Staffing Update

Our Principal, Ms Moira Mackenzie has had to take some unexpected leave. 

Our Deputy Principal, Mrs Naomi Hughes will be Acting Principal until August 18^th.

Mrs Sheree Mastromonaco will be Acting Deputy Principal until August 18^th. 

The Health curriculum will continue to be taught during this time. 

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.

Parent and Community Code of Conduct

Positive relationships between parents/caregivers and the school are vital to productive and successful partnerships for your child’s learning.

If an issue arises that you would like to discuss, your first point of contact is your child’s classroom teacher.  If this issue requires furth

er support, the year level Deputy Principal will support the classroom teacher in addressing this issue. 

Pyjama Day

On Monday 5^th August we encourage everyone to wear their pyjamas to school to support The Pyjama Foundation and their support of children in foster care.  A reminder also that students are to still wear closed in shoes on this day.  If UGG boots or the like are worn, students may wish to bring along spare shoes to change in through the day if they get hot or have PE on this day.

We also encourage parents and caregivers to come and have lunch with their children at 11am on the grassed area near the Undercroft.  There will also be books to read and share. 

See you on Monday in your PJs!

Prep Enrolment for 2025 is now OPEN!

Prep enrolment packages for 2025 are now available from the Calliope State School office.  Bookings are also available for enrolment interviews later in the term.

Please call the office on 4975 8333 or email admin@calliopess.eq.edu.au to find out any further information or to make a booking time.

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. All online registrations must be completed by 1 August. Paper consent forms are available from the class teacher or school office. Paper forms are due back to the office by Friday 2 August.

Book Week

Book Week is on 19-23 August.  The theme for 2024 is ‘Reading is Magic’.  Calliope State School will hold our Book Week dress up day on Friday 23 August. We look forward to seeing all the amazing costumes on that day. We will do a walk around during parade to share them!

Important Dates

2 August - Evacuation Drill

12 August - Show Holiday

13 August - P&C Meeting - 5pm

16 August - Bullying No Way! Wear orange

18 August - Port to Park Fun Run

19 August - Book Week Begins - Dress Up on Friday 23 August

20 & 22 August - Kindy Visitis to Library 9.30am - 10.00am

26 August - Prep Interviews Begin

27/28 August - Prep Vision Screening 

28 August - Teacher Aide Day

30 August - Student Free Day

The eldest child in the family was given the Resilience Project family Wellbeing Journal last Friday.

Thanks again to our P & C for purchasing these journals for our Calliope State School families.

We have been showing our Olympic spirit this week and cheering on the Australian athletes with an engaging mix of learning and fun activities. Through our Resilience Project lens, we have discussed the dedication and resilience all the athletes need to have to make it to this level. We have been able to see empathy amongst all the athletes who cheer each other on and support each other when they missed out on a medal.

We have our own medal chart which we have been using for addition in maths, and looking at maps of the world (countries and continents) linking in with our HASS unit. In Technology, the students have been animating a power point with moving graphics and voice recordings.

We are focusing on social skills and celebrating different ways classes contribute to building social skills. Students will be discussing the different ways they build social skills and using ideas from different classes. At home, it would be a good idea to discuss ways that they practise good social skills and ways they could improve their own social skills.

Gem Chat

Who or what made you smile this week and how did it make you feel? At home, you could discuss this over the table at dinner.

The Imperfects Podcast

Follow the link to watch The Imperfects Podcast on The Resilience Project Website -  

https://theresilienceproject.com.au/at-home/podcasts/

This week we heard from Hugh van Cuylenberg. The Resilience Project (TRP) is the company that Hugh started building 12 years ago. Today, it delivers evidence-based, wellbeing programs to over 1000 schools in Australia, as well as countless work-places and helps provide people with strategies to build resilience too! Hugh always knew that TRP would be something special, but god, it took a lot of hard work (and some might say resilience) to get it to where it is now. We are lucky enough to have The Resilience Project at our school.

https://theresilienceproject.com.au/at-home/podcasts/season-6-episode-37-bonus-episode-how-hugh-built-the-resilience-project/