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- Calliope SS Road Safety Information
Eisteddfod
Congratulations to all the students who participated in the Gladstone Eisteddfod last week. Congratulations also goes to Mrs Dingle and Miss Rackemann for all their efforts in teaching and preparing the students for this event.
School Opinion Surv
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Time is running out for your valued feedback in our School Opinion Survey. The School Opinion Survey closes on 16th of August (this Friday). Please take some time participate and give us some insights into what we are doing well and things that we could improve on.
Bullying No Way: National week of action
The National Day of Action against Bullying and Violence has a new name—Bullying No Way: National week of action.
Bullying No Way Week, 12 to 16 August 2024, is Australia’s key bullying prevention initiative and connects schools and communities to find workable solutions to prevent bullying.
The theme for 2024 is 'Everyone belongs'.
When we all feel like we belong, bullying struggles to find a place. It's about embracing who we are, respecting everyone's differences and standing up together against unkindness.
Belonging means we all have a role in preventing bullying. We're encouraged to speak up and create a safe place where everyone feels supported and respected, and our voices are heard and valued.
All students are encouraged to wear orange clothing to support this cause. Student must still wear sun safe clothing and closed in shoes.
Parents and caregivers can visit https://bullyingnoway.gov.au/support-and-advice/for-families for more information about this cause.
Student Free Day – 30 August 2024
All parents and caregivers are advised that Friday 30 August is a Student Free Day.
The school will be closed on this day.
Book Week 2024
The Children’s Book Council of Australia Children’s Book Week is the 17th to 23rd of August.
The theme is Reading is Magic.
Book Week parade will be held on 23rd August and all children are encouraged to dress up.
All costumes must be sun safe and have closed in shoes.
Prep Enrolments 2025
Prep Enrolments for 2025 are now open!
Enrolment packs are available from the school office.
Important Dates
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
Whilst in class, teachers are not available to come to the phone. If you need to make contact with your children throughout the day, please do this via the office. These should be in an emergency situation only. Messages received after 1.45pm may not get acknowledged by the class in time, so please ensure your children know their pick up arrangements.
Week 6 - Bullying No Way! - Student can Wear orange in support of Bullying No Way day Friday 16th August
Week 8 - Road Safety Week - Students will be participating in a range of classroom and outdoor activities throughout Week 8 (Please see flyer attached). Teaching children about road safety increases the awareness among children of the hazards involved in being on the road, whether as a pedestrian, cyclist/scooterist, car passenger and encourages them to be safe.
Every child that demonstrates good road safety throughout the week, whether by joining in on a classroom activity, lunch time activity or showing it on thier way to school, will receive a raffle ticket. These tickets will be raffled off on Friday of Week 9.
We are focusing on ‘The Importance of Respect’. Students are reminded the different ways to be respectful including being an active listener.
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The Power of Compliments. At home, you could discuss what compliments they could share the next day or compliments they have received?
The Imperfects Podcast
Follow the link to watch The Imperfects Podcast on The Resilience Project Website - https://theresilienceproject.com.au/at-home/podcasts/
Settle in and grab your notebooks, you’re in for a good one. We’re joined by Maria Ruberto, director and founder of Salutegenics Psychology, who just happens to be Ryan and Josh’s (ex) psychologist. Maria is the co-designer of Resilience First Aid, an internationally recognised two-day certification program, which teaches the neuroscience of resilience (Ryan took so many notes). We discuss with Maria the relationship between biology and behaviour, and the six domains of resilience. Getting technical, we delve into the negatives of screen time (hello darkness our old friend) and the ridiculously positive benefits of doing stuff with other people. So join us as we get started on building our resilience toolbox, practice breathing like a baby AND co-regulate like it’s no one’s business. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ar625GcrTUI
Positive Behaviour Comparison Data
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Action Type |
End of Term 3 2023 |
End of Week 5 Term 3 2024 |
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Positive Behaviour |
836 positive behaviour records |
234 positive behaviour records |
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-Awards (Teacher Aide Certificate, Cool Kid Certificate, Classroom Cool Kid, Principal’s Award) |
295 awards |
113 awards |
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-Good News Letter |
32 letters |
49 letters |
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-Contact Home (Positive email home, positive phone call home, e-postcard) |
60 contacts home |
11 contacts home |
Congratulations to our Calliope Netball teams for their awesome efforts at the Port Curtis Interschool Netball Competition on Friday. Mrs Betts and Miss Heather were so proud of the amazing display of skills and sportsmanship from both these teams. Our Mixed team were undefeated all day and played Boyne SS in the finals. It was an exciting fast-paced and very close game, but sadly we went down by two. It was a fun day!
Thank you to Celisa and Holly for umpiring!
Thank you to the organisers of PC Interschool Netball competition for another year of a great competition!
Hi Families,
We hope everyone is enjoying the short school week! Can you believe we’re halfway through Term 3?!
There are still plenty of opportunities for you to get involved around the school. If you have completed your volunteer mandatory training, you’re welcome to attend the PBL meeting today at 3:30pm in the staffroom. If you don’t know much about PBL and want to know more but can’t make it to the meetings, ask your child’s classroom teacher about it. They will have plenty to show you around the classroom.
Pie and Lamington Drive
If you haven’t already, today is collection day for Prep – Year 3 Pie and Lamingtons. Please see the lovely ladies at the Bakery before 4pm.
Year 4-6 collection day will be Wednesday 28th August 2024. You can collection during bakery hours 5am – 4pm.
Thank you to those families who helped with our fundraiser. We raised a grand total of $4400 !!!! Well done. As always, this money will help with paying for buses (school camp & excursions), improvements around the school and educational material.
Father’s Day Stall/ Fundraising
This month we will be holding the Father’s Day stall on Wednesday 28th August 2024. There won’t be any pre order packs available this time sorry. If you have some free time that day, we would love a hand to help with the stall. These days are always fun. Please send our communication officer Crystal a message via facebook or email letting us know your availability.
If you have any fundraising suggestions, please email them to communications.calliopess@gmail.com or direct message via facebook. Our committee are open to any suggestions.
Uniform Shop
We are urgently seeking volunteers to help pack orders fortnightly on a Friday for 1 hour (8:30-9am). If you are available and have completed your mandatory training, please email uniformshop.calliope@gmail.com
Warm Regards
Geoff, Jason, Angela & Lisa
