Welcome back to Week 2 of Term 3.  Many of our students have participated in Regional Shield this week.  Congratulations to all students who have attended Regional Shield over the last two days.

Last night was our first P&C meeting for the term.  Many fundraising ideas were discussed.  It also won’t be long before each family receives a Resilience Project Family Journal.  Please keep reading our newsletters and the P&C section to ensure you don’t miss when these are coming home. 

https://theresilienceproject.com.au/

School Opinion Survey

This year’s School Opinion Survey runs from 22nd July to 16th August 2024. Parents, caregivers and students are encouraged to participate.

Your insights will help us know what our school does well and how we can improve. Participants will be emailed a link to access the survey the week before it opens. Survey responses are confidential. The survey usually takes less than 10 minutes to complete. More information can be found on the School Opinion Survey webpage or by contacting the school.

Is your family eligible for free internet access?

Families with school-aged children who do not have current internet access at home, may be eligible for the School Student Broadband Initiative (SSBI). 

To ensure all students have equal opportunity for online learning, the SSBI offers eligible families free nbn broadband access. For more information or to check your eligibility, call the National Referral Centre (Monday to Friday) 1800 954 610 or visit the SSBI website.

Parent and Community Code of Conduct

Parents and other visitors to school’s 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.

Whats Happening in July at Calliope State School

Important Dates

23 July - 24 July - PCS Athletics

26 July - Rotakids Badge Presentation on Parade and Lockdown Drill

29 July - 2025 Prep Information Session and Walk through. Session 1 @ 9.15am, Followed by Session 2 @ 5pm. Walk through tour @ 4.30pm. 

Port to Park 2024

 Ready, Set, Go! 

 Join us in Gladstone for CQ’s BIGGEST Fun Run, Port to Park!!

 This year will be BIGGER and BETTER than ever, with Olympic Gold Medalist, Sally Pearson back on board as our official Port to Park Ambassador.

 Register now for the 10km Koongo Dash, the NEW 5km Koommonka Sprint and the 3km Yallarm Family Run!

 Make sure you register for Calliope State School and we will benefit from your registration.

 Register today @ gpcl.com.au/community/port-to-park/

Parent Interviews – Term 3

Our second round of parent interviews will be held on Tuesday 23 July (Week 3) from 3.30pm in the hall. A letter will be forwarded to parents from class teachers this week to book in a time. This is a great time to discuss Semester 1 reports.

Prep Enrolment for 2025

Prep Vision Screening

The School Health Nurse will be visiting Calliope State School on Tuesday 27 August and Wednesday 28 August to conduct the Prep Vision Screening. Online consent form information has been emailed home to parents. Paper consent forms are available from the class teacher or school office. Paper forms are due back to the office by Friday 2 August.

This term in Health, students will be participating in The Respect Program and Daniel Morcombe Child Safety Curriculum. The Respect Program gives students opportunities for social and emotional learning in self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, relationships, ethics, values, social norms, stereotypes, human rights, risk and responsible decision-making. The Daniel Morcombe Curriculum aims to teach children about personal safety and awareness, including cyber-safety and phone safety, by focusing on three key safety messages: Recognise, React and Report.

Please visit the links below for more information and feel free to send me an email if you have questions or concerns.

https://education.qld.gov.au/curriculum/stages-of-schooling/respectful-relationships

https://education.qld.gov.au/curriculum/stages-of-schooling/daniel-morcombe

On Monday and Tuesday, our Calliope SS students participated in the CQ Regional Shield Carnival with our CSS Netball Team and CSS Rugby League Team.

It was two enjoyable days of games, and the sportsmanship among our teams was truly great to see.

We are grateful for the support from the parents, and a special thanks to Holly for umpiring our netball games, which allowed Miss Heather to cheer the team on.

Overall, our CSS Netball team achieved 23^rd place out of 36 teams, and our CSS Rugby League team came 8^th out of 23 teams, which is a fantastic accomplishment.

Thank you to the organisers of CQ Regional Shield for another year of sporting fun and great competition!

Hi Families,

Thank you to those families who have purchased pies and lamingtons from our current fundraiser. We are still finalising numbers and will get back to you with the amount raised.  For those who still have there forms on the fridge, and you have 

ordered via QKR, can you please return them ASAP so we can check you have ordered the correct pies before submitting the final numbers to the bakery.

Collection day will not be until next month, please pop a reminder in your calendar.

 Last night we held our monthly P&C meeting. It was short and sweet, but many actions came from the meeting. As you are aware now, our school along with many others where lucky enough to be granted money to upgrade the Tuckshop. This will be a hot topic at our meetings to ensure that we design and provide an outstanding Tuckshop for many years to come.

Year 5 students will be voting on their choice of senior shirts soon. Once the voting has closed, order forms will be issued out to the Year 5 cohort so we can ensure the shirts are available either at the end of the year or the start of next year.

As part of the school’s resilience project, the P&C have purchased Family Wellbeing Journals for each family at our school. Further information and journals will be available in next week’s newsletter and social media.

Fundraising

If you have any fundraising suggestions, please email them to communications.calliopess@gmail.com or direct message via facebook. Our committee is open to any suggestions.

 Warm Regards

Geoff, Jason, Angela & Lisa

All motorists must follow School Crossing Supervisors directions at open school crossings (children crossing flags have been placed in the poles on either side of the road at crossings).

The rule is clear and is like any situation where a pedestrian is crossing a road; whether it is at signals, a pedestrian crossing or a children's crossing; the vehicle must wait until all pedestrians and the crossing supervisors are off the roadway before proceeding.

Do not stop or rest in designated No Stopping areas, this makes it difficult for School Crossing Supervisors to view approaching traffic.

This is a timely reminder for motorists to take extra caution when driving and stopping in school zones and for parents and caregivers to ensure your children are aware of the relevant road safety rules.

At the end of the day, we want everyone to get home safely.

For more information on road safety visit the StreetSmarts website https://streetsmarts.initiatives.qld.gov.au/ or contact the Department of Transport and Main Roads on (07) 4931 1656 and ask to speak to your local Road Safety Officer.

QParents 

Calliope State School provides parents with access to a convenient, online parent portal called QParents.

The QParents web and mobile application provides an easier way for you to interact with our school. Parents will have secure, online access to their child's student information, anytime, anywhere, through a smartphone, tablet or computer.

QParents provides secure, online access to student information such as:

• Attendance details

• Report cards

• Student photo

• Consent Form
  
  
• Payment History

The benefits of QParents

Convenience and time savings for parents

• Parents can view or update their child's details and report absences without having to call the school or come into the office.
• Secure 24/7 online access.
• Available anytime, anywhere — access QParents on your smart phone, tablet or computer on a web browser or using the app (iPhone or Android). 

Greater transparency of information

• Improves accountability between parents and schools by providing parents with timely access to their child's information online.
• Allows parents to engage more deeply in their child's schooling.

Improved administration efficiencies for schools

• Allows schools to streamline their administrative processes and cut down on printing.

What do you need to do to get started?

The office will be send out emails inviting parents or guardians to become a QParents Account Owner (QPAO) for their student at the beginning of their enrolment at the school. QPAOs will be able to register for QParents to access and manage the student's information online, view the student's information and submit requests to update some of the student's details.

QPAOs will also be able to invite other people (such as another family member), to view the student's information. Once invited, these people can register for QParents as “delegated viewers". A delegated viewer can see the student's details, but cannot make updates.

When you receive your invitation email, simply follow the instructions to register your QParents account. The process should take less than 10 minutes to complete. Initial registration and addition of students to your account must be done on a desktop or laptop computer. Once registered, you will then be able to access QParents using your mobile device (via web browser or by downloading the iPhone or Android App).

Invitations sent by email will only ever come from no.reply@qparents.qld.edu.au. You will not be invited to register from any other email address or organisation.

If you do no not want to register you can just ignore the invitation and your child's student information will not be available to anyone through QParents.

Identity Verification

To obtain full access to student information, as part of their QParents registration users must complete an identity verification process. QParents offers two options for identity verification – online and offline.

For fully online verification (the fastest option), you will need to verify 100 points of the following identity documents online:

If you cannot verify 100 points of the above ID documents online, you may still register for QParents, but you will need to attend the school to verify documentation in person after you have registered online.

Full instructions on how to verify your documents and what you may need to bring to the school will be provided as part of the invitation and registration process.

If you don't have sufficient documents, or are unsure, you may still be able to register. For more information on the online identity verification process, see https://qparents.qld.edu.au/#/identityInformation .

Please note that QParents does not maintain copies or records of any identity documents used for account verification, either online or offline. 

EQ ID

You will also need to have your child's EQ ID (their Education Queensland identification number) in order to complete your QParents registration. You can access this via the school office.

Safe and secure

QParents is a secure portal that meets strict industry standards. The Department of Education and Training considers student information to be confidential (it is classified as PROTECTED by the Department). Only people with the right to access information about their child will be given an account. Additionally, as part of the registration process, 100 points of identity or equivalent will need to be presented to prove that the person who is registering is the person the school invited.

Further information

https://qed.qld.gov.au/about-us/department-apps/qparents