• 6 Chicken nugget meal deal - $6.50
• Cheeseburger Meal Deal - $6.50
• Chicken Burger Meal Deal - $7.50
• Hot Dog Meal Deal - $ 8.50
• Pizza Meal Deal - $7.00

 Head over to the QKR app to see what is included in each meal deal, trust me there is something for everyone. Parents are also able to order there lunch via QKR.

 Pie and Lamington Drive

If your child didn’t come home with a form, please contact the office or email communication.calliopess@gmail.com to be sent an order form home. Alternatively, you can download a copy from the newsletter

 Volunteers

Volunteers are needed to help with the Uniform Shop once a month. Please email your interest to uniformshop.calliopess@gmail.com.

 If you are unsure of what is needed from a volunteer, pop over to the P&C Facebook page to check out the Volunteer Handbook.

 You can contact us on communication.calliopess@gmail.com for our Communication Officer or pandc@calliopess.eq.edu.au for our Executive team.

 Warm Regards

Geoff, Jason, Angela & Lisa

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Playgroup | Parenting Programs | Strong Communities Update

Tuning into Kids Parenting Program ~ Term 3 registrations now open

Tuning into Kids is a parenting program that helps develop our child’s emotional intelligence. Learning these skills can often help reduce difficult behaviour, tantrums and create a calmer home environment.

This can build longer lasting friendships and have improved overall health and well-being.

Delivered over 8 x 2hour sessions, in a non-judgmental environment.

• Thursday weeks, commencing the 18^th of July 2024
• 5:30pm to 7:30pm
• Calliope, QLD (address provided on registration)

Limited child minding available, register now to avoid missing out!

Register by emailing admin@strongcommunities.org.au or by calling 0433 019 172

This program is fully sponsored by Gladstone Region Communities for Children, making it free for families to attend.

Supported Playgroup 0-5 years

Join us every Thursday morning at Calliope SS in the instrumental music building & prep outside play area for our supported playgroup.

A welcoming space for families where children can make new friends and develop social skills.

We have a range of sensory activities, arts & craft, early learning activities designed to develop fine & gross motor skills, and it is SUPER FUN! 

Some of the fun activities we have tailored for everyone to enjoy this week are:

•  Soft Play Space
•  Playdough
•  Rainbow Sensory Spaghetti
•  Sensory Snow Truck
•  Pasta Threading
•  Sandpit Play
•  Rainbow Dot Painting
•  Water Sensory Play Tub
•  Coloured Rice Sensory Play Tub
•  Group Story Time
•  Music Time with singing & Dancing
•  We also supply a free morning tea for all attending

Our friendly facilitators will always be there to create a welcoming, supportive space for parents & caregivers too, so look out for them in the ‘Be Kind’ shirts, come along and join our village 

You can check out all of the programs we offer in the region via our website: www.strongcommunities.org.au.

Many thanks

Vanessa